Just when the barbarian army was fighting a bloody battle with the northwest border army, the Wei side, which had just swallowed the territory of several counties, also began to face difficulties.

Although the Wei side achieved a military victory, they defeated the beggar army and other rebel armies of various sizes in a few days, and the territory occupied by the Xu clan was expanded several times.

This is a good thing, as long as the Xu clan can firmly control these territories and send various cronies to control the military, government and people's livelihood in these places, over time, the Xu clan will have immeasurable influence in these places, and can also absorb a lot of wealth from these places.

With these territories, the Xu clan will become the undisputed number one wealthy family in Beizhou, even if the other wealthy families attack their respective targets. It didn't help, because Wei Fang had already exceeded Xu's expectations and occupied several counties.

With such a large territory, if it is in some remote places, it is possible to build a small kingdom.

However, because of the heavy rain a few days ago, the nearby Yishui River burst, and the territory occupied by the Wei side was basically a Ze country, which was ravaged by floods, that is to say, if the Xu family wants to take the current territory as the foundation and develop well, the first thing to do is to rescue the people and govern the place.

If there are no people in a place, what kind of foundation is it?

The Xu family is not a rogue, but a wealthy family like a tiger, in the face of these things, even if they are anxious, they must grit their teeth and do it, and they can't let all the people in these places starve to death, or be displaced and wander to other places, right?

Investing now means great returns later.

As a wealthy family, the Xu family still has some knowledge, so now the Wei side has completely stopped the military advance, and the prisoners in the later period are also given preferential treatment, the purpose is to allow these people to quickly participate in disaster relief activities, and those prisoners are also considered young and strong, and after the disaster relief activities are completed, they can be divided into fields and households on the spot, and they will be regarded as the people of the Xu family in the future.

In this way, for the sake of these newly acquired territories, the Xu family turned around for nearly half a month before they could barely control the situation here.

Now, however, there is a new problem.

That is, there is not enough food.

The northwest has been in drought for many years, and now the people have no way to live, and they are only raising the rod for a bite to eat, in order to survive.

And those wealthy families are not having a good time.

It is true that they have innumerable land and a great deal of grain, but they also have many men, slaves, domestic servants, maids, and guards, all of whom also have to eat.

If the Xu clan only occupied Yan County and Pingyang County, the Xu clan would have enough food to feed the people in these two places with years of accumulation, and it would not be a big problem.

Moreover, the military disasters suffered by these two places were not serious.

However, the military advance of the Wei side was too intense, and the territory occupied was expanded several times at once, which made the high-level leaders of the Xu family happy and headache.

They also know that as long as all the newly occupied territories are digested, then the Xu family will be the ironclad number one wealthy family in Beizhou, which no one can change, but the difficulties they are facing now are also extremely serious, even if they have reduced the share of daily food three times in a row, but the money and food on the Xu family's side are still not enough.

Moreover, there is no place to buy this kind of thing like food, and now the major wealthy families are frantically expanding their territory, and they all know that food is a good thing, so even if the Xu family buys food from various families at a high price, they only buy a small part, and they can't fully supply the needs of the new land.

The problem now is that there is money, but it just can't buy food.

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In Pingyang County, Wei Fang sat on the main seat, looked around, and said to the high-level Xu family around him:

"Now that's the problem, the territory is too big, the population is too large, but the food is not enough, the Xu Mansion has complained to me many times, and it is true that there is no more food.

"Tell me, how is this going to be solved? You can't give up your favorite territory, right? ”

To tell the truth, in the face of this situation, even if it is Wei Fang, he is at a loss, he is the son of luck is not wrong, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and he can't conjure up food out of thin air, if he can buy it with money, it is good to say, he walks around the mountains casually, and he can find a big gold mine by guessing, how much money it costs, but the problem now is that you can't buy food if you have money, and if you don't have food, you can't treat the people affected by the disaster, and if you can't help the disaster, then these people will either starve to death or can only be displaced, Go elsewhere to beg for food.

At that time, the Xu family will have a territory, but there are not many people below the territory, if there is no one, what kind of foundation is there to talk about, and how can you rely on these places to be the first wealthy family in Beizhou?

The most important thing in a territory is the population.

In fact, it's not that you can't buy grain with money, there is no grain in the northwest, but there are still many wealthy families in the Central Plains who have a lot of grain, and the Xu family, as a wealthy family, also has some connections with these people, and if you pay a high price, you can still buy some grain from these places.

But the problem is that the northwest land is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and even if the grain is really bought from those places, by the time it is transported, it is estimated that the people under Wei Fang's rule will have starved to death.

Far water can't quench the thirst of the near.

In the face of Wei Fang's question, everyone had no choice, to be honest, now in the face of this situation, everyone has done their best, and has also proposed a lot of methods, some advocate cutting down on food and clothing, some advocate buying from various wealthy families with good relationships, and some also advocate leading troops to rob other rebel armies.

Everyone has done these things.

But it's just a matter of eating for a while.

I want to really solve the problem, but I can't.

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When the Wei side was at a loss in the face of the disaster in the new territory, they finally got the news of the battle between the barbarian army and the elite of the Northwest Army, and when they saw this battle report, Wei Fang's originally frowning brows suddenly calmed down, and he immediately gathered everyone and said:

"As for the problem of food, I have a way to solve it."

As he spoke, he stood up, pointed to the map of the Northwest Lands hanging on the wall, pressed the places outside the Northwest Lands fiercely, and said:

"Barbarians!"

"We don't have enough food in the northwest, but we can go to the barbarians to grab it!"

He raised the battle report in his hand, and continued:

"Now that the barbarian army and the Northwest Frontier Army are in a big battle, they will definitely be inseparable, and it is a good opportunity for us."

In fact, Wei Fang has been very anxious these days, and he has long wanted to let go of his hands and feet to grab and grab, but there is no good goal, here in the northwest, either those poor people, or the chaotic army that licks blood from the knife edge for a bite, or the wealthy family that has a friendly relationship with the Xu family, these people he can't do it.

So, when he saw this battle report, he suddenly had a goal:

"Go rob the barbarians!"

For robbing the barbarians, Wei Fang didn't need to do psychological construction at all, after all, these barbarians had fought with the northwest for hundreds of years, and they all had a feud, and the barbarians didn't hesitate at all, but he didn't think of this layer because of the limitations of his vision before.

Moreover, now that the barbarian army is pinned down by the Northwest Frontier Army, as long as he doesn't go too far in the territory of the Barbarian Empire, there shouldn't be any decent barbarian army coming to snipe him, so although he is going deep into the territory of the Barbarian Empire to rob, there should be no danger.

The barbarians often lead their armies south to rob the northwest, and now he goes to grab it back, which is called returning the other way to the other, and it is time to let those turtle barbarians taste the big knife of the northwest man.

In addition, he went to the territory of the barbarian empire to grab resources, and it is estimated that it will also cause turmoil in the barbarian territory, which may affect the stability of the barbarian army on the northwest border, if that is the case, it can be regarded as supporting the northwest border army from the side.

As soon as Wei Fang's proposal came out, the eyes of everyone present lit up, and they suddenly came to their senses and immediately geared up.

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Five days later.

A cavalry contingent of tens of thousands of people slowly drove out of a not very wide valley and came to the barbarian steppe.

This is a cavalry army, in fact, there are tens of thousands of people, but the mounts they sit on are not necessarily horses, donkeys, and mules.

It's not that the Northwest Land doesn't produce horses, but most of the war horses are supplied to the Northwest Frontier Army, even if the Xu family, as a wealthy family in Beizhou, can't take out tens of thousands of war horses at once.

Of course, if the Xu clan could come up with tens of thousands of war horses in one go, then I am afraid that it would have been targeted by the Great Qi Imperial Court and the Xu clan would have been physically destroyed.

However, Wei Fang did not expect his 10,000-strong cavalry team to contribute much to this operation, after all, the Xu clan couldn't even get together tens of thousands of war horses, let alone well-trained cavalry.

Most of the people under him are warriors who can barely ride a horse without falling, and it is okay to dismount and fight, if you get on the horse, you really fight against the grassland warriors, that is, to deliver food.

In this battle, it really depends on Wei Fang himself.

To tell the truth, the golden finger of the son of luck that Wei Fang obtained this time is really not covered, although Wei Fang has not deliberately looked for opportunities these days, and he has not practiced martial arts in particular, but Wei Fang can feel that even if he is breathing, his martial arts are making rapid progress, and his body is getting stronger and stronger day by day, and now, he doesn't know how strong he is.

Therefore, in this battle, in order not to let his soldiers lose too much, he can only take action.

Of course, although the soldiers under him can't go to war and are too strong, it doesn't mean that they are useless, if they are really useless, they won't bring so many people.

They brought so many horses, mules, and donkeys this time, just to consign supplies, that is to say, these people are Wei Fang's logistics transportation team, and when they grabbed the materials this time, they used these livestock to consign, and Wei Fang brought so many people to replace a batch of war horses in this grassland.

In the northwest, the Xu family can't get so many war horses, but this is a barbarian prairie, horses are not a rare thing, and after destroying a few tribes, these soldiers of his family should have horses, and those donkeys and mules can take a back seat and only help transport supplies.

"Report to the young master, there is a small tribe ahead."

At this time, a fast horse galloped from a distance and yelled at Wei Fang.

"Small tribe......" Wei Fang said without the slightest fluctuation in his tone when he heard this:

"Rush up, kill them all, and leave no one behind!"

If it is not my race, its heart will be different, Wei Fang has no mercy for these barbarians, and his opening is an order to exterminate the clan.

In fact, the barbarian army will go south every once in a while, and every time the barbarian army will go south to grab the materials in the northwest, they will attack the city and the village, burn the township and destroy the town, once a place is captured by them, it is basically a massacre of extermination, and it is rare to be able to leave a living mouth.

Therefore, when these people from Wei Fang came to the grassland, the same is true for these barbarian tribes.

Moreover, the Wei side's army of 10,000 people came to the grassland, if they didn't kill all these small tribes, I am afraid that the news would be leaked very early, in that case, I am afraid that some nearby tribes would be on guard in advance and flee far away, and even, it would attract the sniping of some barbarian troops, although Wei Fang was not afraid of these barbarian armies, but it was better to have less trouble, or less trouble.

Besides, these small tribes were robbed of their resources by Wei Fang, and they will definitely not survive this winter, and now they will all be killed, which can actually be regarded as a good deed, and they will be overtaken in advance.

As soon as Wei Fang gave the order, tens of thousands of horses immediately accelerated, rushing towards the small tribe in front of them like dark clouds.

Tens of thousands of cavalry ran on the grassland land, like an earthquake rolling up a dragon of smoke and dust, looking from a distance, the momentum was immense.

Wei Fang's side did not hide his whereabouts, and he was also detected by the small tribe early, and when they observed the situation here, they couldn't help but scream.

There is still a difference between the cavalry in the northwest and the Manchu cavalry, and when these people look at the Xu family soldiers, they know that these troops are not barbarian armies, and they also guess the origin of the Xu family soldiers.

The men immediately became alarmed.

You must know that although the barbarian steppe is not peaceful, and various small tribes fight each other, they rarely encounter attacks from the army of the Northwest, especially during this time, when the barbarian army is attacking the Northwest, there are even troops from the Northwest coming to the grassland to plunder them.

The small tribe was in despair.

You must know that most of the warriors in their tribe have been recruited into the barbarian army and have gone to fight in the northwest, and now, most of the people in this tribe are old and young, women and children, and only a few warriors.

With only a small number of barbarian warriors, they can't stop this tens of thousands of troops at all, that is to say, they are destined to die, and even if they don't die, they will face a tragic fate.

But even so, there are still barbarian warriors from the tribe riding fast horses towards the cavalry of 10,000 people, they know that they will die, but even if they die, they need some backing, which shows that these barbarians are indeed brave people.

At the front of the cavalry team, Wei Fang looked at the barbarian cavalry who were counterattacking, slowly raised his hand, and pressed it forward, and suddenly, those cavalry and men and horses immediately seemed to be smashed by all kinds of things, and they were shattered into pieces.

In the face of such a terrifying scene, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and then there was a crazy roar:

"The young master is mighty!"

The cavalry was demoralized and howled like wild beasts, rushed into the barbarian tribes in front of them, and began to kill.

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