Chapter 114 Thousands of Miles to Send Food

Su Cong collected the things of the villagers in the township and pushed the door in and said, "Adults, the children's items and clothes that can be used immediately have been picked out, and the rest have been put into the small warehouse." ”

"Hmm!"

Cheng Jia nodded, bowing his head and sorting out all the grain in the entire eastern suburbs.

"Now that the royal city of Yingdu is in danger, do you still want to go north?"

Su Congli was worried about the tunnel on one side, now if Cheng Jia goes to the north again, the princess has just given birth, and there is no one in the country to preside over major affairs, then what should be done with the royal city of Yingdu? This is the foundation of the Chu State, if the Chu and Jin wars are lost, they can fight again, but if the Chu State is occupied by the rebellious ministers and thieves.

The country will not be a country......

It's really going to change.

And in his selfish heart, he felt that this was the best opportunity for Cheng Jia to ascend to the throne.

If the Ao clan has controlled the government of Chu for nearly three hundred years, and eleven Ling Yin has been issued, it is time to change to a new one and bring a new atmosphere to Chu State.

This is also an opportunity for all the poor scholars in their eastern suburbs to be promoted, as well as a chance for all the common people and slaves.

In the future, even if it is another hundred years, it will be difficult for the Chu State to produce a Ling Yin who is not a nobleman like Cheng Jia.

"I'm not going, but you're going!"

Cheng Jia stopped his pen and looked up at Su Congdao.

Su Cong was overjoyed when he heard this, "Yes, my lord!"

The lifeblood of the Northern Expedition and the key to victory and defeat are finally the "grain" of both sides , Why did the Chu Yong War last so long, it was because of the war of resource plundering generated by no grain, but the north is thousands of miles away from Jingman, the combat radius is too large, and the food on the front line is according to the initial estimate, even if the food from the northern border cities such as Wancheng Shencheng is replenished nearby, it should be limited, so they must move immediately, otherwise the Chu State will be defeated again against the northern coalition army, if there is any news in the country, it will definitely make the other vassal states covetous, and a victory can make them afraid, even if a war breaks out in the Chu State, they can also buy more time to calm down the civil strife。

However, considering the difficulty of fighting on two fronts, he arbitrarily divided all the grain harvested in the first season of this year's harvest in the eastern suburbs into two parts, and even requisitioned the grain for the winter in advance, and this winter is all counting on the rice planted in the second season now.

I only heard him say to Su Cong, "Now that Yingdu has fallen into the hands of Yue Jiao, it must not be easy for us to get it back." There is only so much food, I will leave half of it, in order to make a fool of it, and you will take the rest to the north, cross Yunmengze, follow the Hanshui and Yellow River, take the waterway, and rush to Zheng Guo as fast as possible to ask for help from the attached horse!

"Yes, sir!"

Su Cong received the order and immediately took a few stewards from the eastern suburbs out overnight to start arranging.

Throughout the night, from his private residence to the entire eastern suburbs, countless torches were lit, and they were not extinguished.

All the villagers are deep and shallow, from one warehouse kiln to another, carrying bags of grain, loaded with wooden oxen, horses and donkey carts, each car is loaded with nearly 2,000 catties of grain, and a cart is carried out, nearly 100 cars, end to end, all the way to the sound of ruts, swinging and towering, along the bank of the river to the long dragon, transported to the shallow wharf five miles away from the eastern suburbs, and continuously to the 100,000 Chu army in the north thousands of miles away, sending new "blood".

If there was no rebellion within the Chu State at this time, there would be no major war outside.

The King of Chu presided over this year's autumn harvest ceremony, which must be an exciting thing for the Chu people, who have been plagued by disasters and floods for many years.

It has even gone down in history.

It's a pity for the year's efforts.

In the end, because of Yue Jiao's sudden attack, it was in vain again, and following the Chu Yong War, a foreseeable war will return to the Chu State.

Under the auspices of Su Cong, the eastern suburbs wharf has been working day and night since the beginning of this month, and the external works of the wharf have been basically completed, but the interior has not been completed.

The four giant building boats docked on the bank of the rippling blue river, have hung up the cloud sails, the north wind is high, like a giant dragon swallowing whales, open the dragon's mouth, drop the ship's board, stretch out a dragon's whiskers, and allow the villagers and the Cheng clan to carry bags of grain into the bottom of the ship.

Figures on the building boat, coming and going.

The lights are on all night.

In the hope that if they could sail sooner, they would be able to return to the court as soon as possible and bring back the army to quell the rebels in the country.

Cheng Jia ordered people to bring tables, chairs and screens, when the wind sat on the bow of the ship, counted the amount of grain, and a cart of grain got on the boat, he used a red pen to draw a stroke, and the grain book was densely packed with his red Zhu batches.

Standing quietly on the side holding a torch for him, he couldn't wait to snatch the pen from his hand: "Childe, your serious injury has not healed, or you will go back to the cabin, and you haven't rested well, what if you catch the wind cold again?"

"The Chu-Jin War can't end in one day, and Yingdu has no one to preside over it for a day, where can I have time to rest?" Cheng Jia continued to work hard, did not stop, and continued to inquire, "You let Su Cong and them go to see how many of the three big ships are loaded in the back." ”

"Time is running out!"

"Yes, Childe!"

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