The words of the loose plate reminded Liu Tong at once.

That is, ah! In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the armies of various countries had a fixed number, and it was not possible to expand as much as you wanted.

But since Liu Tong thought of this idea, he was easily unwilling to give up. Besides, there is nothing left to do other than this idea at the moment.

"Your Majesty, although the royal family stipulates the number of troops in each country, the Qin people are not a country, they are just a doctor under the royal family, and the number of their army expansion is not subject to the royal regulations." Liu Tong said.

The Qin people are not a country?

Liu Tong's words suddenly reminded Sanpan, "Yes, you are right, the current Qin people are not a country, and of course they are not subject to the restrictions on the amount of troops stipulated by the royal family." After that, Sanpanzi said: "But let's talk about it in the front, this Qin people can't blindly expand the army, once the number is too large for us to control, it will eventually affect our scattered country." ”

Liu Tong smiled and said, "The king is worry-free, and the minister has also thought of this." After all, the grain and grass of the Qin people are still in our hands, and the amount of grain and grass we give them is the amount of the Qin people's army expansion, and they will never be able to jump out of our control. ”

Since ancient times, marching and fighting wars have been carried out by soldiers and horses before moving grain and grass, and the quantity of grain and grass is actually the number of troops.

After listening to Liu Tong's words, Sanpanzi nodded slightly, "Well--, what you said makes sense, so how many troops should the Qin people be allowed to expand according to your opinion?" ”

Liu Tong stretched out five fingers, "Five hundred at most." ”

"Five hundred?"

"Yes, it's just five hundred, we're adding five hundred people to them, and we'll leave the rest alone."

After hearing this, Sanpanzi said: "Five hundred soldiers and horses are a little less, and it is difficult for the Qin people to resist Fengrong's tens of thousands of troops with 1,500 people." Once they are defeated, Feng Rong's army will come to the foot of Sancheng in the morning and night. At that time, it will be us who will suffer. ”

Although Liu Tong advocated uniting the Qin people to fight against Rong Di, of course, as the prime minister of the scattered country, he still had to think about his own country, and after thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, the tens of thousands of troops who use 1,500 people to resist Feng Rong will definitely hit the stone with an egg and bring about their own destruction; But the king did not forget that the Qin people at this time still had tens of thousands of Longchuan people in their hands, and I thought that at the critical moment, the Qin people would definitely use these people. ”

After listening to Liu Tong's words, Sanpanzi said with a serious face: "The widow understands your words, but in fact, he still wants to use the Qin people's own strength to deal with Rong Di from the north. If it really doesn't work, it will only make the people suffer. ”

Liu Tong smiled faintly: "The gentleman is wise, in fact, most of the people who are staying in Longchuan are still the original manpower, when we mobilized them to go to the south bank of Weishui, they were restless and guarded themselves, since they are willing to return to Longchuan now, then let them deal with Rong Di in the north by themselves, and we also save a lot of heart." What do you think? ”

For these people in Longchuan, Sanpan has always been a headache, and it was to settle these people in the territory of Sanguo that caused a lot of commotion, and now these are back in Longchuan again, so let them fend for themselves!

"Okay--, just according to your wishes, increase the army establishment and grain and grass of five hundred people for the Qin people, and let them figure out the rest by themselves. Since these Qiantou are willing to return to Longchuan, a place where soldiers must fight, then they will fend for themselves! Loose plate finally said.

"Your Ministers obey." Liu Tongxin left satisfied.

Because Sancheng is a lot of distance from Longchuan, he will definitely not be able to reach Longchuan in the afternoon and evening, so Ren Ji had to stay in Sancheng that day, and then drove to Qianyi early the next morning. Before dark, I finally returned to Qianyi.

returned to Qianyi's office without resting and came directly to Yingkang's mansion, and Yingzhao and Zhao Boyu were also in the mansion.

"Ren Ji has seen Lord Sima and met two adults." After seeing Yingkang and others, he was appointed to worship the Tao.

"Lord Ren is back, it's been hard all the way to the saddle horse, please take a seat." Ying Kang motioned for Ren to sit down on the cushion beside him.

In the Spring and Autumn period, there were no chairs, so everyone sat on the ground, that is, spread a cushion on the ground, and everyone knelt on it, and then sat on their heels.

After Ren Ji sat down, Ying Kang asked, "I wonder what the effect of Lord Ren's trip to Qianyi this time is?" ”

"I got something, but I didn't get it." Ren replied.

Got something and didn't get what you wanted?

Ying Kang didn't seem to understand, so he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to my previous thoughts, I originally planned to ask for a thousand soldiers and horses for our Qianyi. But in the end, the reply was that the king only gave us 500 men of food and grass, that is, the king only agreed that we were expanding the army of 500 men. ”

"Five hundred? You said that the king only agreed to give us an additional army of 500 men? This bit of soldiers and horses is enough for a fart, doesn't he know that Fengrong has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses? Zhao Boyu became angry when he heard it.

"Don't be presumptuous, let Lord Ren finish talking first." Seeing Zhao Boyuan's disrespectful words, Yingkang immediately stopped him.

Zhao Boyu had no choice but to stop complaining.

Yingkang continued to respectfully say to Ren Ji: "Lord Ren, you continue to speak. ”

"Lord Sima, I also know that this bit of soldiers and horses will not play a role, but you also know the current situation of the scattered country, which is originally a small country with weak strength and not too much savings, and being able to come up with so much grain and grass is already a lot of effort from our master. No matter how much my master can't do it. Ren Ji said helplessly.

Ying Kang is so smart, needless to say, he knows that this must be Liu Tong's idea, so he said: "Ying Kang thanks Lord Xiangguo for his consideration of Qianyi's safety, thank you for me." ”

"Lord Sima is polite, after all, we are standing on the same path at this time, and thinking about you is also for the safety of the scattered country, how can we say thank you?"

Ying Kang then asked: "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 king say how much grain to allocate to the people?" ”

Allocate food to the people of Longchuan?

Ren Ji looked at a loss, and then said in surprise: "Lord Sima said that he would allocate food to the people? In so many years in Sanguo, I have only heard that the people have to pay grain and taxes to the imperial court, and I have never heard of the fact that the imperial court has allocated grain to the people, and the king has never said anything about this. ”

After listening to Ren Ji's words, Ying Kang shook his head lightly and then 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. ”

For Yingkang's words, Ren seems to understand or not, and the people's food and clothing still have to be managed by the court? This is an unprecedented thing in the history of the scattered country, so he arched his hand and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, if there is nothing to do, I will go back first, I am also very tired along the way!" ”

Yingkang got up and sent Ren Ji to the door, "Lord Ren go slowly!" ”

"Master Sima stays, stays, I'll leave first." With that, Ren Ji hurriedly walked out of the house.

(End of chapter)