Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Zhang Gongjin murmured.

His hometown, Weizhou, is known as the granary of the world.

As one of the largest landowners in the area, their family has been in the food business. They have cooperated with supermarkets over the years, and with the first batch of corn and potatoes planted, they have made a lot of money.

He has a deeper understanding of food than anyone else!

"In the seventh year of Zhenguan, the consumption of sorghum alone was more than 100 million stones."

Du Ruhui murmured.

Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, they were still taken aback by this huge number.

Datang's wine-making technology is very advanced, and the alcohol content is not high. The yield of sorghum per catty is about [-]% to [-]%.

In other words, a catty of sorghum can make five or six taels of wine.

More than 100 million shi of sorghum, in conversion, is about 50 shi of wine.

This number looks scary, but compared to Datang's huge population and the huge annual foreign trade throughput, it is actually a very small number.

You know, wine has many other functions besides drinking.

The military needs to purchase a lot every year. At least, after deep distillation, it can be used for disinfection.

This is only the number of seven years of Zhenguan.

Also, it's just sorghum.

No other corn, grains, beans, or even fruits are lower than sorghum!

It all adds up to be really scary!

Chapter 1502 There is no shortage of food in the world

"In this way, since the ninth year of Zhenguan, the food consumed by the distillery is slightly more than the total grain produced in all parts of the world in the first year of Zhenguan?"

Dai Zhou's voice trembled.

All fell into a state of dementia.

They belong to the old-school officials, and everyone's consciousness is still stuck in the era when there was not enough food and clothing.

At the time of the chaotic war in the late Sui Dynasty, war was not a killing knife.

The real killer is hunger!

There is a severe drought in the world, and there is no harvest. This is just a small fight.

What is really frustrating is the flood!

Obviously, the food was planted in the ground, and it was ready to be harvested, but a flood rushed down, instantly strangling all hope of the people.

In the second year of Wude, the imperial court issued a decree that anyone who brews wine without permission will be imprisoned everywhere!

Not because the wine is bad, but because there is no food!

One less drink can save one more life!

Using the rations of a state, or even a person, to make wine is a crime that deserves to be struck by lightning!

However, with the appearance of Liu Bai, this situation completely disappeared without a trace.

There is no shortage of food in the world.

Poor peasants without land will no longer starve to death.

Many people are not worried about the lack of vehicles, but worry about the food in their own granaries, how can they not get moldy

Obviously, winemaking is a great way to do it.

There is no such thing as moldy wine.

It's just that they didn't expect that the food consumed by 'Master Li' would be so terrifying

Yuchi Jingde's words broke the silence.

"What does food have to do with military tickets?"

"Cough cough cough-"

Du Ruhui coughed a few times and said, "The old man is here to explain to you."

The generals were all puzzled.

"How much is the annual salary in the whole country?"

Cheng Yaojin, who had been Minister of the Ministry of War, immediately replied: "It's not much, maybe less than 200 million per year."

Datang's military system can be roughly divided into three parts.

First of all, it is naturally located in the Chang'an camp, dedicated to defending the emperor's twelve guards.

Each guard has a maximum of 1 people, and a minimum of 8000 people.

Secondly, it is the local government soldiers.

Divided by Zhechong Mansion, there are 1000 and 1000 people in the upper mansion, 800 people in the middle mansion, and [-] people in the lower mansion.

The soldiers of Zhechong Mansions in various places are the main part of Datang's army.

Finally, it is the frontier army!

Four towns in the Western Regions, three towns in Beiting, eleven towns in Hexi, thirteen towns in Longyou, seven towns in Shuofang,

In each town, there are as many as seven thousand and as few as six hundred.

The sum of all border towns will not exceed 20.

With so many people, the annual salary expenditure is less than 200 million yuan, which is really pitifully small.

In fact, this is the power of the Fubing system.

Because the government soldiers can only choose good family sons, who serve as soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure time.

Before going to the barracks, they will forge their own weapons and armor, and the cavalry will buy their own horses!

As a result, a lot of costs are saved.

In places where it is too much, soldiers will even be asked to bring their own rations!

To put it bluntly, the Fubing system is corvee service in disguise.

After all, corvee workers work for nothing and don’t pay them.

Only the Twelve Guards and the Frontier Army are the two major off-duty troops that really need food and money.

Of course there are places, but in comparison, the cost is completely negligible.

What really needs to be distributed is the salary.

How much is food worth?

There are very few opportunities for corruption in the first place, and the implementation of the military ticket policy will definitely completely eliminate any possibility of corruption.

This is exactly what worries the old coaches.

While wiping his glasses with the corner of his clothes, Du Ruhui said, "Indeed, as you all know, the implementation of the military ticket policy will definitely damage the interests of some middle-level generals. The only way to do this is to take the military ticket and exchange it with the common people, and then the common people will go to various Zhechong mansions to find the Tunjian Cheng to exchange for silver."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Fang Xuanling and the others had already seen through the mystery, so they gave up the front seat and ran to the back to help Li Yuan settle the score.

It will save Li Yuan a while to come back and make trouble for them.

"This creates a problem. The loopholes of corruption in the army will be completely blocked. I am afraid that the old commanders will not be able to get clean."

Cheng Yaojin urged: "Get to the point!"

Du Ruhui put the glasses back on, and said with a smile: "There is no chance, just get another one!"

"It's up to you if you can drill?!"

Du Ruhui waved his hand, signaling them not to be impatient.

"For specific matters, it is inevitable that all the old men should do it, so the old man will explain it in more detail again."

"Everything in the world is separated from the word 'profit'. We all know that people in the army are living in panic, especially the school lieutenants and guerrilla generals everywhere. There are other ways to make money, but everyone, don’t forget that soldiers from all over the country have their own military fields!”

You old men seem to have realized something.

"Since there is money, let everyone earn it together. What's the point of letting the middle-level generals earn it? At least let everyone make a profit. At that time, it will not be the old men who will bear the pressure, but the middle-level generals." Already!"

Cheng Yaojin pondered for a while, then said: "You mean to ask the Supreme Emperor to go to the army to buy food?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin's own cold sweat broke out first.

The expressions of the other handsome men also changed!

It is of course beneficial to do so.

When everyone has money, no one dares to make trouble.

At that time, it will not be the middle-level generals who come to complain to the veterans, but the big soldiers, who will trouble those middle-level generals!

Whoever dares to block the strategy of the military ticket is to make life difficult for all the big soldiers!

However, doing so has a fatal drawback.

Who wants to fight when the local government soldiers earn money?

In a few years, all the government soldiers have become real farmers!

The middle-level generals are even better, and each of them has become a businessman who resells grain!

After all, Zhang Gongjin was in the grain business.

He pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed, and said: "No! It's not asking the Supreme Emperor to find soldiers from various places to buy food, but to directly turn the wine shop into a place for exchanging military tickets!"

Du Ruhui laughed, and said, "Hongshen is still smart!"

"Everyone has also seen that the Taishanghuang's wine shop consumes enough food every year to cover all the military fields in the world, and then letting the soldiers exchange military tickets is a cancer that wears down the will. Only by completely splitting up the finances of the government can we have a degree of entry and exit! It is best to have the wine shop specially purchase and supply the supplies needed by the soldiers!"

"In addition, a number of supervisors must be set up to investigate the details of the government soldiers in various places. Based on the winery, a fixed amount of military funds must be set. From this, the contradiction of the general ticket can be completely resolved!"

Chapter 1503 Bind the Supreme Emperor back to Chang'an

Li Yuan, who visited the winery for the second time today, strolled to his office refreshed.

He didn't spend a penny, and he got a group of important court officials to settle accounts for him for nothing. It's really shit luck.

"Brother Wu, I will resign all the accountants of the wine shop in the future, and save a lot of expenses."

With that said, Li Yuan pushed open the door of the office.

Li Yuan was even more satisfied when he saw that it was quiet inside, and even a few simple fellows from the army were lying on the table to write and draw.

He clapped his hands and said: "Everyone, stop for a while, let's fill our stomachs first!"

Everyone raised their heads.

Seeing that it was Li Yuan who came, they all stood up without daring to neglect.

A large group of people, plus a few old men, walked towards the backyard of the winery.

"Your Majesty, the accounts for this year are about to be harvested in autumn, and the specific amount of food that needs to be purchased has also been calculated!"

Dai Zhou handed a pamphlet to Li Yuan respectfully.

Li Yuan laughed even more freely.

"Okay! Sit and sit, today I will not get drunk with you!"

Everyone looked at each other tacitly, and all sat down.

The wine in the wine shop is of course the best wine!

In order to save costs, even Li Yuan rarely drank.

This time Li Yuan was so generous that he asked people to bring out several large jars of top-quality wine.

The taste of the food is a little bit worse.

There is only one cook left in the main family, and the food was already cold due to the time it took to deliver it to the winery.