"Xilulu..."

At the end of August, when the northern provinces had already started harvesting grain, truckloads of grain set out from Northern Zhili and were transported to the three prefectures of Taining and Shanxi respectively.

At the same time, Liaodong also began to receive ships of food sent from Yingzhou.

The atmosphere of war was promoted by the Governor's Office of the Five Army and spread to the entire north.

For a time, the grain prices in Liaodong began to fluctuate, but were soon stabilized by millions of shi of rice and wheat released by the local Imperial Horse Supervision.

However, to stabilize the grain prices in Liaodong, we still need to supplement the military rations, which is a considerable challenge for the Imperial Horse Supervision.

Often at this time, the Imperial Horse Supervision will choose to purchase grain from other places to transfer grain from south to north. However, since Sichuan is responsible for supplying grain from Shaanxi this year, the Imperial Horse Supervision did not buy grain locally, but instead placed the grain from the Northern Expedition in Huguang, a grain-producing province.

Huguang's grain ushered in the autumn harvest period. At the same time as the new grain was launched, nearly nine million stones of rice and wheat were purchased by the local Imperial Horse Supervisor through normal means such as land tax and commercial purchase, and then loaded and shipped to Liaodong.

Similarly, the rice and maize from Liaodong were also transported to Taining Prefecture.

In this way, the matter of one province moving one province and one province replenishing one government is constantly being staged.

The "South-Grain Diversion" policy designated by Zhu Youjian was the court that carried out the North Transfer Policy on the premise of ensuring the stability of grain prices in grain provinces.

The roaring sound represents its inconspicuousness. As far as Bi Ziyan knows, the last place with such strict garrisons was the Military Academy five miles away.

In fact, because Bi Ziyan had no choice but to ask for help from Zhu Youjian. According to what he thought, only by temporarily stopping the Northern Expedition could all provinces live through this year safely.

"The three provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi also have a shortage of about 10 million stones..."

"Long live your life, you are in charge of the world, so that the people can have work, officials can have salaries, and farmers can have food..."

Bi Ziyan wanted to say, "But this will make labor reform workers dissatisfied and even riots broke out." But Zhu Youjian slapped the table without waiting for him to say it.

"How many people are there moving northward in Liaodong and Shanxi? How are the oxen distributed?"

"Only when Jianlu is pacified, the court can establish a provincial governor and envoy for Nuer, and the court can develop the Northeast!"

It’s a pity that Bi Ziyan used common sense thinking, and Zhu Youjian…

You have to praise the master first, and then praise others according to the master's words. This is the way of being the primary and secondary.

"Yes..." Wei Zhongxian guessed almost the number Zhu Youxiao was going to say in his heart.

"That's enough!"

Since the water has been poured in in advance, after half an incense stick, the tractor began to make a whistle sound and white water vapor came out from the exhaust port.

Thinking of this, Bi Ziyan turned around and left.

A year has passed since the three-year drought buffer period, next year is the second year, and Zhu Youjian will prepare for the second round of drought and reserve grain in the following year.

Compared with more than 2 million adult men, this demand can only make a small number of people live a prosperous life. Most people should still farm, guard the few acres of thin fields at home, and earn two or three taels of silver that can only be earned once a year.

"It's thanks to my younger brother." Zhu Youxiao was very happy to be praised by Wei Zhongxian, but he did not lose himself.

Zhu Youjian ordered with a calm expression: "Including the four million, the food in Jiangnan is enough."

Bi Ziyan bowed respectfully and returned the salute, and Zhu Youjian also took the opportunity to inquire:

The affairs of the Western Army Governor's Office and the Southern Army Governor's Office made Zhu Youxiao very alert. He did not leave the Midsummer Palace for half a month, but was studying how to protect himself.

Bi Ziyan bowed from the bottom of his heart, using a reply to express his uneasiness.

He did not expect that the drought had been overcome, but the problem of grain production reduction was not solved.

"The people of Shandong themselves need about 70 million stones of rice and wheat, and less than 40 million stones can be delivered to Northern Zhili." Bi Ziyan responded.

"However, to stabilize the grain prices in Northern Zhili, you need to import at least an additional 10 million stones, so the shortage of 12 million stones..."

If Zhu Youjian had not relocated the population and opened up hundreds of millions of mu of overseas granaries, then the Ming Dynasty would have probably been like history, with wars everywhere and population reduction.

Beijing City, with a population of 1.3 million, only needs more than 100,000 labor, while Beizhili, which has more than 7 million people, only needs 500,000 or 600,000 people.

Thirty cents are a lot, it can buy ten kilograms of rice, or one kilogram of mutton, two chickens and ducks.

"A wise emperor like Long Live, a prince like His Highness who has become a general and a prime minister is indeed rare to meet in an age." Wei Zhongxian agreed.

"We need to speed up the merger of military and civilian military farms, and then cancel all miscellaneous items and simplify land tax to reduce the pressure on the people..."

He knows more about folk affairs than too many people, but the truth is often not what the people above want to hear.

I believe that even the people can understand the food price for a year and even have a few miscellaneous items in the next ten years or even decades.

He rode on the four-wheeled carriage using natural rubber, and under the guard of a team of soldiers in the military and horses, he embarked on the road back to the capital.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian turned around and left.

Zhu Youjian knew the reason for the decrease in grain yield per mu, so he asked Bi Ziyan reasonably.

The parts of the steam engine are being assembled, and this speed is not fast, but it is enough to make Zhu Youjian feel proud.

After waiting for the beginning of spring, they have to transport enough food to the troops in Liaodong and Taining in four months.

"Shanxi is about 120,000, and Liaodong is about 90,000..." Bi Ziyan responded without hesitation and explained:

"I have already talked to Admiral Cao about the ox plowing."

Instead of going south with Zhu Youxiao, he took the lead in riding south.

Thanks to the trend of Western learning in the east and the opening up of the late Ming Dynasty, Bi Ziyan, as a scholar-official class, only sighed at the train, and there was no such thing as the late Qing Dynasty officials who exclaimed that the train was a monster.

As an expert in flattery, Wei Zhongxian naturally knew how to please the emperor.

"If the people like them, if they have a leisure time every year and only work for ten months, they may earn eight or nine taels of silver."

"Reduce the rations of labor reform workers in the six provinces by one-quarter, or use sweet potatoes and potatoes instead, and in short, six million stones of rice will be used to support Jiangnan."

"Train is beneficial to the country and the people, and is not only conducive to the imperial court's control of borders and remote provinces, but also to commercial trade."

"How much grain can Shandong support to Beizhili?"

It is better to have labor hard than to have people...

"The Palace Highness said that the national treasury was divided, and the marriage of the King of Qi was a family matter, and the money should be paid from the treasury."

In this conversation that was ignorant of the sufferings among the people, it was already dusk and the villagers were receiving wages.

The ten taels of silver mentioned by Wei Zhongxian is the "annual income" that these people can only earn after two or three years of busyness.

Zhu Youjian summoned him in the study, and the first sentence he said made Zhu Youjian feel attentive.

What a huge salary, but even so, some people are still dissatisfied.

"This year, the people will suffer, and the court will permanently exempt some miscellaneous items from next year and benefit the people."

Regardless of whether the people can earn ten taels of silver in a year, he had to make the emperor believe in the "Apocalypse Prosperity".

Seeing that the two were ready, the farmer in charge of the tractor immediately turned around and used a shovel to fill the coal from the coal truck next to him into the tractor.

Bi Ziyan heard that Zhu Youjian wanted to reduce miscellaneous items, and he was no longer inconsistent with the increase in grain prices for one year.

"The train is a clever and powerful thing. After watching it for a long time, the officials couldn't calm down for a long time."

After Bi Ziyan finished speaking, Zhu Youjian frowned.

On the six-wheeled carriage of three feet and six feet, Wei Zhongxian knelt in the carriage of a small palace and flattered Zhu Youxiao.

"Then we will start to form a Northeast development plan based on village collectives."

"The two provinces have a total of only four million stones..."

"If Jiaozhi wants to stabilize the grain price this year, he can only transport five million stones, while Yunnan needs to adjust four million, so Jiaozhi can only deliver one million stones."

"Well..." Zhu Youjian hadn't heard Cao Huachun's name for a long time, since he left the Sichuan branch.

Compared with the great achievements they mentioned, the average person of ten taels per person, the small thirty-penny copper coins that the people got in their hands seemed particularly ironic.

The cement wall made of steel and cement is four meters high and has a circumference of twenty miles, and it encloses tens of thousands of acres of land.

As before, after dealing with everything, Bi Ziyan wanted to leave.

"It was not until I saw it that the lower officials knew why His Highness insisted on building a railway."

"As for the grain in the north, if the provinces squeeze it, the grain prices can rise slightly by 10%.

"Xiaguan originally wanted to support Beizhili through Shandong's grain transportation, but Shandong did not have enough food this year."

Zhu Youjian knew how much impact the rise in grain prices had on the lives of the people, but he had no choice.

When Bi Ziyan looked at them, he couldn't help but think that the amount of silver he earned for his annual salary of 2,000 taels of silver may be the money he earned after two years of joint efforts by hundreds of civilians in front of him.

Zhu Youxiao turned around with great interest and asked the person in the car, but all the servants closed their mouths and dared not answer.

Zhu Youjian was about to transport grain from Jiaozhi to Beizhili, but Bi Ziyan gave him another heavy blow.

Two or three percent seems to be not much, but it is a lot in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian asked calmly, while Bi Ziyan subconsciously shook his head:

"The emperor accepts the order, please rest assured..."

"I feel very relieved if the people have work..."

"The labor reform workers..."

A year has passed, and now thinking about it, Zhu Youjian also feels that he is too harsh on Cao Huachun.
To be continued...