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Chen Yan had only those people under him, and after counting them, only Xu Ji could take on this important task.

Next, when he heard the young man's question, Xu Ji nodded sadly, clasped his fists and said:
"In order to let you know, the general Mo has searched the whole city in the past few days and collected a total of 280,000 shi of grain. Among them, the Tianjia grain cellar has a total of 130,000 shi of grain and corn, and the Deng family grain cellar has a total of 110,000 shi of grain. , other wealthy businessmen and wealthy families total about 40,000 dan."

"Two hundred and eighty thousand stones? So little?" Chen Yan frowned when he heard this.

If I remember correctly, the reserves of any granary in the past life started from hundreds of thousands of stones, and there were even large and giant granaries with millions of stones or even tens of millions of stones.

Chen Yan did not expect that as the capital of Changze County, Changze County's food reserves were not even as good as an ordinary granary in the previous life.

Xu Ji nodded with a wry smile and said with a sad face:
"Yes, even taking into account the surplus grain in people's homes and the grain stored by grain vendors, the grain reserves of the entire Changze County do not exceed 500,000 dan..."

Five hundred thousand stones...

Chen Yan's heart sank slightly. He looked at Li Taibai, who also had an unhappy look on his side, and said:

"Li Changshi, what's the demographic situation of Changze County?"

As the capital of Changze County, Changze County City has a population of only more than 400,000, which is already very rare, with less than half of the population.

"And the number of victims outside the city is increasing every day. It is estimated that in one month, the number of victims outside the city will reach 100,000..."

Cold and hunger will completely kill the people of Nagasawa.

Five hundred thousand shi of food were scattered throughout the city, and the victims together were only one shi of food per person.

What's even more terrible is that it is September now, and in two months, Nagasawa County will enter winter, when food is most needed.

There are 400,000 people in the city and 100,000 disaster victims outside the city...

Speaking of this, Li Taibai's tone dropped and he said in a slightly heavy voice:

Chen Yan, like Tian Xuelin and Deng Yuanpeng, sent county soldiers to various places in Changze County to forcibly "collect grain".

If they weren't really unable to survive, why would the victims leave their homes, risk being "eaten" by mountain spirits, wolves, tigers, leopards, and bandits, and come all the way to the capital of Changze to beg for work?
Li Taibai on the side also said with a heavy face:

Regardless of whether there is any surplus food in the villages and towns in Changze County, Chen Yan cannot and will not do this.

The population of Changze County is actually not large, at least compared to large counties such as Lingzhou Yiling County, Yizhou Lu'an County, and Pingzhou Pingyang County in the Central Plains. The capitals of those large Central Plains counties are easily in the millions. population above.

One stone of grain, if you save some food, will probably be enough for two months.

From the continuous influx of disaster victims in Changze County, it is easy to see that outside Changze County, the lives of Changze people in villages and towns at all levels are no longer able to survive.

In other words, if there is no food input, there will be a food shortage in Changze County in two months.

Even if you include the victims who gathered outside the city, there are only half a million people, just half of the population of the capital.

"Master Chen, this is only 500,000 people. According to the Changze County population census ten years ago, the total population of Changze County at that time was 2.81 million. Now due to natural disasters, man-made disasters and monster chaos , the population of Nagaze County has decreased significantly, but it is conservatively estimated to be more than 1.5 million..."

"The old man led people throughout the city and registered households. The final statistics office found that the current population of Changze County was 438,972 people, and there were 46,530 disaster victims outside the county. Eighteen people..."

unless……

However, although the population is less than half of the population, the food reserves in Changze County are even more ridiculously low.

Hearing this, Chen Yan felt completely heavy.

One and a half million people...

Chen Yan felt heavy. This number was very small compared to other states and counties, even less than one-tenth of other states and counties.

But for Chen Yan, this number is extremely huge. Because this means that there are 1.5 million poor people behind him waiting for rescue.

Just listen to Li Taibai continue:

"However, because Xiangzhou is mountainous, there are not many fields suitable for farming. Our Changze County is even more mountainous and lakey, so the area of ​​land suitable for farming is even smaller. Ten years ago, the number of farmland in Changze County was less than 800 Ten thousand acres..."

Ever since hearing the report from Li and Xu, Chen Yan's brows had not relaxed, and he continued to ask with a frown:

"Where's the yield per acre?"

"The yield per mu is just over two dan..."

Two stones to start with...

In other words, even if all the eight million acres of fields in Changze County are planted with grain and a bumper harvest is achieved, the grain harvest will only be 16 million dan in a year.

Sixteen million dan were dispersed among the 1.5 million people in the county, with an average of just over 10 dan per person, barely enough for one year.

This population is calculated based on the fact that the entire population of Nagaze County is less than half of its peak population.

However this is only the best case scenario.

The real situation is that due to drought and floods, the fields in Changze County have long been harvested. It is hard to imagine how much of the eight million acres of land can be used to grow food.

Coupled with man-made disasters and monsters, the people have no way to grow food, and this situation is even more extreme.

Obviously, the three people present have thought of this, which is why the three people present are heavy-hearted.

Speaking of this, Li Taibai said in a serious tone:
"Sir, if you want food, to put it bluntly, it is just to let the people have food to grow and fields to rely on."

Hearing this, Chen Yan nodded, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. Li Taibai and Xu Ji on the side did not dare to disturb, and both waited quietly.

The ancients said: If a country does not have nine years of savings, it is said to be insufficient; if it does not have six years of savings, it is said to be in a hurry; if it does not have three years of savings, it is said that a country is not its own country. Three years of plowing will produce one year of food, nine years of plowing will produce three years of food, and even if there is a severe drought and overflowing water in thirty years, the people will have no food.

Although Changze County is not a country, according to ancient standards, it has not even three months of savings, let alone three years. It is no wonder that the people are so hungry that they start eating grass and digging in the soil.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yan's eyes narrowed and he said:
"Xu Ji, go and call Yuantong and Zhang Tianzheng."

"Yes!"

After a while, the monk Yuantong and Zhang Tianzheng, whose complexions had returned to their original state, came to the government office together and saluted respectfully:
"See my lord!"

Chen Yan nodded slightly and asked directly without beating around the bush:

"Yuantong, Zhang Tianzheng, if I appoint you two as the governor of Changze County, reorganize the Supervisor of Changze County, recruit Feiyu Guards, and protect the country and the people, will you be able to do it?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Yuantong's eyes, as did Zhang Tianzheng beside him. Neither of them expected that the young man would entrust such an important task to the two of them.

But after the accident, he was full of excitement and excitement. When he met the young man's gaze, he answered with a sonorous and powerful answer:

"I will definitely live up to your trust!"

"it is good!"

Chen Yan said in a deep voice: "The first thing you have to do is to recruit Feiyu Guards again. Don't limit it to just people. As long as they are innocent demon cultivators, the same can be done. Your mission is only one thing, and that is to make sure everyone The monsters and ghosts in the counties and towns have been wiped out!"

Speaking of this, Chen Yan added:
"If necessary, let the Dragon Bird Army cooperate with you."

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(End of this chapter)