The plan to grab grain designed by Miley and Nick was indeed a bit beyond Gomez's expectations, but Gomez also knew that it was impossible to blame the two of them. The food shortage in the empire had caused domestic food prices to soar. Not only ordinary people felt the impact of the sharp rise in food prices, but even some officials and nobles in the court also realized that if this trend was allowed to continue, the empire would usher in a difficult spring famine. In order to ensure the domestic supply of food, and the southern expedition army did not bring much real immediate benefits to the imperial nobles, many nobles have begun to put pressure on His Majesty the Emperor and themselves, believing that if the southern expedition army cannot bring wealth and benefits to the empire, then this southern expedition is a mistake. If the army goes to occupy such a huge territory but cannot even support their own food problems, then what is the significance of such an expedition?

This remark quickly spread in the imperial court and media public opinion. The strong anti-war sentiment in China made Gomez feel huge pressure, so he had to gradually reduce the logistics supply of the Southern Expedition and the Northern Terlock garrison, and instead asked them to try their best to find ways to solve the problem through local raising and solving the situation. At the same time, it could not arouse civil unrest in the occupied areas and destroy the empire's image and people's hearts in these occupied areas. Gomez knew that this was a very difficult tightrope walking movement, which tested the military commander's ability to handle affairs and master the timing. Nick gave up the Black Mountain Longquan and instead made sure that the three palaces of the Northland should be a wonderful game, but the offensive launched by Li Wufeng at the Terlock damaging the good prospects, forcing Miley to take risks, which eventually led to the two disasters of the empire's feudal relationship with the Sithro and the loss of the Arma.

All of this seems to be a disaster caused by the food crisis, but Gomez knew that the food crisis within the empire was not as severe as expected. Although the drought did aggravate the dissatisfaction of the empire's people, it was not impossible to solve this problem. According to his own grasp, there were many conservative nobles in the empire who stored, hoarded and measured food. Although the imperial reserves had been sold a lot in the grain speculation at the beginning of the year, not many conservative imperial nobles followed the trend. At this time, Gomez even had to be grateful for the cautious care of the conservative nobles. If they also acted at that time, then he would have to count the days when he stepped down.

However, it is not easy to let these guys free up food to ensure the supply of food within the empire. It is impossible to take out the food from their pockets without paying some price. Gomez is also very clear about this. In order to win the support of the nobles, the Nanzheng area was betrayed. Now it seems that it is time to take out the land of Qinghe Peace Land in exchange. It is also an option to throw Fanlin onto the auction table if necessary. Only in this way can we collect food from the nobles. For these land nobles, land is always their favorite. Gomez believes that they cannot resist this temptation, and maybe he can get more in this transaction.

Gomez sighed deeply. It is not without drawbacks to take out the land in Qinghe and Pinglu. The original owners of those lands would definitely be angered by this open looting. However, since they have come to this point, Gomez has no intention of getting the support of these people. After all, these people are a minority among Tanghe people. As long as they do not overly harm the interests of ordinary people, everything can be calmed down. After all, he now needs the support of domestic nobles. Without their recognition, all problems will become extremely complicated. Gomez believes that he can overcome this level safely.

Slowly turned around and sat back in the chair behind the desk. Gomez carefully considered how to negotiate with the other party. A balance between the northern nobles represented by Vasily and the southern nobles represented by Knox must be reached. Fortunately, there is the unowned land of Pinglu and Qinghe palaces, which should satisfy their appetites. However, such high-quality fields cannot be afforded by these nobles. They also need to take advantage of this opportunity to bargain with these nobles.

Gomez weighed carefully that the recruitment matter must be recognized by them, otherwise the loss of troops brought by the southern expedition would be difficult to supplement, and mobilizing Kaman to immigrate to the south would not cost too much. I believe that once these nobles obtain the ownership of the land, they will be impatient to do these things. In addition, the interests of His Majesty the Emperor also need to be protected. It seems that both Qinghe and Peaceland need to choose a manor as the holiday headquarters of His Majesty the Emperor. This matter must be arranged to be handled by effective personnel, and it is not delayed. The surveillance efforts of the Northern Baiyin people need to be strengthened, and the garrisons should be reminded to be vigilant and not be taken advantage of by His Majesty at this time.

Armour?! Alas, this problem is the most troublesome thing for Gomez. If you don’t take back Armour, you’re afraid that the future strategy of the southern expedition will be left to the shelves. Even your own local area is always under the threat of enemy troops. How can you talk about rushing the army south? Maybe it’s time to listen to the views of Nick, Miley and Claudia on the recovery of Armour. Although it is not advisable to give up Pinglu and Qinghe, it is a desirable way to draw some troops and concentrate your strength to retake Armour. However, this is all their military affairs.

Bo Jinchen, wearing light armor, stood on the head of Jiama City, watching the progress of the expansion of the city wall with a serious face. Checking the construction progress of the city defense facilities twice a day and the construction of the defense system has become an indispensable task for him every day. He is too clear about the importance of Jiama. Now the Kamans can't relieve themselves for a while, but Bo Jinchen believes that with the eyes of Gomez, Nick Miley and others, he will not be unable to see the threat of Jiama City to the entire Kaman Empire. It can be said that as long as Jiama City is in the hands of the Western Frontier Army, the Kamans will never have peace! The Kamans are now considering not the southern expedition, but need to think carefully about how to ensure that their southern areas are not baptized and ravaged.

Thinking of this, Bo Jinchen couldn't help but smile proudly, and exchanged Yinchuan's grain for regaining the Jiama. Such a transaction is really a big profit. Moreover, the food was not from Western Xinjiang, and it also attracted the Sisro people and turned against the Kaman people. Such a good thing is probably rare in a century. The first thing now is to ensure the stability of the Jiama's defense, so mobilizing all forces to expand the defense range of the city wall, increase the thickening of the city wall, improve and complete various defensive weapons, and strengthen the defensive power. These are the central tasks that Bo Jinchen puts first.

Fortunately, the Teluo people were also ecstatic about the recovery of the horse. The enthusiasm it burst out surprised Bo Jinchen. The work he assigned was almost completely implemented without reservation, especially the expansion progress of the city wall and tower was even more amazing, which made Bo Jinchen have to check twice a day for any corners during the construction. However, Bo Jinchen had to admit that he underestimated the work passion of these Teluo people.

The traditional square city has made appropriate changes under Bo Jinchen's suggestion, and two fortress-shaped auxiliary castles protruded north and east. Although the project volume has been much larger, it has enhanced the attack and defense against these two directions. The auxiliary castles that form a horn can effectively use long-range strike weapons to attack the invading enemies, greatly enhancing the counterattack ability. The weaker city walls on the south were all demolished and repaved with blocks of bluestone, and the number of various arrow cave castles has also increased a lot. According to Bo Jinchen's words, it is necessary to build the Armada into a fortress that will never fall, so that Armada becomes the heart of the Kamans, and a nightmare that will never be escaped.

The repair and construction projects of the two roads from Murlington to Jiama and from Jiama to Taixuan were also quickly launched under the enthusiasm of the people. The Tyroks also knew that the quality of the two roads directly determine the speed of reinforcements and marches from the south and west of the Western Xinjiang army after the attack by the Kaman people. It can also be called the two lifelines of the Kaman people. The Tyroks, who had been ruled by the Kaman people for several years, were unwilling to become second-class citizens again. The enthusiasm they burst out was enough to make many things that were originally impossible to achieve easier.

"Sir Bo, you see that the Armada garrison has more than 100,000 troops, and it is almost 120,000. In contrast, Molington's defensive power has been weakened a lot. My subordinates thought that the number of troops can be adjusted to balance the defensive power." Seeing that the commander's interest in Armada was far more than that of the Deloxola capital, Molington, Kang Jianguo, who was closely behind Bo Jinchen, was a little puzzled. Now the defense system of Armada City has gradually taken shape. According to Kang Jianguo's own view, as long as he maintains more than 60,000 troops, no matter how powerful the Kaman military strength is, it is impossible to conquer it in a short period of time. However, Merlington's troops have now been reduced to more than 60,000 troops, which makes Kang Jianguo a little worried.
Chapter completed!