"Your Highness, there is still a happy event." Yao Tao saw the prince smiling and hit the railway while it was hot: "The alfalfa grown on the islands outside Dengzhou is growing very well this year. As long as it is properly matched, Shandong will probably not starve to death this year."

Zhu Cilang's smile added a bit of bitterness. Alfalfa was originally the feed for livestock, and only when the goal was to "not starve to death" would it become a food for people.

"Your Highness's virtue! There will be a good place in this world that will not starve to death!" Yu Chang said excitedly.

Although the south is generally rich, even if there is no large-scale famine, starving people to death is still the norm. Only by strictly enforcing the "war-time**" and strictly ration system can Shandong ensure that the registered population is not starved to death.

As for those foolish people who are determined to hide and do not register their household registration, they think they have a way to survive, otherwise they will not be able to complain about their injustice even if they starve to death.

"Look at the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, who are not for the welfare of the people?" Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "It is the king's way to make the people live a good life. Yao Tao, let's talk about anything else together, don't wait for tomorrow."

Yao Tao smiled and said, "There are so many happy events, I'm afraid I can't finish it in one day."

Yu Chang swept away the sternness he had before and looked at her with a smile.

Yao Tao also said: "There are reports from Qingdao County and Rizhao Prefecture. Now, using the beachside tidal flats to open ponds to raise ducks, not only save a lot of feed, but also harvest a lot of duck manure and do not occupy farmland. Now there are 20,000 ducks on the beachside duck factories in the two places, and the monthly output of 800,000 kilograms of duck manure can be used, which can spread 40 acres of fertilizer!"

"Can ducks be raised by the sea?" Zhu Ciyang was really eye-opening. He only knew that the goose and duck factories were all on the mudflats by the river, which did not occupy the arable land area, and could also let the ducks go down the river to eat fish and shrimp. When they came back at night, they would just make up some feed to prevent some ducks from eating enough.

Nowadays, sweet potatoes are also needed to grow inland mudflats, so naturally, they have to find a more economical place for ducks.

"After the sea water rises, it will bring fish and shrimps in the sea. At this time, put the ducks into the sea, and the ducks will be full by themselves. Just drive the ducks back to the duck factory before the tide falls and replenish some millet (corn)." Yao Tao said.

Zhu Cilang nodded and said, "A good official is the one who can dig into the heart to enrich the people and benefit the people. Please reward the Ministry of Personnel. Your Ministry of Revenue will also give them some bonuses."

Yao Tao vaguely responded and said, "There is news from North Korea. Because of the continuous natural disasters and domestic famine, and the Donggu stationed in North Korea, it was too plundered, so it was impossible to raise food. The King of North Korea, Li Gui, heard that the Holy Lord was in Lu, gave 1,000 kilograms of ginseng, 10,000 pieces of high-quality animal skin, as well as mountain goods and more than 100 kilograms of honey."

"Cough cough," Zhu Cilang coughed for a while. "Okay, Shulu County is just restored. The animal skins are processed and sold before selling them. The value is higher. The mountain goods are distributed to the army, and the honey is sent in six parts."

Shulu County is a leather processing center, and it is in short supply of processing materials. Leave furs to them for processing and then reselling finished products, which is not only profitable. Cobblers in Shulu County can also get wages, and the economy of the entire county can be nourished. Although this nourishment is not high in terms of prefectures, it is better than nothing. It is better than craftsmen who are unemployed and rely on hard work to make a living.

"Ginseng is divided into 200 kilograms for military hospitals, and is made into medicine for military and civilians. Leave ten kilograms in the palace to honor the emperor's father and mother and aunt. The others are sold and cashed out. They are used as military expenses, and no one can intercept them."

Liao ginseng is a great replenishing energy, and it is indispensable in many Chinese patent medicines that can suck life. However, this product is at least fifty taels per catty on the market, and it is impossible for a wealthy family to use it. Yu Chang took these Liao ginseng and hurriedly thanked them.

"Your Highness." Yao Tao asked, "Do you want to give me some..."

"Cough cough cough cough cough..." Zhu Cixuan coughed and said, "No, they have made money."

Yao Tao was stunned, not knowing what the crown prince meant.

If Wu Yan or Sun Chuanting were here, he would definitely understand it instantly.

Just open the map and the strategic position of the Korean Peninsula is clear at a glance. Simply put, it is a natural pedal. Occupying the Korean Peninsula and controlling the Sea of ​​Japan and Japan, the Chinese Navy can go directly to the Pacific Ocean.

The Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East Sea in later generations will completely become the inland sea of ​​the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no boring disputes such as fisheries, energy, and territorial waters.

As early as when Zhu Cixuan was in the palace, he often used world-wide fantasy as his pastime, and had designed several different versions of the status of North Korea and Japan.

Now that he is sick, it is the time when people's hearts are most vulnerable. The King of Korea was able to contribute 100,000 taels of supplies under the pressure of the Eastern Barbarians, which gave the Korean royal family a decent retreat.

Of course, both North Korea and Japan are on the list of "not to be conquered" set by Emperor Taizu Gao, so Zhu Cilang never revealed this shocking thought, and today he was a slander because of illness.

"What else is there? Let's talk about the bad news together." Zhu Cixuan became much more energetic and didn't want to make it all the bad news after he recovered.

"It's true," Yao Tao said. "The bandits and thieves from Qing, Yan, Ji and other prefectures have surrendered to the court recently, with a total of nearly 100,000. Among them, Xie Qian's troops in Gaoyuan, Qingzhou, had nearly 30,000. There were also Zhao Yingyuan troops who surrendered from Henan to the first battalion of our guards, a total of 50,000. The Ministry of Revenue was also very stretched to the food, clothing and expenses of these 150,000 people."

This news was classified as "bad news" by Yao Tao, which is actually good news. Which monarch doesn't like to hear the people surrender? Especially in such troubled times, one more person, let alone 150,000 people.

Zhu Cilang slowly closed his eyes.

It would be fine if it was just a thief and bandit, because the organization was loose, it would not be difficult to resettle as long as it was disrupted. That Zhao Yingyuan's rebel army would be more troublesome... Well, Zhao Yingyuan, wasn't the leader of the rebel army who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty in Qingzhou, killed Wang Aoyong, and was lured by the Qing Dynasty? Zhu Cixuan suddenly had such a person in his mind, but he couldn't remember where he saw the information.

Since he surrendered at this time, it seems that the threat is not very high.

"But your Highness, don't worry, Governor Zhou Yingqi has personally met these surrendered people, and all the weapons have been confiscated. Now he is working on the division of camps and lands, and I think it can be all settled in a month." Yao Tao quickly added: "The army has also selected all the craftsmen and elite soldiers."

"We have suffered enough losses in this regard, so they can't be too careful." Zhu Cixuan said.

The Battle of Chexiangxia was originally a god-given opportunity to completely quell the invaders. Unfortunately, because of Chongzhen's thoughts, Chen Qiyu was improperly dispatched and accepted the surrender of the bandits. The bandits came out of the dead end of Chexiangxia. Not only did they get supplies, they were not confiscated, and they were not even disorganized to place the troops on the spot. Instead, they were supervised by the court to supervise the return of their hometown.

The so-called dispatch of appeasers and supervision is distributed one to one hundred, and the number of bandits is one hundred times that of officers and soldiers! What is the difference between this situation and the return of the tiger to the mountain!

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were all among them at that time. Even if Chen Qiyu only killed the chief chief, there would be no more than ten years of turmoil.

Emperor Chongzhen lacked strategic and human vision, but he really loved the people as his son. Therefore, as long as he did not fight, he would rectify the administration and provide relief to the victims. It would not be impossible to survive until spring is in full bloom and the earth is recovering.

Zhu Cixuan leaned up with the help of the eunuch, drank a sip of honey water, swept away the bitterness in his mouth, and his throat felt much more comfortable. He said: "Yao Tao, I plan to use the food to distribute it to households. This is just a source of saving. If you want to overcome the difficulties, you still have to get out of the flow. How has the grain stamps been implemented?"

Zhu Cixuan saw food coupons when he was very young in his previous life. They were a kind of licensed bill and could not be used as currency. The grain coupons issued in Shandong can be used as currency symbols to directly go to various grain banks for equal amounts of rice and grain. This has a direct effect on suppressing grain prices. Soon people got used to using grain coupons to exchange grain instead of buying them with silver at grain merchants.

"Your Highness," Yao Tao hesitated, and finally said, "I found someone collecting food coupons and buying food."

Food coupons are mainly used as wages for public officials and workers. It is definitely much more cost-effective to exchange food for food than to buy it with silver. However, people have a strong dependence on natural currencies such as gold and silver, so some people will tighten their belts and exchange some of the food coupons for silver. Grain merchants purchase food coupons for food for sale, and can easily earn the difference, and even save on freight. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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