Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 533 Disaster Comes to the Year of Zhenguan

When snowflakes covered every inch of land in Chang'an, Datang officially entered the first year of Zhenguan from the ninth year of Wude.

Sometimes, Li Zhiyun would guess idlely that perhaps it was due to fate that the reign title of Wude could only last for nine years after all, and the reign title Zhenguan also appeared again, perfectly matching the original history.

The difference is that in the Tang Dynasty, which entered the Zhenguan Year, there is no need to worry about Turkic invasion.

During the last great dynasty in the year of Wu De, Li Zhiyun and Baiguan set the tone that within ten years there would be no large-scale national war equivalent to the extermination of the Turks.

Originally, Baiguan wanted to put the emperor's swords and guns in the warehouse and let the horses go to Nanshan, but Li Zhiyun strongly refused, so they had to change the policy.

In Li Zhiyun's view, the demise of the Turks does not mean the end of the war.On the contrary, for the expansion of the empire, war is inevitable.

The good news is that, except for the Turks who allowed the Tang Dynasty to go all out to fight the national war, the rest of the surrounding small countries or foreign races do not need to spend so much trouble storing food for war.

In front of Changle Hall.

Princess Jinyang and several princes and princesses were having a snowball fight, and the little ones were running around noisily, frightening the maids serving by the side.

Inside the hall.

Li Zhiyun accompanied the queen, and all the concubines were ordering something.

Spinning Jenny!
Empress Yang is also good at female celebrities. After Li Zhiyun demonstrated it once, she quickly started to operate, and the appearance of cotton threads meant that the handicraft industry had greatly matured.

"This flying shuttle is really powerful." Empress Yang said so.

The corners of Li Zhiyun's mouth curled up slightly. Besides the shuttle, he also made some improvements on the Jenny machine.

"Wool is also a sharp weapon." Li Zhiyun sighed with emotion.

In the future, wool trousers will sell well in the grasslands, and slaves of gems, gold and silver will not want as much as they want.

There is a saying that men farm and women weave.

Juntian has almost implemented it, and the rest is Nvzhi.

He intends to encourage self-sufficiency in folk weaving and selling.While plundering foreign women, they organized large factories to produce woolen fabrics.

In this way, it can be sold well at home and abroad and make a lot of money.

The income from sugar has enriched Li Zhiyun's dry internal funds again, and there is no big problem in setting up a large factory.

Right now, what is lacking is manpower.

There is no need to think about interracial women for the time being, because there are none.Turkic women were all given to meritorious soldiers by Li Zhiyun.

Therefore, the first batch of female workers recruited could only be Han females.

"Your Majesty, put down, kiss the silkworms, and the concubine will go all out." Empress Yang said solemnly.

Li Zhiyun nodded.

The emperor plows by himself, and the empress kisses silkworms.

This is ancient.

Concubine Wei Gui asked: "Except for wool, I wonder if silk and other things can be woven on this loom?"

"Of course." Li Zhiyun replied.

He thought of cotton, which was available now.During the Han and Wei Dynasties, cotton had been introduced to the Central Plains, and it was called "Zhibei", "Jibei" or "Kapok".

At present, no one thinks that cotton can weave cloth, and the world regards it as an ornamental object.

The Central Plains and other places are suitable for growing cotton, but Li Zhiyun cannot let 'cotton eat people'. What Datang lacks now is food.

More than [-]% of the land in the Central Plains must be used to grow food.

But the Western Regions can be used to grow cotton.

Cotton can't eat people from the Tang Dynasty, but people from the Western Regions can eat it.Just as Li Zhiyun thought, let 'sheep eat grassland people'.

How perfect.

What is capital?

Take your raw materials, and you buy my products.

Once this business route is established, the grassland people will sell wool to Datang in the future, and then buy wool from Datang at a high price to keep out the cold.

Who can say no to a warm and stylish cardigan?

It is conceivable that in a few years time, the prairie people will raise sheep frantically, and even use slaves to trade with Datang.

There is essentially no difference whether the grassland people use slaves to raise sheep or Datang takes over the slaves to mine mines.

It's all exploitation.

The difference is that the targets of exploitation are no longer Tang people.It's Xueyantuo people, Tongluo people, Khitan people, Goguryeo people, and even people from the Western Regions.

The people of Datang sat and waited for the resources to flow into Chang'an, then processed them into commodities, and sold them thousands of times to those countries where the raw materials were produced.

At that time, how rich will Li Zhiyun's inner money be?

Tsk, don't dare to think about it.

Gently touching the new loom, his eyes fell on the pedals, and Li Zhiyun's thoughts fluttered.After the popularization of hand-made small machines, hydraulic spinning machines and the like must be built as soon as possible.

Wool cloth is not as comfortable as silk, but it is the best choice for wearing outside single clothes as an interlayer to keep out the cold.

In March of the first year of Zhenguan, the emperor personally plowed an acre of land, and the queen led his wives to hold a silkworm ceremony to worship the silkworm god snail ancestor.

At the silkworm pro-sacrifice ceremony, Empress Yang took the lead in displaying a new loom, which aroused discussions among the government and the public.

Later, under the leadership of Baigongjian, a large factory building was built in the western suburbs, more than [-] new looms were installed, and female workers were recruited.

In terms of wages, five social insurances and one housing fund are available, and the monthly salary is calculated. The female workers are very happy, so that they can be used to supplement their families.

Soon, the first wool cloth came out.

At first, everyone thought that the new loom was efficient and suitable for weaving silk, but they didn't expect it to be rough wool cloth, and everyone lost interest immediately.

The big news of the loom has just passed, and bad news came from Hebei.

Great drought!

Farming without water is not enough. The drought in Hebei this year is particularly severe.

Because Li Zhiyun had prepared in advance, he sent Wei Zheng to Hebei with food for disaster relief.Most of the money for buying food came from Li Zhiyun's internal funds.

There is no way, the cost of destroying the Turks is too high, and the expenses of the foreign court are in trouble, so Li Zhiyun can only buy food with blood.

Under the publicity of the Chang'an newspapers, the common people knew that the food for the disaster relief was bought by the emperor himself.

Emperor of conscience!
Li Zhiyun happily harvested another batch of people's hearts.

Anyway, his money was earned with soap, sugar, etc., and it didn't hurt to take it out.Because he knows that this benefit will always send him money.

Being able to stabilize the world is what makes him most comfortable.

The disaster situation in Hebei has stabilized a little bit, and the summer has just entered, and more than [-] prefectures in Shandong are experiencing severe drought again!
With tears in his eyes, Li Zhiyun used the money he had just earned to buy food from the small treasury and sent it to Shandong to help the victims.

The Guanlong family laughed very happily, because they made a lot of money.

Emperor Zhenguan treated them well, and kept giving them money, how could they be unhappy.Although they didn't increase the price of grain to sell, the imperial court was always doing a big business of one hundred thousand shi, one hundred thousand shi, how could they make less money.

Soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.

The disaster situation in Shandong has not stopped, and the time has entered August, and another round of bad news came.

In August, autumn crops were damaged by frost in the Kanto, Henan, and Longyou prefectures.

Li Zhiyun sighed when he heard the news, gritted his teeth and paid for food relief.

So far, it's not over yet.

In the autumn of the first year of Zhenguan, the Guanzhong area was first flooded by rain and floods, followed by overwhelming locust plagues.

Li Zhiyun had to reluctantly take out the grain that had just been transported from the south and Bashu, and implemented "relief with work" in Guanzhong.

Even though he knew these disasters would happen and prepared accordingly.But in this era, it is simply not feasible to use human power to resist the way of heaven.

The loss is still huge.

The Guanlong family stopped laughing, because most of the food in their hands was sold to the imperial court.

From the first month to September of the first year of Zhenguan, Li Zhiyun felt that he had done nothing, and every day when he opened his eyes, he saw the disaster relief memorial sent by the local government.

As a result, Datang's income is in a state of making ends meet.

If he hadn't used domestic funds to subsidize, Datang's finances would have been finished.

If it hadn't been for the disaster relief in time, someone might have shouted; the sky is dead, and Huang Tian should stand.

In the first year of Zhenguan, the emperor, his subjects and the people lived in a very uncomfortable way.

(End of this chapter)