Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 214 Logistical Issues
"Good, good, good!"

Princess Pingyang patted her hand lightly, and praised: "Youyang has a bright heart, and he really didn't let me down. It's a pity that the princess mansion is too small, and Youyang is a big man, so he can't stay for long."

Xue Lang said sincerely: "As long as Your Highness needs Xue Lang, you can see Xue Lang. This matter will never change!"

Princess Pingyang was startled, she reached out to pick up the tea bowl, and said calmly: "Youyang be careful, I will take it seriously."

"Words from the heart, from the heart, will not change."

Xue Lang spoke calmly, but his expression was quite firm.Princess Pingyang looked up at him without commenting, and she couldn't tell what she was thinking by looking at her expression. However, Xue Lang didn't mind, he firmly believed that it was only his own thoughts.

Her Royal Highness directly changed the subject and said: "The purpose of recruiting Youyang today is to recruit soldiers. Youyang is in command of Cangcao and Tucao. I want to recruit [-] troops. Can the logistics keep up?"

Xue Lang calculated the inventory silently in his mind, and said, "If Your Highness recruits [-] soldiers, there will be about a [-]% shortage of food in the warehouse. In addition, I have a question, whether the [-] soldiers recruited by His Highness will be recruited locally or from other places." recruit?"

Princess Pingyang said: "Naturally, we recruited on the spot, and directly selected elite soldiers from the government soldiers to join the frontier garrison."

Xue Lang directly spread all the data he brought on the case table, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, then, I have to remind Your Highness that it is not a problem for someone in the Fubing family to starve to death or sell children and daughters in the coming year." Strange, please be prepared, Your Highness, so as not to shake the morale of the army."

Princess Pingyang nodded.

Xue Lang continued: "Therefore, when farming in the coming year, please allow the frontier army to help with the farming, so as to avoid starvation to death in the soldiers' families due to lack of labor force."

The reason why the prefectural soldiers accounted for the majority of the army in the early Tang Dynasty was actually related to the sparse population and low productivity.In the ancient times when there were no high-quality and high-yield seeds, and no mechanization to improve productivity, farming was a labor-intensive task.

Princess Pingyang recruited [-] government soldiers into the garrison, which means that there is a shortage of [-] men and [-] strong laborers.From Xue Lang's point of view, the resulting impact is simply unpredictable, but one thing is very clear, that is, many families will reduce production due to lack of strong labor force, and there may be famine and other phenomena.

When looking at the statistics and seeing Her Royal Highness recruiting [-] soldiers from the government soldiers, Xue Lang was worried about this.If they were drawn from the government soldiers from various places, the impact would not be so great. If they were drawn from the local government soldiers in Weizeguan, Xue Lang's worries would become a reality.

Princess Pingyang said: "Thank you, Youyang. I have anticipated Youyang's worries. Therefore, these [-] soldiers are temporarily recruited, and they will be sent back to their homes when the next year's spring plowing is done. To solve the problem of insufficient army food and labor shortage Sleepy."

Xue Lang couldn't help changing his face: "Then Your Highness's soldiers are recruited for nothing? Li Gong's suggestion..."

Princess Pingyang raised her hand to stop Xue Lang from continuing, but said calmly: "I know what Youyang wants to say, but whether it is my power or the survival of the people is more important, can Youyang have a balance in his heart? "

Xue Lang hurriedly said: "Of course the people are important! However, recruiting soldiers is related..."

Xue Lang choked——

But the recruiting was related to the life and death of Her Highness the Princess. He only knew that the historical record was next year, but there was no record of the month or day.What if it's next year?The more soldiers in the hands of Her Royal Highness, the greater the chance of winning, isn't it?
"What's the matter?"

Her Royal Highness asked indifferently.

Xue Lang shook his head and said: "Actually, the root of all problems is the lack of labor. The only way for soldiers to improve their combat effectiveness is to train more. Therefore, the consumption of military rations and supplies will definitely increase. More time is spent on training. Naturally, there will be less time, and when harvesting, the yield will definitely be reduced, so there may be famine."

Princess Pingyang nodded again: "Of course."

The imperial court had Jieli Khan to deal with first, and then Liu Heita to deal with.Presumably, there should be no extra soldiers to expand Princess Pingyang's army. Therefore, after Princess Pingyang was promoted to the general, the number of troops under her hand did not increase. It's dangerous to rely on Wei Ze to shut down this team... that's dangerous!

Presumably, Her Royal Highness also foresaw these problems, and in desperation had no choice but to recruit personnel from the local government soldiers to expand the frontier army.However, the gap between the quality of the government soldiers and the frontier army is not a little bit, but a big one.It is necessary to train the government soldiers to develop the quality of the frontier army——

As an official in charge of logistics, Xue Lang felt a lot of pressure.

After thinking for a while, Xue Lang had an idea and asked, "Your Highness, can we use the rotation training system?"

Her Royal Highness frowned in thought, and asked, "The training system... just as the name suggests, is it a training system?"

Xue Lang said: "That's right, it's training in rotation. The newly recruited [-] government soldiers will train with all their strength, while the border troops that have already formed an army can be divided into two or three groups to train in turn. For example, one-day army training , Army B does the work; Shuangri does the opposite."

Princess Pingyang focused her eyes, nodded and said: "This method is also feasible. The permanent troops stationed on the frontier are all well-trained. As long as they don't sit idle for a long time, they can guarantee their combat effectiveness. Youyang's method is feasible! But, such a Come……"

Xue Lang answered: "Army rations have become a problem."

"Exactly."

Princess Pingyang said: "Before next year's autumn harvest, the imperial court may have no spare power to support our army."

All the forces of the imperial court are directed to deal with Jieli and Liu Heita!

Xue Lang said: "Regarding this matter, this subordinate has some immature ideas, please refer to it in detail, Your Highness."

"Youyang, please tell me."

Xue Lang said: "Speaking of food, the ones that store the most food must be rich and luxurious homes, right?"

Princess Pingyang glanced at Xue Lang, and said decisively: "The soldiers under my command are the soldiers of the imperial court, and they must not be used for robbery!"

Xue Lang said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, where do you want to go? What I mean is that we can make a deal with these rich people, for example, exchange all our new grain this year for the old grain they have saved. A catty of new grain Is it feasible to exchange grain for two catties of old grain?"

Her Royal Highness did not answer, but looked at Xue Lang strangely, feeling a strange sense of relief.Xue Lang was inexplicably looked at: "Why does Your Highness look at your subordinates like this?"

Princess Pingyang said: "I'm glad that there is such a foreigner as Youyang in the mansion."

"what?"

Xue Lang was still puzzled.

Princess Pingyang said: "When people talk about the nobles of the aristocratic family, there is a lot of awe, those who depend on it, those who avoid it, and there are even those who are bold and ignorant of etiquette. However, my subordinates are the orthodoxy of the imperial court, and it is impossible to do such a thing that is not against!"

Xue Lang nodded, expressing his understanding, but, what does this have to do with him? !
Princess Pingyang saw through his thoughts at a glance, and said with a smile: "Youyang is very different from the people at that time. It seems that in Youyang's eyes, the aristocratic family has nothing to be awe-inspiring about. two."

Xue Lang sweated profusely, and was seen through by Her Highness the Princess again!In fact, in his eyes, he didn't have any reverence for the saint Li Yuan.Even for Her Royal Highness, he admired her character and talent, and was more grateful to Her Highness for saving his life than for her power.

However, these cannot be said to Her Royal Highness.

Therefore, Xue Lang imitated Her Royal Highness and said categorically: "That's because I'm not familiar with those aristocratic families, and I haven't heard of their glorious history, so I can't be in awe."

Princess Pingyang smiled lightly, wondering if she believed Xue Lang's words.

(End of this chapter)