With Ding Hongguang's assurance, Zhao Jun laughed happily, and all the generals in the tent also smiled.

Zhao Jun then asked about the situation in the army, but when he asked about the food, Ding Hongguang showed a look of embarrassment.

When Zhao Jun saw this, his face immediately sank.

Isn't there anyone who dares to be greedy for the food of the soldiers under his hands?

Fighting a war, to put it bluntly, most of the time it is the logistics of fighting, and soldiers who are well-fed and physically strong are inherently stronger than those who can't even eat.

In the previous life, the late Ming Dynasty could not defeat the wild boar skin, because the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty could not eat enough and had no combat effectiveness, and the combat effectiveness of those rebels soared after taking refuge in the wild boar skin, which also accounted for one of the big reasons.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.

Zhao Jun had already made up his mind in his heart, if someone really dared to do anything about the army's food, then don't blame him for being ruthless!

No matter who it is, he will definitely make him regret coming into this world!

"Say! What's wrong with the food? Frankly speaking, directly speaking, no matter who it is, this king will not leave any mercy! ”

Seeing that Ding Hongguang hesitated for a while and didn't say anything, Zhao Jundang asked in a cold voice.

Ding Hongguang knew that the prince had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Lord, you misunderstood, it's not who put his hand into the soldiers' rice bowls.

In fact, there is no shortage of food and grass in the army.

However, there is an extreme lack of meat, and you also know how much training the soldiers have on weekdays, if there is no meat, eating food alone is not enough to make up for the physical deficit of the soldiers.

On the contrary, because of the huge amount of training, the soldiers' bodies will become weak, which cannot be compensated for by ordinary food, and the general will have a headache for this. ”

"No meat?"

Zhao Jun frowned immediately, then looked up at the generals and asked:

"Which department is in charge of food and supplies in the army? Why didn't enough meat be procured for the army?

This king remembers that the food consumption in the army is fixed and sufficient! Why is this happening? ”

Zhao Jun's voice fell, and when even a general stood up with a bitter face, came to the center of the big tent and knelt down with his hands and said:

"Lord Wang, in addition to the staple food directly supplied by the Grain Storage Department and the armament materials directly supplied by the Armaments Logistics Department, the rest of the vegetables and meat are all purchased by our Quartermaster Department on weekdays."

"You are?"

Zhao Jun, as a prince, didn't eat and live with the soldiers all day long, so naturally he didn't recognize everyone in the army, so he didn't know the person who stood up.

The man hurriedly replied: "Back to the prince, Wang Mingde, the head of the small quartermaster's office!" ”

Zhao Jun nodded, and then asked, "Okay, Wang Mingde, this king asks you!"

Is it true that Governor Ding said that there was a lack of food and meat in the army? ”

Wang Mingde nodded helplessly: "It's true!" ”

"That's good! Since it is your quartermaster department who is responsible for this meat procurement, but there is a lack of meat supplements in the army, this should be the responsibility of your quartermaster department, and this king does not ask others, and you are responsible! You're convinced! Zhao Jun asked coldly.

Wang Mingde did not rush to cry out for injustice, but explained:

"Please be clear, it's not that our Quartermaster Department is unwilling to purchase meat, nor is it that we are greedy for the meat procurement silver taels that have been allocated by us.

There is really no meat to buy, no meat to eat! ”

Zhao Jun, who was about to ask someone to drag this guy down, raised his hand for a moment, and suddenly said with some doubts:

What do you mean by that? How could Yunzhou County, Nuoda, not even be able to buy meat? ”

Wang Mingde explained with a wry smile: "Lord Wang, if it was okay before, the army is scattered in the territory of the body poison, and the body poison area is huge, and there are many sources of meat.

But since the army was recalled to Yunzhou County, coupled with the closure of the Guancheng to and from Liaoyun Pass, the entire Yunzhou County has now fallen into a meat panic situation of lack of meat. ”

Zhao Jun was puzzled and asked: "How can this be, it stands to reason that my Yunzhou County cannot lack meat if it lacks anything?"

All the tribes make a living by raising livestock, and the most meat source in my Yunzhou County is meat. ”

Wang Mingde was helpless: "Lord Wang, how many Tatars are there in my county?"

What is the population of Yunzhou County today? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jun turned his head to look at Wang Huaien, Wang Huaien thought for a while and replied: "Lord Wang, after all these years of development, the resident population of my Yunzhou County has exceeded one million, and the Song people and Tatars are almost half.

However, most of these Tatars were former mining slaves who had been taken captive from the steppes, and now they were normal people.

But most of them found work in the cities and did not go to herding, and many of the tribes became merchants because of the fact that they had done business with the Tatars some time ago, and made a difference in our trade with the Tatars.

Therefore, I am afraid that there are less than 150,000 Tatars who are still raising livestock in Yunzhou County. ”

"Shhh

As soon as he heard Wang Huaien's words, Zhao Jun immediately understood why this happened.

The source of meat has decreased, but the number of people who eat meat has increased, and the situation, which was already serious enough, has become even more serious with the return of nearly 300,000 troops to Yunzhou County.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if 300,000 pot-bellied men only eat one or two pieces of meat per day, it is still 30,000 catties.

A pig of 200 catties can only produce 70% of the meat, that is, 180 catties.

A sheep is about 100 catties, and the meat yield is 60% or 60 catties.

A cow weighs about 1,500 catties, and the meat yield is 40 into 5, that is, more than 600 catties.

This army would have to eat 166 pork a day, and 5,000 a month!

If you eat five hundred sheep a day, and 15,000 a month.

If you eat 50 cows a day, you need 150 cows a month!

It seems that there is less to eat cattle, but the problem is that the number of cattle raised on the grassland is the least, and the growth period of cattle is also the longest, and now there are fewer people grazing, they eat by themselves, plus other people in the city eat, how many cattle can be given to the army?

Moreover, the price of beef is not comparable to that of mutton and pork, so the procurement cost in the army is simply not enough.

If it's a sheep, except for the purchase cost, everything else is a problem!

And the pig is even more finished, all kinds of pork dishes in the city have long been popular in the city, this thing has long become the most important source of meat for the people, and the lack of meat is even more scarce, and the army can't buy so much pork at all.

This means that the Yunzhou Army really can't buy meat, and it's not just the Yunzhou Army.

I'm afraid that at this time, the entire Yunzhou County is short of meat!

Zhao Jun rubbed his brows with a headache, there was originally a caravan transporting meat from the customs to replenish the customs, but since his cheap Lao Tzu closed the pass, Yunzhou County had no foreign meat source.

That's a big problem!

What can I do?

Zhao Jun thought for a while and asked Wang Mingde: "Is it feasible to transport meat from body poison?" ”

Wang Mingde immediately shook his head:

"Lord Wang, the last general has thought about it a long time ago, but it is too late, and the cost is too great.

If you want to transport meat from the body, this also means that we have to re-establish a transportation system, not to mention the cost, just waiting for the transportation system to be established, and then the meat will be delivered, at least one or two months, it will be too late! ”

"Gan!"

Zhao Jun couldn't help but scold!

The crowd was silent.

Zhao Jun never expected it, he thought that everything in Yunzhou County would be self-sufficient, but he was stumped by a single meat problem.

Fucking things are really impermanent, the large intestine contains the small intestine!

There was silence in the tent for a while, and Zhao Jun asked, "Is there a solution?" ”

The generals in the army, you look at me, I look at you, and no one has come forward.

They are soldiers, you let them fight, let them solve this, please forgive them for not having that brain, they really can't solve it.

Zhao Jun was also speechless, and he was also out of his mind, asking a group of big bosses.

This was Guan Ning on the side who suddenly said: "Lord Wang, why don't we rob it?" ”

"Huh? Rob? ”

Zhao Jun was stunned, and the generals in the army were also stunned, and they all looked at him with disbelief?

"Robbing whom?"

Zhao Jun asked in amazement.

Guan Ning pointed to the north side of the road:

"Those Tatars, we don't have meat, they do! It's all bought and sold without capital.

Anyway, they were going to fight with us, and if they didn't rob us, they wouldn't rob us. ”

"Wouldn't that be a little bit bad? After all, we just finished doing business with someone."

One of the generals muttered quietly.

Everyone also scratched their heads and felt a little immoral.

Guan Ning said disdainfully:

"When you were screaming and grabbing land, you weren't so particular?

How to drop? Now let you grab some meat for the soldiers to eat, and you don't want to? ”

The generals couldn't help but laugh at once, and some of them even muttered:

"Didn't we have no land before, and we couldn't even eat if we didn't rob it."

"Do you have meat to eat now?"

"Uh...... No. ”

"Isn't that the end of it?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, then coughed lightly twice as if nothing happened, and turned his head as if he hadn't seen it.

Guan Ning whispered on the side: "Lord Wang, there is no morality and etiquette between the two countries, and if you don't grab some meat, the soldiers don't even have the strength to train." ”

The words have come to this, and Zhao Jun, as the decision-maker, naturally can't pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore, and coughs lightly twice.

Then he subconsciously knocked his finger on the armrest of the seat, and finally made up his mind: "In this way, let's go to the people who traded with them before, and see if we can exchange grain for meat from them."

If you agree, everyone will be happy.

If they don't agree, then we'll just grab it.

Salute first and then soldiers, we have already given salutes first, if they don't know how to lift, no wonder we move troops, right? ”

When the generals heard this, they all grinned and said:

"Hahaha, the prince is right! We are all polite people, salute first and then soldiers! Salute first, then soldier!

If we salute and they don't want it, then we will naturally use troops, how can we blame us, we are just to have meat to eat! ”

"Then it's decided, go back to this king and look for our Director Fan, there will be a conclusion within seven days, the army might as well wait for a while."

Zhao Jun stood up as he spoke, preparing to leave.

All the generals also stood up in unison, respectfully clasped their fists and saluted in response:

"Yes! The last will be ordered! ”

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(End of chapter)