"We should have enough food for three months." Li Jing looked at Tang Ping and said, "Is Duke Ping confident that he can deliver rations for an army of 200,000 men within three months?"
Because the Arab Empire shrank its defenses in advance, it also took away food and a lot of wealth from various cities.
The Tang Expeditionary Army also promised that the Arab prisoners of war would treat the people of the Arab Empire well, so they could not loot the cities they captured too much and take away the surplus food from the people's homes.
The current military rations are still sent from Tianzhu.
However, after the Arab invasion of Tianzhu, it can be said that its vitality was severely damaged. No matter how rich the food was here, wars broke out all over the country in a few months, leaving many fertile fields abandoned.
Therefore, if there is still no food after three months, the Tang army will change its tactics.
At that time, the only way left is to storm Damascus, but it is not that easy to storm Damascus.
All the military power of the Arab Empire is concentrated here, which cannot be underestimated.
Moreover, they have built a lot of earth slopes in the city. After pushing the bed crossbows up, these bed crossbows can even threaten hot air balloons flying more than 200 meters high.
Nowadays, hot air balloons are one of the few epoch-making means of attack when the Tang army lacks artillery and gun ammunition.
The main method is to throw incendiary bombs from high altitude, but if it is more than 200 meters, the accuracy will be greatly lost.
If you want to attack by force, you really have to use the lives of Datang soldiers to fill it.
After comprehensive consideration, Li Jing and the others decided to besiege the city. No matter how much food Damascus has, there will always be a day when it is finished.
And given a few months to the Tang Dynasty, new ammunition can be made and delivered. At that time, it will be enough to use artillery to blast open the city wall of Damascus.
It just so happens that the feng shui in China is not very good this year, with floods and then droughts.
No matter how developed the Tang Dynasty was, it was unable to directly combat such natural disasters. Most of the government's food supplies were used to provide disaster relief to various places.
That's why Li Jing called Tang Ping and wanted to ask him if he had any way to raise food.
"Don't worry, I will definitely deliver enough food within three months." Tang Ping promised, patting his chest.
The rations needed for an army of 200,000 were a lot less, but if it were a lot, it wasn't too much for Tang Ping now.
If his own Tang's Trading Company focused on food, it would be able to provide the rations needed by the two hundred thousand troops.
But this war with Arabia is not his own business.
Tang Ping returned to Chang'an alone, first went to find Li Shimin, and then directly invited the wealthy families in Chang'an to visit Wangshu Tower.
"Ping Guo Gong, why did you invite us here today?"
"Of course it's a good thing. I just want to ask if you are interested in traveling with me?" Tang Ping asked the waiter to give everyone a cup of good tea, and then said with a smile.
"Travel?" These people looked at each other. They naturally knew what traveling meant. Tang's car dealership also provided a special travel service.
Those people who have a little money want to go out and see the scenery.
They can arrange all the food, accommodation and entertainment for you comfortably along the way. According to Tang Ping, it is called a tour group.
But with their status, where can’t they go? Naturally, I don’t like Tang’s tour group.
Besides, who among the people here doesn’t have a lot of things to deal with?
How can I have so much free time to travel?
Seeing that these people were silent, Tang Ping naturally knew what they were thinking. He clapped his hands, and Lao Cui and Lao Du carried a curtain over.
When these people didn't know what was going on, Tang Ping said directly: "These are some things I took with the Tang Expeditionary Army this time. Why don't we all take the time to look at them together and treat it like a trip?"
Anyway, they are all here for the banquet, and these people also want to see what medicines are sold in Tang Ping Gourd.
The lights went out and Tang Ping started playing some video footage on the projector.
Although not all aristocratic families have this projector, it is available in every state government office. From time to time, it will play the words of soldiers in various armies to their relatives at home, so everyone will not be surprised after watching it, and they will soon be attracted by the content of Tang Pingfang.
In the picture, there are the grasslands of northern Africa and the fertile soil of the Nile River plain, all shot by a small group of people with professional equipment, which can be said to be beautiful.
But these people soon sensed something was wrong.
"Hey, there is such a big grassland with rich water and grass, why doesn't anyone raise cattle and sheep?"
"Isn't it? It's such a waste of natural resources. After looking at it for a long time, I saw a few deer and a few wolves! If this place was given to our Wang family, it would be easy to raise thousands of cattle, sheep or war horses."
"Forget about the pasture, haven't you seen the plain behind? There is a river next to it, and the sunshine is good. If it is used to cultivate it into farmland, it can be said that it is all high-quality fertile land, but it is so barren there!"
The film is not very long and it ended quickly.
The lights came back on, and Tang Ping asked with a smile: "How was it? Everyone, look at where we were."
These people were all human beings. Someone's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is it possible that Duke Ping is selling land again?"
Who doesn’t know that Tang Ping sold a lot of land in Arabia on behalf of the imperial court? Judging from his attitude, it looks like he wants to sell it again.
"Hey, there's only so much land here, how can it be sold every day!" Tang Ping shook his head: "I didn't even think about it, and I couldn't add you to my circle of friends, so I'll share it with you."
He himself didn't believe what he said, let alone these old foxes.
The elder of the Wang family who just said they wanted to raise cattle and sheep said directly: "Ping Guo Gong, you also know that our Wang family is in the cattle and sheep business. There are only so many pastures now, and cattle and sheep have been raised in one place for a long time. The fertility is not enough, so I wonder if you can help our Wang family find a piece of pasture?"
When Tang Ping said that just now, didn't he just want them to take the initiative to bring it up? Is there anything shameful or not about making money? So he took the initiative to put the steps in front of Tang Ping.
Tang Ping heard what he said and said with a smile: "This really can't be sold, but it can be rented."
"rent?"
"What kind of rental law?"
Hearing Tang Ping relax, although the land is not for sale, it is not bad to rent the land.
Domestic land is always limited, especially in China, where many places are really not suitable for growing food.
At least compared to the pastures and fertile plains we just saw, there are few places that can compare.
Even if there is something comparable, it basically belongs to an owner and has been almost cultivated.
