Chapter 210: Riding the Tide (16)
Chapter 210
Gongzi Madara formed a new 4,000 soldiers at Beacon Hill, and immediately set out with his troops in the evening. Now the force of Beacon Hill has grown to 13,000 people. The approximate distribution is: the number of soldiers who entered the territory of Qi is about 4,000. There are still 1,000 people in Tangfu. He led another 4,000 people. Beacon Hill stayed, 4,000 people, isn't the total number more than 10,000 people?
More than 10,000 people are not a trivial matter, food and clothing, are all to Gongzi Ban to find his own way, it is not easy to pull the mountain, this more than 10,000 people plus Huazi, that is, 20,000 people are dressed is a big problem, if it is not for the cotton clothes are all out of their own, only the cotton clothes are enough for people to bear, now it's okay, kill the 80,000 troops of the Qi army, the cotton clothes harvested are enough for you to wear for a few years, and you can also relieve some people. Don't worry about getting dressed,
The biggest problem is to eat, the army has developed, however, the expenses of Childe Madara have also increased sharply, and the army of more than 10,000 people plus lumberjacks, plus carpenters, blacksmiths, and masons. As many as 20,000 people need to eat, and it's Gongzi Ban who is trying to figure out a way, after all, building his own armed forces is a blank piece of paper, it's really poor and white, nothing, everything starts from 0.
When I first arrived at Beacon Mountain, although there were only a few dozen people, there was nothing to eat, so I had to borrow 300 carts of grain from Yuanyu. It was supported, and it was really an endless road, and then in Tangfu, Mengyin, and Gu Dian seized a part of the grain, and Bijia Mountain persevered, so far, Gongzi Ban tasted the sweetness of seizing the city, and the grain can be captured.
But there is no extra food, at most it is enough to eat for two months, and then the war with the Qi State captured the military rations of 80,000 people of the Qi army, which is the largest income, even so, the military rations stored in Beacon Mountain are only enough to eat for four months, where to get food in this winter? In the spring, when the green and yellow crops are scarce, there is no food to raise.
Whoever thinks about these things for you, no one knows that there must be a large amount of grain and grass to build an army. Only Gongzi Madara is planning, Iron Egg, Second Egg, Da Lai is still young, I don't know these things, if I get older, I may be able to share my worries for myself, but not now, after all, they are still children, and they don't care about the next meal after eating. Dang Zhixian, Liang Xin is far away in Xu State, and he can only rely on himself, and no one can count on it.
He knew very well in his heart that the grain stored in Beacon Hill was only enough to feed for almost four months. I can't get to the wheat harvest season. There are still almost six months left before the wheat harvest season, and there is a shortage of food rations for more than a month to two months. This is an important reason why Childe Madara decided to attack the Qi Kingdom. Because Gongzi Ban has an excuse, after all, it was Qi Guo who attacked Beacon Mountain first, and he was a counterattack, reasonable, and confident!
They had to raise a certain amount of food in the surrounding areas of the Qi Kingdom. That is, at least enough food for 20,000 people to eat for about two months. Of course, if you can raise enough food for more than three to four months, then you can't wait until the autumn harvest. That would solve the problem once and for all. There will be no more questions about food.
When Gongzi Ban was ready to start spring, he organized the people to carry out water diversion uphill and plant rice instead. The problem of rice seeds, he can go beyond the country, Wu Guo to buy, he knows where to have, this is not a problem. Switching to rice can increase yields by more than five times. Even ten times, drought and flood to ensure the harvest, the current crops in Beacon Hill are basically dependent on the sky for food. If the rain is sufficient, the food will not be eaten, and if the weather is dry, it will be difficult for the people to solve the problem of eating by themselves, not to mention, there will be surplus food handed over to them. If the drought is too severe, the grain harvest is gone, and the people have fled the famine, Gongziban will be finished, and there is no need to mention the restoration.
It stands to reason that the water sources around Beacon Hill are very abundant, and there is Yishui in the south. There is so-su water in the north, and if the water can be diverted successfully, then there is no assumption. Just wait until autumn, and the food problem will be solved. You can also return the 300 carts of grain that you borrowed for a while. I don't want to borrow other people's food, that's when there is no way, I have to borrow. It's urgent
The king knew that Gongzi Madara had no food to pay him back now. Therefore, he didn't expect Zaigongzi Madara to return this batch of grain to him. It's a return to support Childe Madara once,
Despite this meaning, after all, grain is borrowed, and it is not difficult to borrow and borrow again. Childe Madara is determined to return this batch of grain. To return this batch of grain, we can only wait for half a year later. When the rice is not harvested, they can return their grain. If you have difficulties in the future, you can borrow again.
However, it is winter, and there is nothing to be done, and we have to raise enough food, otherwise what will we do when the harvest is scarce? Where is the amount of food to be raised? Gongzi Ban thought about it and went back and forth, so he had to go to Qi to raise food. It is winter, and it is not easy to buy food among the common people. The common people don't have any extra food. It's good to be able to eat until the wheat harvest season, where is the surplus grain being sold to his son-in-law?
Therefore, Gongziban must capture the cities of Qi and seize the grain. Estimate every city. The troops' food should be stored for more than three or four months. Then take all this grain and take it for yourself. There is no problem with eating on your own. It's completely solved. So he decided to attack the country of Qi. Since you have come to hit me, I have an excuse to hit you,
Before leaving today, he was already on the mountain with the middle woman. Iron eggs, they talked about it. The troops on the mountain will go to this place in Tangfu from tomorrow to concentrate food on the mountain. The 4,000 soldiers who remain on Beacon Hill must ensure that 2,000 soldiers are responsible for transporting food every day. The grain in the territory of Qi will continue to be transported to Tangfu, and the captured grain must be transported before starting negotiations with Qi.
He was not ready to attack Qi at first, but was ready to attack Lu on a snowy day, and he wanted to have a big fight with Qing's father, but at the critical moment, Qi Guo inserted a bar, and Gongzi Ban was facing an urgent need to solve the problem of Qi State. Before starting to counterattack the Qi army, Gongziban had already instructed the carpenter to start building the horse-drawn sled, and also drew a sketch for them to build. It is used to transport grain and grass, and it is also constantly building sleds, and constantly building horse-drawn sleighs.
The broken can lead so many lumberjacks to provide them with enough wood. The blacksmiths also provided the carpenters with saws of different sizes, which improved the efficiency of the carpenters, and the previous five days of work were now not needed for a day.
The work efficiency, the previous five-day work, now there is no need for a day, everyone thinks, Gongzi Madara is a godman, omniscient, omnipotent godman, working in Beacon Mountain,