Chapter 81 - Multi-line Tug of War (Death Battle)
"Oh, what's going on in the city?" Luo Yinying's interest was immediately attracted by Sun Hao's words, the two of them knew very well when they should talk about business and forget about their children's relationship for the time being, now at this time, Feng Yuchong's physical strength has temporarily stabilized, but it still needs time to recover, Sun Hao first helped Feng Yuchong, who was still unconscious but had stabilized, and then said to Luo Yinying: "Ying'er, it's not convenient to talk here for the time being, let's go to the county office first to settle Yu Chong, and then we can discuss these things?" ”
Luo Yinying naturally agreed with this decision, the two most important things now are to ensure that Feng Yuchong is in a stable situation, and to understand what Sun Hao said in his words is worth paying attention to. Sun Hao instructed the captain of the guard beside him to immediately arrange the hundreds of bags of grain that Feng Yuchong and Luo Yinying had brought back. "You take my first warrant and tell General Xun and Lord Qi and Lord Jin that they must arrange for people to prepare in advance, distribute food thoroughly, and open warehouses to release grain to the people who are already facing the crisis of food shortage on the premise of ensuring officials and troops first, and be sure to do it thoroughly!"
"Your Excellency the Governor, rest assured, the lowly duty is understood. The captain of the guard knelt down and took the order, and quickly ran to the mansion of the governor of Huicheng to find the three people in Sun Hao's mouth. Then, Luo Yinying and Sun Hao each supported Feng Yuchong, who was now physically stable but still temporarily unconscious, from both sides of the road, and rushed back to the county office, and everywhere on the roadside were people who were hungry and unclothed. Luo Yinying stared at the people around who kept hearing the news and rushed to the outside of the city to watch the food, once upon a time the third most prosperous southern city in the territory of Qi State, now there are hungry people everywhere on the roadside, and the people's lives are extremely difficult
On the way, Sun Hao also told Luo Yinying everything that happened inside and outside the city, not only including the huge crisis caused by the lack of food in these days, but also the patrol troops of the Sealing War Society would appear from time to time outside the city to cause commotions, which caused the transfer of the army, which made the city itself a little panicked now. If it weren't for the fact that the people of Qi had nowhere to go, they could only stay here for the time being and wait for the last hope for the arrival of relief food from the north.
Seeing such a situation around her, Luo Yinying's heart was not very comfortable, although she and Feng Yuchong tried their best to snatch the most vital life-saving food from the hands of the Dark Legion, but this could not reverse the crisis that the city is facing now, as we all know, although the food they brought back can temporarily alleviate the crisis, it cannot fundamentally reverse and change the fact that there is still food in the city. After temporarily surviving the crisis of the current Chinese New Year, Kaichun must fundamentally solve the food crisis while ensuring the training and adjustment of the army, which requires the open source to find arable land and mobilize the people to go to reclamation and farming. Even if it lasts until the beginning of spring next year, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult for everything here to get back up and running.
After entering the county office, Sun Hao and Luo Yinying temporarily put Feng Yuchong on the couch in the back hall of the county government and specially instructed the maid to take care of him, and the two of them returned to the main hall of the county government and began to talk about what Sun Hao said happened inside and outside the city. Now they have already temporarily put aside their children's affection, and the face-to-face is not like a lover but more like a companion in the court, Luo Yinying did not hide Sun Hao's thoughts at all, she said her worries and doubts, maybe after barely surviving this New Year's Festival, they may face the two-sided attack of the Dark Army and the Sealed War Society.
Sun Hao was deeply concerned about Luo Yinying's worries, and he agreed: "I have also been thinking about this matter for a long time, I went to the vicinity of the city to search carefully for a long time, and I barely found the land that can be used for farming, but due to the siege of the dark army for a long time ago, the land outside the city has long been deserted, and even some of the rice that has been planted has not been harvested and has completely rotted, and it takes a lot of labor to reopen the land for cultivation." That's not all, these lands are still some distance away from the castle, and it will take an hour to get back and forth on foot. Once the Dark Legion or the army of the Sealed War Society arrives, these people who remain there will directly become the target of their easy plundering or killing, which is really risky. ”
Luo Yinying shook her head lightly, "But if we think about it in the long run, once we miss the best time to sow grain, I'm afraid it's already too late." When the time comes, if the forces of the Dark Legion and the Sealed War Society do not come to attack us, we will also face the crisis of running out of food, and we will eventually fall to the point of running out of ammunition and food. Rather than die a slow death like this, we might as well take a chance. ”
Although Luo Yinying's words made sense, they didn't seem to be particularly suitable for the complex and chaotic situation in front of him, and when Sun Hao was about to speak, suddenly a slightly weak voice came from the back hall, "Speaking of this matter, I have a good idea." ”
Sun Hao and Luo Yinying both stood up in unison when they heard this voice, because the source of this voice was none other than Feng Yuchong, who had temporarily fallen into a coma due to physical exhaustion, they stared at the position of the entrance of the back hall, and they all saw Feng Yuchong, whose face was slightly pale and his hand and foot movements were not very flexible, slowly helped the maid beside him to the front hall. Seeing Sun Hao, the maid who was holding Feng Yuchong didn't have time to react, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord, this adult must come here, I really can't stop him, I can only ......"
Sun Hao smiled and waved his hand, signaled the maid to retreat temporarily, and instructed the maid to make tea and prepare snacks. And Luo Yinying stepped forward to support Feng Yuchong, and reproached with some disgust: "Yuchong, you have just recovered, you should rest for a while, it is not a good thing to be too tired and worried." ”
Feng Yuchong smiled slightly, "Ying'er, you don't have to worry too much about me, I just spent a little more physical and mental power, and I bothered you to spend your soul power to protect my spirit, and it just so happens that I have a better way to deal with this matter, at least the best of both worlds should be no problem." ”
Feng Yuchong was helped by Luo Yinying to sit opposite Sun Hao's position, in the back hall of the county government hall, in addition to the original position of the governor and the county official office to deal with government affairs, there is also a long table dedicated to entertaining guests, at this time, Sun Hao and Luo Yinying sat around Feng Yuchong, they actually wanted to know what Feng Yuchong said. At this time, the maid held the fragrant tea that had been brewed on the long table, and the other maid held a plate of chic noodles and snacks, which was also the best chic dim sum in the city before the food brought back by Feng Yuchong and Luo Yinying was completely distributed.
Feng Yuchong gently picked up the fragrant tea served by the maid, and took a sip gently, and then said slowly: "What Ying'er just said is very reasonable, if we can't guarantee the harvest before the harvest season next year, we will definitely not be able to continue to guarantee the food supply of the people and the army in the city. In the future, we may have to reap the lost territory in the north, and we must also invest people and money to repair the city and rebuild the defenses, which will inevitably be even greater, and we will not be able to rely on leaving the country, and they themselves are also in a turbulent period not long after the end of the civil strife, and they will not be able to provide us with a lot of support. Not to mention whether we have the possibility of defeating the dark army in the end, but in any case, only by re-strengthening ourselves from our own roots can the future be brighter. ”
Luo Yinying and Sun Hao glanced at each other, they also had to agree with Feng Yuchong's foresight, his ideas were indeed a little farther than them. Immediately, Feng Yuchong continued: "Since we want to restore the glory of our former Qi Kingdom, first of all, before dealing with the Dark Legion and the Sealing War Society, we must be fundamentally strong, at least self-sufficient. Well, we still need external help to help us through this most difficult time. ”
"However, where can the external forces go to find them?" Luo Yinying said, "At present, the forces of the White-clothed Heavenly Maiden are besieged in Yicheng by the main force of the Sealing War Society under the command of the Holy Emperor, and they may be too busy to take care of themselves, and the army leaving the country is being pursued by the main force of the Dark Legion, and even the vampire bat queen Detena, who may have helped us, may have now lost her will and become a puppet of the dark evil god again." Where on earth are we going now to find the strength that might support us?"
Feng Yuchong's face gradually froze together and became serious and heavy, Luo Yinying's words simply and directly broke the embarrassing situation they were in now, their own tripartite alliance is now facing a huge crisis, their Qi country should be pretty good at the moment, at least they are not facing a huge strategic crisis. However, the crisis in internal affairs is like a thorn in the back, making them like pins and needles unable to sleep, although Feng Yuchong has a way to encourage cultivation and restore internal affairs, but he really has no good way to find support from external forces to delay the attack of the Dark Legion and the Sealing War Society.
At this time, Sun Hao slowly took out a well-preserved letter from his arms, this letter was Feng Yuchong's handwritten letter from Feng Yuchong, the former princess of Rongle and the current Empress of the Holy Emperor, who had been in the country after they left Huicheng, Bu Lian expressed his willingness to cooperate with Qi at that time, and as a sincere person, he would transport food and money and other materials to support them. At that time, Sun Hao was a little suspicious that this was a trap set by the Holy Emperor, so he didn't dare to agree, but now there was no other choice, it happened that Luo Yinying and Feng Yuchong were there, so he decided to talk about this matter and discuss it with them, if it could really be negotiated well, maybe he might be able to get an extra boost.
"Not necessarily, I have a possible extra boost here. As soon as Sun Hao's words came out, he immediately attracted Luo Yinying and Feng Yuchong's eyes to brush the ground, "Is this true?"