Luo Chuan and his party are getting closer and closer to the Xigu Pass.
"I'm sure," Luo Chuan looked back at Chen Jingzhi and said with a smile, "I understand what General Chen wants to say, and I also understand the significance of Cangyan Mansion being responsible for the army's logistics and food supply, but now the world has changed a lot. It’s not enough for us to stick to the same rules and regulations." He pointed to the city wall of Xigu Pass and said, "This Xigu Pass is more than three hundred miles away from Cangyan City. Even if the information is transmitted quickly enough, additional food will be sent from Cangyan City to Cangyan City. The urgent march here will take at least three days, and the ups and downs are variables. I am not asking the Cangyan Army to build a warehouse that can store 100,000 stones at once, but 30,000 stones are needed anyway. Only in the original storage in Xiguguan City Based on the expansion of the grain warehouse, I will let people from the treasurer's office guide the expansion. The grain must be stored well and the soldiers must not worry about eating."
Chen Jingzhi nodded silently.
Luo Chuan continued, "After the warehouse is expanded, I will ask Cangcheng outside Cangyan City to fill it with grain. If there is no emergency in the future, the total amount of transportation will remain the same. The general manager of Xigu Pass will New grain is put into the warehouse and old grain is taken out. Under this rotation, there will always be more than half a month's surplus in the warehouse. If there is any emergency, the soldiers can feel at ease to deal with the outside world."
Chen Jingzhi nodded again, and then said, "Before I went north from Taiming, the food supplies from Sanfu County to Li County this year have already arrived one after another. The quality of the food is much worse than in previous years. Most of the food received in the warehouse has been It's low-grade old grain. It's still edible, but it can't be stored for too long. General Lu sent a message to the prefect's palace and got no response. But when I arrived in Cangyan, I found that the grain supply here was still the same as usual. Excellent food, sir, do you know the reason for it?"
Luo Chuan shook his head, "I'm not sure, but I can guess a little bit," he said with a wry smile, "Does General Chen know that I was attacked and killed by monsters when I returned from Beijing?"
Chen Jingzhi hummed, and then raised his hand to make a gesture to the people behind him. Several generals and Li Mu slowed down their mounts and went back. Luo Chuan also turned around and nodded to everyone following him, except the old coachman. Still following behind the two of them, even Si Qi, Nu Dao and the two Wangchuan Sword Cultivators fell behind together with the Blood Cavalry, just following from a distance.
Luo Chuan then continued, "That time I narrowly escaped death. Looking back now, it was thanks to the help of Guangjun Master Yun Bailou that I was able to return to Li County safely. But he can help me because I want something. Now When I arrived in Cangyan, since the food supplies from the three rich counties will eventually be concentrated in Guang County for distribution, if only Cangyan has good military rations, there is a high probability that this person is behind it."
Chen Jingzhi frowned slightly, "Yun Bailou?" He asked after pondering for a moment, "Does he want the young master to separate from Licheng?!"
Luo Chuan nodded, "On the surface, it probably looks like this, but I heard that this person has a deep mind. He has just returned to Lijun, so he can only take one step at a time."
Chen Jingzhi nodded and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Luo Chuan and asked, "Master, do you know that Jingzhi is from a commoner background?"
"I've heard of it," Luo Chuan said without saying much.
Chen Jingzhi reached out and grabbed the red cloak that was blown by the wind and threw it behind him. "Before Jingzhi went north, he received two secret letters from the prefect. One of them was handed over to me along with the promotion order. In it, he wrote some The name of the person he trusts," he continued as if talking to himself without looking at Luochuan, "the other letter was given to me privately by General Lu. The content of the letter was read by General Lu, and there was only In a word..."
Luo Chuan still looked at Chen Jingzhi without saying a word. The latter grasped the reins with both hands and finally looked back calmly, "The prefect wrote in his letter that I, Chen Jingzhi, will only have one master for the rest of my life, and his name is... .Luochuan!"
Luo Chuan frowned slightly, "Is this letter written by the Grand Administrator to General Lu?"
Chen Jingzhi was a little confused by Luo Chuan's question in the current situation. Fortunately, he was also very human, and he returned to normal in an instant and said, "Yes."
Luo Chuan was still frowning in thought, and Chen Jingzhi also began to think in thought.
After a while, Chen Jingzhi spoke again, "Master... aren't you surprised?"
Luochuan seemed to have come back to his senses, and after sighing softly, he said, "There are many things that surprise me, so I am not so surprised anymore." He looked into the distance and murmured, "When he asked me to come to Cangyan, I just Here, he asked the county magistrate to tell me that I can feel at ease, and asked the Cangyan Sword Sect to give me support. Now... for a while, I can probably live in Cangyan with peace of mind."
Chen Jingzhi looked at Luo Chuan's profile and said nothing.
Luochuan thought about things for a long time as if in a trance before turning around and smiling apologetically at Chen Jingzhi, "General Chen, I'm not someone who usually gets distracted like this."
"Jingzhi understands," Chen Jingzhi nodded and stretched out his hand to pull the reins of the war horse and then said, "Sir, when I led the army into Cangyan, I passed through the Xilan Canyon. The terrain there is long and narrow, and the mountains on both sides are towering and steep. If it were in that valley Building a city wall at a suitable location in the middle, even if it is still low, combined with the defense of the mountains on both sides, is enough to make it difficult for an army several times my size to conquer... It's just that the construction of the city wall requires the approval of the governor's office. , which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and is not an easy task.”
"I understand what Jingzhi means, but this matter is not urgent," Luo Chuan smiled back at Chen Jingzhi, "It's very difficult for you, a man who has been leading troops to fight on the southern battlefield all year round, to take the initiative to say these things to me. "
Chen Jingzhi, who seemed calm and composed from beginning to end, looked at Luo Chuan in surprise. Luo Chuan nodded his hands and said, "The reins are almost broken by you."
Chen Jing was startled, and then he smiled, which was considered free and easy.
Luo Chuan looked at the city wall of Xiguguan and said, "Cangyan is a land with three sides to the north, west and south. Over the mountains is the land of Xiyi. To the east, there is only one road from Xilan Gorge to Ganyuan. Even if the Northern and Southern armies are short-term, There are people on our side and even above the court speaking for us, but as time goes by, it still doesn’t work, Cangyan... looks like a dead place."
There was no unnecessary expression on Chen Jingzhi's face, he just listened attentively.
Luo Chuan did not finish the previous topic, but asked about something else, "Jingzhi, General Lu should be grateful to you."
Chen Jingzhi nodded and shook his head, "More than ten years ago, the Nanbarbarians were raging in Li County, and the village where my family was located was also affected. The prefect led troops to the rescue and personally pulled my mother and I out of the ruins. .....Then he followed General Lu, who led the troops together with the Grand Administrator, and walked all the way to today."
Luo Chuan nodded, then sighed and said, "Now the Northern Yi are going south to ravage Shanbei County, and the Southern Yi are going north to break through the first line of defense of Anyang County. The Western Yi and the northwest Wuzhou counties have never really stopped fighting. Although the Dongyi is temporarily Calm down, I have to do something secretly even if I have no choice but to do something. Every time I think about this, I feel like the sky is filled with dark clouds, not to mention that in Hanzhou in southwest China, the intrigues among the counties have never stopped. In the end, it is the people who suffer..."
Chen Jingzhi said, "Shanbei County is currently blocked of information and the situation is unclear. However, Anyang County has already asked for help from other counties in Southwest Hanzhou. It's just that I left the county and had no time to take care of it due to the large-scale deployment of the North and South Army. Yongchang County and Anling County internal They are also constantly mobilizing troops. Guang County is used to standing by and watching, but Hanoi County would rather send troops north to support Shanbei County than support its neighbors to the south. In the current winter, the various forces within Nanyi also need to do a good job. Coordinate, wait until next spring, Anyang County alone may not be able to resist..."
"It is said that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world," Luo Chuan said to himself, "but when the world is overwhelming, what use is the courage of a man...?"
