Chapter 99 The site is bigger, there are more soldiers, and there are more troubles!
Chapter 99: The territory is getting bigger, there are more soldiers, and there are more troubles!
The atmosphere in the entire General's Mansion was a bit grim.
Cao Cao frowned, and Xun Yu also frowned.
Finally, Xun Yu's words broke the silence...
"Mr. Cao, food is a big problem!"
When he said this, Xun Yu's voice was a little hoarse. Yes, what troubled Xun Yu the most was the food problem.
As Cao Cao's territory grew larger and larger, and the number of soldiers and people under his command increased, the most important and urgent thing before him was food.
Just imagine, the emperor needs to eat, all the officials need to eat, the civil and military generals need to eat, tens of thousands of soldiers need to eat, the people under his rule also need to eat, even the war horses need to eat!
It didn't matter. After a quick calculation, Cao Cao realized that the daily consumption of food and grass was simply an astronomical figure.
Xun Yu coordinated the overall situation, and he keenly judged that the current grain inventory was already stretched thin and could not even last half a year.
If in the past six months, there is no way to increase the supply of food, or if something unexpected happens, then the good situation that Cao Cao finally got out of will be ruined!
Compared with Yuan Shao's threat, compared with internal conflicts, the food problem is the biggest problem that restricts further development, or can be said to be able to survive in these troubled times.
Xun Yu opened his mouth, and Cao Cao suddenly fell into deep thought...
In the past, Yanzhou had encountered food problems. At that time, he adopted Yi Xiaotian's strategy and divided the 300,000 surrendered Yellow Turban thieves into two...
The strong and strong Qingzhou soldiers went into battle to kill the enemy, while the old, weak, women and children were divided into fields and allowed to cultivate...
Although it is said that the food and salary supply of the three armies has not been completely solved in essence, it has produced some results, so that Cao's army will not be stretched thin.
But…
Those who eat food now are not the 300,000 mouths of the surrendered Yellow Turban thieves.
Among the millions of people in the four prefectures of Si, Xu, Yan, and Henan, as well as the imperial court and the soldiers and generals under their command, who among them is not eager for food?
As the saying goes, soldiers eat food, Cao Cao finally truly understood the meaning of this sentence.
Cao Cao's brows furrowed even more when he thought of this.
"Xun Lingjun, you have raised a big problem!"
Cao Cao's tone was a little frustrated. He realized that this was an extremely difficult problem to solve, but it was also of great importance...even related to his success or failure, life and death!
"Mr. Cao..."
Xun Yu continued to remind him.
"Nowadays, the Central Plains is suffering from war, especially in the Sili area. There are corpses everywhere, either from starvation or from fighting. The people are in danger, and no one can store enough food... However, without food, the people will make trouble, and they will
If there is an uprising, the morale of our soldiers will be unstable and they may mutiny at any time."
Xun Yu unabashedly pointed out the most painful part...
The food problem is a pain point for Cao Cao and also a pain point for the princes of the world. Whoever handles it well will have the capital to compete for the world!
Whoever can't handle it well, not to mention the fight for the world, but the peasant uprising of one-third of an acre of land will be enough to make a fuss.
"Xun Lingjun? Can't we follow the strategy of Yanzhou, reclaim wasteland, and distribute these acres to the people for farming?"
Cao Cao made a suggestion...
Xun Yu shook his head. "Mr. Cao, it's not that I haven't thought about it this way, but in fact, this won't solve the problem at all..."
"Why?" Cao Cao asked anxiously.
"Mr. Cao, think about it."
Xun Yu raised his hand and explained carefully. "It's not that the people didn't have cultivated land before, but often when the crops were about to mature, the local warlords would always use various reasons to appropriate the food they had worked hard to cultivate for themselves, time and again.
, Thirdly, today's people and farmers no longer dare to farm... They are afraid of working hard for a year, but they are making wedding clothes for others!"
In order to solve the food problem, Xun Yu went deep into the people and farmers. He learned about these most fundamental situations, but he was helpless and unable to do anything.
Therefore, this time he raised this big issue and discussed it in detail with Cao Cao.
"This is troublesome!" Cao Cao shook his head. The crisis of trust is the most difficult to solve.
Think about how much Cao Cao paid during this period to gain the emperor's trust!
Nowadays, if you want to gain the trust of the people, you will have to work hard again.
"Alas..." Cao Cao sighed and waved his hand. "Xun Lingjun, I know all these problems. Let me think about it carefully and discuss it tomorrow!"
At this point, Cao Cao touched his forehead with one hand, showing a tired look...
Thinking about it carefully, I was quite happy just being a small state herder. Although the territory was not big, the soldiers were not that complicated, the food and grass were not stretched, and they were not intimidated by Yuan Shao!
Why now? The territory has become larger, there are more soldiers and people, but so many new and difficult problems have arisen!
"Mr. Cao, then I will retire first." Xun Yu bowed his hands and bowed. Cao Cao looked exhausted, but Xun Lingjun looked haggard. He had been worrying about these problems for several nights before discussing them with Cao Cao.
call…
Take a long breath.
No matter what, Xun Yu finally said what he said, and naturally the pressure on his heart became less.
But, has this pressure been passed on to Cao Cao?
Yuan Shao's threats, internal conflicts, and food supply!
How can we solve these three difficulties?
When Xun Yu thought of this, he became gloomy again!
…
Tap tap tap…
The low sound of footsteps resounded in the General's Mansion!
There was a "boom", he lowered his head and walked slowly. Xun Yu bumped into something absentmindedly and rubbed his eyes. Wasn't the person in front of him Cao Cao's clan brother, the general Cao Ren?
He was knocked to the ground, and the oncoming Cao Ren was as motionless as a mountain...
"Xun Lingjun..."
Cao Ren seemed to have noticed that it was Xun Yu who was knocked to the ground, and he quickly took two steps to help Xun Yu up...
"I didn't want to, I didn't pay attention, and I bumped into the military advisor!"
Cao Ren spoke with guilt...
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..." Xun Yu was already upset, but he was hit hard again, and his voice was already as thin as a gossamer.
"Mr.
Uh...something bothering you?
Xun Yu sighed "Alas" and said, "That's all, I won't mention it anymore, I won't mention it anymore..."
"Mr.
"Well..." Xun Yu waved his hand. "You'd better ask Mr. Cao. I'm bored here. I'm afraid Mr. Cao is more bored than me!"
In a word, Xun Yu quickly walked out of the General's Mansion...
His steps were still heavy, and he looked even more limping.
…
"Meng De? What's wrong with Xun Lingjun? He's absent-minded!" Cao Ren couldn't wait to ask as soon as he entered the main hall...
call…
Cao Cao exhaled, as if his irritable mood had calmed down a bit.
"Zixiao, we are in big trouble this time!"
"Huh? Big trouble?" Cao Ren was slightly startled, "Meng De, let me tell you..."
Cao Ren walked to Cao Cao, as if he wanted to share the burden for Cao Cao...
"This... forget it!" Cao Cao waved his hand. One more person knew that it would only cause more troubles and would not help. So Cao Cao simply didn't talk about so many troubles.
"By the way, Zixiao." Cao Cao changed the subject. "You are here this time? What do you mean?"
"Oh..." Cao Ren then remembered that he had something to report, and it was a major matter that Cao Cao was very concerned about...
"Mengde..." Cao Ren raised his voice, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and looked very happy. "Brother Yi has arrived at Youjian Villa outside Xuchang..."
Cao Ren said half of what he said...
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao suddenly took action.
"Are you here? Are you here already?"
Seeing that Cao Cao was a little excited, Cao Ren scratched his head and hurriedly replied: "We're already here. We arrived this morning and are already busy cleaning up the wine shop in the villa. I'm afraid the wine shop, medical office, and blacksmith shop will be busy in the past few days.
It’s open!”
"Opening..."
Cao Cao murmured these two words, and then his eyes flashed, and a flash of light suddenly appeared.
"Good opening, good opening!"
As he spoke, Cao Cao grabbed Cao Ren and walked quickly outside the general's mansion...
"Meng De? You...where are you going? In such a hurry?" Cao Ren felt a little pain from being caught.
"Let's go to Youjian Villa! Brother Yi is so lucky to be here this time. He is a magic weapon sent from heaven, specially designed to solve my urgent need here!"
When Cao Cao said these words, his eyes were shining...
This time, he really regarded Yi Xiaotian as his savior!
