Chapter 164: Food Shortage
Wang and Li, who returned to Qizhou, were very busy, and they didn't even have time to spend the New Year together, so they separated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Li Yuanche only stayed in Qizhou for one night, and then took a few henchmen and tens of thousands of catties of grain to make a hurried tour of the north, and arranged the spring plowing of various state capitals in the entire north along the way.
This potato and corn were planted for the first time in the Northland, and although there were farmers who came from Tsukishima to teach planting experience, Li Yuanche was still worried that those soldiers who were used to the battlefield would not be able to calm down and farm, so he had to patrol all the way, and left his henchmen and generals in each state capital to be in charge of farming.
And it was not easy for Wang Jiqing to return to Qizhou City, she didn't even have time to take Yang Xu and others to tour the northern scenery as the host, so she took over the data report of the field health center handed over by her nephew Qian Lin, and analyzed the gains and losses of this newly established field medical system.
This nascent field medical system has no prior experience on this plane. Every step of its growth needs to be summarized by Wang Ji from the data and improved little by little.
In Wang Jiqing's view, this is not only related to the battlefield loss of their future struggle for the world, but also related to the precious lives of young soldiers! Life is priceless, and it is far from being comparable to the losses and pensions of those battles.
Time flowed quietly in his hands, and before he knew it, half a month had passed.
It's another year's Lantern Festival. On this day last year, Wang and Li were still secretly admiring the lanterns in the champion building in the capital; At this time this year, the two of them had already gathered in the study of the Marshal's Mansion with the Li family to discuss state affairs.
"Marshal ......., that's probably the case with the supplies in the army." Mr. Fushan, who had been staying in Qizhou, said the situation again, and then stepped aside and did not speak again. In front of the generals in the army, Mr. Fukuyama and others called Li Yuanche a marshal.
"Aren't we going hungry next month?" Even Chen Jinaxe, who was a tendon, heard the meaning of Mr. Fushan's words. The food and grass in this city is only enough for the army for half a month, and the next month will not be hungry?
"This time, we laid Liaodong, but we got some grain and grass." Qin Baoshu grabbed the yelling brother and smiled embarrassedly at Mr. Fushan. These generals were able to kill the enemy on the front line without any worries, thanks to Mr. Fushiyama in the rear, who was well deployed.
The land of Liaodong is fertile, and it is naturally better than the desolate northern Xinjiang. Moreover, there has been little war in Liaodong, although the weather is cold, farmers can also plant with peace of mind, and there is naturally some grain in stock. This time, Li Yuanche's army went eastward, but there were some gains, but I don't know how long it can last.
"It's still not enough." Mr. Fushan shook his head when he heard this, he had made detailed plans for all the grain and grass materials in the past half a month, "The grain and grass obtained from Liaodong is only enough to barely sustain the army for a month. ”
"I also ask the generals to keep this matter secret, and don't leak it out for the time being, so as not to cause panic among the soldiers below." Mr. Fushan watched the generals in the room clasp their fists and salute, and finally glanced at Wang Ji with anticipation. If they don't have enough to eat, how can the soldiers still farm and fight with peace of mind?
Wang Jiqing sat next to Li Yuanche all the time and did not speak. At this time, when I heard what Mr. Fushiyama said, my heart was also tight. Seeing the hint of anticipation in Mr. Fushiyama's eyes, she could only shake her head.
"It's too late. Even if the growth cycle of this potato is short, it will take at least three months before the harvest is made. "But the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in northern Xinjiang probably can't wait so long hungry.
"Then can we go south to buy some food and come back for emergencies?" Su Dingzhi, a young general who was subdued from Liaodong this time, saw Wang Ji shaking his head lightly, so he opened his mouth to take over the conversation. His life was saved by this woman, how could he bear to embarrass his life-saving benefactor.
Su Dingzhi, who was only fifteen years old, was born with divine power and was originally a guard general in Hulu Prefecture in eastern Liaodong. When Li Yuanche attacked Huluzhou, he was young and vigorous, and he refused to accept the opponent's fame in a battle, and went out to fight alone, and after hundreds of rounds, he was picked off the horse by Li Yuanche with a shot and pierced his right chest.
At that time, Su Dingzhi thought that he was going to die, but he was rescued by Wang Jiqing, who went to Hulu Prefecture with him, and tried his best to save him. At this point, in order to thank this miracle doctor fairy for saving his life, Su Dingzhi decided to take refuge in serving under Li Yuanche.
"It's hard to buy." Mr. Fushan shook his head with a heavy face, "Now that Guanzhong is in chaos, wars are raging, and there is already a shortage of food, where is there any surplus grain to sell to northern Xinjiang." ”
"And Jiangnan is too far away from us, even if we buy it, we can't send a large number of them to northern Xinjiang in such a war-torn environment." Guanzhong was in turmoil, not to mention the two emperors of Xinqian, that is, all the princes and princes who participated in the war were storing grain. At this time, if a large amount of grain is found, I am afraid that it will be snatched away by those princes in Guanzhong immediately, where can it be safely sent to the northern Xinjiang.
"Can we transport grain by sea?" Su Dingzhi continued, this young general who was not familiar with ordinary affairs and was bent on fighting said a little ignorantly. Wasn't the grain sent from Quanzhou from the sea this time?
"That's not good, even if we buy food, but now we have more than 300,000 troops in northern Xinjiang and Liaodong, plus the people in various states and cities, a total of 500,000 people. The daily food needs alone are hundreds of thousands of catties, where can the fleet transport so much every day? And can you insist on shipping it every day? ”
"The most important thing is that now Yuwenxin in Yizhou is attacking Jinling, Jiangnan has been affected by the war, and the rise in food prices has been stimulated, and we have no extra silver taels to buy food." Although the Wang family sent more than 8 million taels of silver to Miss Liu's face a few years ago, it was for military salaries, and it could not be used to buy grain unless it was absolutely necessary.
"What about Luyang?" Qin Baoshu opened his mouth and said, since returning to Qizhou, the second lady of the Fan family came to see the marshal that day but was not, and the generals in the army naturally knew about Luyang and the Northern Xinjiang Alliance.
Is this Luyang? Mr. Fushan did not reply immediately, but glanced at Wang Ji, who was sitting on the side, and saw that the woman did not react, so he slowly spoke.
"We won't be able to enter this Luyang City for a while. Fan Zhongyan: The old fox is still guarding against us. Since the Li family refused the request to form an alliance with the Fan family and marry, although the Fan family still asked the Li family to send troops, they did not allow the army led by Zhao Lin to enter the city, and only let it deploy in the mountains and forests outside the city.
"Marshal, according to my old Chen, you will first pretend to agree to such a family matter, and after Zhao Lin leads the troops into Luyang, you will regret it." Chen Jinaxe said with a big grin, once the marshal and Miss Fan's family have decided on their relationship, this old man can't help but let his son-in-law enter the city, right?
"General Chen!"
"Golden Axe!"
Everyone in the room was shocked when they heard this, and while drinking a tendon Chen Jinaxe, they looked at Li Yuanche and Wang Xi, who were sitting with their heads in a complicated expression.
Only from the scene of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the army returned to Qizhou in triumph, and the two entered the city side by side, even the blind could see that the marshal and the sixth lady were obviously affectionate. At this time, if the marshal agreed to the Fan family's family affairs, what should the sixth lady do? What's more, if I discuss this matter in front of the sixth lady of the family, I am afraid that this sixth lady will be too careful. (To be continued.) )