Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner: Chapter 83 food shortage

"Tony, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Tangning's frown, Heidi asked with concern.

Tangning didn't answer, but handed over the letter in her hand. Heidi took a look and couldn't help exclaiming: "Oh my God! Is New Orleans so short of food right now?"

This letter was written to Tangning by Rob, Tangning's old housekeeper who stayed in New Orleans. Basically, one letter a month. Although this letter is long, it is actually just two words - food shortage!

"This is normal, because most of the land in New Orleans and even the entire South is used to grow cotton. There is not much grain at all, and at most corn is grown for livestock. Originally, wheat was purchased from the North and the United Kingdom. , but now the north will definitely not sell it, and the UK has suffered disasters this year, food production has been reduced, and the sea road has been blocked, so naturally there is a shortage of food!" Tangning explained.

Heidi breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, before you leave, remind Rob to secretly store a lot of food, otherwise it will be troublesome!"

Tangning echoed, "Yes, look at how miserable the letter is, and if there is no food, how can this battle go on!"

In fact, New Orleans at this time was much worse than what Rob wrote in the letter. Not only did it produce less food, but after it was occupied by the Northern Army, a lot of food was robbed. Fortunately, there were a few housekeepers in Downing Manor. , so the North Army thought that there was not much food and did not come to loot. Of course, there was not much in fact, but it was abundant compared to Rob and the others.

As for other slave-owner manors, they were not so lucky. All the food in the family was forcibly bought. As a result, food shortages would naturally occur, and food was not like other commodities, and its reduction would cause panic. Fortunately, New Orleans was under military control at this time, so it was relatively stable, but it also provided conditions for the activities and development of underground organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan.

In addition, the army is the most short of food right now. The entire Confederate army, from the commander-in-chief to General Robert Leigh to the bottom of the military, are all worried about the problem of food and grass. (There were still a lot of cavalry and carriages in this period, so fodder was needed.)

Relatively speaking, the food supply for Union soldiers was absurd. Each soldier received 12 ounces of pork per day or 1 pound and 4 ounces of beef; 1 pound and 6 ounces of soft bread or 1 pound and 4 ounces of cornmeal. And every 100 rations comes with a certain amount of sugar, salt, tea leaves, coffee beans, vinegar, candles, dried apples, dried peaches and even honey.

So much so that General Mike Owen Doyle angrily claimed that "the food we waste is enough to supply a French army equal to half of our army!" This shows the abundance and waste of the materials of the Northern Army. Of course, occasionally there are teams who are defeated and robbed of their luggage and then flee hungry. Remember s:// for a second

Heidi didn't know much about war, and after echoing a few words, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and said, "Yes, prices in London have indeed dropped a lot recently. At first, I thought things in London were so expensive. Later, I heard Kelly say that because of the increase in food prices in the previous period, all kinds of things have gone up in price."

"Then do you know why food prices in London have dropped?" Tangning asked.

Heidi shook her head and replied, "I don't know!"

"Because the wheat harvest in the north was a bumper crop this year, and we couldn't sell it to us, in order to gain the support of the UK, we sold a lot of it at a low price!" Tangning explained.

"Looking at it this way, it is still the most appropriate to grow food, or wait until you see Sister Nicole next time, Tony, please persuade her!" Heidi suggested.

Tangning waved her hand and said, "That's not necessary, after all, it's impossible for the whole world to experience a reduction in food production, so it's still possible to buy it, and Nicole and her black slaves can only grow cotton right now, and they'll consider it after they stabilize. Switch to coffee or tea!"

"Well, Brazilian coffee beans are indeed good things!" Heidi nodded in agreement.

"Actually, Vietnamese coffee is pretty good too!" At this moment, Tangning remembered the G7, which she liked to drink before her time-travel.

"Vietnam? Where is Vietnam?" Heidi asked curiously.

"It's right next to China, and now the French are there," Tangning explained.

"By the way, Tony, I heard that hundreds of thousands of people starved to death in Ireland a few years ago. Is it also because of disasters and reduced food production?" Heidi asked again.

Tangning shook her head and said, "Irish people starved to death not because of the decrease in food production. In fact, in 1846, Ireland still exported a lot of food, mainly because these landowners and church forces and the British did not treat the Irish as human beings. , so from the cause of this tragedy~www.mtlnovel.com~ so now the Irish are the most immigrant!"

While the two were chatting, Caroline asked Isabel upstairs, "Isa, do you think we can go back to New Orleans?"

Isabelle shook her head and replied, "I don't know. According to the master, even if the war is over, it is not suitable to go back for a long time. Why do you miss New Orleans?"

Caroline also shook her head and replied, "No, I actually think London is pretty good, or New York is pretty good, anyway, I just don't want to go back to New Orleans!"

Isabelle nodded in agreement. "Actually me too, because in London and New York, no one knew we were the master's slave girls, but thought they were his maids."

"Why, you don't want to be the master's slave anymore?" Caroline asked jokingly.

Isabelle hurriedly covered Caroline's mouth and said anxiously: "What nonsense are you talking about, how could I not want to be the slave girl of the master, but it's better to be a slave girl only in front of the master, and I don't want to be treated as a slave by others. Slaves come to see!"

Caroline sighed: "Isa, don't worry, I actually think so too, after all, who likes to be a slave, fortunately, the master only needs to be a slave when he is in bed, and he will treat us well at other times. OK!"

Then the conversation changed and he said, "Actually, the only thing I worry about now is Michael. I don't know what the master will arrange when he grows up."

Isabelle reassured: "I seem to have heard the master say that when he drank too much, he might send Michael to Brazil in the future, after all, the manor there needs to be managed by a reliable person, and the master cannot be there often. "

PS: Thanks to the book friends "Want to stay 2", "Second Young Master of the Yang Family", "The Thickest Fat Man", "Hot Vinegar in Jianghu", "Residual Residual Temperature", "One R-Formula Equation" for their support!