"General Liu, although the territory has expanded this time, there are really no people under my command to run the two places, so you will lead the two places for the time being. I just have one request, steady, stabilize first, wait for us to find time, and then slowly digest it. Qin forgot to instruct Liu Jiandao.

"Yes, Liu Jian. This time, Liu Yang told me that Chicheng had a serious reduction in Ding, and I shipped 5,000 Zhuang Ding first. During this time, the two places fought and recruited young and strong people to spend about 800,000 taels of cash, of which 500,000 taels of cash from the batch of goods left by the general were used, and we ourselves seized more than 300,000 taels. I brought the rest, and here are the rosters and bills. Liu Jian took out a thick book and handed it to Qin Wang.

Qin forgot not to look at the account book, but only flipped through the roster to check, where the names, places of origin and basic information of those young and strong people were recorded in detail.

"There will be about 20,000 people in these young families, and I will send them in batches." Liu Jian added.

Qin Forget took a cursory look at it, and then put the account book on the table, "In such a short period of time, it has been done so meticulously, General Liu, it is difficult for you." I'm afraid these people aren't so willing to come, are they? ”

Hearing Qin Wang's words, Liu Jian's heart warmed slightly, "Yes, although Xinzhou was harmed by Zhao Jin, the common people have not yet reached a situation where they can't live at all, and they are easily unwilling to leave their homeland." These are all half-levied and half-caught by me, and obedient silver and grain are served, and disobedient naturally have knives and guns. ”

Although Liu Jian said it lightly, Qin Forget can fully imagine the tragic situation at that time, since ancient times, the people living in this land have a very strong sense of locality, unless it is a major natural disaster or **, as long as people do not die of hunger, very few people are willing to leave their hometown. Liu Jian's forcible recruitment of the people of Xinzhou will definitely not be so easy. However, Qin Forget didn't feel that Liu Jian had done anything wrong at all, firstly, this was his order, and secondly, he had done extraordinary things in extraordinary times, and there was nothing right or wrong.

These people hate Liu Jian and themselves now, but Qin Forget believes that he will definitely make them thank him in the near future.

"General Liu doesn't have to blame himself, they will thank you soon. By the way, if you recruit a large number of people in New South Wales, do you still have difficulties? Qin Forget asked Liu Jiandao, 25,000 people are far from enough for a ruined Chicheng.

"The others are easy to say, but there are two biggest difficulties. One is that now I have nothing to spare except the necessary military rations and salaries, and I will ask the general to allocate some for this trip. On the other hand, although there are no big armed forces in New State, there are many families, and they all have private soldiers, ranging from a few thousand to a few hundred, which has caused me a lot of trouble in recruiting the people. Liu Jian said quickly.

"A family, a family." Qin Forget rubbed his head with a headache, "General Liu, to tell you the truth, I don't have any extra grain and grass in Chicheng, and silver is even more scarce, and the only silver deposit is all brought by you." fear

I can't help you with anything. ”

"Yes, General Liu, it turns out that the owner has stored a lot of grain in Qinjia Village, but as soon as these tens of thousands of people come, we ourselves will be stretched." Wang Wen also interjected with a bitter face.

Liu Jian was stunned when he heard this, he really had nothing but a month's worth of military food and salary, this time he originally wanted to ask Qin Forget for a little, but he knew that Qin Forget was poorer than him, and the only silver reserve was brought by him.

Of course, Liu Jian didn't suspect that Qin Forget and Wang Wen were lying to him, looking at the current situation in Chicheng, even if there was a golden mountain, it would not be enough to fill it. What's more, Qin Forget has only been in the house for a year or two, and his foundation is too thin, and Akagi is really poor and white.

Seeing Liu Jian's appearance, Qin Forget coughed embarrassedly, he was really a failure as the lord, not only could he not supply grain and grass to his subordinates, but he also had to rely on his subordinates to help, "What, General Liu, tonight, I will definitely come up with a way to solve your food and grass problem tonight, our Chicheng is too poor." ”

"Ugh。。。。。。 It doesn't matter, don't be reluctant, general, if it doesn't work, I'll go back and think of a way, with more than 30,000 troops in my hands, I don't believe that I can still starve to death. Liu Jian hurriedly comforted Qin Wangdao.

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Liu Jian's words made Qin Forget vaguely seem to have caught something.

Everyone had dispersed, leaving Qin Forget in the room frowning, thinking hard about countermeasures.

Now Qin Forget is in a very embarrassing situation, there are more people under him, and the territory is also larger, but the resources he can use in his hands have not only not increased, but have decreased a lot. Akagi didn't have any resources in the first place, and for a long time he relied on the food and dried fish he had worked hard to accumulate, let alone gold, silver and copper coins, and he had long been reduced to barter.

The key is that Chicheng and Yexian have just been hit hard and urgently need to be rebuilt, and the investment in this is not a little bit. Qin Forget also wants to expand the two counties several times this time, and build them into a fortified city in the north, so that he will no longer have to suffer the same losses as last time, the idea is good, the question is where does the money come from?

And Liu Jian's side, just took Xinzhou and Changxing Island, he recruited soldiers in the two places, pacified the people, although opened the treasury of Xinzhou and Changxing Island, but one of these two places was ruined by Zhao Jin, and the other was a group of people who died in the country to survive, and they only harvested more than 300,000 taels of silver and a pile of broken copper and iron from the two places. But his expenses were also huge, and the silver he shipped to Qin Forget was probably squeezed out of between his teeth.

It's not that there is no money at all, the key is that what Akagi lacks most is not these, but food and other necessities. If the property worth 2.5 million taels brought by Liu Jian could not be turned into daily necessities in a short period of time, it would not solve any problems for Qin Wang.

"Grain, grain!" Qin Forget knocked on his forehead in distress under the oil lamp, the figure reflected on the wall was so thin.

"Boss, Mrs. Chen asks to see you." The door rings

Jin Wu's deep voice.

Sister Wan'er? What is she here for?

"Let her in, will?" Qin Forget didn't have time to think about it, and said to Jin Wu.

A pretty slender figure walked in at the door, Chen Wan'er was dressed in a plain green cotton skirt, without a little powder, but her face was still snow-white, and she was extremely beautiful.

"Sister Wan'er, why are you here?" Qin Forget greeted her, and naturally knocked down a snowflake on Xiangxiang's shoulder for her. "Jin Wu, come to the pot fire!" Qin Wang's let Chen Wan'er into the house and instructed Jin Wu.

Seeing Qin Wang's movements and hearing his words, Chen Wan'er's heart was warm, this young man's concern for her between gestures made her heart throb for a while. She didn't speak, quietly feeling the warmth and tenderness that belonged to her.

"Sister Wan'er?" Qin Forget handed a cup of hot tea in his hand to Chen Wan'er, and when he saw Chen Wan'er sitting opposite, he was still stunned, so he couldn't help but be surprised, and reminded him softly.

"Huh? Oh...... Chen Wan'er finally came back to her senses, took the teacup handed over by Qin Wang, and took a sip gently, her lips were not wet, and her face was already red.

Looking at the beautiful woman on the opposite side with a white face and a red face, smelling the faint fragrance coming from the beautiful woman, Qin Wang's heart was also agitated, he hurriedly turned his head away, "Sister Wan'er, was your mother and son okay last time?" How is Cheng'er? Look at me, I've been busy since I came back, and I haven't seen you. Qin Forget said in disguise.

It's just that those dishonest eyes can't help but peek at Chen Wan'er's beautiful face and towering chest from time to time.

Looking at the appearance of the young man opposite, Chen Wan'er wanted to laugh in her heart, she was from the past, how could she not know what Qin Forget thought in her heart? But she didn't plan to break it, to give this little man a little face.

"Well, we're fine. But you've lost a lot of weight, and you've turned pale. I heard Yang Xuan say that you have been coughing, but you have never gone to the doctor, if you can't do this, you will collapse. Looking at Qin Wang, who had lost a lot of weight, she said with concern.

"I'm fine, it's just that some old injuries haven't healed yet. At least I'm still alive compared to the soldiers and civilians who died in battle. Now I can't even fall, if I don't sort out these messes, I'm still in danger of Akagi. Qin Forget said gloomily.

Hearing Qin Forget talk about the military and civilians in Chicheng, Chen Wan'er stopped talking, although she didn't go into battle to fight in those days, she also saw the tragic situation that day.

She felt very sorry for Qin Wang, others didn't know, but she knew that Qin Wang had been blaming herself, blaming herself for her own arrogance, and blaming herself for not taking care of the people of Chicheng and Ye County. Now he dragged his injured body and worked non-stop, but he was only making up for what he thought was wrong.

But she also knew that she couldn't persuade her, and even if she persuaded Qin Wang, she wouldn't listen.

The room was silent for a while, and the two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, and they didn't have any thoughts of saying more.