"Ten jins of rice per person, 10,000 jins for a thousand people, and 100,000 jins for 10,000 people. We need so much every month, and we have to raise so many soldiers. Where do we get so much food?"
In three days, Wanyan Yan had asked Tangning this question more than once.
This can't be blamed on her. As a prairie princess, she has to worry about food. She can't imagine how far a country like Chen State, which can only rely on food reserves for decades, has no shortage of food.
There are more than 40 states in the two regions of Jiangnan, which can be called the granary of the world. Not to mention Chen State, even if they can feed Chen Chu at the same time, plus the grassland, it is more than enough.
After Tang Ning traveled south of the Yangtze River, nearly forty states and two areas south of the Yangtze River were already under the control of the imperial court. A little food was allocated to support them without any pressure.
As the marshal of this operation, Tangning still has some authority.
As long as it can bring about peace between the grassland and Chen State, Chen Huang, who is rich and wealthy, does not care about these hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain. If a war really breaks out, Chen State's losses will be much greater than this.
Tang Ning looked at Wan Yanyan and said, "If you believe me, let Ayina lead the brothers of the Wuyan tribe to go outside Fengzhou, a hundred miles north of Yinshan Mountain, where the food is."
Wanyanyan glanced at him and said, "Of course I believe you."
She walked outside the tent and whispered a few words to Ayina. Ayina nodded and said, "I'll go right away."
Afterwards, Wanyan Yan came back, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "What are we doing now?"
"What are you doing..." Tangning stretched and asked, "What do you usually do?"
Wan Yanyan thought for a while and said: "I go hunting most of the time, will you go with me..."
"I'm not going." Tangning waved her hand and said, "I can't ride a horse."
Wan Yanyan thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said, "I can teach you!"
Wan Yanyan's riding skills were unparalleled. Of all the people Tang Ning knew, no one was better than her. Learning riding skills from her was indeed a rare opportunity. Riding and shooting was his shortcoming, and he had long thought about it.
This shortcoming has been made up for.
Tangning thought for a while and said, "Then you can teach me archery by the way..."
"Okay!" Wan Yanyan was very interested in being able to defeat Tang Ning in some aspects and become his teacher. She took dozens of guards with her and left the camp with Tang Ning.
Aina and Xiao Jue met each other for at least ten days. During this time, Tang Ning had nothing to do, so she went out riding horses and shooting arrows with Wan Yanyan.
Wan Yanyan's martial arts skills were average, but his riding and shooting skills were top-notch. After a few days, Tang Ning could clearly feel his improvement.
He and Wan Yanyan were riding horses and shooting rabbits on the grassland, and were having a great time. A hundred miles north of Yinshan Mountain, Xiao Jue was riding on a horse, holding a steamed bun in one hand and a green onion in the other.
Green Onion took a bite of the steamed bun, looked at the vast grassland ahead, and said in surprise: "What time has it been, why haven't you come yet?"
Lu Ya stood beside him, glanced at him, frowned and said, "Can you stop eating this food?"
Xiao Jue glanced at her and said: "What's wrong with green onions? Green onions are a good thing. Some people want to eat them but they haven't eaten them yet. Those days when I was caught by them, I couldn't even eat them..."
At this moment, a young general who was lying on the ground with his ears pressed tightly to the ground suddenly got up, ran over quickly, and said quickly: "General, there are cavalry coming ten miles ahead, about five hundred people...
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Lu Ya looked at Xiao Jue and asked, "Are they coming?"
"I don't know if it's them." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "Let's take a look first before talking."
The distance of ten miles came in an instant on the grassland. In the blink of an eye, the ground beneath their feet shook, and a black line appeared in front of them.
The young general looked far into the distance and said: "General, look at their flags, they should be from the Wuyan tribe."
"Wu Yanbu, that's it." Xiao Jue showed a smile on his face, turned his horse's head, and said: "Withdraw!"
The young general responded, and hundreds of knights turned their horses' heads at the same time and galloped forward, leaving only more than a hundred carriages and bulging bags on the carriages containing unknown items.
At the same time, Wuyan's cavalry had also discovered the men and horses in front of them. The expression of the person beside Aina changed drastically. He was about to tell the entire army to be on alert, but found that the other party simply turned around and ran away.
On the grassland, they were the absolute kings. When Chen Chu's army saw them, they would probably run away, but this was the first time he had seen them run away so cleanly.
Everyone drove their horses forward and found that there were still more than a hundred carriages left on the spot.
One person looked at the direction in which Xiao Jue and others were evacuating, looked at Aina, and asked: "Chief, do you want to catch up?"
Aina looked at him and said, "Let's see what it is first."
The man jumped off his horse, came to the carriage, opened a bag, and his expression froze when he saw the white rice inside.
As if thinking of something, he opened a few more bags. After seeing that the carriages were all filled with rice, he looked ecstatic and laughed: "Chief, these are grains, these are grains!"
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Leader Aina led the warriors of the Wuyan tribe to plunder a grain transport team of the Chen State, seized a large amount of grain, and transported it back to the Wuyan tribe an hour ago.
This is a rare and big harvest. To celebrate, each household in the Wuyan tribe has been given twenty kilograms of grain, and a whole-sheep feast will be held at night, with singing and dancing among the Wuyan tribe.
When Wan Yanyan saw the food, her eyes were shining, and even though she was sweating like this, it goes without saying that the people under her hands were so happy.
On the second day, Wanyan Yan transported the captured grain to various ministries according to the quota for conscription.
Uta Department.
Everyone watched the carts of food being transported in, swallowing their saliva from time to time.
A man stood next to the cart filled with grain and shouted: "Kule, Ishbu, and the Uda family are here to get the grain!"
Kule, Ishibu and Uda were all warriors who participated in the Fourth Princess's conscription. They watched their families take away the food. Seeing that the food in the car was getting less and less, some people who were still watching finally couldn't bear it.
Living.
What the fourth princess said was not empty talk. This was real food, food that could save lives. If one person joins the army, the whole family will not be hungry. This kind of good thing will never happen again if you miss it.
"I am coming too!"
"Count me in!"
"I went first, you go to the back!"
"Don't crowd, don't crowd, come one by one, come one by one..."
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For people who live on the grasslands and have to worry about their livelihood every year, nothing can give them more peace of mind than food.
After the fourth princess's promise was fulfilled, the tribes under him responded one by one. Anyone with strong men in the family joined her bodyguard without hesitation.
For those who are lonely and have no young men at home, the fourth princess will also provide them with some food to maintain their livelihood.
This is the first time that the tribe under her has truly felt the benefits of being under the Fourth Princess.
In the past few days, many people from more than ten tribes knelt down facing the direction of Wuyan tribe, paying their highest respect to the fourth princess.
Wu Da, from the Nipanggu tribe, looked at the warriors of the clan who surrounded him, climbed out of bed with difficulty, and said in disbelief: "Did her food really fall from the sky?"
