As a person with an extremely strong sense of distress, Li Ze naturally will not forget to gather a large amount of food at home at any time to cope with the risk of discomfort. He knows very well that once the troubled times come, food, and only food, will be the hard currency in this world. Gold and silver treasures are naturally loved by everyone in peacetime, but in the midst of war, the value of these things is far less than the role of food, and it is no longer common to take money and have no place to buy it.

However, since the appearance of the more than 1,000 people in the newly built Qingshan Tunli, the grain collected by Li Zetun has begun to decrease day by day, which makes him worried. Yang Kai didn't dare to touch the grain in the regular closing warehouse, he could understand it, after all, it was war preparation food, and some of the surplus grain in the county was requisitioned this year, and everyone's life was not easy.

Taking in these homeless Li Ze has his own considerations, but this does not mean that he is a good person. He just does this thing simply from the long-term interests, he covets those hundreds of young people, these people are no longer simple farmers, people who have rebelled once, they are more courageous than ordinary people, and they will be more comfortable to use in the future. Moreover, the four brothers Chen Changping are quite familiar with the situation on the other side of Henghai, which is also in line with the long-term strategy formulated by Li Ze.

The direction in which he ran away was the side of the Heng Navy, and when the time came, there would be such a few local snakes with good force as guides, so he would naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, the premise of all this is to settle these people first.

Even if Li Ze provided them with the amount that could barely keep these people alive, it was enough for these people who had struggled on the death line.

It's already the middle of winter, and spring is not far off. After surviving this winter, it is the beginning of a new year, everything can be started again, these displaced people are looking forward to the beginning of a new life with great wishes.

When Li Ze was distressed about the daily consumption of food, Wang Mingyi finally escorted the materials rewarded by Yizhou to Wuyi to arrive, Wang Mingyi was also a wonderful person, he directly set the place of delivery on Li Ze's Zhuangzi. When the person arrived at Li Ze's place, he sent someone to inform Yang Kai.

"Why is Brother Wang so late?" Seeing the truckloads of grain, Li Ze was in a good mood.

"Wang knew that this major event was promoted by Xiao Gongzi, and it was true." Wang Mingyi laughed: "Since it is what the little boy needs, Wang naturally has to think of more ways, just relying on the reward in the state, for the little boy, I am afraid it is a drop in the bucket." ”

Pointing to a cart of grain, Li Ze said, "Could it be that there is still a private sponsorship of Brother Wang here?" ”

"The landlord's family has no surplus grain!" Wang Mingyi said with a smile: "My family background, my father knows very well, if you mess around, you will inevitably have to get to the bottom of it, I am looking for some big families in Shangzhou to donate, in the name, naturally there are a lot." Then the number donated by Leto moved slightly, and the little boy's needs here came out. ”

Li Ze laughed, lowered his voice and said, "It turned out to be blackmail." ”

"Don't like it?"

"I like it tightly." Li Zedao: "If there is more than enough to make up for the shortage, this is the way of heaven." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, sympathizing with each other.

Tu Lichun and others are naturally responsible for the storage of materials, Xia He looked at the warehouse that could not be entered and exited every day, and finally had a tendency to be filled again, with a small face smiling like a flower, an account book in one hand and a brush in the other, and he was very busy.

When he walked into the house, after the announcement was completed, and a cup of hot tea swept away the cold air around him, Wang Mingyi's face was not as relaxed as outside.

"I originally thought that I would go to Lulong a few times in the spring of next year, but unexpectedly, the situation became more and more urgent, and the border jam was no longer accommodating, so this line is basically abandoned now." Wang Mingyi frowned and said: "The things that the little boy wants, it is impossible to come in in a short time, especially the horse, now as long as he sees a big animal, he will be requisitioned, let alone a horse." ”

"Didn't you say there was at least a one-year buffer period?" After all, Li Ze's sources of information are limited, and he is far less well-informed than Wang Mingyi.

"Zhang Zhongwu's killing of Yang Zishi can be regarded as touching the last bottom line of the imperial court, which is no different from pulling the flag and rebelling." Wang Mingyi shook his head and said: "I really didn't expect Zhang Zhongwu to come so far, and he didn't leave any face for the imperial court." ”

"It's determined to fight!" Li Ze said unhappily that for him, the later the war broke out, the better.

Wang Mingyi nodded, "The emperor wants to fight, Zhongshu Ling Wang Shu supports it, but the servant Zhongtian Lingzi still wants to work harder, Shangshu Ling Chen Bi also has a cautious attitude, and after some arguments, the court took a compromise plan." ”

"How do you compromise that? Hit it first, and then appease it? Li Ze was a little puzzled.

"The imperial court has made a decree to crown Zhang Zhongwu as the general of Huaihua, the third grade, the title of squire of Zhongshu Province, and the participation in the affairs of the imperial court." Wang Mingyi said, "The person who announced the decree is almost in Lulong at this time, right?" ”

Li Ze shook his head: "If Zhang Zhongwu agrees, then he will see the hell, leaving Lu Long and leaving his army, he is a piece of meat on the felt board of the imperial court, he can cut it whenever he wants, a Huaihua general, use a fart!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Wang Mingyi slapped his thigh and said: "So everyone knows that this is just an ultimatum of the imperial court, and everyone is still preparing for war tightly." This time the imperial court was ruthless, according to reliable information, the imperial court was ready to appoint the general Chen Bang to summon the left and right Xiaowei to come. ”

"Ahh Li Ze was really a little surprised this time. "Isn't it headed by Gao Yu, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu? This is another Chen Bangzhao, who will listen to whom at that time, and if the left and right Xiaowei are all assembled, how will the grain and grass logistics of tens of thousands of troops deal with? ”

"The imperial court naturally took this into account, the reason why Chen Bangzhao was chosen is because this Chen Bangzhao used to be Gao Biao's old department, and there is no problem of mutual elbow in command, and the supply of grain and grass naturally depends on the locality, but as far as I know, whether it is Zhenwu, Henghai and our Chengde, it is impossible to bear the burden of grain and grass for this army, and it is impossible to levy and levy labor."

"Then it's all up to Gao Yu to support him, can he stand it?" Li Zexin said that this is the normal performance of this era, and the binding power of the imperial court on the local government is actually quite low.

"Gao Yu will hold it up even if he grits his teeth." Wang Mingyi spread his hands, "But he alone can't afford it at all, so in the end, there will be at most one left and right Xiaowei, and it will not exceed 10,000 people." ”

"10,000 armor soldiers, it's also very good, for Gao Biao, gritting his teeth, on the battlefield, this 10,000 armor soldiers are a great threat to Zhang Zhongwu." Li Zedao.

"You're thinking too much." Wang Mingyi shook his head and said: "The armies that can be fought now are basically concentrated in the hands of the major jiedu envoys, and the imperial court can only recruit the left and right guards, and they can only be recruited in Gyeonggi, and the combat effectiveness is only worrying, but their equipment is excellent, and no army of the jiedu envoys can compare with them." ”

"After all, the old foundation is still there, the officers are still there, and after a few battles, they will be trained." Li Ze touched his still slippery chin and muttered, "Let's become virtuous, so we don't have to worry?" ”

Wang Mingyi looked at Li Ze, his eyes were full of surprise, Li Ze's casual remark was really to the point, but even the problem he hadn't thought about was something that he only understood after being reminded by his old man, how did Li Ze, a fifteen-year-old boy, get to the point and get to the point the crux of the problem?

Looking at Wang Mingyi's surprised gaze, Li Ze asked strangely: "What's wrong with you, is this question ridiculous and stupid?" ”

Wang Mingyi shook his head with a somewhat complicated expression: "Of course not." ”