What did these nobles hoard so much food for?

Hoarding?

This is the act of a fool.

Luoyang City, as the capital of a country, will never be short of food. There are nearly 20 million stones of food stored nearby, which is enough to suppress all profiteers.

Moreover, politically, as the emperor's residence, at the foot of the emperor, any nobleman would be unable to think about it and do this.

Make an inappropriate metaphor.

In the local area, such as Jiangxi Prefecture, if a hundred people die, the court ignores them, and at most urges them to review them.

In Luoyang, even if a person dies, even if his identity is a beggar, the entire county and the yard have to make a big fuss and investigate clearly.

Even the prefect of Luoyang would be personally concerned, and perhaps the censor would impeach him at the court meeting.

Not to mention anything else, the Imperial City Department reports on the prices in Luoyang and other aspects every day. This is an iron rule.

If you can't even control your own capital, let alone those places.

Most people do not understand the behavior of these nobles, but Li Jia understands.

In other words, the wealthy families and senior officials who have passed through the troubled times also understood.

In the hundreds of years of troubled times, human life is not worth much, gold and silver are not worth much, but food is hard to buy.

Therefore, even though the Tang Dynasty was restored, they still couldn't let it go and still saved food just in case.

Li Jia was not very afraid of this.

Since they know, they have accumulated food in their families, and when they are short of food, can they buy it directly at a low price?

Instead, it saves a lot of storage pressure and losses.

But, how to reduce losses in Luoyang?

In other words, let Luoyang walk on two legs or even three legs no longer focus on reliance on canal transportation, and avoid letting Luoyang become a tragedy in the later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

"It's just a pity that the Nanyang Basin is really not smooth. Funiu Mountain blocks the road, with too much loss and no convenient canal."

The emperor muttered, and he was in a bad mood.

I thought Luoyang could avoid the disadvantages of Bianliang and the benefits of canals, which was really good, but with the increase of S' population, if it was a bottomless pit, it would absorb everything around it.

The dependence on the canal is getting deeper and deeper.

In other words, as long as a thousand troops in the Huaihai area cut off the grain transportation, Luoyang can be cut off food.

This is why the Fang La Uprising panicked the Northern Song Dynasty. When the Jiangnan chaos occurred, Kaifeng would go hungry and spend tens of thousands of troops.

"Even if you spend a lot of money, you have to build a spacious official road from Luoyang to Nanyang."

Li Jia made up her mind that the transportation capacity for the current official road was too small, and it was not hindered by the large-scale transportation of food and grass, but it was difficult for people to carry food and grass on a large scale.

Therefore, it must be expanded.

But, how to reduce losses?

In today's era, water conservancy is the most labor-saving way of transportation, and there is no use that can be used to go to Nanyang.

“How about horse-drawn railcars?”

The emperor couldn't help but remember that among the novels he had read, there was such a whimsical technique.

The feasibility is unknown, but the brains are really good.

Build a wooden track, wrap it in iron, and then let the carriage be on the track, and let the horse pull and drive.

Due to the track, the resistance is greatly reduced and the pressure on horses is reduced by half. Horses can continue to walk for hundreds of miles a day, which is no problem.

If you change horses, it’s OK to have two hundred miles a day.

From Luoyang to Nanyang, there are 600 miles. If this track is implemented, it will take a lot of financial resources, and three or four days to get Nanyang's food to Luoyang, which is worth it anyway.

However, there are disadvantages.

This is expensive and not as convenient as the canal.

The emperor was familiar with history books, and the feudal era was in a state of abandonment in the court within fifty or sixty years.

But, this is finally a way out.

It won’t let the canal transportation get stuck.

"Two legs!"

The emperor nodded, feeling quite satisfied.

"Your Majesty, this is a temporary residence permit made by Luoyang Mansion--"

Tian Fu knocked on the door softly, walked in, and presented the temporary residence permit made by Luoyang Prefecture.

That is, on the emperor's oral order, Luoyang Prefecture rushed to work overnight and created a batch of temporary residence permits to control the population of Luoyang.

The local people in Luoyang have their own household registration, but outsiders do not, so they can only use temporary residence permits.

In this way, there will be control over the people from other places who come and go to Luoyang.

What they come to do, how long they live, and where they come from are clear at a glance. Not only can they control the population, but they also actively and effectively maintain Luoyang's public security.

The emperor took a quick look.

I saw that this temporary residence permit was made of a bamboo plaque, with a brush writing description of origin, name, age, time, and appearance. In today's era, water conservancy is the most labor-saving way of transportation, and there is no use to go to Nanyang.

“How about horse-drawn railcars?”

The emperor couldn't help but remember that among the novels he had read, there was such a whimsical technique.

The feasibility is unknown, but the brains are really good.

Build a wooden track, wrap it in iron, and then let the carriage be on the track, and let the horse pull and drive.

Due to the track, the resistance is greatly reduced and the pressure on horses is reduced by half. Horses can continue to walk for hundreds of miles a day, which is no problem.

If you change horses, it’s OK to have two hundred miles a day.

From Luoyang to Nanyang, there are 600 miles. If this track is implemented, it will take a lot of financial resources, and three or four days to get Nanyang's food to Luoyang, which is worth it anyway.

However, there are disadvantages.

This is expensive and not as convenient as the canal.

The emperor was familiar with history books, and the feudal era was in a state of abandonment in the court within fifty or sixty years.

But, this is finally a way out.

It won’t let the canal transportation get stuck.

"Two legs!"

The emperor nodded, feeling quite satisfied.

"Your Majesty, this is a temporary residence permit made by Luoyang Mansion--"

Tian Fu knocked on the door softly, walked in, and presented the temporary residence permit made by Luoyang Prefecture.

That is, on the emperor's oral order, Luoyang Prefecture rushed to work overnight and created a batch of temporary residence permits to control the population of Luoyang.

The local people in Luoyang have their own household registration, but outsiders do not, so they can only use temporary residence permits.

In this way, there will be control over the people from other places who come and go to Luoyang.

What they come to do, how long they live, and where they come from are clear at a glance. Not only can they control the population, but they also actively and effectively maintain Luoyang's public security.

The emperor took a quick look. What they came to do, how long they lived, and where they came from were clear at a glance. Not only could they control the population, but they also actively and effectively maintained the public security in Luoyang.
Chapter completed!