Qin people, Qin people, you have your ideas, I have my countermeasures.

After getting Liu Tong's approval, Ren Ji didn't dare to slack off and hurried back to Qianyi to report the reply of Yingkai and Yingzhao and others.

"Five hundred? You said that the king only agreed to give us an additional army of 500 men? That's enough for a fart. Without waiting for Ying to speak, Zhao Boyan became angry immediately.

"Don't be presumptuous, let Lord Ren finish talking first." Seeing that Zhao Boyu was disrespectful, Yingkai stopped him.

Ying Kai knew that people could give 500 people, and there must be people's thoughts or difficulties, so he respectfully said to Ren Ji: "Can Lord Ren tell me the reason?" ”

Since people respect themselves so much, Ren Ji feels even more embarrassed, "Lord Sima, I also know that this bit of soldiers and horses will not work, but you also know the current situation of the scattered country, the country is weak and weak, and it is already my best to be able to take out so much grain and grass, no matter how much my master can't do it." ”

How smart Yingkai is, of course he knows what Liu Tong meant, so he said: "Yingkai thanks Lord Xiangguo for his consideration of the safety of Qianyi, since the imperial court has considered the situation of Qianyi's soldiers and horses, I don't know what to consider for the people of Longchuan, did the monarch say that he would allocate food to the people of Qianyi?" ”

Allocate food to the people of Longchuan?

Oh my God, there's another trick like that.

Sending food to the people is the other way around.

Since there was a court, it was the people who paid taxes and grain to the court, and where was there such a thing as the court giving food to the people.

Ren Ji listened and said: "I have been in the country for so many years, and I have only heard that the people pay grain and taxes to the court, and I have never heard that there is still a matter of the court allocating grain to the people. ”

Look, this is the gap in understanding, after listening to Ren Ji's words, Yingkai shook his head lightly and said: "The people are the foundation of the country, at present, the people of Longchuan have just returned to Longchuan from the south bank of Weishui, and there is not much food left in their hands. ”

The people are united with the court?

Sanguo has never thought about this, and he doesn't need to think about it.

What a brainstorm! So Ren Ji got up and took his leave.

Yingkai sent Ren Ji outside the door until he returned to the room, and Yingzhao and Zhao Boyu were still waiting here.

"Master Sima, what's going on with the loose plates? Give us 500 troops, what can we do with this little force? It can't resist Rong Di's invasion at all. ”

As a military commander, Zhao Boyu of course cares about his own affairs, but for Ying Kai, things are not just as simple as this, he thinks more, "The most important thing at the moment is how we should appease these tens of thousands of people." ”

"The people? What people? These people were originally the people of the scattered country, and since he was unwilling to take care of the scattered dishes, what are we anxious about? Zhao Boyu said puzzled.

In Zhao Boyu's opinion, the people are the people of the scattered country anyway, since your country is not willing to take care of it, we Qin people are too lazy to take care of it, and the soldiers under him are our own people.

The gap in understanding is the real gap, Ying Kai looked at Zhao Boyu and said: "Boyu must remember that we Qin people came to Guanzhong, helpless, only rely on these people who are willing to defect to us, since these people are willing to follow our Qin people, we have the obligation to give them food and drink." ”

You must know that Mencius was not born at this time, and no one told him the truth that "the people are noble and the king is light".

"Okay, yes, you're right, but how can we feed so many people? Where do you get food? Although Zhao Boyu didn't understand Yingkai's reasoning, since Yingkai said it, there must be his reasoning.

Ying Kai looked at Ying Zhao: "Third uncle, you are the grain and agricultural officer of Qianyi, tell me about the current grain reserves in Qianyi." ”

Yingzhao didn't speak, but since Yingkai asked, he analyzed: "Sima, Boyu, in fact, there is no need to worry. When I was co-opting the people who had fled here, I made a special statistics. Since the beginning of this year, more than 13,000 people have defected to our Qianyi, and among these people, except for a very small number of people who really have no food or clothing, most of them still come here with their families, and many people still carry food, and less than 30% of the people really need our help. ”

The people are not stupid, in the process of fleeing, they can not bring gold and silver, but they must bring food, gold and silver cannot be eaten or drunk, but food can ensure their survival.

Since most of the people who had fled had brought food with them, things were much easier all at once.

Less than 30 percent?

Ying Kai listened and said: "So there are at least more than 3,000 people who need our relief? ”

"Including our more than 1,000 soldiers, we still lack 4,000 to 5,000 winter food." Yingzhao said.

"Hey---, that's not a small number! Where and where are we going to get so much food? Yingkai asked.

"Master Sima, there are two ways to solve this problem. One is to reduce the food supply of existing personnel; The other is to mobilize food from outside. If we start collecting food from Inuqiu now, we will definitely be able to feed these people before winter comes, or at least not let them die in Qianyi. ”

Mobilizing food from Inuhills?

It's not that I haven't thought about this method, but Inuqiu is the foundation of the Qin people, and most of the time they live a herding life, and their food is the same as that of Rong Di, even if they are mobilized from Inuqiu, they can only be beef and mutton and very little grain, which is not enough for so many people to live.

Thinking of this, Ying Kai said to Ying Zhao: "If you distribute the grain, cotton and linen from our two mansions to the people, how much food and clothing are still missing?" ”

Shrink your diet starts with yourself? When Yingzhao heard this, he not only asked, "After giving all our food to the people, what will we eat?" ”

"The people of the Central Plains eat millet and cotton and linen from the Central Plains, and they eat things that are not used to our west. It is my intention to give the people the millet and cotton and linen that we have, and then we will bring things from the dog mound to eat. Ying Kai said.

Good fellow, you are so good to the people, distribute your food and supplies to the people, and then call them from the dog hill yourself.

After listening to Yingkai's words, Zhao Boyu said: "Lord Sima, you are so good to these people, you are willing to share the things in your house with the people, and I don't know what benefits they have given you?" ”

"As I have already said, the people are the foundation of our foothold in Guanzhong, if there is no support from the people, we will have to get out of the country early, are you willing to return to Inuqiu again?"

Ying opened a sentence and asked Zhao Boyu with nothing to say.

Then Ying Kai said to Ying Zhao: "Third uncle, you calculate and see how much you need, and I will write to my father to ask him to prepare in advance." ”

Yingzhao calculated a little and said, "If that's the case, then we still need ten to fifteen truckloads of grain." As for the clothes, as long as the people are willing to wear them, the ones we brought from Inuqiu should be enough. ”

"Okay---, then it's decided, and now we're thinking about how to get these ten truckloads of food." After listening to Yingzhao's calculations, Yingkai said.

Upon hearing this, Yingzhao suddenly smiled, "This question is actually very simple. ”

Simple?

Ying Kai looked at Ying Zhao and said, "It seems that the third uncle has come up with a way, say it and listen to it." ”

"At the moment, although the scattered country does not agree to send us food, we can continue to ask the country for help! I don't believe it, the Guild won't give you face for this uncle. ”