Resurrection of the Mystery: Starting from the Clone of the Stone-born Monkey.

Chapter 20 Secret Food of Martial Arts
As the king of Yue and the nominal master of the country of Yue, Wang Ge has the entire country of Yue as the backing for his practice.

He went to Da Si Nong, one of the Nine Ministers, who is equivalent to the Minister of Finance and is responsible for collecting land taxes, oral taxes, and corvees from the Yue Kingdom.

Through Dasinong, Wang Ge understands that there are 2 households in Yue State today, with 8 million mu of arable land, and the annual grain production per mu is roughly two stones, and the land tax is fifteen to one.

In fact, the specific situation of the land tax collected every year will be more complicated. There are both owner farmers and tenant farmers, private land and public land, as well as local tyrants and gentry, and land for rewarding meritorious officials.

Wang Ge only had a brief understanding. These taxes were put into the national treasury and used to maintain the operation of the country, pay officials' salaries, build people's livelihood fortifications, etc.

In short, Wang Ge does not have much right to use this part of the money, he just wants to know about the income and expenditure of the Yue Kingdom.

What really belonged to King Yue's private small treasury was called "internal money", and this part was the treasury that Wang Ge could control at will.

The source of income is the tax of mountains, seas, ponds, that is, Yantieshan mine, fishing and logging, and some places provide offerings to the palace.

The internal funds are in charge of another "Minister of the Shaofu" of Jiuqing.

Shao Fuqing can be regarded as the life assistant of the King of Yue, responsible for managing all production expenses in the palace, recruiting maids and eunuchs, eating and drinking, and traveling and hosting banquets.

When Wang Ge contacted him, Shao Fuqing asked:

"Your Highness, do you want everything in the palace to maintain the old system? Or do you want to expand the recruitment of maids and eunuchs, or take other measures?"

Wang Ge’s reply was: “It’s not advisable to be extravagant and extravagant, everything should be carried out as usual”

Before crossing, Wang Ge was also an independent character. He really didn't have the habit of asking others to serve him. Besides, all these enjoyments had to be paid for from internal funds.

Wang Ge learned how much food and silk he had in the small treasury from the young minister.

His cheap father still left him a lot of personal inheritance.

There are 540 million yuan in money, and the anchor grain price is about [-] yuan per stone, and there are [-] gold and [-] silver.

45 pieces of damask, 110 pieces of brocade, [-] pieces of silk, and [-] pieces of silk
And some special ores specially made for warriors to make armor weapons are also precious things.

Although the Lao Yue King was a relatively diligent and thrifty prince, he was a prince after all, and he left a huge amount of private inheritance.

Wang Ge found out at first glance that he was very rich, and felt that he should not be short of money in his future life.

But the above private property is nothing more than gold and silver and the cloth to wear on his body. He doesn't want to enjoy it, Wang Ge cares more about the food for martial arts!
Practicing martial arts also requires resources. In addition to the secrets of exercises, the food you eat is also an important resource for practice.

"Whole grains are just for ordinary people to fill their stomachs and maintain their lives. If you want to practice martial arts, you have to eat meat every three days at worst."

Martial arts practice is the process of refining the essence of food to strengthen the body. The more essence contained in the food, the better the effect of martial arts and the faster the upgrade.

On the contrary, if you do not get enough energy during martial arts training, it will only deplete your energy and make your body useless.

Wang Ge couldn't help but recall the days when he was a hostage in Kyoto.

Although he was under house arrest, Wang Ge's status was there, and he was also diligent and thrifty, so he could basically eat meat every day when he practiced martial arts.

But that's just ordinary pork raised by farmers.
At the same weight, meat provides several times more energy than brown rice whole grains, but on top of ordinary meat, there are foods that can provide more energy!

Most of them are some rare polished rice, rare birds and animals, which are collectively called "Secret Food of Martial Arts".

After taking the secret food, warriors can obtain more energy than ordinary meat, and their practice speed is significantly improved.

It is also because secret food can bring great benefits to martial arts practice, plus the cost of obtaining secret food is high, and there are also considerations of controlling civilian warriors.

Therefore, the channels for obtaining secret food are generally controlled by the government and aristocratic families.

At the same time, in order to ensure the deterrence of official force, secret food is given priority to the army in most cases, and it must be a military soldier with meritorious service.

The secret food of martial arts is a strategic resource and a military item, and the level of strict control is comparable to that of crossbows and armor.

For these reasons, even though Wang Ge was not treated badly in those years when he was a proton, he was not exposed to the secret food of martial arts that greatly enhanced martial arts.

But now, Wang Ge is the king of Yue.

What government, what family, what army, in the land of Yue, Wang Ge is the king!
When Wang Ge enthusiastically asked the Secretary of the Shaofu about the reserves of martial arts secret food in the internal funds, the reply he got was this:

"There are 320 stones of blood crystal rice, 78 baskets of milk essence thistle, thirteen strains of rare strong blood ginseng, and 52 doses of dragon and tiger soup."

Compared with the previous tens of thousands of gold and silver, the amount of secret martial arts food in the internal funds pales in comparison.

A middle-level farmer works hard all year round, and the ordinary grain harvested from the fields is only about 120 shi, while the martial arts crystal rice stored in the internal funds is actually only a little over [-] shi.

Wang Ge now intuitively understands the preciousness of martial arts secret food.

"Not too much." Wang Ge complained.

The young minister then explained:
"Your Highness does not know that this blood crystal rice and milk thistle are grown from the fields. These two secret foods are both delicate and expensive, and they also eat the fertility of the land, and the yield is low.

Harvesting a stone of blood crystal rice requires four acres of fertile land, and harvesting a basket of milk thistle also requires four acres of fertile land. The harvest takes about one year, and the field needs to be left fallow for two years after the harvest to restore its fertility.”

Wang Ge couldn't help but click his tongue when he heard this. One acre of fertile land can produce two tons of rice, and [-] acres of land can allow a family of five to live a stable life.

Simple conversion, and considering the fallow land, the cost of blood crystal rice is at least 24 times that of ordinary rice under the same volume.

As a king, Wang Ge understood the difficulty of obtaining blood crystal rice after a little thought.

"Thinking about it this way, on the basis of ensuring the rations of the people of Yue, there are very few fields that can be used to grow blood crystal rice. The amount of blood crystal rice harvested every year is only so much, and all parties will divide it according to demand."

Wang Ge felt a little helpless. Based on his food intake and martial arts training needs, he needed fifteen stones of blood crystal rice every year, and planted once every three years, which was 45 stones.

At first glance, the secret food stored in the internal funds is enough, and there is a lot of surplus.

But the Shaofu Qing told Wang Ge that the internal funds would have to support the entire palace.

Wang Ge is not the only one practicing martial arts in the palace!

The warriors recruited, the pawns who protect the palace, he also needs martial arts secret food, or this is one of the important reasons why they are loyal to the King of Yue.

Just like the warriors in the bone training state, Lao Yue Wang paid them a minimum of 3 dou per month in salary, and the minimum of 6 dou per month in the tendon-yielding state.

A certain amount of secret food needs to be distributed every month as part of the monthly salary of these palace guards.

The head of the family knew that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive. Considering these kinds of expenses, and Wang Ge's increased food intake after breaking through the realm, he immediately discovered that the more than 300 stone blood crystal rice stored in his internal funds seemed to be barely enough.

Wang Ge is glad that he currently has secret food for martial arts training, but he can't help worrying about whether the food will increase in the future, whether the stock will be enough.

The secret food of martial arts is an important strategic resource of a country. It is an important basis for cultivating warriors and maintaining the army. It is also closely related to Wang Ge's own practice.

Ensuring food production is an important means of stabilizing the country.

"Maybe, do I have to figure out how to farm?" Wang Ge cursed in his heart.

But when this idea just popped up, a flash of light suddenly appeared in his mind:
"Yes, why can't I start to increase the production of these secret food crops?"

(End of this chapter)