Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

"Can someone who can read read it?"

Although Li "[-]" You promoted Pinyin education, it has been very effective in a short period of time. Many ordinary people have gradually been able to read and hyphenate words, and at least they have no problem reading newspapers.

But this is mainly the more prosperous places in Chang'an or Youzhou. The further down the road, the more remote and backward, the more serious the illiteracy is. Even with pinyin education, it is impossible to change too many people so quickly.

Fortunately, the disaster is going to affect the people, regardless of whether they are ordinary people or scholars. Many scholars also suffered from it, and immediately stood up and read the official announcement aloud.

"From today, we will start selling the staple food powder prepared by His Royal Highness the King of Chu and processed and produced by Li's Industry!"

"Main food powder?"

Immediately, there was a lot of discussion among the people, what kind of thing is this, never heard of it?

However, judging from the name, it seems to be edible, and with the two golden signs of His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Li's Industry, it is estimated that it will not fool people, which makes people very reassuring.

It can make the common people have this impression when they hear "His Royal Highness the King of Chu" and "Li's Industry". This is also the result of Li You's long-standing reputation.

"What's the whole bunch of them talking about?"

Someone asked again immediately, because there was a long string of words after the announcement, and it was not just the short words read by the scholar.

It's just that as soon as the question came out, many people were nervous - wouldn't this be a qualification requirement for being able to buy staple grain powder?

After all, during the current great famine, any bite is extremely precious, comparable to gold and silver jewelry, and the Tang Dynasty was a strict class society, so of course such rare and precious things are given priority to serve the upper class. !

As for the people at the bottom... Let's eat the soil and drink the northwest wind!

Fortunately, in the midst of everyone's anxiety, the scholar shook his head and said, "That's not the case. It says that only qualified people can buy it. This staple food powder can be purchased by anyone with a food stamp or household registration!"

The crowd immediately let out a sigh of relief.

"Of course His Highness the King of Chu would not do this! That is His Highness the King of Chu!" The scholar added again.

"You don't need to say that everyone knows this!" Someone shouted immediately, "Hurry up and talk about what was written in that long series!"

However, after the scholar heard the words, he also showed confusion.

"Braised pork flavor, fresh shrimp fish plate flavor, mushroom stewed chicken flavor, sauerkraut pork flavor, pickled cabbage chicken flavor, snow bamboo shoots shredded pork flavor, pepper pickled pepper flavor, chopped pepper pork ribs flavor, tomato bamboo shoots pork ribs flavor, pickled vegetables big Soup with yellow croaker, dried bamboo shoots and old duck in pot, hot and sour roasted pork, pork with dried plums and vegetables, roasted pork ribs with green onions, spicy crucian carp, crab yellow and abalone..."

After reading a series of words, the scholar guessed uncertainly: "Uh... This seems to be the taste of staple food powder?"

"So many flavors?!"

Everyone was shocked, and they almost couldn't tell whether this was the period of the disaster or not - why did it seem like a sumptuous feast for all the Han and Han people?

At this time, the yamen, who took out all the official documents and the staple food powder in baskets, finally clapped their hands a few times, attracting the attention of the audience.

"Okay, now the main grain powder will be sold, and everyone will follow the order one by one. After the food stamps are successfully matched with the household registration, you can directly purchase their corresponding shares!"

"My lord," a woman couldn't help asking, "how much does this staple food sell for?"

Now that the great drought and the great locust plague have hit each other, the fields are not only dry, but also the dealers have been devoured by locusts.

Because of this, many people have no harvest at home, but there is not much money left!

If you are open to buying food, but you can't afford it, it's still useless.

"Don't worry, it's cheap!" The yamen seemed to see through what everyone was thinking, and announced with a smile, "A bucket of staple food powder is only sold for a penny! Go home and soak it in water and you can eat it!"

As soon as the price was announced, all the people immediately widened their eyes and even wondered if they had heard it wrong.

A penny a penny, so cheap? !

Originally, during the great famine in previous years... no, when it was just an ordinary famine, the price of food would go up wildly, more than a hundred times.

But now it is a catastrophic disaster that has been rare for many years. Thank goodness for the price of food not to increase. I didn't expect it to be cheaper than ordinary food!

You must know that in the ninth year of Zhenguan, when there was no disaster on weekdays, a bucket of rice cost about 5 cents, but now a bucket of the main grain powder only costs 1 cent! ?

"Am I dreaming?!"

"Impossible? It's so cheap!?"

"Is the imperial court doing a shantang? This price is basically a free gift!"

"To have this price... His Royal Highness the King of Chu is simply a good man of the ninth generation!"

After the initial disbelief, countless people burst into tears because they were too excited.

It was only at this moment that they remembered the words of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, which were spread across the country, and deeply realized it, "The imperial court will always be your backing!"

Chapter 587 Comparable to the status of ancient sages (fourth more)

The measurement methods in the Tang Dynasty and modern times were different, so they could not be used in common with each other. In modern times, there is a lot of one bucket, but in the Tang Dynasty, there were not many.

One liter in ancient times is equivalent to about [-] milliliters today, and a bucket of rice is equivalent to three pounds, which is almost enough for a normal person to eat for a day or two.

The staple food powder includes both the functions of vegetables and rice, which means that the average person only needs a bucket of staple food powder a day to be full, and even go to work in the field!

In other words, during the period of great famine, the common people could pay only a penny a day, and they could live without starvation at all!

In the past, it was simply unbelievable, and no one dared to dream like this.

But now, this fantastic thing happened to them right in front of their eyes!

How can this not bring tears to many people's faces?

"Sure enough, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is His Royal Highness. He always cares about the people of the world, and will never disappoint us!"