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Chapter 664 Food
When Zhao Yi won the victory and returned to Zhaojiabao with a large number of treasures, supplies, and private soldiers, Zhao Tian and the other [-]th Route Army also successfully captured the Xu family, Wang family, Li family, Zhang family and other [-] families. All members of the family were wiped out, and returned to Zhaojiabao with a large amount of spoils.

So far, except for one Yu family who was very knowledgeable about current affairs and dismissed his threat ahead of time, Zhao Hu took a high look and let him go, all the other seventeen affiliated families of the Zhao family were wiped out by Zhao Hu.

At the same time, with the stabilization of the internal situation in Zhaojiabao, Zhao Hu, who has gained a lot of spoils and greatly increased his strength, began to set his sights on the Feihu Gang, who had been eyeing Zhaojiabao and had already occupied a large amount of Zhaojiabao's territory and population. .

boom!boom!boom!A loud knock on the door sounded outside the door.

"Come in." Zhao Hu put away the dark tome, stood up, and looked up at the door of the study.

"Master, there are envoys from the Flying Tiger Gang coming to visit you, do you want to meet him?" Zhao Zhong walked into the study, looking at Zhao Hu with a relaxed expression on his face.

"A messenger from the Feihu Gang? What is he doing here? We don't seem to have much friendship with the Feihu Gang!" Zhao Hu asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Master, according to my estimation, the envoys of the Flying Tiger Gang probably came for food." Seeing the puzzled look on Zhao Hu's face, Zhao Zhong explained.

"Food? Does the Flying Tiger Gang still want to buy food from our Zhaojiabao?" Hearing Zhao Zhong's guess, Zhao Hu said with disdain.

"Master, although the land of chaos is vast, most of the fertile soil suitable for growing food is under the control of our Zhaojiabao. Other forces only need a small amount of land suitable for growing food. Usually, this is not a problem. After all, Although other forces have less land suitable for growing food, the harvest is still barely enough for them to use.

However, the torrential rain for one month this year has completely destroyed this year's grain. If you want to get new grain supplements, you have to wait for next year.And in the chaotic land, apart from our Zhaojiabao, other forces will not be able to survive next year with their own food reserves. Therefore, the Flying Tigers will send envoys to buy food from us, so as not to fall into the predicament of food shortage. "Zhao Zhong knew that Zhao Hu had just returned to the Chaotic Land not long ago, and he was not very clear about the specific situation of the Chaotic Land, so he opened his mouth to explain.

"Oh, there is such a thing! Being able to think about the future in advance, it seems that the leader of the Flying Tiger Gang is not a simple character!" Hearing Zhao Zhong's explanation, Zhao Hu praised loudly, and then his eyes lit up Said: "Grandpa Zhao Zhong, how much food does our Zhaojiabao still have?"

"Master, most of our Zhaojiabao's food has already been traded by the old castle owner with the people of Tianxian Island. At present, our Zhaojiabao's food can only support our Zhaojiabao's own use without the seeds planted next year. , if the young master wants to use the grain to make a fortune, he will only be disappointed." Zhao Zhong reminded loudly as if he had seen Zhao Hu's thoughts.

"Grandpa Zhao Zhong, tell me, the torrential rain for a month this year has wiped out all the food in our chaotic land. Then, what will the situation on the whole continent look like? Is the whole continent going to be in a state of food shortage? What about in a difficult situation?" Zhao Hu didn't seem to hear the reminder in Zhao Zhong's mouth, but instead spread his thoughts to the entire continent.

"Master, this year's continuous month of heavy rain has swept across the Qinglong Continent. All grains on the Qinglong Continent will be extinct this year. However, the mainland will not fall into the plight of food shortage. Because the continent is densely covered with forests. , There are countless wild beasts and monsters, which can be hunted to supplement the shortage of food.

At the same time, the three major empires on the continent have thousands of large granaries, and the amount of grain stored in each granary cannot be calculated. The combined grain reserves of the three major empires can support the entire population of the entire continent for three years. . "Zhao Zhong saw that the look in Zhao Hu's eyes was getting brighter and brighter. Obviously, he wanted to use the food to work hard, so he couldn't help reminding him softly.

"Grandpa Zhao Zhong, I want to ask you a question. The three major empires have abundant food reserves, but will they sell them to other small and medium empires, various places on the mainland, and forces on various islands? At the same time, the mainland and many Do the major powers on the island have the same abundant food reserves as the three empires?" Zhao Hu couldn't help asking loudly when he saw that Zhao Zhong was always reminding himself not to think too much about food.

"Young master, on the mainland and many islands, there are indeed many forces that do not have the habit of storing grain, and the strategic grain reserves of the three empires will not be sold easily. Today's heavy rain will make many forces fall into the predicament of food shortage , but what kind of relationship does this have with our Zhaojiabao? Don’t say that our Zhaojiabao doesn’t have much food now, even if we take out all the food in our Zhaojiabao, it’s impossible to help other forces overcome the food shortage Difficulty ah!
Young master, you should think more about our internal affairs in Zhaojiabao!Since, young master, you wiped out all the families that were affiliated with our Zhaojiabao, and collected all the people under them under the name of our Zhaojiabao, which caused our Zhaojiabao's food expenditure to seriously exceed the standard, which is almost beyond our Zhaojiabao The limit of what the Jiabao can endure, if you expand outwards and gather a large number of people, our Zhaojiabao will also fall into the predicament of food shortage in the near future. Seeing that Zhao Hu was always focusing on the food, Zhao Zhong reminded him softly involuntarily.

"Grandpa Zhao Zhong, I know what you said, don't worry, I guarantee that our Zhaojiabao will not fall into the predicament of food shortage, and today's continuous month of heavy rain will bring our Zhaojiabao Countless opportunities to rise." Hearing the dissatisfaction in Zhao Zhong's tone, Zhao Hu knew that he was concerned about himself, so he stopped asking questions about food, but said a sentence of emotion with excitement and longing. language.

"Master, the envoy of the Flying Tiger Gang is still waiting in the living room! Shouldn't you go out and meet him?" Zhao Zhong frowned slightly when he saw the excited look on Zhao Hu's face, thinking that he was daydreaming. dream, he reminded loudly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, the relationship between our Zhaojiabao and the Flying Tiger Gang is not good, so what's the point of asking their envoys to wait for a while?" Zhao Hu, who was full of excitement, glanced at Zhao Zhong and said softly. , and then raised his head and shouted loudly to the guards outside the door: "Come on, go and find me the guard chief Zhao Yi and Captain Zhao Tian. I have something to ask them."

Soon after, Zhao Yi and Zhao Tian entered Zhao Hu's study together. "Brother Zhao Yi, how is the reorganization of the soldiers we recruited?" Zhao Hu asked softly as soon as Zhao Yi entered the study.

"Master, the time is too short. Half of the soldiers we recruited to surrender have just been reorganized, and the remaining half have not had time to reorganize. At the same time, the morale of the reorganized army is also low. The combat effectiveness is extremely poor. There is no training for three to five months. What kind of combat power may be formed, so I hope that the young master will not take the war lightly during this time." Seeing Zhao Hu's impatient look, Zhao Yi thought that he wanted to send troops to attack that force again, and quickly dissuaded him loudly .

"Brother Zhao Yi, where do you want to go, I just asked casually." Hearing the dissuading color in Zhao Yi's tone, Zhao Hu smiled awkwardly. To be honest, he really wanted to treat Fei The Tiger Gang used troops to take back the land it originally occupied Zhaojiabao!However, when he knew that the army on his side had no combat effectiveness, he gave up his plan to use troops.

"Master, you'd better go meet the emissary of the Flying Tiger Gang! After all, our Zhaojiabao is in a period of weakness, and we don't have the strength to challenge the Feihu Gang. Therefore, it is better not to have any conflicts with the Feihu Gang. That's good." Looking at the embarrassed Zhao Hu, Zhao Zhong immediately knew that he wanted to use troops against the Flying Tiger Gang, so he couldn't help but remind him, lest he fall into the fate of fighting and dying.

"Okay! Let's go meet the envoy of the Flying Tiger Gang, and see what plans he has in our Zhaojiabao." Seeing that Zhao Zhong asked himself to meet the Flying Tiger Gang again and again. The envoy, coupled with his lack of strength to challenge the Flying Tiger Gang, agreed.

"Han Lei, the envoy of the Flying Tiger Gang, has seen the castle master!" A thin young man in the hall bowed slightly to Zhao Hu, who was sitting on the main seat, and said loudly.

"What's the matter with the envoy coming to our Zhaojiabao? If our Zhaojiabao can help, we will try our best to help you!" Zhao Hu, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at him standing in the middle of the hall, with a neither humble nor overbearing expression on his face. The pale Han Lei said lightly.

"My Lord, this time Han Lei came to Zhaojiabao to borrow [-] dans of grain from your castle on behalf of our Flying Tiger Gang. We will return double the amount of grain when the grain harvest next year comes." Han Lei raised his head and said in a flat voice He stared at Zhao Hu and said loudly.

"One hundred thousand dans of grain? Are you kidding me? Our Zhaojiabao doesn't have that much grain. Most of the grain in our Zhaojiabao was sold to Tianxian Island before the rainstorm. Our Zhaojiabao's current grain storage is even bigger than ourselves. It's not enough, where can I lend you a hundred thousand cars from the Feihu Gang?
Let me see it this way!Seeing that our Zhaojiabao and your Flying Tiger Gang are neighbors, our Zhaojiabao will bear with it and spare a hundred loads of grain to give to your Feihu Gang, how about it? "As soon as he heard that the other party's lion asked to borrow [-] carts of food, Zhao Hu quickly shook his head and refused.

(End of this chapter)