Seductive Queen, I'm hungry again!

Chapter 212 Barter for food　
"Late, didn't many places suffer from locust plagues a few days ago? After using your idea, the farmers collectively went out to catch the locusts, which relieved the locust plague in the fields."

Long Chenxiu paused at this point, "But those crops are bound to lose production because of the locusts' gnawing, and even the farmland in some places is about to fail."

When Hao Chi heard this, his heart also became heavy.Food is the most important thing for the people. Without food, not to mention how difficult the life of the people will become, even the foundation of the country will be shaken accordingly.

"Chenxiu, shouldn't there be food in the treasury?" Hao Chi asked.

Long Chenxiu sighed again, "There is indeed food in the national treasury, but it has already been allocated to some places in the south where floods occurred, and now the remaining is not enough to meet the needs of the next year!"

The grain stored in the national treasury cannot be allocated completely, otherwise, if there is an emergency or there is a bigger famine next year, there will be no grain available!
The most important thing is that the food must be enough for the army!

Hearing what Long Chenxiu said, Hao Chi also realized the seriousness of the problem.But seeing that autumn is coming, even if the farmers pull out the grain that is destined to fail and plant other crops, it is too late!
Hao Chi himself did not grow up in the countryside, so he is not very good at farming and other things, so he can only worry like Long Chenxiu at this time.

He wanted to help the farmers, and even wanted to help Long Chenxiu relieve his worries, but his mind was blank, and he didn't have any good ideas for a while.

"Well, the most feasible way at present is to buy food from other countries to meet the immediate needs, but the money is another big problem!"

Long Chenxiu said frowningly while drinking tea.

"Hey, isn't the restaurant very profitable recently? Not enough to buy food?" Hao Chi asked in surprise.

Apple and Cherry are very busy in Fengshou Building. Hao Chi never called them back because the shopkeeper was simply too busy.

That's why Hao Chi also knew that Fengshou Building was definitely making money every day, and it could catch up with the tax revenue of a small town in a few days.

But Long Chenxiu shook his head, "You don't know about the delay, the price of this grain in this country is different from the price abroad, so even if all the profits from the Fengshou Building are used to buy grain, it won't get much back of."

Hao Chi was dumbfounded when he heard that, does this kind of trade protection still exist in this time and space?

"Uh, can we exchange things with each other?" Hao Chi asked, "Didn't it mean that vermicelli is not available in other countries?"

Long Chenxiu rubbed his forehead and said: "Well, although vermicelli is a good thing, other countries may not be willing to exchange it for food, because it is only something that can be eaten or not. Besides, other countries must know Given the current situation in our country, the lion will definitely open his mouth. At that time, even if it is agreed to exchange vermicelli, I am afraid that a very large amount will be required, and we are afraid that we will not be able to make so many."

Hao Chi was also very helpless after listening to it, and couldn't help but start to wander in his mind. What other things are rare in this time and space, but the raw materials are easy to obtain.

After much deliberation, Hao Chi suddenly remembered a good thing - sauerkraut!
These years in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hao Chi would pickle some sauerkraut every autumn and save it for winter, and whenever the smell filled the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, everyone said it smelled good, and they all said they had never tasted it before. delicious.

The maids also said that they had never heard of sauerkraut.

Thinking of this, Hao Chi quickly asked Long Chenxiu, "Chenxiu, do other countries eat sauerkraut?"

Long Chenxiu was just about to say how the sour food can still be eaten, but suddenly remembered that the stewed pork with sauerkraut that Hao Chi once said was very delicious, so I understood, she should be talking about that.

"Chichi, as far as I know, there is no country that eats sauerkraut." Long Chenxiu's eyes lit up when he said this, "You mean to exchange sauerkraut with other countries for food?"

Hao Chi blinked his big eyes twice, and said mysteriously: "No, we won't change!"

"Ah?" Long Chenxiu didn't understand, "Why are you telling me about sauerkraut if you don't exchange food?" He is not in the mood to think about delicious food now.

Hao Chi smiled, and said arrogantly: "Let's let them all taste this delicious and invincible sauerkraut, and then beg to exchange it with us!"

Long Chenxiu understood this time, and couldn't help giving Hao Chi a thumbs up, "Chi Chi, your idea is really too high!"

As the folk saying goes, catching up with a child is not a business.If Longshengguo offered to exchange sauerkraut for food from other countries, he would be in a passive position, and he would deliberately use Joe to lower the price.

But changing the method is completely different. Our sauerkraut is precious. If you want to eat it, you can exchange it with grain!

The more Long Chenxiu thought about it, the happier he felt, and he said by analogy: "It's a busy time, so let's just add the vermicelli together, and the two things can be exchanged for more food. And this time, I'm not afraid that the vermicelli will not be enough. Rare things are more expensive, and then they can be sold for a good price!"

Hao Chi and Long Chenxiu cheerfully discussed the specific operation matters, and then began to make arrangements.

Of course, the first problem is that there must be enough cabbage first.

To make sauerkraut, the cabbage is specially processed and then fermented until it has a sour taste.

Now if you want to exchange sauerkraut for food, you must have sufficient reserves of cabbage as a raw material.

And if you want the common people to grow Chinese cabbage willingly, what else is more effective than buying it at a high price.

Ever since, after the release of the imperial list for purchasing cabbage at a high price, there was a wave of cabbage planting frenzy in Longsheng country, especially those farmers who suffered from the locust plague, directly pulled out the scrapped crops in the field, and planted them in a hurry. Pick up cabbage.

In a blink of an eye, the autumn harvest time came, and the cabbage truckloads arrived at the factory specially set up by the royal family. Hao Chi was about to teach everyone how to pickle sauerkraut.

(End of this chapter)