Datang first village

Datang has now reached three limits.

The first one is food storage!The second is labor!The third is coins!

The report given by the Dasinong Temple made it very clear that the food stock in the Tang Dynasty was already below the warning line, that is, it could feed all the people in the Tang Dynasty for eight months, and they could not let go of it.

Li Yuanxing once asked Li Lanshan about food.

Li Yuanxing asked Li Lanshan: "Isn't there a rumor in history that the grain left by the former Sui Dynasty can last for 50 years? Why is there a serious shortage of grain in the Tang Dynasty where I live?"

At that time, Li Lanshan asked three questions: "Li Yuanxing, do you know that in the melee at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a warlord who ate people. He didn't eat them alone, but his entire army ate them. Also, do you have any? After calculating the grain output, the number of fields owned by the Sui Dynasty, the population, and how much grain is left every year. The last question is, if there is food to eat, why did the people rebel?"

Li Yuanxing was stopped by Li Lanshan at that time.

Later in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanxing asked the transfer department how much grain there was in the former Sui Dynasty.In fact, it can be eaten for 50 years.But these 50 years are not for the entire Sui people, but for the royal family, nobles, and major armies of the Sui Dynasty for 50 years.

Only!

Datang's current grain inventory has reached the minimum limit, and the standard given by Sinong Temple is that it can feed the entire Datang people for two years.Instead of this lowest limit, eight months.

"My king wants to ask, how much food can Nanyang and Baiyue provide to Datang in the next year?"

It was too dark, Li Er felt that Li Yuanxing was too ruthless, how much food could be squeezed out of the place just occupied?

None of the important officials answered immediately. After being silent for about 10 minutes, Wang Jishan asked, "How much does Your Highness want?"

"Not much, [-] million stones."

1000 million shi is [-] million tons of grain.This number is really nothing in later generations, but in Datang, Liu Chongchong was so scared that he almost sat on the ground.

But who would have thought, there are more ruthless ones.

Wang Jishan smiled slightly: "One hundred and thirty million shi, as long as His Highness dares to lend some truly outstanding sergeants!"

"Twelve guards, each guard borrows one army. I don't know if it is enough?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.

Wang Jishan didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "If your Highness has any request, it's better to say all the surnames at once, so that a certain person can answer."

At this time, Wang Jishan was not answering on behalf of the Ministry of Rites, but on behalf of the aristocratic family.

"30 strong labor, 500 million guanqian, and 300 million feet of timber."

Li Yuanxing put forward his request in one breath, and Li Er secretly said, Li Yuanxing's request is too harsh, can the aristocratic family agree?

Wang Jishan sat down and began to think, which lasted half an hour.

"His Royal Highness, 30 strong workers are not enough. No matter what, 30 is the upper limit. Unless we send troops to Baiyue now, there will be no 700 strong workers. But the money can be increased by 1000 million guan, and the wood can be increased to 3000 million feet. And all of them are high-quality wood. In addition to the twelve guards, one army for each guard, there are [-] warships, [-] artillery pieces and enough ammunition. Most importantly, borrow [-] red blood guards from His Highness People, two hundred from the Habayashi Army, five thousand from the Huben Army, and [-] from the Qianniuwei Army. At least three more cavalry will be borrowed from Thirteen Cavalry.”

"Here you are!" Li Yuanxing hardly hesitated. "However, Mr. Wang, you need to know that Chixue's military expenses are not low. Let them go out to fight, and they will always earn more than in Chang'an!"

"His Royal Highness, don't worry, the loan is only for one year." Wang Jishan said seriously.

Li Yuanxing laughed: "It should be said, let's borrow it for a year first. I don't know, should I borrow the general, or should I also borrow Hou Shangshu?"

What is the purpose of borrowing troops? Naturally, it is a war.

Hou Junji's heart was moved, this might be a good thing.But the current position of Minister of the Ministry of War is still good. Going out to fight only has immediate benefits, but no long-term benefits.

Thinking of this, Hou Junji said: "There are some generals in the Ministry of War who have some major events recently. Of course, ordinary officers should borrow some from Emperor Xian."

"Okay, that's it. Let's build the railway!"

After the six important ministers withdrew, Li Ercai asked Li Yuanxing, "Wulang, isn't what you want too harsh?"

"Brother Huang, this is a comprehensive benefit. They gave money, gave people, and built the railway. But this railway has unimaginably huge benefits for the clans in Hebei, Longxi, and Daibei. They will pay for future interests. If you don't hesitate to invest in these things, you will also cruelly oppress the people!"

press!Hearing this word, Li Er's first reaction was to rebel.

"Aren't there fewer soldiers for them?" Li Er didn't want anyone to dare to rebel.

"So they borrowed the red blood and other elites to prevent the other party from rebelling. I am afraid that the Three Buddhas will be uncomfortable. The big families will definitely not be soft. If the Three Buddhas are obedient, it may be possible if they are not." will die."

Li Yuanxing was telling the truth, but Li Er didn't care about the truth.

"Then what is the king of Sanqi? It doesn't matter whether he dies or not. Did you make him king for your brother?"

Hahaha!Li Yuanxing laughed happily, and then lightly patted Gao Gao on the shoulder. Eunuch Gao was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground.But I heard Li Yuanxing say: "Go, generate electricity for Wa Island in the name of this king. This king doesn't need a reason, no excuses. Just the result."

"Please give orders, Your Highness!" Eunuch Gao replied respectfully.

"30 labor, some strong women are fine, 100 catties of gold, or [-] million catties of silver, brought back to this king. Tell Wang Ba, this king doesn't care that he makes money for his small fief, but if he If it can’t be done well, the king of Washima will be replaced, and it must be completed in one year, one year.”

Li Yuanxing ordered, and Eunuch Gao hurried to send a telegram.

In fact, in Li Er's heart, Wa Island is already a piece of land in Datang, and now you need some, and you Wa Island will provide it.

Wang Ba was still in Chang'an, and the content of this telegram would be copied to Tianying Pavilion. After seeing it, the deacon of Tianying Pavilion immediately sent the news back to Wang's house. Wang Jishan personally took the content of the telegram to Wang Ba.

"Is it difficult?" Wang Jishan was already concerned.

"No!" Wang Ba gave a very sure answer, but there was a murderous look in his eyes.He went on to say: "His Royal Highness King Qin is very kind to me, and he has never made a request to Wa Island. This is the first time, let alone 30 people, it is 300 million people. I just kill Wa Island and will live Just ship it all back.”

Wang Jishan shook his head lightly, Wang Ba's thought was too dangerous.

"Don't use a knife, using a knife is the worst policy!"

"Old man, don't you need a knife? Haha!" Wang Ba laughed dryly: "Why don't you borrow soldiers if you don't need a knife?"

"Soldiers are prestige. Sit down and listen to me." Wang Jishan was very serious, but Wang Ba didn't push back. After sitting down, he also said: "Old man, you are more calculating than I am, listen to your summary That's right."

Wang Jishan also sat down: "Hou Junji said that the benefits brought by that railway have already been mentioned less. At least double it. The railway drawn by His Highness King Qin to the north of the Yellow River is like a piece of paper, so it will be given to everyone in a year. The benefits brought by the family add up to a number that you can't imagine. Just to say, the tax alone will not be less than 2000 million. This is not counting the freight income of the railway, so we have to build it because it is a consistent The tax, each family can at least drop five consecutive profits. The worst is three consecutive. This is pure profit, and it is the most real drop!"

[-] million consistent revenue!

Wang Ba didn't know what GDP was at this time. It can be said that the GDP created by the railway was at least [-] million according to Wu Zhao's calculations.

"For this huge profit, we have to use some means, so there may be some small battles. But it will definitely not be big. So we borrowed troops. And you have been operating in Wa Island for two years. Li Yaoshi laid the foundation for you, and you The most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty have helped you conquer important places, and now you have the Emperor Xian to give you a trick, if you use fighting to get these things, it is really a bad idea."

Hearing these words, Wang Ba couldn't help but nodded.

What Wang Jishan said was the truth, and his analysis was in place.

"Use money as the first step. His Highness the King of Qin once used a very powerful trick in Goguryeo, called Meng!"

dreaming?A wacky new noun!

After careful consideration, Wang Ba understood.

This dream was originally created with Jin Manqing, you will be rich when you come to Datang, and you will become a master when you come to Datang.

Wang Jishan gave another idea: "You are on Wa Island, and you have the five major clans of Wa Island under your command. But you don't have any follow-up ones, such as the nine middle clans, or a dozen small clans?"

"Understood, I'll go back to Wajima tomorrow." Wang Ba nodded vigorously.

Wang Jishan didn't call Wang Ba right away, so he called him that. He selected more than a dozen elites from the aristocratic family to accompany Wang Ba back to Wa Island, and spent a lot of money to rent a warehouse on the flying boat. Dao helps, but secretly sends Wang Ba back.

Naturally, such a small move cannot be hidden from Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong found Li Yuanxing, explained the situation very simply, and then said: "Wu Lang, the words you wrote are rare and interesting, so I still pretend not to know about Wang Ba's affairs. I plan to fight five more people on Wa Island." The radio station is convenient for the control of Wa Island, so please fly the airship to Hua Ting to Wa Island once."

"Brother Shubao is brilliant!" Naturally, Li Yuanxing would not object.

A few days later, in Izumo Castle on Wajima.

Wang Ba called all his subordinates to start a meeting, including the heads of the five families of Wajima.

Now Wang Ba's power in Wajima cannot be underestimated, and Izumo is his base camp.To the east, his power has reached Matsue Rinogawa on Washima Island, to the west he has controlled Binjiang, and Takata to the south is already being defended by the Konoe family.And he took a stance to challenge Wajima Yamato.

In addition, there are two long-distance sites, where the Ainu people have built a city, and the Xiong Xiren are already negotiating. (To be continued.)