Destiny Only Han

Chapter 848 Liu Bang: Question first!

Xihai, Huangyuan County.

Not far west of the county seat is the vast Qinghai Lake.

Every summer is the most beautiful season of Qinghai Lake. The shore of the blue lake is full of golden rapeseed fields, which extend to the end of the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

But this year's Xihai County is full of chills.

Teams of knights drawn from Jiuyuan, Yunzhong and other northern frontier counties set up camp along the railway. From time to time, three or five cavalry galloped back and forth, and occasionally a human head could be seen hanging from their horses.

The head of the Qiang people.

Drenched with blood, his face was hideous.

After all, the Han army didn't know which tribe's Qiang people invaded the border that day, so naturally they retaliated indiscriminately!

Today, on the hilly grasslands on the south side of Xihai County, the grand scene of Qiang people grazing cattle and sheep, trimming wool and selling them is no longer there. There are only scattered adobe houses and simple warehouses, vaguely telling the past.

However, those Han people who migrated here from the Central Plains one after another didn't care about it, and they were even a little bit happy.

This is especially true for those farmers who have pastures to raise cattle and sheep.

In the past, when the relationship between the Han and Qiang people was harmonious, because the Qiang people’s breeding costs were low, the price of wool was extraordinarily involuntary. Now the Qiang people have gone to the plateau desert farther away, and the wool they sheared finally got a good price... …

The important thing is that when the Qiang people are completely defeated, they will have the opportunity to get their hands on the vacated grasslands and forest farms!

Although the number of laborers in their family is even difficult to manage the family business, land is an asset, and no one ever dislikes their own assets!
Therefore, the relationship between the army and the people here is very harmonious. Even if the knights of the Northland were raising war horses, if one accidentally let the horse gnaw the crops of the local people's homes, basically no people would sue the officials...

But in the eyes of legalists, it is a pure bad habit for the people not to sue the officials.

So under Zhidu's order, dozens of northern knights were beaten with batons...

Military discipline, immediately cheered up!
Those northern knights who had already fought wars when they were adults, so they had no military power but had no military life, so they were very loose in the past. They were even more trembling, for fear that they would offend that mad dog who would bite whoever they wanted... Well, It's a hungry wolf!

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To the west of the Sheriff's Mansion, the courtyard with a dental flag hanging is the office of the Southwest Yi Recruitment Department.

From early in the morning, the Second Officer here suddenly felt that the workload seemed to be doubled compared to the usual one. There was a lot of people in the corridor, and all the people looked in a hurry.

So everyone understood that the next step was to get serious.

Zhidu walked out of his simply decorated, shabby room, joined Feng Tang who was already waiting at the door, and boarded the carriage hand in hand.

"The state's public weapon has been reduced to private use... Hey, Xungui!"

"The envoy speaks carefully!"

Feng Tang hissed hastily.

They were going to pick up the train today, and those second-generation sons who passed the examination in the martial arts hall would take the train from Chang'an City to Huangyuan County, and become grassroots officers who conquered the Qiang people.

Therefore, Zhidu's complaints are understandable.

After all, this is combat, and a veteran is worth more than a hundred dudes!

The important thing is, in Zhidu's opinion, those gangsters who don't know the difference between wheat and wheat are all naive and stupid!

It may be that war is so far away from them that they forget how cruel war is!

In the fantasies of the dandies, the so-called war is nothing but the glory and romance of men, a generous and heroic adventure. A proud man like them should wear gorgeous armor and ride a swift horse. Facing an enemy dozens of times larger than himself, he charged bravely until the halberd was broken, the armor was shattered, and the horse died. Then, surrounded by everyone, he looked up at the sky and slowly closed his eyes...

idiot!

Although Zhidu cursed in his heart, he was powerless to stop what had happened. Fortunately, when he arrived at the station, hundreds of Wei Peisheng from the lecture hall had already stood neatly together, which made him a little relieved.

Well, the reason why Zhidu was relieved was not the horizontal and vertical formation of Wei Peisheng, but the attendants who stood beside them and carried their luggage for them.

Although those people only had a dagger in their waists, and they looked very simple and honest, but Zhidu was used to seeing sergeants in the Western Regions Protectorate, and he could judge the identity of the opponent from the posture and expression of the opponent.

veteran.

The kind who is used to fighting and kills like hemp!

"Private samurai...hehe." Zhi Du sneered, and turned to walk away with his hands behind his back.

There are military supplies being loaded and unloaded.

Feng Tang mourned for three seconds for those nobles who were being watched by Zhidu, and then greeted them with a smile.

"You guys have come from afar, you have worked hard, you have worked hard..."

"Where is it, Captain Hu Qiang is being polite..."

Xiaqiu Hou Shen Wugui clasped his fists in response, then stood up straight and shouted loudly: "The third session of the lecture hall, Shen Wugui, the third class of the Infantry Division, come to report!"

Behind him, those Wei Peisheng also puffed out their chests and shouted loudly.

"The third session of the Martial Arts Hall, the third squad of the Infantry Division is the first to report!"

"The third session of the Martial Arts Hall, Wang Ji from Class [-] of the Cavalry Division is here to report!"

"The third session of the Martial Arts Hall, Li Zhi, the second squad of the Infantry Division, is here to report!"

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Feng Tang nodded secretly. Sure enough, as he had heard and expected, none of these honorable sons who reported their families had a major in artillery...

Of course, this is largely due to the fact that there is no artillery department in the lecture hall.

But to trace the root cause, it is because the people who study in the martial arts hall are all powerful and noble, and they always have to be a little dignified.

After all, to be an artillery commander, the most basic requirement is to be good at mathematics.

Although there are many general formulas to calculate data such as ballistics and charge, the final result still depends on manual calculations, such as operations such as taking the square root by hand...

Therefore, the lecture hall only offers two disciplines of infantry and cavalry. As for the artillery for the martial arts performance that day, it was actually temporarily seconded from the garrison of Chang'an City...

A clear smile appeared on the corner of Feng Tang's mouth, and he immediately asked the subordinates around him to bring them back and wait for distribution. As for himself, he trotted all the way to catch up with Zhidu, pointing to the wooden box brought out from the carriage and asked :

"This is what His Majesty said... um, a new type of military ration for instant noodles?"

Zhidu shook his head: "Yes, not all."

"Soldiers still mainly eat rice noodles in their daily diet. This kind of instant noodles is used to reward the army..."

"After all, the noodles are made of fine flour, and they have been deep-fried. Each box of instant noodles also comes standard with two large bottles of fried sauce and a can of meat..."

"Fried noodles? No wonder." Feng Tang said with a smile: "It seems that we have entrusted the blessings of those nobles this time, otherwise it is not our turn to enjoy such an expensive thing!"

Zhidu showed a smile uglier than crying, but he didn't answer.

At this moment, all his thoughts are placed on the next battle.

I hope, I hope the magistrate of Shu County can send news of the great victory, so that I can attack from the north and the south, and the border troubles can be completely solved... Zhidu turned his head to look south, but he just stretched out his hand and grabbed Feng Tang. That's not too clean The little hand asked coldly:
"Stealing military rations, what is the crime?"

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"One more bowl, cut more meat!"

During the family banquet in Lin Guang Palace, Liu Le raised the bowl with a shiny face, just like when she ate a piece of soup for the first time many years ago.

It's just that this time it's not Cao's who is in charge, but Dou Yifang and Zang'er.

Braised beef YYDS......Liu Ying also raised the bowl.

Dou Yifang took the bowl, and naturally put the meat originally intended for Liu Le in Liu Ying's bowl, and then took advantage of the situation to cut a few more slices, while Zang Er on the other side did the same, scooped up the noodles and put them in the bowl. After putting it in the bowl, I didn't forget to pour half a spoonful of steaming broth.

Liu Le's face was full of bewilderment, Doudou glared at Dou Yifang who pretended to ignore her.

See sex and forget friends!

And that Zang'er, don't think that I will forgive you if you look good... Liu Le puffed up his cheeks and looked sideways at Liu Ying: "Such a big emperor, he doesn't worry about state affairs all day long, but he is so fond of eating." Take care!"

Liu Ying stared back: "Who invited you here? Every time I come here, I eat and take food. How can I dare to criticize me?"

Liu Lebian looked at Lu Zhi with his mouth open: "Mother, look at my brother..."

"Shut up!" Lu Zhi raised his head: "Don't eat or sleep, don't talk, whoever yells between you two will get out of here!"

Am I no longer my mother's cutie... Liu Ying looked at Lu Zhi with a hurt face, but in the end she found nothing, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help revealing a little joy.

That's great, I don't need to be a baby boy anymore!

On the other side, Liu Bang started to get sidetracked: "I think Liu Le is right, you are the emperor now, you should think more about state affairs, and don't always think about carpentry and weird food... "

I advise you to mind your own business... Lu Zhi stared at Kazilan's big eyes: "Do you understand the combination of work and rest? I don't understand carpentry, but this kind of instant noodles is not just a simple meal, it's military rations!"

"That's it? Military rations?" Liu Bang said with a look on his face that I don't read much and you don't lie to me: "Have you ever calculated how much this bowl of noodles costs? Military rations? When did I become so rich? Let me tell you." , is the excuse that kid just made up for being greedy!"

"Hmph!" Lu Zhi rolled his eyes: "We women and Taoists don't interfere in state affairs!"

Well, she knew she couldn't say enough.

Although Lv Pheasant was born in a rich merchant family, after marrying Liu Bang, he had a hard time for a period of time. Naturally, he knew the sufferings of the people. This kind of pasta that is oily and meaty, the most important thing is that the soup is also added with a lot of spices. It will be military rations as Liu Ying said!
The food in the army is mainly based on fullness, even if it is meat, it is mostly stewed rather than stewed.

After all, the price of a large bag of marinade can almost be exchanged for a sheep!

In the face of benefits, taste is no longer important.

Therefore, Lu Zhi directly changed the topic.

She, don't fight against the wind!
But Liu Ying said with a smile:

"You can't say that. Compared with this kind of instant noodles, isn't fine wine cheap?"

"When the battle is won and the army is rewarded, even the most ordinary infantry will reward more than one catty of good wine. In conversion, you can buy half a chicken!"

"So my pasta is also used to reward the army!"

"Reward the army?" Liu Bang nodded: "Then it makes sense... But how did Naigong hear that there is a new noodle restaurant in Chang'an East City, called an instant noodle canteen, which specializes in this kind of noodle?"

Liu Bang said while looking at Lu Zhi beside him: "You know, let them cook the same bowl of noodles, add some green vegetable leaves and fried burnt balls, and it will cost ten yuan a bowl immediately!"

"You should know that in ordinary restaurants that sell oily noodles and trouser belt noodles, a bowl of noodles that is bigger than your head costs only three and five baht, and there is a discount for two bowls, only five baht!"

"In this way, the small instant noodle cafeteria not only resells military rations, but is also a profiteer who drives up the market price!"

"Should kill!"

Lu Zhi rolled his eyes and pretended not to hear.

This is the legendary person who sued me.

After all, the instant noodle industry is now her natal nephew, that is, Lu Tai who lost his status as the heir king, was fooled by the monks into "walking in the world", and later returned to vulgarity because of the uncleanness of the six roots.

Of course, part of the profits went to the palace.

To be precise, it is Changle Palace.

Here's the protection fee (crossed out)...well, the patent fee!

So Liu Ying said with a smile: "Yes, when the time comes, Dad will not only kill those profiteers, but also tens of thousands of workers in Lu and Xue County, as well as hundreds of thousands of herdsmen and farmers, and he will be killed by then." Form a river, lay corpses for thousands of miles!"

Liu Bang froze and looked at Liu Ying with a frown.

Liu Ying explained: "Didn't Dad say that he wants to kill those with vested interests? If you want to kill him, then kill him cleanly, He Qinghaiyan!"

Liu Bangji pointed: "Zhuzi is arranging Naigong again, it's really pissing me off!"

Liu Ying said with a smile: "Father, do you know why there are such instant noodles?"

Liu Bang shook his head: "I don't know."

Liu Ying tapped the table with her index finger: "The Qilu Central Plains is rich in products and uniquely blessed. As long as the weather is good, the grain production will be guaranteed, especially wheat!"

"But the crux of the problem is that the overcharging of three or five dollars has caused Qianshou to be in dire straits..."

Liu Bang interrupted and asked: "Wait, why did you overcharge by three or five buckets? How can you be poor if you overcharge food?"

After all, the yield per mu was very low when he lived, and ordinary people could not even guarantee food and clothing, so naturally he could not understand the distress of overcharging.

On the other side, Liu Le put his hands on his chin, and pouted at Zhang Buyi beside him, "Brother stinky is talking nonsense again!"

Zhang Buyi nodded in agreement.

After all, in his view, producing more grain, selling more money, and then buying land, agricultural machinery, and fertilizer, and harvesting more grain in the coming year is a virtuous circle, just like the factories he opened.

Production, sales, expansion and reproduction!

Therefore, he didn't intend to expose Liu Ying, lest that stingy and vengeful guy would toss him in different ways...

Liu Ying wanted to directly explain to Liu Bang what it meant to charge three or five dollars more, but after thinking about it, she grabbed Liu Qi, Liu De, and Zang Er who were sitting in the corner, holding bowls and sweating profusely. The timid Liu Hong.

"Do you know what I mean by that sentence? It's just three or five buckets more charged."

In front of him, the two chubby guys shook their heads blankly, while Liu Hong was dull, neither shaking his head nor nodding. It was obvious that he didn't even know what Liu Ying was asking.

Liu Bang sighed softly.

The child prodigy is really rare. When Liu Ying was as old as they were, she had already instigated a whole family from Pei County to join him in Yingchuan County...

In this way, his son is indeed smarter than that brat's son!
As a result, Liu Bang's face was full of complacency.

Liu Le poked Zhang Busu with a mysterious expression: "Guess what my father is thinking now?"

Zhang Buyi shook his head.

Liu Le smiled and said, "My father must be thinking that his son is smarter than Liu Ying's son!"

After all, it is Mo Ruonu who knows her father... Zhang Buji gave a thumbs up quietly, then frowned and asked: "If you do this calculation, Liu Ying can also say that the eldest father's grandson is smarter than the father's grandson..."

What you said is very reasonable, as expected of the man I chose... Liu Leman looked at Zhang Buyi with starry eyes, very gentle, but also resolutely put a piece of beef in his bowl on Zhang Buyi Doubtful bowl.

For a moment, Zhang Buyi was overwhelmed with flattery.

In the past, only Liu Le took the delicious food from his bowl, but now it's the other way around!

He, this life is worth it!

Crazy, showing affection on this occasion... Liu Ying wrinkled her nose invisibly, smiled and touched Liu Hong's head: "Let's go eat."

Liu Ying is very clear in her heart that this kind of problem will make these children who have not finished elementary school, especially those who grew up in the deep palace and raised in the hands of women, understand what rice cheap hurts farmers. It's hard for the strong.

But there are some truths, you should cram ducks when it’s time to cram ducks, they don’t understand now, but they will understand one day in the future.

So Liu Ying hugged Liu Xuan who came over, looked at Liu Bang and explained: "The so-called overcharging of three or five buckets is actually the low price of grain that hurts the farmers."

"The reason is nothing more than a few points."

"First of all, the Central Plains has a vast land and rich resources, and the products are abundant, especially the sown area of ​​winter wheat is very wide, which leads to the fact that every summer, there will be 10,000+ million, or even hundreds or even millions of stone wheat harvested at the same time!"

"In this case, although the country has set a minimum purchase price for wheat, and the Changping warehouses in various places and the grain depots of Zhisunaishifu are also purchasing a large amount of wheat, but it is still a drop in the bucket, and it is not possible to buy all the wheat from all farmers. There will inevitably be a large number of private grain merchants buying grain at a price lower than the lowest price set by the government..."

Liu Bang frowned: "What about the government? Just let the merchants fish and eat the common people?"

Liu Ying shook her head:
"I can't control it. Dad, have you ever heard of the yin-yang contract? The grain merchants show the government the grain collection documents, which are slightly higher than the official purchase price, but they actually buy grain from farmers, but they implement a different set. standard."

"It's called different grades and different prices..."

"After all, even when the government purchases grain, it will also give different purchase prices according to whether the grains are plump or not, and the amount of water content."

"So, this is a matter of mutual consent. If the government imposes an intervention, it may even be scolded by the farmers..."

Liu Bang sighed silently, his face full of powerlessness.

Liu Ying went on to say:

"There is another reason for this phenomenon, which is that there are fewer ways to consume food."

"In the past, the price of food was very high, because the domestic food production alone was not enough, or it could only satisfy the people in the country. It was basically impossible to have meat and oil at the bottom of the bowl..."

"But it's different now. First, one crop per year has changed to two crops per year. There are new farming methods such as ox plowing and horse plowing, and there are agricultural equipment such as horse-drawn harvesters and seeders. The double increase in the cultivated area means that if the population cannot suddenly double, there will be basically no shortage of food in the farmers' households..."

"In the first few years, our overseas governor's office was still in its infancy, and the grain trade with Fanbang had not yet started. Farmers could consume excess grain by raising poultry and livestock, increase their income, and improve their quality of life. .”

"But the problem is that the grain shipped from overseas is cheaper than the grain we produce ourselves. Although it is not tasty, it is no problem to use it for breeding. This has led to the accumulation of grain in farmers' homes again. They have to spoil it or sell it at a low price. kind of situation..."

"Of course, the main reason for this situation is that I, a big man, don't pay much money."

"If the taxation standards of the former Qin Dynasty were followed, even if the yield per mu increased by a hundred times, farmers would still be unable to eat enough and not to wear warm clothes..."

"After all, Tyranny advocated the weak and the poor..."

Liu Bang nodded secretly, with a bit of relief on his face.

This is the emperor he chose for the world. Seeing the small to know the bud, seeing the end to know the end, so seeing the elephant chopsticks is scary, and knowing the world is not enough!

"So I have always had an idea, that is to increase the consumption of snacks for food, so as to keep food prices at a normal level!"

The corners of Liu Ying's mouth raised slightly, with a little pride on her face:
"However, due to cost reasons, this idea has been stranded repeatedly. After all, the yield per mu of soybeans and rapeseed is too low, resulting in high oil prices!"

"However, as the empire has more and more plantations in Southeast Asia, especially the increase in the number of palm tree plantations, I can obtain a large amount of cheaper oil!"

"Thus, this kind of fried instant noodles was born!"

"We have one more food, the farmers who grow grain and the herdsmen who raise cattle have a little more income, and the overseas plantations also have enough profits.

Although Liu Bang really wanted to praise Liu Ying, his words turned into doubts: "Speaking is better than singing, and ten yuan a bowl is so expensive, how can ordinary people afford it?"

Liu Ying shook her head:
“Dine-in food is of course expensive!”

"And new things are too cheap, which is not conducive to the promotion of products, just like the shared bicycles that are popular in Chang'an City. If there are not those bicycles that cost [-] yuan that can be called luxury goods, those gangsters will not be able to ride high horses. Switch to cycling?"

"However, instant noodles are fast-moving products. When the output of palm oil increases, the price of instant noodles will naturally drop..."

"Well, the palm oil from fried instant noodles can be used to make soap, which can be shipped and sold to countries around the Mediterranean Sea or around the Mediterranean Sea, and can be sold at a good price!"

"After all, they do a lot of god-worshipping activities and need to wash their bodies frequently, so they can't do without soap!"

(End of this chapter)