The people here have habitual obedience engraved in their bones when they cannot escape. This is why the people of Silla admire the Tang Dynasty, and they also have a bad habit. Because the place is too small, they like big things in their hearts.
I like to brag about any small achievement.
Of course, people everywhere like to brag, but they like to brag even more here.
And because there is no place to escape here, the people here are oppressed by the nobles of Silla and Baekje and they dare not resist.
"Do you think riots have begun in Baekje?" Li Daozong asked again.
"That's almost it. Baekje is not a big place and doesn't store much food. In addition, the previous battle with Silla consumed a lot of it. In other words, our Tang army came to eat the food we brought. Otherwise, they would have been in civil unrest long ago.”
"But the civil unrest among the people here will probably be suppressed soon. It will just mean more people die until there is enough food to eat." Cheng Yaojin sighed. Although they are people from other countries, these people are ordinary people. Cheng Yaojin and the others also felt miserable, mainly because it was not in line with Datang's strategic goals at all.
"Son of a bitch, those Baekje officials don't want anyone to survive. They only have a bowl of porridge that you can see the bottom of every day. Do you think these people can survive this? If it snows, many people will freeze to death." ." Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but curse.
"It seems it's time to launch our plan." Li Daozong took a deep breath and said.
"Is it okay?" Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment. Of course he knew what the final plan was.
"Okay. The situation is almost over now. If it continues, too many of these people will die, and there will not be enough manpower. We must ensure that they are alive."
"Are there always people coming to seek jobs near your military camp?" Li Daozong asked.
"Yes! There are at least hundreds or thousands of people every day. This is just my place. There are even more people at the port behind." Cheng Yaojin replied immediately.
"How long will the food you have hoarded over there be enough? How many people can it feed?" Li Daozong asked.
"If we don't count subsequent transportation, we can feed at least 50,000 people until the weather gets warmer next year, because we don't need to give them so much food. Just make sure they don't starve to death."
"If it can be transported later and the previous rhythm is maintained, we are guaranteed to be able to feed 100,000 without any problem." Cheng Yaojin said immediately.
For one hundred thousand people, one kilogram of grain per person per day is only 50 tons per day. A standard transport ship can transport enough grain for a month. With the speed of Tang Dynasty's sea ships, it is enough to make two round trips a month, not to mention that each transportation is not just one ship.
Therefore, there is no problem with food. Datang is not short of food at all now.
"If the transportation rhythm is maintained, I can probably support and employ 150,000 to 200,000 people here, which is enough." Li Daozong thought for a while and said, although he only employs so many people, don't forget to hire a common person. , even if you count two or three people from a family. Then hiring one common person can influence at least three or four people, no problem.
Two hundred thousand people can influence close to one million people. What is the population of the entire Silla?
Not much different from Baekje, the situation in Silla is also going to be chaotic. There are small groups of bandits in Silla at any time, and the origin of these bandits is easy to know.
Although the city where Li Daozong is located is currently relatively stable, as Cheng Yaojin said, Silla mobilized a lot of food to help the victims in order to stabilize the city.
But in fact, these grains can only help a limited number of disaster victims, and the food given to them is limited.
There are now a large number of refugees gathering outside the city, and various shacks have been built outside the city. It doesn’t take much to think about how many of these shacks can survive this winter?
Although the winter here is warmer than the winter in Datang, it is not much warmer.
The reputation that the Tang army has established in the two countries in the past few months has been good enough. First of all, it hired people to provide generous food and accommodation. It not only took care of food and accommodation, but also distributed a certain amount of food as salary every day and never withheld it.
This alone has won the favor of countless people in the two countries, and now there is even a wave of people outside the military camp saying that they can be arranged to work in the Datang military camp, and these people will be given a commission.
Even so, some people still asked.
There are even people who collect money in advance, and many people have been deceived for this reason.
It can be said that these few months have allowed these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to feel what kind of life the people of the Tang Dynasty had lived in the face of disasters.
It also made them understand more clearly how hard-won Datang's success was today.
"My idea is that first we find an excuse to start building something and start hiring a large number of people, whether it is transporting goods or cutting wood, etc., as long as they work, we will give them food." Li Daozong thought for a while.
"Not only food, we can also provide them with some clothes to prevent them from freezing to death. In this way, we can save many people. And the people saved will become strong people of the Tang Dynasty in the future."
"In this way, we can probably employ the most miserable people in these two countries."
"In this case, wait for about a month, close to the Spring Festival, and if it actually matures, we will implement a special plan. This will be left to the Intelligence Department. By then, after we announce that we will take over the entire Silla and Baekje, the rest will be It's up to us to take action." Li Daozong said.
"Then what should we build? We have built everything we can, so we can't build the Great Wall, right?" Cheng Yaojin was a little helpless. In order to create the character of the Tang army in the past few months, they hired these Silla soldiers. The people did a lot of work.
For example, the barracks they live in now are all made of wood. They hired these people to cut down trees in the nearby mountains, then used the wood to build the barracks, and then used a layer of mud or other paste to keep warm.
Moreover, the charcoal and other materials used in the winter in the barracks have already stored enough fuel, and everything that can be built has been built. What else is there to do now?
"It's not that the Great Wall cannot be built. We are just looking for an excuse anyway, but let's continue building houses, just wooden houses. If there is severe cold weather later, we can just let some refugees in. It can be regarded as making the best use of everything." Li Daozong thought about it. thought.
"Okay, I'll set off in a moment and rush back directly." Cheng Yaojin nodded.
"Okay, Duke Lu, please go slower on the road." Li Daozong smiled and cupped his hands.
