"How much more food and grass does Shizhong need?" Xiao Mohe paced the lobby. Although it was already New Year's Eve, he did not have nothing to do.
King Gu Ye was standing in the hall at this time, looking at Xiao Mohe solemnly, as if Xiao Mohe would not give him food and grass today, and he would just stay here and not let Xiao Mohe go home for the New Year.
Xiao Mohe was also helpless about this. After all, Gu Yewang had such a stubborn character, and he didn't know how many promises Li Xinchen had given him, which made this old man completely devoted to Li Xinchen. Xiao Mohe's previous friendship with Gu Yewang
Not many, but it’s not like I don’t know what kind of person Gu Ye Wang is.
To be able to make King Gu Ye, who has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, work so hard, Li Xingchen is really quite capable. But after thinking about it, Xiao Mohe can also be relieved. How can Li Xingchen be an ordinary person if he can single-handedly open up the situation in Bashu?
I can only say that I didn’t know him well enough before.
"At least five months, it will last until next summer's harvest." Gu Yewang stretched out a hand. In fact, Li Xingchen did not ask Gu Yewang to ask for so much grain, but Gu Yewang also had his own considerations.
Li Xinchen promised him such a bright future and education, and the opportunity to leave his name in history. The old man could not be more grateful. Faced with the little things Li Xinchen asked, he would definitely do his best to help. Therefore, Li Xinchen originally said "three months"
"When I came to the old man's place, it naturally became "five months."
Anyway, King Gu Ye didn't have an accurate concept of food, so he just made up a "five-finger number".
And after all, King Gu Ye has been in the officialdom for a long time. The principle of "asking for a high price and paying back the money on the ground" is still clear. First, he needs to pay for five months of food. If Xiao Mohe doesn't give it, it will be converted to three months.
Yue, I’m afraid it will be difficult for Xiao Mohe to refuse this time.
Xiao Mohe frowned and looked at Gu Yewang up and down. However, he was not a thick-skinned person to begin with. At this time, he could not tell whether the expression on Gu Yewang's face was real or fake: "Five months of food and grass? Before that?
I have already given it to Shizhong for three months, which should be enough to survive the winter. How much food will be needed from spring to summer harvest next year?"
King Gu Ye said calmly: "The general doesn't know something. On the day I left, the Ba people were coming down the mountain one after another. Now the 'March' and 'May' calculated by the General are based on the number of troops stationed in Ba County."
It is calculated by quantity, and the Ba people also need food relief after they come down from the mountain, and even need new seeds to open up wasteland, shouldn't this food be calculated in the total amount?"
After a pause, King Gu Ye didn't give Xiao Mohe a chance to speak: "In addition, now that the Northern Zhou Dynasty is eyeing Bajun, we can imagine that there will be a war after the spring of next year. Once the war starts, can the general ensure when it will end?
Marching and fighting outside does not require more food than defending a city. I hope the general understands this principle..."
King Gu Ye said no more and slowly raised his head to look at Xiao Mohe.
He has already said everything he can say, and these two reasons are undoubtedly things that Xiao Maha has no way to refute.
Xiao Mohe couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was not an eloquent person in the first place. Of course he couldn't speak against an old minister like Gu Yewang who had been verbally quarreling all his life. Even if he tried to argue forcefully, he knew that he would be spit on.
Xingzi sprayed something like that, so I didn’t say much more and just nodded:
"I can understand Shizhong's difficulties in Bashu. Shizhong is the queen of a certain benefactor, and a certain dog is also in Bashu, so it is impossible for a certain person to just sit back and ignore the difficulties in Bajun... But the old man,
The food I can take out now is only three months..."
King Gu Ye suddenly raised his eyebrows: "Three months? That's enough, that's enough! But how can it be possible that the general who oversees the world's troops can't even mobilize this little food? What should we do after three months?
Could it be that the imperial court doesn’t want to take advantage of the Bashu that countless Pao Ze worked so hard to conquer?”
The old man asked a barrage of questions, leaving Xiao Mohe at a loss as to how to answer.
Needless to say, everyone was well aware of the imperial court's suspicion of Li Xingchen, and even Xiao Maha was unable to assemble sufficient food.
So many years of war have already destroyed Jinghu. Although Xiao Mohe has already started to farm, but if he wants to be effective, he has to wait at least until next summer and autumn harvest. Although the Huainan area took a long time to recover,
Due to frequent military activities and too few people, only the southern area near the river has been cultivated. It is possible to be self-sufficient, but supplementing the rest of the area is just a dream.
Therefore, Xiao Mohe now mainly relies on Jiangnan, Xiangzhou and other grain-producing areas that Nanchen has been operating for many years to supply. Although Chen Xu has not fallen out with Dong Gong directly - after all, Dong Gong has not committed any treason.
, and there was no need to rebel - but he also began to indirectly control the amount of grain imported to Bashu by controlling the amount of grain imported to Jingzhou.
So it really wasn't that Xiao Mohe didn't want to withhold food from Li Xinchen and the others, but because he didn't have much in his hands.
Seeing that Xiao Mohe was speechless, King Gu Ye angrily tossed his sleeves, turned around and left, not forgetting to leave one sentence:
"General, please hurry up and collect food. I also want to ask Your Majesty whether we should fight this battle and whether we should defend Bashu!"
It is true that Xiao Mohe is a hussar general, but King Gu Ye is also a dignified governor of Jingzhou. One is in charge of military affairs and the other is in charge of general affairs. Of course, they do not govern each other, so King Gu Ye has no need to look good on Xiao Mohe.
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He watched King Gu Ye leave without saying a word until he could no longer see his back, then Xiao Mohe closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.
It seems that King Gu Ye is determined to stand on Li Xingchen's side. This old man has been ups and downs in troubled times for many years, and has been an official in the Nanchen court for half his life. In the end, he has been in a position that can barely be regarded as noble, and he feels unhappy.
It's also reasonable.
The reason why King Gu Ye was able to sit in the position of governor of Jingzhou was not due to Chen Xu's appreciation of him, but the result of Chen Xu's compromise after Li Xingchen and Dong Gong worked hard. Therefore, it can be clearly seen that King Gu Ye did not have any regard for Chen Xu.
What a good feeling.
Although such celebrities and veterans do not have much real power in their hands, they have survived for most of their lives, some with prestige and some with a clear name. Such ministers generally will not take the initiative to participate in disputes, but once they participate, it will be enough for the other party
Headache.
As an emperor, Chen Xu needed to maintain his reputation as a sage, which meant that when faced with the advice of his ministers, he had to give a reasonable explanation even if he did not accept it. And apparently now King Gu Ye was planning to persuade him.
admonish.
With the old man's literary talent, Xiao Mohe could imagine how much headache Chen Xu would have.
At this moment, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside the door, which suddenly woke Xiao Maha up from his meditation.
It's almost midnight on the first day of the new year.
"Let's go home," Xiao Mohe waved his hand and said to the guards standing outside the door, "Go back and celebrate the New Year!"
As for the twists and turns between Li Xingchen and Chen Xu, he, Xiao Mohe, couldn't understand and couldn't help, so he might as well just be a bystander with peace of mind!