Li Chao approached the emperor and said, Your Majesty, we are not short of food now.
I now have 8 million stone grain in my hand, and if all of them are processed into disaster relief food, it will be enough to process 30 million stones.
Li Shimin was taken aback.
"Really" Li Chao nodded, of course he couldn't make the emperor happy. 8,000,000,000 stone grain, 30,000,000,000 This figure made Li Shimin's heart surge, you must know that under the imperial court's rent and tax adjustment law, the annual harvest of corn grain is only about 5 million stones.
Previously, Li Chao reformed the lower commercial tax and monopoly system, so that the imperial court could increase its fiscal revenue by nearly 10 million a year.
However, there was no change in this aspect of the millet grain, because the rent adjustment of the imperial court was based on the uniform land system, and only the tax was paid for grain.
And after getting rid of those nobles, bureaucrats, government soldiers, slaves, etc., the imperial court only had 2 million teachers, and each class received two stones per year, adding up to about 5 million stones.
Most of these imperial grains were to be transported to Chang'an to supply the court and the Lu rice used as Beijing officials.
The local officials did not enjoy the treatment of Lu Mi, they only divided the fields, rented the fields, and then collected the rent for Lu Mi.
Under normal circumstances, the imperial court's 5 million stone of corn grain a year, plus some silk cloth and money taxes, can also maintain operation.
Later, there were 10 million of Li Chao's coinage, salt, tea, iron, customs duties, merchants, etc., but life was better.
But with the catastrophe, the demand for grain has greatly increased, and there is not much grain in the granary of the imperial court.
Now Li Chao actually said that he had eight million stone grains in hand, how could Li Shimin not be surprised.
The sixteen states of Shannan are only one of the seventeen provinces in the imperial court.
"Where did you get so much food" Li Shimin knew that Li Chao had used a lot of tough means before, and he could loot eight million stones, so it was not something that could be looted just by being strong.
To be honest, he was really shocked when he heard the figure of eight million stones.
Li Chao wrenched his fingers and calculated for the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have checked and counted all the official warehouses and transshipment warehouses of the imperial court in Shannan Dongdao, and I have taken over all the official grains."
In addition, I also took over the rental of grain from the public fields in various places.
There are also Yicang and Shecang in various places, and there is a lot of grain, which I have also taken over. ” Li Chao said it very plainly, but it took a lot of effort to take over the grain.
In addition, the minister also bought half of the excess grain from the large households, and at the same time, the follow-up donations of the large merchants, so that the total grain in the hands of the Yamen of Shannan Dongdao has reached more than 8 million stones.
These more than 8 million stones, rice, wheat, millet, beans, sorghum and other kinds of grains are available, not all of them are fine grains. ” "At this time, it's good to have food, who cares about what coarse grains and fine grains."
Li Shimin patted Li Chao on the shoulder, "In this way, more than half of the folk grain in Shannan has already reached the hands of the government, and you are very skilled." ” There are not many people in the sixteen prefectures of Shannan, but the real total population is very large, and Li Shimin estimates that there are more than 5 million.
But Li Chao told him that there are at least 8 million people in the 16 prefectures of Shannan.
This number sounds shocking, after all, according to the household registration statistics of the imperial court last year, there were only about 3 million households in the country, with a population of more than 15 million, and there were only about 2.5 million teachers.
But in fact, the population must be more than that, because the official population at the end of the Sui Dynasty was 50 million.
There were too many people who became recluses at the end of the Sui Dynasty, not to mention that there were also many recluses during the Sui Dynasty.
This year, the Buddhist temple was cleaned up, and millions of people, hundreds of thousands of monks and nuns, as well as a large number of hermits and slaves who took refuge under the temple, were cleared.
Then there are those barbarian fangs, etc., Li Chao pacified the barbarians last time, and suddenly added nearly 400,000 barbarian population to the imperial court, all of which were registered for the first time.
Li Chao said that the 16 prefectures in Shannan have a population of 8 million, so basically there will be no big mistake.
For a population of 8 million, a young man will consume 7 stone of grain a year, and even if the disaster year decreases, these 8 million people will need at least 30 million stone of grain in a year.
Eight million stone grains are still not enough.
Li Chao turned these grains into disaster relief grains, and 8 million became 30 million, which greatly filled this gap.
"Luckily, this summer was a big year."
Li Chao said.
"Is your disaster relief food easy to use?"
Li Shimin asked, one stone of grain can be turned into four or five stone relief food, which always makes Li Shimin feel too amazing.
Disaster relief food, disaster relief food, of course, is for disaster relief.
It's all expediency.
One stone of grain cannot be directly turned into five stone relief food, you have to add other ingredients, such as sorghum and soybeans, which also need a lot of coarse grains, and then locust powder, dried fish, dried meat, dried vegetables, and then add some wheat husk and bran to put together.
If the ratio of sorghum, soybeans, and dried meat is more, then this relief food is still good.
If there is a lot of wheat husk, bran leaves, grass roots, etc., it will be much worse.
The effect of disaster relief food to satisfy hunger is okay, after all, people are uncomfortable when they are hungry, but they are actually uncomfortable when they have nothing in their stomachs.
If you stuff some grass root bark or something, even if it is not nutritious, as long as you can swallow it, it can last for two or three days.
It's just that the bran and wheat husks are not nutritious and difficult to digest, so they temporarily deceive their stomachs, and it doesn't work, eating a few more times may not only cause indigestion and constipation, but also lack nutrients and die.
The addition of cereals, sugar, grass and roots to the disaster relief grain is actually used to satisfy hunger, and the grain, dried fish, locust powder, etc., are used to supplement nutrition.
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The nutrition of these relief grains produced by Li Chao now can barely keep up, but after eating them for a long time, they will definitely be a little bad, and there is a relatively large sequelae, that is, if you eat too much disaster relief food, you are prone to constipation.
A better prevention and control method is to increase the intake of oil and water.
Li Shimin smiled.
He knew the sequelae of disaster relief food, he was worried about the victims when he was in Chang'an Palace, so he once ate disaster relief food for half a month in a row, and then when he squatted in the toilet every day, he had to squat for a long time, which was a deep memory.
"In these special difficult times, it's good for everyone to bear with them.
In this way, Shannan's grain is indeed enough, but the situation in Henan and Hebei is much more serious than that in Shannan this time.
Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda wrote a recital for me every day, and food was tight everywhere.
Although he is also processing and manufacturing relief food, many people have no food at home and have no ability to resist disasters.
They can only receive relief grain in the government, and the granary of the government is in danger.
Wen Yuan, I have to transfer some food from you first. ” Shannan himself processed grain into disaster relief food, and barely survived on locust meal, dried fish, and dried vegetables.
But Li Chao couldn't refuse Li Shimin's request.
For the emperor, the people of Shannan were his people, and the people of Henan and Hebei were also his people.
It is impossible for him to watch the people of Henan and Hebei starve to death.
"Your Majesty, we have been transporting grain to Henan and Hebei" "It's not enough, it's far from enough, it's much worse on their side than you are here.
You haven't starved to death here, but there are already people starving to death in Henan.
There are also people who eat grass seeds and eat Guanyin soil, that kind of grass seeds are the same as Guanyin soil, which can last for a few days after eating, but the same cannot be digested.
You may not have seen that kind of grass seed, but I do.
The field grows everywhere, one after another, the stems are very thick, the leaves are a little yellow, and the grass seeds are small.
The hungry people in Henan cut down the grass, beat down the grass seeds, rubbed and peeled them with their hands, and then fried them in a pot.
When you are hungry, grab a handful and put it in a pot to boil, and when it is boiled, it becomes a clear white porridge, like flour.
But this soup can stir up silk, like maltose.
A little cooler, it is as tough as a cow's tendon. ” Li Shimin said this kind of grass seed porridge with a terrifying look on his face.
"You know, after this grass seed is cold, you can't chew it at all, you can only bite it off piece by piece, and then swallow it in your stomach.
But that thing can't be digested at all, that is, it can temporarily withstand hunger, and eating it once can manage it for three days.
But after eating, you can't digest it, you can't pull it out, you have to eat some wild vegetables or something, you really can't do it, you have to pick it out, or you will swell to death. ” "Many people boiled this grass seed to eat, and some people were so hungry that they couldn't stand it and drank it like porridge without waiting for the grass seeds to be cold, but those who drank it like this died."
Before this kind of grass seed porridge is solidified, after drinking it, it will solidify in the stomach, and then it will be wrapped and coagulated with various things such as grass roots and bark in the stomach, and it will form a lump and block it in the intestines, and then it will die quickly.
If the intestinal infarction is blocked, you will not survive for a few days.
This is more terrible than Guanyin soil, and Guanyin soil will not be so serious at least.
Speaking of this, Li Shimin was silent.
When the people were hungry, they wanted to eat everything, regardless of whether they were leaves or grass roots and bark, many people ate poisonous wild vegetables and mushrooms and died, and many people ate the indigestible grass seeds Guanyin soil and died.
Every time he heard such a report, Li Shimin felt very uncomfortable.
But he also knew that the Henan region of the Central Plains was the hardest-hit area, and Wude had just ended the war at the end of the fourth year, and Hebei had only ended the war in the fifth year of Wude, and there were ruins everywhere.
The people basically have no food in their hands, and after a catastrophe, there is no harvest in the fields, so they can only go hungry.
The imperial court tried its best to provide relief, but the food could not be transported, and now people are dying every day.
"Wenyuan, you pulled out 20 million stone relief grain and transported it to Henan and Hebei respectively," Li Shimin said.
Li Chao couldn't help but be silent, Shannan finally managed to scrape together 30 million stones, and now he wants to send two-thirds to the brother region, what about the eight million people in the sixteen states of Shannan "Shannan can at least have food now, no one has starved to death, you can still hold on for a while, during this time, you can transport grain from Bashu from Jiangnan, but Henan and Hebei have begun to starve to death."
Li Shimin sighed.
Li Chao had to grit his teeth and nodded, "The minister understands, this will be arranged." ” However, Li Chao also knew that even if he was willing to pull out the precious relief grain and transport it to Henan and Hebei, it would be difficult to solve the problem immediately.
Even if 2,000 stone of grain is taken out, it will be quite difficult to transport it to the disaster area.
"Your Majesty, immediately transfer the people in the disaster area, especially the young and strong, and transfer them to Shannan to build a new capital and provide relief through work, which is much faster than our efforts to transport grain to the disaster area."
Li Shimin nodded. t1706231537: