Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

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Some people may question whether five hundred large ships can carry 880,000 shi of grain, of course! There is absolutely no doubt about that!

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the development of my country's shipbuilding industry reached its first peak. During the war to unify southern China, Qin Shihuang organized a large fleet that could transport half a million shi of grain. One stone is a hundred catties, that is to say, a ship in the Qin and Han Dynasties can hold more than a thousand stones.

The second peak in the history of Chinese shipbuilding in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the dragon boat that Emperor Yang of Sui rode was 4.5 zhang high and 20 zhang long. There are 120 rooms on the middle two floors, with a load capacity of more than 300 tons. Of course, it was even more powerful in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty built a "Shenzhou" for the mission to North Korea, and its carrying capacity was more than 1,500 tons. Some sea ships carry tens of thousands of stones, and their rudders are three to five feet long.

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Li Er, who was sitting high, although he was well prepared in his heart, was also shocked by Li Xiaogong's "work report". His eyes were no smaller than others, thanks to the fact that the attention of the courtiers was not on him now. Otherwise, his gaffe would be seen by the officials, and he would definitely have to be "criticized" again.

"Cough cough~! This trip to the south is really fruitful! Xiaogong and the soldiers have worked hard to travel thousands of miles across the ocean, and they have contributed to the society and Ji, and they should be rewarded~!"

Li Er recovered from the shock and praised with emotion.

"Your Majesty~!"

As soon as Li Er finished speaking, he saw Wei Zheng walking to the front, and the old troll bowed his hands to Li Er, and then said: "The Prince of Hejian led the fleet to the south, and the harvest has been very good. Of course, it is gratifying, but there is still one thing in the heart of the old minister. If the matter is unclear, dare to ask the Prince of Hejian, where did these 100,000 taels of silver and 50,000 catties of brass come from?"

Wei Zheng wasn't actually targeting anyone, he was just talking about the matter, because food, spices, ivory, etc. are all good to say, but such a huge amount of brass and silver made him too puzzling, after all, which country would use this thing to trade~? It doesn't make sense whatsoever!

After listening to Wei Zheng's question, the rest of the ministers cast questioning glances at Li Xiaogong, but Li Zexuan was stunned and secretly screamed, because from the information he knew, the 50,000 catties of brass that Li Xiaogong brought back , 300,000 taels of silver is the "war indemnity" that was extorted from the Japanese country. If this is said, Li Xiaogong will probably receive some impeachment.

Li Er's eyes sank, obviously he also knew the inside story of the Japanese war, but at this moment Wei Zheng asked in public, he could only watch Li Xiaogong play by himself.

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As soon as Li Er left with the civil and military officials, the pier by the Ba River immediately became lively. More than a thousand large ships certainly couldn't all dock at the same time to unload, so they could only come in batches. At the top of the line are, of course, the five hundred official ships of the imperial court.

Li Xiaogong's personal guard captain Wu Di came to Xiao Yu with a person who looked like a manager, and then respectfully handed over a booklet, and clasped his fists and said:

"Xiao Shangshu, this is a list of all the cargo on the official ship. He is Yao Jing, the cabin steward. If Xiao Shangshu has any questions, just ask the last general or the steward Yao, and I will know everything and say everything~!"

"Well, good, I have a job~!"

Xiao Yu said politely, then took the booklet. He opened it and was surprised.

"This... so much food~? I'm afraid the granary in Chang'an City can't hold it~?"

When Yan Lide heard the words, he was extremely curious. What he thought was that the official ship of the imperial court brought so little silk and porcelain in total, and it was enough to exchange hundreds of thousands of stone for grain. How could the granary of Chang'an City be possible? Can't fit?

"Shi Wen (Xiao Yu's word), let me see how much food is there?"

Having said that, Yan Lide came over eagerly and wanted to find out. After seeing the numbers in the booklet, his eyes widened and he exclaimed:

"This, this, this, 880,000 shi~? Taicang will definitely not be able to hold so much grain. It has to be transported to Hanjiacang in Luoyang~!"

The Taicang he mentioned is the largest granary in Chang'an City, and it can be regarded as a royal granary. Although Taicang's main function is to serve the ruling center, it also has some positive effects. For example, whenever there is a famine, Taicang will provide food to supplement the Changping warehouse, restrain the skyrocketing food price, and sell some food at a low price to help the disaster victims.

However, the total reserves of Taicang are not high, at most 500,000 to 600,000 shi (one stone in the Tang Dynasty is about 100 catties, and in the Song Dynasty is 200 catties) of grain, and now it is just after the autumn harvest, the rest in Taicang There is even less space. That's why these two court bosses expressed such emotion.

As for what Yan Lide said about Han Jiacang, it was the largest granary in Tang.

In the early period of the Sui Dynasty, Chang'an was established as the capital, but the products in the Guanzhong area could no longer meet the consumption needs of the royal family, nobles, officials of the court and the central army, and food alone could not be self-sufficient. During the Daye period, in order to meet the food needs of the capital Chang'an, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal. Later, Yang Guang directly moved the capital to Luoyang.

After securing Luoyang as the capital, Yang Guang first built Huiluo Cang as a "national granary" in Luoyang. The entire Huiluo Cang City is 1,000 meters long from east to west and 335 meters wide from north to south. There are about 700 warehouses with an inner diameter of 10 meters. Each warehouse can store about 4,000 shi of grain, and the entire warehouse can store grain. Three million stone grains.

Because Huiluocang was built outside the city of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Li Mi captured Huiluocang, and Luoyang City was temporarily in a situation of no food. back

Afterwards, Huiluocang became the focus of the war between Li Shimin and Wang Shichong, who had divided Luoyang.

Later, Li Shimin saw the disadvantages of the granary outside the city, so he decided to build a granary in Luoyang City, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. The granary that was carefully "designed" by Li Shimin was the Hanjia Warehouse. The Hanjia Warehouse not only supplied the grains in Luoyang, but also served as a transshipment station for rice between Kandong and Guanzhong. Later, it gradually replaced the largest at that time. Granary - Luokou Warehouse, has become the largest granary in the world, with a total reserve of nearly 6 million stone!

"Indeed, 150,000 shi of grain should be transported to Taicang first, and the rest can only be transported along the Grand Canal to Luoyang~! Lide, you take care of it here first, the old man will enter the palace and face the holy, and go to ask the decree. Some of the official ships turned around and headed for Luoyang~!"

Xiao Yu thought about it, and decided to ask Li Er's opinion, otherwise so much food would be moved and there would be nowhere to put it, which would only make mice cheaper.

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