"Grandpa Xiao, you have made a lot of contributions to this great cause this time!" , Li Chengji held Xiao Chongde's hand and said gratefully. When he first came to Daliao, Xiao Chongde took good care of him. This time, he relied on his own strength to control the military power of Da Liao and drive away the barbarians. It can be regarded as a big gift to Li Chengji.

So speaking of which, Li Chengji can't be overthanked.

Of course, Xiao Chongde will not accept Li Chengji's heavy reward. Because he's getting old, maybe he'll be gone one day. Money and fame are all things of the body, and he has long looked down on them. Then he said loudly: "I'm old, and I don't have much hope." Since I was a child, I have treated you as my own grandson, and I have done these things not only for you, but also for the people of Daliao. ”。

The situation of disasters and disasters has made the people of Daliao miserable. It can be regarded as a good deed for the benefit of the country and the people to end all this as soon as possible.

Li Chengji hurriedly answered yes and personally helped him get on the horse. This honor made many Liaochen and Khorasan civil and military officials have some respect for Xiao Chongde.

When they arrived at the gate of Balasagon City, the gate, which was not very tall, was even more dilapidated. There weren't any defensive soldiers on it, and it looked more like an abandoned city.

And all the people of the city had come out to meet them. They were scrawny and skinny, like refugees who hadn't eaten for months.

"Knock to the lord!" The people saluted in unison. Depending on the ethnic group, each person has a different way of saluting. But they all bowed their heads to show the highest respect of the grassland people.

Li Chengji looked at it, and immediately asked the attendants beside him, "Where is the prison envoy?" ”。 The grain and grass of the Khorasan army were all under the overall planning and dispatch of the prison envoys. This is not only to strengthen the authority of the prisoner, but also to prevent the lord from becoming dominant.

When the attendants heard this, they quickly went down to give orders. It wasn't long before the prison envoy was brought up. The main task of the prison envoy is to be responsible for the ideological work of the army. Therefore, the supervisors are generally literate and hyphenation and have a certain ideological consciousness to serve as readers.

And they were all Puritans, and they were the staunchest defenders of the Church. Ideologically, in line with the state religion of Khorasan. This also ensures the purity of the army's thinking to the greatest extent.

At that moment, the two prison envoys came to Li Chengji and bowed: "See the lord of the country!" ”。 They belonged to two different camps, not under each other. It is also the reason why tens of thousands of Khwarazm troops were recruited in this northward operation. As a result, there was a certain amount of confusion in the formation of the army in Khorasan.

Therefore, the rank in the army is not clear.

In addition, the army brought by Li Chengji was too mixed, not only the apologetic army, but also the border army, the surrendered army and the naturalized tribes. It is obvious that one prison envoy cannot take care of it, so it is under the control of two prison guards separately. In terms of money and food, it is also good to arrange it properly.

"Hmmm! Get up! Immediately 20,000 loads of grain and grass were taken out and distributed to the people of the city. ", ordered Lee Seungji.

The two prison envoys glanced at each other, and they were a little embarrassed: "Qi Qi the lord of the country, the grain and grass in the army are only enough for ten days. If you draw out 20,000 quintals, I'm afraid it will be ······."

"Please think twice!" Another prison envoy answered.

This northward operation was not in Khorasan's plan. Especially along the way, Khorasan has provided relief to the people along the way. For example, the Qarakhanid Kingdom and the Bakhani two places consumed a lot of grain and grass.

However, because of the sparse population, Gur and Sindh consumed less grain and grass. And because of the friendship with the Delhi Sultanate, he also unexpectedly got a large amount of grain and grass. At present, the new immigrants in Sindh and Ghor are almost all living on food and grass in Delhi.

This is also in disguise, pushing up the price of food in Delhi.

Although there was no large-scale spike in Khorasan due to the restrictions of the government price system. However, as the army moved north to fight, the price of food in the counties continued to rise. To this end, the government has also set a ceiling on the food that people can buy.

It's just that this is drinking to quench your thirst!

After all, the high price of food in Khorasan is due to the shortage of grain, and the supply exceeds demand. Therefore, the best way is to transfer grain from within the country.

Li Chengji has ordered the Li firm to purchase grain from abroad by all means. Even trade with foreign merchants was exchanged through grain companies. But at present, only Delhi has a large amount of grain imported into Khorasan.

On the West Persian side, due to geographical constraints, production was not much. In addition, due to the large number of small countries in the local area and the repeated wars, the trade route is also very unsmooth. Therefore, the food shortage in Khorasan is not enough to alleviate in a short period of time.

However, taking the Kipchak steppe can supplement it with meat. There are a lot of cattle and sheep there, and they will definitely be imported into the Khorasan counties on a large scale in the future. Moreover, most of the people of Khorasan are steppe people, and eating cattle and sheep is also in line with their dietary habits.

But at present, the war is not completely over, and the Kipchak steppe has not been completely recovered. Therefore, the food gap still cannot be filled.

Li Chengji knew about the situation in China, so he didn't bring more grain and grass. Then he led hundreds of thousands of troops and set out for Balasagon in a mighty manner. In order to sweep the entire Great Liao through the advantage of numbers.

And now he's succeeded! Not only that, but it was very successful. Without spending a single soldier, the entire Liao realm was restored. But the responsibility that comes with success has put him under a lot of pressure.

At this moment, listening to the concerns of the prison envoy, Li Chengji frowned slightly and said: "The people can't be hungry, let's send 20,000 loads of grain and grass out first." I will discuss the rest of the matter with the civil and military officials. ”。

Chrysostom Yuyan! Li Chengji made a decision in front of so many people, and the prison envoys had no choice but to obey orders.

Yelu Chongde and Li Chengji were not far apart, and when they heard Li Chengji's words, they hurriedly shouted: "Thank you for the food!" ”。 Some Liao officials who reacted also called Li Chengji benevolent and righteous.

The people have a herd mentality! When they heard that Li Chengji gave food, they all bowed to each other. In an instant, the hearts of the people of Balasagon were all returned to Khorasan.

In fact, the people of this era are relatively simple! They didn't experience the world of flowers in the afterlife, so they didn't have so many flowers and intestines. I don't know what it means to be a show, and what it is to buy people's hearts.

Then Li Chengji led his troops into the city to inspect the circle, and then lived in the former Li Mansion. As for the large army, it was stationed outside the city. It was originally the location of the palace tent, but it was burned down in the battle to drive out the barbarians.

Now there is only a field of grass and ashes, waiting for the first snow of winter.

In addition, the action to sweep away the remnants of the barbarians cannot be left behind!

According to the information from the locals, the Khorasan army was divided into various places and constantly swept away the remnants of the barbarians. and set out eastward, pursuing the remnants of Qu Qu Lu's soldiers and horses.

But at this juncture, another major event made Li Chengji worried.