"Recently, there have been some situations in our army, I don't know if you know?"

Lu Yan's words made these people look at each other, some people didn't care about logistics and didn't know what was going on in the army.

"We don't have enough food, we can only last another month at most, and if we don't have food, we have to go out and grab food."

Lu Yan said.

Hearing this, many people opened their mouths in surprise.

Didn't the forts capture a lot of grain when they surrendered? How is it so fast that it is not enough to eat.

"We now have about 3,000 people, and nearly 2,000 horses. Especially those war horses, not only let them eat grass, but also have to feed food. If we don't find a way to get food, we're all going to starve to death. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that before they knew it, Lu Yan already had such a powerful strength.

"Can't we go to the court for food? We help the court fight, doesn't he care about food? Even the emperor can't send hungry soldiers. ”

At this time, Sima Nan asked.

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

The court wants to manage it, but it doesn't have the money, and it can't manage it if it wants to.

Another reason is that the middle officials are too exploitative, and when the soldiers are in the hands of the silver-haired soldiers, it is usually wrong to have half of them left.

In his previous life, Mao Wenlong was almost so hungry that he ran to North Korea to ask for food, and he didn't even think about it when he counted on the imperial court.

"Don't expect the imperial court, the imperial court can send down everyone's salary and silver a lot, and I'll thank God."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"My lord is right, we killed so many enemies for Daming, and we only received three taels of silver in the past five months, and if this continues, Lao Tzu will not fucking do it."

Mo Rigen also scolded.

Hearing his words, the crowd burst into laughter again.

However, they knew that Mo Rigen also had an element of jokes, just in the battle of Zhenjiang Fort, Mo Rigen received at least thirty taels of silver.

Coupled with the miscellaneous seizures, there is definitely not a small amount of silver in his hand.

Of course, this is not a long-term solution, and an army cannot be strong without issuing silver.

But this also reflects their current dilemma, that is, relying only on the silver issued by the Ming Dynasty, the army can't open the pot at all.

Of course Lu Yan didn't allow this to happen, he couldn't let these elite soldiers starve with him, otherwise where would his face go.

He must find enough food for this army to find a way for the army to become strong in the long run.

"If the imperial court doesn't hurry up and bring the grain, we won't be able to support it, so we can only think of other ways."

Speaking of this, Lu Yan sighed.

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and didn't know how to solve this problem.

They have basically never encountered this situation before, and they have to at least take care of the food when they follow the army, and how can they go into battle and kill the enemy if they don't have enough food.

At this time, Lu Yan took out a map shop, which was a map of the world drawn according to the memories of later generations.

"Do you know what this is?"

Lu Yan spread this map on the ground so that everyone could see it.

Everyone shook their heads.

"This is the map of the world, this is the entire territory of this planet."

Lu Yan said.

Everyone was at a loss, what is the planet?

"Do you know what this is?"

Lu Yan pointed to a piece of begonia coiled with a green coil.

The crowd shook their heads again.

"This is the territory of our Daming."

Lu Yan said.

Many people were surprised, it turned out that Daming's map looked like this.

"Da Ming is actually only a very small part of this world."

Lu Yan said.

When everyone looked at the map, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

It's just how did Lu Yan know?

Xue Rengui said with a surprised face: "Isn't our Da Ming the center of the world? It doesn't look like it. ”

Lu Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head, you also believe this kind of thing.

"Do you know which country this is?"

Lu Yan pointed to Spain, which was marked with a thick red line, and said.

Everyone shook their heads.

"It's called Spain, and even though it's a very small country, about the size of one of our provinces, and has a population of only a few million. But he has a vast overseas territory. Luzon, South America, and a large part of North America were occupied by him. The territory occupied by this country is already several times that of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Lü Yan kept pointing out Spain's overseas colonies for them on the world map.

Of course, after the fall of Spain, these overseas colonies would soon be occupied by other powers.

"It can't be! A small barbarian country can occupy such a large territory. ”

Xue Rengui said with a look of disbelief.

The Tang Dynasty where he is located is the real Heavenly Empire, the center of all the nearby countries, and I don't know how many countries have sent people to study in the Tang Dynasty.

The most typical example is Japan, and Xue Rengui has always been proud of being a Tang person.

Now a group of barbarians of millions of people actually controls a territory larger than the Tang Dynasty in the world, which simply makes his worldview completely collapse.

"There's another country here, and it's called the Netherlands. The country is smaller and less populous, but it also controls no less territory than the Ming Dynasty. Java, and this place are their territory. Their merchant ships sailed all over the world, and they were called the coachmen of the sea. ”

Lu Yan continued.

Listening to Lu Yan's words, many people were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

It is simply inconceivable that a group of Western barbarians, with a population of only a few million, could occupy such a large territory.

"In fact, those territories are not as barren as many people say, such as Mexico, which is the world's most famous silver producing area, producing millions of taels of silver every year, which is almost equivalent to our Ming Dynasty's tax revenue in a year. And the Iwami Silver Mountain of the Wa Kingdom produces at least one million taels of silver a year. At its peak, it reached 6.4 million taels. ”

"There's also Champa, where rice crops are grown twice or even three times a year. If we can occupy this area, then our Ming Dynasty will never be short of food. ”

"Luzon is rich in copper and gold mines, as long as the copper ore under it is mined, our Ming money will not be able to run out."

Lu Yan continued.

The crowd was dumbfounded, they had never known that those places out there could be so rich.

Although they were skeptical that Lu Yan knew so many things, they soon found a reason, he was the chosen person of the gods, and he should not lie.

Lu Yan said: "We have a population of 10,000 in the Ming Dynasty, but there are only such a few territories, many of which are still bitter cold lands, don't you think our Ming Dynasty's territory is too small?" ”

(At that time, the official population was about 60 million, but there were too many hidden people, and some later generations verified that it was 150 million.) ）

It's not better than not knowing, it's more frightening.

Compared to those Western barbarians, they immediately felt that Da Ming was indeed like a dragon trapped in the shallows.

"In fact, the world is very big, and we don't need to focus only on Daming. We should have a long-term vision, there are endless territories in this world waiting for us to occupy, waiting for us to conquer, are you willing to occupy this world with me? ”

Lu Yan's words seemed to carry infinite magic power, and all of them nodded without hesitation.

"Since you said so, my lord, of course so many good places can't be occupied by the red-haired people. Even if we don't need it for the time being, it's good to leave it to our children and grandchildren. ”

Xue Rengui's idea was simple and straightforward.

Everyone also nodded their heads, because they had only looked to the west and the north.

The west is separated by plateaus and deserts, and the north is a real bitter cold land, so it has been very difficult for China to expand outward.

Even some territory will be voluntarily abandoned, such as the grasslands in the north, which are regarded as bitter cold because they cannot be cultivated.

After seeing the unified thoughts, Lu Yan put his mind at ease, and then continued: "Lord Xue is right, let's take a look at the surrounding areas of the Ming Dynasty, and the land in the west and north will not be counted for the time being. We are surrounded by the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols, the Jurchens, the Wa Kingdom, Korea, Annam, Siam, Macau occupied by the Portuguese, Luzon occupied by the Spaniards, and Jawa occupied by the Dutch. ”

"Among them, the Ming and Jurchen, and Mongolia are the strongest. We don't have access to them in Mongolia, so we won't consider them for now. If we attack either the Ming or the Jurchen with all our might, we may fall into a protracted war. If we don't eliminate one side quickly, we can only benefit the other side, and even cause unpredictable changes. So we'll put these two parties at the end to settle out. ”

For the Ming Dynasty, Lu Yan still hoped that like history, let the peasant army exhaust its vitality, and then easily pick this sweetest fruit.

And the Jurchens are not mediocre, Lu Yan plans to keep bleeding it for the time being, and use it to put pressure on the Ming Dynasty, but he will not completely eliminate it.

"The other countries are the strongest in the Japanese state, so they should not be dealt with first. Although the North Koreans are swaying between us and the Jurchens, they are also half allies of our Ming Dynasty and play a vital role in our fight against the Jurchens, so I don't plan to touch him for the time being. ”

"The rest are Annam and Siam."

"The Siamese generation paid tribute to our Ming Dynasty, and it was friendly with our Ming Dynasty, and there was no respect, so we decided to let it go."

Thailand is a country that has never heard of any anti-Chinese incidents in later generations, and all ethnic groups in this country get along very well except for some special people, so Lu Yan has no intention of using force against this country.

"The country of Champa is cunning and changeable, and the country has always regarded anti-Ming figures as heroes, so this country must be addressed."

Lu Yan said viciously.

Champa is Vietnam, Vietnam's ** is famous, and it has always regarded itself as a military power.

Lu Yan felt that he should be able to completely occupy it while it had not awakened.

"My plan is to go south and occupy Taiwan first. After the occupation of Taiwan, the displaced and poor people who received the Ming Dynasty came to Taiwan to settle land and provide us with a large amount of food. Then I will set up a card in the Taiwan Strait to collect taxes, control the trade of the whole of Southeast Asia, and try to earn some silver taels to find a way to feed our army. ”

Lu Yan said.