Lao Jun took his apprentice Xuandu Da. The mage rode the green ox all the way west into Xiqi.

Jiang Ziya, who rushed back to Xiqi to raise food and grass, was greatly surprised to learn the news, and hurriedly put down the work at hand and rushed over to visit.

"Master Uncle ~~~"

Confirming that it was Lao Jun, Jiang Ziya hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Oh, it's Ziya." Lao Jun, who has lost his cultivation, has a very good mentality, and even has a feeling of freedom and ease.

Perhaps this is the real state of jumping out of the red dust.

"I have to hear that the master is here." Jiang Ziya's attitude was very low, because he knew very well that the person in front of him was a saint who had come to see his uncle. ”

"Oh."

Lao Jun naturally knew what this meant, it was nothing more than the set of Yuan Shi Tianzun's shush and warmth in the past.

I couldn't wipe my face before, so I should take action to help Yuan Shi Tianzun once.

Unexpectedly, this Jiang Ziya actually learned this set thoroughly.

Looking at Jiang Ziya, who had a small and simple face, Lao Jun was bored for no reason.

He rode on the green ox and waved his hand and said, "I'm just passing through here, so I don't need to be so polite." If you have something to do, just go ahead. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Jiang Ziya heard the dissatisfaction in Lao Jun's words, and didn't dare to slack off and say more, so he had to bow down to the end to send Lao Jun off.

"Let's go." Lao Jun called softly, the Xuandu of the morning glory over there. The mage immediately led the green ox and headed to the west.

waited until Lao Jun's figure disappeared at the end of his gaze, Jiang Ziya straightened up, his face full of doubt.

"Where are you going? It always feels wrong. ”

When he fell into deep thought, Lei Zhenzi, who came back with him, fell from the sky and said eagerly, "Prime Minister, there is not enough food in the treasury!" ”

This is a big thing, Jiang Ziya instantly put Lao Jun's matter behind him, "How can it be insufficient?" ”

"It's true."

Lei Zhenzi said with a bitter face: "The food in the treasury is really not enough. ”

Jiang Ziya's face darkened, and he immediately got on his mount and rushed to the treasury where the grain was stored.

When I came to the largest grain storage treasury in Xiqi, a group of grain officials were already waiting here.

"You're so daring!"

Jiang Ziya was furious, jumped down and raised the whip, "You dare to swallow the grain and grass in the treasury?!" ”

The grain officials were all frightened and knelt, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and at the same time shouted "Prime Minister, Prime Minister!" Even if I ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, I wouldn't dare to swallow the grain and grass in the treasury. We all have families in the city, how dare we do such a thing? ”

Jiang Ziya, who gradually calmed down, thought about it too.

Such an important position as a grain official, of course, it is impossible for a lonely person to do it, these grain officials are all heels, and their families and even families are in Xiqi.

"Then why is there no food in the granary?"

"It's good to teach the prime minister to know." The grain officer hurriedly explained, "Every time the treasury sends out grain, there is a warrant from Bohou, and every stroke can be the right number, and not a single grain is missing." ”

Jiang Ziya took the account book handed over by the grain officials, carefully checked and compared them one by one, and then checked the surplus grain, and it was indeed right.

"That's not right." Jiang Ziya looked at the data on the ledger and said in a lost voice: "Why has the amount of grain increased greatly every time since five months ago?" ”

"Prime Minister, the warrant for the transfer of grain is here, and we dare not fake it."

Jiang Ziya looked carefully, and it was really an increase in the number of grains and grasses.

He looked at Lei Zhenzi in confusion, but Lei Zhenzi was a charge, how could he know?

Fortunately, the grain officials were not stupid, and they quickly found the root cause when they were in danger.

"Prime Minister, the army is marching all the way, and it is already approaching Chaoge City. The supply lines for transportable grain have also been lengthened. ”

Jiang Ziya woke up like a dream, "That's right, that's right, the transportation line is lengthened, and the loss on the road will also increase." Those slaves actually ate so much! ”

In this era, there is no high-speed rail or anything, and the transportation of materials depends on manpower.

Xiqi used a large number of slaves, but even if the status of slaves was low, they had to be fed to do such manual work of long-distance transportation.

If you can't eat, you can't transport supplies to the front line, this is something that can't be helped.

Now that the Xiqi army has won one after another, the battle line ahead has been stretched for a long time.

The longer the battle line, the longer the supply line for logistical supplies.

In the case of extended supply lines, the loss during transportation is doubled.

It is also a matter of course that food consumption will increase.

"Prime Minister." The grain officer continued: "Recently, the number of our army has increased greatly, so the consumption of grain and grass has also increased. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ziya was completely speechless.

With the successive victories of the Xiqi army, almost all the slave owners in the world joined in with their men and horses.

The large-scale increase in quantity and scale has naturally increased the demand for grain and grass.

After all, people serve you as the master, and they bring their families to fight for you, and giving you food is the simplest and most basic condition.

"I see, I see."

Now Jiang Ziya understands everything.

But because I understood, my head hurt too.

I understand what's the use, there's not enough food.

"Alas, if it weren't for the loss of the Ten Thousand Immortal Array, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

After the Ten Thousand Immortal Array, under the strong suppression of Hongjun Ancestor, except for those who had been entangled between the two armies before, the monks and immortals all withdrew from the battlefield in the world.

Hongjun Ancestor was planning to concentrate on finding the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon, after all, he knew very well how terrifying the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon was.

Once the extraterritorial Heavenly Demon really establishes a connection with the Heavenly Dao, the matter of stealing the power of the Heavenly Dao by himself will inevitably be exposed to the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, no matter what, we must prioritize finding the traces of the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon, and then kill him.

Jiang Ziya didn't know this, in his opinion, if the monks were still there, it would be much easier to transport military rations or get more military rations.

It's a shame.

No matter how pity it was, there was no way, so I had to let Lei Zhenzi fly to the front line to inform Ji Fa and ask him to take an idea.

Lei Zhenzi came back the next night and brought back Ji Fa's order.

The order consisted of only two sentences: "Levy grain across the board and dispose of surplus slaves." ”

Slaves naturally have no food, and many slaves don't even have clothes to cover their bodies, and it is even more impossible to have their own food.

If you want to collect food, you can only collect it from the hands of the common people.

But in this way, it is tantamount to offending all the Xiqi civilians to death.

As for disposing of surplus slaves, it is even simpler, not to mention directly reducing food consumption, but also adding additional um, Cheng Yu said that this is normal.

In the era of low productivity, there are only two most important materials, one is food, and only with food can people live. There is also a person, who can only farm and work and make handmade products.

Ji Fa levied grain to kill slaves at this time, which directly dug the roots of Xiqi.

Jiang Ziya felt that it was inappropriate, but there was no other way now.

Fortunately, the army is progressing well, and it will not be long before Chaoge can be conquered, so as to change the dynasty.

When the time comes, the whole world will be gained, and the loss on Xiqi's side will not matter.

After convincing himself, Jiang Ziya could only grit his teeth and arrange for Lei Zhenzi to do something.

Lei Zhenzi didn't have any intention of resisting this, and after summoning the sergeants, he directly started robbing and killing.

Maybe it's brainless, Lei Zhenzi forgot that most of the sergeants were from civilian families and slaves, and let them do it to their own families and relatives, which was forcing them to rebel.

Not surprisingly, a series of rebellions, large and small, erupted across Xiqi.

The matter was very troublesome, and even alarmed Ji Fa on the front line.

As a last resort, Ji Fa had no choice but to arrange for Huang Feihu and Yang Jian to rush back to Xiqi with a group of soldiers and horses from other princes, and used a large-scale, bloody massacre to suppress this incident.

Although this turmoil has seriously slowed down the progress of the front, there are benefits, at least the Xiqi army has received a large amount of food and jerky, and has also reduced a large amount of food consumption.

As for the side effects, it is naturally the centrifugal detachment of the entire Xiqi.

It's just that for Ji Fa, who is about to win, this is not a matter at all.

Finally finished the affairs of Xiqi, and saw Huang Feihu and others escort almost the last grain storage team in Xiqi to leave, Jiang Ziya was relieved.

It was only at this time that Jiang Ziya had the time and mind to think about Lao Jun's westward departure.

He couldn't figure it out, but he could feel it, and it was very important.

So after settling down, I went directly to Kunlun Mountain, Yuxu Palace.

When he came to Yuxu Palace again, he saw that there were only two or three kittens in the miserable and quiet place, and Jiang Ziya was also embarrassed.

The Jade Void Palace, which was once full of people, is now really withering.

The deputy sect leader is nowhere to be found, and the twelve golden immortals, which are the core of the exposition of the teaching, have all fallen into pieces, and the current exposition of the teaching, I really don't know what to say.

When Jiang Ziya sighed in his heart, the Antarctic Immortal Weng came over riding a deer.

"Jiang Shang? You're back? ”

When Jiang Ziya was in the Jade Void Palace before, the relationship between the Antarctic Immortal Weng and him was not very good, after all, this guy's talent was too poor, and he had no qualifications to get started at all.

But the master in charge treated Jiang Shang very well, not only taught him personally, but also gave him many elixirs that made the Antarctic immortals envious.

This kind of treatment, of course, will make the other exposition disciples jealous and very dissatisfied.

But now, the exposition has long since withered, and the disciples are only left with a few who are not in the stream, and who were originally responsible for cleaning.

Seeing Jiang Shang again at this time, the face of the Antarctic Immortal Weng was full of smiles.

"Senior brother!"

Jiang Ziya was also very emotional, and there was only one person left who was once familiar.

The two sides laughed and greeted, told about their recent situation, and remembered their colleagues who were no longer there.

It wasn't until this time that the Antarctic Immortal Weng asked, "Jiang Shang, are you coming back this time?"

"Look at me." Jiang Ziya patted his head: "I'm here to find Shizun." ”

The Antarctic Immortal Weng looked embarrassed, "The master has been in retreat, and no one is seen." ”

"I have important things to report to my master." Jiang Ziya said, "Very important. ”

The Antarctic Immortal looked at him seriously, and after a long time, he nodded slowly, "Okay." ”