Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

Some people may question whether the 500 large ships can carry 880,000 shi of grain, of course they can! This is absolutely beyond doubt!

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the development of my country's shipbuilding industry reached its first peak. In the war to unify southern China, Qin Shihuang organized a large fleet capable of transporting 500,000 shi of grain. The technology at that time was able to build a large ship with a deadweight of 50 or 60 tons. One stone is one hundred catties, which means that a ship in the Qin and Han dynasties can hold more than one thousand stones.

The second peak in the history of Chinese shipbuilding in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the dragon boat ride by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was 4.5 feet high and 20 feet long, with the main hall, inner hall and east and west halls on the upper floor. There are 120 rooms on the middle two floors with a load capacity of more than 300 tons. Of course, it was even stronger in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty built a "shenzhou" for envoys to North Korea, and its carrying capacity reached more than 1,500 tons. Some large sea ships carry tens of thousands of stones, and the rudder is three to five feet long.

Tai Chi Hall.

Li Er, who sits high above the head, although he had been prepared for a long time, was shocked by Li Xiaogong's "work report". His eyes were no smaller than others. It's a shame that the courtiers are not paying attention to him. On his body, otherwise his gaffe would be seen by the admonishers, and he would definitely have to be "criticized" again.

"Ahem~! This trip to the south is really rewarding! Xiaogong and the soldiers have worked so hard to travel thousands of miles and have contributed to the community. We deserve a reward~!"

Li Er recovered from the shock and exclaimed with emotion on his face.

"Your Majesty~!"

As soon as Li Er’s voice fell, I saw Wei Zheng stepping forward, and Lao Tanzi arched his hands at Li Er, and then said: "The Hejian County King led the fleet to the south, and the harvest was very fruitful. It is gratifying, but the old minister still has something in his heart If the matter is unknown, I dare to ask the Hejian County King, where did these hundred thousand taels of silver and fifty thousand catties of brass come from?"

Wei Zheng was actually not aiming at anyone, he was just talking about the facts, because food, spices, ivory, etc. were okay to say, but such a huge amount of brass and silver made him too hard to understand. After all, which country would use this thing Trade~? It doesn't make sense!

After hearing Wei Zheng’s question, the other ministers cast doubtful glances at Li Xiaogong, but Li Zexuan was a little bit stunned and cried out that it was not good, because from the information he knew, Li Xiaogong brought back the 50,000 catties of brass. , Three hundred thousand taels of silver was a "war reparation" extorted from the country of Japan. If this is said, Li Xiaogong will probably receive some impeachment.

Li Er's eyes sank. Obviously, he also knew the inside story of the War of the Kingdom of Japan, but at the moment when Wei Zheng asked publicly, he could only see Li Xiaogong playing.

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As soon as Li Er took the civil and military officials away, the wharf immediately became lively. There are more than a thousand big ships, certainly not all can dock at the same time to unload, so they can only come in batches. At the forefront of course are the five hundred official ships of the imperial court.

Wu Di, the captain of Li Xiaogong’s guard, came to Xiao Yu with a person in charge, and then respectfully handed over a booklet and said with a fist:

"Xiao Shangshu, this is a list of all the cargo on the official ship. He is the cabin steward Yao Jing. If Xiao Shangshu has any questions, even if you ask the general or Yao steward, I will know everything about it~!”

"Well, good, I have work~!"

Xiao Yu said politely, and then took the pamphlet. He opened it and read it, and was shocked.

"This...so much food~? I'm afraid the granary in Chang'an City can't hold it~?"

Yan Lide was very curious when he heard the words. What he thought was that the official ships of the imperial court brought so many silks and porcelains, and they would be able to exchange more than 100,000 stones of food when they topped the sky. How could Chang'an City fail to fit them?

"Shi Wen (Xiao Yu's words), let me see how much food is there?"

Having said that, Yan Lide eagerly leaned over, trying to find out. After reading the numbers on the pamphlet, his eyes widened and he exclaimed:

"This, this, this, eight hundred and eighty thousand shi~? Taicang definitely can't hold the grain of so much stone, so I have to transport it to Hanjiacang in Luoyang~!"

The Taicang he was talking about was the largest granary in Chang'an, and it was also regarded as a royal granary. Its main function was to provide for the royal family's consumption, rewards, government salaries, military supplies, and government accounts. Although the main function of Taicang is to rule the central service, it also has some positive effects. For example, every time there is a famine, Taicang will take out grain to supplement the normal warehouse, curb the skyrocketing grain prices, and sell some grain at a low price to help the victims.

However, the total reserves of Taicang are not high. The maximum can only store five or six hundred thousand shi (a stone in the Tang Dynasty is about one hundred catties, and a stone in the Song Dynasty is two hundred catties) of grain, and now it is just after the autumn harvest, the remaining space in Taicang Even less. That's why these two court leaders expressed such emotions.

As for the Hanjiacang mentioned by Yan Lide, it can be regarded as the largest granary in Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Chang'an was established as the capital, but the products in the Guanzhong area have been unable to meet the consumption needs of the royal family, aristocrats, officials and the central army ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ food alone cannot be self-sufficient. During the Daye years, Emperor Sui Yang built the Grand Canal in order to meet the food needs of the capital, Chang'an. Later, Yang Guang directly moved the capital to Luoyang.

After establishing the capital of Luoyang, Yang Guang first built the Hui Luocang as a "national granary" in Luoyang. The entire Huiluo Cangcheng is one meter long from east to west, and 335 meters wide from north to south. There are about 700 warehouses with an inner diameter of 10 meters. Each warehouse can store about 4,000 stones of grain, and the entire warehouse can store three grains. Millions of stone food.

As Huiluo Cang was built outside the city of Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Li Mi took it back to Luo Cang, and Luoyang City fell into a state of no food for a while. Later, returning to Luocang became the focus of the war between Li Shimin and Wang Shichong, who ruled Luoyang. The grain cellar outside the city was occupied, and Wang Shichong was defeated due to a severe shortage of food.

Later, Li Shimin saw the shortcomings of the granary outside the city, he decided to build a granary in Luoyang city, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the Sui rulers. This granary carefully "designed" by Li Shimin is the Hanjiacang. The Hanjiacang not only supplies the food in Luoyang City, but also serves as a transfer station for rice between Guandong and Guanzhong. Later, it gradually replaced the largest at the time. The granary-Luokou warehouse, has become the world's largest granary, with a total reserve of nearly 6 million shi!

"Indeed, first carry 150,000 shi of grain to Taicang, and the rest can only be transported to Luoyang along the Grand Canal~! Lide, you will take care of this first, the old man will enter the palace, go and ask Some of the official ships turned around and headed for Luoyang~!"

Xiao Yu thought for a while, and decided to ask Li Er's opinion. Otherwise, even if so much food is moved, there is no place to put it, it will only be cheaper for mice.

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Second!

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