Everyone subconsciously blurted out: "Danyu Plain." ”

Chino drew a circle on the map with his finger: "Danyu Plain, located in the southwest of Miyue Province, covers an area of more than 100,000 hectares, the climate here is like spring all year round, half of the day and night time all year round, the soil is all red soil, it is the only place in the kingdom suitable for large-scale cultivation of blood essence grass." ”

"In addition, the Danyu Plain belongs to the jurisdiction of "Danyu City", and Danyu City, like Twilight City, is a city directly under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, and His Majesty the King can directly draft an edict requiring Danyu City to immediately replant the crops in the Danyu Plain. As long as you can sow the Blood Essence Grass seeds within two months, you will be able to produce enough Blood Essence Grass to fill the gap before the purified blood reserves are exhausted. ”

Persius squinted his eyes and nodded slightly in approval, but his expression was worried: "This is indeed a solution, but it will also bring another problem - it is precisely because the climate of the Danyu Plain is like spring all year round, where ears of wheat are cultivated for 12 months all year round, and it is the important grain producing land of Doguland, and is known as the "granary of the kingdom". ”

"The Danyu Plain will sow wheat seeds every year during the "Dew" and "Divine Blessing" seasons, and the harvest will be half a year, and now it is "winter" and will soon "return to snow", and the ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain are growing vigorously, and the farmers will soon be ready to harvest."

"Danyu City's grain has always been self-sufficient, there are more than 6 million people in the city, and because of the climate, there is no cold season there, and the civilians do not have the concept of "storing grain for the winter".

"If the unripe ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain are pulled out at this time, it is equivalent to cutting off their food source, what will the more than 6 million mouths take to feed?"

Pertheus's concern is not unreasonable, the people take food as the sky, this sentence is not to say, eating a full stomach is the most basic prerequisite for social stability, and hunger is often the precursor of civil unrest.

Now in this cold winter season, except for Danyu City, which is like spring all year round, crops in all parts of the kingdom cannot grow, and it is good that the grain stored in other cities can feed their citizens, and it is difficult to raise food to help Danyu City.

Chino thought for a moment and said silently: "Since we know that the Blood Essence Grass is an indispensable ingredient for purifying blood, this means that this plant, which was once useless to us, will become an important strategic material in the future, and it can even be said to be a lifeblood. ”

"This kind of lifeline must not be controlled by the Far Eastern Imperial Dynasty, even if they are willing to continue to supply us with Blood Essence Grass in the future, the kingdom must also cultivate it by itself, and it can no longer be stuck."

"In other words, it is inevitable that the Danyu Plain will abandon the ears of wheat and plant blood essence grass instead, and grain production and cultivation will forever become history."

"As for the resulting food shortage, my idea is to open the treasury, use strategic grain reserves, and send sufficient grain to Danyu City in advance to help the people, as long as they can be fed, everything is easy to say."

At this time, Lan Xian asked a very crucial question: "What about the nobles of Danyu City?" The fields of the Danyu Plain were contracted by the noble farmers, and such a sudden change of cultivation would certainly be detrimental to their interests. Although the royal family can forcibly order the replanting, this kind of thing will have a great impact on the image and reputation of the royal family. ”

Chino motioned to be calm, and said lightly: "As for how to appease the noble farmers in Danyu City, I have also thought about it. The royal family can come forward to ensure that all the cultivated blood essence grass is purchased at a high premium, and at the same time provide future tax incentives for cooperators. ”

"To put it bluntly, the aristocracy is nothing more than the word 'profit'. As long as the royal family adopts macro-control, so that the benefits of cultivating blood essence grass are greater than the interests of cultivating grain, let alone not cooperating, it is too late for those nobles to rush to do it. ”

This was reasonable, and Lan Xian nodded, indicating that he had no opinion.

Pertheus held his forehead with his hand and silently calculated: "More than 6 million people in Danyu City, according to the standard of assistance, one pound of grain per person per day, from the current "winter" season to the "Luoying" season of autumn harvest in various places next year, we will distribute at least 9 months of relief grain, a total of 1.62 million tons of grain. ”

"The strategic reserve grain in the treasury of Wangcheng is about this amount, if it is not enough, it may need to be borrowed from all parts of the province, and if it is not good, it will be shy to buy from those noble families."

"There is also the part of the Danyu Plain that is replanted with blood essence grass and the part that is given away, and the blood essence grass must be purchased at a premium from the local nobles, and tax incentives must be given, and all the blood essence grass planted will be supplied to the Crimson Church, and all the money from the sale of purified blood will belong to the Crimson Church... In the end, we were so tired that we couldn't even get a single monthly coin back. ”

When Persius said this, he laughed angrily at himself: "I think it is better to directly mobilize military rations, send troops to various places to clear the epidemic areas, and kill all the millions of infected people, so as to save trouble." ”

Everyone knows that this is Persius deliberately speaking angrily, and he can't pick up the stubble, and they are all silent.

After a long silence, Perseus let out a long sigh and said, "Just do what Archon Chino and the Yuanwen Scholar thought, and cultivate the Blood Essence Grass, this is the only way out at present." I will personally go to the state treasury to prepare for the 1.62 million tons of relief grain needed, and when the time comes, it will be transported by Cao and Lu to Danyu City immediately. ”

Speaking of this, Persius looked at Lan Xian: "Lan Xian, you summarize the key points of our discussion, and then draft an edict and send it to Gomer, the "consul" of Danyu City, asking him to immediately coordinate with the local nobles to uproot all the crops on the Danyu Plain, plant blood essence grass instead, and deliver 6,270 tons of blood essence grass to Wang Cheng before next year's "booting" season. ”

"In addition, draw up another handwritten edict and send it to Lin Gengsen, the "Supervisor" of Danyu City, so that he will be responsible for supervising the cultivation of blood essence grass and the reserve of grain to help the civilians, and report the progress to Wang Cheng Feishu on a 7-day cycle."

"Yes." Lan Xian thought for a moment and asked, "About Po..."

Pertheus shook his head: "Ah Bao's don't reveal the news to the outside world beforehand, just a few of us know." I am still secretly negotiating this matter with the Far East, and I don't know how it will develop for the time being, and I will write an official document and send it to various places when the results of the negotiation are out. ”

"Yes." Lan Xian didn't ask any more questions.

Perseus stood up, looked around at the crowd, and said with great seriousness, "Ladies and gentlemen, Doguland is facing an existential crisis. I know that all of you here are usually at odds with each other, but at this juncture, we must all work together. ”

"It has been 513 years since the founding of Dogurland, and next year will be 514, and its progress will never stop here, never! Our land and people will always be under the light of the sun for generations to come. Return to the sun! ”

"Return to the Sun!" Everyone stood up, and the shouts of unison echoed all around.