The next morning, it was the usual office meeting.

That is, the emperor was in charge of the Ganqing Palace to review memorials. Below is a group of prime ministers who are also reviewing big and small matters, and then everyone will discuss any problems.

If the six ministers of the ministers of the Ministry of Justice have time, they will also come here to report and discuss some things.

Today, Gyeonggi Governor Xiong Wenqing also arrived at the Ganqing Palace.

He reported a message to Liu Mingqi.

"Your Majesty, the news that Feige sent a letter from Datong frontline Feige returned, Jin Chenbai, who was begging for Yan, once again asked for large-scale support for the transaction. This time they still need 10 million stones of grain."

"Ten million stones?"

Liu Mingqi frowned and said, "Didn't I sell them five million stones last time? How many of them are there? Can they eat so much?"

Yes.

The food that I had previously given to Qi Yan was sold to Qi Yan, not for them.

It's just that the price is a little cheaper, and only costs ten cents per kilogram of rice or wheat.

The year when Liu Mingqi traveled through time, the rice price in the capital was 18 cents per kilogram, and the rice price in Jiangnan was 7 cents per kilogram during the same period.

However, due to the flood plague, the locust plague increased to 40 cents per kilogram in one breath, and the Jiangnan also increased to 20 cents per kilogram.

In the following years, various natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, resulting in the high prices of rice and wheat.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the past four years, most of the people in the disaster area have survived by bran porridge.

Even last year, when there was a bumper harvest, they still had no good life because they had to fill various loopholes.

It's June now, and the autumn harvest will be coming in two months.

This year, Huang Tianyou is another foreseeable year of harvest, but the price of rice and wheat in Beijing is still 20 cents per kilogram.

Many people still eat two meals a day, one of which is bran porridge.

Therefore, Emperor Jinghe and ministers were so expecting sweet potatoes, so Sima Bei wanted to promote sweet potato planting in his Pengzhou Prefecture.

It was originally expected that after the bumper harvest this year, the price of grain would further drop, so that the grain in the warehouse could be sold, thereby calming the high grain prices.

But this time, Que Yan's request for help disrupted everyone's plans.

Qiyan had to save him, otherwise the Western Qiang and Shiwei would divide the Qiyan Plateau evenly, allowing them to obtain territory and population. After they were expanded, it would be a huge threat to Dakang.

Before mechanized troops, it is only a dream to destroy nomadic peoples in such a large area.

Even if it is possible, I don’t know how much manpower, material resources and financial resources are spent.

Now is the era of great voyage, how could Liu Mingqi spend too much energy on them?

Having said that, if we had not had the threat of nomads and had worked hard to develop our own economy and maritime trade, by 3,000 AD, the West would have to lie on the ground and look up at us.

So spending some money and food to allow Qiyan to hold back Xi Qiang and Shi Wei and let them bite the dog, which is the best choice for Dakang.

But before, Jing Hedi did not give it for nothing, and gave them a price of ten cents per pound, and the delivery price was shipped to Datong.

Jin Chenbai accepted it very simply and then used cattle, horses and sheep to pay the bill.

God knows where he brought a large group of cattle, horses and sheep, and also sold it to Dakang at a very cheap price.

Unexpectedly, he made a comeback after only three months, and the demand was twice as high as before.

Ten million stones of food, saving a little food, is enough for three million people to eat for a year.

Liu Mingqi only felt a bit conspiring.

Several prime ministers who were working there also put down their pens.

"Ten million stones of grain account for half of the current grain stored in Qiuxian and Kaoxian?" Cao Yi asked Zhong Chang.

Zhong Chang supervised the Ministry of Revenue, and he knew these things: "Yes, the total amount of grain in Qiuxian and Kaoxian is only 18 million stones. If 10 million stones of grain is needed to be mobilized, it must be replenished from Hunan and Hubei. Jiangnan cannot move because the grain in Jiangnan is very low and should not move too much."

What if Huguang is familiar with it, what if the world is full of the world?

After thousands of years of development and a mature irrigation system, Hunan and Hubei are really not inferior to Jiangnan when it comes to grain production.

It’s just that the economy in Jiangnan is more developed.

Last year and this year, Hunan and Hubei were not affected by disasters, and grain output has been greatly improved, so it is possible to allocate 10 million stones of grain.

"You can't give as much as you want, right?" Ma Haoqiu also frowned and said, "Food is hard currency on the grassland. Being strong in the beggar will be very unfavorable to us."

"But if the support is not enough, what can they do if there are more than one million people?" Ge Songdao retorted: "The population of Xi Qiang has now expanded to seven or eight million, and Shi Wei may have exceeded tens of millions. No matter which side can crush Qiyan."

"This is not necessarily the case." Liu Mingqi interrupted: "War is not enough for a large number of people. If Jin Chenbai is excellent enough and Xi Qiang and Shi Wei do not pay much attention to it, maybe he can create a miracle."

When he thinks of the most outstanding man in the Qiyan clan, Liu Mingqi knows what it means to conquer the world with small troops.

When Mongolia was the most powerful, there were only more than one million people, and its army was only more than two hundred thousand. But just a few people led millions of vassal troops to capture a superpower that had never been around since ancient times.

After a pause, Liu Mingqi said again: "But we are not afraid that Qiyan will become stronger. As long as they can delay time for us, it will be enough, so ten million stones will be ten million stones, but the price will rise by 50%!"

"After 50%?" A group of ministers took a breath.

Ge Songdao hesitated and said, "Can they bear it?"

"able!"

Xiong Wenqing, who had never spoken again, spoke at this time: "Your Majesty is really amazing! In fact, the news I received was that Jin Chenbai took the initiative to raise the price by 50%, which is the price of fifteen cents per pound."

"Is the man who is so rich?" Cao Yi said, "Is there any fraud?"

"No."

Liu Mingqi smiled and said, "It happened that I read the report of the Embroidered Yiwei two days ago. Jin Chenbai's Helda Suo tribe has been catching wild horses, bisons and sheep in the entire Qiyan Plateau since spring."

"Bronco bison?"

Liu Renhuai asked, and then he realized, "Good guy! This is also the uninhabited place in Qiyan Plateau, right?"

After he said this, everyone understood.

Last year, the Western Qiang and Shi Wei were really cruel. They dispatched 500,000 troops to attack the Qiyan Plateau on both sides, destroyed hundreds of tribes of all sizes, kidnapped millions of people, and killed hundreds of thousands of people.

This has resulted in a significant reduction in the population of Qiyan tribe, and most of the other Qiyan people fled to the marginal areas, especially in the depths of the Mobei where the Heldasu tribe is located.

The population was killed, and most of the horses, cattle and sheep were robbed, but the livestock on the grassland could run everywhere, and you could not catch them at all.

When the Xiqiang and Shiwei retreated, these livestock were scattered in every corner of the grassland.

So the cavalry of the Heldasu tribe sent these horses, cattle and sheep to Datong for food through this capture method.

Basically, this is a business without money!

"It seems that their losses are even more serious than we imagined." Ge Songdao shook his head and smiled: "I still hope that Jin Chenbai is really a complete hero as His Majesty thought. This way, he can hold on and avenge their beggar tribe!"

"I hope there will be one day, too." Liu Mingqi smiled, "But it is very likely that he has not yet taken revenge, so we have started to push them and make up for the grasslands!"

Everyone was not surprised at all, nor did they think the emperor was talking very much.

Because with the current equipment and the cannon battalion that is about to be included in the list, it can be proved that Dakang has surpassed all opponents.

As long as you wait until your troops are good and your food is enough, you will be invincible!

...

When he came out of Qianqing Palace, Liu Mingqi summoned Gao Jing.

"How is it? Have they agreed to my request?" Liu Mingqi asked.

"No."

Gao Jing shook his head, "Jin Chenbai wrote a letter to reply, "There is no Mr. Feng there."

"snort!"

Liu Mingqi snorted coldly: "You didn't tell him, who is asking whom now?"

Gao Jing still shook his head, "I said it, but he still insisted that there was no such person."

"Then forget it!"

Liu Mingqi was quite helpless.

He knew that it was impossible for Jin Chenbai to stop this aid just because he did not hand over his hand.

Jin Chenbai grasped it very clearly. Dakang also needed him to be a messenger, so he would not let Qiyan fall completely, so he was confident.

"Your Majesty, do you want our people..." Gao Jing made a knife-cut gesture.

"Need not."

Liu Mingqi waved her hand and said, "Assassination is not good, and I don't need to do this. When we conquer the Helda Suo tribe, I will go and see who this bastard is in person!... See if he is a bastard like Li Fan!"

"yes!"

Gao Jing bowed and answered his order.

When many tribes defected to the Helda Suo tribe, many of the spies from the Embroidered Uniform Guards also penetrated.

After more than a year, they found out the news about a mysterious Mr. Feng wearing a hat beside Jin Chenbai.

According to various information investigations, the spies believed that Mr. Feng must be from Dakang and had great secrets.
To be continued...