Afterwards, Cheng Zhijie frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked with an aggrieved look: "Your Majesty, why is it that Henan Road has 1.5 million shi of grain, while our Hedong Road only has 1 million shi of grain!"
"In another half month, Li Xiaogong will lead the Japanese army to Qingzhou Harbor. The one million stones of grain brought back by the fleet can be used for disaster relief on Hedong Road!"
Li Shimin said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Cheng Zhijie looked overjoyed.
However, Duan Zhixuan on the side looked aggrieved.
"Your Majesty, why do we in Henan Province only have 1.5 million shi of grain?"
"One and a half million shi of grain is enough to support Henan Province for three to four months. After the autumn harvest, two million shi of grain can be mobilized from Guannai, Guanzhong and Jiangnan, which is enough to support the people of Henan Province for three to four months.
It’s next year!”
Li Shimin didn't look good.
"Your Majesty, where is the Hedong Road?"
Cheng Zhijie looked aggrieved again!
"You old man is so worried. In three or four months, Maoyue will return from Linyi. By then, are you still afraid that you will have no food?"
Li Shimin couldn't help but glare at Cheng Zhijie.
Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie was startled, and then he smiled flatteringly.
"Hehe, your Majesty, forgive me, but I am afraid of poverty. Who would have thought that now our Tang Dynasty can produce more than five million shi of food without having to levy food from various provinces?"
On the side, Duan Zhixuan, Hou Junji and others also looked shocked.
Although they all know that in the past two years, the Tang Dynasty brought back some food from Linyi and the Japanese state.
However, I didn't expect that I could bring back so much food.
This food is enough for them to lead an army of 200,000 people and fight happily for a year!
It's just a pity that so much food has to be lost in this major flood.
Disaster relief is like putting out fire!
After receiving the edict, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others hurried out, summoned soldiers and horses, gathered a group of four-wheeled carriages, each loaded 500,000 shi of grain, and headed east.
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Inside the Liangyi Hall.
Li Shimin once again summoned Lu Kuang, the director of housing construction, and Duan Cheng, the director of road construction, to meet with him.
"There have been major floods in thirty cities in Henan and Hedong. The cement road from Chang'an to Qingzhou will inevitably be washed away.
I order you to take all the craftsmen from the House Construction Department and the Road Construction Department to go ahead and repair all the roads as soon as possible. If necessary, you can ask Cheng Zhijie and Duan Zhixuan to help, and recruit Zhechong Mansion soldiers on the spot to help.
Let’s repair the roads!”
"Wei Chen obeys the order!"
After receiving the order, Lu Kuang and Duan Cheng hurriedly ran out.
There were major floods in thirty prefectures and cities, and it was the time of autumn harvest. They could imagine how dangerous this matter was.
at the same time.
The massive floods in the cities of Thirty Prefectures in Henan and Hedong have also spread to Chang'an City.
Suddenly, the hearts of all the people in Chang'an City sank.
Originally, in more than half a month, the rice and wheat in the fields would be ripe, and the autumn harvest could begin.
As a result, at this juncture, such heavy news appeared.
Half a day later.
In Chang'an City, a news came out inexplicably.
In order to relieve the millions of victims in Henan and Hedong, the imperial court will inevitably requisition grain from the areas within the Guanzhong and Guanzhong.
As a result, in less than half a day, the price of rice in Chang'an City increased by five cents.
Moreover, rice prices are still on an upward trend.
Two days later.
Food supplies in Guanzhong and other states within Guanzhong have also begun to rise.
Some grain merchants even began to hoard grain.
"These profiteers!"
In Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin was filled with anger after hearing the news.
However, I soon noticed that Li Wei below had a strange look on his face.
"What else?"
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Jin seems to be selling grain!"
Reported by Li Wei.
"Um?"
Li Shimin was startled.
"Is Xuanba going to sell grain?"
"Your Majesty, that's right!" Li Wei said.
"How many have been sold?"
Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, I think I sold it for 40,000 shi!" Li Wei replied.
"Forty thousand stones?"
Li Shimin was shocked again.
"Lijiazhuang has accumulated so much food?"
"Your Majesty, Lijiazhuang now has 18,000 acres of farmland, which can produce 70,000 shi of grain a year. In this way, in three years, it will be more than 200,000 shi of grain. In addition, His Highness the King of Jin is in Bingzhou, and there are
Ten thousand acres of food would produce thirty to forty thousand shi of grain every year.
In this way, the 40,000 shi of grain sold by His Highness the King of Jin should be the old grain accumulated by Lijiazhuang!"
Li Wei hurriedly explained.
"How much does it cost to sell those 40,000 shi of grain?" Li Shimin nodded slowly and asked again.
"Back to Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Jin's 40,000 shi of grain, a bushel of rice sells for ten taels, so it should be sold for 4,000 guan!"
Li Wei said.
"Only four thousand strings?"
Li Shimin was startled.
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is!"
Li Wei nodded.
Li Shimin sighed softly again, "But there is too little food in Xuanba Village, so we can only make two thousand guan this time!"
A trace of regret flashed in Li Wei's eyes.
Even if he doesn't understand business, he can still know that a while ago, the imperial court directly used 2.5 million grains to start disaster relief in Henan and Hedong Road.
The food prices that are rising now will come back again in an instant.
Even after the autumn harvest, every household will have new grain. Those grain merchants will take back so much grain at once, and they may have to sell it at a reduced price.
at the same time.
In some large houses in Chang'an City.
Some people in gorgeous clothes also gathered together.
Everyone's face was full of excitement.
It's no wonder that they are not excited. Only in the face of such a catastrophic disaster can they, the grain merchants, have the opportunity to make a lot of money.
Even, maybe you can borrow grain and get tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland.
As for the imperial court's allocation of one million shi of grain, Cheng Zhijie and Duan Zhixuan led an army to Henan and Hedong to provide disaster relief.
They didn't care at all.
According to the information they knew, at least more than five million people in Henan and Hedong were affected by the disaster.
And these places need at least more than five million yuan in food.
Even if it is the autumn harvest half a month later, the Tang Dynasty will be extremely short of food!
Anyway, starting this year will definitely be a great opportunity for grain merchants like them to make a lot of money.
"In the past two days, I have waited for the grain store to sell ten thousand shi of grain directly!"
"Sold fifteen thousand shi of grain at Xialiangpu!"
"I wish these two wise brothers a prosperous business, but in my shop, I only sold five thousand shi of grain!"
"Huh? Why is that?"
"Dear brothers, there should be a shortage of food in Chang'an City right now. If you sell the food in your hands so early, doesn't it mean that there is still enough food on the market?"
"Exactly, wouldn't it be impossible for the price of food to rise like this?"
"Hahaha, I thought this was a clever plan, my dear brother!"
"However, there is something that makes me very confused!"
On the side, a middle-aged man who had been silent all this time said with some doubts.
"Huh? I wonder what's so troublesome about Brother Wang?"
Everyone was startled.
"Yesterday, a shopkeeper at home collected 40,000 shi of grain from Lijiazhuang!" the middle-aged man said.
"What, forty thousand stones?"
Everyone was surprised, and then they all subconsciously congratulated.
"So, we still have to congratulate Brother Wang. As long as we store these 40,000 shi of grain for a while, we can directly earn 4,000 guan. Even if it works well, it is not impossible to earn tens of thousands of guan!"