In addition, there are more than one million shi of grain that has not been transported northward and is still stored in the warehouse in Yangzhou."

"Only two million stones?"

Chongzhen frowned suddenly.

This little food is far from enough.

The Huanghuai defense line in Chongzhen's conception stretched for more than 1,500 miles from Kaifeng Prefecture to Huai'an Prefecture. At least thirty general soldiers would be deployed, and each general soldier would guard the river defense for an average of fifty miles!

In addition to garrison troops, there must also be mobile troops.

The field mobile force also needs at least ten total soldiers.

This adds up to forty total soldiers, and assuming there are 10,000 people in each town, that is an army of 400,000!

In order for a soldier to maintain sufficient physical strength, the daily ration should not be less than two kilograms. For 400,000 people, that is 800,000 kilograms per day, which is equivalent to about 5,200 shi.

A month is about a stone.

Six months is nearly 900,000 stone.

It's early May now, and in six months it will be November.

At that time, the output of the farmland will be able to catch up.

900,000 koku is not much, right? 2 million koku is more than enough, right?

In fact, this is completely wrong, because to build the Huanghuai Defense Line, it is not enough to rely on 400,000 troops. It is also necessary to recruit a large number of civilians and refugees to help build fortifications and strengthen city defenses.

How many people are enough to make the people strong? 500,000 is the minimum, and 2 million is not too much.

Therefore, 2 million shi of grain is really a drop in the bucket and far from enough.

Huang Jiarui saw Chongzhen's dissatisfaction and continued: "If we raise food from Su, Song, Chang and other prefectures, we can raise more than 5 million shi in three months. If it is still not enough, we will have to raise food from Huguang,

Guangdong and Guangxi even purchase grain from Nanyang through maritime trade, but it may take a long time."

"Marine merchant?" Chongzhen suddenly thought of a navy and three kinds of food.

This navy and these three kinds of food are crucial to the proposed Huanghuai defense line.

Then he turned to Wang Chengen and said: "Wang Daban, please remember that when the officials from the Nanjing Ministry of Rites come in later, ask them to immediately draft an edict and prepare the canonization documents and iron certificates to ennoble Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian coastal defense guerrilla, as the Marquis of Nan'an and the commander-in-chief of the navy division.
Chapter completed!