Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 105: Millions of Grains!Billions of gold and silver!
Li Yan intended to give Liu Xiaolian a chance to perform, so he signaled Liu Xiaolian to say.

Probably thinking that food is more important, Liu Xiaolian said: "In the accounts of the Shu Palace, there are a total of 370 shi of old grain before last year, and 890 shi of new grain left over from last year. The main types are Rice, followed by wheat, millet, beans.

There are also more than 200 various orchards, which can receive more than 18 shi of seasonal fruits and dried fruits..."

While listening to Liu Xiaolian's report, Auntie Zhu was also making judgments, or perceptions, based on the data provided by Hao Guangming.

After all, it is useless for you to know only one data, you have to know what this data represents.

For example, you know you have 1 yuan, but you don't know how much you can buy with 1 yuan. What's the use of it?
Hao Guangming said on the other side: "According to the data I found, there were 140 prefectures, 193 prefectures, 1138 counties, 493 guards, and 359 institutes in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. In normal years, the total output of various types of grain in the country was about 8 million shi.

In terms of prefectures, those with a grain output of more than 20 shi are the upper mansions, those with a grain output of 10 to 20 shi are the middle mansions, and those with less than 10 shi are the lower mansions.

However, this was the standard set by Hongwu in the early days of the world, and it must be much lower than the prosperous times many years after Taiping.

According to another historical record I found, in a certain year in the later period of Hongwu, there were more than 70 shi of grain accumulated in the official warehouses of Jinan Prefecture, Shandong.

In the Yongle period, the official warehouse of the Shaanxi chief envoy even had a record of storing 1098 million shi of grain.

The King of Shu is now estimated to occupy [-] to [-]% of the fertile land in Chengdu, and Chengdu is an absolute grain-producing mansion.

And your farming level at this time must have improved a lot compared to Hongwu and Yongle years.

Therefore, I estimate that the annual grain production of the entire Chengdu Prefecture should be several million stones.

Even though the Shu Palace owns most of the fertile land, it is impossible to collect all the grain grown by the farmers as its own.

And judging from the fact that farmers in Chengdu love to donate their land to the Shu Palace, the rent of the Shu Palace should not be particularly high.

If calculated in this way, the annual grain income of the Shu Palace should be 200 million shi. "

Hao Guangming stopped here.

Aimee Zhu also had a relatively clear understanding and judgment on the data reported by Liu Xiaolian.

The stewards and heads of the village under the Prince of Shu's mansion must not be clean. There must be many people who have been corrupted, but this situation should not be serious.

Therefore, the data compiled by Li Yan and Liu Xiaolian through the accounts in the Shu Palace is also relatively reliable.

After confirming this, Auntie Zhu couldn't help but her eyes lit up, full of joy.

According to what she has learned in the past few months, when marching or fighting, a soldier in the Red Lady's Department must eat at least four catties of grain every day, plus half a catty of soy sauce, vegetables and other meals, not to eat enough, but to give him the strength to march ,fight.

So purely based on staple food, a soldier consumes at least 4 catties of staple food every day when marching and fighting.

Ten thousand soldiers consume 4 catties a day.

In the Daming market, 188.3 jin of polished rice is regarded as one stone, so 1 people need to consume about 212 stones of polished rice every day.

The weight of a stone of rice is definitely not the same as that of polished rice. If one stone weighs 153 catties, one million stones of grain equals 100 million catties!

Assuming that 300 million catties of rice husks are removed, there are still 15000 million catties of rice left!

It can feed 1 soldiers for 3750 days.

Enough to feed one hundred thousand soldiers for more than a year!

So, what is the concept of the nearly 500 million shi staple food in the Shu Palace?
Of course Auntie Zhu couldn't calculate the above data, but Hao Guangming quickly obtained it with a calculator.

Then he said to Auntie Zhu through the bluetooth headset: "The food in the Shu Palace is enough for one hundred thousand soldiers to feed for more than five years!"

Hearing this, Aimee Zhu was so excited that her heart was pounding.

With so much food in hand, it means that she can do a big job in Chengdu and even the whole of Sichuan.

Li Yan and Liu Xiaolian also had smiles on their faces, obviously knowing what this data means.

Sure enough, Li Yan cupped his hands to Aunt Zhu and said, "Congratulations Your Highness, we won't have to worry about food in three or two years."

When Li Yan made this statement, he left room for the use of grain.

Aimee Zhu wanted to rule Chengdu and even the whole of Sichuan well, so obviously she couldn't use all the grain in her hands to support soldiers, but had to support officials and help victims of disasters.

Liu Xiaolian answered with a smile: "Chengdu Mansion is a famous granary in the world. It is estimated that it can produce millions of grains every year. His Highness controls Chengdu, and after two or three years, there will be at least millions of grains. It’s been many years without worrying about food.”

After hearing this, Auntie Zhu's face blossomed into a smile like a flower.

But she didn't get carried away with joy because of the huge amount of grain stored in the Shu Palace and the high grain yield of the Chengdu Mansion.

She suppressed her excitement and said seriously: "If we live in Chengdu and Sichuan, maybe we really don't have to worry about food.

But don't forget, you two, we aim to rebuild Daming, so that people all over the world can live a life of food and clothing.

Therefore, you must not get carried away just because you suddenly obtained the wealth of the Shu Palace, but you also need to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and work hard. "

Li Yan and Liu Xiaolian were surprised when they heard this.

Apparently, she did not expect Aimee Zhu to be so sober at this moment.

Then both of them showed admiration, restrained their smiles, bowed together and said, "Your Highness reminded me."

Auntie Zhu nodded, and said again: "Let's talk about how much money the Shu Palace has."

This time, Liu Lishun didn't hesitate, and said directly: "According to the book figures, after sorting out and summarizing, we can know that there are more than 8000 million taels of silver and more than 500 million taels of gold.

There are so many other treasures, the value of which is difficult to estimate for a while.As for the detailed amount of gold and silver, His Highness can check it on the last two pages of the account overview. "

Even Zhu Yu and Hao Guangming were mentally prepared for the wealth of the Shu Palace, but they were still shocked when they heard this figure.

It should be noted that in history, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army only received more than 7000 million taels of silver from officials and nobles in the entire capital.

The wealth of the Shu Palace, in terms of silver alone, surpassed that of the Dashun Army in the capital.

Not to mention there are more than 500 million taels of gold.

It can be seen from this that the wealth accumulated by more than a dozen generations of Shu kings for more than 200 years is astonishing.

When Aimee Zhu was shocked by the wealth of the King of Shu, Li Yan said: "These are just the numbers on the books, we need to send people down to check the details.

In addition, a considerable part of the property of the Shu Palace is actually fields, shops, mountains, forests and lakes, etc. It may take a long time to sort out the value of these properties and deal with them properly. "

Auntie Zhu nodded slightly after hearing this, then looked at Liu Xiaolian and said, "When this matter can be dealt with, and whether it can be handled well, depends on Liu's work."

Liu Xiaolian smiled wryly when he heard the words, "His Royal Highness, if there is only one Xiaguan, I am afraid that this task will not be completed in ten years. Please also ask Your Highness to ask Mr. Li to borrow some people from Xiaguan."

"What does Mr. Li think?" Aunt Zhu asked Li Yan.

Li Yan said: "Of course there is no problem borrowing people, but since His Highness wants to form a shogunate, there will definitely be a lot of affairs to be dealt with in the future, and it is necessary to recruit talents as soon as possible."

Auntie Zhu sighed after hearing this, and said, "We have successfully taken control of Chengdu, but there are thousands of things to do next."

Li Yan said: "As long as we work hard one by one, we can always do it well."

Auntie Zhu nodded.

At this time, someone shouted loudly outside the Chengyun Hall: "His Royal Highness, the governor of Sichuan, the inspector and other officials are asking to see you outside the palace!"

Aunt Zhu smiled at Li Yan and Liu Xiaolian when she heard the words: "It's time to see these officials, so that they should calm down and feel at ease."

Then he said to Fei Zhen'e: "Let those officials come to the Chengyun Palace."

Fei Zhen'e immediately sent a message outside the hall.

The Chengyun hall is not small. Unless she shouts inside or uses a loudspeaker, people outside can't hear her normal speech.

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Outside the Lingxing Gate.

Long Wenguang, Zhang Jimeng and other officials in Chengdu were waiting under the shade of the tree.

But it was almost past noon (nearly 1:[-] p.m.), the sun in July was scorching, and most of the officials were restless. Even standing in the shade of the trees, they were sweating from the heat.

Only Liu Zhibo closed his eyes and meditated calmly, which made many officials secretly unhappy.

Why secretly?

Because the inspector censor can be said to be humble and powerful, the power of a provincial inspector censor like Liu Zhibo can even compete with the governor, and he can intervene in all aspects of military, political and civilian affairs.

Therefore, although many officials were unhappy, they did not dare to show it in front of him.

Only the governor, Long Wenguang, kept asking with an old face.

"Liu Xunyan, it's about this time, you should tell this court what the imperial edict carried by the princess said?"

Liu Zhibo opened his eyes and glanced at Long Wenguang, and said, "Why is Futai so anxious? You'll know when you see the princess."

"You..." Long Wenguang became angry for a while.

He regretted it very much. If he had known that seeing Princess Kunxing would be safe, he would have gone by himself.

Before Long Wenguang could say anything else, he saw the general who went in to report came out quickly.

"His Royal Highness has an order, please meet at the Chengyun Hall!"

　Thank you [Shrimp likes to read books] for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)