"But..." Yue Zhen opened his mouth to refute, but he couldn't find a word of refutation at all;

The words of the old man of Tianji hit the deepest part of Yue Zhen's heart, his father is indeed a peak that can never be surpassed in his heart, everything he has now, of course, has his own reasons for his efforts, but it is more the legacy of King Yue Wu.

Therefore, when encountering any problem, Yue Zhen couldn't help but think about how his father would solve this problem if he encountered it, and whether he would disappoint his father under Jiuquan by doing so, but he never thought about whether it would be wrong to do it in his father's way, or whether there would be a better solution.

Yue Zhen had never thought about this before, but the words of the old man of Tianji were like a thunderbolt from the sky, waking up Yue Zhen.

Yes, my father is a man, not a god, and he is not perfect, and he is not necessarily inferior to his father.

From this moment on, Yue Zhen's heart finally had a slight change, and Yue Zhen, who belonged to him alone in the depths of his heart, finally slowly raised his head!

Yue Zhen bowed to the old man of Tianji and thanked him sincerely; "Boy, teachable!"

The old man of Tianji smiled and held his beard, Yue Zhen is worthy of being the Tiankui Star chosen by the Heavenly Dao, and this comprehension alone is rarely matched.

The old man of Tianji has been secretly observing Yue Zhen for more than half a year, strictly speaking, the old man of Tianji has a very good understanding of Yue Zhen's ability, heritage, and how to behave in the world, and so on, the only thing he is worried about is his character, although Yue Zhen is not really a gentleman, but there is a trace of deep unconfidence in his heart.

And this lack of confidence can be fatal at a critical moment.

So the old man of Tianji took this opportunity and pointed out the defects of Yue Zhen!

Obviously, Yue Zhen listened, which made the old man of Tianji feel extremely relieved, and the old man of Tianji said with his long beard in his hand;

"There's a reason why you can do it!"

"Tiangang Youlong, this Blood Moon Tribulation is not for you to bear alone, Tiangang Youlong is the only hope to fight against the Blood Moon Tribulation, you are just the Tiankui Star among the thirty-six stars of Tiangang, and there will definitely be a large number of stars and Youlong around you in the future, fighting side by side with you!"

"With their help, you can't do that."

Yue Zhen nodded slowly, the words of the old man Tianji gave him great confidence, at this moment Yue Zhen was already convinced that he would be able to achieve his goal.

Putting away the faintly excited mood, Yue Zhen spoke; "The first point, the matter of forming an army that is not inferior to the thirty thousand Yue family army in the Chinese New Year's Eve, we have decided so, no matter how difficult it is, this is the task we must complete!"

"Now let's talk about the second point, how to store a large amount of supplies, I really don't have a clue about this, what do you think, old man?"

The old man nodded and said; "I do have some thoughts on that."

The old man's hand gently tapped on the armrest of the Taishi chair, and said slowly;

"There are many kinds of supplies, but let's start with the most important point."

"Food."

No matter what era it is, food is always the most important material, and there is no one, especially during the catastrophe, food is absolutely a vital link.

"As the saying goes, don't panic when you have food at home, although we don't know what will happen in this catastrophe, food is essential, and we must prepare enough food."

"In terms of quantity, my initial estimate is 30 million people's food rations for three years."

As soon as these words came out, Yue Zhen gasped and couldn't help but say; "Old man. . . You're not crazy, are you? What nonsense? ”

The old man of Tianji glanced at Yue Zhen and did not have a good airway; "Of course I know what I'm talking about."

"You know what you're talking about?" Yue Zhen scolded with a smile; "Do you know how much the food ration for 30 million people is for three years?"

"On average, one person a year is calculated according to the minimum guarantee of 300 catties, 30 million people need nearly 30 billion catties of grain in three years, and a catty of grain costs about ten copper plates, and 30 billion catties of grain need 300 billion copper plates, which are converted into silver taels, and 3 billion taels of silver are needed."

"What a number. Do you know? Do you know what the total tax revenue of the Kaiyuan Dynasty was in a year? It's not more than 500 million at most. ”

"In other words, just storing grain will cost the total tax revenue of the Kaiyuan Dynasty for six years, do you think I am an immortal?"

"Do you think it's possible for us to accomplish this?"

Speaking of this, Yue Zhen almost roared angrily!

The suggestion of the old man of Tianji is really outrageous!

But the old man of Tianji did not flinch in the slightest, and glared at Yue Zhen and said;

"This is only the minimum standard, if the conditions promise that we should store more food, you know, after the catastrophe, one more pound of food may save one more life."

"We don't know how the Blood Moon Tribulation will appear, but we have to make a plan for the whole country to have no harvest for three years, this is the safest arrangement, there are more than a billion people in the entire Kaiyuan, do you think it's too much?"

Yue Zhen sneered angrily; "That's not much. But you also have to see if we have the ability! ”

The old man of Tianji said lightly; "If you have the ability to do it, if you don't have the ability to think of a way, you have to do it."

"And that's not how you calculate the account. We don't have so much money to sell food, we can grow it ourselves! ”

Yue Zhen felt that he was on a thief ship, and laughed angrily;

"Plant it yourself, it's easy to say, then I'm here to calculate an account for you, the yield per mu of the Kaiyuan Dynasty is generally about 700 catties, even if it is all two seasons a year, if you want to store 30 billion catties of grain, you also need 30 million mu of fertile land for two to three years of all the output. This is not counting the fact that the farmer himself has to keep his rations, and he has to have a good year and no taxes. ”

"Do you know how much land there was in the Kaiyuan Dynasty? Good land, bad land, and barren land all add up, but only more than 200 million acres, you take away nearly one-seventh of the fertile land of the entire Kaiyuan Dynasty to store grain, who do you think you are, is it Emperor Yun? Even if you're the Cloud Emperor, it's unrealistic. ”

I have to say that Yue Zhen still understands the people's feelings very well, he is not like the kind of family brother who doesn't ask about the world, and he doesn't know anything about these people's livelihood materials.

He is well aware of the grain production and the various situations of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and he blurts out all kinds of data.

The old man of Tianji waited quietly for Yue Zhen to finish his crackling vent before he spoke; "As I said, you don't settle the accounts that way."

Yue Zhen was speechless, too lazy to refute again, and spread his hands angrily, meaning, then you count it for me, see how you calculate a flower!

The old man of Tianji said lightly; "There is a mountain named Tianshan in the wild area of the Tianyuan Continent, south of the Tianshan Mountains, there is a small country named Annan, its territory is only one-tenth of the size of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and the population is only about 10 million, its country is not rich in products, the military is lacking, it is an extremely poor, very inconspicuous small country."

"But this country has a great advantage that no one knows, the land is fertile, the water is abundant, the climate is warm, it is very suitable for the cultivation of rice, and it is still very traditional and simple farming in their country, but it is so that the yield of rice there has reached an astonishing thousand catties per acre."

Yue Zhen, who was originally careless, seemed to understand something, his eyes blinked, exuding bright light, staring at the old man of Tianji, who ignored Yue Zhen and continued;

"Not only that, but because of the climate and temperature in this country, rice has always been harvested three times a year."

"Of course, there are still big deficiencies in agriculture in this country, for example, they lack cattle and farming tools, their seeds are still the oldest and lowest yielding seeds, and more importantly, they grow rice and never fertilize it."

"If we can introduce the advanced farming technology, high-quality grain seeds, and a large number of agricultural tools into Annan, I believe that Annan's farming will undergo earth-shaking changes, and it is absolutely possible to reach 1500-2000 catties per mu, three crops a year, that is to say, one mu of land can produce about 5,000 catties of grain a year, and the grain can be stored for about five years, and we store grain for a period of five years, that is to say, only 100-2 million acres of fertile land are needed to plant rice every year. It was enough to meet our needs. ”

"There is a lot of land in Annam, and it should not be a big problem to develop 100-2 million acres of fertile land."

Speaking of this, the old man of Tianji looked at Yue Zhendao with a little teasing; "Master Yue, do you think there is a problem with my accounting?"

Yue Zhen was already stunned by the big news that the old man of Tianji broke out, there was such a treasure in the world.

Yue Zhen's horizons are already extremely broad, but after all, he is in the hinterland of Kaiyuan, and he really knows very little about the small countries around Kaiyuan.

Hearing this, Yue Zhen smirked twice, scratched his head embarrassedly, and gave a thumbs up; "Ginger is still old and spicy, and you're right."

The old man of Tianji was already a little accustomed to Yue Zhen's modesty and impermanence, and sneered; "Then we will store grain according to the ration of 30 million people for three years, do you think there is still a problem?"

Yue Zhen grinned; "You old man is so insincere, you know that such a feng shui treasure land, you actually sold Guanzi there, if what you said is true, then it is really possible to store 30 billion catties of grain."

"But... This place is far away from the Central Plains, how to develop, including how to transport it in the later period is also a problem. ”

Yue Zhen quickly thought of the key difficulties in running this matter.

The old man waved his hand;

"I'm responsible for providing this news, how to operate is your business, and I can also send you a message for free, because of the vast land and sparsely populated country, there are only less than 50,000 troops, and there is only one great master in the early stage of transformation in the country. Hehe, you know. ”

Of course, Yue Zhen understood the meaning of the old man's words, and rolled his eyes; "You old man really don't care about killing and burying you."

The old man of Tianji smiled and said; "I'm just one who provides information, I don't care about anything else. Okay, the matter of grain storage, we will plan it like this for the time being, how to implement it, you will think about it later! ”

"After talking about food reserves, let's talk about another strategic material reserves!"

"Have you heard of Uzi Steel?" The old man suddenly threw out a sentence;

Yue Zhen was stunned; "Uzi steel, of course I've heard of it, it's a kind of excellent fine iron tempered with extremely rare iron ore Uzi ore, which is the best raw material for casting divine weapons, but this iron has been extinct more than a hundred years ago, and even the method of forging ore has long been lost, which makes the heroes of the rivers and lakes who want to have a divine weapon sigh and sigh."

"Wait..." Yue Zhen suddenly remembered something, looked at the old man of Tianji with hope and said excitedly; "You tell me this, it can't be. Be.. ”

"Look at your virtue that has never seen the world." The old man of Tianji hit Yue Zhen hard, and only then did he say triumphantly; "Yes, I do know of a Uzi mine with a fairly large reserve. And I also happen to know the quenching method of Uzi ore. ”

"Master. . . You are the master. Uncle.. Yue Zhen happily grabbed the hand of the old man of Tianji and said in surprise;" There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, this statement is honest and does not deceive me. Fast.. Let's talk about where this mine is. ”

Uzi steel is the first divine weapon material that has been extinct for a hundred years, and the weapons forged with Uzi steel are extremely sharp, which is not as good as the divine weapons on the rivers and lakes, and the weapons made of Uzi steel are also inferior, if they can have an Uzi mine, quench enough Uzi steel, and hand it over to the Divine Weapons Workshop to make weapons, what a crazy thing it will be.

Hundreds of thousands of iron riders holding Uzi steel blades, crisscrossing the battlefield, trying to ask who in the world can resist, this scene feels crazy when you think about it, but Yue Zhen's dream is not half done, and the old man of Tianji wakes him up in disgust.

"What are you doing?" The old man of Tianji said; "Daydreaming? I'll tell you about the Uzi mine first, the amount of iron produced is extremely low, and the Uzi mine I know was discovered by the previous generation of Tianji Pavilion Lord, and he carefully calculated that all of them can only be forged with ten thousand swords at most. ”

"Ahh So little. When he woke up from the dream, Yue Zhen said with an unhappy face;

Tianji snorted coldly and angrily; "Do you think that the Uzi mine is a cabbage, even a hundred years ago, a piece of Uzi steel can cause a lot of bloody rain in the rivers and lakes, don't you have a point in your heart? Tens of thousands of handles, you're still too little. Come on.. Then don't bother your Young Master Yue. ”

"Don't! Father.. Don't be so stingy. Tens of thousands of handles are a little less, but it's enough. Uh-huh. Enough. Yue Zhen hurriedly grabbed the old man of Tianji, looking like he was afraid that he was going to run away, and the old man of Tianji was angry and funny.