In the past few years, Yu Tiao has been in charge of Dingcang affairs as the governor of the capital and the internal history of Huainan, and because of the particularity of his position, he is not in the town for nearly half of the year, and he wanders outside. Recently, he went to Jingzhou to ask for assistance, and now he has just returned to Shouchun.

"The second brother also knows that this year's Central Plains Wang Shi is in a big move, and the town will be in urgent trouble, and he has been prepared before, and he can transport 450,000 grains into Huainan later. Among them, 150,000 Hu can be regarded as relief for the poor, and the other 300,000 Hu can be repaid next year with armor and weapons. ”

After the banquet was dismissed, Yu Tiao didn't have time to rest, so he reported the results of the trip to Shen Zhezi.

"It's really hard uncle, I can attack everything with beautiful people, but if I don't have my relatives to take care of me and help me, how can I boast in the world."

Hearing Yu Tiao's achievements, Shen Zhezi was also sincerely happy.

Yu Yi was able to raise 450,000 yuan of food aid in such a short period of time, which was also an unexpected joy for him. Although only 150,000 Hu grains are free aid, and the other 300,000 Hu can be counted as advance payment for the purchase of ordnance, it seems that it is not as deep as Xi Jian's direct 300,000 Hu grain.

But the account is not calculated like this, Xi Jian is old and it is difficult to reign for a long time, and Shen Zhezi's entry into Xuzhou will also be a foregone conclusion. What's more, this year's military operation is a joint effort by the two towns, so the 300,000 grains and follow-up assistance are the proper meaning.

As for Yu Yi, he is in the prime of life, and it will take a long time to sit in the town and divide Shaanxi and stand alone, and the two towns do not yet have the basis for substantive military cooperation, and Yu Yi must also take into account the feelings of the Jingzhou soldiers, and it is impossible to do it without regard for himself and help him completely selflessly.

Moreover, although Jingzhou is the most important part of Shaanxi, to be honest, Yu Yi's family background is not very thick. Although Tao Kan recovered Xiangyang in the later period of his tenure, he also had civil strife in Guanzhong, and the pressure on external troubles was reduced a lot. But Yu Yi himself is not a strong leader, and he will also be restrained by the local Haozong and Tao Kan's remnants in Jingzhou.

Shen Zhezi estimated that the amount of food that Yu Yi could grasp at the moment was already the limit. This is also because of the part of the inheritance left by Tao Kan and Jingjiang in the early years, and the fact that Jingzhou has no serious border troubles in recent years, and there is enough time to recuperate, so it has been accumulated.

After all, purely from the perspective of authority and the human and land resources directly controlled, Yu Yi is really far from Shen Zhezi. Huainan is located in the middle of the sky, the soil is fertile, the governor's mansion is widely cultivated, coupled with the income from commerce and trade, when the beginning of the year, the grain storage under the government is only worth two million. It may seem like a huge number, but once the war starts, the food melts away as quickly as snow under the scorching sun.

"Wei Zhou, you have the talent to expand the border, and the rest of Jiangdong can't reach it, but they are not idle people, so naturally I can't see you show yourself alone. These hundreds of thousands of Hugu rice will arrive in Huaishang within a few months. The second brother also said that if there is still a heavy shortage, Jingzhou can also raise some more expenses. However, I will still use Hanzhong next year, and I hope you can be considerate. ”

Yu Tiao smiled again and said, "I haven't had time to ask you yet, if you want to completely stabilize the current victory, how much food is still short in the town?" While the waterway is not yet frozen, I can go south to raise a few more. ”

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he smiled bitterly, rubbed his brows and said, "Uncle has been working hard for a long time, but there is no need to be in a hurry. As for the current difference, if you can get another 6 million grains before the deep winter, this cold winter can be survived, although it is hard. ”

"Six, six million?"

When Yu Tiao heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. He had already imagined that there should still be a food shortage of 100,000 Hu in the darkness, which was already a headache.

However, he didn't expect that the real difficulties were several times greater than he imagined, and this was only the difference in amount, if he added the real difficulties such as financing and transportation, this would be an impossible task at all!

You must know that Jingzhou is divided into Shaanxi, and the savings of several years can be called a sentence that the treasury is full, and the accumulated grain is only tens of thousands of hundreds. The six counties under the Huainan Governor's Mansion are already classics in the north and south of Tuntian, coupled with the power of trade and trade, the annual income of one million Hu can already be said to be a paradise in the sky!

Now the time has reached the end of October, the cold has been extremely obvious, the so-called deep winter before the collection of six million hu, full of more than a month, if you count the time to distribute transportation to all parties, this is simply a knife in the neck, has slowly cut into the skin, how to struggle?

Seeing Yu Tiao's color change, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Six million Hu, this number seems to be huge, but in fact, it is not much at all, especially compared to the huge territory and population he currently controls.

Although in the past few years, the Huainan Governor's Mansion has only had a surplus of only two million hus of grain. But you must know that he defeated Shi Hu three years ago and then recovered the counties in southern Henan, at that time the production of the counties in southern Henan was almost completely empty, and then he appeased the displaced people, suppressed the township sect, and built a huge Tuntian structure from scratch.

In the past three years, the financial revenue of the Governor's Office has multiplied exponentially, the first year is to rely on the dismal investment of all parties, and in the second year it has become self-sufficient, and part of the accumulated debts have been repaid. In the third year, it had a million-digit surplus, and the speed of recovery and the increase in production capacity was staggering.

Moreover, in the process of more than three years of recuperation, the expenditure of the Governor's Mansion was also extremely huge, reorganizing and supporting tens of thousands of off-duty soldiers, building a huge military industrial base, and a rich handicraft industry from Liangjun to Huainan. There is also a large amount of expenditure, that is, the continued construction and renovation of the Huainan waterway.

Even last year alone, although there were no large-scale military operations in Huainan, the total expenditure of various expenditures exceeded 5 million hundred!

These early investments and daily consumption are inevitable, in fact, if there is no interruption of the war, according to the current development state of the six counties of Huainan, there will be two years of rapid development, and Shen Zhezi is even confident that he will have the ability to impact the income of tens of millions of Hu in a single year. Because similar to Tuntian and the trade market, that is multiplied over time.

You must know that among the many powerful portals in Jiangdong, the Shen family alone has produced more than three million acres of land in this year's manor!

But Shen Zhezi has no accumulation habits, and his business in Huainan focuses on the rise of the military. Although this year's use of troops has had a considerable impact on the development of Huainan in the short term, if there is no military progress, no matter how good the development of Huainan is, what is the significance?

But for the time being, the shortfall of 6 million grains is really very difficult. And in winter, when the water runs out, the cost of transportation surges, and if you convert the consumption along the way, then this number will surge again. And it is desperate to centralize the dispatch of such a large amount of materials in such a short period of time.

After being silent for a long time, Yu Tiao pointed at Shen Zhezi with admiration and said, "With such a huge amount of material use, it seems that a vulgar rumor like mine will change color, and it is rare that Wei Zhou can still handle it safely." If it weren't for the broad-minded and powerful men who included the world, how would they dare to plan for this! ”

Shen Zhezi sighed and said, "Uncle, you don't have to comfort me with kind words, at the moment, I really regret my rashness, so I can only bear it reluctantly, and hope that my colleagues in Huainan and the north and south will not give up lightly." ”

"The difficulty of using six million grains can no longer be solved by the old way. Wei Zhou, if you have any strategy, you might as well say it bluntly, if there is something that requires my best efforts, I will not dare to resign. ”

After a little shock, Yu Tiao quickly recovered his indifference. He had not been back to the town for a long time, and he had not had time to understand the many preparations of the Governor's Mansion here.

As for the shortfall of 6 million grains, it is indeed shocking at first hearing. But Yu Tiao has dealt with Dingcang affairs over the years, and he is not an uninformed person. Dingcang logistics is prosperous, tens of millions of grain, hundreds of millions of money is not a problem.

Shen Zhezi had nothing to hide from Yu Tiao, so he made a brief statement on the investment promotion plan made by the Governor's Mansion recently. Six million grains are only a solution to the current predicament, and the plan made by the Governor's Mansion naturally cannot stop there.

In addition to settling the people, it is also necessary to stimulate the potential of Heluo and other places as soon as possible, and the scale of the entire project is extremely huge, and the money, food, and other materials involved have reached an appalling level.

In fact, if it is just a shortage of money and food for wintering, the Shen family and the Wu people's thick reserves over the years alone can almost make up for it. Although a wealthy family like the Shen family is almost the only one in the entire Jiangdong. But even if other close doors are not as good, gather the strength of all families and donate aid to Huainan at any cost, the problem is not too big.

However, the current Wuzhong region is the foundation for maintaining the stability of Jiangdong. The grain produced in Wuzhong was the main supplier of large capitals such as Jiankang and Jingfu, and once these grains were extracted, it would directly shake the ruling foundation of the entire Jiangdong.

Moreover, even if Huainan's current predicament is solved at any cost, it will inevitably fall into the embarrassing situation of lack of stamina. If Heluo and other places do not receive continuous blood transfusion stimulation, it will be difficult to recover their vitality for a long time, and it will become a long-term burden, overwhelming people.

"I hope that my uncle will be able to run more and contact some old acquaintances in Jiangzhou these days. This time, the Governor's Mansion gathered to feast on all families, not limited to the prestige of the family, but just hoped that more people could join this loyal deed. Heluo and other places, the potential is not inferior to the six counties of Huainan, and even surpasses it. I will not force the old problem of destroying the family and relieving the difficulties, but the grand event of helping the king, revitalizing Jinzuo and revitalizing Jinzuo at the same time and benefiting each other, the more people gathered, the better the chance of winning. ”

Yu Tiao worked in Jiangzhou in his early years, and later the supervisor Dingcang was inevitably contacted, and when it came to the friendship with the Jiangzhou family, he was better than Shen Zhezi.

He took the list that Shen Zhezi handed over to the Governor's Mansion that had been sorted out recently, and then nodded and said, "Leave this matter to me, Wei Zhou, don't worry, as long as I can contact Jiangzhou Shiliu in the town right now, I will personally visit and invite you, and I will never be absent." ”

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