Volume 1 Chapter 69 Situation Half a Year Later

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The total output value will reach 2.55 million shi, which is 2.55 million taels. Thirty percent tax would be 765,000 taels.

Including recycling all the potatoes, it will be more than three million taels.

It feels like I’ve ruffled the wool of my system countless times.

Of course, this model cannot be transferred to the capital, otherwise the economic expansion of the capital will be affected by what will happen.

However, Xuanfu and Yongpingfu can be operated.

In these two places, one is due to drought and the other is due to lack of money. Food is more expensive than in Yichuan County.

The cultivated land area of ​​the two prefectures is at least tens of thousands of hectares.

If the operation waits, more than 15 million can be harvested at one time. Such a large amount of silver is enough to consume all the three houses of the capital for five years.

However, Han Xi did not need to worry about these matters, as Military Advisor Xun had already arranged them.

Kumon saw the sunset.

Han Xi and his mother's sisters-in-law had a meal and then left. My mother said that my father and his two brothers might have spent the night in someone else's house again.

In this way, another half year passed uneventfully.

Time came to October of the third year of Chongzhen.

During the imperial period, two hundred thousand troops were organized to attack the capital, but they were defeated by General Zhang's 20,000 cavalry not long after crossing the river.

Shanhaiguan failed to obtain resources for a long time, and was sniped from behind by the newly emerged navy, and finally fell.

After capturing Shanhaiguan, the army did not stop and finally occupied Ningyuan.

To the east of Ningyuan City is a mountain range, which acts as a barrier to Houjin.

Some of the hundreds of thousands of Liao troops surrendered to Han Xi, while others surrendered to Hou Jin.

At this point, Han Xi's army has gained a firm foothold in Hebei.

In the Song Dynasty, Han Xi should have occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun at this time.

In the imperial study room of the Imperial City.

Han Xi fiddled with the system, laughing from ear to ear.

Looking at the system panel at this time

Population: 3,151,002

Maximum troop strength: 200550/157550

Currency: 10,516,200 taels/silver

Popular support: 5

Food: 27,756,600 stones

Supplies: 196,000 pieces of cloth, 120,000 cotton...

Han Xi didn't know how Military Advisor Xun operated the treasury of 10 million taels. He originally said that it would be difficult to collect 300,000 taels of silver, but in the end he collected 5 million taels of silver.

Among them, three million taels were collected from Yichuan County.

At this time, prices in Yichuan County had begun to skyrocket.

A piece of cloth that originally cost six taels of silver has soared to three taels. Wheat prices also rose to six liang and one stone. This is the consequence of more than one million taels of silver flowing out of Yichuan County.

But Han Xi didn't care about the soaring prices. Anyway, if people don't starve to death, nothing will happen to them.

More than 10 million taels. If all of this were replaced by wheat, it would be 25 million shi of wheat.

Enough to feed three million people for five years.

Hey, it's only been five years, so I can't be arrogant and presumptuous.

But seeing the nearly 30 million grains in the granary, Han Xi couldn't help but feel proud. Most of these grains were potatoes.

There are 30,000 hectares of cultivated land without fertilization, and the potato yield is generally around ten shi.

But from 30,000 hectares, we can harvest more than 30 million stone.

Just transporting these potatoes back to the capital took 60,000 packhorses and carriages and took more than three months.

"Your Majesty, this is the number of granaries, the total number, please see if it is correct." Military Advisor Xun handed a memorial to Han Xi.

Military Advisor Xun was unable to send someone to confirm the number of items entering the system's granary, so he had to ask Han Xi for instructions.

Han Xi took the memorial and looked back and forth between the system panel and the memorial. Finally, he changed a few numbers and handed it back to Military Advisor Xun.

"Military advisor, do you think we need to rest for a few years before sending troops to the south?" Han Xi asked.

At this time, not only was Shuntian Mansion full of resources, but Han Xi had not been slacking off these days, and he had already accumulated 120 million imperial coins.

If all this was converted into soldiers, it would be more than three million.

Of course, Han Xi could not convert all these imperial coins into soldiers. During this period, he often asked people to talk about history.

Looking at the heyday of the imperial dynasty's military strength in history, there were only more than one million and more than two million were rare.

Therefore, Han Xi at this time is no longer like half a year ago. The more soldiers, the better.

As the saying goes, a good soldier is used on the edge of the sword.

"It's better to wait for another year! Your Majesty, it's better to build warehouses in several important state capitals, otherwise it will cost so much manpower and animal power every year, and transportation is not an option." Military Advisor Xun said with his hand.

Han Xi nodded in agreement, just like the 30 million potatoes this year.

It cost more than 60,000 packhorses and nearly 200,000 people to transport, and there was a lot of wear and tear on the road.

But it has to be converted into wheat and the rice is transported to the border, and the loss is a bit too much.

You must know that it is more than 800 miles from the capital to Ningyuan. Potatoes will be planted and transported back from Ningyuan, and then wheat will be transported back.

This round trip is more than 1,600 miles.

Nearly 30% of the food will be consumed.

"Yeah! I'll take care of this later." Han Xi said.

In fact, it is not difficult. As long as the important state capitals are merged into the capital, then the granaries and warehouses can be used in common.

"Yes, have the victims of the locust plague in Zunhua been appeased?" Han Xi asked.

"The food has been delivered. With Military Advisor Guo here, there should be no problem." Military Advisor Xun replied.

Yes, this year has not been smooth sailing.

There was a locust plague in Zunhua, and the entire Zunhua had no harvest. Not only were tens of thousands of people unable to pay taxes, but they also had to be fed by Han Xi.

The most difficult thing is that the system’s government officials also go there to collect taxes.

The government officials are very rigid, but they don't care whether you suffer or not.

In the end, Han Xi had someone secretly open a bank to lend money to the victims, and he was able to fool them.

Otherwise, these victims will be expelled from the country.

Now there are more than 30,000 government officials in the three prefectures and two states. On average, there are more than 500 in each state and county.

Han Xi couldn't control these people. He had to pay taxes for the market he opened, which was awesome.

However, with these government officials present, there is no need for every state and county to arrange an army to guard them.

Han Xi discussed some minor matters with Military Advisor Xun, and then prepared to go out to the capital for an unannounced visit.

He went out with several hundred guards and reached the main street.

At this time, the flow of people has increased more than ten times compared to half a year ago. There will no longer be an embarrassing scene where half of the people on the street are Han Xi's guards pretending to be there.

The shops on the street are all open for business, and there is a constant stream of hawkers on the street.

Such a scene is completely unlike a place that just experienced a war not long ago.

"Baozi, fresh beef buns."

"Come here to take a look at the fresh beef and mutton."

Listening to the cries on the street, most of them are selling beef and mutton, and other meats are very rare.

This is mainly because Han Xi opened four trading points at the border.

There was a famine in the grassland at this time, and one stone of wheat could be exchanged for ten sheep or two cows.

This is no different from robbing.

You must know that the wheat in Han Xi's hand is four cents of silver and one stone, plus one cent of shipping cost, the maximum is five cents of silver.

But ten sheep cost ten taels, and a cow cost twenty taels.

A price difference of more than twenty times, isn't this just a robbery?