Emperor Qin

One month has passed since the earthquake happened on behalf of the Earth, and news from all parties began to gather gradually.

Yan Jiang also read the news that King Qin received. To his surprise, the impact of the earthquake was not great.

The place where the earthquake shook was in the direction of Taiyuan in Daidi, and in the deep mountains near Luliang and Taihang. Although Daidi suffered losses, the impact was not great. The cattle and horses were still there, but some mud and grass houses that had been in disrepair for a long time collapsed.

"Relax?" Qin Wangzheng turned to look at him and asked calmly.

Yan Jiang looked at him seriously.

Qin Wang's originally relaxed expression gradually became serious, and he said seriously: "Is there any question?"

Yan Jiang took out the map, flicked lightly between Dai and Zhao's old places, thought for a few breaths, and then slowly said: "This time is not counted, there will be another time."

In history, it destroyed Li Mu’s management in Daidi for decades. This small loss is completely not up to the level recorded in the historical records. However, earthquakes have an earthquake cycle. Before and after a major earthquake occurs in a place , There will be some small earthquakes around, so this earthquake may be the precursor of a big earthquake.

"Anything else?" King Qin frowned slightly. He didn't want to move Dai for the time being. Zhao Jia's presence here can not only resist the Huns, but also consume the remaining strength of Zhao. Affect the use of troops against Chu Qi.

"That's right. If my prediction is correct, this disaster will affect the south of Zhaodi in this year and next year. We should make preparations early." Yan Jiang circled Zhaodi with his fingertips, "At least, prepare some relief food and grass."

The King of Qin stared at the map for a few breaths, shook his head and said: "The 60 troops have been treated for several months, the food and grass in Guanzhong has been exhausted, and there is not much food and grass left in Wei. Now most of the remaining food comes from the middle of Shu. Wang Jian doesn't know how many months he will use his troops, so he can't mobilize them. "

This is troublesome. Wang Jian used 60 troops to carry out infrastructure construction on the border of Chu State for eight months. This horrible consumption devoured Qin State's surplus food like a black hole. The use of military supplies can drive Zhisu Neishi and the prime minister crazy.

Of course Yan Jiang also understands this point, and he understands that it will take nearly half a year for Wang Jian and the state of Chu to treat them. By that time, not only will the food in Henan be exhausted, but the people in Sichuan will definitely not be able to escape.

Then, the problem now arises, the plan to destroy Chu cannot be changed, where do you want more food?

The king of Qin didn't have much feeling about how many people died of starvation in Zhao Guoguo. He told him that the number of common people was just a number.

But looking at A Jiang's distressed appearance, he still comforted him: "Don't worry, if there is a catastrophe, I will open up the mountains, rivers and forests, and use hunting as a relief, and you will always be able to live."

Yan Jiang didn't think how many people could be saved by using mountains and forests in this era of extremely high density of beasts, so he just continued to look at the map, thinking of any way to save a little, now almost all the males in Guanzhong, Nanjun, and Weihan They are all concentrated on the battlefield, and next year's grain production will be reduced, so it is unrealistic to expect next year's grain.

Looking for Qi Guo?

That's right, the Qi State has been peaceful for 70 years, with money and food, it shouldn't be a big problem to buy some emergency...

So Yan Jiang stretched out his hand and hooked the king's neck, and asked softly, "Does the young mansion have any money?"

The state of Qin's finances are divided into two allocations. One is the land tax collected by Zhisu Neishi and the fines collected from various punishments as the treasury. The treasury pays military expenses and officials' finances.The national treasury must have been emptied because of Wang Jian’s war of the century, and there is still a Shaofu as the private money of King Qin. The poll tax, commercial tax and mountain and river income collected by the state, as well as the expenses of papermaking and iron making in these years, are all owned by the Shaofu. It is owned by the government and used to support the king's travel and palace building expenses.

King Qin counted his breaths in astonishment, and when he turned to look at A Jiang, his expression was cautious: "...a little bit."

"How much is slightly?" Yan Jiang asked gently.

King Qin pursed his lips slightly, met A Jiang's eyes for a few breaths, and was defeated: "More than 36 gold."

This is all his private money, but there is no way, because most of it is earned by A Jiang.

Yan Jiang's eyes lit up instantly: "Your Majesty, can you go to Qi to buy grain?"

Although he was asking, there was not much room for discussion in his tone.

Qin Wangzheng pulled a little distance away, struggled for a while, finally nodded and said: "Let's just buy a hundred thousand stones."

Yan Jiang quickly calculated that the current price of grain is about 6000 yuan, one gold is [-] yuan, and one hundred thousand stones is about [-] gold.

One stone made in the Qin Dynasty is 3000 kilograms, and one hundred thousand stones is 10 tons. The average daily grain and corn consumption of a labor force is three catties. Ten thousand people eat...a month?

"It's too little." Yan Jiang looked at King Qin firmly, as if looking at a scumbag who didn't want to spend money on his wife, "I should buy 30 shi."

The King of Qin immediately explained: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that the food is for the army. After destroying the five kingdoms, Qi Wangjian was so stupid that he didn't dare to give out food and grass lightly. No matter how much, Qi Wang would be frightened." , directly refused."

This also makes sense, now that Qin and Chu's millions of troops are in a stalemate, Qi State has been trembling for a long time, help Chu State, Chu State and Qi State are great enemies, Grandpa King Qi died of cramp by General Chu Well, although the two countries haven't had a war in recent years, there are small frictions every year. Besides, if Chu wins, Qi's small arms and legs can't afford to provoke Qin.But help Qin State, that is absolutely not dare, once Chu State is destroyed, how can he really be good?

Therefore, Yan Jiang was troubled, but he was unwilling to admit defeat easily, so he sat at the table and looked at the map all night.

The King of Qin was so sleepy that he changed to His Majesty, who placed it on his shoulder to watch with him.

Finally, at dawn, Yan Jiang slammed the table suddenly: "I thought of it!"

His Majesty, who was about to doze off on his shoulders, was startled for a moment. One of them lost his footing and fell to the corner of the table, knocking his head out of a bag. He closed his eyes and changed the number directly.

Yan Jiang hurriedly kissed and blew, rolled his eyelids listening to his heartbeat, and after confirming that His Majesty was fine, he stepped forward in Qin Wang's angry eyes and kissed him softly: "Your Majesty, are you interested in playing 'Jun Tun'?" Woolen cloth?"

Qin Wangzheng looked at him indifferently, still displeased.

Yan Jiang smiled slightly: "Military supplies are very expensive, but wars are not all that happens every day, and manpower is wasted. It is better to farm and open up wasteland in the garrison, and use the army to support the army. In this way, one stone raised by the army is worth twenty stones planted by the common people."

Every time he said a word, King Qin's eyes lit up a little. When he finished speaking, not only did his anger disappear, but he also became excited, got up and paced back and forth: "That's right, there is a lot of food and grass in the army. Reclamation and cultivation can not only expand the land, but also stabilize the morale of the army and reduce consumption! Great good."

Of course, Yan Jiang knew the goodness of this plan. The system of military settlements in later generations has been used for more than 2000 years. From Cao Cao to TG, they all have enough food and clothing by themselves. The key to collapse is that King Qin was too anxious.

The only troublesome thing is that this kind of thing will cause land annexation, but this kind of sequelae will not be seen for a while. Besides, land annexation cannot be stopped without industrial replacement at all, and it is nothing new.

"It's just..." Although King Qin liked this plan very much, his will was still clear, "Wang Jian's army is not usable."

The war will come at any time, how can it be possible to let the sergeants go to hoard the fields, if the Chu army attacks, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

Yan Jiang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is better to tell General Wang Jian about this plan, he will naturally know it."

When King Qin heard about it, he felt it was reasonable, so he issued a metaphorical order and asked the messenger to be handed over to Wang Jian.

……

After General Wang Jian received the letter, a kind smile appeared on his wrinkled old face, just like a farmer's uncle.

Then, he recruited Li Xin Mengtian.

Li Xiaojiang is very calm now, silently waiting for his superiors to order.

Wang Jian smiled and promoted him to General Left, and asked Meng Tian to hand over [-] cavalry for Li Xin to command!

Li Xin was overjoyed immediately, restrained his joy and saluted and kowtowed, promising to live up to the general's entrustment!

Wang Jian’s smile was still kind, and he told him to use military horses to plow and reclaim land. He must plant thousands of hectares of winter wheat before winter, and he didn’t have to worry about the weather. Pingyu is south of Guanzhong, and winter comes later, so it’s too late for plowing at this time. Some, not too much.

Li Xin fell into a deep silence, and after a few breaths, he clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Meng Tian didn't regret losing the cavalry at all, instead he asked cautiously: "Israeli army reclaimed land, if Xiang Yan gets it..."

"The old man will wait for him to come." The old general said gently with a smile still kindly.

Ten days later, the camp of the Chu army dozens of miles away was still noisy.

Although the government soldiers from all over the country were recruited by the Chu State, they have long been turned into the private soldiers of the monarchs of various places. The accents and customs of Chu are very different. What makes it even more troublesome is that there is a complicated chain of contempt among them.

The soldiers of Qu Jingzhao's three families are at the top of the chain of contempt. There are nearly 10 of them in total, and they have the best armor. They often have the king's private possession for extra meals. Xiaozao's actions made other rural miscellaneous soldiers dislike him in every possible way.

The Xiang, Long, Song, and Lu families had the largest number of descendants from outsiders, each with [-] to [-] children, but they were the most looked down upon by the higher-ups, but they had the strongest fighting power and obeyed Xiang Yan's command the most.

The others are only one or two generations away. Most of the little lords separated from the main family are only a team of thousands of people. They have no armor and inferior weapons. the lowest end.

In addition, the languages ​​of different regions are different-the people in Hunan think they are orthodox Chu, the accent in Lu is biased towards Qi, and the people in Southern Chu live with Yue people...

In such a complicated army, Xiang Yan spent more than half of his day just dealing with internal voices.

It was during such a time that he received the message.

"Wang Jian used the army to open up wasteland and farm outside Pingyu City?" Xiang Yan was shocked, "Is he really planning to live in Chu?"

"General, they are so light and unprepared, do they want to attack?" Xiang Rong asked eagerly.

"No." Xiang Yan frowned deeply, "Wang Jian's use of troops is extremely stable. This must be a trick to lure the enemy. We must not fall for it."

"But it's late autumn now, how can we still cultivate?" Xiang Rong asked puzzled.

"Pingyu is originally a land of both corn and rice." Xiang Yan's brows could not hide her anxiety, "and the winter wheat planted in Qin State is harvested by Qiu Bo in summer, so the harvest is not bad, so it can be planted naturally."

"He can plant, so can we," Xiang Rong said proudly, "General, why don't we cultivate too?"

"How to farm?" Xiang Yan said helplessly, "Our army doesn't know how to cultivate winter wheat, and the season for planting rice has already passed, so if you want to plant it, you have to wait until next year, and besides..."

His brows were full of arrogance: "After the Qin people finish farming, it's still two ways to say that this grain and grass will return to Qin and Chu."