I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Generally speaking, the luck of everyone here is quite good.Because Comrade Xiao Qin, the cook who is in charge of today's meals, is not very familiar with the kitchens of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so the speed of preparing dinner is inevitably a little slower.So when Xiao Qin stretched out his hand to catch the fish, Liu Ming finally rushed to it, grabbed the kitchen knife with a sliding shovel, and successfully rescued the baiji that was almost braised in soy sauce.

However, the young baiji dolphin, who was lucky enough to save its life, was completely unaware of its situation. When it was surrounded by the people who came to watch it in the wooden barrel, this chubby little white dolphin vomited quite energetically. Several speech bubbles.

After Liu Ming checked carefully, a heart finally fell into his stomach.

"This is a female Baiji dolphin, at most eight months old, in good physical condition, and may have accidentally left the group." He happily introduced to everyone: "Since 2004, Baiji dolphin has disappeared in China for ten years. For a few years, it was basically considered to be functionally extinct. My tutor studied the artificially raised baiji dolphin 'Qiqi', and now I always sigh when I mention it, saying that I am afraid I will never see such a beautiful aquatic creature in this life... "

Everyone nodded one after another, feeling quite sad in their hearts.This baiji dolphin has a bright body, slender and smooth body lines, and a cute and chubby head. It is indeed an extremely beautiful creature.Mu Chen looked at the water carefully, and then remembered something: "Do we have the conditions for artificial rearing here? Are there any special requirements?"

"Baiji dolphins at this age can already eat independently, just feed them some small fish and shrimp." Liu Ming said: "Of course, the conditions for long-term feeding are definitely not available. The next time we deliver supplies, we need to notify the aquatic biology research institute. All the preparations..."

He paused for a while, seeing Mu Chen nod his head in agreement, and finally said the draft he had written in his belly:

"I thought about it carefully. If a group of fishermen in the Middle Ages could catch baiji with such crude tools, it means that the population density of baiji is quite considerable. If only one young baiji is sent back, it is It is impossible to reverse the situation of extinction, so..."

Before Liu Ming could finish his sentence, Xiang Liang suddenly coughed lightly and cut in directly.

"I've heard about the theory. The continuation of the race requires a minimum amount, right?" Xiang Liang said, "How much should that be?"

Liu Ming frowned, subconsciously feeling something was wrong: "Just to be on the safe side, two or three hundred..."

Xiang Liang nodded slightly, his tone was flat: "That is to say, you need to transmit more than two hundred baiji dolphins to modern times?"

"Yes." Liu Ming forced a smile, but felt vigilant in his heart: "Baiji dolphins were not uncommon in the Middle Ages. It must be that the Southern and Northern Dynasties still had a policy of prohibiting exports..."?

"Oh, there is definitely no export ban." Xiang Liang said calmly: "However, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when Sang Hongyang was in charge of the mountains and seas, all dynasties have stipulated that the products in the mountains, rivers, and rivers are state-owned. Of course, a small amount of collection has never been Prohibited, but there are two hundred baiji dolphins at a time - such a number, I am afraid that the local governor must be allowed."

Liu Ming was at a loss when he heard this, completely confused: "Local governor? Isn't the local prefect already killed by Hou Rong? Do I have to go to Jiankang to seek the emperor's approval?"

Xiang Liang showed a gentle smile.

"That's not necessary." He said slowly: "According to the regulations of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, after the resignation of the local governor, the relatives and nobles of the local clan will often take over the power—in other words, everything in the city is now decided by the King of Hengyang."

Liu Ming was caught off guard, and was taken aback when he heard Deng. He subconsciously glanced at Wang Zhi—historical consultant didn't look calm, but nodded slightly to him—then he turned his head quickly and looked at Wang Zhi with a bewildered expression, completely displeased. Mu Chen, who knows how to eat melons, eats her body in one bite.

Liu Ming took a deep breath of Chuchun's air-conditioning, and asked, "What does this mean?"

"This means." Xiang Liang said: "The fishermen who catch the baiji are the subjects of the king of Hengyang, and every fish and shrimp in the river are the products of the king of Hengyang. It doesn't matter if the research institute needs [-] baiji. It doesn't matter if there are three hundred items, shouldn't you express your meaning?"

Having said that, it is a showdown between the two sides.Liu Ming's eyes widened suddenly, and he stared straight at Xiang Liang, with resentment towards the miser flickering in his pupils.He exhaled slowly, with a cold tone:

"One hundred thousand, three hundred in total, how about it?"

Mu Chen just woke up from his bewilderment, when he heard this number, he trembled again: 3000 million!He quickly said: "This is really not—"

Xiang Liang, who was sitting on the left, quickly stretched out his hand and grabbed Mu Chen's skirt. Then, with the long sleeves of an ancient toga, he turned over a mobile phone with three large black characters on the screen:

"100 billion!"

Mu Chen bit his tongue, and shivered subconsciously: According to the strange rules of the system, the 100 billion loan has to be repaid in full by himself. Of course, 3000 million is not much, but the meat of mosquito legs is also meat——

In an instant, money defeated conscience, Mu Chen obediently shut up and retreated to his original position.Xiang Liang flicked his sleeves to put away his phone, and smiled at the unhappy Liu Ming.

"Your figure is too low-key. I heard that Sichuan rents out pandas, not counting other expenses. The rent alone is more than 50 yuan. Could it be that the rare baiji dolphin, which is about to become extinct, can't compare to this price?"

Liu Ming's eyes popped.At that moment, he deeply understood the resentment of the ministers of the past dynasties towards the treacherous villains around the emperor.Apparently, His Royal Highness the King of Hengyang, the most holy and the brightest, has a compassionate heart, and it is because of Xiang Liang, a lucky minister, that the stench of copper stinks his heart, causing Yao and Shun to become Jie and Zhou——

However, His Highness Wang Muchen of Hengyang, who is most holy and compassionate, was completely dumbfounded by the side.Based on his twenty years of experience, he understands that 3000 million is already an astronomical figure. If he can get it, he has to be grateful to the research institute. He didn't expect to hear what Xiang Liang meant, but there was a more ruthless blow?

"—The commercial development of giant pandas is unique, and it belongs to the top class in the animal world. If it is well managed, the TV rights can be several million." Liu Ming can only explain through gritted teeth: "But the Baiji dolphin's The business outlook is uncertain...”

"This is just a joke." Xiang Liang said softly: "I don't know much about business, but I do know a little common sense. Wuhan once issued stamps with the image of baiji dolphins, and the monthly sales were [-] million—that's still A few years ago. Who can say that the people don’t like baiji dolphin? Having said that, if the baiji population can be successfully cultivated in our country, wouldn’t it be another national treasure based on its ecological status, research value and benchmarking significance? Baiji dolphin The appearance is so outstanding, even if it is only selling broadcast peripherals and exhibition tickets, hundreds of millions a year is not difficult."

Liu Ming opened his mouth.What Xiang Liang said was indeed very reasonable. After thinking about it, he couldn't find any reason to refute it, so he became more and more angry as a traitor.

After holding back for several minutes, Liu Ming could only grit his teeth and play the emotional card: "The funds of the Institute of Aquatic Animals are not abundant..."

"Then go to the Ministry of Environment, go to the cabinet, go to the United Nations." Xiang Liang answered simply and neatly: "The recovery of the flagship species of the Yangtze River is a great achievement in my country's environmental protection cause and will further strengthen our international environmental protection reputation. The right to speak in the field, the influence brought by it is boundless and unimaginable; the enthusiasm aroused by it is also boundless and unimaginable. To have such an achievement, what is a little money? Besides, biology The world has worked so hard to push you to win this spot, don't you even have the authorization to do this cheap thing?"

He tapped on the wooden table and threw out the plan straightforwardly: "Let's do this, Mr. Mu is patriotic and will never cheat you. Each baiji is 180 million, and we guarantee that the sex ratio and age distribution of the population will meet the requirements." How about all the requirements of the institute?"

Liu Ming hesitated for a long time, but it was still difficult to make a decision:

"Each one is 180 million, [-] for a total of [-] million. If you want to take so much at once, it's hard to account for it..."

Xiang Liang didn't speak, and turned to look at Mu Chen who was completely stunned.Now that he, a good-natured man, has become a villain, it's King Hengyang's turn to show favor.

Mu Chen was taken aback for a moment, and finally worked his brain to comprehend the meaning.So he coughed and made a decision:

"Then erase the odds, as long as... [-] million?"

Liu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and readily agreed to the conditions.

This simple verbal agreement is only a cooperation intention, and it needs to be implemented by the research institute.So both parties wrote a note each as a guarantee.Then, Liu Ming moved the wooden barrel down by himself (according to the agreement, this was a gift from the King of Hengyang).

When he leaned over to move the barrel, Liu Ming finally couldn't bear it anymore, and showed a weird smile at the baiji swimming in the water.

Compared to the reappearance of the baiji race, compared to the established academic status and the right to speak about environmental protection—[-] million is a der!

This time it was the first emperor who touched the wires - he was numb...

·

When Liu Ming arranged for the baiji dolphin to return to its seat, this little episode worth [-] million came to an end.Everyone who watched the whole process was satisfied and began to discuss the next agenda.

This agenda revolves around intelligence.First of all, Xiang Liang got up and gave a report, explaining the news they had tortured Hou Rong and others throughout the day.To put it simply, the gains are not great. These rebel generals from humble backgrounds have lived in the frontier for a long time and are not familiar with national affairs. Apart from knowing that the Northern Dynasty's combat power is quite ferocious and their own combat power is very weak, they are also at a loss as to what the emperor's name is. Not to mention the world situation that the crossing team is most interested in.Information in this regard still needs to be investigated.

Afterwards, Wang Zhi reported the results of the various squads gathering the people to control the chaos throughout the day.Under the precise planning, this operation was extremely successful. So far, the Traveling Group has completely controlled all the manpower around Jiangling City.According to Wang Zhi's statistics, they have more than [-] people from the original Jiangling City and more than [-] people from the original rebel army under their command, and they have all been properly settled now.

Hearing this number, Liu Heng, a geography consultant, raised his hand and asked, "Only—only more than 2000 people?"

Wang Zhi sighed and nodded.

"After the war, there is daily slavery, oppression and killing for fun. It is normal for the population to be less than one out of ten." He explained in a low voice: "If we are a few days later, I am afraid that the swallows returning in spring will be in the house. A nest was built on the beam... Even the remaining population is in a very bad situation. The medical team made a simple sampling and estimated that less than half of the 500 people still have a certain ability to work. They all suffer from severe nutritional deficiencies. Let’s put it this way, compared to these people, Haiti is well-fed..."

Hearing this situation, everyone subconsciously frowned.Although I had psychological expectations for the productivity of ancient times before traveling, the situation is still beyond imagination.

Wang Zhi paused and looked around: \"... Therefore, we need to make some changes to the plan drawn up before the crossing. From the data, large-scale engineering repairs, and even all labor that requires heavy physical strength, are temporarily unavailable. OK."

As soon as these words came out, even Mu Chen's expression became a little dignified: According to the opinions given by the expert group, after crossing, they should quickly gather labor, organize spring plowing in the name of King Hengyang, and strive to harvest a wave of rice in summer and realize the staple food as soon as possible. self-sufficiency.But farming and reclamation are undoubtedly heavy physical labor, should they be shelved now?

"If it's just a sequela of severe hunger, it's still very fast to recuperate." Shu Bai, who was sitting at the side of the long table, hesitated for a while, but still gave a professional judgment: "From a medical point of view, as long as sufficient food is provided, rest probably In five to ten days, the ability to work can be basically restored. We have no shortage of food for the time being, and we can distribute the ten-day quota first, and wait until the labor is restored..."

The implication is that as long as the action is beneficial, the spring plowing will not be delayed much.Mu Chen felt relieved, and was about to agree.But the table next to him tapped twice, and the economics consultant Bei Yanbei raised his hand to signal, shaking his head slightly at Muchen.

"Inappropriate." His tone was flat, but he had courage: "I don't agree with the unconditional distribution of food."

Shu Bai frowned: "Why? If we don't release food, people will starve to death soon—don't we have the obligation to provide disaster relief?"

"Of course there is." Bei Yan calmly said: "But disaster relief is not such a relief method. I don't propose any theory here, but please think about it. For more than ten years in our country's poverty alleviation, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled who are really unable to work, When has a large amount of cash been issued directly? The national poverty alleviation expenditure is in the trillions, which is the same as the reclamation of the mountains and the sea. In any case, it is impossible to be stingy with the small amount of money that is handed out. Then, why do you have to go all out to introduce industrial construction facilities, issue hundreds of central documents every year, and struggle with the details of poverty alleviation instead of spending hundreds of billions Is it easy and enjoyable to come out and let it go?"

His tone was flat, as if he was just mentioning it casually.But everyone present is thoughtful.This economics consultant is a rising star in the academic world, and the top journals will be soft, but the heaviest resume is to participate in the national poverty alleviation project and rural revitalization, and spent five full years in the countryside.In terms of grassroots experience and governance ideas, I am afraid that it will be the first among fifty people.

Bei Yan paused for a while, looked around and didn't hold back, and continued logically:

"I don't deny anything here. From my experience, long-term poverty and extreme deprivation can seriously damage a person's mentality. Even if he obtains materials with the help of external forces, his moral concepts and behavioral logic are difficult to adapt to normal society. If If they are not included in the normal order of production and life, and they are not allowed to consume energy in labor, revise values, and establish interpersonal relationships and social networks, then the distorted concepts developed under extreme poverty will destroy him—and at the same time Destroy the order of the entire society. Let me give you an example: If we distribute food for ten days and allow the residents here to recuperate. Then there will always be a small number of people who recover faster and have more energy. They will have What action? — Rest well, and wait for us to arrange the next task for him? No, he will probably follow the most basic logic in the famine, follow human instinct... such as snatching food from others, and then fleeing out of the city, such as Yu Burning, killing, looting, and grass turning into bandits. After a great hunger, there will be great chaos, this is the bloody lesson of the ancients."

"Labor can create people. This is the basic principle of materialism. I have finished my words."

Bei Yan nodded slightly to the crowd, pulled out the chair and sat down again.There was a moment of silence around the table.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but there was agreement in their sudden expressions.After a while, Xiang Liang coughed slightly and asked, "In that case...Mr. Bei, do you have any suggestions?"

Bei Yan did not refuse, and gave the plan he had prepared a long time ago: "After the Great Hunger, people's hearts will fluctuate, and organizational management must be strict. Starting tomorrow, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, everyone who has a labor force must participate in labor. Exchanging daily food—it doesn’t matter what kind of labor, even if you go to the street to clean up the garbage, inspect the law and order, even light the fire and fetch water to take care of the stove. You need to cultivate under hunger, and the labor intensity can be infinitely close to zero, but it must not be a real lie. standing still..."

Having said that, he hesitated

"However, there is also a practical difficulty." Bei Yan said: "If you want to organize labor and build trust, communication must be smooth and credible, but the dialect problem..."

His meaning is quite clear: the use of captives as interpreters today is an absolute last resort in emergencies.But if you want to organize labor for a long time, how can you trust these murderous soldiers?Before everyone mastered the dialect, translation was the only channel for them to communicate with the indigenous people, and the invisible power was unimaginable.Those who perform this task must be completely reliable...

Amidst Bei Yan's hesitation, Mu Chen, who was sitting in the middle, blinked.

"I recommend someone."

·

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Du Heng, who had been sitting quietly in the government office wing for a whole day, finally waited for his feeding (that is, dinner).

According to Dr. Wang Zhiwang's suggestion, the time-traveling team prepared two meals for all the ancients, but the portion was adjusted.Prisoners such as Hou Rong are of course good if they have something to eat; but Du Heng and Du Ziping once sent charcoal to Hengyang Wang Xuezhong, so this dinner is naturally very different.The cooking class considered the tastes of the ancients in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and prepared fat braised pork and lion head, oily roasted trotters and sweet and sour fish seasoned with honey sauce (Baiji dolphin: what do you think I am doing?), and An extra bowl of glutinous rice balls for dessert.

——In the words of Wang Zhi, the good thing for the ancient people was a mouthful of high sugar, high salt and high calories. You can go to the direction of junk food and you will be done.

Such delicacy cooked with care can smell the aroma from more than ten meters away.Xiao Qin from the cooking class opened the door of the wing room with the wooden box, and saw Du Heng still kneeling and sitting upright, but his throat was also heaving.

Today, we have to check out the rebels, and the entire guard team is busy.And this Du Heng and Du Ziping stayed in the side room as quietly as a chicken for seven or eight hours after he fell down, and did not cause trouble to the soldiers at all.So everyone has a good impression of him.Xiao Qin approached the room with a wooden box, and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Mr. Du, the King of Hengyang asked me to send it!"

As soon as he put down the wooden box, Du Heng stood up while supporting the table, and respectfully bowed to the wooden box twice.

This is the etiquette when His Majesty gives food, but Xiao Qin naturally doesn't understand it at all.He was at a loss, so he could only laugh awkwardly: "Mr. Du, eat quickly, or it will be cold..."

Du Heng cupped his hands at Xiao Qin Gong, reached out and lifted the lid of the wooden box.The wooden box is divided into two layers. The first layer is a large bowl of steaming Wuchang rice. The grains are plump and fresh, and the rice aroma comes to the face.When Du Heng smelled it, he couldn't help swallowing a big mouthful of saliva.

But before he swallowed the saliva, Du Heng was stunned.

His eyes followed the rice, and landed directly on the sea bowl containing the rice.

——In order for Mu Chen to live comfortably and satisfactorily in ancient times, the organization once sent people to select a large number of living utensils.This bone china sea bowl is a product of a high-end ceramic company. The surface of the ceramic is treated with polymer materials before being fired. The moon-white luster reveals a faint pink, just like the blushing cheeks of a girl.This is the kiln transformation process carefully developed by the company.Because the yield rate is not high, a sea bowl costs thousands.Ordinary people have no chance to touch this kind of thing.

However, Du Heng is not an ordinary person.He was dazed and stupefied, and just remembered that the master had chatted with him about this kind of kiln porcelain... What did the master say at that time?Oh, in the Western Jin Dynasty when Shi Chong and Wang Kai were fighting for wealth, Emperor Wu of Jin once lent his uncle a piece of dilapidated kiln-made porcelain, which overwhelmed Shi Chong in one fell swoop—it is said that it was the orphan born by heaven among hundreds of thousands of pieces of porcelain in Luoyang official kiln. It is a top-notch product, even if the world was wealthy during the Taikang period, it is impossible to find a second one...