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1923

Chapter 1923 The Miraculous Man

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In recent days, he has indeed received a lot of inquiries from Qin Zhe about Jiangning, saying that a lot of food there has been put into storage, but in fact, he still has to ask the prince.

Because those Qin Zhe are also somewhat untrustworthy. Some officials will not tell the most true situation for the sake of their own official reputation.

And this also left him without any confidence in his heart.

That's why he sent the prince there, because he wanted to know what was going on there and what kind of preparations should he make next?

"Father..."

After the prince's voice, there was no sound again.

The prince's hesitation in speaking made Emperor Wenyuan's heart skip a beat for no apparent reason.

"explain."

Emperor Wenyuan closed his eyes, "I want to hear the truth."

After hearing this, the prince was still a little hesitant. Then he gritted his teeth, lifted up his clothes, and knelt on the ground.

"Father, the disaster in Jiangning was serious. A heavy rain destroyed the grain that was about to be harvested, and then there was a drought in January, which caused no rice harvest there."

Jiangning, which has always been a major grain-producing land, is like this. Not to mention other places, it will only be more serious than these places, and the disasters in various places will be more.

"Father, this year may be a year of food shortage."

Emperor Wenyuan closed his eyes again. Although he was actually mentally prepared for this, when these things really came true, he couldn't accept it.

"How much food is left in the treasury?"

Emperor Wenyuan asked again, the treasury has always been hoarding food, just to prevent these disaster years.

"Father, do you remember that at the beginning of the year, the disaster in Fengdong was caused by the opening of warehouses and the release of grain?"

In March, I started grazing several times again, and there was still a lot of grain. I also thought that this year was so smooth, and naturally it was also a good year.

It will not be easy to recover this food by then, but who knew what would happen. There was not much food left in the national treasury, and even later, some of it was given to other armies. Most of it.

Therefore, the grain from Shen Dingshan was withheld first. In fact, he wanted to wait for the new grain to be stored in the warehouse before sending it to Shen Dingshan.

As a result, the current grain depot is empty, and the military rations Shen Dingshan needs are still not available.

Fortunately, Shen Qingci felt something about it, so he gathered the food on his own and sent it to Shen Dingshan.

However, there is no shortage of food in Shen Dingshan, but the national treasury is still short. With such a food shortage, if they have no food from now to next spring, how many people will starve to death.

After Emperor Wenyuan heard this, he put his hands on his head and felt a terrible headache.

"Prince, go and discuss with the ministers how to solve the shortage of food in the treasury."