After fighting with the Northern Barbarians for so long and consuming a lot of food and grass, they gave some food and grass to the Northern Barbarians. I am afraid that my own food deficit is already huge, which is a big trouble.
He looked at Ran Xianhua and said in a deep voice: "Ran Aiqing, how much food does Daning have now?"
"Ah, this..."
Ran Xianhua's face froze, but he did not dare to hide it. He smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the treasury is basically empty now, and the food is not enough to support a war!"
He naturally knew the emperor's thoughts. To be honest, he agreed with Lin Yi. But now that he had no food in hand, it was hard for him to make a meal without rice.
Li Anlan frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Ai Qing, is there any way to solve it?"
"This is it!"
Ran Xianhua looked at the ministers, especially several aristocratic families. These people were all extremely wealthy and must have a large amount of food in their hands.
Damn it!
Everyone's scalp was numb when they saw it. He wanted to rob people like him of their food. This guy must have gone too far.
Ahem!
"Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate to start another war now. In addition to the lack of food and grass, nearly 60,000 people were consumed in the battle of Shanheguan, and almost all of the Xining army was killed. We need to recuperate!" A minister stood up decisively and said,
The face is upright.
Li Anlan's face froze, this person is clearly a member of the Zhang family. Sure enough, it's your turn to give money. Each one of them came up with their reasons.
But before he could speak, other ministers also stood up.
"Your Majesty, forgive me. Our family has no food left. This time we gave a lot of food to support the war. We also provided food for the Northern Barbarians."
"It's really gone, not at all!"
"The southern chieftains have just calmed down. Once the war breaks out again, I'm afraid it will happen again!"
"Your Majesty, the Shu region and the Minjiang River area have not yet been completely subdued, so it is really not appropriate to start a war!"
Damn it!
Li Anlan's face turned green with anger, but he endured it because the last sentence reminded him that although these two places were defeated, if they are not completely digested, they may be repeated later.
The combined troops of both sides are 400,000, and it is impossible for him to kill them all, so he must tame them, otherwise he will fail in vain.
Also, although the Southern Chieftains have somewhat calmed down, there is no guarantee that they will not continue to cause trouble. It seems that they still need to send people to appease them. It would be better if they could be completely subdued.
Moreover, food is indeed a big problem. If it is not solved, the consequences will be disastrous.
Perhaps there is another way, that is, Lin Yi's potato harvest has been bumper. If he grabs them all, he will be able to replenish the food supply in an instant.
But the key point is that Lin Yi is not a fool. It is impossible for Daning to pay for his own attack.
Forget it, let's wait for a while first, maybe we can use ocean fishing to quickly recuperate.
Thinking of this, he looked at Zhan Shunyu and said in a deep voice: "Zhan Aiqing, the fishing results in the ocean are good. Now that you have many warships, it is time to carry out large-scale fishing, and we cannot let the King of Xiliang monopolize the benefits.
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"Your Majesty, the key is that our fishing boat doesn't have an icehouse, so it's hard to preserve the fish. This..." Zhan Shunyu sighed and said with a bitter look on his face.
The Daning warship has not been modified, its speed is very slow, and it does not have an icehouse.
The last time they came back, except for some of the fish raised in the bilge of the boat, the rest stunk. This was a big trouble.
Speaking of this, several other aristocratic families involved in fishing also sighed. They caught a lot of fish last time, but the losses were also huge.
oh?
Li Anlan frowned, took a sip of tea, and then said in a deep voice: "Then how did Lin Yi solve it? I don't believe they don't know about this problem, there will definitely be a solution!"
"Your Majesty, Lin Yi built a special icehouse by transporting ice cubes from the Ice Country." Zhan Shunyu said with a bitter smile.
puff!
Li Anlan spat out a sip of tea and said with a dumbfounded look on his face: "What are you talking about? Are you kidding me about transporting ice cubes back from the Ice Country?"
Transporting ice cubes from an ice country thousands of miles away to catch fish is simply a fantasy. How much does it cost? Can Lin Yi make back the money by selling fish?
This ice block is very heavy, and it will melt and be lost halfway. This is simply nonsense.
"It is indeed a bit outrageous, but their fishing boats do have icehouses. I sent people to see several fishing boats of northern aristocratic families, and they all have icehouses."
Zhang Zinong from the Young Master couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
Li Anlan frowned. It would be absolutely impossible for him to transport ice cubes back to the Icefield Country. The cost would be sky-high.
After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "What if we don't need an icehouse, but build a huge space to fill it with sea water, and just rely on sea water to raise fish?"
"That's okay, but seawater corrodes warships a lot, and if a large amount of seawater is put in, the warship's draft will deepen and its speed will slow down..." Zhan Shunyu disagreed with this idea very much, although the province
The money is made, but the consequences are endless.
Seawater corrosion is no joke. If it cannot be solved, the warship will soon be scrapped.
Moreover, if a warship in this state is attacked, it basically has no chance of running away. If someone chases it, it will be a big trouble.
Li Anlan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Young Master, please hurry up and study the problem of anti-corrosion. In addition, we will try it out with Lin Yi. We will also spend money to ask him to help build an icehouse. It would be better if we can learn the technology."
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Just give money if you give it. As long as Daning develops, everything in the future will belong to Daning.
The population base in the north destined the development of the father and son, which was definitely not comparable to the Daning Dynasty, so he did not need to be so anxious.
Let him go first!
Now to solve the two major princes and kings, we must first digest them thoroughly.
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Xiliang County!
Now that potatoes have finally come to an end, in addition to some potatoes that Lin Yi gave away for free, Jia Xu alone sold more than two million kilograms of potatoes.
Most of these potatoes went into the pockets of aristocratic families, and some wealthy businessmen also purchased a lot. The specific use is unknown.
But looking at the large stack of banknotes in front of him, Lin Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said angrily: "As expected of our military advisor, these potatoes have actually been sold for more than 40 million taels. This is no one else."
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This is definitely an astronomical figure. If Li Anlan knew about it, he would probably vomit blood.
"Hey, ours are seeds, so naturally we can't use ordinary prices! After buying them this time, they won't need to buy them again next time, so it's normal for the price to be higher!" Jia Xu said with a smile on his face.
Hahaha!
Everyone couldn't help laughing. This sentence really makes sense, otherwise the lord would be in great loss.