Pan Shixiong said: "General, you also know that there has been too much food in China over the years, so the military dispatches no longer bring their own food and grass, and they all raise them locally. But now--"

Xiahou clarified: "What's the matter now?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The food in Doubei Town is not enough!"

"What?"

If it were something else, Xiahou Jiu would not be so shocked, but after all, he led troops to fight and knew the significance of food and grass to the army. When he heard that there was not enough food and grass, he was even more shocked than hearing that Li Wuyu was poisoned.

He asked hurriedly, "How much is it?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The general originally brought more than 10,000 people with him, but in the past two days, he mobilized 40,000 people one after another, and more than 50,000 people were stationed nearby. In addition, the 20,000 people mobilized by Chen Wenxiong--"

Xiahou Jiu immediately said, "Don't mention his 20,000 troops!"

Pan Shixiong said in embarrassment: "Yes. Even if we don't mention his 20,000 people, we will consume 50,000 stones of food in a month, and nearly 2,000 stones a day."

Xiahou Jiu frowned and said, "Then, how much food is stored in Doubei Town?"

Pan Shixiong wanted to speak but stopped, he hesitated for a long time before saying, "It's less than... ten thousand stones."

"What?!"

This time, Xiahou Jiu was really shocked.

Less than ten thousand stones?!

What does this mean? They have been staying in Doubei Town for several days. If they have another few days, they will have no food!

He suddenly stood up from the chair and asked anxiously: "How could this happen?!"

Pan Shixiong said with a frown: "The last general found that more and more people have been mobilized in the past two days, and he only discovered it when he went to count the granary. There was not much food in the granary in Doubei Town."

Xiahou clarified: "Didn't a large granary be built here seven years ago to store grain transported from Yongzhou?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The granary has been built, but the food is cheap, and no one wants to use such a large place to store grain. They secretly dispose of part of the grain and rent the empty granary to the silk merchants for them to store raw silk."

"this--"

Xiahou Jiu only felt a numbness on his scalp.

He made the trade with Yan State, and he knew very well how cheap the price of grain was in Yue State and how expensive the raw silk was. Even he used his powers everywhere to dispose of the grain from the granary and used it to store raw silk bought from silk merchants at a low price, and then sold it to Yan State at a high price. His mistake was made at least several million taels a year.

But now, what's the use of those silver notes?

Once the battle starts, what is the most important thing is to eat!

The cold sweat on his forehead came out and he immediately said, "Hurry up, please let someone go to various places to adjust food!"

Pan Shixiong said: "The last general is ready. Just wait for the general to understand here, so they will go to various places to adjust food. But—"

"Just what?"

"But, the general is afraid he must be mentally prepared."

"What's the meaning?"

Pan Shixiong said with a bitter face: "The granaries in various places are probably similar to those in Doubei Town, and they may not even be better than here. After all, Chen Biri has been operating in Doubei Town for many years, and this place is already the heaviest farming place, so there are still 20 to 30% of the grain reserves left. Other places are probably hard to say."

“…”

"Actually, it would be fine if things were discovered earlier."

“…”

"But, a few days ago, when His Majesty returned from the steep north slope, he ordered people to step on the seedlings. The farmers here had completely escaped. Even if they searched at the people's homes, they could not find a few grains of food."

Xiahou Jiu's face became increasingly ugly.

At this time, he felt what it means to shoot himself in the foot.

Although there is still food in the granary of Doubei Town, and although they are not hungry, he knows very well that so many people open their mouths to eat. If they can't feed them for a day, they will feel dissatisfied. If they can't feed them for two days, they will feel resentful. By the third day—

I'm afraid that a mutiny will occur!

Pan Shixiong continued: "There is also--"

At this time, Xiahou Jiu could no longer contain the anger caused by the frustration in his heart, and roared: "What else?"

Pan Shixiong said: "The general just said that he didn't have to care about the 20,000 people transferred by Chen Wenxiong... In fact, he couldn't ignore them."

“…”

"Their food and grass are also to be raised here."

“…”

"Doubei Town is still Chen Biri's territory now, and His Majesty is still with them. If you really want to raise food and grass, it will definitely be more convenient for them. This will make the situation even more unfavorable for us."

Xiahou Jiu's breathing sank.

He did not expect that in just two days, everything was like a world of upside down. The trade between the two countries that he had contributed to was originally in his favor suddenly became a big stone pressing towards him.

After thinking about it, Xiahou Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that not only should we raise food and grass before Chen Wenxiong and the others, but more importantly, we have to end the battle earlier."

Pan Shixiong nodded and said, "Yes!"

Xiahou Jiu waved his hand and said, "You go down first, hurry up and raise food and grass. Also, call Ruan Wentong here. We need to discuss what to do next."

"yes."

Pan Shixiong went down immediately.

After a while, Ruan Wentong walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he felt the low air pressure in the room, which was almost breathless. He walked carefully to Xiahou Jiu and bent over to salute.

"General."

Xiahou Jiu only rolled his eyelids and looked at him, then said, "You know everything about food and grass, right?"

Ruan Wen said: "Yes."

Xiahou Jiu frowned and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Ruan Wentong sighed and said, "The villain didn't expect that things would develop so quickly."

Indeed, everything in front of him, whether it was Li Wuyu's poisoning, their war with Yan Kingdom, or the troops mobilized by Chen Wenxiong, was suddenly unexpected. From the beginning, they did not expect that the situation would develop to this point.

Now, food and grass have become a hand that strangles their necks.

Xiahou clarified: "Tell me, how to solve this problem."

Ruan Wentong seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and said immediately without thinking: "General, there is only one plan for the present, that is, to end the war as soon as possible."

“…”

"Only in this way, the food and grass problems will not be exposed."

Xiahou clarified: "But, after fighting in the past two days, we can't get any advantage at all. It's not easy to end the war in this way."
Chapter completed!