Chapter 120: Grain and Grass

Looking at the departing brother, 'Spring' Grass couldn't help but say to the nerd beside him. My brother finally withdrew safely, but I don't know how my mother and sister-in-law were, and I don't know where they were? ”

Lu Ziqi hugged the shoulders of the 'spring' grass, went to the bedroom, and comforted him, "With the 'spring' Lan Xia Zhu here, you can rest assured, it's almost the second watch, rest early." ”

'Spring' grass nodded, the two went back to the room, the elder brother was safe, and 'Spring' grass finally slept a little more peacefully.

Early the next morning, after the two of them had breakfast, Wan Lei Fang Dalang and his brother came over, and when 'Chun' Cao saw the three of them, he only asked his brother, "Have you had breakfast?" ”

Seeing that his sister didn't pay attention to the general at all, and only asked if he had eaten, the pillar said with some embarrassment, "I've eaten." ”

Although some people don't want to see Wan Lei, there are still some things to do, and he said to Wan Lei, "Do you have any silver?" ”

Wan Lei took out a silver ingot from his arms, handed it to the 'spring' grass, and said, "What do you want silver for?" ”

'Spring' grass looked at the silver ingots handed over by Wan Lei, and his whole face turned black, what can this do? He said sarcastically, "A silver ingot, are you going to starve your soldiers to death?" ”

Wan Lei really didn't think about this problem, although he has been in the border garrison for many years, and there are a lot of small fights with the Rong people, but he has never experienced a big battle, and there has always been a special 'door' grain and grass officer, these don't need him to care, when the 'spring' grass is mentioned, he has to face up to this problem, and now to defend Qingyang City, it is estimated that the grain and grass will not be transported in for the time being, and he does not know how much grain he brought when he retreated? Turning his head to Fang Dalang on the side, he said, "Did we retreat and take the grain away?" ”

Concerned with the tense war, Fang Dalang also put away his usual hangerlangdang, "General, the food in the garrison has been brought, because the evacuation is urgent, each person has almost divided three days' rations." ”

Wan Lei frowned, "Three days? "Now it seems that the contest with the Rong clan must be a protracted battle, three days of rations, and after three days, his soldiers will not be hungry?

Wan Lei finally understood the meaning of the 'spring' grass, probably because he wanted money to buy food for the soldiers, and looked at the 'spring' grass with some embarrassment, "I didn't have so much money with me." In the end, he took it out in his arms and took out a thousand taels of silver tickets.

'Spring' grass took it unceremoniously, "I'll lend it to you first, remember to pay it back." "It seems that she still has to pay for it herself, but she won't be so stupid, she must let Wan Lei get the silver back with interest.

Lu Ziqi pursed his lips on the side and didn't speak, he knew the virtue of his lady best, to put it bluntly, he was a small wealth 'fan', but he wouldn't let himself suffer a loss, and he took the silver out for nothing.

'Chun' Cao took Wan Lei's silver and put it in his arms, and then turned his head to look at Lu Ziqi on the side, "Nerd, are all the silver tickets on you?" ”

Seeing Lu Ziqi nodding, 'Chun' Cao continued, "Let's go find Lord Yu, and Lord Yu has to come out of this matter." ”

Wan Lei was also a little worried in his heart, and wanted to ask the grain and grass officials about the grain, the soldiers still had to resist the invasion of the Rong clan, but they couldn't be hungry, so they didn't speak anymore, and the group went to find Lord Yu together.

For guarding Qingyang, Lord Yu is really hard work, although it is not a two-sleeved Bao Qingtian, but he is also a good parent official, Qingyang City is in difficulty, and he did not hesitate to shoulder the responsibility of defending Qingyang, these two days, basically guarded in the office hall next to the 'gate' of Qingyang City, for fear of missing any movement of the Rong clan, and did not rest much, everyone saw Lord Yu, and their eyes were bloodshot.

Wan Lei was also a little moved when he looked at it, and said comfortingly, "Lord Yu still has to pay attention to rest, this is a protracted battle, and it is enough to let people take turns to guard it." ”

Lord Yu looked at everyone, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded, but he was a little moved in his heart. Yes, he is not fighting alone, look at these people, even Lu Xiucai, who can completely avoid this war, and his wife, have chosen to stay and fight side by side with him.

After Wan Lei finished speaking, he took the pillar out to find the grain and grass pipe to inquire about the situation.

There were no outsiders in the hall at this time, and 'Chun' Cao had no scruples, and directly opened the 'door' to see the mountain road, "Lord Yu, there are some things that still need you to come forward." ”

Master Yu smiled and said, "You say." "Now, he doesn't underestimate this 'spring' grass at all.

"Spring" grass continued, "The army, the most important thing is grain and grass, this Qingyang City now has almost more than 100,000 soldiers, how many days can the grain and grass of the Ya'men' last?" ”

More than 50,000 people from the border garrison entered the city, and Lord Yu also thought of the problem of grain and grass, and he did not see that the garrison had escorted grain and grass into the city, which showed that he Ya'men also had to supply grain and grass to the border garrison, and he asked the officials in charge of grain and grass at that time, and came to the conclusion that if the imperial court did not send grain and grass over, the grain and grass in their hands, the defenders of Qingyang City could last for about ten days, but if they added the more than 50,000 soldiers of the border garrison, their grain and grass could last for three or five days at most.

Master Yu didn't hide it, and told the situation directly to 'Chun' Cao, he thought that since this girl mentioned this matter, she must have thought of it, maybe she had already thought of something?

"I think, the people of Qingyang, there will definitely be grain storage at home, if the people of Qingyang are willing to take out the grain storage to support the defenders, then the grain and grass will definitely be able to last for a month, but the food is different from other things, it is the foundation of the people's survival, and they are not necessarily willing to take it out, so this requires Lord Yu to find a way to incite the people and take out the stored grain." ”

Lord Yu listened to what the 'spring' grass said, 'quite 'just', but, "Everyone knows that if there is no food, you will have to starve to death, and now Qingyang is trapped, let the villagers automatically take out the food, even if I come forward, it may not be possible, unless I send someone to rob it, but that is no different from the Rong barbarians." ”

'Spring' grass also thought of this, and said, "Since they don't want to take it out, let's buy it with money, Lord Yu told everyone by the way, when the danger of Qingyang is lifted, he will personally send people to collect grain, so that they can buy the grain back, and with money in hand, they can also feel at ease, maybe this thing can be done." ”

Lord Yu was a little embarrassed, "There is not so much money left in the ya'men." "His own belongings, afraid that his wife, daughter-in-law, and grandson would suffer, took them away to his wife, and he was powerless to stick a little bit into it.

Listening to Lord Yu's tone, the 'spring' grass thought of it, it is estimated that Lord Yu will not be able to come up with the money, and it is estimated that they will bring it to the eldest girl, after all, staying in Qingyang, life and death are unpredictable, but she didn't expect Lord Yu to take the money before, so she said, "This Lord Yu doesn't have to worry, General Wan and I will find a way, Lord Yu only needs to be responsible for mobilizing the people of Qingyang City to sell grain spontaneously." ”

When 'Chun' Cao thought of this, she had already made a calculation in her heart, this Lord Yu, she was embarrassed to pit his money, as for Wan Lei, she would not be polite, whether he was looking for money from the emperor or from his family, anyway, the money she 'spent' out, she would come back with interest, and she would never let herself suffer a loss.

When Lord Yu heard what the 'spring' grass said, he felt that the 'spring' grass was a righteous and righteous woman, and if she knew the little Jiujiu in the heart of the 'spring' grass, it was estimated that she would spurt blood.

"It's okay, I'll go halfway."

Lu Ziqi directly took out 10,000 taels of silver tickets from his arms, 'handed' them to Lord Yu, and said, "This matter will trouble Lord Yu." ”

Lord Yu took the silver ticket in Lu Ziqi's hand, and couldn't help but sigh, "These are what I should do, if the people of the Great Zhou are like the two of them, so righteous, why not be afraid of other clans attacking." Now, Lord Yu admires the two of them from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Ziqi didn't care much about Lord Yu's praise, and said lightly, "Pass the award." ”

Lord Yu didn't delay any longer, and went directly, "I'll do this now." ”

Lu Ziqi spoke up again, "It's not a matter that the border garrison always sleeps on the street, if the people can understand that the border garrison is fighting to protect them, maybe the problem of accommodation for the border garrison can be solved." ”

After Lu Ziqi mentioned it, Lord Yu instantly understood what Lu Ziqi meant, and nodded, "This matter should be fine." With that, he hurried out of the hall and found someone to arrange these things.

Everyone in the hall left, leaving Lu Ziqi 'spring' grass, and Fang Dalang, who had been standing aside and watching the two.

'Spring' grass looked at Fang Dalang who was stunned on the side, "Are you very idle?" ”

Fang Dalang came back to his senses and said to Lu Ziqi, "You have changed, you never cared about these things before." ”

Lu Ziqi looked at Fang Dalang and said lightly, "People will always become, and with people who care, there will naturally be people who care about things." ”

Fang Dalang nodded, yes, he grew up with Brother Lu, he understands that no one can care about the former Lu Ziqi, but now it is different, he has a home, a family, such a change, he is also very happy to watch.

"Father Fang and Aunt Fang, did you send them away?" Lu Ziqi suddenly asked.

Speaking of this, Fang Dalang was a little helpless, and said, "I asked my father and mother to go with Yueyue and her father, but my father and mother were unwilling, they said that they had lived in the snow village for a lifetime, and even if they died in the snow village, it was their own home." ”

'Chun' Cao frowned, Father Fang and Aunt Fang treated themselves and Lu Ziqi as their own sons and daughters, she was also worried, and looked at Fang Dalang dissatisfied, "Usually 'quite clever', but so stupid at a critical time, don't you know how to lie and fool your father and mother away?" ”

Fang Dalang was speechless, "Your brother went to my house to find me, and he poured out the situation with a crackle, how can I fool my father?" ”

So this matter is spread to her tenacious brother, and the 'spring' grass is also very helpless, I just hope that the war here will not 'spread' to the snow village.

At this time, the Rong army, in the temporary camp, the atmosphere was tense, the leading general of the Rong tribe, Ujisglang, sat in the first place, with an angry face, and everyone under his command was nervous, and they did not dare to come out.

They didn't expect that when they were attacked in that valley, they actually lost more than 30,000 of their cavalry, so they had to temporarily camp and suspend their advance. And early in the morning, the spies of Qingyang City even disappeared, saying that Da Zhou had already known the plan of the Rong clan, and had already prepared a trap waiting for the Rong army. And the attack on the valley made them have to believe that this was really a trap set by Da Zhou a long time ago.

Ugisgran's eyes narrowed slightly, "Then send someone to the halls of other cities on the border to see if this news is true." ”

Sure enough, as Lu Ziqi expected, this Ujisgrand would not believe it easily, but sent people to other cities to investigate, and when he got the news, he was afraid that it would 'provoke' his anger and speed up the pace of marching into Qingyang.

The Rong people have made thorough preparations for this day, how can they give up easily?