Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 174 The hidden dangers of development are revealed, and the rare contribution points are saved.
In the Haikang Palace, Li Yuanji was playing mahjong with Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui. There was also Xie Shufang, who was dragged by Li Yuanji to join the group. At this moment, Xie Shufang's head was already covered with notes, as both Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui had quite a few.

"I won the game, all the cards are the same. My husband, you made a mistake again."

Yang Qingwan looked at Li Yuanji with a smile on her face. Li Yuanji was already numb at this moment. Yang Qingwan began to stick notes on Li Yuanji with a smile. It took her a while before she finished sticking the notes on him. It was not for any other reason, but because there was almost no more space on Li Yuanji's head.

Li Yuanji was in tears. At the beginning of the game, he was clearly the one who was invincible. However, after only ten or so rounds, things started to go wrong. He won less and less, and was only slightly better than Xie Shufang.

But in the end, even Xie Shufang's number of winning times gradually surpassed his. The cards he got were either unwanted or irrelevant. On the other hand, Yang Qingwan got whatever she wanted. Now it has become Yang Qingwan who is dominating everyone.

Wei Gui and Xie Shufang's skills gradually improved, and they were able to suppress Li Yuanji. Now Li Yuanji had the most paper strips on his head, and he was almost turning into a paper man.

Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui looked at Li Yuanji and laughed out loud. Xie Shufang was trying to hold back, but after a while he couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

Li Yuanji was already in a bad mood listening to the laughter, and now his defense was even more broken. He glared at Xie Shufang fiercely. Xie Shufang could only cover his mouth to stifle his laughter, and his whole body was shaking.

At this moment, Cen Wenben came outside to ask for a meeting, and Li Yuanji was immediately revived with full health.

"Madams, you have seen that Jingren has something to ask me, so I will leave first. Let's play mahjong later. Let's play mahjong later."

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he gave Xie Shufang a look and immediately ran away, not wanting to stay any longer.

Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui looked at Li Yuanji's fleeing back and laughed even more.

"Sister, the king is really very kind to us. He came up with such a toy. When we are bored in the future, we can play mahjong to relieve our boredom."

Yang Qingwan also nodded in agreement.

"Yes, since my husband has left, let's go and take a look at Yifang."

The two of them also got up and left without playing anymore. Although mahjong was fun to play, for them it was just something they played for a while when they were bored. They still had to deal with things when they had something to do.

Li Yuanji came outside and took off all the notes on his head.

"Shu Fang, you are getting bolder and bolder now. You gave cards to the two of them but not to me. Do you think I can't punish you?"

Li Yuanji was in a very bad mood. There was another reason for his defeat. It was this guy who always gave Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui cards for no reason, which made him so angry that his teeth itched.

Xie Shufang suddenly looked aggrieved.

"Your Majesty, please don't slander me. I just wanted to play those cards, but I didn't know that the princess and the others could touch them. I am wronged~"

Li Yuanji took a look and didn't believe what Xie Shufang said. He was speechless. He thought about how much he had paid to learn mahjong. He was only able to achieve a small success. However, these people only paid a total of more than ten hands of tuition. Well, they were almost beating him, the master, on the beach.

Not wanting to bother with this man, he quickly came to the hall outside, where Cen Wenben was already waiting.

"Jingren, what happened?"

It's no wonder Li Yuanji asked this. It's because Cen Benwen now understands the happiness that Ning Chun had back then, and he is extremely busy. It's no exaggeration for Cen Benwen to say that without him, the development here would be cut short. He carries the entire Lingnan on his shoulders, and all matters, big and small, are under his control.

It was really that Li Yuanji didn't care about anything. Not only the affairs here, but also the matters reported by the other four prefectures were reviewed and handled by Cen Wenben. If Li Yuanji's fiefdom was turned into a court, Cen Wenben would be in a position similar to that of prime minister.

So if there was nothing big, Cen Wenben would not come at all. If it was not an emergency, Cen Wenben would ask other people to report. So if there was nothing important, Li Yuanji would not see Cen Wenben at all.

After Cen Wenben bowed, he spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed something wrong. The population here will reach the half-million mark in the next two days, but there is not enough food here. The army has mobilized a lot of food and grass for the war, and now the three armies are in short supply.

The other four prefectures were also short of food and grass. Even Guangzhou was in the same situation. Displaced persons and refugees from other parts of the Tang Dynasty poured in, and with the continuous registration of new residents, the population of Guangzhou was almost one million. Now it was also unable to bear the food problem here.

Now Guangzhou and Nanzhou are busy with the second season of farming. We and Liuzhou can only wait for the spring farming season. Jiaozhou has not even had time to start. If the food problem is not solved, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold out until the spring farming season."

Li Yuanji's face was also solemn after hearing this. If it weren't for the burden of food and fodder for the three armies, he could have held on by gritting his teeth. But now he couldn't hold on even if he gritted his teeth, because the population was growing too fast and the pressure on food was increasing sharply.

Now, even if he had to break through the 500,000 mark, he could complete the task, but Li Yuanji did not feel any joy at the moment. If this problem was not solved, what development could he talk about? If he could not even eat, what development could he talk about?

After pondering for a while, Li Yuanji looked at Cen Wenben.

"Jingren, I'll find a way to solve the food problem. When you go down, you must control the food expenditure. If it really doesn't work, save some food like you did before. Also, you can reallocate the cotton planting.

The originally planned planting area was reduced by half to be used for growing grain. In addition, the progress of land reclamation was accelerated again, and the expansion of the city was given second priority. The people who arrived later would be simply resettled first, and the main focus would be on developing arable land.

Only with arable land can we grow more food and get more food. We should solve the problem of food first, and then solve the problem of housing!"

Li Yuanji had no choice. He had originally planned to plant a large amount of cotton, but since the yield of cotton here was not high, he could only expand the planting area. In addition to selling cotton, the more important point was that it could gradually replace the grass in the army's food and fodder during marches and battles.

With a quilt, you only need to carry it with you, which saves a lot of transportation of rice straw and millet straw. For logistics supplies, the logistics pressure is reduced, and you can better adapt to the complex combat conditions of the army.

Now that the food problem has erupted, Li Yuanji can only plant food first. The complete solution to the cotton problem has to wait. Even if the planned planting area is reduced by half, it is still much more than the first planting area. The previous land reclamation and city expansion have the same focus. Now Li Yuanji's words are to reduce the focus of city expansion and give priority to land reclamation. This is understandable. As Li Yuanji said, what's the point of living if there is no food?

The place you live in can be simple and casual, but if people are hungry, that is a big deal.

Cen Wenben had no choice but to do this. As for Li Yuanji's words that he could solve the food problem, he believed it in his heart, simply because Li Yuanji's prestige was so high and he had created so many miracles. Li Yuanji said it, and everyone of them believed it.

"I understand. I will take my leave and arrange these matters."

Cen Wenben left in a hurry without talking about anything else.

Li Yuanji then looked at Xie Shufang.

"Immediately send a message to Yuanlin by carrier pigeon, asking him to exchange it mainly for food. If it has been sold, spend all the money to buy food.

Then tell him to contact the Wei, Yang, Zheng, Cui, Wang, and Lu families and ask them to come here to do business, or he can directly discuss business cooperation with people from these families.

That is, we give them the power to sell our goods in the Tang Dynasty and allow them to purchase goods, but the payment method must be half money and half grain, and they cannot buy on credit. In terms of price, we give them a certain low price, but their grain must also be exchanged at a certain low price.

Let Yuanlin do this, and tell him that if he is not sure, let those people come to Lingnan to talk to me in person.

In addition, in addition to these few families, other noble families or wealthy merchants who are interested in business can come to discuss. If they don’t have a fleet, our fleet can transport goods to them. This news must be spread comprehensively. "

Li Yuanji now has to speed up his business layout in the Tang Dynasty. Even though the common people in the Tang Dynasty have no food to eat, the noble families and wealthy businessmen have plenty of food in their treasuries, including a lot of old grain, some of which is even moldy.

During the Zhenguan period in history, mainly before the third year of Zhenguan, the first year of Zhenguan and the second year of Zhenguan, the grain sold by those noble families and grain merchants outside was almost all old grain. This is enough to show that the Tang Dynasty was not short of grain, but it was all hoarded by those noble families and grain merchants and used to make money.

Now Li Yuanji wants to do business directly with these people, because the wealth and food of the Tang Dynasty are in the hands of these families. The Tang Dynasty is too big, and he has never thought of spreading his business across the Tang Dynasty on his own. Cooperation is his most important way to monetize.

Upon hearing this, Xie Shufang immediately went down to deliver the message.

On the second day, Li Yuanji completed today's task and his contribution points reached 325 points. Suddenly, Li Yuanji saw that 325 contribution points directly turned into 5,325 points. He then opened the task and saw that the task was completed. Li Yuanji was immediately excited.

Li Yuanji couldn't believe that he suddenly had more than 5,000 contribution points. These contribution points were really too many. It was the first time for him to have so many contribution points.

Restraining his restless heart, he immediately looked at the new task.

New task: Open up the main roads between Haikang and Xuwen, Zhanjiang and Shenchuan. The main roads must be all made of cement. Completion will earn you 5,000 contribution points.

Li Yuanji was stunned when he saw the task. In fact, in his opinion, this task was not so easy to complete. The difficulty could be said to be even greater than the population growth. In the end, he was only given 5,000 contribution points?
After thinking for a while, Li Yuanji seemed to understand a little bit. There were actually main roads between these cities, that is, there were roads. Now the task was to replace these roads with concrete roads. Although it was difficult, it had a foundation. If it were not time-consuming, Li Yuanji estimated that the system would not even give him 5,000 contribution points.

After thinking it through, Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it. Five thousand contribution points is five thousand contribution points. After all, it is five thousand. Thinking about the previous tasks, one task now can replace about three previous tasks.

There has been obvious progress now. As for the construction of cement roads, at most several cities will start construction at the same time. He doesn't believe that just laying a layer of cement, as long as the manpower is mobilized, can't it be completed in a few months?

Afterwards, Li Yuanji stopped caring about this matter and immediately stared at the contribution points in his hand. Now there were suddenly more than 5,000 points. Li Yuanji was thinking about whether he should exchange them for some longevity pills. After thinking for a while, Li Yuanji finally made up his mind, which was to exchange a few to eat first.

After all, I had valued this point in the beginning. I had been spending contribution points on development before, so now it should be his turn to enjoy it, right?

Without any hesitation, he exchanged three immediately, which just consumed the 300 contribution points, leaving 5,025 points.

Li Yuanji was immersed in the feeling of the longevity pill as it entered his mouth. It was good, sweet and delicious. He wanted another one.

After eating the three pills, Li Yuanji quietly felt the changes in his body. A breeze blew, bringing a cool feeling. After a long time, Li Yuanji opened his eyes.

"This is so unscientific! I've taken three pills in a row, plus the original one, so I've taken four in total. Logically, I should have gained four years of life, but now I feel a little more energetic, but how come everything is gone?"

Li Yuanji was very confused. It had such a high-sounding instruction, but why didn't he feel anything special after eating it?

Li Yuanji was silent, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then suddenly opened his eyes.

"Could it be that this original body will be killed next year, so the default life span is only until next year, and then it needs longevity pills to replenish it, and it's not that old, so it can't feel it?"

But after a moment, Li Yuanji overturned this idea. In fact, if he continued to think about it, he would feel like he was on the book of life and death, which was really too fantastic.

Now that he is here, he must have lived a normal lifespan. Li Yuanji can only attribute this to the fact that he is still young, and even if it is four years, he will not feel anything.

Li Yuanji didn't notice at all that his complexion was better than before, and the skin on his face was also better.

Li Yuanji stopped thinking about these things and asked someone to call Cen Wenben. Now that the new task has come out, it must be arranged. Development cannot be slackened, but the task must be completed.

At this time, Li Yuanji also clicked on the crops in the item exchange column and began to look at them. Now there was a shortage of food here, so he might as well see if he could exchange those high-yield crops in this system.

Once he had those, he would no longer have to worry about food.

(End of this chapter)