Seeing Sang Jueqian's frown, Li Junyan knew that it would take time to find a solution to this problem.
"Don't worry, Qianqian, it doesn't matter if you can't think of a solution right now.
There are 50,000 people in Tingzhou. Even if only two-fifths of them were to farm, all the land in Tingzhou could be opened up."
After three years of drought, the people of Tingzhou are not afraid of hard work, but they are afraid that they will not have the opportunity to work hard.
After hearing Li Junyan's comfort, Sang Jueqian realized that he was too impatient.
She couldn't treat this as a real-life farming game, buying food, seeds, and equipment so that the people of Tingzhou could have enough food and clothing without doing anything.
That's not helping them, it's only ruining them.
"Qianqian, just help me customize a batch of farm tools." Li Junyan said finally.
Sang Jueqian nodded seriously and turned on his phone. "What kind of farm tools do you want? Can you draw a design? Only with the design can we get the factory to make it."
"Okay, I'll draw it now."
Li Junyan took a sketch pen and a sketchbook in his hands and started drawing quickly.
Li Junyan, dressed in ancient costume, was drawing with modern paper and pen in his hands. Although the picture looked a little weird, the overall feeling it gave Sang Jueqian was still beautiful.
Good-looking people look good no matter what they do!
Not long after, Li Junyan finished drawing several pictures and handed them to Sang Jueqian.
Sang Jueqian looked carefully and found that these farm tools were ones she had seen in some TV dramas before, but they had been improved and seemed to be more useful.
Li Junyan not only drew it, but also carefully marked the dimensions on the side.
With this drawing, it is much easier to make it.
"I'll ask them to find the factory's contact information now and have them start working on it."
"I'd also like to ask Qianqian to help me buy some shovels, rakes, and hoes."
"No problem, I'll place the order now."
Shovels, rakes and hoes are all very common items. After finding the manufacturer's contact information on the Internet, Sang Jueqian called them directly and ordered 10,000 of each.
At first, the other party thought Sang Jueqian was joking and was deliberately making fun of them.
Sang Jueqian added them on WeChat and transferred a deposit first. Only then did the other party believe that Sang Jueqian was serious, and their attitude changed 180 degrees in an instant.
Although the quantity Sang Jueqian requested was large, it was not a problem for their factory. They immediately arranged for loading and it would be delivered tomorrow.
Sang Jueqian also understood that he was helping them clear out their inventory.
We have done something mutually beneficial, which is great!
While Sang Jueqian was busy shopping, Li Junyan was not idle either.
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Outside Prince Chen's Palace, a large number of people gathered as usual.
The food sent by Sang Jueqian is enough to feed the 50,000 people in Tingzhou for ten days to half a month.
Li Junyan did not distribute all the food, but asked all the people to line up every day to receive the daily rations.
Although this is more troublesome, it can prevent some opportunists from taking advantage of the opportunity to hoard food.
The people were queuing up to receive their daily rations when they suddenly saw Li Junyan coming out and began to kneel down.
"The prince is coming out! The prince is coming to see us!"
"Thank you, Your Highness! It was Your Highness who saved our lives! If Your Highness hadn't come to Tingzhou, distributed water and food, and now arranged for people to dig wells, we would have died long ago!"
"It was the prince who saved my entire family. From now on, everyone in our family, young and old, will serve him like slaves!"
Listening to the people's words of gratitude, Li Junyan remained calm. He waited until they quieted down before speaking.
"Whether it's the water you drink or the food, meat, salt, and sugar you eat, they are all gifts from the goddess.
You should not only be grateful to this king, but also to the goddesses."
The people all prostrated themselves before the ground, shouting, "Thank you, goddess!"
Li Junyan waved his hand, quieting everyone down again. "The goddess is willing to help you because she is compassionate, but you have hands and feet, and you can't let the goddess support you and your descendants forever.
From today on, everyone must work and do what they can.
From now on, all the people in Tingzhou will be subject to the same management as the soldiers in the army.
The elderly and children raise chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep, and weave bamboo mats, bamboo baskets, straw backpacks and other daily necessities.
Both young men and women have to go to the fields to cultivate farmland, sow seeds, water, weed and fertilize.
Don't tell me you can't do it. If you can't, you can learn. If you don't want to learn and just want to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor, relying on me and the goddesses to support you, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
After Li Junyan finished speaking, the people slowly stood up and looked at each other.
After a while, an old man hesitated and said, "Your Highness, we have no grain. Even our farm tools and any valuable ironware have been exchanged for food. We don't even have any poultry!"
If they had these, why would they sit idle all day, with their palms facing up, begging for food?
“I have already told the goddess about these things, and she will grant them to you, but you need to cherish them and take good care of them.
Anyone who dares to waste, hide, eat or sell food secretly will be severely punished with fifty strokes of the cane and expelled from Tingzhou."
When they heard that they would be expelled from Tingzhou, everyone looked horrified.
If they are expelled and have no household registration or travel permit, they will become refugees.
The fate of the refugees was either to become government slaves or to become black slaves.
Neither of the two is what they want.
The people kowtowed again, shouting, "Don't worry, Your Majesty! We will do our utmost to fulfill our responsibilities and will never let you down, Your Majesty, and the goddess!"
Li Junyan just listened to what the people said.
Everyone has their own unique face. No matter what they say or think, only they themselves know.
In order to prevent them from being lazy and slacking off, he has written a detailed plan to recruit all of them and put them under military management.
I learned the concept of "militarized management, everyone is a soldier" from Qianqian, and it is very suitable for Tingzhou now.
Thinking of Sang Jueqian, Li Junyan's eyebrows were filled with a smile, and there was tenderness in his eyes.
"There's one more thing," Li Junyan said loudly, "I will have someone select a site near the palace to build a shrine to the goddess. If any of your residences are chosen, I will compensate you ten times the value of your current home and also arrange new accommodations for you."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became excited.
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