The system forced me to be emperor

In the next few days, Champion Hou's offensive method was still based on attacking the heart, followed by intimidation, which not only disturbed the hearts of the people, but even the morale of the army was a little shaken.

Soon, another potential threat erupted in the city.

Food shortage!

To be exact, the 40 to [-] refugees in the city had no food, and they all relied on the imperial court for relief. However, with the siege of the city by the Great Xia soldiers and horses, the porridge given by the imperial court became thinner and thinner. It is good enough to be able to chew two mouthfuls. Relying on thin soup and little water, the refugees' hungry chests are stuck to their backs. In desperation, many refugees start to make troubles. They dare not rob the food controlled by the army, so they go to rob the people. .

Never underestimate the evil of human nature, not to mention being on the verge of starving to death, starving to the edge of courage, this starvation is also evil, so some refugees were upset, 30 people robbed food, and even killed people.

The law and order in the capital is now maintained by soldiers and horses. When they heard the news and arrived, the refugees who robbed food had already fled, let alone hunted them down, so they could only order that once they found food robbing, they would be killed.

Unexpectedly, this order not only failed to act as a deterrent, but instead led to more food grabs.

Shoot to kill?If you don't eat, you will starve to death, and if you grab food, you can't catch it, so why not grab it!

In this way, refugees began to breed trouble.

Even if the imperial court sent troops to arrest some people and execute them on the spot, it would only be a deterrent for a while, and would not have a greater deterrent effect.

Next, Champion Hou made another move.

On this day, Li Cunxiao personally escorted ten carriages approaching the city. General Hai Ming of the Qi Army quickly showed up and met the number one fierce general of Great Xia who was unbeatable in the land of Qi!

"Above the gate tower is General Haiming, and I am Li Cunxiao, the left general under the command of General Zhengqi. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Li Cunxiao reined in his horse and stopped at the foot of the city, shouting boldly.

Haiming had heard about Li Cunxiao's name a long time ago, he was so powerful in Qi country, the generals of Qi country and his army were all fighting with each other, but no one could stick to ten tricks!Even Haiming's sworn brother, Yuan Chong, who was known as the second most powerful general of Qi, only insisted on nine moves before he was beheaded by the horse!

Now that he can see the true face with his own eyes, Haiming has no choice but to praise Li Cunxiao's bravery, he really is a great general!

Haiming replied: "General Li is here, is he going to single-handedly destroy the city?"

Li Cunxiao said with a smile: "General Hai is serious. The imperial city of Qi is as majestic as a mountain. With my strength alone, how can I break the city? I'm not a man of gods! I'm here to disturb you this time. , the second thing is to ask if there is a shortage of food in the city?"

As soon as these words came out, Qi Bing in the city gritted his teeth, this was a deliberate provocation!

"I'm sorry to bother you, General Li. The grain reserves in my city are rich enough for the military and civilians. Your country invaded Daqi and acted despicably. Now General Li is fighting here again. It's better to be famous when we meet!" Haiming sneered.

Li Cunxiao laughed loudly, and continued: "General Hai is wrong. I am not here to provoke you. I am worried about the refugees in your city. I heard that they have no food available, so I am here to deliver food to you!"

Food delivery?

Qi Jun was dumbfounded suddenly, how could the enemy come to deliver food, is this a mouse delivering food to a cat?

Haiming shouted: "General Li, what is your intention?"

With a wave of Li Cunxiao's hand, ten heavy carriages came behind him. Li Cunxiao ordered people to remove the cover on the carriage, and saw that there were potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes inside.

Li Cunxiao said: "General Hai, you must have heard about the new crops that we are planting, and these are the new crops! The taste of these new crops may not be as delicate as rice noodles, but they have high yields and are suitable for various terrains. It has been fully promoted, and the output of new crops can feed the people every year. Even if there are natural disasters and earth disasters, the people will not be hungry. I will give these ten cars today, hoping to pass them on to the refugees in the city, so that they can taste the sweetness."

Having said this, Li Cunxiao paused, gave them time to think, and then said: "So these ten carts of food are given to refugees, General Hai must not be corrupt, and General Hai is the number one general in Qi, Could it be that you don’t even have the courage to collect grain? If you don’t, then don’t call yourself the number one fierce general in Daqi, but the number one shrinking turtle in Daqi, haha…”

As soon as these words came out, the Qi soldiers in the city were furious, and the lieutenant next to Haiming wanted to shoot Li Cunxiao to death with a bow, but was stopped by Haiming.

"The number one general is just a false name. It doesn't matter if you don't want it. As for General Li's kindness, we appreciate it! Since we are the enemy, don't pretend to be hypocritical, and take your food back!" Although Hai Ming is a general, he is also a general. The talented general immediately guessed Da Xia's plot.

But Li Cunxiao turned his horse's head and said: "Of course the general will not bring back the things I sent out. I will send the things here for you, farewell!"

With that said, Li Cunxiao took the people away.

The people on the tower looked at each other and looked at each other.

The deputy general couldn't help asking: "General, this must be a trick of the enemy army. According to my subordinates, let's set it on fire!"

"Yes, General, burn it!"

"It can't be burned! If it is really going to be burned, doesn't it mean that our general is afraid?"

"This is a new crop, what a pity to burn it! I don't know how it tastes!"

"Yeah, why don't you transport it back to the city first?"

...

Everyone was discussing, and then they all looked at Haiming.

Haiming pondered for a moment, then said: "Let's transport it back to the city first!"

The subordinates immediately took orders, and after making sure that it was not a trap by the enemy, they opened the city gate, transported ten carriages back, and sent troops to guard them carefully to prevent anyone from moving around.

And he took some potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn to meet his father, Hai Yuntian.

When Hai Yuntian heard about the situation, he immediately asked Haitian to bring up the new crops. Looking at the three novel crops, Hai Yuntian looked them up and down curiously, and then ordered the cook in the Fuzhong to cook them.

This is difficult for the chef, who has never seen these things, how to start?In the end, I could only bite the bullet.

In fact, potatoes and sweet potatoes are better, but the corn is hard, even if it is cooked, it is hard, and it does not knock off the big teeth!

The chef scratched his head and left, leaving only Hai Yuntian and Haitian in the house.

Hai Yuntian sighed: "Champion Hou is such a powerful schemer!"

Hai Tian nodded and said, "Champion Marquis doesn't want to directly attack the city and lose troops, so he uses scheming. First, he coerces and lures the people and the army, and now he sends new crops to the refugees. If these new crops are really given to the refugees, then What would the refugees think?"

"The people in my own country are in dire straits, and tens of thousands of people died of starvation. Look at Daxia, how many people have been saved by the new crops, it is even more heart-wrenching!"

Hai Yuntian sighed: "Although this is Daxia's conspiracy, the sad thing is that the facts are true. Daxia's new crops can save countless people."

"If Daqi has new crops, why worry about it?" Haitian said angrily.

Hai Yuntian shook his head and said: "I heard that new crops are found by sailing, and they are located outside the ocean, but only Daxia went to sea to find them. Our Majesty also knows the magic of new crops, and he intends to send them Ships came out to look for it, but nothing happened. New crops are not omnipotent, the key is the people who lead it all!"

"Father, be careful!" Haitian's expression changed.

Hai Yuntian waved his hand and said: "It's okay, what can't be said now?"

Haitian was silent for a moment.

The house was silent, and after a long time, the chef brought out the food made from the new crop.

"Master, young master, the yellow balls and red-skinned things are cooked directly, and the individual things are taken off and ground into powder, and some flour is added in, and baked into cakes!" the chef explained. road.

Hai Yuntian picked up a potato and ate one, it was soft and delicious.Sweet potatoes are not only soft and glutinous, but also sweet and taste very good.Although the cake made of cornmeal is not as delicate as flour, it tastes okay.

What's more, these three things relieve hunger, and the feeling of fullness is very high!

After Hai Yuntian ate two potatoes, one sweet potato, and two cornflakes, he was full!In exchange for rice, there would be three or four bowls, and four or five steamed buns made of white flour.