Famine Year: I Help the Beautiful Female General Build Infrastructure

A ceramic jar became sentient, knowledgeable of past and present. Wang Yan relied on this ceramic jar to befriend an ancient beautiful female general.

Her name was Tan Junyan, a legend of the...

Chapter 24 Wang Yan's Clever Strategy: Changing Horses to Defeat the Enemy

In the letter, Wang Yan repeatedly instructed that the soldiers must be well fed and that the people in the city should also be given appropriate extra meals.

After all the people in the city who are supposed to sign up to join the army have done so, they cannot be allowed to go hungry again.

He said that the soldiers and civilians were too thin and it made him feel sad.

He repeatedly reminded them not to worry about not having enough food, as he had ordered more than 300 tons of food and dozens of tons of vegetables and meat.

One ton equals two thousand kilograms, and they will be delivered in a few days.

Vegetables and meat are supplied every day.

He also reminded us to set up tents and store food in advance.

Not only that, he saw from the photos that the soldiers were wearing tattered armor, so he ordered 200,000 sets of their combat uniforms, bulletproof vests, and helmets.

Seeing that the city walls and houses were in ruins, he ordered construction timber and the red bricks and cement they used for construction.

Not only did he help build the city walls, he also had to build new homes for the people.

Seeing that the weapons in the soldiers' hands were of poor quality, he ordered a batch of steel and coal to make good weapons for the soldiers.

It is said that coal has a higher temperature than wood and is more suitable for forging steel.

It is also said that steel is stronger than iron and more suitable for forging weapons.

Soldiers would regard an iron weapon as a treasure, as most of the weapons they have now are made of bronze.

Bronze is far less hard than iron, not as strong as iron, and is more likely to break.

However, iron ore is too scarce and difficult to refine, so when forging weapons, people can only settle for the second best option and choose bronze.

The steel Wang Yan gave was harder than iron.

He saw the warhorse in the photo and said the horse was too thin.

If people are not full, how can horses be full? It would be strange if war horses are not thin.

Wang Yan asked how many war horses there were, and he wanted to order fodder for them.

He repeatedly emphasized that he was just an ordinary person, not a god, and there was no need to build temples, and that energy and materials should not be wasted on building temples.

Let the soldiers save their energy to build houses and city walls for the people.

In order to show off their great achievements, some emperors built the Afang Palace on a large scale.

Wang Yan, on the other hand, was just the opposite. He couldn't bear to see the sufferings of the people, so he would order whatever the soldiers and civilians needed, helping them with all his might without expecting any reward.

He even refused to allow people to build a temple for him. Even if Wang Yan was a human being, such a sage, if not a god, what else could he be?

“Pah pah…”

Just as he was engrossed in reading, a few things and a letter from Wang Yan fell out of the porcelain jar.

I picked up the letter first and saw that it said:

General Tan, I really like the sword you gave me.

I decided to hang it at home as a treasure and would not sell it for any amount of money.

Take off your shoes and use the ruler I gave you to measure the length of your feet.

In return, I'll go out and buy you a few pairs of shoes so you can feel how comfortable our shoes are.

It's just a sword, and it's not worth mentioning compared to Wang Yan's help.

And I need slippers, this... is a bit embarrassing!

Tan Junyan hesitated for a moment, but still took off her shoes, measured the size, and wrote it down on a piece of paper, including the number of war horses.

Just throw it away after writing it.

“Swoosh…”

As soon as I threw it over, more than a dozen glass bottles fell out one after another.

Be the first to pick up the paper that was passed to you.

See what is written above: I have a few bottles of wine at home, the quantity is limited, use them to reward the generals!

“These are wines!”

Tan Junyan was extremely shocked.

If you can't even drink water, forget about drinking.

There wasn't a drop of alcohol to be found in the entire Pengshui City.

Pick up a wine bottle and look closely.

"Oh my god, how come there is not a trace of impurities in the wine!"

I quickly picked up the gel pen and wrote:

Husband, I have never tasted this kind of sake.

You have worked very hard for us and have been very worried about us. You should rest early. Don't waste your sleep buying clothes and shoes for me.

After writing it, he threw it into a porcelain jar.

Wang Yan smiled slightly as he looked at the contents of the letter. "It's written like classical Chinese. Without some common sense, I really can't understand it."

After a little thought, I wrote back:

Our nightlife here has just begun, so it won’t affect our rest.

I'll go out and take some photos and record some short videos for you later.

Let me show you what our world looks like.

After reading Wang Yan's letter, Tan Junyan's anticipation became stronger.

Without waiting for a reply, another letter from Wang Yan arrived.

I picked it up and saw it said:

There are only more than 500 war horses in an army of 100,000 people, which is too few.

Do you know how many war horses the barbarians have?

After a brief thought, Tan Junyan replied: The barbarian cavalry is very strong, and they have no less than 100,000 war horses.

Wang Yan was shocked when he saw Tan Junyan's reply.

There are more than 100,000 war horses. It's terrifying.

After a little thought, he replied: How many pounds of meat can a war horse produce?

Tan Junyan replied truthfully: It is common. The barbarian war horses are tall and weigh about 900 to 1,000 kilograms.

Due to years of natural disasters, the barbarian war horses were not able to get enough food. They weighed about 800 kilograms, and about 400 kilograms of bones and inedible debris were left. The rest could be used.

"Four hundred pounds!"

Wang Yan took Tan Junyan's reply, thought for a moment, and replied:

When a large amount of food arrives, spread the word that 500 kilograms of fine rice can be exchanged for a batch of war horses.

Build a tent warehouse to store fodder in advance.

I'll order you a large batch of fodder.

The most powerful of the barbarians are their cavalry. Replacing all their war horses is equivalent to pulling out their claws and teeth.

Tan Junyan read the contents of the letter and was shocked again and again.

A god is a god. He actually has the best strategy to weaken the enemy and strengthen himself. His wisdom is amazing.

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