I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 132 Salt Introduction System
"Shu County!"

Li Si opened his mouth and said.

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's expression changed instantly.

Ok.

This little place in Sichuan does produce grain.

Li Bing, the prefect of the Qin Dynasty, built a famous water conservancy project here, which has been extended to later generations and is still in use.

This water conservancy project.

The Chengdu Plain has become a fertile land for thousands of miles.

And the fertile red soil of the Sichuan Plain.

And full of nutrients.

Enough to make this crop thrive.

In addition, in the current Daqin.

Bashu area is less developed.

The population is not too much.

This makes .

rich soil.

smaller population.

Plus good weather.

Make local food production.

It can be said to be quite high.

Food production is high.

Naturally, there will be more food.

However, the problem is.

Food in Shu County.

Although much.

Although here's inside the granary.

A large amount of food and grass was stored.

However, the problem is.

Here's to the food.

But can't use it.

It's not that the first emperor was reluctant.

In other words, the local magistrate obstructed the delivery of grain.

but because.

this place.

It's not easy for me to walk.

Shu County is a very suitable place for separatism.

Here, there are mountains all around.

In the middle is the basin.

There are very few roads out of Shu.

This can be seen from Zhuge Liang's difficulties during the Northern Expedition in history.

Moreover, there are only a few roads.

The problem is, the road is not easy to walk.

The road is not easy to walk, which leads to a sharp rise in the cost of food transportation.

Therefore, the current Great Qin has no way to transport grain from Shu County.

As a result, when he heard Li Si's proposal, Ying Zheng immediately put on a straight face.

"What's the way? If the food in Shu County can be shipped out, I would have already shipped it out in large quantities!"

That's right, if the rice from the Land of Abundance could be shipped out, Ying Zheng would have already ordered the large amount of grain stored there over the years to be shipped to Guanzhong.

Where will it remain to this day?

But when Li Si heard the words, he spread his hands to win the government.

"But Your Majesty, apart from here, I really can't think of when we can transport the grain? If it is transported from Guanzhong, I think it can be done, but after this is transported, the granary in Guanzhong will be empty..."

"The granary in Guanzhong is empty. Your Majesty, what should we do if something happens and the court suddenly needs to use troops, or if there is a natural disaster in Guanzhong?"

"This one……"

Li Si's words made Ying Zheng's face change suddenly.

Indeed, this question has to be considered.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng couldn't help frowning, and then he let out a long sigh.

"But, if this is the case, what should the people of Kanto do?"

"Your Majesty, I can only suffer the people no longer..."

Lis said.

Suffer the people.

This is probably a more classic rhetoric.

At this moment, it was proposed by Li Si.

The ministers also agreed.

"Your Majesty, this is the only plan for the present. What's more, the nineteenth sons are helping the disaster in the Kanto. Those local magnates have lent food to the people, and they have solved most of the disasters among the people. Now, the problem is not big. The court Even if we don’t allocate food, it’s probably not a problem…”

"That's the only way to go!"

Ying Zheng nodded and agreed with Li Si's approach.

This is also no way.

After all, he has no food.

What else can I do?
It is true that winning the government is one emperor through the ages.

However, no matter how awesome he is.

Could he still be able to conjure food out of space?

Impossible!
So, that's all there is to it!

a few days later.

The imperial edict of Yingzheng was sent to Ying Changsheng.

I saw the edict issued by Yingzheng.

Ying Changsheng's expression changed immediately.

Yingzheng didn't even give him food!

How can this be good?

Wang Jian on the side couldn't help frowning after reading the edict.

Immediately, he let out a long sigh.

"Mr. Nineteen, the common people are generally like this when there are severe droughts and disasters over the years. This year, Mr. Nineteen will personally relieve the disaster here. The common people are already much stronger than in previous years. You don't have to blame yourself too much, Mr. Nineteen. , after all, the imperial court also has its own difficulties, and we did our best, didn't we..."

"Ugh!"

Ying Changsheng sighed.

Then he secretly made up his mind.

Next year, we must promote Daqin as much as possible, including sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Then, there will be no more present, this dilemma.

However, while there are potatoes next year, there are also sweet potatoes.

But Ying Changsheng still wanted to solve the drought they were facing right now. Ying Changsheng frowned and thought for a while.

Immediately, he slapped his thigh fiercely.

"I have a solution!"

"What is the solution of the nineteenth son?"

Immediately, Wang Jian looked at Ying Changsheng and said in surprise.

"I have a solution to solve the food problem!"

Ying Changsheng said.

Wang Jian laughed lightly, and said to Ying Changsheng.

"Young Master Nineteen, the imperial court doesn't have any food now. Could it be that you can conjure food out of thin air?"

"Well, of course not!"

Ying Changsheng nodded.

He really can't.

He is not a fairy.

Can't call the wind and call the rain.

And how can food be transformed by space?

Ying Changsheng's so-called method is very simple.

He has already read the edict of winning the government.

Yingzheng has already explained it in the edict.

Right now, there is no shortage of food.

The problem really is.

There is food.

However, there is no way to win the government.

Get the food out.

It was shipped to Kanto and given to Ying Changsheng.

That's the problem.

Transporting food is indeed more difficult.

Not just now.

Even in the future, this is the case. Unless there is a transformative technological development that greatly improves the efficiency of transportation, otherwise, this will always be a problem that plagues the Great Qin court.

However, for such a problem.

However, Ying Changsheng has a relatively simple method that can be implemented in Daqin now.

This method did not come up with by Ying Changsheng himself.

Moreover, he got the method from the official means of transporting grain in the Song and Ming dynasties!
That is, the salt introduction system in the Song and Ming dynasties!

During the Song and Ming Dynasties, it was necessary to deal with the nomadic peoples in the north.

The defenders of the Great Wall were short of food.

Under such circumstances, if the imperial court organizes grain transportation, the cost is too high to be cost-effective, and organizing grain transportation is not an easy task.

Therefore, some clever ministers proposed such a method.

Salt primer!
This method is actually very simple.

It is nothing more than asking private merchants to transport grain to the Great Wall.

Then, the local army will show them the salt.

With this salt guide, they can obtain a part of the salt industry franchise.

In this way, it is possible to mobilize non-governmental merchants to transport grain at an extremely low cost without spending a penny!
Right now, Ying Changsheng is going to take this approach!
(End of this chapter)