Yuan Wense pretended to be a little girl who didn't understand the world: "Of course I spent money to buy it!"

Zu Chongliang slapped his thigh and said "ouch", I knew you thought so!

The princess of their family is good at everything, but she is a woman after all, so she doesn't understand many things at all.

"Fengshou Castle is close to the Fengshou Mountains, and there are only a few small villages and towns around it. These people are still staying in the imperial city. If they don't come out with us, don't expect them to sell to us, and forget it.

Even if they come out, it’s useless. The food they produce is not enough for them to eat!”

The subtext of Zu Chongliang’s words is that we can’t buy food even if we have money!

Yuan Wense said nonchalantly: "We are close to Fengshou Forest. Are we still afraid of running out of food? So in the past years, my father led them to live here. What did they eat? What did they drink? I remember when we had the most Fengshou Castle.

There are tens of thousands of them!”

Zu Chongliang: "At its peak, there were more than 70,000 people in Fengshou Castle. However, these 70,000-plus people were not all warriors. Many of them were slaves and some free farmers. These people could fully support themselves and could also

Contributing food to us, the main soldiers never exceeded ten thousand people, most of the time we only had three thousand elite soldiers.

However, when there is a real war, these slaves and free people must respond to the prince's call, take up arms, and follow the soldiers as auxiliary troops.

In order to create a huge momentum, we often claim that we have sent 30,000 or 50,000 troops.

It sounds like there are many soldiers and the army is huge, but in fact there are never that many people to feed!"

Zu Chongliang's words were very reserved, but Yuan Wense still understood that his father was also a freeloader. Because of how many soldiers were dispatched in each war, the court would more or less provide some subsidies and rewards.

Fengshou Castle can also make a small fortune because of the warriors every year!

"The slaves in Fengshou Castle are probably gone now! We only have these 1,000 people to feed, so it shouldn't be difficult!"

Zu Chongliang looked at the cars behind him. Many of them were very heavy. He didn't know if they were all filled with food. If so, they should be able to eat for a while.

"Every time the orc tribe launches an aggressive war, it is to plunder food and resources. They will not leave any manpower to guard it, so Fengshou Castle will most likely still be in our own hands.

When defeated, they may run into the forest to hide, but after the orc tribe has left, they may also return to the castle.

There are many hidden places in the castle where some food is buried, which can be used for a short period of time, but the specific situation now cannot be known by just guessing.

I suggest that we should be better prepared and bring more food, so that if there are thousands of people there, we can take over smoothly, instead of abandoning those people because of food, which has been abundant for generations.

If you abandon the people who live in Shou Castle, it will be bad for the people!"

Yuan Wense thought for a while and agreed: "What kind of towns can we purchase food in when we pass by? Do we need to continue heading south?"

Zu Chongliang relaxed slightly at this time and said in a relaxed tone: "Yes, only the south has not been ravaged by the tribes, so there should be sufficient food."
Chapter completed!