Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Yes, Li Jing didn't want to bring him back.

In addition to allowing these people to stay in the five northern states, Li Jing is also preparing to let them enter the territories of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, and strive to complete the restructuring of these two regions this year.

After the surrender of these two places, Li Shimin established seven new state capitals in the territories of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo.

And Li Jing's idea was to let the garrisons stay in the seven state capitals, so as to firmly control these lands.

Originally, because the territory was too vast, Li Jing found it too difficult, and the long distance made logistical supplies a big problem.

The continuous cold winters on the grassland and the constant wars made it extremely difficult for them to replenish food on the spot.

If the tribe's food is forcibly plundered, it may destroy the harmonious relationship that has been hard-won at any time.

But without supplies, even if the army of the Tang Dynasty was equipped with artifacts such as cotton coats and woolen sweaters, they would not be able to survive the cold winter on the grassland.

However, the bumper harvest this time made Li Jing see a possibility.

Although Li Jing also knew that such a large-scale delivery of food might consume more food than the food left on the front line, but he still wanted to give it a try.

After listening to Li Jing's thoughts, Changsun Wuji was the first to stand up and vote against it.

"Mr. Wei, it's not the first time I've heard of the severe cold on the grassland. How much food and grass does this 10,000+ army need to spend the winter in the grassland?"

"This year's autumn harvest is indeed a lot, three times that of last year, but do you know how much the court can actually get?"

"You know, this bumper harvest is the result of the young crop debt. Half of the agreed production increase in the young crop debt will be turned over to the imperial court as the young crop fund."

"However, in this half, the principal and interest of the Qingmiao debt must be deducted."

"So according to current estimates, the most that the imperial court can get is only [-]% to [-]% higher than last year."

After finishing speaking, Changsun Wuji looked at Li You with resentment.

Hearing this, Li Jing's expression was also a little embarrassed.

He just knew that there was a good harvest this year, but he didn't consider the situation of Qingmiao Village.

If Changsun Wuji really said so, then Datang would certainly have no problem transporting the military rations for these 10,000+ people.

But with the loss during transportation and the rations of the transportation team, it is tantamount to another big battle.

But Li Jing really didn't want to give up.

The situation on the grassland is very good now. If the situation can be completely controlled this winter, then there will be less trouble in the future.

And once you quit, you won't know who will dominate the grassland until next spring.

For this reason, Li Jing was going to fight for it again.

He also looked at Li You and said, "King Yan, is there really no way for the Household Department?"

For such a problem, everyone present felt that it was Li Jing's "dying struggle", and it was just to have a clear conscience.

However, something that everyone did not expect happened.

Li You nodded and said with a smile: "It's not impossible, but I need some time."

"I also need to mobilize people for the civilian husband, don't I?"

Hearing this, Li Jing was overjoyed immediately: "King Yan, you must be serious!"

Li You nodded: "Definitely."

The eldest grandson Wuji who was on the side suddenly became anxious: "King Yan, this matter is related to the life and death of 10,000+ Tang Jun, you can't be joking!"

Li You nodded again, then smiled and said, "Duke Qi, do you think I'm joking?"

Looking at the speechless eldest grandson Wuji, Li You felt extremely proud at the moment.

【Hey, Elder Changsun, your algorithm just now seems to have no problem, but is it really so? 】

[I think you are confused, you have forgotten how much Datang collects rent. 】

[Datang is currently implementing the land equalization system. Most of the land cultivated by farmers is state-owned land. The state distributes land in the form of heads and pays taxes in the form of land rent. 】

[Land is released by human head, so the land rent is naturally collected by human head. 】

[And Datang's current land rent can be said to be pitifully low. 】

[If the harvest of the land last year was one hundred, the land rent was only ten. 】

[Furthermore, according to the land system of the Tang Dynasty, even if the harvest this year reaches three hundred, the imperial court can still only charge land rent of ten per head. 】

[But now, with the young crop debt, based on last year's [-], the excess of [-] will be divided equally between the court and farmers. 】

[In this way, the court can recover one hundred grains. 】

[After deducting the cost of the Qingmiao debt of [-], and the promised interest of [-], the court made a net profit of [-] on the portion of the Qingmiao debt. 】

[If you look at it according to this situation, the total received of [-] this year is seven times that of last year. 】

[This is only the part of the civilian fields covered by the green crop debt, as well as the official fields, post fields, and farm fields that have been planted with new crops. The triple harvest in these fields is real. 】

[And because the management of these fields is better, in fact, the real harvest is far more than three times. 】

[This is just one aspect of food sources. In fact, during this period of time, Fairy Bei has referred to compressed biscuits and luncheon meat and developed a lot of military rations suitable for this era. 】

[These military rations not only taste better, but are also more convenient to eat and transport. 】

[Hey, thinking of those military cans made by Fairy Bei makes my mouth water! 】

[Tsk tsk tsk! 】

During this period of time, not only Li You has been secretly working hard, but also the entire Shence Mansion has not been idle.

Not long ago, Fairy Bei combined the books Li You produced to research a new generation of military rations.

Recently, Haig is studying how to increase production, and Li You believes that there will be results soon.

Moreover, even if there is no industrial production, only relying on manpower can achieve a good output.

It was only at this moment that Li Shimin recovered from the shock.

Li Shimin could clearly hear the calculation in Li You's mind just now.

Li Shimin was pleasantly surprised by the real food production explosion.

The food problem was a major problem that plagued the kings of all dynasties.

Especially in the Guanzhong area where Chang'an is located, the land has always been narrow and densely populated, and the food produced can hardly meet the needs of the growing population in the Guanzhong area. Once natural disasters such as floods, droughts and locust plagues occur, famines often occur in the Guanzhong area.

Because of the famine in Chang'an, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had to move eastward with a group of princes and ministers to Luoyang for food.

And Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty mobilized more than one million men and women to dig the Tongji Canal and open up the Grand Canal. One of the big purposes was to facilitate the empire in Guanzhong, the capital, to receive food and wealth from the Jianghuai region.

In the third national water conservancy bond issued by Li You recently, a large part of the funds was actually spent on the maintenance of the Grand Canal.

The purpose of doing this, in fact, is to a large extent to facilitate the transportation of grain from the Jianghuai area to Guanzhong.

So Li Shimin was shocked when he got the news of a bumper grain harvest and a full state treasury.

Compared with food, Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to the new type of military ration that Li You had in mind.

He said casually: "Since You'er thinks this matter can be done, then I will appoint Duke Wei and You'er to handle this matter."

"I heard that the Shence Mansion is still developing a new type of military ration, this time you can also take it to the grassland to try."