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The grain rush plan designed by Miley and Nick was indeed somewhat unexpected by Gomez, but Gomez also knew that this really couldn't be blamed on the two, the food shortage within the empire had caused domestic food prices to soar, not only the ordinary people felt the impact of the sharp rise in food prices, but even some officials and nobles in the DPRK and China also sensed that if this trend was allowed to continue, they were afraid that the empire would usher in a difficult spring famine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn order to ensure the supply of domestic food, and the fact that the Southern Expeditionary Army went to the Tang River Empire did not bring much tangible immediate benefits to the imperial nobles, many nobles have begun to put pressure on His Majesty the Emperor and themselves, thinking that if the Southern Expeditionary Army cannot bring wealth and benefits to the Empire, then this Southern Expedition is a mistake, if the army goes out to occupy such a huge territory but cannot even provide for its own food problems, then what is the point of such an expedition?

This rhetoric quickly spread in the Imperial Court and in the media, and the strong anti-war sentiment in the country made Gomez feel great pressure, so he had to gradually reduce the logistical supply of the Southern Expeditionary Army and the Northern Gerok garrison, and instead asked them to find a way to solve the problem by local self-financing, and at the same time not provoke popular uprisings in the occupied areas, and damage the image and popular support of the Empire in these occupied areas. Gomez knew that this was a very difficult tightrope walk, and it was a test of the military commander's ability to handle affairs and master the fire, and Nick Guoduan abandoned the Black Mountain Longquan to ensure that the three provinces of the Northern Plains should be a good move, but Li Wufeng's offensive in Gerlok destroyed the good prospects, forcing Miley to take a desperate risk, which eventually led to the two disasters of the Empire's conflict with Sithro and the fall of Jiama.

All of this seems to be a disaster caused by the food crisis, but Gomez knows that the food crisis within the empire is not as bad as imagined, and although the drought has indeed exacerbated the discontent of the people of the empire, it is not impossible to solve the problem. According to the situation they have mastered, the conservative aristocrats who store and hoard grain in the empire abound, although the imperial reserve grain has sold a lot in the grain speculation at the beginning of the year, but not many of the conservative imperial nobles have followed suit, at this time Gomez even has to be glad that those conservative aristocrats are cautious, if they also see the benefits at that time, then they really have to count their own resignation with their fingers now.

However, it is not easy to get these guys to free up food to ensure the supply of food within the empire, and it is impossible to get food out of their pockets without paying some price, which Gomez is also well aware of. The land of Yulin had been betrayed in order to win the support of those nobles for the southern expedition, and now it seemed that it was time to exchange the Qinghe and Pinglu land, and if necessary, it was also an option to throw Fan Lin on the auction table. It was only in this way that it would be possible to get food out of the hands of the nobles, for whom land would always be their favorite, and Gomez believed that they would not be able to resist the temptation to get more out of the deal.

Gomez sighed deeply, it is not without drawbacks to take out the land of Qinghe and Pinglu to trade, the original owners of those lands will definitely be angered by this blatant robbery, but since they have come to this point, Gomez has no intention of gaining the support of these people, after all, these people are also a minority among the Tanghe people, as long as they do not hurt the interests of ordinary people too much, everything can be calmed down, after all, he now needs the support of the domestic nobles, without their recognition, all the problems will become extremely complicated, Gomez believes that he can get through this hurdle safely。

Slowly turning around and sitting back in the chair behind the desk, Gomez carefully considered how to negotiate with the other party, there must be a balance between the northern nobles represented by Vasily and the southern nobles represented by Knox, fortunately, there are ownerless lands in Pinglu and Qinghe, which should be able to satisfy their appetites, but this kind of high-quality fertile land cannot be cheapened by these nobles in vain, and he needs to make good use of this opportunity to bargain with these nobles.

Gomez carefully weighed that the conscription must be approved by them, otherwise it will be difficult to replenish the loss of soldiers caused by the southern expedition, and the mobilization of Kaman immigrants to move south does not need to spend too much thought, I believe that once these nobles have obtained land ownership, they will be eager to do these things. In addition, His Majesty's interests also need to be protected, and it seems that Qinghe and Pinglu both need to choose a manor as His Majesty's pretense for His Majesty the Emperor, and this matter must be handled by competent personnel, and there can be no delay. The monitoring of the northern Baiyin people needs to be strengthened, and the garrison is reminded to be vigilant, and not to be exploited by the Baiyin people at such a time.

If he does not recapture Jiama, he is afraid that in the future, his plans for the southern expedition will only be shelved, and even his own territory will be threatened by the enemy's troops at any time, how can he talk about moving his army south? Perhaps it is time to listen to the views of Nick, Miley and Claudia on the recovery of Jiama, although it is absolutely not advisable to abandon Pinglu and Qinghe, it is a desirable strategy to transfer some troops and concentrate on retaking Jiama, but this is all a matter for their soldiers.

A thin man in light armor stood at the head of Jiama City, looking at the progress of the expansion of the city wall with a serious face. Checking the progress of the construction of the city's defense facilities and the construction of the defense system has become an indispensable task for him every day, and he knows too well the important surname of Jiama, and now the Kaman people are still breathless for a while, but Bo Jinchen believes that with the eyes of Gomez and Nick Miley and others, they will not be able to see the threat of this Jiama City to the entire Kaman Empire, it can be said that as long as Jiama City is in the hands of the Western Frontier Army, the Kaman people will never be at peace! The Kamans are no longer thinking about the southern expedition, but need to think carefully about how to ensure that their southern region is not ravaged by looting.

Thinking of this, Bo Jinchen couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face, exchanging the grain of Yinchuan for regaining the Jiama, such a deal is really profitable, not to mention that the grain is not from the Western Xinjiang in the first place, and it also attracts the Sislo people and the Kaman people to turn against each other, such a good thing is only afraid of a hundred years of rare occurrence. The first task now is to ensure the stability of the defense of the horses, so mobilize all forces to expand the scope of the city wall defense, increase the height and thickness of the city wall, improve and complete all kinds of defensive weapons, and strengthen the defensive force, these are the central tasks that Bo Jinchen puts in the first place.

Fortunately, the Gerok people were also ecstatic about the recovery of the Jiama, and the enthusiasm that erupted made Bo Jinchen also surprised, and the work assigned by the Gerelok people was almost unreservedly and completely implemented, especially the expansion progress of the city wall tower was even more amazing, which made Bo Jinchen have to check whether there were any corners in the construction twice a day, but Bo Jinchen also had to admit that he underestimated the work passion of these Gerok people.

The traditional square city has made appropriate changes under the suggestion of Bo Jinchen, and two fortress-shaped auxiliary castles have protruded to the north and east, although the amount of work is much larger, but it has enhanced the attack and defense against these two directions, and the auxiliary castles that form horns can effectively use long-range strike weapons to give the incoming enemy a hard blow, which greatly enhances the counterattack ability, and the weaker city walls in the south are all demolished and rebuilt with square bluestone, and the number of various arrow cave hidden castles has also increased a lot. According to Bo Jinchen's words, it is to build Jiama into a fortress that will never fall, so that Jiama will become a thorn in the heart of the Kaman people, a nightmare that can never be shaken off.

The repair and construction of these two roads from Merrington to Jiama and from Jiama to Taixuan was also quickly started under the fanatical passion of the people, and the Gerok people also knew that the condition of these two roads directly determined the speed of reinforcements and marches from the south and west of the Western Frontier Army once Jiama was attacked by the Carmans, and it can also be called the two lifelines of Jiama。

"Lord Bo, you see that this Jiama garrison has exceeded 100,000 people, and it is about to reach 120,000, compared to Merrington's defensive strength has weakened a lot, my subordinates think that it is possible to adjust the number of garrisons in order to balance the defensive force. Seeing that the coach's interest in Jiama far exceeds that of Gerlok Capital Merrington, Kang Jianguo, who is closely behind Bo Jinchen, is a little puzzled, and now the defense system of Jiama City has gradually taken shape, in Kang Jianguo's own opinion, as long as there are more than 60,000 troops, even if the military strength of the Kamans is strong, it is impossible to conquer it in a short time, and Merrington's current strength has been reduced to more than 60,000 people, which makes Kang Jianguo a little worried.

"Hehe, don't worry about the founding of the country, the Kamans are out of breath for a while to fight Merrington's idea, the status of the Jiama is too important, I have to be careful, as soon as the fortifications here are over, we can immediately transfer some troops back to Merrington. Bo Jinchen smiled faintly, he understood the meaning of Kang Jianguo's words, there was only one imperial army sent to garrison in Merrington City, while the Gerok Front Army had 40,000 horses, and it was also the strongest royal guard, and the Gerlock Principality had a lot of complaints about its own side that had been controlling military and political affairs, and Kang Jianguo's biggest concern was probably whether the other party would take advantage of this to regain actual control of Merrington City.

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