The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 393 Food

"The prime minister has worked hard all the way..." Chen Ziming hurried all the way, and entered Taishici's camp exhausted. As the general guarding Hedong and one of the twelve generals protecting the country, Taishici could go to the big city to rest. It's not too late to come to camp.

However, Tai Shici did not do this. Instead, he also shared the joys and sorrows with his soldiers, and did not enjoy it at all. This made Chen Ziming very pleased and relieved a lot. The fallen life is too easy to make people have ambitions. Chen Ziming also used this point to monitor Generals from all walks of life, if that general starts a corrupt life, then he has to be careful.

Chen Ziming nodded to the tall, powerful and energetic Tai Shici, then turned his head to look at the guards standing like poles, and the army training in an orderly manner on the school field in the distance, nodded in satisfaction, and then took the lead into the big tent .

"Has there been any changes in Cao Jun recently?" Everyone sat down, and Chen Ziming immediately asked him the most concerned question. Cao Cao is Liu Bei's great enemy, and if there is a war, this place will bear the brunt.

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, there is no change in Cao's army." Tai Shici began to report the situation of the enemy army, "It is Cao Cao's general Cao Hong who is confronting our army. There are [-] mercenaries scattered in various important places. They are all under the surveillance of scouts. Please rest assured, Prime Minister. .”

"Yeah." Chen Ziming nodded noncommittally, frowned, and began to think. There was silence in the big tent. Jia Xu, Pang Tong and others who came back with Chen Ziming also frowned and thought, which made Tai Shici and others puzzled, not knowing what happened .

"Is there anything unusual recently?" Chen Ziming continued to ask worriedly, but this time he asked not only about the enemy, but also about his own situation.

"This..." As a famous general, how could Tai Shici fail to understand the meaning contained in Chen Ziming's words, there must have been some major event that he didn't know about, otherwise Chen Ziming would not be able to ask questions one after another, Tai Shici immediately retreated Mind, began to think secretly, recalling everything abnormal.

"If you say it's abnormal, it's a bit..." Tai Shici looked at Chen Ziming, and said uncertainly, "The army's food and grass should be delivered every half a month, but my army has not received food and grass for nearly two months. The military department issued a document ordering me The army used the food and grass prepared for war, but did not say anything else, so people went to Linzi to inquire, but they received a military order not to inquire about this matter."

No one here knows the importance of an army with plenty of food and grass. If there is a problem with the food and grass, it is definitely a big deal, and it cannot be sloppy at all.

"Hey..." Chen Ziming sighed slightly, and then said, "Don't worry about food and grass, how much is the food and grass for war preparations?"

"The food and grass prepared for war is enough for a hundred thousand troops for three months, but if there is a war, it may only be enough for one month." Having said this, how could Tai Shici not understand that there must be a problem with the food and grass, and the problem It's not small, but since the military department and Chen Ziming didn't explain it, it needs to be kept absolutely secret, and Tai Shici won't ask more questions.

"Prime Minister, how serious is the situation?"

After everyone dispersed, Tai Shici asked Chen Ziming in a low voice. He was the first general to follow Liu Bei. .

And as a general, no matter what aspect you consider, you should know the life and death of the army, so there is nothing to worry about.

"This matter came out of my mouth and into your ears. It is top secret." Chen Ziming glanced outside the big tent, and then said softly, "There was a drought in Jizhou and Heilongzhou, and there was no harvest this year. More than 400 million people and more than ten Thousands of soldiers and horses are in urgent need of food and grass rescue.

This is nothing at all, if it were in the past, it would be a peerless disaster, but now, under the rule of the Han Dynasty, the food production is extremely high, and there is a lot of storage. It is always difficult to rescue four hundred and ten thousand people, but it is not helpless.

After the disaster happened, His Majesty ordered a large amount of grain and grass to be transported to the north. Everything was normal, but two months ago there was news that there was a highly poisonous substance in the transported grain, which poisoned many people to death, making the people in the north unstable , and even riots. "

"What?!" Tai Shici was taken aback when he heard that, the relief food was poisonous, that's not a joke, the most frightening thing is that Jizhou and Heilongzhou have [-] people, and they are new returnees. Provocation, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"It's impossible..." But soon, Tai Shici realized that it was the food needed by 400 million people, and that would be a very terrifying amount. If you want to throw all the food, it would take a lot of poison.

"Of course it's impossible. Even we don't have the ability to put poison in all the food." Chen Ziming also shook his head and continued, "There are only a few highly poisonous things, and most of the food is still fine, but it is used secretly. destabilizing the people."

"The most hateful thing is that a fire broke out in the granary hoarded in Linqu Port and was going to be transported to the north. Most of the grain hoarded there was lost, making the relief food seriously insufficient. As a last resort, His Majesty ordered the mobilization of military grain reserves from all over the country to be shipped to the north."

"In this way, it can solve the urgent need in the north." Tai Shici also nodded. You must know that Chen Ziming has never relaxed his food reserves, especially in Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Youzhou and other places, where important cities and towns have stockpiled. A lot of rations just in case.

Encountering this kind of thing now, the important role of these ration reserves was immediately highlighted, and Tai Shici admired Chen Ziming more and more.

"Hey." Chen Ziming sighed, and continued, "If that's the case, it's fine..."

"But what else happened??" Tai Shici immediately asked with a frown.

"That's right." Chen Ziming nodded and said, "Someone in the court colluded with the merchants and sold a large amount of grain and grass reserves in Xuzhou to Cao Cao and Sun Quan. The officials sent by His Majesty to collect grain and grass in Xuzhou returned empty-handed..."

"Damn it!!!" After hearing this, Tai Shici's face became embarrassing, he knew the seriousness of the matter, no wonder the military department asked him to gather troops and treat him seriously.

As the Twelve Generals, he would not know Liu Bei's current situation.

Millions of Qiang people entered the customs, and the food and grass consumed along the way and the food and grass for resettling millions of Qiang people were astronomical figures. If it weren't for the bumper harvests in various places under Liu Bei's rule in recent years, and the increase in food production, it was barely enough.

Otherwise, if Cao Cao or Sun Quan didn't have the ability to do such a thing, the cost would be terrible, because the entry of millions of Qiang people would almost exhaust Liu Bei's reserves.

Now it’s finally turned around a little bit, but there is a drought in the north, and the need for food is much more than that of the Qiang people. If this kind of thing happened in the past, I don’t know how many people would starve to death. Now only Liu Bei has this capacity for disaster relief.

(End of this chapter)