The two then talked about it, and from time to time José glanced out of the car window, and noticed that there were many homeless people and begging in the streets of the city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and most of the shops on the streets were a bit depressed, and even less prosperous than they were when the war was just over.

When Weil saw the change in Jose's expression at this time, he only thought about it slightly, and naturally roughly guessed his thoughts. The prefect of Valen City coughed and said lightly:

"You must have also seen that after the end of the war in the Northwest, almost the entire military and civilians in the Northwest are facing the pressure of food shortages and insufficient production. The Kannai area is better, but as for the cities and counties outside the Kansai, it is said that there is already a famine in most places...... Oh, the goddess is above, it's terrible!"

Although that Wei Er said this, there was no worry in his expression, but he said a few words in an understatement, and simply shook his head and said: "Although the empire has raised military salaries, several provinces in the south have been affected by drought this year, and even the tax revenue of the temple has been cut, where is there any surplus money and grain to be transported to the northwest for disaster relief." The river valley corridor is also an important grain producing area in the northwest, and the war has affected the river valley corridor, and most of the residents outside the customs have fled to the customs area, which naturally has a great impact on spring ploughing......"

When Joseph heard him say this, he thought for a moment, and asked with some surprise: "Since there is arable land in the valley corridor, why don't you move the displaced people back to the Guanwai? Although spring has already begun in the northwest, it is cold in the northwest, and the cultivation time will always be later than in the south of the empire.

Will squinted his eyes and glanced at Joseph, and his expression couldn't help but be a little more strange: "Although I said that, the actual situation is different, and you may not know very well Lord Joseph." Now in the entire Moxi Province, except for the Valen City and some few areas in the Guannei, the Northwest Army is basically stationed outside the Guan. ”

"Oh, what does this have to do with spring ploughing?" José frowned, looking at Weil's unfathomable expression, and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

"Lord Joseph, this is the crux of the matter......" Will saw that Joseph's expression did not seem to be fake, so he shook his head and whispered: "To put it bluntly, the situation in Moxi is far more complicated than you imagined, don't look at me and Lord Sistine seem to be in charge of Moxi's military and political power." But the actual situation is that the Northwest Army has self-respect, hmph, I'm not afraid to say a word of honesty to you, since Lord Sistine Marquis came to Moxi, the Northwest Army has hardly been to Valen City a few times!

In particular, the generals of the Northwest Army, led by that Ronkedo, hardly obeyed the official control of the Empire. Since the beginning of winter, Lord Sistine has urged the Northwest Army to enter the Guannai three times to accept the reorganization of the Empire, but they have refused to end the military reorganization order of the Empire on the grounds that the army's post-war statistics have not been completed! You see, the local army does not obey the central control, which is something that the Empire has never heard of in a hundred years, and this is simply a naked rebellion!"

When Jose heard this guy say this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this Weir looked quite generous, but he could say these words to himself, if he wasn't a reckless fool, then he probably trusted himself quite a lot. But think about it, after all, his performance in the spring hunt made almost everyone think that he was the confidant of His Majesty the Emperor, and now he was transferred to Moxi to let go of the Sadland County Guard, and it was natural that he would be regarded as his own by Sistine and this Weir.

However, when Jose heard him say this, his heart couldn't help but move, and instead asked suspiciously, "What does Lord Weil mean......"

"It's very simple, although the Northwest Army is powerful, it is only a local army after all, whether it is their military salary or military rations, they must be allocated from the military headquarters of the empire, and the main force of the Northwest Army of tens of thousands of people needs to consume a lot of food, so military rations have become an important means for the central government to restrain the Northwest Army!"

A strange smile appeared on Weir's face, and then he squinted his eyes and said, "There is a famine outside the pass, and the homeless people are constantly pouring into the pass, and I'm afraid the life of the Northwest Army will not be easy." In addition, when the Macedonians withdrew their troops, they plundered the food and property of various cities and counties, which made the materials outside the customs even more scarce.

According to Lord Sistine's meaning, there is only one way to limit the Northwest Army, if the displaced people are moved outside the pass again, the famine will only be more serious, and although the displaced people in the pass will also increase the pressure on Valen City, but after all, Valen City has the support of the Empire, while the Northwest Army has no food source outside the pass...... Hehe, under such pressure, how could the Moxi Army not give in?"

Looking at Jose's shocked look, Weil shook his head indifferently: "Of course, this doesn't mean that Valen City accommodates as many displaced people as possible, after all, the center of gravity of the entire Moxi is outside the gate." However, although this is a great pressure on civilians, it is even more pressure on the Northwest Army. With the reduction of food, the Northwest Army's dependence on the central government was a means of weakening, although some harm was done to the lives of the civilians of Moxi...... But it works!"

When Jose heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: this guy looks weak, but his mind is surprisingly ruthless!

And even Joseph himself had to admit that although such a method was simple, it was indeed extremely effective for the current Northwest Army. After all, after the Northwest War just now, the entire Guanwai must be in turmoil, not to mention the horse thieves and robbers I encountered before, even the current Northwest Army is probably not so peaceful, but it is only suffering from these refugees who have fled.

When Jose thought of this, a strange and ugly look appeared on his face. He suddenly realized that his Sadrand county town was outside the pass, and it was the outermost part of the pass, since the situation outside the pass was so chaotic at the moment, wouldn't his fiefdom also ...... Only then could Jose couldn't help but glance out the window, the appearance of those unkempt homeless people always made him feel very uneasy.

The carriage procession soon entered the Doge's Palace, and after entering the gatehouse, José heard a lively commotion from a distance, and when he was puzzled, Ver laughed, stepped forward in two steps and whispered: "Lord Sistine knows that Lord José will come to Valen City today, so he specially organized a banquet for you...... Haha, I'm not happy with you to say that even after Lord Sistine came to Moxi, he hasn't held a few banquets! Lord Sistine thinks very highly of you......

When Jose heard this, he couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart: Did you start wooing Lao Tzu so soon?