Yang Heshu watched them leave with a smile, then turned to Manbao and said, "I'll have Wantian contact various families later. The cattle that your Brother Si and the others brought back haven't been registered yet, so it's quite easy to slaughter them, and this is Xiazhou."
Speaking of Xiazhou not lacking cattle, it truly doesn't lack cattle.
One-third of Xiazhou's territory is engaged in nomadic herding, and there are court and private horse farms here, so the restrictions on draft cattle aren't as strict as within the pass.
However, at this time, people inside the city can't get out, and those outside are trying hard to avoid the city, so there's no real shortage of grain.
After all, the incident happened after the autumn harvest had ended, and not only do various houses have reserves, but the government also has considerable tax grain. The current grain price surge is largely due to panic, with people unsure of when the epidemic will end.
