Blessings of Time Traveling

Qi Mingcheng stayed at the inn waiting for news.The situation is not very good now, he restrained his subordinates and asked everyone not to go out at will.

After observing for a few days, Qi Mingcheng slowly figured out that the inn he stayed in was probably a secret stronghold of Shen Ling.For a person like Shen Ling who must do great things, he must be well-informed, so he probably has one or two strongholds in each city.

Knowing that Shen Ling was thinking of ways to raise food, Qi Mingcheng also thought of a few ways to raise food in private, but he was not in a hurry to show himself in front of Shen Ling.Qi Mingcheng is a person who is good at observing words and expressions.Therefore, he knew that Shen Ling seemed to be in a hurry, but in fact he had a good idea in his heart.

Considering the particularity of the times, most of the food at this time was in the hands of officials and businessmen.

Now that Shen Ling was sure that he would not be able to get relief food from the "official", he could only start with the "shang".And to get the merchants to take out the food obediently, all he can use are "coercion" and "incentives".As for how to intimidate and lure, it depends on Shen Ling's own ability.The method of raising food that Qi Mingcheng thought of also started from these two aspects.

Some of the concepts and ideas of the superiors are sometimes similar.For example, being an emperor, in this kind of feudal dynasty, a ruler who wants to secure his throne is nothing more than being able to play a good balance.Some rulers are smarter, and the way of balance has been cultivated to perfection, so the power of the world is concentrated in the emperor's hands;

Qi Mingcheng knew that Shen Ling was a very cunning person.Therefore, it is probably not Qi Mingcheng's turn to worry about disaster relief at this time.

Shen Ling is busy most of the time.However, with the method of artificially cultivating pearls that Qi Mingcheng sent at the beginning, Shen Ling has accumulated a lot of wealth in these years, and he has tasted the benefits that Qi Mingcheng brought him.Coupled with some other things, in short, Shen Ling is quite sure of Qi Mingcheng's talent.So, when he finally had some free time, he would also take the initiative to come to Qi Mingcheng, and the two of them would sit and drink tea.

Um, it's drinking boiled water.

Of course, it doesn't matter what the drink is; what matters is what the two are talking about.

Shen Ling was still worrying about the food problem, but it wasn't just because of the disaster relief this time.Although it was not easy to get food for disaster relief, after Shen Ling had been busy for so long, the first batch of food was already in place, and the follow-up food would be delivered in batches.In short, he has been able to barely ensure that the casualties of the victims will not be further expanded due to hunger.However, considering other things such as the epidemic, Shen Ling still had some headaches.

However, putting aside all the disaster relief matters, Shen Ling's biggest headache was the food in the military supplies.

The food needed for disaster relief is temporary, but the food needed by the army is long-term; the food needed for disaster relief can be obtained from the hands of merchants, and if the food needed by the army is also obtained from the hands of merchants, sooner or later The news will be leaked, and the emperor will know that Prince Rong has already started to attack the army. As long as he has the evidence, he can use the opportunity to imprison Prince Rong on the charge of treason.

However, Shen Ling's food shortage is very large.

First of all, the regular Northwest Army registered by the court lacks food.Considering the ambitions of the aliens, the emperor did not dare to cut the army directly, but dared to use soft knives to hurt people. The Northwest Army's military salary was repeatedly owed, and how could the soldiers go to the battlefield when they were hungry?Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army has dropped a lot.The emperor doesn't feel sorry for these people, but Prince Rong, Shen Ling and Mr. Ouyang Qian love the soldiers!

Calculated according to the social reality at this time, the annual average of [-] catties of grain per person has just reached the food and clothing line, in short, he will not die of hunger. (At this time, there is a serious lack of oil and water in the stomach, so it is easy to be hungry, and at this time, most of them are miscellaneous grains. Some grains are very heavy, but their ability to satisfy hunger is weak.)

Soldiers have a lot of activities every day, so they need more food.

To what extent has the emperor withheld the Northwest Army?Calculated according to the official registration data, the Northwest Army can get [-] catties of food per person per year. However, at this time, corruption is prevalent, and there are layers of checks and checks. There is really not much left in the hands of the Northwest Army.

The Northwest Army has been trying very hard to figure out how to be self-sufficient.However, when they opened the fields there, the news could not be concealed, and the military pay would be further reduced.

Secondly, if Prince Rong wants to succeed, he cannot rely solely on the Northwest Army.He also needs to build his own private armed forces.These are also supported by money and food!Relatively speaking, silver is easy to obtain, but it is not easy to obtain large quantities of food without attracting attention.

Qi Mingcheng thought for a while and said, "If you want to make enough food, there are only two methods. One is to reduce expenditure, and the other is to increase income."

Throttling is definitely out of the question.The soldiers can't get enough to eat now, and if the savings continue, they will starve to death one by one.Therefore, in fact, all they can do is open source.However, open source is not an easy task.What Shen Ling has been worrying about is how to open source!

"What's your idea?" Shen Ling asked impatiently.

To be honest, Shen Ling didn't want to put too much pressure on Qi Mingcheng.This matter is so important, but it is indeed quite difficult.

However, from Qi Mingcheng's tone of voice, he clearly already had some thoughts.

Shen Ling felt that Qi Mingcheng had given him a big surprise again.

"Have you ever thought about arranging people to farm in the south?" Qi Mingcheng asked.If one's own people can grow food, then most of the food problem will be solved.In fact, the Northwest Army did border defense in the northwest, but the military settlement had been registered, and the imperial court knew how much food it could produce every year.To avoid the eyes of the imperial court, some people can only be arranged to farm in other places.

"South? For example, Yuanxing Province?" Shen Ling frowned subconsciously.

Qi Mingcheng shook his head and said: "Yuanxing Province is so rich, it must be the top priority of the imperial court's supervision. We naturally can't start with Yuanxing Province if we want food. Moreover, the land resources in the province have actually been developed almost There is not much wasteland to cultivate."

Shen Ling waited for Qi Mingcheng to continue.

"I mean, go further south. For example, South Greed." Qi Mingcheng said.

The high rainfall in the south has led to the barrenness of the land, and the terrain in the south is complex. There are few large areas of farmland resources connected together like the north, but the south also has an advantage that the north cannot match.Because it is close to the equator, the annual average temperature in the south is high, and many grains can be cooked twice, thirdly or even fourthly.Even if the single grain production is slightly less, the total amount can be caught up by the number of times.

In the time and space before Qi Mingcheng traveled, Thailand was a small country, but it was the only net exporter of grain in Asia and one of the top five exporters of agricultural products in the world.The climate plays a big role in this.Of course, in Thailand, the grain yield per unit is not low.

If we use Qi Mingcheng's original space-time map as an analogy, the Nanlu he is talking about at this time is equivalent to the places in Laos and Myanmar.Although it is also the territory of the Jing Dynasty, the land utilization rate there is very low.There are many ethnic minorities in the area, and their beliefs and customs are different from most people in Jing Dynasty.Just like in ancient China, Yunnan and Hainan were once the destinations for exiled prisoners. During the Jing Dynasty, because there were too many poisonous weeds, insects, and miasma in Nangai, non-local people did not think it was a beautiful place at all.

"...As for the various poisons in the local area, as long as you have a good relationship with the local people, don't be blindly arrogant, and learn their way of life, I don't think it's a big problem...Of course, if non-locals go there, there will definitely be some problems. A period of adaptation. But difficulties are used to overcome."

Qi Mingcheng's mouth was parched, he quickly lowered his head and took a sip of water.He pretended that he had learned all this knowledge from books, and some of it was heard from passing merchants, so it didn't seem shocking when he said it all, but it seemed that he had a strong ability to generalize information.

What Qi Mingcheng said was already very specific.

Shen Ling was thoughtful.He didn't have any impression of Nanlu's side, neither good nor bad, because he never wanted to know about that place.However, now Qi Mingcheng provided him with a direction to think.If the food over there can really be cooked several times a year...

Shen Ling said decisively: "I will send someone to go there as soon as possible. If this matter is feasible..." He looked at Qi Mingcheng, if Qi Mingcheng wanted to, he planned to hand over this matter directly to Qi Mingcheng. After all, he still has too few connections.

Can Qi Mingcheng not seize this opportunity?Isn't he laying out so much just to win the military supplies?

Therefore, Qi Mingcheng immediately recommended himself.

The two looked at each other and smiled, which was considered to have reached some kind of agreement.

Qi Mingcheng didn't reveal anything about Si Ni and Wu Ni to Shen Ling.At one point, he wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, it would not be very appropriate to present the news that he himself was not sure about to Shen Ling now.After all, the empress in the palace is a "daughter of the Lin family", not a daughter of the Qi family.It's better to wait until he receives more reliance from Shen Ling, and then tentatively ask Shen Ling to help him find the two sisters.

The road is getting smoother and smoother!