It turned out that Attila received the task of receiving a large number of prisoners of war from the front line of Loulan and supervising their input into agricultural production.

Since the agricultural civilization in the Western Regions is not as developed as that of the Central Plains, the residents of Loulan are far inferior to the people in the Central Plains in terms of agricultural skills. A year ago, the Yellow Turban Uprising allowed Suning to take in many refugees, and although he still has not counted the specific number, these people have been put into production in the northwest, and will usher in the first harvest this summer and autumn.

But it was also at this time that the worst news came from Liangzhou, that is, they had stored food for two or three years, for this wave of refugees, they were eaten clean at once, and at present, almost all of the major warehouses have bottomed out, if this year's grain has not achieved a huge harvest, then their family will not have enough food reserves in the coming year to meet the survival of everyone in Liangzhou.

As a result, the Spanish-speaking areas that have been occupied, clearing up wasteland and farming have become one of their most important things, although the land here is a little barren, and the degree of bitter cold is slightly better than that of Liangzhou. Even if it can be used for farmland production, I am afraid that the harvest will not be enough to cover the huge food gap next year.

What's more, in this kind of situation, the people who came here to level the land were still the group of fools from Loulan Kingdom, so how could Attila give it to the top. You must know that he is also a Hun himself, he has never farmed the land, if he is allowed to rob the grain, maybe he can still make some achievements, but let him reclaim the land, he would rather grow a few leaves by himself, see if God can give him a face, let him also bear an ear of wheat.

If just when he was very depressed, Suning finally brought him good news, that is, there were a large number of potato seeds, which were gathering in the Hami area where he was, however, the cold here, I am afraid that even potatoes would be difficult to survive! As for spring wheat, it needs to be carefully cared for.

Suning also knows this situation, when he was sowing alfalfa seeds, he once wanted to get the barley seeds on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to be planted below. However, there is no such thing in the supermarket system, and Xue Rengui, who he sent to Dafeichuan, is still patrolling the mountains at this time, and even they are not ready for winter clothes at present.

"There were so many displaced people last year!" Suning sat down in front of Attila and said with a sad brow.

Attila's face was not good-looking, so he only heard him say: "In my opinion, the strategy of the main attack itself is problematic, you don't want the rich Central Plains region to develop, but run to the Western Regions, how many people can you feed in this place where birds don't?" If it were me, at least take the state first, and then plot against the Guanzhong region, where both manpower and land would be enough to build a granary. ”

Suning also wants to do this, but the time is not yet ripe politically, and he will not easily start a war unless it is a last resort. Now that he is a confidant, he can only develop westward first, and after obtaining greater land and strategic depth, he will slowly advance to the Central Plains.

What's more, in his heart, there is also a more ambitious plan, the foundation of physics Huaxia to expand the territory, it has always been his desire to be angry, and now that he has such a good opportunity, he naturally can't give up easily.

So he slowly raised his head, looked at the far west, and said slowly in his throat, the caravan that went there for trade should be back soon.

As early as 182 years after the end of the Xianbei War, Suning finalized its strategy for the Western Regions. Before launching this lights-out, his trade with the countries of the Western Regions had been going on secretly for three or four years. Relying on the various light industrial products produced by Liangzhou, they soon gained the favor of many people in the Western Regions, and established a vague connection with the more distant Kushan Empire and the Anxi Empire, although it was not a formal exchange between governments, but the common language of the merchants, or they were brought together faster, I heard that the woolen sweater produced in Liangzhou has exceeded the price of silk in the Anxi Empire, as for the Roman Empire further west, there have long been people asking around about the manufacturing method of this woolen sweater.

If it is done for them, then they will no longer be afraid of the cold winter. Their soldiers, in particular, will be able to wage large-scale wars in winter.

It's just that what they don't know is that in the far east, there is already a cavalry of tens of thousands of people, brave the overwhelming snow at the turn of the cold winter and spring, and occupy the Gaochang and Loulan kingdoms in the Western Regions.

If this news reached their ears, they must have been overwhelmed by the fear of this dragon in the east. And the trade with them will probably be subject to stricter scrutiny, which Suning does not want to see.

What's worse is that as Suning's ambitions gradually unfold in the 36 countries of the Western Regions, more and more Spanish-speaking countries will try to prevent Suning's caravans from trading with those super empires in the west, otherwise a large number of strategic materials will be used to attack them.

"I wonder what happened to Ma Yi? If he was still moving according to the plan, he should have arrived near Loulan Country by now. ”

Attila asked suspiciously, "Why is the lord suddenly worried about him, and what is this person's ability?" ”

"He went to the Kushan Empire to buy grain, if we have this batch of grain in hand, the possibility that we can survive next year will be greatly increased."

Attila shook his head disapprerovingly, and said again: "The lord should still occupy more rich territory as soon as possible!" If it is not advisable to attack the state and the Guanzhong region, then it is necessary to attack Geumseong-gun to the south, which is the second largest agricultural area after Hanyang-gun. And for a long time in the tug-of-war between our army and the rebels. Besides, if we delay in engaging the rebels, it is difficult to guarantee that the people of the imperial court will make irresponsible remarks about us. ”

Suning nodded, he had already thought of this, even if he didn't think about the feelings of the imperial court, he had to think about the mood of Huangfu Song's old comrades-in-arms. After all, they are now the main force of the imperial court attacking the rebels in Liangzhou, even if it is to reduce their casualties, they should do something in the rear.

"Wait!" Suning suddenly said, "When we gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions, we will spend a year recuperating." I began to launch an offensive on the southern front, and two years later, we were using the existing foundation to launch a campaign against the entire Western Regions! ”