Northern Line.
After several days of thinking, Jia Yao proposed a series of plans to clean up the mess in Dayue Kingdom.
First, he led a large army into Sawtooth Ridge and demanded compensation from the tribes west of the desert.
The tribes in western Mo also suffered heavy losses in this battle, and they had to divide their forces to guard against the Northern Palace Army in the direction of Xing'an Fort and Zhao Ji in the northwest. With their large armies approaching, most of the tribes in western Mo did not dare to fight.
Second, Yun Zheng did not show up, but further supported Mondo so that Mondo would have stronger strength to challenge Chi Yan of the Guifang. How much food he could get from the Guifang depended on Mondo's ability.
Yun Zheng can split the food he obtains with Mondo 50-50.
However, the Guifang paid so much compensation last year that they probably don’t have much food left.
All I can say is take as much as you can.
Third, completely rebuild the order of Dayue Kingdom.
Although Lou Yi imposed heavy taxes on Dayue Kingdom, the nobles of Dayue must still have food.
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Directly uproot the nobles of Dayue Kingdom and rob the rich to help the poor!
Fourth, hurry up and transport seeds from Shuobei. Before it is too late, order the people of Dayue to cultivate the land again and exempt taxes for one year. In the autumn, they will harvest as much as they can.
However, the people must be given clear tasks and strict laws must be established.
Every household must cultivate a certain amount of land. If they fail to do so, they will all be beheaded!
Fifth, reduce military rations.
In addition to ensuring the supply of military rations for the standing army, the military rations of other units were appropriately reduced, and the reduced military rations could be compensated with gold, silver and other valuables.
At the same time, the garrison here also needs to engage in large-scale farming.
Listening to Jia Yao's five suggestions, Yun Zheng couldn't help but nod secretly.
Well, not bad!
Every suggestion is applicable.
It is definitely impossible for her five suggestions to completely solve the food shortage problem in Dayue.
But following her five suggestions, the food shortage can be alleviated to a great extent.
If we can hold out until this year's autumn harvest and then get more food from the interior, we may actually be able to get through this difficult time.
Of course, the prerequisite is that we can have a bumper harvest this year if we work hard.
If Da Gan can't even feed his own people, even if he squeezes the shit out of the third brother, the third brother will have no food to give him!
"Okay, then let's do as you say!"
Yun Zheng looked at Jia Yao with a smile, "Well, let's split up! I'll lead the troops to extort money, oh no, to ask the tribes in Moxi for compensation, and you lead people to search and search the houses in Dayue! If those people are willing to hand over the food, there's no need to kill them all!"
Upon hearing this, Jia Yao was immediately annoyed: "You want me to do something that offends people again?"
"What do you mean by offending people?"
Yun Zheng was unhappy. "For those nobles, this is indeed an offensive thing! But for the poor people, this is to save them from the dire situation! Besides, someone has to play the good cop and someone has to play the bad cop, right? If you really don't like it, let's switch. You go find the Moxi tribes, and I'll do the offending thing."
Jia Yao opened his mouth slightly, hesitated for a moment, and agreed reluctantly.
The tribes in western Mo are not the Guifang of last year.
Although the tribes in western Mo also suffered heavy losses this time, they still had hundreds of thousands of troops at their disposal.
If she led her troops to demand compensation, the tribes in western Moxi might not necessarily buy it.
Even if Yun Zheng went, this matter would not be as easy as she thought.
"That's settled then!"
Yun Zheng made a prompt decision.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng sent someone to call Mengduo and gave him 10,000 captives from various tribes in Moxi.
As for how to negotiate with Chi Yan and how to ask for food, that is Mondo's business.
But one thing is that we cannot go to war with Chi Yan.
The Guifang people are now submitting to Dagan.
If Chi Yan and Mondo started fighting, he wouldn't be able to just stand by and watch.
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Five days later, Yun Zheng led 20,000 cavalry to Sawtooth Ridge.
"Yun Zheng!!!"
As soon as they arrived at the gate of the camp, Shen Luoyan, who had received the news, came running over.
Seeing this, Yun Zheng immediately asked Miaoyin to help him dismount from the horse.
Shen Luoyan ran all the way over and threw herself directly into Yun Zheng's arms.
“Woo woo…”
Before Yun Zheng could speak, Shen Luoyan burst into tears.
Yun Zheng hugged Shen Luoyan's delicate body and patted her back gently, "Okay, don't cry, so many people are watching!"
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, Qin Qihu, Yu Shizhong, Fu Tianyan and others turned their heads away, pretending they saw nothing.
"I'm going to cry!"
Shen Luoyan hugged Yun Zheng tightly, crying with tears on her face: "I almost thought I would never see you again, you bastard, you almost scared me to death! Woo woo..."
"I'm sorry to have worried you."
Yun Zheng stroked his eyes, which were slightly red, but with a happy smile on his face, "If something like this happens again in the future, don't think too much. It's not that easy for me to die. How could I bear to leave you!"
“Pah, pah, pah…”
Shen Luoyan let go of Yun Zheng and glared at him with bulging eyes. "You crow mouth, why do you expect something like this in the future? There will never be such a thing again!"
"well!"
Yun Zheng laughed and raised his hand to wipe away the tears in Shen Luoyan's eyes. "I promise that this kind of thing will never happen again, and I will never let you worry about me again..."
"That's more like it!"
Shen Luoyan burst into laughter and then noticed that Miaoyin had been supporting Yun Zheng, whose legs were still fixed with a splint.
At this moment, Shen Luoyan became worried again, "Is the injury on your leg serious?"
"fine."
Yun Zheng smiled indifferently, "It's almost healed."
"I don't believe you!"
Shen Luoyan glared at him coquettishly, and then asked Miaoyin, "The injury on his leg..."
"It's really okay."
Miaoyin smiled and said, "Although it's not as easy as he said, it's not as serious as you think! You will recover after resting for a while."
Yun Zheng’s leg injury will definitely not heal so quickly.
However, it's not too serious.
Otherwise, she would never have agreed to let Yun Zheng come on horseback!
"That's good."
Only then did Chen Luoyan feel relieved, and she took the initiative to walk to the other side of Yun Zheng's body, supporting Yun Zheng together with Miaoyin.
It was not until this time that Feng Yu, Gao Jie and Huo Gu came forward with excitement on their faces to pay their respects.
"No need to be polite!"
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, then asked Shen Luoyan, "Deng Bao hasn't arrived yet?"
"not yet."
Chen Luoyan shook his head slightly. "Before, I was afraid that we didn't have enough manpower, so I ordered General Deng to select 10,000 people from the prisoners for preparation. Those 10,000 people were all infantry. In addition, I was afraid that we didn't have enough food and grass, so I asked them to escort some food and grass over. Their marching speed will be slower! However, if you calculate it, they should arrive in the next two days."
"That's good."
Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, "You did a good job this time. You have learned to be independent."
"No way."
Chen Luoyan's pretty face flushed slightly, "I was just thinking, since Miaoyin is leading people to look for you, I can't help if I go, so it's better for me to lead the troops to guard here to prevent chaos here..."
"The fact that you can think this way means you have grown up."
Yun Zheng laughed, "Let's go, let's not block the door, let's talk about it after we enter the camp..."
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