Cai Ting walked aside, the people of Xixia were about to invade, and not many people knew about it. Except for a few important figures in the Huanqing Road, many officials did not know it, so as not to let the wind be revealed. Cai Ting would not do that stupid thing and talk nonsense everywhere.

Cai Ting whispered: "The court allocated 300,000 pieces of silk and 200,000 jin of money to Huanqing Road. At the same time, it also used a courtyard from Yongxingjun and other places to draw 200 craftsmen to rush to Huanqing Road. Some of them were about to arrive. Another million jin of ripe iron was allocated and transported to Qingzhou soon."

"So little?" Wang Ju asked in surprise.

There are many craftsmen, but less money and iron.

During the regular period, the amount of iron in the Song Dynasty reached about 20 million jin in a year. This is the amount of course, which is the number obtained by the court. The actual iron production may reach 50 million jin of iron and 30,000 tons. Various metals, gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and lead, and the amount of course has exceeded 100 million. There are also a large number of non-metallic mines and some workshops, which are also neglected by later generations but are an important income of the Song Dynasty. The actual income can reach 20 to 30 million jin, which can exceed the sum of salt and jin wine. Therefore, Wang Anshi only integrated Fangchang River Du, which increased the income of 5 to 6 million jin per year at most.

Not to mention the actual iron production, only the course volume was raised. In the Song Dynasty, there were copper in the north and copper pits in the south. The copper pits were mainly in the south, while the iron pits were mainly in the north. The iron pits in Shaanxi alone had millions of kilograms in a year.

At this time, we have not transferred to Qingzhou, so what are the irons used for? Besides, it is not a waste. We have built armor and weapons and repaired them in the future and continue to use them.

Besides, what can one million kilograms of iron be used up? Was it a waste, three or four thousand sets of armor will be used up.

This money is even less. It doesn’t take much. Just stopping the Xixia Year, there are 400,000 guan a year. Not to mention anything else, one person releases fifty arrows, and plans to join the war. One million and a half million arrows cost 6700,000 arrows, and ten arrows cost 6700,700, and twelve arrows are the standard money. Just one arrow is a matter of ten thousand guan. Therefore, in the future, the first battle of Suizhou spent 67 million guan, and the account was still wrong. It caused many ministers to impeach. It was not that the money was used, but that little, and the use of the righteous bravery to transport grain and escort grain for free, and even forcing the family members of the righteous bravery to fund the grain for free, which made the people of Shaanxi suffer. Otherwise, it would be that battle. At least more than ten million guan.

"So I wrote another letter to Wang Yichen (Wang Juyuan, the leader of Yongxing Army) and asked him to help me."

Cai Ting is also anxious if he does not receive strong support from the court.

First, he wrote a letter to Wang Su and Li Shen, and vaguely mentioned the crisis in the Qingzhou letter, and then talked about his difficulties. Wang and Li were not bad, so they immediately replied to the letter to express their support, not to support financial and material resources. Instead, they sent some clerks to say hello to the fans and cooperated with the caravans coming from Qingzhou to trade soju.

The government came forward directly, which was much more convenient than privately negotiating and contacting each place. This was good news. So Cai Ting wrote another letter to Wang Juyuan. It was not that Wang Juyuan bought wine for the workshop, but that as long as he had money, the price was fair, and each wine merchant would not have to give instructions. He would deliver the wine to his own door.

What we request is policy assistance, such as when passing the field affairs, the tax-collecting clerks should not check, even if they check, they should not delay time. For example, some convenience is provided, such as boats, boats, cars and horses. When the transaction channel in the front is opened, the rear must be fast so that more money can be quickly collected and placed in Qingzhou, and converted into combat power.

Maybe Cai Ting did this, which was even more contrary to the system.

Cai Ting was not afraid of the difficulties of our court, so he did not ask for the rear to increase troops as promised. In fact, there was no need to do much. He asked for reinforcements from the 30th and 40th Battalions to reinforce the officers and soldiers of the 100,000 troops in Xixia.

However, these officers and soldiers not only have to eat, but also drink, which are all food, and there are other various materials, including clothing and housing. So how much money will the logistics supply costs caused by the officers and soldiers of the 30th and 40th Battalion from Yongxing Army or the capital to arrive at the front line?

It is not necessary to withdraw seven or eight million guan to support this battle. In fact, it is to withdraw seven or eight million guan. Compared with the cost of other battles in the Song Dynasty, it is pitifully less, but at least one guan to withdraw three or four million guan.

However, the court was very good and only drew 500,000 yuan of silk.

The money was seriously insufficient, and I wanted me to defeat the enemy, so I had to find a way.

In fact, there is a dispute over Pu Yi in the court, and it is too quarrel. So who is in the mood to care about him?

However, Wang Ju was very suspicious and said: "Mr. Cai is just a wine. Even if the officials from Jingzhao Prefecture, Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road cooperate with Mr. Cai, how much wine can they sell? Besides, its time is so urgent. The government's funding is the real source."

"I'm helpless, either."

"Mr. Cai, no, you have to write a letter to the court, ask His Majesty for what you can do. Furthermore, spend the money transferred from the court immediately, and don't wait for the autumn battle. After the autumn battle is over, will the court not pay rewards and pensions to the soldiers?"

"Haha, this seems to be your style."

"It's not OK if you don't do this. Anyway, the money and money of the country are gone inexplicably. It's better to force the court to take out a little more and do something practical."

"I'm going to find another way. I'm here. I have another thing to say. The workshop is in Huachi County, but the distance is a little longer. The real road is the main road from Qingzhou to Ningzhou to Jingzhao Prefecture. So I plan to find a steep river section by the Maling Water and set up a workshop. I'll ask the craftsmen of Huachi Workshop to guide this. But don't worry, I will also draw out fifty craftsmen, 200,000 kilograms of cooked iron, 200,000 kilograms of silk, and 10,000 stagnant of money to Huachi County."

Wang Ju had Wang Ju's little abacus, so he must first snatch the officers and soldiers of Huachi battalions first. Cai Ting also had Cai Ting's little abacus, so he had to snatch the soldiers of Huanqing Road. This was a fear that Wang Ju General would create armor and weapons, and they would allocate them to the officers and soldiers of Huachi County, and the other officers and soldiers of Qingzhou would not be separated by then.

Wang Juyile: "Mr. Cai, it's not necessary for Mr. Cai to say that, the officials and soldiers of Dashun City and Rouyuan Village must also be armed. However, Mr. Cai is only an official craftsman, and his staff are still seriously insufficient."

"I plan to draw two battalions from the rear to start."

"In addition, it also prevents officials from greed."

"Whoever dares to reach out at this time will I cut off his hand immediately." Cai Ting said fiercely.

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Last year, Wang Ju allocated 3,000 stones of wheat to be used as seeds. In this era, there were a large number, and it took 400 carts. But how many acres of land can be sown?

It's pitifully few, only about a hundred acres.

There is no way, this is an era of wide harvest of thin seeds. A mu of wheat harvest can be less than two stones. But it requires nearly thirty kilograms of seeds. Looking at the short wheat ears, Wang Ju thought about the yield of acres and the appearance of wheat ears in later generations, and felt very sad.

So there was a saying in the Song Dynasty that a family wanted to maintain food and clothing after paying taxes, and at least 30 to 40 acres of self-cultivated land was at least 30 to 40 acres of self-cultivated land. That's it. If you encounter a disaster, you have to escape from famine.

This is Wang Ju's idea, but others would not think that way. Not only these winter wheat, after Wang Ju repeatedly persuaded, some people spontaneously purchased seeds and sowed winter wheat. Therefore, for the winter wheat alone, Huachi County increased the yield by nearly 40,000 stones. If it is not considered horses, it is only considered the food consumption of officers and soldiers. This increase in yield is enough to satisfy it.

But it is not yet certain. If winter wheat is harvested according to the previous harvest, the autumn grain harvest will decrease. Even if the people work hard, the growth period of bean and millet seedlings will be mixed in wheat, which will affect the yield.

What is the case? It can only be seen that sorghum grows taller day by day.

The hot summer is gradually over, August is approaching, and sorghum is about to mature day by day.

There were not many sorghum transferred, less than 200 hectares, which was the arable land that Wang Ju persuaded to plant winter wheat. It only accounted for one-fifth of the arable land in Huachi County.

And the people are also doubting a simple truth. It turns out that five or six seeds can grow into four or five sorghum. Now it turns into one sorghum. Can this harvest be guaranteed?

Fortunately, Wang Ju had enough prestige, and the people followed Wang Ju's persuasion skeptically and transferred them one by one.

Whether there is guarantee is now visible.

The ears of each sorghum are three or four times larger than those of other sorghum, and the grains are fuller and droop heavily, with a slight hot autumn wind, immediately causing golden waves.

The growth is so gratifying.

Even Cai Ting was busy, but he couldn't help but ride a horse and bring officials to watch several times. And their growth alarmed the surrounding counties, many Anhua County, Longpan County, and even Zhiluo County on Ziwu Mountain. The people of Fuzheng County also took the time to run over and asked the local people to keep these sorghum, don't eat them, and sell them to me for seeds.

"Wang Ju, how many stones do you think they can collect per acre?" Cai Ting asked.

"It is difficult to determine the officials, but they should be very high, but it is also an exception. This year, the people of Huachi are not short of manure. If they are placed in other areas, the output may be lower," Wang Ju replied.

It has nothing to do with the manure in the foreign village. Now the foreign people are also half-cultivated and half-grassing. Although they raise a lot of livestock, the fertilizer is left for themselves.

However, due to the prosperity of private business, many people in Huachi County raised livestock and many war horses in Huachi County. Wang Ju allowed the people to exchange food for horse manure.

It has nothing to do with making money. If it is really making money, Wang Ju would not spend a lot of money to buy cows, seeds, and give some tools free of charge.

This is also forced.

The front-line soldiers use grain, one is the tax grain of the people on the front line. If the harvest is good, the government will draw some money to buy the local people's grain, and the other is the grain from the rear, either transport it to the front line, or mobilize the soldiers to the rear to eat.

The latter, neither Cai Ting nor Wang Ju dared to bear it. The soldiers were transferred to the rear and then fed. Do you still want to fight? Or you transported grain from the rear and really couldn't afford it.

There are only the first two methods that can be accepted, but the tax and grain quota is fixed, but this year, even if the entire Huanqing Road has a bumper harvest, it cannot be charged more. The more at this time, the more people need to be willing.

Then I had to use the method of purchasing, but the money was too tight, so I could save a little. But whether it was to ask the people to exchange grain for horse manure or to hand over horse manure to the people for free, these manures were piled on the crops.

Besides, Wang Ju's water conservancy measures have gradually begun to show results this year.

"It's not bad," Cai Ting praised.

"It's good. Maybe the output of a very small number of sorghum will give everyone a bigger surprise." Wang Ju took Cai Ting to a sorghum land with the most vigorous growth and pointed at them.

“How much per mu will this land yield be?”

"You don't dare to say anything, right?"

"Hahaha," Cai Ting laughed. In fact, everyone's requirements are really not high. Even if there is a yield of three stones per acre, it would be a big surprise. It can even be reported to the court as Jiasui and auspicious.

As the two were talking, Li Sangou came on a horse and came to the front of them, dismounted quickly, and said, "Thank you to Gong Cai, report to Magistrate Wang, and news came from the other side of the mountain. Xixia began to gather troops." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!