The crossing starts from the Datang Shuanglong

Chapter 17

The meat eater is stronger.

Eating rice alone, without enough protein as a supplement, can't raise real elite soldiers.

At least, that was the case before the evolution to pull the trigger.

Whether you can eat meat is actually a rigid standard for distinguishing strong soldiers from weak ones.

Since then, the reason why the nomads in the north have an advantage in combat effectiveness over the farming people in the south is not only because of horses and cavalry, but also largely because the nomads grew up eating meat, while the farming people grew up eating. big.

Because of this, Chu Tianxiu asked Xingrong, the temporary housekeeper, to keep the meat that all soldiers should have every day, so as to make up for their physical deficiencies.

But it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and Xing Rong was indeed working hard to support her left and right. First, she took out all the bacon and salted fish, pigs, sheep and livestock that were seized in the water village.

He also occupied several refugee camps in Jiangxin Prefecture of the Yangtze River, recruited a group of refugees, caught fish, shrimp and shellfish in the river, caught finless porpoise, and caught birds and animals on the shore, barely filling a small part of the vacancies.

But under the huge expenditure of thousands of mouths, even if he tried his best to increase income and reduce expenditure, it would still be a drop in the bucket after all, and there was no way he could not fill the big hole.

"I already know the situation on the island. You can tell me how much food the army is short of now. You can also tell me if there is some solution in your mind."

It is easy to tell whether a person is working hard or not. Chu Tianxiu naturally knows that his brother has indeed tried his best.

It wasn't his fault that the hole couldn't be filled, it was just due to the lack of conditions on the island, so although Zhenhai's food and grass situation was worse than he imagined, it almost disrupted his plan, He wasn't too harsh either.

"Our town's navy now has 400 soldiers, 800 fishermen, women and children, the elderly and the weak in total. We need about [-] shi of grain and [-] jin of meat per month.

Now we only have three thousand shi of grain in our hands, three cows, five pigs, and sixty fish, which are completely insufficient for the army.

Worst of all, we have almost run out of food and meat in Hudouzhou and the nearby villages along the coast.If they buy it again, it will cut off their way of life. "

In recent days, Xing Rong has been calculating the food shortage on the island every day, and has gone through these materials hundreds of times in his head, so it is naturally familiar.

"So, we need to do some big business. Otherwise, we won't be able to fill so many mouths."

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help frowning, feeling a little troubled in her heart.

Such a big hole is really not easy to plug. Even if I take up the post at the sub-helm of the Zhuhua Gang in Jiangyin County, I am afraid that I can only quickly plug the gap in food, and there is no way to meet the meat needs of Zhenhai Hai.

If he doesn't want to find a good way, then he may have to reduce the cost of Zhenhai at the cost of reducing the combat effectiveness of Zhenhai.

"Xing Rong, I know about this. It's alright, just wait a moment, I'll find Chu Liang first, and then we can discuss it in the long term."

After thinking for a while, Chu Tianxiu beckoned and called Duan Yucheng, who was guarding the door, in, and ordered him to help find someone.

Not long after, a short, clean and restrained, fair and thin young man walked in, standing beside Chu Tianxiu with his hands hanging down.

He said in a soft and respectful voice: "Master, Brother Rong, I don't know if you have any orders from me."

"Yes, Chu Liang, how is your intelligence network building? I recently asked you to spread the intelligence network in the Jiangnan generation. How are you doing? Do you have a suitable target?"

After Chu Tianxiu nodded, he turned his head aside,
Chu Liang is also one of the fifteen attendants under Chu Tianxiu.

He was not as talented as Chu Ren and Chu Qian in martial arts, so although he practiced hard on a daily basis, he was only at the level of a third-rate martial artist, and he was unremarkable among those 15 people.

But he has a delicate mind and is capable of doing things, so he is a good candidate for establishing an intelligence organization.

When he was in Yangzhou, Chu Tianxiu asked him to join forces with Chu Zhi and Chu Li to secretly set up a micro intelligence network and obtain some valuable information.

So after he conquered Qinglongzhai, he began to organize and distribute some manpower and money to him, and asked him to form a real intelligence agency. Now it's a small test, and it's time to really test his ability.

Although Chu Tianxiu compiled and trained Zhenhai according to the standard of Sui army, Zhenhai was just created and had not yet fully formed.

Rather than saying that it is an army now, it can only be regarded as a large bandit like a Liangshan Shuizhai, and Lin Chong did not go up the mountain, and the Shuibo Liangshan when Wang Lun was in charge, it is impossible to be self-sufficient.

In this case, just thinking about the right way is not enough for Zhen Haijun. If you really want to persevere Zhen Haijun, you must do some work for the heavens, robbing the rich and helping the poor, so that you can guarantee Township's way of life.

"Brother, I've explored recently, and there are about three suitable targets.

One is Jinling County in the south of us, where there is now an iron cavalry society entrenched, provoking the government many times, making a fuss, but the government is unable to attack, naturally it will not take a lot of effort to loot, but it is also because of the iron cavalry association , so that the people's livelihood there is poor, and there is not much money and food.

The second is Yuhang County in the north, which has the advantages of salt and iron and rich products, but it is relatively peaceful and the officers and soldiers are more powerful. "

The third is Hudouzhou in the north of the Jiangbei, which is the old nest of the Dajiang Society. Over the years, the Dajiang Society has been looting on the river and doing all kinds of evil. Naturally, it has a lot of money and food, and it can be regarded as a wealthy target.

Chu Liang has only initially established an intelligence network, and he still has no way to inquire about the core information of those surrounding forces, but at least some apparent information can still be collected after all.

He just thought about it for a while, and then gave Chu Tianxiu three places where he could attack.

"Jinling County, Yuhang County, and Dajianghui! Well, Lao Qi, you really have a heart." Chu Tianxiu smiled slightly after hearing this, and nodded.

"Okay, Xing Rong. Since there is not enough money and food in the village, let's bother Da Jianghui and borrow some "money and food" from him. After all, as fellow Jianghu, they will not give up this bit of face. "

With a flash of light in Chu Tianxiu's eyes, he made up his mind and chose the target of this "hunting".

The new official took office three fires.

He is a newcomer in the navy, so he has to find a valuable prey to nibble on. The target of the first battle of his debut naturally has to be selected.

If you invade Jinling, counties, towns and villages around Hangzhou, and bully some poor and weak people, it will always lack some meaning, and directly attacking nearby counties and counties is neither the right time nor the strength, so the last target is Dajiang. Yes, it became Chu Tianxiu's best choice.

Like the Bamboo Flower Gang, the Dajiang Society is one of the eight gangs and ten guilds, and is well-known in Jianghu. Looting for a living can almost be regarded as the biggest thief on the waterway in the Yangtze River area.

Chu Tianxiu wanted to deal with them, not only because of the lack of money and food in his village, but also because Da Jianghui had been running rampant on the river for more than ten years, and had accumulated countless money and food, which was really fat and worth swallowing. Those who go online to discuss business will meet sooner or later.

If he had acted first, he would have dealt with Da Jiang earlier, and he would have less trouble in the future.

Under Chu Tianxiu's order, Chu Liang used his own intelligence force to focus on Da Jianghui. However, within three days, more detailed news came to Chu Tianxiu.

The gang of the Dajianghui is actually a group of water bandits who have run rampant in Dajiang for more than ten years and have been encircled and suppressed by the court many times, but they have always been helpless. They just use the name of the gang.

The principal and deputy leaders of this gang are 'Dragon Lord' Pei Yue and 'Tiger Lord' Pei Yan, a pair of brothers who are notoriously ruthless, and there are not many ships that they target on the river. Can survive.

Over the years, they have chosen Hudouzhou, an island surrounded by the river and the sea on both sides, as their nest at the estuary of the Yangtze River. It is indeed a tyrant in the south.

"According to your information, it seems that the two brothers Pei Yue and Pei Yan didn't go out to plunder together?"

After Chu Tianxiu heard the information, he immediately grasped the key points in the information, and asked immediately.

"That's right. Over the years, Dajiang has been looting on the river, unless there are some big targets, such as looting the imperial court's silver and grain ships. Apart from the two brothers doing it together, usually one person presides over the looting and the other stays behind. Hu Douzhou’s old lair, so that water thieves from other routes will not be able to target their family property and steal the Dajiang Society.”

Chu Liang seemed to have thoroughly understood the information, and answered without thinking.

Chu Tianxiu's eyes lit up slightly, and she felt that this seemed to be an opportunity, so she slowly calculated it in her heart.

(End of this chapter)