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Of course, from this point of view, it can be seen that Jieli does not have the intention of invading the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, at least for the time being, or that he does, it will also need to wait until he unifies the entire Mobei Prairie.

"This meal can also get news?" Niu Jinda laughed.

It's not that he looks down on Cen Wenwen, but he really doesn't know what Cen Wenwen can see from a few meals.

Of course, this is not that he thinks Cen Wenwen is treasonous, with Cen Wenwen's current status, although he has not yet been crowned a duke, he is also a marquis's title, which can be said to be one with the Tang Dynasty, with both glory and loss.

Even if Jieli can offer a higher price, it is not as good as his current status.

And as a nobleman with a knighthood, Cen Wenwen can even pass the title to his sons and grandsons.... It can be said that he can bless more than three generations, even if the title is gradually reduced in the future, with his reputation as Cen Wenwen, his children and grandchildren can also become a rich man.

Therefore, Niu Jinda can be sure that Cen Wenwen's heart is absolutely loyal to Datang.

"The old man naturally got the news, hehe!" Cen Wenwen glanced at Niu Jinda and said with a smile: "Because the old man ate a musty smell in their grain!" And the beef and mutton sent up are also beef and mutton that have been aged for several days! ”

Zhang Yi couldn't help but look at the old man Cen Wenwen.

He also didn't expect that Cen Wenwen would actually see the doorway here.

As a Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty, Cen Wenwen's status is undoubtedly noble.

Even as a captive, it is noble.

After all, ancient times were an era that attached great importance to respect and humility, and Jieli, as a generation of khans, respected the officials of the Tang Dynasty while respecting his own authority, so the treatment of Cen Wenwen and Tang Jian and his party was absolutely strictly in accordance with etiquette.

Although it is possible that there are some changes in life habits due to being of different races, it is understandable that Jieli will never be treated as a prisoner.

However, Cen Wenwen ate a musty smell from the food, and the beef and mutton were also old, so it undoubtedly showed a problem, that is, the Jieli Department also lacked food.

If there is no shortage of food, it is common for Cen Wenwen to kill a cow for them every day.

It's just that pure martial artists like Niu Jinda and Xue Wancheng can't think of this.

Niu Jinda said: "It seems that Cen Gong and Tang Gong have really suffered, since they have returned to Shuofang, the old man will order someone to kill cattle and slaughter sheep in a while, and pick up the wind for Cen Gong!" ”

"Old man, I really don't know how you became a dignified marquis!" Cen Wenwen was immediately angry, and scolded: "Do you think the old man looks like a person who has never eaten wine and meat? It's as if the old man wants to come to you to eat and drink! ”

It's no wonder that Cen Wenwen is angry, but Lao Niu's words are really a bit too much.

Cen Wenwen just said that he ate moldy rice every day on Jieli Day, and he was fine, and in a blink of an eye, he said that he would pick up the wind and wash the dust for others. Although it is etiquette to wash the dust from the wind, the timing of this speech is not right.

When it came to Cen Wenwen's words, the taste immediately changed.

To people who don't know the situation, it has become him Cen Wenwen complaining to him Niu Jinda, and he is complaining about his grievances with food, isn't this obviously asking people to have a meal?

Even though Cen Wenwen knew very well in his heart that Niu Jinda was just apologizing for what happened just now, it was not this apology method to apologize!

Therefore, this person is like this, often one negligence can cause a mistake, and another one does not pay attention to offend people.

Li Jing looked at the two of them arguing, and the topic was brought to the Eight Claws Kingdom, and hurriedly took over the conversation and said to Cen Wenwen: "According to Cen Gong's meaning.... Then the Jieli Department is also short of food now? “

"Not bad!" Cen Wenwen nodded, agreed with Li Jing's statement, and said with a smile: "Li Shuai really deserves to be both civil and military, and the old man just said a sentence and you can guess what the old man thinks!" ”

Saying that, Cen Wenwen stopped standing, returned to his seat and knelt down, looking like a virtuous man, and said: "Our Datang has suffered a locust plague this year, and the same is actually a certain impact on the grassland, although the grass grows again after the summer, but the cattle and sheep on the grassland today have decreased by as much as three percent compared with the past!" ”

"What Gong Cen said is right!" Xue Wanqian arched his hand towards Cen Wenwen at the moment, and after saluting Li Jing and Niu Jinda, he said in a deep voice: "The last general was ordered to treasure the beast Shuofang, although he has not gone out of Shuofang for a hundred miles, but the merchants who have come and gone through him still have a good understanding of the situation on the grassland!"

As far as today's locust plague is concerned, there is actually a precursor in early spring, and in early summer it has spread all over Shuofang, and the same is true in other places, and in late June, it suddenly reaches its peak, and locusts are everywhere in large numbers, like a tide of insects covering the sky and the sun! ”

"So powerful?" Cen Wenwen was also frightened by Xue Wancheng's words.

Although there are locusts in Guanzhong, they can only be described as swarms of living and overwhelming.

However, Xue Wancheng's description of the locust plague on the grassland is to cover the sky and the sun, which is different, this is like a dense crowd that even blocks the sun, and you don't need to think about it to know how many locusts there are.

"yes!" Xue Wanqian nodded and said, "Gong Cen doesn't know, but this grassland is different from my Guanzhong.

Although there is grain planted in Guanzhong, there is a certain interval in many places because of many reasons such as ploughing fields and roads, and there are also pesticides and chickens and ducks insect-eating methods introduced by Jingyang County later, so although Guanzhong suffered disasters, it is also within a certain range.

However, the steppe is different, firstly, the Turkic people do not pay attention to locusts at all, and secondly, because the steppe is full of fertile pastures, there is plenty of food for the locusts, so there are more locusts! “

Xue Wanqian said very reasonably, in Zhang Yi's opinion, it is obvious that he also knows a lot about the locust plague, but due to the low culture, his words are not as clear as those of Cen Wenwen.

"So the Jieli Department is really short of food?" Li Jing's eyes suddenly lit up.

He, a person who has fought for most of his life, knows very well, don't look at Jieli's majestic hand with 200,000 iron horses, but in fact he is a paper tiger.

200,000 horses, not to mention others, just eating horses and chewing for a day will cost a lot of grain, and in the middle of the war, in order to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, it is naturally necessary to have a full amount, so even if Jieli has some old foundations of the Sui Dynasty because of the relationship between Princess Yicheng, it is not enough to eat.

Although for themselves, they can still eat cattle and mutton without food, but today because of the problem of locust plague, the cattle and sheep are already pitiful, and they have to keep some as breeding sheep for next year, so in fact, Jieli did not get any benefit from launching this war except to take back the territory that originally belonged to him.