"How so? Isn't it true that more grain has been harvested this autumn than in previous years? ”

Cheng Jingzhou sighed: "If there is grain in the household, you can't send it to the border, the grain is classified." Some of them are for emergencies, and some of them are disaster grains to be prepared for the coming year's summer grain, and who can guarantee that next year's harvest will be good? If we can't finish making all the food, then it will be a real disaster. ”

Xie Rongzhao was silent, do you want to starve the soldiers at the border pass?

"So now I just hope that the war will end in two months, and if it doesn't work, once the front is stretched, it will be too bad."

After Cheng Jingzhou finished speaking, he drank the porridge in his hand, wiped his mouth, and thought about running to the study again.

"Husband!"

Cheng Jingzhou stopped: "Huh? ”

"Can't we think of buying food from the people anymore? More or less, I can always make some of them. ”

"No, once you buy grain from the people, it will inevitably cause food prices to rise, and it will be the people who will suffer at that time."

Xie Rongzhao was stunned, isn't it, if the people in the countryside sell some of the grain and leave enough rations for themselves, it would be better, and the family has more input, but what about the people who live in the town or in the city?

Most of them have no land and are bought for food.

Once food prices rise, this wave of people will inevitably be greatly affected.

Not only that, but I am afraid that some countrymen are short-sighted, and only think about changing some silver money to celebrate the New Year, and then sell more grain, and then their own grain will not last until the summer grain comes out, which is called self-inflicted.

"What about finding some conscientious grain merchants?"

"It's hard to say. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that he can buy some grain from the big family, and the household will contribute silver. ”

You don't need to give it for nothing, the court will give money!

Xie Rongzhao thinks this method is good, but if there is an official eunuch, which family has no grain?

The key depends on whether they are willing to sell, and if so, how much they are willing to take.

Of course, some of the big families that Cheng Jingzhou said did not refer to the courtiers, but those big families with background, such as the former Anhe Street Xie family.

Of course, the current Xie family may not be able to do it, but there are other families.

Not to mention anything else, it seems that the Gao family's maiden family is the Wang family, and the Gao family has also said that it is easy for a family like theirs to take out 100,200,000 stone of grain.

With so much food, of course, people don't have to give it for nothing.

The court gave silver, even if it was lower than the market price, and they were willing.

This is to let the court remember their contributions, after all, they are willing to give food, which can solve the urgent need of the court.

Second, these big families can also deal with some old grain by the way, or change a good reputation among the people.

The prince's idea is very good, and it is not difficult to implement.

Although it is uncertain how long the war will last, the imperial court must be prepared early.

You can't run out of food before you remember to buy it, right?

The prince and several big family speakers met separately, and then Cheng Jingzhou came forward, and soon, 400,000 stone grain was raised.

As soon as the grain was ready, it was no longer put into storage, and it was sent directly to the border gate.

In war, food is the confidence of the soldiers.

Seeing a steady stream of food being sent to the border, the soldiers can be free of distractions and work for the country with peace of mind!

As for armaments, there is nothing to give Cheng Jingzhou a headache for the time being.

After all, the Ministry of War draws a lot of money from the Ministry of Household every year to build armaments, and if it is said that the armaments cannot keep up at this time, then the head of the Ministry of War Shangshu can be moved immediately.

Xie Chuxia didn't know how to fight, but she thought that if Xie Rongen led his troops to raid the enemy, it would not be possible to come back in a day or two, so she had to bring some dry food, right?

Xie Chuxia immediately told Cheng Jingzhou about this, and then sent someone to the harvest workshop in Feng County to inquire about the inventory of related jerky, pancakes and other things.

Cheng Jingzhou also felt that this idea was very likely, and it was winter now, and things were easier to store, so they could be sent to the border gates, but they still had to be confirmed by the household department and the military department, so as to save further mistakes.

When the prince heard this proposal, he also thought it was good.

"In the end, it's the senior sister, who thinks more thoughtfully than us. If it is an army of 100,000, it will definitely not be worthy of this, but if it is a small group of soldiers and horses out of the city to raid, this thing really has to be prepared. If you send it to the battlefield, you can't be careless, and you can bring a few imperial doctors with you, so as not to have another accident. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Cheng Jingzhou was also the county magistrate of Feng County, and he went to Feng County in person, and several owners of the county magistrate and the workshop over there also hurriedly showed their goodwill.

"This is Sun Shilang from the Ministry of War, these three are the imperial doctors sent by the Imperial Medical Department, we need to check the quality of our things, if there is no problem, all these outputs in your back must be given priority to the military."

"Yes, the little one understands."

People didn't come to rob Ming, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off.

Although he didn't rob it, everyone was not stupid, and with such a large amount, the workshop only charged the cost price in the end, which made Cheng Jingzhou's impression of these people increase a lot, and said that he could ask him for help if he had difficulties in the future.

This is equivalent to him giving a promise, and several merchants are naturally grateful.

The first batch of supplies was not too much, 800 catties of jerky, 2,000 bunches of pancakes, and more than 400 catties of fried noodles, which were sent to the battlefield at an accelerated pace.

The escort was the men and horses sent by the Ministry of War, and he also specially brought a letter to Xie Rongen and the border commander.

In addition to mentioning the use and preservation of these materials, the letter also told them that they would come back a second time in half a month, which was specially used for battlefield raids.

Cheng Jingzhou didn't know at this time that it was precisely because of the delivery of this batch of emergency supplies that a big problem for Xie Rongen and others was solved.

They were originally thinking about the enemy's plan, because these people on the steppe were nomadic, and their soldiers and horses were not fixed in one place, which made them very troubled.

Take the initiative to attack, often can't find the other party's lair, this is tantamount to doing useless work, and the time to go out can not be too long, they can bring limited supplies, if they can find the enemy, then it is good to say, you can kill them, and then take their materials, just the so-called war is nothing more than that.

But the problem is that they often go out for two days without finding anyone, and they may even fall into the trap of the enemy, which is a problem.

In the letter sent by Cheng Jingzhou, he also specifically mentioned to them the distribution of the power of several tribes outside the Guan, which Xie Yu deliberately stuffed here in the name of trade in the early years.

Now that I can get these news back, it is not in vain.

And these news just gave Xie Rongen and them an opportunity to have a more comprehensive understanding of the outside of the border.