Datang first village

A lot of information, how long is Cui Junsu going to talk about it? .

Many officials couldn't help but picked up the cups, and prepared to listen to Cui Junsu's explanation for a long time.

"In the first year of Zhenguan, the grain consumed by Chang'an City was 300 million shi."

Cui Junsu mentioned 300 million, but it shocked many people.At this time, 1000 million shi of grain was added, and the grain was consumed out of thin air.

Cui Junsu continued to preach while laying out the materials slowly: "The second year of Zhenguan, from January to June. Chang'an City consumed 900 million shi of grain."

Hearing this number, Li Er was shocked. He knew the number of the first year of Zhenguan, but he didn't know the number of the second year of Zhenguan.

The eyes of many officials were stunned.

The second year of Zhenguan was ten times that of the first year of Zhenguan, and thirty times that of the ninth year of Wude.

Cui Junsu turned around: "This is not counting the industrial consumption of His Highness King Qin and Chang'an's workshops. These are only eaten. If you count all the food consumption in Chang'an, plus the loss on the road, and Accidentally wasted food, in the first half of the year in Chang'an City, more than [-] million shi of food was lost."

What a huge number, many officials who don't care much about food consumption have surprised expressions on their faces.

"I'm here to make a detailed calculation for everyone." After Cui Junsu finished speaking, he asked for a few people from the household department to help. The materials Cui Junsu had divided stood still, and everyone had an abacus.

"The first reason for this increase in consumption is that His Highness King Qin has made the people of Chang'an get used to eating dry rice. They can afford dry rice."

This factor is reasonable, and the difference in food consumption between dry rice and boiled soup is at least three times.

Of course, the people in Chang'an also did more work, and they worked hard enough.

"Cultivating Chang'an Bashui and Bahui. His Royal Highness King Qin consumed a total of 100 million shi, including what the workers ate and paid as wages. After the twelve guards standing soldiers system, the food consumed was 800 million shi. Of course, these expenditures are all normal expenditures, and this official is just explaining the usefulness of the consumption."

Naturally, Cui Junsu didn't come looking for trouble.

"Another consumption is meat. Pigs, chickens, horses, and cattle are raised around Chang'an City. Although it is said that there are surplus materials from the sugar production of the Ministry of War Workshop, but there are no hard materials, at least horses and cattle are not enough. This pig will grow. If you are fat, you still need to feed some delicious food, such as bean cakes after oil extraction, and the leftovers from making vermicelli. For this alone, the consumption of Chang'an City is no less than 1000 million shi. Half a year!" Cui Junsu specially reminded half a year .

Some officials from poor families began to stir slightly.

Just pigs, horses, cows, chickens and the like.The food consumed is more than three times that of the Nine Years of Wude.

"The current population of Chang'an City is 65 people, excluding those under the name of Prince Qin's Mansion. There are still more than 20 merchants. Yaozhou, Chang'an County, and Huazhou add up to more than 100 million people. The population is large. Now, there is more food to eat, and the dry rice is naturally porridge and rice."

Cui Junsu turned another page, and immediately two officials from the household department quickly found some details from other details and placed them in front of Cui Junsu.

"Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce consumes about 300 million shi of grain. Yunjin brocade cannot be produced without starch, and starch is extracted from corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, so what is consumed is grain. The paper workshop also consumes about 100 shi Ten thousand shi, plus the consumption of the linen and cotton industry, and other commercial consumption, it is almost 600 million shi."

Planting mulberry trees is also for silk.

Consuming some food for silk and paper is nothing, and the officials are still reasonable.

"Everyone, if you have any details to ask, please answer here. If you need any detailed accounts, our account department will start calculating immediately!"

Li Yuanxing waved his hand: "Here, take a step back from the household department's work report on grain. I just want you to know that Chang'an's grain consumption is huge. The current grain production, inventory, and consumption ratio in Chang'an are How many?"

"The granary in Chang'an is full, enough to consume the whole of Chang'an for half a year. But this grain storage is an official warehouse, which is used by the Tang Dynasty for emergency use. Chang'an has His Royal Highness King Qin's immortal grain, but the total output is only [-]% of what was consumed in the first half of the year. Please Si Nong Si will tell you, half a month ago, Si Nong Si published an official document that warned of the danger of food!"

Cui Junsu stepped aside after speaking.

The chief official of Sinong Temple came to power.

First saluted Li Er and Li Yuanxing, and then saluted all the officials, then took out a small book from his pocket.

"After the autumn harvest in Chang'an City, the total grain is about 500 million shi. The summer harvest is higher than the autumn harvest, but I predict that even if there is a bumper harvest next summer, it will not exceed 4000 million shi. The reason is that the workshops built in Chang'an City are more There are a lot of fields. Because of the road construction, the fields are occupied. Because the people in Chang'an need to eat vegetables, the vegetable fields are expected to increase by 30 mu next year. The official thinks that all the food in Huazhou will be handed over, which can relieve Chang'an's food supply. For next year's tension, Chang'an will not have enough food."

Very straightforward, very simple report.

After the chief official of Sinong Temple withdrew, Cui Junsu also stood aside.

"Transportation of grain, without Luoyang's grain, Chang'an can't support it. I can't let the emperor take hundreds of officials to Luoyang for dinner, so..." Li Yuanxing turned around: "Ministry of Industry Yan Shilang, you are a fourth-rank servant at the age of 30. Proof You have enough talent. Last time you wrote a letter about the Luoyang river course, come up and talk about it!"

Yan Lide, the elder brother of Yan Liben, the great painter of the Tang Dynasty, is also an outstanding talent.

"Your Highness, my servants are not good at words, here is a seal!"

"Speak, as an important minister, you can speak even if you don't know how to speak!" Li Er opened his mouth. In Li Er's opinion, playing right is something that officials must know. You can study, write, and draw, and you are top-notch in engineering. But you will not say, how do you explain the work to the officials below, how do you arrange tasks, you must tell.

Li **'s Yan Lide was sweating profusely.

A 25-year-old young man, a doctor of the Ministry of Water under the Ministry of Industry, made an exception and asked to speak for him.

"No, he must speak!" Li Er's face was very bad, and the officials of Datang could still be dumb.

Li Yuanxing persuaded: "Brother Huang, don't waste time for him in today's discussion, as long as you can explain clearly." Li Er's face eased a little: "You must practice hard when you go back. If you still can't speak in the next meeting, I will be held accountable."

"Thank you, sir!" Yan Lide stepped back.

It was his younger brother, Yan Liben, who took the stage.

"From Yangzhou to Luokou, His Royal Highness King Qin's big ship takes nine days, but it takes three days to pass through Luokou, and after Luokou to Chang'an, it only takes one day, at most two days. Ships going upstream, especially grain ships, are heavy. The ships rely on manpower to pull the fibers, and it takes up to nine months, and there are three problems in this.”

The speech was very good, Li Er nodded in satisfaction.

"In the first place, rich households in Huainan and Jiangnan are in charge of renting and adjusting, but there are so many evaders, so there is no necessary protection along the way. In the first year of Zhenguan, the loss of grain ships reached [-]%, and the sunken ships accounted for [-] out of [-] ships. The boat sank in Luokou. So the second problem lies in Luokou. Luokou is fast-flowing and has a large drop. Originally, there were many rocks on the bottom of the river. With more and more shipwrecks, the water condition has become extremely bad. "

After Yan Liben finished speaking, he held up the investigation report of the Ministry of Industry with both hands: "This is the investigation of Luo's saliva situation!"

A servant took over the form, and Yan Liben continued: "The third difficulty is that there is no special management of river affairs. The Ministry of Industry only manages the river course, the Ministry of Households only manages the shipment of grain, and escorts enter the river. The local governments shirk each other. , there is no one to help.”

"Big, bold!" Yan Lide was terrified, and shouted loudly from behind.

Li Er waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't blame him this time. But this trend can't last long, and it's unacceptable to talk about government affairs. I don't block the way, but I don't want anyone to find some things for the officials at all levels. Charges come. Especially in the absence of real evidence, thinking that you are young, you played well in the first two days, so let’s not be an example!"

Yan Liben wanted to say something, but Yan Lide covered his mouth and ripped it off.

Li Er nodded to Li Yuanxing again, Li Yuanxing understood Li Er's meaning, this kid was young and full of nonsense.With just a few words, he can offend the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households, as well as officials from various states and counties.Really young and ignorant.

"I would like to say a few words. Originally, there were several boats on a river every day, but now there are dozens or hundreds. The sudden increase of so many boats naturally caught officials at all levels by surprise. If you find a problem, find out the problem, Then solve the problem. This is the way to be an official and govern.”

"His Royal Highness King Qin is wise!" Many officials shouted in unison.

Yan Liben was completely unconvinced. In his opinion, some officials did not fulfill their responsibilities.

"This transport capacity needs to be resolved, otherwise Chang'an City will either run out of food or salt. Of course it won't be this year, but it's hard to guarantee it won't be next year, or the year after. As Ben Wang said, the problem should be solved as soon as possible!"

"Your Highness is wise!" Another burst of shouts.

Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand and pressed it.

"Let's talk about agriculture first, let's talk about water. Although Lu Chengqing took over as Minister of the Ministry of Railways, although he is young, he is still somewhat talented. The king will put a little pressure on him. By the end of the year, Chang'an will be able to open to traffic from Luoyang, and the basic facilities can be gradually completed. , but the railway must pass, and the train must run.”

At this moment, Gao Jian raised his hand to ask for a speech, and after getting permission, he said, "Your Highness, I would like to ask, what is the daily capacity of this train?"

"In terms of design, it is [-] miles per hour. Of course, the actual running may be slower due to too much cargo. But there is no problem going back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang once a day. Each truck can pull [-] tons of cargo. Thirty thousand stones. With double rails, four cars can run on the road at the same time."

"Your Highness, it is impossible for these vehicles to transport all the grain. According to my calculations, 200 million shi of grain a month should be the limit. Even if improvements are made, it will be difficult to exceed 300 million shi of grain a month."

Li Yuanxing nodded, this is the truth.

"We still have to plan for the future."

"With the railway, the power will inevitably increase greatly. Some problems can always be solved." Gao Jian can't say that the railway is not good.

Li Yuanxing waved his hand: "This is a comprehensive and systematic problem. The railway will solve part of it first, and this king will solve another biggest problem."

The picture on the screen changed and it appeared to be a dam! . )

ps: the third update