Chapter 265: Old thief, I swear to kill you!
How much grain production capacity the Chu State has nothing to do with how much grain it brings this time.
It's not that Chu has a large grain-producing area because it has brought more grain.
How much grain was brought could be looted as much as possible, or the previous inventory, so it was only related to how much Xiong Shen, the king of Chu Gong, could mobilize.
Nowadays, people rarely stick to meat when eating, resulting in greater consumption of plant-based food.
An adult wants to be fully fed, two catties is not too much, and one pound is not too little.
In normal times, many people actually just maintain a status quo where they will not starve to death, and very few people can have a happy life with enough to eat.
Xiong Zhen, the king of the Chu Communist Party, brought more than 200,000 people.
Let's not care about how many of these more than 200,000 people can really fight, and there are more than 200,000 mouths to eat.
The system of the Chu State was different from that of the Jin State, or it was too different from the Central Plains countries.
It is not simply the name or duty of an official position.
This includes the fact that in wartime, the food consumption of the Chu army is counted on the state.
And the nobles of the Chu State were given the task of going on an expedition, not only did they have to bring people to obey the dispatch, but they also needed to pay taxes in ordinary times.
This is different from the nobility of the Jin Kingdom.
The nobles of the Jin Kingdom, how much output in the fief is counted as their own, and there is no matter how much tax they pay, what they have to pay is "fu".
Therefore, the nobles of the Jin State not only had to bring enough soldiers to the battle, but also took care of the logistics themselves, which was very different from the unified logistics dispatch of the Chu State.
Here, maybe the system of Chu is ahead of the curve and belongs to the more advanced side?
200,000 mouths, eat at least 200,000 catties of grain in one meal, eat 400,000 catties a day, and ten days is 4 million catties.
So, how many days is 15 million catties of 300,000 stones enough for 200,000 people to eat?
Therefore, it can be inferred that the Chu army carried more than 300,000 stone of grain on this expedition.
There must have been a large part of it that had been eaten and taken away quite a bit.
Of course, not everyone can guarantee a pound of food for every meal, and there must be a difference in supply.
Based on conservative estimates, 300,000 stone of grain is enough for 200,000 Chu troops to eat for six or seven days.
This also proves one thing, not everyone can afford to fight a war, and the number of people on the expedition is linked to whether or not they can guarantee logistics and supply.
LΓΌ Wu thought that the nobles of the Jin State were not interested in the grain abandoned by the Chu army, but this was not the case.
The main reason is that the Chu army withdrew, and it was not a single legion that won the battle, nor was it the only one to obtain this batch of captures.
Moreover, compared to food, the nobles were now waiting for the evaluation of merit, and the secondary attention was on the distribution of prisoners.
The old Lu family also has a fear of food shortage, and Lu Wu is determined that his credit cannot be erased, so he will focus on the food abandoned by the Chu army.
Shi Xie was so whole by Lu Wu that he forgot a little that he was here to do something.
That's 300,000 stone grain.
It was captured by the Chinese army and the Shanghai army.
There are many families involved.
The staple food of the Jin people is not rice.
What does it all add up? Dealing with that batch of grain will be the last thing.
What is the general allocation? Take as much as you can, and burn the rest.
Other than that? The Chu army abandoned more than 300,000 stones? Subsequently, a lot of grain storage fields were discovered, and the correct amount was around 500,000 stones.
In fact? The figure of 500,000 stone is reasonable, and the military rations needed to maintain the 200,000 army for half a month are the key? Otherwise, the Chu army was in danger of mutiny at any time due to lack of food.
Shi Xie was entangled for a long time? Just chatted casually with Lu Wu, vaguely reminded not to get involved in the internal struggle, and the person left.
Of course, Lu Wu heard Shi Xie's reminder.
The great enemy of the Chu State was defeated?
According to the old tradition of the Jin Kingdom, it was time for internal struggle.
Lu Wucai is not willing to get involved in the battle between the Luan clan and the Hao clan? Decided to go back this time? Gou developed his own fiefdom in the northwest of Xinjiang, thinking about how to continue to expand to the north.
The new army and the lower army were the first to return after the sortie, and the lower army also returned to the division after an interval of four days.
They brought back a large number of captives.
No exceptions? As soon as the captives were brought back, they were taken over by the monarch when they entered the camp.
He Zhi was not happy.
He Qi came forward to persuade him.
And Han Ju is a good old man, right? Continue with an attitude of who wants to do what, I have already laid down.
Are you sure that the "Battle of Yanling" is your own final victory? The Jin army relaxed in unison.
The nobles thought that the monarch was in such a hurry to collect the spoils of war that he would quickly make a meritorious assessment? Then the spoils of war that belong to the people will be distributed.
However? But they were instructed by the king to pull out the camp and go north.
What's going on???
The battle is over? Shouldn't you stand in line and divide the fruit?
Why didn't there be any news at all, but there was an order to pull out the camp.
There is also a very important point of conflict.
It is true that the monarch is the king of a country, but in the Jin Kingdom, it has become a tradition for the marshal to command the army, when will it be the turn of the monarch to give a direct order?
Strange things happened.
Only the clans were packing up the camp and preparing for the camp.
The rest of the troops belonging to the nobles, one of them did not make any move.
When the king learned that the nobles had not obeyed his orders, he lost his temper and sent his favored retainers to reiterate the order.
Then, while the rest of the family was coping, they hurried to Luan Shu to confirm.
Only the Xun family's response was very direct, and Luan Jiu, who had made a mistake, was caught and asked for military justice.
Luan Jiao's mistake was to drive around the barracks regardless of his car, and the crime was equivalent to "overtaking".
Of course, Yin Zhi would not kill Luan Jie, but only killed Luan Jie's driver.
Luan Shu, who learned of such a thing, responded with silence.
Luan Jie's current position is the king's car right (Yu Rong).
So the dry Yin Zhi may have the intention of provoking the Luan family, and he is more slapping the monarch in the face.
However, after Luan Shu crossed his own order, Luan Shu wanted to maintain Hao Zhi's actions to a certain extent.
It's ...... like this, it's both embarrassing and uncomfortable!
Seeing the monarch, marshal, and new army Zuo taking turns to perform, Shi Xie changed his previous diligence, and drank as soon as he woke up, but he didn't get drunk from morning to evening.
Shi Kuo was very distressed by his father's appearance, and he was more puzzled.
"The lower army will do this with the lower army?" Shi Xie asked his son.
Shi Kuo really didn't know what Han Ju and Zhi Fu were doing.
He specially went to find out and found that since the end of the "Battle of Yanling", Han Ju has stayed in the military tent every day to read; Zhigang also stayed in his military tent to teach Zhishuo, and he didn't leave once.
Han has always been not involved in domestic struggles, and the basic operation is to cheer for whoever wins.
The head of the Zhi family is Zhi Gang, who has the stain of being captured and rarely gets involved in the affairs of the rest of the family.
It stands to reason that the Jin State defeated the Chu State in "Yanling" this time, and the shame on Zhigang's body has been washed away, so he shouldn't continue to be so silent.
After inquiring about the good news, he found his father and mentioned something else.
That is, the Wei family, who had been active for a while before, has completely fallen silent for a while recently.
"The lord of the Wei clan is Wei Mourning, and the decision-maker is Wei Qi." Shi Xie felt the need to teach his son, and said, "Wei Qi has great wisdom and knows that he should not be moved lightly at this time. β
Shi Kuo is the second genius of the Jin Kingdom, and he has already figured out the situation, and said with a low sigh: "It's chaos! β
Shi Xie thought to himself, "Who says it's not? Maybe the catastrophe of the Zhao family will be repeated, but I don't know if it will fall on the Luan family or the Hao family. β
This is also the reason why he opposes fighting this "Battle of Yanling".
When there is a big enemy outside the Jin Kingdom, several contradictory Qing families are just fighting, and there will be concerns in the fight.
Now that the state of Chu has been defeated, the state of Jin sees that it is about to restore its hegemony again.
In order to obtain benefits, the disputes of the Qing family will inevitably intensify, and the contradictions will be so big that they cannot be reconciled, and force will become the only option.
Shi Xie only hoped that Chu State would not admit it so quickly.
Once the state of Chu admits its intimidation, the state of Jin, which has no opponents, will definitely be in chaos immediately.
"I've heard that the Yin clan has repeatedly preached that this battle is his first achievement." Shi Kuo's face was a little disgraceful when he said this, and he said in a low voice: "Father avoided the war earlier, or was he attacked? β
Shi Xie smiled freely and said, "As you wish." β
Shilu's lips moved, but he didn't say what was in his heart.
Their old Fan family has been keeping a low profile since Shi Xie became the head of the house, and the rest of the style is different from the previous generations of family heads.
If there is a choice, Shi Kuo really doesn't want the old Fan family to be so low-key, so that he has been repeatedly offended in recent years.
As the next generation of family heads cultivated by the old Fan family, Shi Kuo also knew why Shi Xie wanted to keep a low profile.
Several "Qing" of this generation are not fuel-efficient lamps, not to mention that the Yin clan is full of aggression under the leadership of Xun Qi, and Marshal Luan Shu's desire to control power cannot tolerate anyone jumping.
Shi Xie's choice to keep a low profile is to discover the real Luan Shu early!
For this point, Shi Kuo has been warned by Shi Xie more than once, don't provoke anyone to mess with Luan Shu, or the old Fan family will definitely suffer.
Shi Xie thought for a moment and said to Shi Kuo, "You can walk around with Yin Wu a lot. β
Shi Kuo was surprised, but agreed.
Now there are only two most active in the army, that is, the Hao family and the old Lu family.
The Yin Qi of the Hao clan frequently invited the nobles to attend the meeting, but did not make a big scene of drinking and fun, but just gathered a lot of people to brag.
For example, the Jin army was able to defeat the Chu army this time, entirely because of Hao Zhi's main battle and advice.
Yin Zhi also killed the right Yi Zi of the Chu State.
In general, there is no doubt that the Hao family is the biggest contributor to this victory.
The monarch was quite angry at what he had done.
He pondered, the widow has been recruited!
Even if the widow didn't do anything, just came to the battlefield in person, wouldn't the credit be the greatest?
Luan Shu followed Xun Zhi to the left.
If there is no fight, it will naturally be Luan Shu how to say it correctly.
But the fight was won again, and a halo appeared on the back of the main battle, and there was a radiant special effect.
Shi Xie, who also advocated not fighting, was pulled out by Yin Qi to whip the corpse, but he didn't show any attitude at all.
After Luan Shu tested Shixie, he found that this good old man in the Jin Kingdom was very decadent.
He had planned one step, two more steps...... After countless steps of secret hands, Shi Xie didn't pick up the stubble at all, and he could only go to the monarch who was better at fooling.
LΓΌ Wu happened to be summoned by the monarch.
The monarch wondered what Lu Wu had been doing recently, and why he had sent people frequently.
Lu Wu's explanation is that the grain belonging to the nobles has been distributed, and a huge amount of grain has been discarded over there, which is so distressing to watch!
He sent Liang Xing home to shake people, and sent Wei Rui to the Song State to find Yu Xian (who was no longer a retainer), in order to try to get back the food that no one wanted.
"Destitute!?" The monarch was dumbfounded.
The old Lu family is actually not poor.
I didn't use much bronze before, and many of them could be melted to make coins, so that Lu Wu could buy a lot of money every time he went to Xintian.
At the same time, isn't copper ore found in the "yin" land?
At that time, Lu Wu wanted no people, and there was no money to ask for money.
If a person is poor, what can't he do?
The copper ore in the deep mountains and old forests is quietly mined for a wave, which is very reasonable!
Xu Tong forcibly explained a wave.
It was said that the "yin" land was mountainous, and the farming area was abandoned in the past, so there were a lot of them.
The king immediately believed.
Lu Wu looked at Xu Tong who explained to him in surprise, and couldn't understand what the situation was.
"Rice is not tasty." The monarch commented and replied: "In this way, in this evaluation, the widow is looking for a good land for Yinwu." β
What???
Increasing fiefdoms again!?
So, is the title going to be promoted to another level?
For a moment, Lu Wu filtered through his mind, wondering if the monarch didn't seem to be able to take out the land that could be rewarded.
As for being promoted to a knight and obtaining a fief, it is actually a normal operation.
No one can erase the fact that Lu Wu killed the first and second in the world on the battlefield.
He was also the first to storm the Chu military camp.
The rest of the credit is negligible compared to the above two, but it can't be erased either.
If such credit cannot be deserved, who will fight hard in the future?
At this time, the messenger outside reported that Luan Shu was coming.
The monarch was waiting for Luan Shu to come to support his son Luan, and when he heard this, he hurriedly let Luan Shu in, but he didn't let Lu Wu retreat.
Luan Shu entered the tent and saw Lu Wu present, first stunned, and then saluted the monarch.
"Your Lord......" Lu Wu has always been very pressing, and he must retire.
"You wait, the widow still has something to discuss with you." The monarch first said a word to Lu Wu, then looked at Luan Shu, who was speechless after entering the account, and asked, "Is the marshal here to rectify Luan's matter?" β
Luan Shucai is not for Luan's business.
He had a pimple in his heart, and he wanted to engage the Hao family very much, but he couldn't use Luan Jiao as an excuse.
"Your ......" He glanced at Lu Wu in embarrassment, but when he wanted to speak, he saw that the monarch didn't mean to let Lu Wu leave at all, so he simply said: "The minister heard that he had a relationship with Chu Jun. β
it!
Lu Wu regretted that he stayed!
It's not because Yin Zhi may have slept in the same bed as Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu Gong.
What Luan Shu said is not the same thing.
That sentence is that Luan Shu not only wants to deal with the Hao family, but even wants to destroy the Hao family!
Hearing such words, Lu Wu can still get out of the way???
This can also see that Luan Shu is decisive and insidious, and he is simply trying to pull Lu Wu into the water!