To manufacture Shenwu artillery shells, with the current industry, I am afraid that the annual output will be less than 10,000, and it is necessary to rush to work.

And if the Shenwu cannon is used too many times, the princes will definitely come up with a way to deal with it, and I am afraid that ten thousand will be the amount of one battle.

Therefore, Li Huiyi did not plan to put the Shenwu cannon into the battlefield, but thought of another siege method, which is a later story, and it will naturally be known at that time.

On the last day of the flowing water banquet, Li Huiyi summoned all the officials of Youbeiping to prepare to explain the matter after the pro-conquest.

In the council hall of the Li Mansion, Li Huiyi sat on the top and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Cao has taken advantage of the momentum of the Xiliang army to force into the front line of our army, and a big war is about to break out. ”

"In order to be able to dispatch in time and control the overall situation, Ben will decide to start tomorrow, and as for some things in the rear, I will hand them over to Huaxin to deal with."

Jia Xu went to Xiliang, and Li Huiyi could only hand over the major affairs of Youbeiping to the relatively stable Hua Xin, and he couldn't rest assured that others.

On one side, Hua Xin stood up and arched his hand and said, "General, please rest assured, Xin will do his best." ”

"Okay, then there's work." Li Huiyi looked at Zhen Hu, who was already middle-aged, and said: "Zhen Hu, if there is any problem with food, if there is, put it forward now, otherwise the war will start, and there will be no delay." ”

Grain and grass are the foundation of the army, Li Huiyi attaches great importance to it, although Zhen Hu rarely makes mistakes in doing things, but he still doesn't feel at ease to ask.

Zhen Hu's father has passed away, and now he is the head of the family, and this branch of the Zhen family is now on par with the main family, all of which is developed by Li Huiyi.

In this regard, Zhen Que can be said to be desperate, as long as Li Huiyi gives the order, he will do everything possible to complete it.

Hearing the inquiry, Zhen Que replied respectfully: "General, the grain has been purchased from all over the country, and some merchants have collected it, and it should not be a problem to persist for a year and a half. ”

"Hmm." Li Huiyi nodded with a little satisfaction: "Okay, but we still have to continue to buy, even if the price is higher, because I don't know when this battle will end." ”

Zhen Que showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, you must know that he spent a lot of manpower and material resources to collect these grains.

At the moment, Li Huiyi is not enough, and if he wants to buy, it will be a little difficult for him, you know, the food in this troubled world is very expensive.

Buying from someone else's rule, not to mention the high price, has to go through layers of checks, gifts and dots, otherwise it will not be shipped back at all.

After the official family is done, they have to deal with those bandits and rogues, otherwise they will be intercepted halfway, and it will be ruined by all their hard work.

And the most important point is that when buying food under the rule of others, you can't buy too much in one place, otherwise it will make them suspicious, which also increases the difficulty and manpower.

Seeing that Zhen Yu's face was slightly ugly, Li Huiyi opened his mouth and said: "If you encounter difficulties in purchasing grain, you can ask the Shen family firm to help you, you are already old acquaintances, and he should be able to handle this little thing." ”

Zhen Que opened his mouth and said: "General, Shen San has already asked Shen San to help, most of the Shen family's grain has been disposed of, I'm afraid he can't do anything." ”

"Even if I buy it, it will be difficult to ship it back for a while, because I and others are all buying in Yizhou, Jingzhou and other places, and the road is far away, and it is not very smooth."

In addition to the surplus grain of the people under Li Huiyi, Cao Cao and other places have long had no grain to sell, in order to win this war.

Cao Cao listed the grain under his rule as military supplies, and all personnel could only buy the specified amount of food, and the family would eat it for a few days, and then buy it when it was over.

In this way, if someone buys grain on a large scale, the officials under Cao Cao will immediately know about the report, and as for buying it in the hands of the people, it is even more important not to think about it, no matter how much money there is, what is the use of not having food.

"Oh?" When Li Huiyi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, turned to Hua Xin and said, "Ziyu, how do you say about collecting land tax?" ”

"That is, ten liters per mu of land are handed over a year, and according to the current normal output, the yield per mu is at least two stones or more, and it should not be a problem to take one-twentieth."

(To popularize it, one stone in the Han Dynasty was ten buckets, and ten buckets were one liter.) ）

Li Huiyi's method seems to be very small, but some people have a lot of land in their hands, and if they can collect it all, it will be an astonishing amount.

Although Li Huiyi occupies more and more territory, his financial aspects are still not redundant, and if he does not withdraw a huge amount of money from the Shen family every year, I am afraid that he will not be able to launch many battles.

Although Li Huiyi did not want to collect taxes from the people, he was helpless at the moment, after all, one day, if he wanted to set this precedent, it would be better to break it himself, so as not to bear the infamy of future generations.

When Hua Xin heard this, he thought for a while and said: "This method is not bad, now that the general is under the rule, the people are rich, presumably such a small tax should not cause pressure." ”

"It's just that this tax comes up, I'm afraid I will miss the period that the general urgently needs, so why don't you collect it a year in advance?"

is a little older, and he is worthy of being more thoughtful, Li Huiyi agreed: "Okay, it's still Ziyu who thinks it through, then this matter will be handled by you." ”

"Remember, this matter can only be used by the people, if it is those families, it doesn't matter if they are tough, they must be implemented as soon as possible."

"In addition, the previous 1 percent tax must be abolished before the land tax is levied, otherwise the people will be worried."

Hua Xin arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the general knows in his heart that he will definitely let people do it as soon as possible, and he will never delay the big thing." ”

"Hmm." Li Huiyi nodded and looked at Zhen Hu, who had returned to his normal color, and said: "Although the food problem has been solved, the purchase of grain cannot be stopped. ”

Li Huiyi cares so much about food because he knows a truth, no matter how strong you are and how ambitious your ambitions are, if you don't have a certain foundation, it's all empty words.

And in this troubled era, food is the foundation, there are people with food, and the city is naturally nothing.

There is no need for urgent need, Zhen Hu can rest assured, after all, if there is money, the grain can be slowly purchased and shipped back. "The general can rest assured, he has been sending people to buy from all over the country."

Zhen Que has been in charge of money and food since he took refuge in Li Huiyi, so in order to avoid shortages, he converted all the shops of the Zhen family into rice shops to facilitate his actions.

Therefore, Zhen Hu did not have an order, and he would buy it every year, for fear that Li Huiyi would ask about the grain again that day.

"Hmm." After arranging these things, Li Huiyi's eyes swept everyone and said: "Everyone, after Ben will leave, I hope that you and others will perform their duties, and don't take it lightly." ”

"General, please rest assured, we must keep it in mind."

Li Huiyi's voice fell, and a group of officials immediately got up and said yes, in fact, Li Huiyi didn't have to explain, and they didn't dare to derelict their duties and do things that violated their duties.