Facts have proved that Magistrate Wu still understands his administration.
In just three to five days, the entire Huzhou interface has prepared as much as 400,000 dan of food!
Perhaps, this number is not huge for future generations.
But don’t forget, this was the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago!
At this time, one acre of fertile land could only produce one to two dan of grain. Even in Huzhou, where three crops of rice were planted, one acre of fertile land could only produce 5 dan of grain!
Converted in this way, 400,000 shi is the total grain output of 80,000 acres of land in one year! If the previous grain seeds were used, the annual output would be two to three hundred thousand acres of land!
Of course, except for a small part of this food, it was donated free of charge by the people.
Xiao Han paid for other grains in official warehouses and charity warehouses.
At this time, the open space in front of the Yamen had long been out of food.
All the food is now concentrated at the dock.
The originally empty dock was completely transformed into a world of food.
In the past few days, Huzhou City has carried out such a big move, which naturally attracted the attention of surrounding states and counties.
After some curious inquiries, they learned that it was Eunuch Xiao Han who was on par with the land's father-in-law... Ahem, it was Eunuch Xiao Han who was raising food here!
As a result, several surrounding states and counties were also very excited! This kind of good thing that can be used as a favor and to sell a position can definitely not be found with a lantern, so now they are also hurrying to collect food and send people to deliver it here.
A few days later, Ma Laoliu led the grain transport fleet to Huzhou. There was nothing else visible on the entire dock. Only countless bags of rice and grain were piled high there, leaving only some space for driving in the middle. aisle.
"Is this what Xiao Hou has done in a few days? Just what you have in front of you, I'm afraid there are millions of stones of food!"
When he got off the ship as if he was sleepwalking, even Ma Laoliu had seen the world! But with so much rice and grain placed in front of him, he was still dumbfounded by the sight, and even his steps became weak.
If you only looked at his walking posture at this time, you would know that he was shocked by the scene in front of him. Those who didn't understand thought he had just climbed out of a brothel...
Sleepwalking through the world of food, as soon as Ma Laoliu walked out of the pier, he saw a group of people approaching, and the leader was Xiao Han!
Different from the plain clothes he always wore before, what Xiao Han wore today was the formal official uniform in the court.
Wearing a gorgeous crimson official robe that symbolizes a fourth-rank official, it looks particularly eye-catching and majestic when set against the surrounding light blue or light green official uniforms of the seventh or eighth rank.
Coupled with the Jinxian crown and goldfish bag, even Ma Laoliu, who had met Xiao Han many times before, couldn't help but feel a strong sense of awe in his heart when he saw this outfit, let alone him. The bosses of the ships following behind were older.
"The common people have met Xiao Hou and all of you adults!"
Leading the anxious ship boss, he bowed and gave a long salute. After Xiao Han said lightly, "No need to be polite," Ma Laoliu breathed a sigh of relief and straightened up carefully.
But even so, he still didn't dare to look around, he could only stare at his toes, as if he wanted to see a flower there.
It was all because of these clothes. When Ma Laoliu saw Xiao Han before, although he was afraid of his identity, deep down in his heart, he could not help but treat him as a young man.
It was not until this moment, when he saw his official uniform, that Ma Laoliu suddenly remembered the powerful energy hidden behind him and the dazzling aura on his body!
It turns out that no one can be exempted from the clichéd story of respecting clothes first and then respecting people.
"Are the ships ready?" Xiao Han glanced at Ma Laoliu indifferently. He had no intention of introducing the officials around him, but asked straight to the point.
Hearing this, Ma Laoliu trembled slightly and hurriedly answered: "Go back to the Marquis! Because there are too many boats gathered this time, the common people are afraid that they will block the river if they go out together, so they only brought some of them here today, and the other boats They are all not far from here, and they can only come over after the first part of the country has loaded the grain and transported it away!
"Well! You are an expert in this field. Since you think this is good, I will listen to you." Xiao Han smiled and stepped forward to help Ma Laoliu up, patted his shoulder again and said: "Take me to see it first." Look at the boat!”
"Here!" Ma Laoliu was so moved by Xiao Han's intimate gesture that he almost burst into tears. He hurriedly responded loudly, then pushed aside the ship boss who was cowering in the way, and personally led Xiao Han to the port shore to see the arrival of this trip. ship.
When we came to the shore, the originally spacious and gentle Grand Canal in front of us was now mostly occupied by sand boats as far as the eye could see!
This is only a small part of the ships that Xiao Han mobilized. If they all come, I am afraid that as Ma Laoliu said, they will block the Grand Canal and turn the city into a mess.
"Master Marquis, look! All of them are the first batch to arrive here. There are about a hundred ships, all of which are sand ships! The largest of them can carry 2,000 shi of grain, and the small one can also carry 1,000 shi!" Ma Laoliu said. Xiao Han stopped and watched on the river bank, while he carefully acted as the person in charge and explained this huge fleet to him.
"In your opinion, when will our food be ready for shipment?"
Xiao Han heard Ma Laoliu's words, but did not look back. His eyes were still looking at the boats connected end to end in the river, and then he asked thoughtfully.
"this……"
When it came to business, Ma Laoliu's anxious heart became a little calmer. He pondered for a moment and then said: "I got news from Yangzhou before. Now most of the ice and snow in the rivers going north have melted, but occasionally, there are still ice flakes!
This kind of ice seems ordinary, but in fact it is extremely dangerous. In order to prevent them from gathering and blocking the river channel, causing flooding! The villain suggested that after half a month, the ice completely disappears, and we can officially start the food shipment! "
"Will it take another half month?"
Hearing this, Xiao Han's eyes flickered imperceptibly, then he withdrew his gaze, turned to Ma Laoliu and shook his head: "Half a month is too long! If there is anything you can do, let's set off now!"
"Ah? Set off now?" Ma Laoliu was stunned, and then looked at Xiao Han in surprise.
According to the previous plan, they still had plenty of time, so there was no need to be in such a hurry.
But what happened to Xiao Han now? Even in spite of the danger, you still want to grab this half-month's time?
(ps, according to historical records, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, the price of a bucket of grain was four to five cents. Later, many people suspected that this data was false and was whitewashed for Li Shimin, and even rose to the point that the entire Zhenguan rule was false, but Coke He believes that grain prices do not represent anything, and no one can deny that the real prosperity of the Tang Dynasty began in Zhenguan!
In addition, I have corrected an error. The 2 million shi mentioned before for raising food was from Coke Menglang. With the production level in the early Tang Dynasty, this amount was too huge and almost impossible to complete, so it was changed to 500,000 shi.)
