The big ship returned to the northwest, and the speed was obviously not as good as the south, but it also docked at the Cangzhou wharf on the sixth day.

Zheng Zhizhi, who went ashore, felt much more relaxed, the temporary resettlement camp in the west of Cangzhou City was already overcrowded, and the northwest was still transporting party members to Cangzhou, as well as horses, cattle and sheep.

These animals have long been nowhere to be placed, and even the wharves in Cangzhou have begun to have resettlement points for party members, and Zheng Zhi, who has long been anxious and under great pressure, only then did he feel that there was a big deal.

"Pedant, start to arrange for the party members to get on the ship, all of them will be sent to Tamna Island, and the grain from the dockside warehouse will also be transported to Tamna Island, except for the necessary food, don't give anything else, let the party people survive on their own after they go to the island." Zheng Zhi began to arrange, but it can be regarded as humanitarian, as long as these party members go to the island and have food that is guaranteed not to starve to death, they will naturally survive.

As for the warm clothes, these party members came from Western Xia, which itself was a cold place, and most of the party members wore relatively thick fur. As for the production tools, Zheng Zhi didn't bother to pay attention to them, there are still tens of thousands of aborigines on the island, and the party members will probably find their own way.

As long as he doesn't starve to death, Zheng Zhi doesn't care about the rest of the things, and when the party members slowly settle down, he will send some cattle, sheep and livestock to the island, and even some horses, so that these party members can slowly support themselves. Then fight for some production tools and raw materials, and even land from the aborigines. It's also a joy to see it happen.

However, Zheng Zhi's own pressure on food has also increased exponentially, although the grain that Fang La has scavenged is coming in a steady stream on the sea, it is still overstretched.

"Xianggong, I'm afraid that the rations of the party members are difficult to afford, to support these party members, it is not an expenditure of a month or two, but I am afraid that it will take at least a year or so, and millions of party members, even if they are given less, the consumption is too great." Wu Yong also thought about this problem, although the food given to the party members would only ensure that they would not starve to death, but this amount was also unbearable.

Zheng Zhi thought for a moment, and only said: "This matter is not a matter of food, but to build more ships, there are still more than 30,000 prisoners in Cangbei, all of them have stepped up time to start shipbuilding, and there are more ships, so they will transport the party men on the island to Goryeo and to the Japanese country." Let them go ashore and plunder, so that a large part of the food ration problem can be solved. After the surplus property is handed over, it will also allow the Jingluo government to have more money to buy food. ”

Although Wu Yong is a ruthless person, he was still a little surprised when he heard Zheng Zhi's arrangement, this kind of method is no longer harming the lives of one or two people, it is bringing serious trouble to the two countries, affecting thousands of people, even if it is a party member who went ashore to plunder, I am afraid that there are many who are more than lucky.

"It's a good plan to be public, and the party members must work hard in order to survive." Wu Yong only replied with one sentence.

Zheng Zhi said again: "Appropriately allocate some old weapons to the party members, and the number is temporarily controlled within 10,000." ”

"Don't worry, the students should make proper arrangements at this time." Wu Yong replied.

Zheng Zhi nodded and said: "The coastline between Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom is extremely long, so the landing place must not be repeated, and it is necessary to take it by surprise and ensure the safety of these party members to the greatest extent." ”

Zheng Zhi still doesn't want these party members to be sent to death, the party now has a total of tens of thousands of young adults, and these young people will have to fight for Zheng Zhi in the future, so it's really not worth it.

Wu Yong naturally took out a pen and recorded it slowly, for Zheng Zhi's military and internal affairs orders, Wu Yong recorded clearly with a pen every time, and his attitude towards doing things was excellent.

After the army disembarked, the Ruan brothers obviously couldn't be idle, and immediately began to arrange for the party members to board the ship.

The more than 5,000 soldiers on the shore had reorganized their ranks a little, and they were about to set off for Qingchi.

Zheng Zhi hit the horse and was in front of the head, not long after, the avenue was facing the horse and rushing seven or eight horses, and the front was Yan Qing, Yan Qing came to Zheng Zhi like this, there would be no other reason, there must be something to report.

"Xianggong, the secret letter from the northwest, there is a folded Xianggong on the fire paint, Xiao Liu Xianggong, and the seal of General Yang, come quickly, and the matter must be urgent." Yan Qing dismounted and took out the secret letter from his arms and presented it.

Zheng Zhi leaned over to take the letter, peeled off the fire paint, and looked at it for a while, but the content was not unexpected, and he was not surprised, but this matter was a little troublesome, and Zheng Zhi's brows wrinkled again. Immediately handed the letter to Wu Yong.

The army continued to advance, and Yan Qing also mounted his horse to follow. After Wu Yong finished reading the secret letter, he thought for a moment and said: "Xianggong, this matter is not easy to solve, the northwest can't support so many soldiers, and I'm afraid that I will be blamed by the officials for losing my land." What a dilemma. ”

Zheng Zhi didn't speak when he heard the words, and thought about it repeatedly in his heart. The dilemma of this matter is clear at a glance, and there is only one solution to the matter, that is, delay, but it cannot be simply delayed, otherwise several people in the northwest will inevitably be convicted.

How to delay, that's a problem. If it drags on, how to solve the grain and grass is also a problem.

Wu Yong saw that Zheng Zhi was silent, and said: "Xianggong, there is a shortage of grain in the northwest, and in winter, the matter of grain and grass has always relied on Xianggong's support. Rather than this, if you let the northwest unarm, the soldiers have also received some military salaries in the past few months, and after returning to their hometowns, they will not really starve to death. It also saves a lot of pressure on Xianggong. ”

There is nothing wrong with Wu Yong's thoughts, at this time, he simply analyzed from Zheng Zhi's point of view, and the removal of the armor in the northwest really saved Zheng Zhi a lot of trouble.

But Zheng Zhi didn't have such an idea in his heart, this erosive Great Song Dynasty didn't have many troops that could fight, not to mention the survival of the soldiers, and not to mention whether it was benevolent and righteous. Let's just say that this strong army, which has just been fed for a few months and has recovered a few percent of its combat strength, has just disappeared, and Zheng Zhi doesn't want to see it.

What's more, this strong army now has more respect for itself, and even this kind of thing has also sent a letter to the northwest to ask for his opinion, and Zheng Zhi is even more reluctant to remove the armor in the northwest This kind of thing happened again.

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Zhi suddenly spoke: "Hurry up and reply to the past, just write six words, the Liao people cannibalize and fight!" ”

Wu Yongyan heard this, thought about it for a while, and already understood. The meaning of Zheng Zhi's six words is to let the Western Army start a war with the tribes on the northern grassland, although the tribes on the grassland are not Khitans, but they are nominally under the control and jurisdiction of the Liao State, although these tribes do not necessarily obey the orders of the Liao people, but they are also nominally Liao.

The reason why the Western Army and the grassland tribes went to war was the six words that Zheng Zhi said, that the grassland people encroached on the land of Western Xia and were forced to go to war.

Sending this reason to Tokyo can naturally delay the removal of armor, but this reason also has to pay a price, not the price of war, but the price of food.

Wu Yong was worried about this matter and asked, "Xianggong, I'm afraid that the food and salary of the Western Army will not be easy to solve?" Tokyo will not send food to the northwest. ”

Food is no better than metal or money, which can be accumulated from generation to generation, and can be accumulated for thousands of years. The vast majority of the iron and money of the Great Song Dynasty were not produced in the Great Song Dynasty, but slowly accumulated throughout the thousand-year history. A piece of pig iron can be a knife today, a pot in ten years, a hoe in a hundred years, and a weapon in a thousand years.

But grain is different, it can't be stored for a long time, and a few years of stored grain can no longer satisfy the stomach, and grain is not an accumulation, but something that is planted and harvested every year. This kind of thing has limitations, and sometimes it is difficult to buy a large amount even if you have money.

Just like now, the big granaries in the south of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang have just experienced war and looting, and the grain output has dropped sharply, as long as it is not until next year's harvest season, the grain will be less and less, and it is really possible to spend money and may not be able to buy a large amount.

This letter pointed out that he could ask for enlightenment from his relatives, and he would be able to take care of it in his heart, and Liu Zhengyan would be determined to forge ahead and would inevitably act in accordance with this law. Nowadays, there are many horses in the western army, there are Tubo tribes in the southwest, there are Uighurs in the west, and there are grassland barbarians in the north. In the past two months, the Jinglu Prefecture will support some more grain and grass to pass, and let them plunder the rest, and the livestock of a tribe can easily be eaten by the army for a month or two. Zheng Zhi thought very thoroughly, nomadic people, the reason for the lack of food is that they can't kill chickens and take eggs, and they can't slaughter and eat their livestock in winter, but they have to ensure the prosperity of the livestock population, but the Western Army does not have this restriction.

To the north, to the south, to the west, eat all over the nomad. Eating the livestock of nomadic tribes, whether slaughtered or not, was also a devastating blow to these tribes.

Zheng Zhi's idea is simple, instead of waiting for food like this, it is better to run wild horses, the Liao people are now too busy to take care of themselves, and there are scattered sand tribes on the grassland, these soldiers who have never entered the grassland, at this time to go to the grassland, it is also a good way.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, there were many such things, and it didn't hurt to do it again in the Great Song Dynasty. People can't let their habitual thinking be limited, and if they can find these words of Zheng Zhi, they will inevitably be enlightened. In this matter, one is courage, the courage to deceive the imperial court, and the other is to break the inherent mode of thinking.

"This method is the best policy, and the students are ashamed of themselves, and they really admire it." Wu was also surprised and admired in his heart, for Wu Yong, it was still the limitation of the thinking pattern, and what was not as good as Zheng Zhi was that he could not look at the world at a higher level, but was still limited to the acre and three points of land in the Great Song Dynasty, and he still thought more about the court officials and Zheng Zhi's Hebei.

For hundreds of years, the Hu people went south, from the Jin Dynasty to the present, the Hu people have always been in a dominant position militarily, whether it is the Five Hu Sixteen Kingdoms or the Khitan today. The Han people are in a defensive position, and the grassland is a new powerful force rising again and again, taking the initiative to march to the grassland, except for the Tang, for hundreds of years, most of the time it is something that cannot be imagined. 74

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