Portable Space Can be Summoned

"What was the result of today's battle?"

Back at the camp, Xu Fan asked immediately after seeing Wang Yong.

Wang Yong's face showed a hint of joy at first, but it soon turned into regret.

"General, we only grabbed less than two thousand shi of grain, and all the other grain-carrying ships ran away."

Xu Fan was a little surprised after hearing this, "Why did you gain so little this time?"

Although their previous results in intercepting dry military grain-carrying ships were not much better than this time, there were not as many grain-carrying ships in the past as there were this time.

There are more goals but fewer results. What does this mean?

It shows that their harvest is lower than before.

"What's the reason?"

Xu Fan did not blame Wang Yong, but just wanted to understand the situation at that time.

Wang Yong: "The Ganjun first used warships to block us and attract our firepower, and then used two grain ships as bait, allowing me to choose between two grain ships or continue to pursue them."

"I chose food!"

After Wang Yong finished speaking, Xu Fan was silent for a moment, and then said: "You are doing the right thing. If you continue to chase, you may not be able to catch up, and you may also encounter an ambush from the Qian army. Two ships of food are worth giving up that poisonous apple. "

Xu Fan seemed to be comforting Wang Yong, and also seemed to be comforting himself.

This battle made him feel a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't find anyone who made a mistake.

Was Wang Yong's choice wrong?

No, if he hadn't done this at that time, he might not have been able to bring back even two shipments of food.

Greedy people usually pay a heavy price.

But a few successful greedy people will still attract more people to follow in their footsteps and make the same choice.

Wang Yong restrained his inner greed and chose to accept the situation as soon as possible.

It's just that Xu Fan's troubles can't be solved by just two ships of food.

They need more!

"I wonder when Ganjun will transport the next batch of food?"

Nanhu County's dry army has been transformed into Shenwu Guards and a local army, with a strength of 60,000.

The amount of food consumed by so many people every day is astronomical. Thirty grain ships have to transport a batch of grain and grass to Nanhu County every two or three days.

This kind of consumption only allowed Yang Yuan to persevere. In another country, this war would have ended long ago. As long as he could occupy a piece of territory in Nanhu County and stabilize it, it could come to an end, and the next war could start after the supplies were replenished.

Zhao Long's plan is to capture Nanhu County in one go. In fact, doing so will save a lot of time and materials as a whole. After all, transporting materials over long distances is a huge waste.

But the pressure on Dongting County and Qian State will definitely be huge in a short period of time.

Fortunately, Qianguo has Yang Yuan, so there is no need to transport a large amount of materials from all over the country to Dongting County, which solves 90% of the problem.

It was also because of Yang Yuan's support that no one in the country was holding Zhao Long back.

Otherwise, even if there is sufficient food and supplies, someone in the court will propose to stop the war.

Isn’t it good to use so much food and supplies in building the country?

The Qian Kingdom is not completely impoverished now, but except for the four northeastern counties, most of the other counties are still based on the original Shun Kingdom, or even worse.

After all, the war for more than a year was not in vain. Although the Qianjun moved very quickly and mainly attacked the capable forces of the Shunjun and did not harm the people, the same could not be said for the Shunjun.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, some wealthy families plundered the property and even the population of their counties in advance.

According to statistics, when the sixteen counties in the north were occupied by the Qian Kingdom, they lost about 400,000 people and more than 20 million taels of silver, grain, jewelry, antiques and other items.

Except for the four northeastern counties that were occupied earlier and basically maintained their original state, the other twelve counties were relatively dilapidated when they were occupied by the Qian army.

What's ridiculous is that the culprit responsible for the ruin of these counties is not Qian Guo, but Shun Guo, who originally ruled them.

At that time, the Shunguo officials and aristocratic families would rather destroy the things than leave them to the Qian army.

From Shunguo's point of view, there is no problem with them doing this. After these things are transported to the south, they can also increase Shunguo's heritage. Why should they be left to Qianguo.

Wouldn't that be endorsing the enemy?

But from the perspective of ordinary people in the twelve counties, what they did was not only incompetent, but also ruthless and cruel!

When the government immigrated and the aristocratic families retreated, they did not consider the interests of ordinary people. What they wanted was population and wealth, and as long as they had these, they were enough.

Is it possible that these hundreds of thousands of civilians who have left their homes can make a difference?

It is not that there are no officials who want to stop this kind of action that harms the interests of the people, but they are soft-spoken and cannot resist the orders of the superior officials and the pressure of the aristocratic families.

I could only lament a few times at home, and even resigned angrily and stayed in my hometown.

Of course, more families leave the north and head to the south.

After going to the south, there is still a chance to make a comeback. Even if they can't make a comeback, the wealth they have accumulated over many years as officials will be enough for their family to live a prosperous life.

It would be even better if it could recover. The South is no worse than the North, or even better.

One year as an official in the south is as good as three years in the north.

That's why so many people want to be officials in the south.

The climate is suitable, and there are gentle and charming pretty women. More importantly, you can make money by working as a prostitute here.

A lot of money!

Hi!

Let King Shun worry about Shun Guo's affairs, and Yang Yuan should pay more attention to the war in Nanhu County.

But there was nothing that concerned him.

Zhao Long was in charge of the war in Nanhu County, and Zheng He was in charge of the battle on Dongting Lake. The only thing that Yang Yuan needed to be concerned about was that Dongting County's grain and grass supplies must be replenished in time.

In fact, these grains can also be placed directly in Nanhu County, but Nanhu County already has a local army, and there is no way to explain the large amount of food supplies that appear for no reason.

What Yang Yuan wants to do is to be a pure human emperor, not a god in the sky.

It's not a bad thing to let the soldiers of the local legion know that Yang Yuan has extraordinary abilities.

It may also increase their loyalty to Yang Yuan and Qian Guo.

But it is more likely that they will worship Yang Yuan as a god.

The Qian Kingdom does not need a god, at least not a god sitting on the throne.

Personal worship is allowed, but one cannot be deified, even if that person is Yang Yuan.

Once the deification of emperors becomes a tradition, then after Yang Yaan passes away, the country of Qian may develop in a direction he does not want to see.

Therefore, Yang Yuan always placed food and supplies in a warehouse area in Dongting County that was completely defended by Shenwu Guards.

This reservoir area is built next to Dongting Lake. It is not very convenient to transport food from Dongting County to here, and it can even be considered a bit inconvenient.

But it is very convenient to transport food from here.

So Yang Yuan chose this place to let Dongting County build the reservoir area.

The warehouse area is very simple. Most of them are wooden warehouses. As long as they can be protected from wind and rain, it is enough.

When Yang Yuan built this reservoir area, he never thought that the Shun army would threaten this place, so the Shenwu Guards only existed to prevent soldiers from non-space origins from approaching.

Today, Yang Yuan appeared in the reservoir area again.

While replenishing grain and grass supplies to the reservoir area, he complained: "The warehouse here is still too small. It should have been doubled in size a long time ago. This would have saved me having to come here as a porter every other day!"

He was willing to give these grains to the Shenwu Guards, but it was very painful for him every time he replenished the warehouse!