Wang has always been keen on military matters, so she just mentally calculated the approximate total amount of taxes and fees collected this time, and she knew it in her heart.
Hejian County has a total of twelve counties. Putting aside the population hidden by powerful families, there are 10,000 people in one county, and the entire Hejian County has a population of 120,000.
Taking the average tax rate of 75 per person, the Andong tax paid by 120,000 people is as high as 9 million.
Currently, one stone of grain in the north costs 300 yuan, and 9 million yuan is equivalent to 30,000 stone of grain.
Daqing's 30,000 shi is equivalent to 1,860 tons in modern times. Even if there is any damage, it is still thousands of tons of grain, enough to support a hundred thousand troops in a great war!
Wang's eyes dimmed and she said in a deep voice: "The Yuan family in Jizhou and the Cao family in Xuzhou are going to fight in Yanzhou. The fight for Yanzhou is very likely to be a big war."
And compared with this upcoming war, the Yanzhou Red Scarf Army's previous rebellion was like children's play.
Xu Yue and others were shocked when they heard this. Xu Dalang directly took Xu Yue into his arms and held him in his arms, looking like he was ready to run away at any moment. Xu Yue twitched her lips in embarrassment.
Xu Erniang asked: "Will it affect us?"
Wang shook her head uncertainly, "I can't tell. At present, it seems that the main battlefield is in Shanyang County, Yanzhou, which is far away from Hejian County. However, things on the battlefield are changing rapidly. We can only make preparations early to ensure that the situation remains unchanged.
Respond to all changes.”
Xu Yue lamented, "It seems that the fight will only happen within the next two months."
Mrs. Wang looked at her little daughter's wrinkled face in a funny way, and she felt that there was no need to be too pessimistic.
Mrs. Wang took Xu Yue out of Xu Dalang's arms and placed it at the table to signal her to listen carefully.
Then she dipped her fingers in water and drew Ji, Yan, and Xu Sanzhou into three adjacent circles on the small table, and started teaching.
"Everyone is saying this year that the snow will fall early and the weather will be abnormal, so there may not be a fight this winter."
"When spring comes, we will be busy with farming again. Sanyang County has just experienced a year of drought and needs to recuperate."
"If Shanyang County is used as the main battlefield, Xuzhou Cao's logistics supply line will be very long in this battle. If we really fight, Jizhou has a high possibility of victory."
"But..." Wang didn't dare to speak too fully, and added: "I don't know the specific situation of both parties. These are just my shallow guesses."
shallow?
Xu Yue shook her head fiercely, "Aniang, you are not shallow at all! No one with dozens of battle experience can say these words."
"Anyway, even if a fight breaks out and Jizhou is defeated, we are in the rear and can still escape in time, so don't think too much. We should eat and sleep when we should."
Wang looked at Xu Da and urged: "Hurry up and make more kangs to earn back the taxes you paid today."
Xu Da raised his eyebrows, thinking that I know it without you reminding him, but he still nodded obediently.
But after hearing Wang's words, he would never treat her as an ordinary woman again.
If you don’t know how to cook, then you can’t take care of children. With such a smart mind, how can you take care of children and cook?
It's time to pick up the spear and go to the battlefield, make great achievements and lead the whole family to the pinnacle of life!
At this moment, Xu Dashang had a shameful thought. He had a bad stomach and wanted to eat soft rice...
Wang immediately sensed something was wrong, her eyes turned cold, and she shouted: "Get out!"
Xu Da: "Okay!"
...
Although we know that the war will come at any time, we still have to live our lives as usual.
However, since the war has been predicted to be imminent, we must prepare in advance just in case.
After confirming that the small kitchen in Xu Yue's research room had a certain amount of storage space, Wang took advantage of the fact that food prices were still relatively stable and purchased grain reserves at home in batches.
Xu Yue grew up in the south, and her staple food was rice. Now that she is traveling through Daqing, she has been eating bitter noodles for a long time, and she wants her grandma to help her stock some rice.
However, since the economic, political and cultural activities center of Daqing is in the north, and people generally like to eat pasta, Wang has no choice but to buy more wheat, millet and other foods for her little daughter even if she wants to.
Mainstream food.
The family's savings were all spent and they bought 20 shi of grain, which is 1,240 kilograms in modern pounds. In order to put down the grain, Xu Yue dismantled all the tables and chairs in the small kitchen of the laboratory, and the small room was filled to the brim.
With more than a thousand kilograms of grain in her hands, Xu Yue felt much more at ease even when she slept.
However, because she had suffered from drought before, Xu Yue asked her father to bring a clay jar back to her when she went out. She replaced the enchanted plastic bucket that was being used at home, put the plastic bucket into the laboratory, and stored a full bucket.
of water.
Just as their family was preparing their grain reserves, news came out that Yuan and Cao were preparing to go to war. People's panic surged, causing grain prices to rise all the way.
When Wang bought grain two days ago, the price of corn per stone was 300 yuan, but when she went out today, she saw that the price had actually increased to 400 yuan per stone, and the price continued to rise.
But what's more terrifying than the price increase is that there is no food to buy at the grain stores.
Since November, grain stores no longer sell grain in large quantities, and each person can only buy one bucket at a time.
There is now a long queue outside the grain store every day. Every time Xu Da leads the disciples of the Huokang Gang when they pass by the grain store, they are secretly glad that they are fast enough and have completed their grain reserves ahead of schedule.
However, after experiencing the difficulty of buying grain, Xu Yue's family has a deeper understanding of the current chaos in Daqing, and their vigilance has greatly increased. In the next long period of time, as long as they have money in their hands, they will
The money is converted into daily necessities such as rice, flour, oil and food.
However, in this tense and intense atmosphere of preparation for war, the expected battle between Yuan and Cao did not come.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a sudden blizzard hit Yanzhou, Hebei, and Xuzhou. The ice was three feet deep, making it difficult for cars and horses to move. Pedestrians on the streets took shelter in their homes, not daring to wander out in this extremely cold weather.
Under such conditions, the two armies were unable to go to war. After many negotiations, a reconciliation was reached. The Cao family gave up Dongjun to the Yuan family in Jizhou, and then the Yuan family's large forces withdrew from Shanyang County into Dongjun to stand by.
The two families of Cao and Yuan, who were at war with each other, restored a short period of peace.
Xu Da's fire kang team has grown from eight people at the beginning to more than 200 people. When he walks in the streets of the city, everyone who sees him will call him Master Xu.
It was as if there was no one in the entire Hejian County who didn't know Xu Da.
Such an influence will inevitably attract the attention of the higher-ups. When Liu Rong came to Xu's house twice to have a meal, he also expressed to Xu Da that "you have been favored by the superiors and may become rich soon."
After that, I don't know who leaked the news, Uncle Wu or Ah Shan. The entire Beicheng Huokang Gang brothers would go to Xu's house every morning and evening to pay their respects to the founder, hoping that in the future one of them would attain enlightenment and the chickens and dogs would ascend to heaven.
The Xu family in the north of the city was in the limelight for a while.
However, in this warm and positive atmosphere, Xu Yue had a vague feeling of bad premonition.
