Chapter 651: Preventing Civil Strife
With the departure of the Wei people, this war, which had been tossed for nearly two years, finally came to an end.
The price of the end was to empty the treasury of the entire Great Chu, as well as the gold and silver wealth of the four most prosperous and wealthy cities.
He also sent a large number of wives and daughters from royal families, families, and powerful families, as well as a large number of women who were quite attractive at the bottom, in exchange for the remnants of Da Chu.
And the subsequent damage to Dachu in the aftermath of this war is even more serious than ever.
At least the already chaotic currency market in Chu State will not be able to recover in a short period of time.
Coupled with the lack of existing gold and silver, the people have lost confidence in whether the gold and silver tickets in their hands can recover their value.
Therefore, the imagination of the people frantically flocking to the money bank to exchange silver did not improve much.
Of course, because of this, the silver and gold tickets in the hands of the Xue family cannot be sold for the time being.
However, they are not afraid of losing money, after all, they borrowed silver tickets, and they naturally had to pay back silver tickets, so there was no reason for them to borrow silver tickets to repay the silver.
But they have so much labor to grow and process sweet potatoes, as well as a large number of long-term workers, that they can't ask for money?
Now the people don't dare to accept gold and silver tickets.
To pay for these expenses, you have to have real treasures of gold and silver or food.
But how can it be good for so many people to consume so much gold and silver every day, and how much gold and silver they need, and the money bank cannot exchange it for silver?
It seems that only food can be distributed.
It's just that if all the food is used to deduct it, they won't have so much food without completely exposing the effect of sweet potatoes.
Although the man-made disaster has ended, the natural disaster is still there, and it is getting more and more serious, even if Zheng Linchu is here, the Xue family can't get so much food.
It can only be offset by meat or cooking oil.
Fortunately, the meat is not fresh meat, but cured meat and bacon, which can be stored for a long time.
However, today's people can't even afford to eat food, so how can they be willing to eat meat?
There is no way, they have to accept it if they don't take it.
Neither the common people nor the rich and powerful knew when the price of gold and silver would recover, and the only gold and silver in their hands were tightly clutched.
Under such circumstances, the economy is shrinking, and the people can't sell even if they have a handful of labor!
Finally, there is a Xue family who is willing to continue to recruit people, how can you force so much, the meat is just meat, it is also food, and it is still a good thing.
If it is pickled, it can be eaten for a long time, and it is cheap, so it is quite cost-effective.
Besides, they don't all give meat, but they also have food, at least to feed their families.
It is enough to solve the problem of food and clothing, and now in this world, what money can you save!
If you can't save money, it's not bad to take meat to satisfy your appetite and improve your own quality of life.
In fact, now that food is in short supply, the Xue family can't even buy feed, how can they raise so many pigs?
Use your own sweet potato residue and sweet potato leaves, sell less sweet potato leaves, and use them as feed for your own home, plus organize people to cut some pigweed on the periphery of the Higashijinno Forest, so let's make it up, and the feed is enough.
In summary, instead of selling them all to buy feed for pigs, it is better to use them for their own use.
But this can only be raised for a short period of time.
The forage that can be fed to pigs on the periphery of the East Kamino Forest is always limited, and it cannot support them for long-term feeding.
And pigs can't just eat sweet potato dregs and sweet potato leaves, they must be mixed and eaten.
Therefore, if the food continues to be so poor, they will not be able to raise pigs.
But just in time, Zheng Linchu told them that they may no longer need pork in the future.
They can't sell it if they raise too much.
The batch that is currently being raised, redeemed for the people, just has a place to go.
This farm will probably have to be closed soon.
In this way, the sweet potatoes were soon promoted, the farm was closed, and the Xue family became closer to self-sufficiency, reducing their dependence on the Zheng family, which is not too bad.
After repaying the money for the exercises, even if they break with the Zheng family in the future, they will be able to stand on their own.
And the entire Ning'an Mansion, because of the abundant food and the sufficient troops in the house, has become a rare paradise in the entire Great Chu in this era of disaster.
From the beginning to the end of the war, apart from the inconvenience caused to their lives by the disorder of the currency market, nothing else affected them.
Everything is stable on the Xue family's side, but what about Xue Langjing and them?
The war is over, and the soldiers and capable people who are surrounding Chudu should also leave, right?
Most of them do, but some of them don't leave.
On the side of the army, the Longteng Army led by Lin Bang and some of the half-recruits who had experienced the war were still stationed outside the capital.
In this battle, among the several armies of Great Chu, the damage of the Longteng Army was undoubtedly the heaviest.
On the way to block the advance of the Wei army, the Northern Route Army where they were located fought the most fiercely.
And in the final offensive and defensive battles and the defense of the city, they experienced an unprecedented massacre by the army of the able.
The original Longteng army, which was as many as 380,000, is now only 140,000, and it is still replenished with some new soldiers.
There are also less than 40,000 and a half recruits.
A total of 180,000 soldiers are still here.
The war is over, why are they staying here?
Preventing civil unrest, of course.
Against whom?
Mu Liangdao's Southwest Army, and his former subordinate Chen Ping's Sichuan Army.
Compared to the Dragon Teng Army, their losses were not large.
The original 350,000 Southwest Army now has 230,000 left.
Of course, they also replenished a number of new recruits along the way.
The officers and men of the Southwest Army were already stronger than the Longteng Army in their ability to fight alone, and now they have more people.
Moreover, now that the treasury and the money of the Great Chu royal family have been basically emptied, they can't afford to feed the Longteng Army, but the food and salary of the Southwest Army over the years have been raised by Mu Liangdao himself, and he was able to do it before, and now he naturally has the ability.
With such a comparison between the two sides, the Southwest Army can completely crush the Longteng Army.
Moreover, there are still 60,000 Sichuan Shui Army under Chen Ping.
If you help Mu Liangdao again.
Can the Lin Chu royal family still hold on?
Therefore, even if Mu Liangdao might be afraid of several great masters of the royal family, Emperor Chu, who is now so poor that he clanging, does not dare to take risks.
They can only be left behind.
Of course, along with it, there were also those hunting teams that the royal family had subdued in Wuping City.
After the Wei army left, the Southwest Army and the Sichuan Water Army did not leave immediately, only the border guards followed closely behind the Wei army, sending them all the way away from Dachu, and then returning to the frontier.
Why are these two armies here? Anyone with a discerning eye can see their purpose.
However, after the army of those who found the ability left, there were still 10,000 guards in the city, they waited for two days, and found no signs of leaving this group of people, so they said goodbye to Emperor Chu and returned home.
It seems that they have no chance to enter this capital again.
Then again, now that the royal family is so poor, why can these hunting teams still be on their side?