When Zhuge Jin heard what Lu Xun said, he was immediately horrified:

"Wouldn't this lead to a popular uprising?"

"Even in normal times, the state's supply is still insufficient. What can we do?"

General Shang, who nominally controls half of the country of Wu, knows the financial situation of Wu far better than anyone else.

If not, why did Da Wu mint large amounts of money every year in these years?

Lu Xun looked at Zhuge Jin and continued:

"Tzuyu, you are from Jingzhou, and the Zhuge family can be considered one of the big families in Jingzhou. This year's matter in Jingzhou still requires your efforts."

Zhuge Jin remained silent.

He understood that the general's words were nothing more than asking him to persuade the Jingzhou family to spend more money and food to help them overcome this difficulty.

It's just that in these years, His Majesty has allowed the general to command the west of Wuchang.

But Jingzhou is actually controlled by Zhuge Jin.

Especially in recent years, after Sun Quan began to alienate Lu Xun, he consciously deprived Lu Xun of some of his rights in the west.

Compared with Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and Sun Quan had been working together for many years, and their kindness was as good as flesh and blood, and they had an oath of life and death.

Moreover, Zhuge Jin was virtuous and benevolent, making it easier for Sun Quan to trust him.

The most important thing is that Zhuge Jin's identity can better appease the Jingzhou family.

But which aristocratic family in the world only has the principle of giving freely without asking for anything?

Jingzhou has always been relatively stable under the rule of Da Wu.

The Jingzhou family has contributed a lot.

But on the other hand, they also have demands.

Just like General Shang, who was born in one of the four surnames in Wu County, can we ask every family in Wu County to donate money and food to the court at this time?

You are loyal to the emperor, you are patriotic, and you must be valued by His Majesty. If you want your fathers and fellow villagers to support you, it is actually very simple.

At least I can bring some benefits back to my hometown.

Whether it is to support the villagers, provide some policies, or even find some ways, etc.

When there is going and coming, that is called friendship.

If you really want to force others to give for free like you, even your fellow villagers will think of expelling you from your hometown.

What is the Jingzhou Family’s biggest request now?

brown sugar.

The share of brown sugar exchanged for jaggery.

Share of brown sugar in exchange for jaggery made from sugar cane.

There are also various materials transferred from Shu.

No matter how high the price of food is, it cannot be higher than the price of various good things from Shu.

Besides, no matter how high the price of grain is, if you sell it, you will get back a lot of iron money. Who likes a lot of iron money that is not as good as every year?

It would be better to exchange notes with Ji Han for supplies.

Supplies, especially those from Shu Han, are Jingzhou’s hard currency.

Therefore, even if Zhuge Jin was a general, he would not dare to stop the folks in Jingzhou from buying and selling supplies from Shu.

If not, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents.

When the time comes, this family will pay less and that family will receive less food. What will the soldiers in Jingzhou eat and wear?

Can these farms be sustained by just relying on them?

Besides, there's no telling whether the military leaders who own the farms will stab him in the back.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Jin couldn't help but said with some embarrassment:

"General, every family in Jingzhou, no matter how determined they are to contribute to the country, will not be able to come up with so much food."

Lu Xun was originally from a wealthy family, so how could he not know the virtues of a large family?

It's just that he himself is the representative of the Jiangdong family, so how can he have any position to criticize others?

"I also know Tzuyu's difficulties. I just try my best and give them as much as I can get them."

Zhuge Jin nodded and agreed.

The situation was urgent, and Zhuge Jin did not dare to stay in Wuchang longer. After knowing that there would be no news from the court for the time being, he quickly returned to Nanyang.

Summer has just begun, and most people may still have some basic food in their homes.

I can barely survive.

But Jiangnan is not as good as the Central Plains and Shu.

Not much summer grain can be harvested, and the harvest mainly depends on whether the autumn grain can be harvested in the northern part of Jingzhou, which has been harvesting summer grain, and it still belongs to Wei State.

This is the reason why the whole world is suffering from drought, but the country of Wu is the most seriously injured.

Under the current circumstances, even if the autumn grain is reduced by half, it is considered good.

If there is really a shortage of half of the food, it will not just be as simple as doubling the price of food, but it will increase until half of the people starve to death.

Zhuge Jin returned to Jingzhou and quickly summoned the talkers from various big families:

"Gentlemen, it has become a fact that Jingzhou's grain harvest is poor this year. Whether Jingzhou can survive this crisis depends on you."

Everyone looked at each other, but did not speak immediately.

When Zhuge Jin saw it, his heart sank.

What does it mean?

Could it be that my face is already so difficult to use?

Seeing the always elegant Zhuge Ziyu looking unhappy, someone finally said carefully:

"Don't you know that the general doesn't know it yet?"

"What do you know?"

"The school office has already informed us and asked us to pay for the food to be bought from Yong'an. At this time, it is impossible to say that the food has already left Yong'an."

When Zhuge Jin heard this, he was immediately shocked:

"When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"

"We made an appointment with the school affairs office three months ago. The general has never interfered with matters in the west, so naturally we didn't dare to mention it to the general."

In fact, in order to monopolize the credit, the school affairs office did ask Jingzhou families not to mention it to Zhuge Jin and others easily.

Besides, when Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Ji Han Dynasty, was still alive, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhuge Jin exchanged letters either about official state affairs or private matters at home.

As for any family that sent a caravan to the Han Kingdom and wanted to gain convenience from him, that was a no-brainer.

In the early years, the school affairs office went too far, and the senior general and others reported to His Majesty one after another to accuse the school affairs office of its faults.

Only Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lu Dai and others remained silent, obviously not wanting to conflict with the school affairs office.

Now this matter is led by the school affairs office.

Even if the general knew it, what would he do?

Could it be that he will get involved in it uncharacteristically?

So there is no difference whether you say it or not.

Sure enough, when he heard that it was related to the school affairs office, Zhuge Jin stopped talking.

Just asked:

"Sichuan, does it really have food to help Jingzhou?"

Everyone laughed and said:

"General, why should you worry? We have already sent people to check it. If nothing else, I heard that in Jiangzhou alone, two crops of rice can be grown in one year."

"Their rice has now set ears and will be ready for harvest in more than a month."

Zhuge Jin had a look of horror on his face when he heard this:

"Growing two crops of rice a year? How is the farming technique of the Han Dynasty so amazing?"

If this is the case, wouldn’t it mean that the rice production in the south of Shu could be doubled?
Chapter completed!