"Food is indeed a problem, but not an unsolvable problem. I have already thought about this. Although it cannot be solved at once in a short time, it can eliminate the occurrence of this problem in the long run. As long as you can do everything at the beginning, it is actually not that difficult to maintain it."

Qiu Yun nodded slightly, without hiding the flaws of his own thoughts, but Qiu Yun did not mean to place "hope" on others. After all, he still knew that if the lifeline of food was controlled by others, it would be the consequences of controlling it.

Of course, Qiu Yun also understood one thing. In the original "plot", Liangshan finally took the path of "recruitment" because of the wishes of Song Jiang and other leaders, and the fact that there are many surrendered generals in the court themselves, "food" is indeed a major factor.

It can be said that in the later period, Liangshan had insufficient food and grass, and even had to attack the prefectures and counties directly for maintenance. But even so, Liangshan was still not enough to truly maintain its military power in the end. In the end, if it could not destroy the imperial army in one fell swoop and then seize the world in one fell swoop, then he could only surrender to it and receive support from the imperial court.

The "time of heaven" is not there, and "snatching the world in one fell swoop" is even more unrealistic. In the end, I can only accept the "recruitment" of the court as Song Jiang and others did, and obtain a proper official position to obtain the court's support, ensuring that I do not collapse.

Unfortunately, this approach is actually just a "staying alive". After all, it was impossible for the generals to truly control the army in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, for Qiu Yun, this is completely "learning from the past". Even if the spearhead is not revealed at this time, no one has ever thought that Shen Lu will definitely pay attention.

It can be said that Qiu Yun did not tell the matter before, and only made up his mind after this battle. A large part of the factors were because of this. However, now Qiu Yun has made up his mind and naturally has nothing to hesitate. He only smiled slightly and then answered.

"First of all, in the initial stage, food is not a problem. Whether it is seized from the court or relying on the foundation of Erlong Mountain, even if it is just relying on 'self-producing', it is enough to support January and February. These are also considered the foundation of Erlong Mountain. Of course, this is only at this time. As time goes by, whether it is introducing good varieties or expanding the production area, as long as it operates well, the pressure on food and grass in the future will be enough to reduce a large part of it. This is what I have been doing before, and the overall trend is to be thought of."

This is indeed what Qiu Yun has been doing, because Qiu Yun understands very well that as a "thief", no matter when the final collapse fails, it often depends on external pressure, but on the inability to continue to maintain support within the country, and eventually collapses on his own. Therefore, at the beginning, Qiu Yun raised the issue of food and paid great attention.

In other words, there is still insufficient time now, and the farming of the fields has not yet produced a "harvest", otherwise what Qiu Yun said at this time would definitely be more confident.

By the way, with many systems of power, the fields in this world can come much more than those in the same time. Many places that were not suitable for cultivation can also be transformed into fertile fields with their strong strength.

In fact, this is the "basic" of Qiu Yun's actions. Otherwise, with the geographical advantage of Erlong Mountain, many places are not enough to cultivate, and at least not suitable for large-scale cultivation. However, nowadays, many places have directly opened up fields. Although they are not really good fields, the time of "Autumn Harvest" is enough to be expected.

"I didn't expect you to start solving the problem. This is barely possible, but it's not enough. You should understand that the 'ground power' is always limited, and it may not be able to support the consumption of the entire Erlong Mountain. What's more, you have sent more people to farm, and there are fewer people available in other places. In fact, you have already been allocated all the people in Erlong Mountain who are willing to live a stable life!"

Although she felt a lot of hesitation after being pointed out as a "flaw", Zhao Nan was obviously "persuaded" by Qiu Yun's previous idea, or as long as Qiu Yun's ultimate goal is to compete for the world and put it into practice, she would agree with it.

After all, it is not too important for Qiu Yun to compete for the world. What is important is whether Qiu Yun’s actions are really beneficial to the overall situation.

As long as it is beneficial to the overall situation, Zhao Nan will support it.

This is also the reason why she was easily "persuaded" by Qiu Yun at this time. She even just told Qiu Yun not to be too arrogant. There was actually not much tough tone in her words.

"Of course, what I think is not just that, it's just a matter of preparatory factors. After all, if this place could support the entire Erlong Mountain, it would have been famous in the Song Dynasty and valued by it."

Qiu Yun smiled faintly. Although he was still very satisfied with his "easy pass", he still understood that some things must be said long ago, and only in this way can he gather the strength of everyone to push things to the situation he envisioned.

More importantly, some things may really need to be implemented with the help of others.

"The second method is to open up other 'channels' to obtain food and grass, not only plunder, but also to use commercial and other activities to exchange food for gold, silver, antiques, and other objects that are of little significance to the 'thief' themselves. I think this is not too difficult, right?"

At this time, Qiu Yun's eyes were staring at Zhao Nan. Whether he could achieve his own thoughts depends entirely on her answer.

After all, I am now all 'thieves'.

Zhao Nan naturally understood what he meant. Normally, since he was a "thief", the so-called gold, silver and jewelry would be robbed many times. But because it was a "thief", even if there were corresponding "stolen sales channels", it would often be suppressed by him to a very low price and there was no profit to make a profit.

Even Qiu Yun cannot solve this problem, and he also needs to use the corresponding "stolen goods sales channels". However, what he expects is that what this "stolen goods sales" can obtain the normal value of gold and silver antiques, rather than discounting it to the end of the low price after layers of exploitation.

In fact, it is normal for the "thieves" to hide gold, silver and jewelry. Not only are they easy to win people's preferences, but they have no better "way to use" as "thieves" themselves.

After all, the "thief" is just a bad identity, which does not mean that the "IQ" is insufficient. All the "thief" understand very well that no matter what kind of "selling stolen goods" it is, the one who is ultimately oppressed and exploited is himself, so unless he has to, he will not exchange it for food and grass.

After all, no one in this world would do such profitable transactions, except for the fact that their own purpose is not in this plane.

"Yes, although it is impossible to truly equate to the market price, after all, we must also establish the indigenous people to truly maintain the overall situation, so the necessary expenses are still needed, but the price that can be given is definitely the closest to the normal 'selling price'. This is already the maximum concession."

Zhao Nan thought for a while and finally nodded slightly and spoke directly.

"But if this is true, the previously agreed 'support' may also change. The previous few support did not change because of this. But if you rely on selling a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry for food and equipment, then there will be no 'aid' in the future."

Qiu Yun didn't feel anything special when he heard this, but instead breathed a sigh of relief: This was the best situation he had imagined. Fortunately, through the previous battle, they all realized the advantages of the identity of "thieves". More importantly, Zhao Nan is now considering her own side. With her mediating from it, this can naturally be achieved.

Of course, the relevant departments have a sense of "staying balance", but Qiu Yun understood that although there are arrangements in advance, there are too many places to rely on, and their resources are limited after all. Of course, what is more important is that if you always rely on them to grow and grow, then you can do it yourself, and there is no need to introduce others into the real world to come here. The government originally wanted to rely on the power of people in reality.

The so-called "support" is just to enable everyone to exert their abilities as much as possible, rather than to replace everyone's performance.

"Thank you, it's already great to have this promise."

Qiu Yun finally said with a faint smile that the last point is actually the most important. Even if the previous two points were insufficient, Qiu Yun was somewhat sure with this point.

"In fact, the previous two points were just 'treated but not the root cause'. Even if it can be alleviated to a certain extent, it is impossible to achieve real results. The real key is the last point, which is to make the bandits on Erlong Mountain no longer bandits, but regular soldiers. Only in this way is the real way to 'treat the root'."

With the "prophet", Qiu Yun has learned a lot about Liangshan in the "plot". He can tell you how to understand the "way ahead", but there is only one thing that Qiu Yun will definitely be very different from him.

That is on ‘weather consumption’.

You should know that if you follow Qiu Yun's "Prophet", the Liangshan in the "plot" can be said to be a "three-day small banquet, five-day big banquet". At every banquet, there is enough wine and meat, and as long as you eat and drink, it will be done. There is no need to pay much attention to it. Even if there is huge waste, no one will care.

You should know that since it is a banquet, it is impossible to be just among the leaders, and to be close to the subordinates, etc., and will also participate in it, further increasing its losses.

Not to mention that Liangshan itself is just a "bandit" and the food background is limited. Even if the imperial army dares to let go of their hands and feet in this way, the imperial court will inevitably be "eat down" by its subordinates in the end.

Qiu Yun didn't know whether Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others in the "Plot" did not realize this, or did not dare to restrain him. After all, it was a bandit, and he must have his vicious side, which annoyed them, and even Song Jiang might be overthrown by them.

Qiu Yun naturally does not have this "trouble". What's more important is that there is no more suitable time than this time.

"Now there are many 'newcomers' in the entire Erlong Mountain. These people are either traitors or unruly people. If they don't have too many restrictions and management, they will inevitably cause trouble in the future. More importantly, it is the time when the war with the court is Fang Xie, and Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi are in high reputation. Even if some people are dissatisfied with this, as long as they are a little rational, they dare not act at this time, which is enough for us to take advantage of the situation and force them to suppress them."

"This... can be achieved with the practice of 'killing the chicken to warn the monkey'. If it is really successful, it will not only solve the logistics problems to a large part of the extent, but also have a truly elite soldier."

Zhao Nan really looked at Qiu Yun with some admiration. Not to mention the specific training methods, I can think of these things. As an "outsider" who has never really come into contact with military organizations before, it is already very good.

Most importantly, there is complete 'feasibility' in it.

"That's true. Another point is that if Lu Zhishen's character is waiting in the future, he will probably treat them well, and he will probably be too big. Only by taking advantage of this time, Lu Zhishen is not deeply impressed by them, and in addition, they did have plans to plot Erlongshan in advance, can they better suppress them without attracting Lu Zhishen and the others' confusion."

Qiu Yun can be said to have thought about everything he could think of. At this time, even Liu Ruoxue and Liu Ruohan, who have always looked at the problem from a neutral perspective, could not find any shortcomings anymore, let alone Zhao Nan, a person who was actually "convinced" by Qiu Yun in the morning.

For a moment, everyone nodded slightly and completely agreed with Qiu Yun's decision.

"If you follow what you said, this approach is not too bad now. Next, I will follow your arrangement and strive to build all the protective facilities in the shortest time. After all, the defeat of the imperial army can be considered as losing the court's face. Maybe when the imperial army will be launched again."

Zhao Nan also has the temperament of "doing what you say". Since he recognized Qiu Yun's decision, he no longer had the meaning of Duo Fei's words, he directly spoke up to completely determine the matter.

"But at this time I would like to ask, do you have any other plans next?"

"Developing Erlong Mountain and preventing the imperial army is everything I have to do next, but I really have something to try for the specific plans."

With a slight smile, Qiu Yun actually understood that what he said was a little worse, but there was no need to speak out at this time.
Chapter completed!