"Your Majesty, this year not only have disasters continued in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, but also in Turks and other places. As early as the beginning of the year, many cattle and sheep were frozen to death in Turks and other places. The cattle and sheep they raised were not enough for their hozens.
Eat.
Nowadays, there are very few cattle and sheep left in Turks and other places. Coupled with the war, cattle and sheep are even more scarce.
And our Tang Dynasty will build cities and set up Zhechong Mansion in Turks and other places. With millions of Tang Dynasty survivors there, there will naturally be a huge shortage of food!"
Fang Xuanling immediately held up his hands and explained.
"What kind of solution can you, Minister of Secretariat, and Minister of Public Affairs have?"
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others and asked. In fact, Li Shimin also understood these principles, but he just looked upset.
"Your Majesty, forgive me. I believe that for the current plan, we need to first provide food and fodder for Li Jing and other five-pronged northern expedition. As for the remaining Turkic hozens and those Tang Dynasty survivors, they can only slaughter some sheep to fill their hunger, and then start from
Jiangnan and other places began to mobilize grain and send it to Lingzhou."
Fang Xuanling said slowly.
On the side, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui also looked in agreement.
"Your Majesty, now that a cement road has been built from Chang'an to Luoyang, the speed of transporting food is at least twice as fast as before."
"But it will take at least a month to requisition food from the south. If so, how can the millions of Tang Dynasty survivors in Lingzhou and other places afford to wait?"
Li Shimin said with some confusion.
"this?"
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others all looked helpless.
"Your Majesty, we have nothing to do about this matter. We can only provide more food to the state and Lingzhou from Guanzhong. As for those Turkic hozenes and Tang Dynasty survivors, since they can live in Turkic and other places for so long, there must be them.
way of survival.”
Hearing this, Li Shimin sighed softly, helplessness flashed in his eyes.
This method is indeed the best method currently.
"Your Majesty, Cheng Duanbo of Zhechong Mansion in Qingzhou has sent an urgent report!"
At this time, Li Wei walked in quickly holding a memorial.
"Bring it to me." Li Shimin said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Hearing this, Li Wei quickly sent the memorial over.
Li Shimin quickly unfolded it and started reading.
On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also had anxious expressions on their faces and looked closely at the memorial in Li Shimin's hand.
They all knew that Cheng Duanbo was sent to Qingzhou to serve as the captain of Zhechong.
Suddenly, Li Shimin's face was filled with joy and he clapped his hands excitedly.
"Good, very good!"
"I dare to ask Your Majesty, but what kind of happy event happened in Qingzhou?"
Changsun Wuji and others felt relieved, but still asked with curiosity on their faces.
"Xuanba took two giant Cangbo ships from Qingzhou Zhechong Prefecture out to sea for fishing. They just turned around in the sea and easily caught giant fish weighing thousands of stones!"
"Your Majesty, is it really worth a thousand stones?"
Hearing this, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others subconsciously widened their eyes with shock on their faces, and hurriedly asked Li Shimin.
"Qingzhou Zhechong Captain Cheng Duanbo will definitely not deceive me on this matter!"
Li Shimin said with a happy face.
At the same time, thinking of something, he raised his head and looked at Li Wei beside him.
"Find the Prince of Hejian County quickly!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Wei quickly raised his hands in response and ran out quickly.
"Auxiliary engine, Xuan Ling, in less than an hour after the two big ships went out to sea, they could catch fish worth thousands of stones. In that day, couldn't the two giant ships catch at least six thousand stones of fish?
And if there are four giant ships, they can catch at least tens of thousands of stones of sea fish in one day!"
Li Shimin handed the memorial to Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, and said with joy on his face.
"Your Majesty, if fishing in the sea is as simple as Cheng Duanbo said, it will definitely be a blessing for me, the Tang Dynasty!"
Du Ruhui also said with a happy face.
"Xuanling, what do you think about this matter?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling again.
"Back to Your Majesty, when Wei Chen was young, he went to the sea with some playmates. The fish in the sea were all fat and the meat was very delicious.
Moreover, I heard from the fishermen in the sea that there are indeed more fish in the sea. If you are lucky and encounter a school of fish, there are thousands of big fish, densely packed together in the sea, and there will be thousands of them in one net.
A big fish worth tens of thousands of stones!”
Fang Xuanling was from Linzi, Qizhou, only a hundred miles away from Qingzhou.
Therefore, when I was a child, I often went to the seaside to watch the fishing with some playmates who were also second-generation officials.
"So, what Cheng Duanbo said is indeed feasible!"
Li Shimin said slowly.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, if it is possible to catch fish like this, then the food shortage in the Tang Dynasty will be greatly alleviated!"
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others all raised their hands in congratulations with faces full of joy.
Hearing this, Li Shimin also beamed with joy.
Soon, Li Xiaogong also walked in from outside the palace with an anxious look.
"Your Majesty, Li Xiaogong, is here to see you!"
"Hurry up and get free of charge!"
Li Shimin said with a happy face.
Seeing this, Li Xiaogong looked relieved. It seemed that it was not that bastard from his family who caused trouble in Qingzhou.
"May I ask Your Majesty, what big thing happened when the general called out in such a hurry?"
"Cheng Duanbo, the captain of Qingzhou Zhechong, has sent a memorial. Please take a look!"
Li Shimin handed the memorial to Li Xiaogong and said with a chuckle.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Regarding this, Li Xiaogong did not remain polite and quickly took the memorial and read it.
"A fish worth a thousand stones?"
After reading it, Li Xiaogong subconsciously exclaimed.
Then, he raised his hands to Li Shimin with a happy face and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, there are so many big fish in the sea. As long as we, the Tang Dynasty, dispatch dozens of big ships, we can catch hundreds of thousands of big fish every day.
Don will never be short of food again!"
"Xiao Gong also thinks this matter has great potential?"
Li Shimin asked expectantly.
"Your Majesty, the sea is vast and boundless, and there are indeed many marine fish in it. However, the sea is too far away from the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Those marine fish will die when they leave the water, and it is difficult to transport them back to Guanzhong and Guanhai and other places!"
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiaogong's face flashed with a hint of embarrassment.
"well!"
After hearing this, Li Shimin looked disappointed again, "It's a pity that there are so many big fish!"
"Your Majesty, the prince's memorial is a memorial, and the king of Jin's memorial is a memorial!"
At this time, Li Wei walked in with two memorials in his hand and a strange look on his face.
"Gao Ming and Xuan Ba?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin also looked surprised.
However, I still hurriedly finished the memorial and started reading it.
Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others also looked at the two memorials in Li Shimin's hands with curiosity on their faces.
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian's memorial and then hurriedly read it.
As for Li Xuan's memorials, Li Shimin read them very seriously.
After a long while, he handed Li Xuan's memorial to Fang Xuanling, Li Xiaogong and others with a happy face.
"What Gao Ming and Xuanba wrote is the same as Cheng Duanbo. However, in Xuanba's memorial, there are two ways to transport the sea fish back to Chang'an City and keep the sea fish as fresh as when they went out to sea!
"
"Is there such a miraculous magic?"
Fang Xuanling, Li Xiaogong and others had a flash of surprise on their faces, and they quickly looked at it with curiosity on their faces.
"Using ice cubes to freeze large fish can keep the fish fresh and not smelly for a month!"
"Use coarse salt to rub and marinate the cleaned sea fish, and then dry it in the sun. It will be crisp, delicious, nutritious, and light and easy to carry!"
After reading it, Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but feel excited.