Open source also starts from two aspects.

On the one hand, the land is reclaimed and the fields are ready to prepare for the spring planting in the coming year.

Akmesser didn't know that this method was too long-term, not to mention that the surrounding areas of Brother Port could not be cultivated to support the 200,000-strong army, and even if they were reclaimed, they would not be able to hold out on to the first wave of grain harvest.

But they still have to do this, that is, to calm the morale of the army in this way, tell them that they have a long-term plan, and can override the difficult situation in front of them, if they show too much panic, how can they make the bottom feel at ease?

Secondly, there is the effect of distracting those soldiers, and it is better to have something to do than to be idle and foolish.

On the other hand, Akmesser set his sights on the most abundant aquatic resources in the Desperate Swamp, and most of the Kingsley family's few warships became fishing boats, and began to try to catch fish, hoping to delay the time of food shortage.

However, the effect is not ideal.

Fishing is also a technical job, and the Carthusian army is mainly mountainous, and the soldiers who come from here, most of them are landlubbers, and they can't even swim, let alone fish.

The Eternal Night Leader will not sit idly by while they relieve their pressure, and the Eternal Night Leader's assault ships and the crocodile's miniature warships are frequently attacked.

If you don't start an all-out war with them, you just keep harassing them, so that they can't fight.

Needless to say, throttling is to pick food from the mouths of their own soldiers.

The Kingsley family's Eastern Army has now begun to fully implement the food rationing system.

All the food was collected and guarded by the most trusted elite guards of Akmaise.

Even Akmaiser, the supreme commander, took the lead in receiving only half-full food every day, let alone the people at the bottom.

"It's not a way to go on like this, morale is already low, if we continue to have enough to eat, for a long time, even if we don't collapse on our own, when the enemy pushes back, we don't have the strength to resist. Ser Kleist addressed Axmeither.

"Does Lord Sir have any good ideas?" asked Axmer rhetorically.

"It's a bit of a stopgap measure, so I don't know if it's right to talk about it. Sir Kleist was a little hesitant.

"What time is it now, there are no taboos, as long as it is beneficial to us, we can say it. In less than a month, Akmaiser's dazzling blonde hair has turned gray in half, which shows how much pressure he has been under during this time.

"Your Majesty's side, it will be difficult to come out with results for a while, and until then, we can only rely on ourselves, and we still have to find a way from the Eternal Night Army Leader and the Crocodile Clan......" Sir Kleist said with a clear analysis.

"Go on!" Akmaiser was expressionless, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

"Those crocodile civilians, take them and negotiate with the Eternal Night Commander, allow them to ransom them back, and we will only accept food. "Doing so, in one fell swoop, will bring food to the account, lighten the burden, and avoid further riots." ”

"It's a solution, but the Eternal Night Leader is just afraid that he won't, right?" Akmesser said with a heartfelt expression.

After repeated consumption, there are still a lot of remnants of crocodile cannon fodder in their hands, no more, no less, nearly 20,000 less.

The reason why cannon fodder is called cannon fodder is because they will not be treated as human beings at all, they rush to the forefront of the most dangerous things, and all kinds of supplies in ordinary times are the worst, barely starving to death.

After taking down the brother port, it means that they have no use value, even the pitiful normal supplies have been canceled, and there are still some leftovers of other troops, and in the end there is not even this one.

Because the food of other units of the Eastern Army began to be supplied in limited quantities, when they couldn't even fill their stomachs, how could they be willing to waste a grain of food?

Pots and pans are cleaner than dogs licking, and any bit of oil will be swept into the stomach.

Those crocodile civilians are now only afraid that they are already at the bottom of the abyss of despair, and they don't know how many have frozen to death and starved to death.

Had it not been for Sir Kleist's reminder, Axmer, the Supreme Commander, would not have thought of them.

"The appetite of the Eternal Night Army Leader is even greater than ours, not only do they want to eat the Despair Swamp, but they also want to eat the crocodile people together, they pay great attention to the maintenance of this aspect, they are only afraid that they care more about the life and death of these crocodile civilians than those crocodile elders, as long as the marshal nods, they will not refuse, I am willing to go to the Eternal Night Army Leader as a messenger to negotiate this matter." "Sir Kleist's analysis of the Eternal Night Leader is as thorough as ever.

"No, I can't. Axmeiser shook his head and rejected Sir Kleist's offer.

"Why?" Sir Kleist was stunned, obviously not expecting the other party to reject his proposal, "This matter is beneficial to both sides, no matter how much food you get, it can effectively alleviate the current crisis, and we can even use it as capital to blackmail the Eternal Night Commander to obtain more privileges......"

"Sir, don't be anxious, wait until I'm done. Akmaiser's tense face finally showed the first smile in these days, "There is no problem with your proposal, not only is there no problem, but it will even open up a new situation for us, but there are some things that need to be changed slightly." ”

"What is going to change a little?" said Sir Kleist, questioningly.

"Sir is afraid that he will not be negotiable, right?" asked Akmesser rhetorically.

"No, that's a profession only for bankrupts, and although I have been displaced, I have never worried about money. A hint of embarrassment flashed in Sir Kleist's eyes.

The upheaval of being expelled from his family was the most unbearable thing Sir Kleist could look back on, and the scar he was most reluctant to mention.

Akmesser asked, obviously with a bit of a mapping meaning.

What people lose, they want to make up for the most.

Sir Kleist had lost his inheritance, so he spent most of his life in the pursuit of a knighthood, and even without it, he behaved more like a normal knight.

The profession of a merchant is worse than that of a farmer, and he would rather starve to death than engage in it.

But Akmaise's next words made him know that he was a little nervous, "Those businessmen, in order to obtain more profits, will artificially affect the market, such as in the abundance of materials, When the price is low, a large amount of food is eaten, when the materials are scarce, the high price is sold, the more scarce, the higher the price they sell, the same is true for negotiations, if we take the initiative to send it to the door, it will make us very weak, fall into passivity, come to people, allocate a sum of materials to the crocodile slave barracks, the number is allocated according to one-third of the other barracks, there must be no deduction in the middle, starting tomorrow, I will personally check the number of crocodile slave soldiers dead. ”

Akmaiser was clearly well aware of the virtues of the soldiers below, if he did not show that he took this matter seriously.

Those quartermasters dared to secretly make a black move, and the food allocated to the crocodile slave barracks was in the hands of other troops as soon as it changed hands, and the crocodile slave barracks would not get a grain of grain, anyway, no one would speak for those slave cannon fodder.

Of course, this stealing is not free, and it requires the recipient of the grain to pay a certain price, even if it is not an open sale of grain, it always has to be meaningful.

This situation will become more and more serious as the duration of the food shortage of the Eastern Army lasts.

Even if he shows his attention now, the crocodile slave barracks will not get the full amount of food, at most they will put on a façade, and there will not be so many people starving to death.

Although Akmesser knew this situation, he could only turn a blind eye.

Because it involved a wide range of things, not only the local lords and nobles of the Carthusian military domain, but also many of their own cronies were involved.

If someone supports you, you can sit firmly in the position of commander-in-chief, right?

However, this does not mean that Akmesser will blindly connive at them, if they don't know what to do, in order to maintain the stability of the Eastern Army, he said that he must not kill them on a large scale and purge a group.

In the case of complete isolation, it is not all disadvantages, but there are still one or two advantages.

Akmesser now has the supreme power of life and death in the Eastern Army, even if there is a flying eagle to pass the book, Grand Duke Buck does not dare to easily question Akmerser's orders.

Because it is more difficult for Akmesser to bring out the Eastern Army than it is to bring it into the ditch, how can it be thousands of times more difficult?

Grand Duke Buck now has no way to restrain Akmaiser, the only thing he can trust is the bond of family loyalty, and he must give Akmer 100% trust, whether it is real or pretended.

If anyone dares to make any slander about Akmesser's disloyalty to Archduke at this time, Archduke Buck will chop him up with his own hands as soon as possible.

Grand Duke Buck knew this, and so did Akmesser.

Akmaiser did not let this make him arrogant, but became more cautious and did not fall into anyone's hands.

He really didn't think about trading crocodile cannon fodder with the Eternal Night Leader?

I'm afraid that I won't see it, he has been thinking about this matter all this time, and it is impossible for him not to see such an obvious bunch of people here.

But the problem is that he took the initiative to contact the Eternal Night Leader, but he was afraid that he would touch the hearts of a group of people.

Therefore, even if there is such a consideration in mind, it must wait, and wait for a special agent like Sir Kleist of Buck to take the initiative.

Because once they put it forward, it means that they have reached an agreement with Archduke Buck in advance, and then he will push the boat and take advantage of the situation.

Of course, whether there are such political considerations in this is only known to Axmeiser himself, and he is now behaving like Sir Kleist waking up from his dreams.

Sir Kleist is a smart man, and he understands Axmeiser's intentions in an instant, and can't help but give a thumbs up and say: "Your Excellency, Marshal, far-sighted, and better scheming, you can indeed take more initiative in doing so, but how can we be sure that the Eternal Night Leader takes the initiative? ”

"Your Excellency, didn't you already say it just now? Does the Eternal Night Army Leader care more about the life and death of these cannon fodder than the crocodiles? Then let the wind out, in order to save food, we are going to slaughter all these useless civilians, if they are not in a hurry, they will push some of them to the river, and cut them down in front of the Eternal Night Army Leader and the crocodile people, to see if they are in a hurry. Akmaiser said with a cold face.

"High, really high. "All Sir Kleist can do is keep giving his thumbs up.

In terms of ruthlessness, he is not a star and a half worse than Akmesser, who has been a general for many years, and the same strategy came out of the mouths of the two, and there was an immediate difference in the pattern.

Sir Kleist was more inclined to political maneuvers, but Axmer was an out-and-out offensive and defensive means of the army.

"If there are no other opinions, let's start with the implementation. "Axmater didn't pay attention to Sir Kleist's sycophant, even if he ate too much of this kind of thing, at most he would feel comfortable, and the fart would not be useful.

Just when the Kingsley family was in full swing to prepare, trying to get the Eternal Night Army leader to take the initiative to negotiate with them.

The Eternal Night Leader has been fighting over this issue for several days, and it is not the Crocodile Council of Elders who has taken the initiative to raise the issue, but the Eternal Night Lord's Military Staff.

As Sir Kleist just said, the Eternal Night Leader not only wants to eat the Swamp of Despair, but also wants to eat the crocodiles, and as long as they can, they will try to establish a positive image of themselves among the crocodiles.

The cannon fodder of the crocodile people detained by the Kingsley family in the hands of the Eastern Army is undoubtedly an opportunity.

These long-suffering people know that life is precious, and they are more grateful, especially to those who have rescued them.

"That's tens of thousands of our people, and it's our duty to save them from fire and water. The views expressed by the chief of staff of the main force, Kelman, represent the opinions of his military staff officers.

"How do you save them? Negotiate with the Kingsley family? Order them to release them unconditionally? Do you think it's possible? What kind of demands do you think they will make once they exchange their interests? Let them cross the river? Or do you exchange food for food?" One of the elders of the crocodile tribe questioned it, "I think the safest thing is to keep the current situation unchanged, drag them out of fatigue first, and then then they take the initiative to come to the door, and they will have to agree to whatever conditions we offer." ”

"Do you still have any humanity?" Tagore, the cannon general, couldn't hide the anger in his heart, and asked loudly, "There may be your clansmen among them, do you think the Kingsley family will care about their life or death? Before the Kingsley family is cornered, those clansmen are afraid that they will already be dead, what else can they talk about? This kind of thing, before it is too late." ”

"I did this for the sake of my people, for the sake of the overall situation, I must abandon the interests of a small number of people, this is what you taught me when you first defended the city, Your Excellency General, why have you forgotten it now?" said the elder named Manuel, with a stiff neck.

This white-haired crocodile elder is a notoriously troublesome for the leaders of the Eternal Night Army.

It seems that every time he is fighting against the leader of the Eternal Night, he was on the walls of Brother Harbor when he questioned why Tagore didn't open the city gate to save the cannon fodder of the crocodiles who had been driven away.

Now he turned around and blocked the Eternal Night Leader's proposal to free the Kingsley family's cannon fodder, and blocked the Eternal Night Leader with the words he had taught him when the Eternal Night Army leader was defending the city.

If you simply think that Elder Manuel is targeting the Eternal Night Leader, you are very mistaken.

His territory is near Brother Harbor, the tribe is the earliest and most powerful group of influences by the Eternal Night Commander, when the crocodile civilians retreated, his clan retreated into the Eternal Night Commander, and he didn't particularly care if the Eternal Night Commander annexed the Crocodile.

In his own words, he doesn't have a few years to live, and his children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and he can't manage so much anymore.

Many times, he stands on the side of self-belief in correctness and justice, he is still a donkey, stubborn and stubborn, and once he has determined a thing, it is difficult to be convinced.

Now he is firmly on the side of the overall situation, for the final victory of the desperate swamp, dragging the Kingsley family to conquer the Eastern Army is the first priority, and everything else has to make way for this.