Destiny Only Han

Chapter 153 White Gold

Guanzhong, Mei County.

Since the capture of Liangshan Palace, Han Xin moved his headquarters to the south.

At this moment, he was sitting in the shogunate of the Chinese Army, holding more than a dozen documents reported from various places in his hand.

These are documents that report Zhang Han's movements to him.

He really didn't expect Zhang Han to be so ruthless.

Not only set fire to the farmland that was about to mature, but even many villages were also set on fire.

One mistake, and now he paid the price in blood.

Han Xin put away the documents, leaned over his desk and began to write the memorial.

One of them was given to Liu Bang, the king of Han, who celebrated his victory in Liyang after recruiting and surrendering Dong Yi, and the other was given to Xiao He, the prime minister in Hanzhong, who collected taxes from Bashu and provided them to the front.

The letter to Liu Bang was to ask him to urge Cao Shen and others to speed up, step up the encirclement and abandon the hills, and cut off all communication between Zhang Han and the outside world.

As for the latter, it is to report the current situation and ask Xiao He to transfer the grain as soon as possible.

People in more than a dozen counties in Guanzhong have waited for a whole year for spring sowing and autumn harvest, but now they have been burned. Not only will this year be difficult, but next year's spring sowing will also be affected.

There must be enough food to avoid the occurrence of cannibalism.

At the same time, he began to order the army to be reorganized and urgently drilled to disperse, preparing to pass through the Guanzhong land like a sieve, so as to completely grasp the Guanzhong land in his hands.

After a while, dozens of pigeons of different colors fluttered their wings and sent Han Xin's writing to different places.

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Hanzhong County, Nanzheng.

The morning sun is rising slightly. Although the sky is not completely bright at this moment, there are already people who get up early and go out to collect firewood and grass.

With the smoke curling up from the kitchen, the whole city began to wake up.

On the sky that was grayed by burning straw, several carrier pigeons shot down like arrows, and the goshawks following them had no choice but to circle twice in the sky, turned around and left with a snarl.

This is the difference between hunter and prey.

For the hunter, if he fails to catch it, the loss is only a meal; for the prey, what escapes is his own life.

In the prime minister's mansion, a petty official fed the pigeons, took the letter box containing the letters from their legs, and walked towards Xiao He's office.

For a while, Xiao He looked at the cloth strips lined up on the desk, and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Han built a strong wall to clear the fields and burned farmland in more than ten counties.

As a result, not only do these places not receive tax, but they have to rely on Hanzhong to feed them.

But Han Xin thought things too simply.

From Hanzhong to Guanzhong, all the way to Guanshan is dangerous, and a truckload of grain and grass will consume at least [-]% along the way.

Feeding 10,000+ troops has already brought Hanzhong's manpower and material resources close to the limit. Now it is impossible to even think about feeding tens of millions of people!
What he can do now is to let the places in Guanzhong that are not affected by the disaster transfer the excess grain storage there, so as to alleviate the urgent need.

One day can be delayed, so that the people affected by the disaster can barely support the grain harvest until the next season.

Well, he is going to send people to guide the people there to plant winter wheat, so that in the coming summer, there will be new grain in the warehouse.

Disasters, of course, no longer exist.

Just as he was about to write, a long shadow flashed outside the door.

Xiao He raised his head and looked at Liu Ying who appeared at the door: "Today, what excuse did you use to be lazy?"

Liu Ying curled her lips: "Teacher, how can you insult people's innocence out of thin air... My mother said that their field has almost been harvested, so I don't need me to wave the flag anymore..."

Xiao He nodded: "Since you don't need to work hard, it's good to work on your mind...Look at that, I have someone make a new calligraphy practice board, today's twenty big characters, practice a hundred times!"

This old man is too ruthless... Liu Ying just wanted to pretend that he didn't hear the oil on the soles of his feet, and then saw the cloth strip on Xiao He's desk. He knew that it was a secret report sent by Fei Ge, so he slowly approached .

Xiao He didn't stop him either, it wasn't because of Liu Ying's identity, nor because he wanted him to get in touch with government affairs earlier, and there were no other messy reasons.

He was certain that Liu Ying couldn't understand it!
What Han Xin wrote was not the standard Qin Xiaozhuan, nor was it the official script that was very popular, replacing Xiaozhuan in almost all informal occasions, but a Chu State bird seal that combined the Wuyue style...

Sure enough, when the old god Xiao He was around, Liu Ying slowly raised her head, and all the light seemed to have lost in her eyes.

What the hell is this... After Liu Ying's brows drooped for a moment, she said confidently: "Teacher, preaching and receiving karma is also a way to solve doubts! Teacher, I don't understand! Please read it to me..."

In the Han Dynasty, such things as face are absolutely unacceptable.

Why did the emperors of the Han Dynasty lose the world in later generations? It is because they are too embarrassing!
Well, to put it in a more elegant way, the Han family has its own system, which is based on the way of kings and hegemons, but it is purely a moral education, using Zhou Zheng!
Xiao He laughed a few times, and repeated what Han Xin had written.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Ying and asked, "Tell me, what should I do?"

Liu Ying thought for a while and said hesitantly, "Don't worry about the grain adjustment, you can wait. After all, Guanzhong is a land of abundance, and people will have grain in their homes more or less."

Xiao He nodded, with piercing eyes: "When will the grain be adjusted? You must know that the people are rich and poor. Maybe the poor have no rice to cook, but the old food in the rich's home has not been eaten yet."

Liu Ying was silent for a moment and said: "You can monitor the grain store. When the price of grain and rice has skyrocketed tenfold, but the supply is still in short supply, it is the time when the poor's family runs out of food."

"Students once heard a saying that the result of a [-]% food shortage is not a [-]% increase in food prices, but a continuous increase in prices until [-]% of the population starves to death..."

Listening to Liu Ying's slightly childish voice, Xiao He only felt that his back was a little hairy, and a trace of cold sweat was gradually emerging from his back.

[-]% of the population starved to death?This little guy really dares to speak... Xiao He narrowed his eyes slightly, and listened to Liu Ying's continuation.

"Students feel that food allocation and disaster relief are not the best solution to solve the problem. Just like what the teacher said, if the people are rich or poor, if they want no one to starve to death, they need to send a large number of officials to register."

"This will give some of them a chance to do something."

"The government allocated [-] stones of grain, and in the hands of the common people, it would be great to have [-] stones left! Moreover, when the disaster hits, it is the time when the local rich households buy poor farmland at a low price!"

"After the disaster is over, I'm afraid that the rich will have endless fields, and the poor will have nowhere to stand..."

Liu Ying talked for a while, only feeling a little thirsty, at this moment Xiao He picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup, so he directly reached out and took it.

"Thank you teacher!"

Liu Ying compared her heart with each other and drank it all in one gulp.

Xiao He was stunned for a moment, saw a certain bearded man in a daze, and asked again: "Then what do you think is the best solution to get through this disaster?"

Liu Ying scratched her cheek: "Population transfer."

Xiao He asked: "What?"

Liu Ying said: "Guanzhong has just experienced a great war at this time. Even if there is no fire, there will not be too much grain in storage. At that time, I am afraid that the grain from Bashu will be transferred from Hanzhong to save the people from the fire."

"Then, let's simply relocate the affected people in Guanzhong to Bashu, um, especially Shu County, where the land is sparsely populated and the land is equally fertile, but it has not been well developed."

"And the most important thing is that due to road problems, most of the food is consumed on the road when transferring food."

"If we move the disaster victims to the place where the food starts, can we save a lot of loss on the road!"

"In this way, the county of Shu will be developed, the people will not have to go hungry, and the country will get countless fertile fields. Wouldn't it be great to have multiple purposes?"

"Teacher, I'll have another drink..."

Xiao He poured him another cup of tea with a dazed expression, feeling extremely shocked in his heart.

Liu Ying sipped her tea, but said nothing.

What he said so much today is actually because he wants to move the population to Shu County. He is still thinking about the plan he made at the beginning to develop the Zigong Salt Well.

With the salt well there, relying on his advantage as a traverser, it is enough to affect the situation in the entire southwest.

He remembered a famous saying that whoever controls oil controls all countries; whoever controls food controls everyone!

And table salt is a product that can be compared with food!
Although later generations feel that this thing can be found everywhere, and you can buy a bag for one or two yuan, it is a product of modern industry.

What is salt in this day and age?
White gold!
And it is no exaggeration to say that salt is a hard currency that is harder than gold!

To develop the southwest, it is necessary to deal with those uncivilized barbarians. At this time, the value of golden gold is actually not high.

After all, gold is neither edible nor drinkable.

Table salt is different.

Whether it's drinking blood or eating fine food, salt is inseparable from daily diet.

Why is Qi rich?
It is because of the benefits of fish salt that you can exchange salt for the wealth of neighboring countries for your own use!
Why did Qin Chu go to war against Ba?
It is because Ba Kingdom occupied Wuxian Kingdom in ancient times and obtained three natural salt springs, namely Wuxi Baoyuan Mountain Salt Spring, Pengshui Yushan Town Funiu Mountain Salt Spring, and Hubei Changyang County Qingjiang Salt Spring.

Every man is innocent of his guilt.

Naturally, Qin and Chu cannot give up such an important resource.

It's just that the state of Chu is close to the water after all, and it was one step ahead of the state of Qin, taking all of Yanquan as its own.

However, the principle that a person is innocent and guilty is also applicable to the state of Chu.

Chu State benefits, Qin State naturally cannot agree, but in Chu State's view, it is nothing more than another fight, who is afraid of whom?

It's a pity that Chu State overlooked one point, that is, Qin State at that time had a human-shaped weapon of mass destruction.

Mr. Wu An, get up in vain!

So there was the battle of Yanying, Bai Qishui attacked Yancheng, and hundreds of thousands of people drowned. After that, they conquered the capital of Chu State, looted and burned the tombs of successive Chu kings...

Liu Ying rested her head on her chin: "Teacher, such a good opportunity, if you miss it, you will lose it!"

(End of this chapter)