Chapter 233: There is a shortage of food

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August is the hottest time of the year in Dingjun City.

A huge convoy, under the protection of 10,000 Dingxi troops, entered Dingjun City. General Zhu greeted him at the city gate, attracting countless onlookers.

After nearly half a year, the Shengong Temple convoy finally came to Dingjun City from Los Angeles, more than two months later than Renault's plan.

Although it took a long time, the harvest was quite satisfying. In addition to the harvest of resources, Song Zhe became an immortal and became a shrine in the Shengong Palace, Renault felt that the biggest gain was his perception of the Thousand Souls, which reached a new height.

As a nine-rank martial artist, with his own strength, he was able to pull the tiger teeth and easily overturn the tiger king, which he couldn't imagine.

The strength of the three members of the Tiger family is very average, but no matter what, they are also warriors who have fought with sand thieves and sand wolves after life and death.

Renault, can be one-to-three, easily take the three tiger family, even if they are desperate, the tiger family can burst out with a stronger desire to survive and a more ruthless killer, Renault only needs to pay a very small price to get them.

Seeing Lei Shi's methods, naturally some people were not convinced, the Hu family was a close confidant of Lei Shi, and there were also people who played with Lei Shi. Renault is not afraid that others will not believe it, so if you don't believe it, you can try it.

The result is so wonderful, Ruan Ling, Chu Bugui, Darcy, Mo Fan, Sheng Xue......

All the peaks of the nine pinnacles were all gone, and the results made Renault's heart flutter, except for Shengxue and Renault who stalemate for half an hour, the rest were taken lightly, and Renault easily won all the pinnacles of the nine pinnacles.

Until this moment, Renault still hadn't reached the peak of the ninth grade, but he felt that under the grandmaster, there was no rival.

Watching others fight and fight themselves are completely different feelings. At the beginning, even if he fought with Huya, Renault's palms would be sweaty, and he couldn't be nervous.

The more times we have played, the mentality is different, and Renault knows that this is not enough. Whether it is the Tiger Family, Liuyun, or Rainforest, after all, they are all their own people, and they are measured in their actions, and with Song Zhe staring not far away, it is impossible to get hurt.

It is said that only between life and death can it be broken, and Renault decided that we are unbreakable, just like now, which is also good.

Renault's practice of martial arts has little to do with the dream of heroes, he just wants to save his life. Even if Song Zhe showed enough loyalty, Renault still felt that his skills were not pressing.

When it matters, you still have to rely on yourself.

"General Zhu, how dare you greet you personally, I didn't say it, you just need to sit high in the general's mansion. Renault stepped out of the RV and said with a smile.

Zhu Chongjiu smiled bitterly, looking at the two grandmasters who followed him left and right, if they were not stopped, Zhu Chongjiu would at least have to go out for a hundred miles.

At the beginning, Renault came to Dingjun City with a caravan, but this time it was different, as a secret master, passing through here, as the general of the desert legion, there were few people who welcomed him for a hundred miles.

Secret Master, it really soared into the sky.

casually sent two grandmasters to stop him from coming out to greet him. Zhu Chongjiu could see that the strength of these two grandmasters was not weak, and neither of them was worse than him.

Entering the General's Mansion, the original courtyard had already been cleaned, Chu Jiayi took the female officer to start packing up and placing the cage, Mr. said that if you want to stay in Dingjun City for at least half a month, your daily needs will naturally be prepared.

Zhang Tan is the head of the craftsman camp, and he already has a bit of the meaning of a logistics supervisor. In the inner courtyard, Chu Jiayi is the head of internal affairs.

"General Zhu, are you all the supplies you asked you to prepare?" asked Renault.

"It's all ready, 10,000 stone jerky, half cattle and half sheep, all have been processed. It's just that the vehicles are not enough, during this time, the craftsman camp builds day and night, but the vehicles you need are too demanding, and only the master craftsmen can make them in the craftsman camp, and now only 300 pack carts have been completed. ”

"In addition, the slaves you want have also been collected, and there are about three thousand or so slaves, as for whether they will escape...... " Speaking of this, Zhu Chongjiu's face was impatient, and Lei Shi's request was too strange.

If you want to jerky meat, the most important thing in Dingjun City is this thing, and you have to thank Lei Shi, the way he taught to make jerky is different from that in the army, and it can be kept for a longer time, so that there is one more way to make money for Dingjuncheng.

Dingjuncheng used to make jerky, and for some reason, the jerky made could be stored for up to three months, and then it would grow and deteriorate.

The shelf life is three months, which is quite long for Da Chu. But if you want to turn jerky into money, you have to transport it to Los Angeles, and even further south, and the closer you are to Dingjun City, the less valuable the jerky becomes.

Not to mention that it will be transported to Los Angeles and out of Huangshakou, and the pack gang will have to go for two months, and when the jerky is put on the market in Dachu, it will basically pass the shelf life, and it will not be sold at a price.

Lei Shi's method is not to directly apply salt and air dry, but to cut into sections, boil, fry, steam dry, and finally air dry. The resulting jerky not only tastes good, but also has a shelf life of at least six months.

This is what Zhu Chongjiu personally checked, the first batch of New Year's jerky has been half a year now, and it can still be eaten, and the taste has not changed much.

If you want to talk about the disadvantages, it is not nothing, that is, it adds more salt, the cost is high, and it tastes too salty.

The vehicle is even more troublesome, just the thing called the bearing, even if there is a smelting method written by Lei Shi himself, it is still difficult to manufacture, and the hair of Sun Lei, the commander of the craftsman battalion, is about to fall out.

The bearings can only be made by the master himself, and the production speed is so slow that people are speechless, how long has it been, and the five hundred carts that Lei Shi wants have only completed more than three hundred.

Zhu Chongjiu knew that these carts were used to load jerky. 10,000 stone jerky is just 500 pack carts.

If it is an ordinary pack cart, there is no shortage of Dingjun City, every year the craftsman battalion will build a large pack cart, add to the army, the southwest region is vast, whether it is marching and fighting, or doing business and trade, it is inseparable from large pack carts.

"It's okay, if it's not enough, just make up for it with an ordinary pack cart, and the number should be doubled. Renault was relieved, there were 3,000 slaves, so he didn't have to worry about the lack of coachmen.

The people of Liuyun and Rainforest want to use it to protect the convoy and let them be coachmen, which is too wronged.

The original slaves basically returned to their hearts, and a paper contract should not be taken seriously, but the monthly salary and the dividends after the harvest made these slaves understand that they are really not bad for money.

What if they run away? In the desert, when a sand thief is not as good as a chauffeur in a convoy, a fool escapes.

With them, it is believed that the newly joined slaves can integrate into the convoy in a short time.

There is a shortage of people, a lack of people who can be trusted. Don't say a few thousand, even if you give Renault tens of thousands, he is not too much.

Well, it's just to think about it, give him tens of thousands of people, Renault can't feed them at all. It's a person who has to eat, and the food in the convoy is almost exhausted, so you can't eat green ginseng as a meal, then you can't eat enough.

In the desert and Nanzhang, there is a big problem, that is, there is money that cannot be spent, no matter how exquisite Chu coins are, they are just playthings, and the most important thing is food.

Without food, no matter how many thoughts you have, you can only hold back.

"Master Lei, the food problem is not easy to solve. You also know that the southwest does not produce much grain, self-sufficiency is insufficient, and the amount you want is large, so there is really no way to do this. Zhu Chongjiu said.

Half a year ago, Renault sent a message to Zhu Chongjiu through Asuka to request a trade, asking for 10,000 stone jerky, 500 pack carts, 1 million stone of grain, 3,000 slaves, and 10,000 war horses.

Everything else is easy to say, but only food is something that Zhu Chongjiu can't solve. At least 30% of the money earned by the Dingxi Army every year is used to subsidize the purchase of military rations.

Transporting grain from Huangshakou to Dingjun City can lose all the merchants' underwear. There is also a shortage of grain in the interior of Dachu, and the price has skyrocketed, but compared with Dingjun City, it is much cheaper.

The problem is that the grain is heavy and difficult to transport, and a convoy of 500 carts can transport 10,000 stone of grain.

Is 10,000 stone a lot?

Near Dingjun City, there are millions of border people and hundreds of thousands of troops, and one person can't share much at all. Therefore, Dingjun City has always been meat-based.

Lei Shi asked for a million stones, just kidding, even if it was 10,000 stones, Zhu Chongjiu couldn't take it out. The amount of grain transported to Dingjun City will be divided immediately, and it will be difficult for the desert army to keep some grain.

There is no shortage of food in Dingjun City, there is a shortage of food, plant-based food. A bowl of noodles with two cloves of garlic can be exchanged for ten times the weight of meat.

This is a difference between regions, if you go to Los Angeles, it will be the other way around, one bowl of meat can be exchanged for ten bowls of noodles.

"Let's talk about the problem of food, if you don't have it, you can't do it. When Renault summoned him, he also had the intention of trying it, he knew that Dingjun City was short of food.

"Master Lei, do you want the food to eat yourself, or to raise slaves? If it is for slaves, why don't we send troops and collect grain from the forty-eight countries, their green noodles there taste very bad and difficult to swallow, but they are serious food, and they eat that stuff themselves. ”

Renaud shook his head: "No need, I know the green food, it's too unpalatable." ”

Last year, Renault lived in Dingjun City for a few months, of course he knew what green food was, saying that it was noodles, it was not tough and sticky, and it was cooked and it was a grain, and the taste was strange and difficult to swallow.

"This time, I passed through Dingjun City, and left fifty carts of supplies for the general to exchange, don't refuse, the desert army is not easy, Da Chu has not even paid for military expenses in the past few years, rely on yourself, it is difficult, and you have to block forty-eight countries. ”

Zhu Chongjiu opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't refuse, in fact, the benefits he got from Lei Shi were enough, honey alone, tens of thousands of gold coins every year, plus new dried meat, and various minerals.

Not only was it enough for the military expenses of the desert legion and the replacement of weapons and equipment, but also accumulated a large number of smelted metals and sent them to Los Angeles to help the new emperor solve the problem of insufficient coins.

In today's southwest, the days are much better, except for being busy, everything is fine.

"Then thank you, Master Lei. As he spoke, Zhu Chongjiu took out the map and spread it out on the table.

"Lei Shi, go to Nanzhang, and after Qiandingbao, you can count out the boundary of the Southwest Dingjun. Continue to the south, that is, Nanzhao, Cang'er, Jinchuan, after these three places, it is considered to enter Nanzhang, this road, it is not very peaceful, why not bring 5,000 soldiers?"

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