It must be said that Fu Ya's method really made Bi Xiu addicted, and he became addicted from then on. The next day, Bi Xiu announced to the three armies that he would take Fu Ya as his concubine, and from now on Fu Ya would be the lady in this military camp.
Unfortunately, although the title of Madam was great, she didn't have much time to show off, because she spent most of her time on the bed, under Bi Xiu. Bi Xiu reported all the humiliation she received from Feng Yuheng to Fu Ya, and vented all the emotions that were originally intended to be vented in the war on Fu Ya, tossing Fu Ya so hard that there was almost no intact skin from the neck down, either blue or purple, or bite marks.
But she couldn't resist or complain, and had to put on a smile, all for the sake of the war being over and General Bi Xiu taking her back to the ancient Shu capital and into his own house. Even if she could only be a concubine, one day she would climb to the position of wife.
Feng Yuheng, who was far away in Jueping City, never thought that the woman she met in Qianzhou would actually take such a path step by step. When the spies of Dashun sent back the news, she had to sigh that people's hearts were unpredictable and fate was unpredictable.
Huang Quan also remembered that Fu Ya had been thinking about Ban Zou, and he was very angry, so he criticized Fu Ya.
However, the recovery of Jueping City went smoothly, but for Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng, not everything went smoothly. For example, Xifang reported the news today, "General, Master, the Biannan Army is short of food and grass. It can only last for another ten days at most. If the food and grass in Jingdu are not transported to the southern border, the Biannan Army will be out of food."
Xuan Tianming frowned, still thinking: "The task of transporting grain and grass has been handed over to my second brother. I think that Old Eight has been tampering in secret again. My second brother's journey south will be difficult and bumpy."
Feng Yuheng was even less optimistic than him: "I'm afraid he has already fallen into the trap of Old Eight. Although the capital's lock-up can hold him back, it can't hold back his followers. The maternal families of so many concubines in the harem are not a small force when united. From Kyoto to the southern border, I'm afraid they have people in every prefecture and state. If they trip him up, it will be enough for the Second Prince to suffer."
Xuan Tianming turned his head and asked He Gan who was also in the tent: "Do we have enough to eat?"
He Gan said, "We have enough. We still have some left over from what we brought before, and our master brought a lot more when he came. It's enough to support us for a while. Most importantly, we drove away the ancient Shu army, and we got a considerable amount of food and grass just from the granaries in Shaping City and Jueping City, which is enough to guarantee the expenses of the army."
Xuan Tianming nodded, "That's good. As for the southern part of the border, I will allocate money and have people buy from Lanzhou and Luotian Prefecture first to deal with the emergency. If there is no movement in the capital, we can't just sit and wait. We need to gradually expand the scope of food and grass purchases. We can't just rely on Luotian Prefecture. Luotian Prefecture alone can't support 300,000 troops." He thought about it again and said, "These grains are not given to them for free. There must be some people who are trying to take advantage of the situation. We need to find them out as soon as possible."
Feng Yuheng rolled his eyes and said, "We can't give them food and grass so easily. Although the 300,000 troops have surrendered, you are right. There are always some people who are trying to take advantage of the situation. Why don't we take this opportunity to fish again and see if we can catch those small fish."
Xuan Tianming agreed with this.
However, before going to Biannan to fish, Feng Yuheng went to Lanzhou first and walked around Luotian Prefecture. She did not touch Xuan Tianming's money. The money she used to buy food and grass was all the money she robbed from the capital, and she spent it very happily.
The momentum of Xuan Tianming's army had long been spread throughout Luotian Prefecture. Even the fact that Princess Ji'an followed the Ninth Prince to the battlefield and took over Jueping City together had become a topic of conversation among the people of Luotian Prefecture. When Princess Ji'an was mentioned, everyone gave her a thumbs up, and there was no one who didn't praise her. Some even said that such a heroine should be paired with a war god like the Ninth Prince.
With the momentum in the past, Feng Yuheng's grain and grass purchasing operation went very smoothly. Without spending a penny more, he received a large amount of stored grain. Some people even suggested that they could make reservations at farmers' homes and purchase them directly when the harvest came.
Feng Yuheng and the rice merchants in Lanzhou calculated whether their large-scale purchase of grain would affect the food supply of the people in the southern border. The conclusion was: not at all. Because the weather in the southern border is hot, grain can grow for two seasons, with two harvests in spring and autumn. The grain Feng Yuheng is harvesting now is not stored grain at all, but the new rice harvested this spring.
She finally understood why the rice in the southern region was cheap and plentiful. This must be the reason. She couldn't help but sigh, it's really like a mountain in the sky when it comes to different trades. She really doesn't know anything about farming!
In addition to the estimated food and fodder, she also hired many farmers to help raise chickens, ducks, fish and pigs, and ordered the supply of vegetables. She selected some farmers and asked them to deliver them to the Biannan Camp regularly, and then the Biannan Camp would send them to Shaping City and Jueping City.
She calculated that if this place could be self-sufficient, there would be no need to transport food and fodder all the way from Kyoto. It would be more practical to convert it directly into silver bills.
As a result of all this trouble, and the fact that Feng Yuheng deliberately postponed the grain delivery time for a few days, the granary at the South Camp was empty after ten days, and the subsequent grain and grass were not supplied for a long time.
Early that morning, the logistics commander in charge of rice and grain in the Biannan Army opened several granaries, but found them empty. He spread his hands to the soldiers who came to serve rice and flour and said, "There is nothing we can do. The new general won't bring us food. We can either go out and beg or stay in the camp and starve to death!"
Those soldiers thought his words were too harsh. They had been listening to all kinds of stories about the Ninth Prince and Princess Ji'an these days. With Xifang's deliberate indoctrination and establishment, the image of Xuantian Mingfeng Yuheng had gradually become taller in the minds of the soldiers in Biannan. In addition, they took Jueping City in one fell swoop, overnight, so neatly and quickly, which made these people admire them very much.
Then a soldier in charge of drinking and serving countered, "It's not the general's fault. Even if we need to transport food and fodder, we have to go through the southern part of the border first. There has been no food transported in these days. If we don't have food, then the troops that the general brought into the desert also don't have food!"
The logistics commander reminded them: "Have you forgotten that when Princess Ji'an arrived in the southern border, she brought ten carts of food and fodder with her!"
The soldiers waved their hands and said, "Ten carts, it sounds like a lot, and it looks like a lot. Even though there aren't as many people over there as we are, there are still more than 100,000 people. How many meals can ten carts of food feed us? We can't count on them at all."
"Ten carts? Those are only the ten carts brought by Princess Ji'an!" The logistics commander had something to say: "They have captured Shaping City and Jueping City. Do you know how much food and grass there are in those two cities? How much food and grass did the ancient Shu army leave behind after its defeat? There are 500,000 people in the ancient Shu and the Ten-Nation Alliance! If the food for 500,000 people falls into the hands of 100,000 people, they will have to eat it for a year!"
If this account is calculated, the soldiers also feel something is wrong! Yes! There is food stored in the two cities of Shaping and Jueping. The army is victorious, and there is no news that the granary on the side of Gushu was burned. The remaining food must have been taken over by the army of the Ninth Prince! It is enough food and grass for 500,000 troops! With these things, why would they need to transport food from outside!
Seeing that these soldiers were no longer speaking for the Ninth Prince, the deputy general of logistics raised his lip corner and said, "What do we want to do when we join the army? It's nothing more than earning some military pay so that our families can have enough food. But now, let alone our families, even we ourselves have no food to eat. Everyone knows that being a soldier looks impressive, but after a battle, there are countless brothers who will leave their lives on the battlefield and never come back. We are doing jobs that are not guaranteed to be done today, and the prisoners on the guillotine are given a full meal before they die. Why do you treat us so harshly? To put it bluntly, the Ninth Prince is brave, but when the Eighth Prince was here, there was never a shortage of food and grass."
He spoke with indignation, even with a hint of sadness at the end, which made people think of the past when they followed the Eighth Prince and were not at war, they were stationed at the border, eating and drinking delicious food every day, and there were several times more girls in the red tent than there are now, and there was no limit on the number of times one could enter the red tent each month, and the treatment was much better than before.
This person is just like this, he is afraid of comparison and agitation. When comparison and agitation come together, he can't resist. Moreover, they have not accepted Xuan Tianming for many days. Others rely on legends and military exploits, but have not had much contact with him in reality. The only time Xuan Tianming came to the Biannan camp, he brought them shock.
The soldiers stopped talking, lowered their heads, and returned to the camp in a very depressed mood. The empty granary was there. There was no rice or flour today, so there was no need to cook. I just didn't know how the soldiers would riot without food.
The soldiers had no food, so of course they started to make trouble. When they found that it was time for dinner but there was no food, and when they found that the food service staff had not even started the stove, someone finally couldn't resist the impulse and ran to the granary to check. The empty granary made the soldiers indignant.
Someone took the lead and found Xifang, pointing in the direction of the granary and asking, "What do you mean? Since His Majesty the Ninth Prince has taken over the army, he should treat everyone equally! Why don't we even have food here? Are you deliberately trying to starve us to death?"
Xifang had discussed this matter with Feng Yuheng before, and he had already known about it. In response to these people's questions, he just spread his hands and said, "The team escorting the grain and grass from the capital has not arrived yet, and I have no way to deal with it! But His Highness the Ninth Prince has already sent people to investigate why the grain and grass have not arrived, and the capital must give us an explanation."
"An explanation?" Someone shouted, "Why do we have to wait for the capital to give an explanation? We want to hear the Ninth Prince's explanation! He has the ability to take over the army, but he can't provide food and fodder, and he pushes the problem to the capital. What kind of general is he? We don't want a general like that!"
This person spoke with an imperative tone, which was very inflammatory. Many people were infected by his words and became dissatisfied, shouting, "Let His Highness the Ninth Prince give us an explanation!"
At this time, a woman's voice was heard at the gate of the camp. It was very loud and crisp, but it did not sound as loud as one produced by internal force. It spread in all directions, bringing a feeling of oppression to people.
She said, "Who wants to report to His Majesty the Ninth Prince? Come on, come on, talk to me first!"
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