Great fusion of heaven and earth

Chapter 23 Zhao Yuanyan's Journey to Heaven 2 Report
Why are Zhao Yuanyan and others so shocked? Well, the reason is very simple. The population is too large. The population in the Western Han Dynasty was just over 5000 million.

And Song is only about 3000 million at most now. A population of 12 billion is too scary for Da Song, dozens of times that of Da Song.

And the millions of soldiers did not say anything else, and the Northern Song Dynasty could not afford the military salaries alone.

The Song Dynasty was in the first year of Huangyou, and Huangyou was the reign title of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, that is, 1049 AD.The army composed of forbidden soldiers, Xiang soldiers, rural soldiers and fan soldiers totaled 140 million people, the highest number in the Song Dynasty.The cost of raising soldiers in the Song Dynasty reached seven or eight tenths of the total fiscal revenue of the country.

In fact, it is not bad that there are 30 to 40 troops in the whole country of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the rest are empty-paid. Many of the 40 million troops are craftsmen who evade taxes, and the elite forbidden army who can fight is only 20. people around.

"Those millions are all the forbidden troops who can fight." Huyan Bixing asked.

"There are several million now. If there is a war, we can organize tens of millions more." Xiaozhuang answered every question, "Anyway, there is equipment."

From an angle that Zhao Yuanyan and the others couldn't see, Gao Dazhuang gave Xiaozhuang a set of sign language, telling him that all those questions could be answered.So Xiaozhuang will have to answer questions.

"Then how much do you earn each year?" Zhao Yuanyan asked with red eyes, "How much food can you harvest in a year?"

"Last year, the country's fiscal revenue came in several trillions. I didn't look carefully. It was probably more than six trillion." It is said that the state buys grain from farmers, right?"

"No, it's how much imperial grain can be collected into the warehouse." Zhao Yuanyan said in a trance.

"The imperial grain from the imperial grain and national tax, right?" Zheng Sanpao asked.

"Yes, it's this imperial grain." Zhao Yuanyan nodded affirmatively, "How much can I get."

"We don't accept imperial grain, and the agricultural tax was abolished a few years ago." Zheng Sanpao said, "My family farms the land, and now the country buys grain from farmers when it wants grain."

Gao Dazhuang gestured to Zheng Sanpao to scare them. Zheng Sanpao understood and said, "The country's food reserves are enough to feed the entire population for three years."

This sentence scared Zhao Yuan like a toad with his mouth open.

After everyone took a bath, they put on new clothes.

As for Zhao Yuanyan and the others, everything they looked at was strange, so they had to ask questions before letting them wear them.It took me half an hour to wear just a few clothes.

"Xiao Zhuang, you take Mr. Zhao to dinner first, I still have something to do, so I'm sorry." Gao Da Zhuang said to Zhao Yuanyan and the others with a smile.

"Come on, Mr. Zhao, let's go eat first." Xiaozhuang gestured to Zhao Yuanyan.

Zhao Yuanyan went to the cafeteria behind Xiaozhuang and the others.

"Come on, you're welcome, today's food is good, there are fish and braised pork, it's not bad." Deng Zhenhua came to the table with fish and braised pork, and said happily to Zhao Yuanyan.

"There's also ball soup." Shi Dafan held the soup with a smile.

Zheng Sanpao came over with a pot of steamed buns, "Eat, there's not enough, there's enough."

"It's all military food, and it may not taste as good as a big hotel, but you can eat it and go wherever you can."

Zhao Yuanyan and his party were divided into two tables. Zhao Yuanyan sat with the special forces, Huyan Bixing and a few others were at a table, looking at the food on this table, Zhao Yuanyan asked, "This is the food you give to the army? Succulent, what kind of meat?"

"Fish and pork, there are also halal beef and mutton." Xiaozhuang introduced.

"You all eat these every day." Zhao Yuanyan asked in a blue tone.

"How can you eat it every day?"

Hearing Xiaozhuang say that, Zhao Yuanyan's face seemed to be a little better.

"Eat it every day, otherwise I'll get tired of eating these dishes every day, no matter how delicious it is."

After Xiaozhuang finished speaking, Huyan Bixing asked, "Your army can eat these."

"Yes, the military can eat these, and ordinary people can eat meat every day."

Every time Xiaozhuang said a word, Zhao Yuanyan's face turned pale, and when he finished speaking, his face was bloodless.

"Eat, eat." Zhao Yuanyan ordered in a trance.He also started to eat.

"Heaven is really terrifying. Hundreds of millions of people have not seen it, and millions of troops have not seen it. But if it's just eating, if it's what he said, how rich it is." Zhao Yuanyan thought while eating.

"Hey, let's watch TV." Deng Zhenhua turned on the TV and said.

In the monitoring room, Li Chang and Ma Duan were both smoking cigarettes, looking at the tall and strong man in front of them.

"Confirmed." Li Chang asked.

"Yes, Chief, it has been confirmed that it is indeed an ancient world, dating from Song Zhenzong's time." Gao Dazhuang replied, "There is a problem with time, according to what Zhuo Qun said, when he was traveling through a time, Song Zhenzong enshrined Zen Taishan. At that time, the time should be 1008, but when we went this time, it was 1009, and Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was born a year earlier."

"The time is wrong. You have prepared for twelve days, right?" Ma Duan asked, "It's been a year over there? Is that right?"

"Report to the chief, yes."

Ma Duan put out the cigarette and asked, "Have you found any other problems?"

"Yes, first, the language problem, the other party is not speaking the official language of the Song Dynasty, but Mandarin."

"Secondly, there is a question of appearance. Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng has the face of Yan Shuangying." Tall Zhuang said twitching at the corner of his mouth.

"Pfft" X2.Li Chang and Ma Duan just took a sip of tea and spit it out.

"Cough, cough, cough, forehead, what did you just say?" Li Chang and Ma Duan asked while coughing, "Who has the face of Yan Shuangying?"

"The report is that Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong has the face of Yan Shuangying, the king of Chu Zhao Yuanzuo has the face of Bai Jingqi, and the king of Zhou, also known as the Eight Sages, has the face of Teacher Daoming."

"Pfft" X2.Li Chang and Ma Duan spit out the tea they just drank.

"Bangkekekekekekeke, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang;

"What you said is true?" Li Chang asked, panting.

"It's true, Chief, we recorded it."

"What about the video?"

"In this chief."

The two were in the monitoring room. After watching the video, they glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths twitched.

"Where are the people you brought back?" Ma Duan asked, banging on the table.

"Report to the head, eat in the cafeteria."

"You have to treat them well, you can't be neglected, we will take the video back to the capital." Li Chang thought for a while, "Three days, three days, we'll be back in three days, you must stabilize them within these three days. , remember, this is an order!!!"

"Yes, chief, promise to complete the task." Tall and strong stood at attention and saluted.

"Okay, let's go."

"By the way, Chief, we have an accident over there..."

Gao Dazhuang said all the problems that happened after the past.

"Go back, don't mention this to outsiders!"

"Yes." After Gao Dazhuang saluted the two of them, he turned and left the monitoring room.

"Let's go and go back to the capital." Li Chang said, smoothing his clothes.

"Okay." Ma Duan stood up and checked his pistol.

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