"Why do you care about these things?" Li Xiang was a little curious: "Didn't you never ask about these things before?"
Wu Yating said with a smile: "It's not that we heard that we took over the small grassland. Although our current population is quite large, if we migrate to the small grassland, our current population alone will not be enough to suppress it.
side.
I just got some news from the Chamber of Commerce some time ago, and I was thinking to see if I could send people to the Central Plains to collect some people. Anyway, they can no longer live in their own place, so it is better to let them come to us in Xiliang
Either way, or to the small grassland, we will be able to provide enough food for them to cultivate farmland on the small grassland."
"That's it." Li Xiang paused with his chopsticks, looked at Wu Yating and smiled: "We have to wait until Li Yi comes back to discuss this. Currently, how much available food is available in Xiliang, how much food is stored, and everything is recorded
On Li Yi's side.
To receive a large number of refugees, we have to make detailed statistics, and then calculate how much food we have and how much food we can use, because when transporting these civilians back, we have to take care of not only their food, but also their people.
Land, their clothes, houses, and various tools.
Therefore, if we want to accept more civilians, we must first make various statistics, otherwise we will not be able to provide them with various things in time, and the final result will not be much different from that in the Central Plains.
We in Xiliang must maintain sufficient food reserves, only in this way can Xiliang be stabilized."
Li Xiang gradually became serious as he spoke: "And you also know that Xiliang has basically spent these days in battle. In every war, we have to consume a lot of food, so our food reserves must be enough to ensure that we can have enough food in Xiliang."
It should be eaten by all civilians for two years.
It is enough for our Xiliang army to be on alert, and it is the kind of food that can be used for three years even if it cannot be produced. Only in this way can we be considered safe, and only in this way can our food be said to be worry-free."
"Don't look at the fact that we accepted so many civilians in the past, just because I, Xiliang, can accept those civilians without restrictions. That was only done when there was no other way."
Li Xiang said with a sigh: "Now the number of civilians in Xiliang is increasing, and the amount of food we consume every day is also increasing. Coupled with the continuous expansion of the army these days, the food consumed by the army is far greater than that consumed by the civilians.
We need more grain, so grain reserves are starting to become a problem.”
"I also allowed the civilians to sell their food, which also prevented me from obtaining a large amount of food from the civilians."
When Wu Yating heard Li Xiang's serious explanation, she said to Li Xiang with some shame: "I really didn't expect that there are so many things related to this. Please forgive me!"
"Most people don't know these things!" Li Zhen picked up a piece of plump meat: "It's like this dish. People like us only know that it's delicious, but we don't know how much craftsmanship and skill it requires.
Material!
But you also reminded me that the small grassland also needs a large number of civilians. Only in this way can the connection between the small grassland and Xiliang become closer, otherwise it will only be like the Daqian Dynasty and the prairie in the future.
That way.”
"By the way, how is your chamber of commerce's income recently?" Li Xiang didn't want to continue on this issue.
Wu Yating smiled shyly: "I made a lot of money!"
"About 80,000 to 90,000 taels of silver a month!" Qian Duoduo said excitedly on the side: "This is still the off-season. If Western businessmen arrive, we can probably earn more than 200,000 taels of silver a month!
"
"So many!" Li Xiang was a little surprised: "It seems that you two are still two little rich women?"
"Of course, my sister and I now each have nearly one million taels of silver." Qian Duoduo said proudly, "I can also buy delicious food for myself now!"
"Then it seems that I have to tell the people in the palace that from now on you will have to pay for everything you eat and drink!" Seeing Qian Duoduo's proud look, Li Xiang couldn't help but say: "Anyway, you already have everything
There is so much money, you should also pay for food and drink!”
"No!" When Qian Duoduo heard this, he immediately felt that his pocket was threatened, and pitifully said to Li Xiang: "Your Majesty, I would rather not do this. The little money my sister and I earned was all from Li Yi
It flowed out from the seam of the chief steward’s hand, you have the chief steward earning so much money for you, why are you still eyeing this little thing that my sister and I have in our hands!''
"Besides, I don't use all my money to buy food and drink. I also want to make the Chamber of Commerce bigger and stronger, and this requires spending money." Qian Duoduo's small eyes
He looked at Li Xiang as if he was about to shed tears: "Just let go of my little money!"
Wu Yating couldn't help laughing. Qian Duoduo looked at Wu Yating and smiled like a kitten with fried hair: "Sister, you are still laughing, wait a minute, our money will be taken away by the king, how can we expand the chamber of commerce in the future?
Make more money!"
"I only collect your money, not hers." Li Xiang said deliberately: "Yating's money still belongs to her, so you have to hand over your money!"
"Then I don't accept it!" Qian Duoduo said forcefully: "If you want to pay, we must pay together, otherwise I will never pay!"
As he spoke, his little head twisted and he looked at the sky. He felt aggrieved for some reason, and the tears in his eyes fell instantly, falling to the ground drop by drop.
She felt very wronged.
When Wu Yating saw Qian Duoduo crying, she immediately took out her handkerchief and walked to Qian Duoduo: "Wipe your tears quickly. The king is teasing you. Why are you still crying?"
"Besides, even if the king really wants your money to be handed over, then the money I left will have to be divided between the two of us. When the time comes, my money will be used to invest and expand the chamber of commerce, and the money I finally get will be repaid.
Doesn’t everything have to belong to the two of us?
Also, if the king asks those people to collect money from you, then you should give all the money to the king, and then eat every day, whatever you see is delicious, and whatever you see is expensive.
See if the money you handed over is enough to buy those precious things and whether it is enough to buy those delicious things!"
Qian Duoduo stopped crying as he listened. He took Wu Yating's handkerchief to wipe away the tears from his eyes. He turned his head and looked at Li Xiang fiercely: "If you really let them ask me for money, then I will
Just eat and drink every day. Anyway, my cultivation method allows you to eat in big mouthfuls. I will make you poor.
At that time, I will not live in the palace. I will go to the restaurant in Tongtian River City to eat. After eating the wine, I will go to various pharmacies to buy all the precious medicinal materials and take all the medicines that can be used for cultivation.
Lose.
See if the money you have is enough to buy those things!"
One million taels of silver sounds like a lot, but if you really use it to buy these genius treasures, then this amount of silver is really not enough, because many things can no longer be purchased with silver.
Qian Duoduo eats and drinks well at the palace and keeps practicing the skills from the Shiwan Mountains in the south. Others are afraid that eating too much will make them fat, so only Qian Duoduo eats and drinks as he pleases.
The technique she practices can convert the food she eats into her own strength. Don't think that her strength is weak just because she is still very young.
At this time, she is very close to the master realm, but now she just lacks the method to break through the master realm.
This method cannot be taught by others, so she has to understand and crack it by herself.
Some people break through while eating, and some people break through to the master state just by sleeping. Everyone's method of breakthrough is different.
Therefore, the distance between the first-class level and the master realm can be very far or very close. Not one of 100 first-class level experts may be able to become a master!
Some people stay at the first-class level all their lives, while some people have just reached the peak of the first-class level and become masters after sleeping and waking up.
"Forehead!"
Li Xiang felt a little headache looking at Qian Duoduo who was very serious. He wanted to tease Qian Duoduo with a joke, but he didn't expect that Qian Duoduo actually took it seriously and looked at that vicious little face.
Looking at it made people want to rub her, but thinking about it, she was still eating and it was still daytime, so Li Xiang resisted the urge.
"Okay, I'm afraid of you, but your money still belongs to you!"
"Humph!" Qian Duoduo gave Li Xiang a roll of his eyes, picked up the chopsticks and quickly picked up the food on the table, turning his anger into appetite. The more he ate, the more distressed Li Xiang became.
She wants to eat everything on the table!
"You should sit down too!" Li Xiang said to Wu Yating, who was still standing beside him: "How is your father-in-law doing lately? Is there any letter from you?"
"Dad is living quite well in the south, and letters are often sent here." Wu Yating was stunned for a moment before answering.
She didn't know what Li Xiang meant by suddenly asking this question, because in previous chats with Li Xiang, Li Xiang never asked about her family's problems. Now that he suddenly asked this question, she felt a little worried.
In addition to being in charge of Xiliang City, Li Xiang also controls all government affairs in Jiuyuan County here.
After experiencing the Acropolis assassination, Li Xiang expressed doubts about the safety of Jiuyuan City, and he also showed great distrust of the officials in the Northwest Yamen.
So he began to clean up those officials in the Northwest Yamen, and a large number of officials were found out. Anyone with an excessive degree of corruption was directly dealt with by Prime Minister Li.
There are no rules and regulations here. He can kill whoever he wants to kill, instead of having to go through layers of interrogations like the Daqian Dynasty, and there is no need to kill one person and have to endure others like the Daqian Emperor.
The force is forced to lai lai.
He is the largest dictator in the northwest, and he is the sole ruler of this land. With Xiliang's army in hand, no one can go against his will, no one can go against his rules, regulations and laws.
Or some people say that he violated his own law by directly issuing orders to kill those officials. His explanation is that his words are the law.
This time the cleanup was carried out from the bottom up, starting from the bottom bit by bit. A large number of low-level corrupt people were directly killed at the entrance of the vegetable market, and then they gradually worked their way up from those bottom-level corrupt people.
Officials who were very important in the eyes of the civilians were taken away by soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters. They were not killed directly at Caishikou like the lower-level officials, but were sent to prison.
These people are not like those at the bottom who directly engage in corruption and directly ask for benefits. They do it more covertly and make it look as if they are seamless.
But as long as the people from Xiliang Headquarters carefully check and explore carefully, these people will show their flaws.
There is a huge spider web behind everyone. In this spider web, node by node, they collude with other officials and connect with businessmen from all over the Central Plains.
Most people sell grain secretly, taking and selling the grain stored by the villagers.
Every village has a warehouse, and the grain in this warehouse is reserve grain. This grain can also be called war preparation grain. It is a granary that every village must have.
Every time there was a good harvest, every farmer had to put a certain amount of grain into the war reserve, and this grain was handed over to the village officials for guarding.
Without orders from superiors, no one was allowed to open the grain in these warehouses, so those people linked up with people in these villages to sell the grain in the warehouses.
Anyway, except for the inspectors from the Xiliang headquarters who would check whether there is food in the granary, no one would come to inspect the food.
They were very careful when doing their tricks. They would sell half of the grain in the granary, leave half of the grain on top, and only take away the half of the grain in the bottom of the granary.
In this way, even if someone comes to inspect and sees the food on the top, they will not wonder whether the bottom is empty, because you can still dig out the food even if you dig down.
The grain reserves in each village's warehouse are very large. When they reach a certain amount, they will be full. At that time, the grains will be taken out and handed over to the people who guard the grains in the village for sale.
Because they are old grains, the price of these grains will be much cheaper than new grains, and they earn the price difference from this.
For these people, Li Xiang killed them all at once. The granaries in the major villages were all built by people from Xiliang. They could store ten thousand dan of grain. This was a huge amount of grain.
And these borers would be sold for half as soon as they were sold. In addition, they colluded with the merchants who came to buy grain to deliberately lower the price of old grain, directly reducing the income of those civilians several times.
If only one or two villages did this, Li Xiang would not be so angry. But the problem is that it is not just one or two villages, but countless villages.
So Li Xiang directly started a bottom-up cleanup.
This is why Wu Yating is very worried. His father seems to be in charge of food!
