Wu Sansi's mind is very obvious.

He just wanted to get a piece of the four million stones of grain and take at least two million stones of it as military rations, so he hoped that he could speak for him in front of Wu Zetian.

Wu Sansi still has to give him face.

And he himself agreed with this.

Pei Shaoqing asked Wu Sansi: "General Wu, is the military rations of the northern army not yet prepared?"

"A part of it has been prepared." Wu Sansi gave Pei Shaoqing a thumbs up with Wu Zetian on his back and said, "But there is still a big gap, and it will take at least two million stones."

Wu Zetian frowned and said, "I want so much?"

"Auntie, my nephew is already missing."

During this period, Wu Sansi and a group of generals from the Right Guard ran to Xue Rengui's mansion when he saw Tian running to Xue Rengui's mansion, so he made up for a lot of military knowledge and various professional data could be achieved.

"There was originally a 100,000-strong army of General Pei in the northern border."

"In addition to my nephew's 50,000 troops, that's 150,000."

"Thirty thousand of them were cavalry, that is, there were 30,000 war horses."

"In addition, one fire is paired with six packs, so there are at least ninety thousand pack horses."

"Each soldier needs 2 liters of rice per day and each horse needs 1 bucket of millet."

"So the army needs to consume 3,000 stones of rice and 12,000 stones of millet in a day."

"In this way, at least 450,000 stones will be needed in one month! Two million stones will only last for four and a half months of reserves, plus the original military rations of Dingxiang Road will only last for six months."

Wu Zetian nodded slightly, very satisfied with Wu Sansi's performance.

But after one exit, he still questioned: "Is six months not enough to wipe out the rebels?"

"Not enough." Wu Sansi shook his head and said, "General Xue said that the rebellion of the Eastern Turks is different from the past."

"Because this rebellion was triggered by the Emperor's killing of the surrendered Eastern Turkic Khan Fuming, the Eastern Turkic will to resist will become unprecedentedly firm."

"This determines that this battle will last for a long time."

"It is possible to fight for a year or even two years."

"So our army must reserve enough military rations in advance."

"In order to avoid losing food at critical moments, it will cause major mistakes."

"Actually, the advice Mr. Xue gave to his nephew was to reserve at least four million stones."

"This will ensure that at least 150,000 troops will not be short of food for a year.

"Nonsense!" Wu Zetian said angrily, "Four million stones were given to the army in the northern border. What should the hungry people in Guanzhong eat? Could it be that they would be allowed to starve to death?"

"I dare not." Wu Sansi said, "so my nephew only wants two million stones."

"Two million is not enough. Gu just said that he will give you at most one million stones." Wu Zetian said with a snorkeling, "If you have this time to make noise in Gu, you should think about how to quell the rebellion in a short period of time."

Upon hearing this, Pei Shaoqing had basically guessed what Wu Zetian wanted to do.

Obviously, Wu Zetian wanted to leave at least three million stones of grain to suppress the price of grain.

Because the price of grain will leave a strong mark in history books, it is the greatest compliment for those in power.

For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the rice price in Chang'an was as low as five cents of rice. Although this rice price was caused by the high families of various aristocratic families who deliberately lowered the grain prices, it still became a footnote to the prosperous era of Zhenguan!

After the showdown with Li Zhi, Wu Zetian had already developed the intention to usurp the throne.

Naturally, I hope that the price of rice in Guanzhong under her control will be lower than that during the Li Zhi period.

If you can't achieve the five cents of Doumi during the Taizong period, it will be at least less than the fifty cents of Doumi.

She wanted everyone in Guanzhong to afford food, and she wanted no one to starve to death in the world.

Only in this way can her plan to usurp the throne be justified and accepted by the world.

But Pei Shaoqing knew better that Wu Zetian's idea could only be a delusion.

Because in ancient times when the small peasant economy dominated, if the country was peaceful and the people were safe and everyone could eat, it would only be a delusion and could not be realized.

Only when the social division of labor is refined and the commodity economy completely replaces the small peasant economy can the materials be greatly enriched, and then the people can truly have enough food and clothing.

In that case, it only ensures that most people have enough food and clothing.

Pei Shaoqing asked back: "Does the queen plan to keep food and stabilize the food prices?"

"Not bad." Wu Zetian said without hesitation, "It is best to lower the price of grain to less than fifty cents of rice, so that the people can afford food."

"If this happens, the queen may be very disappointed." Pei Shaoqing said, "Not to mention that it is fifty cents for rice, even if the price of grain is suppressed to five cents for rice, the people who cannot afford to eat food can still not afford it, because they have no money to buy food. Even if there is one, they cannot buy food at all. These foods will only flow into the hands of the noble families."

A society with involuntary and stagflation has no consumption power.

Wu Zetian frowned after hearing this: "Will this be the case?"

"Aunt, this must be the case." Wu Sansi agreed without missing the opportunity.

Pei Shaoqing continued: "During the Taizong period, the rice price in Chang'an was as low as five cents of rice. So what was the result? Are there still many people who died of cold and starvation?"

Wu Zetian's face collapsed.

"It is useless to suppress the price of rice to make hungry people eat."

Pei Shaoqing said again: "Because even if the rice price drops to five cents of rice, hungry people still can't afford rice, and the rice shops with high-end families can be closed and reluctant to sell, so they will not bear the slightest loss."

Princess Taiping held her chin and asked, "What should we do to get hungry people to have a meal?"

"For labor," Pei Shaoqing said, "Let the hungry people exchange their labor for food."

"Work-for-relief?" Wu Zetian said thoughtfully, "What should be a labor-for-relief method?"

"Transport grain!" Pei Shaoqing said in a deep voice, "From the time calculation, the grain transported from Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road can be almost delivered to Luoyang, so that these hungry people can go to Luoyang to transport grain."

"But..." Princess Taiping said, "Isn't it a loss to transport grain from Luoyang to Chang'an?"

"That's hard work." Pei Shaoqing said, "Because there is nothing to do with life and death, the enthusiasm for transporting grain is not high. He only walks more than ten miles a day. It takes two months to travel from Luoyang to Chang'an, so the grain transport will naturally lose money."

"But the hungry people have to transport the food to Chang'an within a limited time before they can receive food to support their wives and children, so they will do their best to transport food."

"More than 700 miles from Luoyang to Chang'an, the hungry people can walk back and forth with all their might in 20 days."

"The hungry people consume 2 liters of food every day, and only 4 dou in 20 days, but they can transport at least one stone back, and the loss is only 40%. If you give 2 dou to raise your wife and children, you can still have 4 dou left."

"In this way, not only can the hungry people in Guanzhong survive, but they can also transport the 4th of the ten-stop grain stored in Taicang, Luoyang, to Chang'an. Chang'an will no longer be short of food. So what's the harm in taking all the four million stones of grain as military rations?"
Chapter completed!