After a dinner, the rest of the people were tired all day and had already gone to rest, Qin Zhao and Guan Tongshu hugged each other and walked in the courtyard, Guan Tongshu raised his head and looked at the moonlight, at this time, his heart was also like a mirror, Qin Zhao took Guan Tongshu's hand, and there was reluctance in his eyes.

In this moonlight, Qin Zhao stopped, stretched out a hand and gently brushed away Guan Tongshu's hair scattered on his forehead, looking at Guan Tongshu's gentle face, his heart was extremely reluctant, the meal just now had been drugged, although it was harmless to the body, but only after Guan Tongshu fell asleep tonight, it is estimated that he will wake up tomorrow night.

Tomorrow morning, they will embark on the journey, now there are many affairs in the army, although the Queen Mother has suffered several defeats in a row, it takes a certain amount of time to adjust, but they also need time to arrange the troops, Qin Zhao frowned slightly, thinking of the shortage of food and grass, he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, these things are short of grain and grass, but you have already thought of a way to solve them?"

Guan Tongshu looked at Qin Zhao in front of him at this time, seeing the melancholy look between Qin Zhao's eyebrows, Guan Tongshu's heart was full of worry, and said to Qin Zhao with a sad face, Qin Zhao shook his head helplessly when he heard this, if the problem of food and grass shortage can be solved, then he doesn't have to be afraid that the Queen Mother will pose a threat to him, the Queen Mother's troops are only 50,000 left, which is just a small amount for them, as long as it takes some time, they will definitely be able to conquer the 50,000 soldiers of the Queen Mother. It's just that now, if the supply of grain and grass is not enough, it cannot be provided.

Such a large army can only fight a protracted war with the Queen Mother, but it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources in the war, and the people will not be able to live a stable life.

What's even more terrifying is that with the rise and fall of this day, coupled with this year of famine, the Queen Mother has food in her hands, so more and more people will take refuge in the hands of the Queen Mother, as long as this time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for them.

"I have asked Lord Song to arrange for the preparation of grain and grass everywhere, I just hope to be able to raise some of it, but now it is a year of famine, and it is estimated that the situation will not be very ideal, and I can only see one step at a time, and strive to clean up these 50,000 people as soon as possible."

Qin Zhao's tone was helpless, Qin Zhao's words made Guan Tongshu fall into deep thinking when he heard it, now it is a year of famine, and the food in the hands of these people is no longer enough, and all the granaries in the capital have already sent grain out of the granaries, which are used to prevent natural disasters on weekdays, and can give the people some supplies.

However, now that it has been distributed a few days ago, the granaries have been opened to relieve the victims, and because this time there is going to be a war, all the remaining grain has been emptied to the troops, and now the granaries have long been empty, and the situation in the hands of the people everywhere is not optimistic.

"Your Majesty, although the food supply is not available, the concubine has learned that there is a crop called native potato in Nanping Kingdom, which grows in the soil and can replace grain to become our main food, and the taste is not bad, because this native potato grows vigorously in Nanping Kingdom, Nanping Kingdom has solved the problem of famine, and there has been no famine for many years, so the concubine thinks if it is possible to contact Nanping Kingdom?"

Guan Tongshu hesitated for a while but then said, when she was young, she liked to go to the bookstall to read some old books, and she watched the anecdotes from all over the world with relish.

She remembered that she had seen and told some strange things about the neighboring Nanping country, and it was said that the specialty of Nanping country is called sweet potato, and this plant can only grow in the land of Nanping country, because of the climate, it can grow very well in Nanping country, and the annual output is very large.

The inhabitants of Nanping have taken the native potato as the main food crop, and there is a surplus every year, but because the people here are accustomed to eating rice and wheat as food, the native potato of Nanping is generally digested in their own country, but now at this critical juncture, perhaps, if the native potato of Nanping can be introduced, it can solve the crisis of the army.

"Is that really the case?"

Qin Zhao was obviously very interested after hearing this, he looked at Guan Tongshu's face full of surprise, Guan Tongshu always had a lot of special ideas, he had already known it, but now if this problem can really be solved, then it is definitely an important thing.

"Yes, the concubine used to read on the bookstall when she was a child, saying that the supply of native potatoes produced in Nanping every year is in excess of demand, so the remaining native potatoes, they are generally used to feed poultry and livestock, because the tastes of the people here are different, so this native potato has not been introduced to our side, but the concubine thought to herself, as long as there is a mouthful of food to eat in the year of famine, she is already satisfied, so the concubine feels that if there is a chance to introduce this native potato and supply it to the soldiers of the army, Maybe you can get through it for a while. ”

When Guan Tongshu said this, the expression on his face was very sincere, and Qin Zhao also showed a look of joy on his face when he heard it.

"Queen, if there is something to replace food as you say, so that our soldiers can have a full meal, then I think this must be a very good thing!"

Qin Zhao showed a very happy look on his face, he looked at Guan Tongshu's face full of surprise, he really didn't expect that he married Guan Tongshu, not only did he gain a precious feeling, but also let the people of the world have an excellent mother of a country, Guan Tongshu brought him too many surprises.

"It's just that the emperor now needs at least ten days from Nanping to Jingbei, and it takes at least ten days to arrive by galloping horses day and night, so it will take at least twenty days to go back and forth, and the emperor said that the grain and grass in the army can only be supplied for half a month at most, so I am afraid that I need to think of another way in the middle of this period."

The expression on Guan Tongshu's face was still worried, Qin Zhao heard this, and the expression on his face became a little solemn, yes, there are so many people in this army, how can there be no food supply for five consecutive days?

Qin Zhao was also very worried when he thought of this, and on the way from Nanping Kingdom to Jingbei, he passed through a lot of places, and now it was a year of disaster, if there were bandits who robbed them of these grains, it would be a failure.

And the treasury is facing huge expenditures, and all this is a very difficult thing. He no longer has the energy to take charge of the march and war, and such a thing can only be handed over to Lord Song.

The expression on Qin Zhao's face once again became annoyed.

"The queen really thinks meticulously, this matter must be arranged today, and immediately order someone to do this matter, just write a letter to the adult, and leave this matter to Lord Song to do, so that I can rest assured."