There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart.

The biggest interpretation of this sentence is not publicity, but the old man.

When Zhang Yang told him that he would reserve 200,000 catties of grain on the Bald Ridge Fortress next, the old man's expression at that moment seemed to be back to twenty years old.

Then he turned into a humanoid squirrel, and jumped up and down with his sons and sons-in-law and rushed to the Black Rock Fortress and the Great Wall of Tianliang Mountain like crazy.

Then at eleven o'clock that night, the old man returned, and behind him fifteen carts full of old and sick, sick and sick, women and children.

Around the cart was a crowd of, no, hundreds of disabled veterans with missing arms and legs.

They were all the old man's subordinates back then.

This is normal, the war with the mirage demon soldiers is endless year after year, month after month, except for those who died in battle, the most crippled soldiers.

Some of these soldiers returned to their hometowns, and some had nowhere to go, so they could only survive outside the camp of the Tianliang Great Wall like lonely ghosts.

When the old man was a general, he still took good care of these old subordinates, but now he can't protect himself, so he can't take care of these old guys.

But now, the old man is going crazy.

"Virtuous son-in-law, virtuous son-in-law, how about getting more food with that General Liu? There are still thousands of veterans outside the camp of the Tianliang Great Wall, thousands, they are all veterans, as long as there is enough food, I can pull them all over, I have also found General Anton, he acquiesced to this, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"Virtuous son-in-law, get another 200,000 catties!"

The old man was crazy, his eyes were round, and he was swishing outward, like an old monster who couldn't blink his eyes, and he was so frightened that he retreated again and again.

"There are so many, uncle, father-in-law, you have to understand that those veterans are a burden to us!"

"So what? They are crippled in order to defend the Tianliang Great Wall, in order to fight against the mirage demon soldiers, and now the Great Wei Imperial Court treats them as a burden, General Anton treats them as a burden, Zhang Yeting's old horseman also treats them as a burden, and everyone in the world treats them as a burden!"

"But those were all screaming young men, virtuous son-in-law, if you really have great ambitions, you can't be indifferent to these old and weak soldiers!"

"People's hearts are flesh and blood, even if the murderous soldier is, he is afraid that one day he will end up homeless, you do this now, there are many benefits, and don't you look at these veterans are missing arms and legs, then all of them are powerful, don't you want to dig this inner fort, don't waste your precious mana, just these old guys, each of them will give a hammer, a steel drill, believe it or not, it only takes two years to return you a greatly changed fortress?"

"And they are all veterans who have been on the battlefield countless times, I will group up those who can fight, and those who can't fight will stay behind and release crossbow arrows, and they are willing to give you a hard time at critical moments." ”

When the old man said this, he was already in tears, which really moved Zhang Yang, and after thinking about it, he said:

"In that case, how many old and weak soldiers are there? Let's contain them as much as we can. ”

"Really?"

The old man lost his tears in an instant, his eyes stopped flashing, and he regained his sanctimonious expression.

"Well, really. Zhang Yang suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Including their families, about 20,000 people. ”

"20,000?"

Zhang Yang was almost scared to death,

"Father-in-law, father-in-law, you're trying to murder me, we really can't let go. Look at where there is a place around this bald ridge, tomorrow afternoon, Liu Kai will leave, no one will support us, you brought so many old, weak, sick and disabled people over, are you letting the demon soldiers come to a massacre?"

"And 20,000 people, how much food do we have to eat every day? How can we have so much food for them?"

"Ahem, virtuous son-in-law, it's not that serious, General Anton is still very happy to see us receive these burdens, he has already agreed, provide us with 50 carts, 1,000 sets of infantry leather armor weapons, 500 heavy crossbows, 100,000 crossbow arrows, 10,000 catties of grain, and as long as we can hold on until next year's summer grain harvest, another 500,000 catties of grain will be allocated. ”

"I have calculated, 20,000 people, women and children account for 15,000 people, half a pound of food per person per day, just hang their lives and starve to death, there are 5,000 veterans left, of which 3,000 people can go according to the elite soldiers, 5 catties of food per day, and 2,000 people can go according to half of the ten enemies, in fact, these 2,000 people are treasures, and they are supplied with 30 catties of food every day, otherwise they will not be able to exert their combat effectiveness. ”

"In this way, the daily consumption is only about 80,000 catties——"

The old man could not say any more, and sat on the ground with a sad face.

Zhang Yang looked at this old guy speechlessly, I don't know if he is really pretending or pretending, the combat power of this world is very strong, so the consumption will be very large.

A captain-level soldier has to supply 50 catties of food every day, and if he encounters a fierce battle, then he has to replenish at least 10 catties of meat.

An elite soldier has to consume 20 catties a day.

Ordinary soldiers 5 pounds.

Women and children are only 3 catties a day.

It is precisely because of this that raising an army is very, very expensive and food-intensive, and this only includes food, and if you count the consumption of armor and weapons, the resources required are even more sea.

If there is arable land around the Bald Ridge Fortress, it will be fine, but this is the place where the daily fierce battles between the demon soldiers and the Great Wei Legion are the most powerful.

Whoever raises 20,000 burdens will have to be kicked in the head by a donkey.

Zhang Yang now even wonders if the old man was bribed by his competitors and wanted to kill him.

However, after thinking about it, he felt that this would be an opportunity, among the 20,000 burdens, there were at least 5,000 crippled veterans with acceptable combat effectiveness, as long as they did not go out to fight, then relying on the city wall fortress to fight, it would not be weak at all.

Assuming that his Bald Ridge Fortress is indeed formed, this will become his base camp.

And among these burdens are the children of veterans, as long as they are raised for a few years, they will be a group of elite and extremely loyal soldiers.

Therefore, the real key to this matter is whether he can provide massive food resources after the plot officially unfolds.

"At least 100,000 tons, otherwise I can't afford to raise it, and can my village in the fantasy world provide such a huge amount of food?"

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Yang helped the old man up, "Father-in-law, you go and receive those veterans and their relatives, you are right, since I have ambitions to dominate the world, then this matter must be done." ”

(Today, because there is something, I really don't have time, so I'll keep two shifts for the time being, please understand)