Now that Li Yunjin knew the whole story from Xiao Cui's mouth, she understood what Murong Yun meant by asking.
She was taught by Imperial Censor Li since she was a child. Before she got married, she was in charge of the accounting department at home. Now that she has accepted work in such a large princess mansion, she is not in a hurry. She pondered for a while before answering.
"About 50,000 stones of food and fodder. Princess, although you are not short of money, you cannot purchase grain in a short period of time, which will easily cause the price of grain to rise on the market. At that time, the lives of ordinary people will be difficult."
Li Yunjin had a look of embarrassment on her face. These 50,000 stones were kept in the Princess Mansion's own storehouse and stores without affecting the market price as much as possible.
If it weren't for the large number of villages left behind by the eldest princess and some grain shops operating on the shop floor, They wouldn't even be able to make up this number.
Murong Yun naturally understood what Li Yunjin said, just like in modern times, if something happens, salt, pepper, and eggs will rise, and the profits are high.
Sometimes, money is not the only solution.
Especially things like food prices, otherwise Murong Yun would have been able to get enough food and fodder by replacing everything with the property of the Princess Mansion...
And fifty thousand stones is just a drop in the bucket...
"Moreover, Princess, how are you going to transport so much food and fodder?"
Regarding this issue, Murong Yun also thought about it. At worst, she would send out all the strong men in the princess mansion to pull it out.
The eldest princess, the mother of the original owner, had left three thousand Luan Guards for the original owner. All of them were experts at level five or above. Although some of them were overqualified, they were still good for transporting grain and fodder.
Li Yunjin stayed by Murong Yun's side for a long time. Looking at her face, she guessed quite a bit about her plans. She shook her head, sighed, and had to settle the score with Murong Yun.
"County Princess, do you know how much it costs to transport 50,000 stones of grain?"
As soon as Li Yunjin said this, Murong Yun raised her head with questioning eyes. She didn't know why she asked this?
Seeing Murong Yun's reaction, Li Yunjin knew that this noble princess did not know the difficulties of transporting food and fodder to the army.
If her father Li Qing, as censor, had not impeached a grain and fodder transportation officer, she would not have known that this seemingly simple task of escorting grain and fodder transportation actually had many twists and turns.
In order to make Murong Yun realize the difficulty, Li Yunjin looked around, took pen, ink, paper and inkstone, spread out the rice paper, and settled the accounts with her.
"If fifty thousand stones are transported using the most durable mules nowadays, ten thousand stones would require at least two thousand mules to pull them. Fifty thousand stones would require ten thousand mules..."
By the time Li Yunjin got 10,000 mules, Murong Yun's eyes had gradually widened... She finally realized that in this era, there was no such thing as logistics... Li Yunjin looked at her reaction and continued
"Not to mention whether the princess can buy so many mules, even if you have them, the journey to Liao Provincial City counting day and night and the mules will not sleep, then it will take more than twenty days."
"In addition, the mules' fodder comes and goes. Princess, how much of this food and fodder do you think will be left before you reach the Liao Province?
At this time, Murong Yun had gradually become sluggish...
"I'm afraid that with these 50,000 stones, we will have to raise many mules on the road. Otherwise, His Majesty will not hesitate to make a decision."
After saying these words, Murong Yun is petrified on the spot, on her beautiful and delicate face is her mouth slightly open.
She finally understood. It turned out that it was not that South Chu couldn't get the grain, but that he had it but couldn't transport it.
If we really do this, I am afraid that in Liao Provincial City, the only ones who can be used as food are those 10,000 mules that have lost weight due to running... This will leave a lasting impression on history.
At least this deed will be a negative example in the history of war for a thousand years to come.
These 50,000 stones is equivalent to about 3,000 tons of modern grain, are indeed a big problem in a world without automobiles and oil.
Could she just watch the soldiers and people in Liao Provincial City starve and repeat the plot in the book?
Thinking of this, Murong Yun frowned, with a sad look on her face, and was filled with sighs for a moment.
At this moment, a green shadow plopped out from the half-open window lattice and jumped directly into the fruit plate in front of Murong Yun's table.
"Jiji!"
The visitor held his head high and his chest high, looking very arrogant. He raised his little head and flapped his two shiny wings. The familiar feeling of wanting to beat him was exactly what Murong Yun felt when she caught it from the persimmon tree a few days ago.
"Er Mao? If you don't stay in the big golden cage, why do you come to this princess to make your presence felt?"
After Er Mao was caught by Luan Yi, it lived here for a long time, saw that the living conditions here were good, so he stopped making trouble.
The person who raised it saw that the bird recognized its appearance and that it was a rare second-grade spiritual beast, so he asked Murong Yun if he could keep it free-range, and Murong Yun waved her hand in response.
After that, Er Mao lived a life of a fairy, eating and drinking every day, and wandering back and forth between the princess's mansion and the general's mansion. When Murong Yun saw him, he didn't bother to restrain the freedom of a bird.
It's just that Murong Yun was in a depressed mood at the moment and had no leisure time to amuse the bird, so she just fanned her hand towards it tactfully.
Seeing this, Er Mao stepped back with his feet, then tilted his head, and tapped a spiritual fruit in the fruit plate with his beak. There was a bit of questioning in his eyes, as if he was asking her, if he can eat it?
"Chi chi chi chi chi chi!"
Murong Yun supported her chin with one hand, and her peripheral vision was still on the answer sheet of the ten thousand mules calculated by Li Yunjin. Seeing that this Er Mao had become polite recently, she thought that she was not a stingy master, so she did not embarrass it.
"Eat, eat."
"Jiji~"
Er Mao raised his head again and made a sweet bird call. Then he pressed his paw on the fruit to prevent it from running away, and started to peck it.
"This bird knows how to choose the best to eat. This spiritual fruit is a specialty of Longchuan County. Governor Lin Yuan works day and night to ensure the freshness of this fruit."
Xiao Cui looked at this monkeying around Er Mao eating happily, with interest and some emotion on her face, and even reached out to tap his fancy long crest feathers.
Long Chuan County? Her fiefdom? Murong Yun's eyes moved, and an idea suddenly came to her mind.
"Luan Yi!"
Murong Yun directly called Luan Yi from the darkness. As far as she knew, the headquarters of the Luan Guard was in Long Chuan County, and Luan Yi, as the leader of the Luan Guard, was the person most familiar with Long Chuan County in the Princess Mansion!
"County Princess."
From the darkness, Luan Yi came out in response, kneeling on one knee, wearing the exquisite Luan Guard exclusive mask that remained unchanged all year round.
"Do you know if there is any waterway from Liujing to Long Chuan County? Also, is there any waterway from Long Chuan County to Liao Provincial City?"
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