"Of course, I will repay you as well. Each of these 10,000 people has white rice to eat every day, and every year they will bring back another 20 stone of grain for each person, and then they will give you 10 stone of grain for each person. ”

Yanagi's words made the patriarch unable to answer, and he said that he would go back to discuss.

After the feast, Hayato left the place for Yanagi to live in.

The banquet hall was emptied, only the eldest grandson Wuji, Pei Shiqing, and Liu Mu remained, and the rest of the people could go around to relax, there was a good hot spring area, as well as a scenic area by the sea.

"Pei Gong drank well today, and his face is so red."

Liu Mu's words made Pei Shiqing's face redder, and he hurriedly answered: "I drank a little too much today." Without waiting for Liu Mu to say anything else, Pei Shiqing immediately said: "I know that you want to recruit some troops for the Xigang Shipping Division, but your price is too low, do you know what the salary of the porter in Chang'an is at the moment?" ”

"I don't know."

"Chang'an porters are the lowest income group, they can get about fifteen yuan a day, they can exchange for three and a half buckets of grain, and they can exchange for almost ten stone of grain a month." After Pei Shiqing finished speaking, Liu Mu continued: "The price of grain in Chang'an has fallen very fiercely." ”

"That's because there is a bumper grain harvest in the area of Bingzhou and Luoyang, and water conservancy is being built in the area of Guanzhong. There was a small drought at the beginning of last year, and if it weren't for the criss-crossing canals, I am afraid that many people would have died in this drought. ”

Pei Shiqing is telling Liu Mu that now is the coming of prosperity, and Datang's grain output is high, so the price is low.

The eldest grandson Wuji also said: "In the workshop of the Pei family in Hedong, the craftsmen are almost the same as three to five hundred yuan a month. I heard that your workshop in Sanyuan gave it higher. ”

"What do you mean?" Yanagi asked the two to be more direct.

"It's that you give them too little, if you double it, I guess they will agree today." Pei Shiqing gave a summary.

Liu Mu laughed: "This slap is a little bigger, they say that there are nearly two thousand Zhuangzi, and one of their Zhuangzi is one hundred and twenty households, according to our Datang algorithm, they have a population of nearly one million." This area is either the sea or the mountains, and the two of them don't go to see what their people are eating? ”

"I'll check it out tomorrow." The eldest grandson Wuji also thinks it's good to go and see it.

At least the eldest grandson Wuji also knows the ordinary life of the people in the poor Xia County around Chang'an.

Liu Mu was ...... back then, and he was considered inferior in the category of poverty.

Pei Shiqing brought himself another cup: "Originally, I thought that you would go to the north first." ”

"Why?"

"There is an island on the north side, and more than half of it is mountainous, which is quite large. According to historical records, the Liaodong counties of the Han Dynasty governed several islands, and from the Han to the Northern Wei Dynasty, they had been supplying the imperial court with sea giant beast oil. According to the law of etiquette, they should still be regarded as our Datang vassal countries, but Datang has never sent anyone there. ”

"What?" Yanagi really didn't expect it.

Pei Shiqing explained to Liu Mu in detail for a long time, because of the different geographical names and different species names, Liu Mu understood it for a long time.

It turns out that the islands Pei Shiqing said, among them are Kuye Island, or ...... Hokkaido in later generations.

The oil provided is whale oil.

"Are you sure?" Liu Mu really couldn't believe how he didn't realize that he had seen similar records in the annals.

The eldest grandson Wuji also said: "I have also read some documents of the previous dynasty, and this is indeed the case. The last written record was during the reign of Emperor Xiaojing, and they claimed to be Ainu. ”

Liu Mu really didn't expect that there would be such a paragraph.

"Looks like it's going to be looked into." Liu Mule smiled, if it is really a vassal country of the Central Plains, then he can attack the north and south of the Yamato country, which is indeed a very good news.

In the next two days, the eldest grandson Wuji and Pei Shiqing took people to take a look around, and saw with their own eyes the lives of the low-level people of the Hayabusa, the lives of ordinary nobles, and the high-level ......, forget that there are no high-ranking nobles here at all, and the so-called big nobles are not as good as a few soldiers under Liu Mu in the Tang Dynasty.

And Liu Mu accompanied Dugu Lanruo to play in the mountains and rivers.

On the third day, a group of knights arrived, who had come from Kumamoto and were led by a minor nobleman from Hayato.

"Lang Jun, this is a letter from the general of my family." The person who came delivered Liu Renliang's letter.

When Yanagi picked up the letter, the soldiers who delivered the letter and Yanagi's guards blocked a circle around it, so that no one could get closer, let alone peep into the letter.

Liu Mu opened the letter and saw that it was not Liu Renliang's, but Yuan Tiangang's.

In the letter, Yuan Tiangang observed the celestial phenomena and speculated that there would be a major drought in the Jingzhao area this year, and then wrote down a few empirical evidences, the water level of the Wei River dropped, the rain was too little during spring ploughing, and there were many places where there was no rain, and it was speculated that it would be a year of great drought according to the celestial phenomena.

There was already a small drought last year, and if there is a big drought this year, there may be a locust plague.

Yanagi walked alone to a stone by the sea and sat down.

Liu Mu is recalling the history of the Tang Dynasty he has read, and the Tang Dynasty in history is not a dynasty with many disasters, but floods, droughts, earthquakes, and locusts have also occurred hundreds of times in the Tang Dynasty.

The two biggest disasters in the early years of Zhenguan were the great drought in Guanzhong in the second year of Zhenguan, and the other was the flood in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the branch water system in the fourth year of Zhenguan, which was probably located in Hebei, Shandong and other areas.

At present, history has changed a little, and this is the first year of Zhenguan.

But Wude has increased from nine years to ten years, so this year is the era of great drought.

Dugu Lanruo saw Liu Mu sitting there thinking and walked over and stood beside Liu Mu.

Liu Mu opened his mouth and said, "Senior Brother Yuan said that there will be natural disasters, and it is also a drought and locust plague. According to his speculation, there is a possibility that there will be no harvest in Jingzhaoxi and North this year. It is so serious that the people need to sell their children and daughters, and even ......"

"Easy to eat?" Dugu Lanruo asked.

"It's not that serious, but it's definitely going to starve people to death. There will be relief in Chang'an, but it is not enough to rely on tax exemption and public relief in various prefectures and counties. Let me think about it, Senior Brother Yuan can send someone to deliver a letter, I am afraid that the second brother may not believe that there will be a catastrophe. "Yanagi is a little confused.

History records that Li Shimin is the top famous monarch, and it is Li Shimin who allows Datang to create the most complete disaster relief guarantee system in history.

Dugu Lanruo said: "In the first year of the second brother's accession to the throne and the change of the year name, there was a catastrophe. Even if you believe Senior Brother Yuan's words, I'm afraid you can't have too much operation. ”

Liu Mu suddenly reacted, that's right, there was a catastrophe in the Guanzhong area in the first year of Zhenguan, which would be recognized as a sign in the Tang Dynasty. is very, very unprofitable, and even has a shock to Li Shimin's throne.