Golden Age Of Phoenix: Tyrant’s First Class Virtuous Imperial Concubine

Pan Shixiong said: "General, you also know that there has been too much food in the country over the years, so the army dispatched no longer to prepare food and grass, but to raise it locally. But now—"

Xiahou Jue said, "How is it now?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The food in Doubei Town is not enough!"

"what?"

If it were anything else, Xiahou Jiu probably wouldn't be so shocked, but after all, he was leading the army to fight, and he knew best what food and grass meant to the army. When I heard that there was not enough food and grass, it was even more shocking than hearing that Li Wuyu was poisoned.

He hurriedly asked, "How much?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The general originally brought more than 10,000 people with him. In the past two days, he has mobilized 40,000 horses one after another, and more than 50,000 people are stationed nearby. In addition, the 20,000 horses mobilized by Chen Wenxiong--"

Xiahou Jiu immediately said: "Don't mention his 20,000 horses!"

Pan Shixiong said in embarrassment: "Yes. Even if we don't mention his 20,000 horses, we alone consume 50,000 shi of grain a month, and nearly 2,000 shi a day."

Xiahou Jiu frowned and said, "Then, how much food is there in Doubei Town?"

Pan Shixiong hesitated, hesitated for a long time before saying, "Not enough... 10,000 stone."

"what?!"

This time, Xia Houjiu was really surprised.

Less than ten thousand stone? !

What is this concept? They have been staying in Doubei Town for several days, and in a few more days, they will run out of food!

He suddenly stood up from the chair and asked eagerly, "How could this happen?!"

Pan Shixiong said with a sad face: "The last general also found that more and more people have been mobilized in the past two days. I only found out when I went to count the granary. The granary in Doubei Town is running out of food."

Xiahou Jue said, "Isn't a large granary built here seven years ago to store the grain shipped from Yongzhou?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The granary has been built, but the grain is cheap, and no one wants to use such a large space to store grain. They secretly dispose of part of the grain and rent the empty granary to those silk merchants for them to store raw silk. ."

"This--"

Xia Houjiu only felt a tingling in his scalp.

The trade with the country of Yan was facilitated by him. He also knew very well how cheap the price of grain was in Vietnam, and how expensive the price of raw silk was. Even he—he used his authority in various places to sell the granary’s price. The grain was disposed of and used to store the raw silk bought at a low price from silk merchants, and then turned around and sold it to Yan Guo at a high price. With his hands-off, several million taels were recorded every year.

But now, what's the use of those silver bills?

When the battle starts, food is the most important thing!

The cold sweat on his forehead came out, and he immediately said, "Hurry up, hurry up and get people to go to various places to adjust the food!"

Pan Shixiong said: "The end generals are ready. As long as the generals are known here, let them go to various places to adjust food. It's just—"

"Just what?"

"It's just that the general is afraid to be mentally prepared."

"What's the meaning?"

Pan Shixiong said with a bitter face: "The granaries in various places are probably similar to those in Doubei Town, or even better than here. After all, Chen Biri has been operating in Doubei Town for all these years, and this place is already considered to be the most serious farming area. Therefore, there are still 20-30% left in the stockpile. In other places, it is difficult to say.”

"..."

"Actually, it would be better if things were discovered earlier."

"..."

"It's just, a few days ago, when His Majesty came back from the steep north slope, he ordered people to trample on the seedlings. The farmers here have completely fled. Even if they went to the people's homes to search, they couldn't find a few grains of grain."

Xia Houjiu's face became more and more ugly.

Only at this time did he feel what it meant to shoot himself in the foot.

Although there is still grain in the granary in Doubei Town, although they are still hungry, he knows too well that so many people want to eat with their mouths open. If they are not full, they will resent, and on the third day—

I'm just afraid, a mutiny is about to happen!

Pan Shixiong went on to say: "And there is—"

At this time, Xiahou Jiu couldn't hold back the anger caused by the frustration in his heart, and roared, "What else?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The general said just now that you don't need to care about the 20,000 people transferred by Chen Wenxiong... Actually, you can't ignore it."

"..."

"Their food and grass are also raised here."

"..."

"Dubei Town is still Chen Biri's territory now, and His Majesty is still on their side. If they really want to raise food and grass, it must be more convenient for them, so for us, the situation is even more unfavorable."

Xia Houjiu's breathing sank.

He didn't expect that in just two days, everything seemed to be turned upside down. The trade between the two countries that he had facilitated, which was originally a favorable situation for him, suddenly became a big stone pressing on him.

After thinking about it, Xiahou gritted his teeth and said: "It seems that not only do we have to raise food and grass before Chen Wenxiong and the others, but more importantly, we have to end the battle earlier."

Pan Shixiong nodded and said, "Yes!"

Xiahou Jiu waved his hand and said, "You go down first, and hurry up to raise food and grass. Also, call Ruan Wentong. We have to discuss what to do next."

"Yes."

Pan Shixiong went down immediately.

After a while, Ruan Wentong walked in. As soon as he entered, he felt the low air pressure in the room, which was almost breathless. He cautiously walked over to Xia Houjiu, bent over and saluted.

"General."

Xia Houjiu just rolled his eyelids and glanced at him, then said, "You already know about the grain and grass, right?"

Nguyen Van Tong said: "Yes."

Xiahou Jiu frowned and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Ruan Wentong sighed and said, "The villain didn't expect that things would develop so quickly."

Indeed, everything in front of them—whether it was Li Wuyu’s poisoning, their war with the Yan Kingdom, or the troops mobilized by Chen Wenxiong, came out of nowhere. From the very beginning, they didn’t expect that the situation would develop to this point.

Now, the forage has become a hand strangling their necks.

Xiahou Jue said: "Tell me how to solve this matter."

Ruan Wentong seemed to have made preparations for a long time, and without thinking about it, he immediately said: "General, there is only one plan for today, and that is to end the war as soon as possible."

"..."

"Only in this way will the problem of food and grass not be exposed."

Xiahou said: "However, after these two days, we won't get any advantage at all. It's easier said than done if we want to end the war."

A cold light flashed in Ruan Wentong's eyes, and he said, "General, isn't there an old saying in the Yan Kingdom - catch the thief first catch the king."