Great Leaving the Night's Watch

Chapter 169 Raising 30 soldiers, the food crisis tortures people

The newly established Jing State was destroyed by Liang State, but Liang State himself also lost more than [-] people.

The second prince killed the eldest prince, successfully seized the throne, massacred the opposition, and the civil strife continued.

The other countries all plundered the border of Liang State, and gained a lot.

With the state of Liang State, it is now unable to conquer Dali.

Guo Jing sent out fireworks as quickly as possible, telling Shi Bin that Chang'an had succeeded.

Shi Bin left 4 people behind and ordered Chen Feng, Xiao Fei, Di Lie and others to garrison them. He went out of Xuchang, passed through Wan County, walked through Wuguan, and led [-] troops into Chang'an.

Then set the capital here.

After Shi Bin took over the Dali regime, he moved the capital several times. He had no choice but to let the enemy occupy all the good places.

With this extraordinary achievement, Guo Jing was named Minister of the Ministry of Officials and took the rank of general.

Shi Bin took advantage of the opportunity when the enemy's hearts were frightened, and sent troops to attack Tongguan, Hangu Pass and Dashan Pass, all of which were defeated.

Yongliang's connection with the outside world has been completely cut off so far.

Liang Jun hoarded food in Chang'an, and all the food and grass fell into Shi Bin's hands.

Liang Jun began to run out of food.

When Yue Fei broke through Wuwei, Shi Bin dispatched [-] elite soldiers, led by the five tiger generals of the Shu Han, to attack Yue Fei back and forth and wipe out the enemy.

After three months of fierce fighting, the Liang army completely collapsed, and Yongliang was completely pacified.

Yue Fei's men, Han Shizhong, Yang Zaixing and others confiscated the war horses after the war, and obtained more than [-] horses.

Sixty thousand infantrymen have horses to ride!
The rear of Dali is very stable, there are fierce generals guarding every place, and it is the kind that will never betray.

Can be described as impregnable.

Shi Bin can let go of Chang'an and Yongliang.

There is not enough food and grass ahead, and Jiangnan and Shu can still deliver new food to Yongliang.

There was not enough fodder for horses, so Jiangnan, Xuchang, Wancheng, Runan City and other places also sent [-] carts of high-quality forage to their emperors.

The army of Dali's direct line will not starve to death.

However, the people who surrendered to Dali and the local surrendered soldiers (the former Dali soldiers were loyal to the Lu family, and after being annexed by the Liang State, they were loyal to the Liang State and now surrendered to Shi Bin), as well as the surrendered soldiers who were defeated by the Liang State. food is not enough.

When Shi Bin took people to investigate the people's sentiments, something happened.

A swarm of people, densely packed.

They kowtowed desperately to the guard at the ferry, and they were all bleeding from the kowtow.

The guard shouted loudly: "According to the law of great departure, those who leave the country without authorization will be killed without mercy!"

This group of ragged, yellow and emaciated people cried and worshiped to the ground: "Officer, if you don't let us go to Yanyun, we will all starve to death!"

The guard is also worried.

He was born and raised here, doesn't he know that the place is barren and there is not enough food?

But as a guard, he can't take the lead in breaking the law.

He had no choice but to continue to reprimand: "Are you going to betray the Celestial Dynasty and defect to the enemy's country?"

This matter itself is too sensitive. It is not only a simple escape from famine, but also a serious political incident.

The superior blamed it and couldn't bear it.

The common people refused to back down: "But if you don't leave, there is no way out! Give us food!"

While talking, an old man starved to death.

Plop down.

I was anxious and angry, coupled with prolonged hunger, suffered a heart attack, and died.

Everyone complained even more about the guard: "People's hearts are made of flesh, don't you have the heart to let us all starve to death? We can't escape famine even if we starve to death?"

The guard had no choice but to kneel down to the people.

It is really an anecdote that officials bow down to the people.

The guard wept and bowed to the ground: "My countrymen! This general is responsible for defending the land and protecting the country. I would rather die in battle than retreat! This is the duty I am guarding! If I allow you to leave, the emperor will kill me by decree! If I don't let you go, you will starve to death again!"

No one spoke.

This is a dilemma.

The guard let out a long sigh, drew his sword and said, "Forget it, I'll commit suicide first, and then you all will step over my corpse! Let's go our separate ways."

Some of the people wiped away their tears, but they dared not open their mouths to persuade the general.

"slow!"

With a loud shout, the guard stopped.

Shi Bin was wearing the emperor's dragon robe and the emperor's crown, riding a thousand-mile horse, and rushed over surrounded by all the guards.

"The ministers are waiting to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The guard took all the guards to pay homage to the emperor.

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Shi Bin got off his horse.The other men also dismounted.

When the people saw the emperor coming, they thought he was here to blame them, so they knelt down and shouted:

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

"I really have no way out."

Shi Bin cursed in his heart, he blamed Lu's stupid king for turning the court into such a smoky mess.

The livelihood of the people is so difficult that they are like babies waiting to be fed.

Forget it, it's no use blaming anyone.

Now that I am on the throne, I have to be responsible for the people.

"I'm sorry for you. Dali is too poor to support you, so I will make amends to you!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to everyone, and then said to the guard: "General, let them all go and let the people go to make a living. If they want to come back one day, they will all be allowed to enter."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The common people looked at his back, cried and thanked him.

After Shi Bin returned to the palace, he didn't think about eating or drinking all day long.

In the peaceful and prosperous age, no one will give you such a precious thing as the throne.

In troubled times, no one dares to ask for it, and those who are qualified to give it will give it to you as a hot potato.

It feels great to be in power.

It can give people a sense of justice, more like the ruler of the world.

But first you have to pay.

The people have to be governed well, and piles of troubles caused by the war have to be solved for them.

And these things are extremely difficult to solve.

I used to worry about not having soldiers.

Now there are more soldiers.

Yongliang is too poor, and the folk customs are tough, so there are not so many jobs to support the people.

What should I do then, serve as a soldier and eat the imperial rations.

So there is no shortage of soldiers here.

Never lack.

Shi Bin suddenly increased his troops to 30!

The best thing in the world.

He has so many soldiers protecting him, loyal to him, and absolutely obeying him!

No powerful country in the world would dare to provoke Shi Bin easily.

Not to mention bullying Da Li easily.

But now, these 30 soldiers cannot live by eating air.

They want to eat!
Eat when you're not fighting!
Dare to deny food and rebel at any time!

You kill casually, people here are never afraid of death.

Therefore, Yongliang has no shortage of soldiers, and never a shortage of rebels.

With a larger territory and more people, the threat of the food crisis to Shi Bin will only increase.

The former site of Shijiazhuang covers an area of ​​more than 5000 mu, and the fields under Shaohua Mountain form a stretch of tens of thousands of mu of land.

Shi Bin doesn't want one mu.

I didn't dare to ask for it.

I am not in the mood to build a beautiful garden and enjoy the scenery with all the beauties.

All of them were used for farming and supplying military rations.

But so much trouble is just a drop in the bucket.

The next day, Shi Bin had no appetite to eat.

On the third day, the two local wealthy families announced the sale of grain.

The money comes from the court.

Thankfully, there is no such thing as an absolute path.

Fortunately, there are two great families in Yongliang, the Xie family and the Jiang family, who specialize in grain and grass business.

Whenever there is a lot of food, they hoard it like a mountain, because when there is a lot of food, the price is low.

And every time there is a war, the grain is released at ten times the price.

Crazy hungry people, if they can have something to eat, they will burn high incense. How can they bother to blame profiteers for killing customers?
You don't even have the strength to curse, okay?

These two aristocratic families have accumulated more than [-] million yuan in this way of stealing and plundering.

They all have their own weapons.

If the hungry people dare to rob, they will be killed directly.

They found Shi Bin's Minister of the Ministry of Industry and asked to sell grain to support the court.

They wanted to find the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but when they came, the Ministry of Officials was the head of the six departments and nine ministers, known as the official of heaven, in charge of personnel appointments.

There is no way for these profiteers to find officials in this position.

Besides, it's useless to find it if you take ten thousand steps back.

People like Guo Jing who don't show any kindness and don't take a penny in bribes can't reach an agreement to sell grain at a high price.

So they went to Mr. Li, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Master Li dare not neglect, the court can only support itself, it is a fact that it is unable to support the people.

Everyone knows that the emperor is too capable, capable, far-sighted, and discerning.

The emperor was able to send people from foreign countries to transport super-high-yield sweet potatoes and potato seeds, as well as corn seeds, which are the most popular among the common people.

The corn, ground into slag, is delicious to make porridge, it is also delicious when roasted and boiled, and fried corn kernels are even more fragrant.It is deeply loved by the people of Dali.

But far away can't quench near thirst.

No matter how high-yielding this new crop is, Chang'an has just harvested it.

It will take time for new crops to be harvested.

However, those soldiers and civilians who have no food to eat cannot wait for a second.

Shi Bin literally emptied the treasury, spending 230 million taels of silver to buy food from the two great families.

(End of this chapter)