"Why is Kong Ming so panicked?" Ye Long saw Zhuge Liang's hurried look and thought something bad was going to happen. Something bad must have happened, otherwise a person like Zhuge Liang would never show such an expression.

Li Jin was also a little surprised and stood aside with his hands down.

"Lord, there is no food in the city. Our army can still eat for about ten days. If we add the more than 10,000 surrendered troops in Changyi, the food will only be enough for eight days. After eight days, we will run out of food..."

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said.

He looked a little nervous.

I should have known that in war-torn times, besides people, food is the second most important thing.

If there is no food, what happened to Yuan Xu will happen.

Even if Ye Long personally trains soldiers, he will inevitably have bad emotions. Even if it does not reach the point of rebellion, it is easy to abandon Ye Long.

"Isn't there just no food? What's the big deal? There are only eight days left, and our food and grass will definitely be delivered. There's nothing to worry about." Ye Long said nonchalantly.

"Lord, we all wore combat boots and combat vests, and it took us half a month to come from Fengqiu. The weather is like this now. We have to transport food and grass and watch the sky brightly. From the day after tomorrow, it will last for half a month.

Due to the blizzard, the logistics troops transporting grain and grass cannot reach Changyi at all." Zhuge Liang sighed and said.

Originally, it would take about ten days for the food to arrive, but now we have to encounter blizzard weather for half a month. By the time the food arrives, they will probably all starve to death.

In fact, before sending out troops, Zhuge Liang reminded Ye Long that when marching and fighting, food and grass go first. However, Ye Long was afraid that the enemy would discover him if he secretly transported food and grass, so he set off first with the food and grass behind him.

Originally, the logistics troops transporting grain and grass were not very fast. It was still a blizzard, and the carriages could not move at all. Sometimes they had to go around the original route. So when Ye Long's army captured Changyi, the grain and grass had not yet reached Dongyang...

"Immediately go to Dongyang to transfer food and ask the guards to provide food to support Changyi. No matter what, the soldiers cannot go hungry." Ye Long couldn't help but frowned.

The garrison barracks in Changyi City definitely had no food, and the city government had no food, but he was surprised. Even if the county magistrate gave Yuan Xu a large amount of food, there should be surplus food in the granary.

Now that Zhuge Liang said there is no food, there are only two possibilities. One is that there is really no food in the Changyi City granary, and the other possibility is that the county magistrate has hidden the food.

But now is not the time to pursue the county magistrate, we should find a way to solve the current situation of no food to eat.

Ye Long knows the importance of food now.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were in turmoil. Due to years of war, the people were displaced and had no fixed residence. They could go wherever they went, and there was no stable environment to sow food.

Therefore, a lot of land is wasteland... This has also led to the people being destitute and devastated, leading to the situation of cannibalism.

And those princes were not much better. They were busy fighting and fighting for territory all day long, without thinking about opening up wasteland for farming. They also bought food, so the price of food was very high and there was an extreme shortage.

He clearly remembered that people under Big Ear Liu Bei also engaged in cannibalism. In the end, his soldiers had no food, and finally they all abandoned him. In the end, Big Ear Liu Bei gave birth to his two brothers.

He is a polished commander.

After visiting the thatched cottage three times, he invited Zhuge Liang out, and after taking Yizhou, Zhuge Liang governed the country and dealt with internal affairs, and Liu Bei's life gradually improved.

"The grain reserves in Dongyang City are just enough. If grain is transferred from Dongyang, the defenders of Dongyang City will be hungry." Zhuge Liang said directly.

He has thought about this method. If possible, he will arrange it and come to report to Ye Long? If he comes to report the situation to Ye Long, it must be because he has no clue. Even if there is a clue, it still needs Ye Long's order.

Just fine.

There are some decisions he can't make.

"Then let Jia Xu and the others provide food. They have to hold on for at least a month. When the food and grass are shipped, these won't be a problem." Ye Long said.

"There will be a blizzard that will last for half a month the next day. Even if Jia Xu and other wealthy families agree to provide food relief, they will not be able to deliver it. Even if we go to deliver the order now, it will only pass in one day, and the time will not be able to keep up." Zhuge Liang

He said with a grimace again.

Ye Long rubbed his head with a headache. How could he forget about the heavy snow that would last for half a month the day after tomorrow?

If this is the case, it will be unrealistic no matter where the food comes from, so if you want to solve the food problem, you have to find a way to solve it yourself.

Ye Long felt a little sad. Ever since a helpless person developed a kind of rice in this world, which solved the big problem of people not having enough to eat, people in this world have forgotten the feeling of hunger.

In the era when Ye Long lived, it was even more unlikely that there would be a problem of lack of food. Unexpectedly, in these troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, he was troubled by food.

Even in the Central Plains, although there is a shortage of food, it is not as serious as in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, we must find a way to solve the problem of food.

Otherwise, in the future, it will definitely become the biggest hidden danger for him to attack the city.

"My lord, why don't we start with the clans in the city and ask them to provide food relief. However, the Chen family cannot move now. We can only start with the small clans and see how the wealthy clans headed by the Chen family react." Li Jin thought about it.

I thought, stood up and said.

He is a smart man, and he is also a sensible man. He knows that his current master seems to dislike seeing the wealthy clans. He is worried that he has no excuse to find trouble with these wealthy clans, so he will not send it here.

However, he still advocated not making enemies of the Chen family. After all, the Chen family was too powerful in Jiyin County and was considered a local snake.

"Yes, my lord, there is only this way now. However, the clans in the city, especially the Chen family, are strong and have thousands of private soldiers. All the wealthy clans in Changyi City are headed by the Chen family. If the Chen family is not acceptable,

, it is impossible for those wealthy clans to provide food relief for us." Zhuge Liang nodded.

"The Chen family is a wealthy clan in Jiyin County, and even in Yanzhou as a whole. Although it is powerful and has strong financial resources, it is just like merchants. Those scholar-bureaucrats from the wealthy clans, on the surface, follow the Chen family's lead, but secretly they don't know what they have in mind.

Well. Kong Ming, go and order the troops now. I want to meet the Chen family and see how strong their bones are."

Ye Long stood up, and after pondering for a moment, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"Here." Zhuge Liang looked serious, and then retreated directly.

Li Jin hesitated, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

In his opinion, he was just a surrendered soldier. It was a great gift for Ye Long to value him so much and appoint him as the battalion commander.

Now that he has just joined Ye Long's camp, he still has to keep a low profile. There are some things he can say, and some things he cannot say. For example, Ye Long has given an order, and no matter how many opinions he has, he has to keep his mouth shut.

Although he didn't think it was a good idea for Ye Long to move the Chen family.

However, it seems from the rumors that Ye Long is very unfavorable to the aristocratic family. Even if Ye Long does not move now, the Chen family will do so in the future.

Otherwise, the Chen family will definitely be a huge hidden danger.

Soon, Zhuge Liang gathered 10,000 elite soldiers and waited for Ye Long outside the city.

Zhuge Liang's move to mobilize his troops fell in the eyes of the wealthy Changyi clan.

Many people are wondering what Zizixing wants to do when he has just taken Changyi and is now deploying troops in the city... In their opinion, it is impossible for Zixing to touch them.

They guessed correctly, Ye Long would not touch them, because of these small clans, Ye Long would have no sense of achievement if he moved.

What he wants to touch is the Chen family.

…

In Changyi City, among a certain wealthy clan.

A young man knelt down in front of an old man and reported on the situation in the city.

After listening to the young man's words, a trace of confusion flashed in the old man's eyes. "Zhao'er, what do you think Ye Zixing wants to do when he mobilizes his troops?"

"My child guesses that Yizixing wants to attack the clans in the city." Dong Zhao, a young man, thought for a while and said.

This young man is Dong Zhao, a wealthy family in Jiyin County. Originally, the Dong family did not live in Changyi. There was a flood in their hometown two years ago, and then the whole family moved to Changyi. In the past two years, they gradually stabilized in Changyi.

Dong Zhao, courtesy name Gongren, was born in Dingtao, Jiyin. During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a counselor, important minister and founding father of Cao Wei.

Dong Zhao was promoted as Xiaolian when he was young, and later served as Yuan Shao's accountant and joined the army. He had many military exploits, but Yuan Shao believed in slanders, so Dong Zhao had no choice but to leave Yuan Shao and defect to Zhang Yang. When Zhang Yang led the army to welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhao accompanied him and worshiped him as the councilor.

Lang later met Cao Cao in Luoyang and suggested that Cao Cao welcome Emperor Xian of Han to Xuchang. Dong Zhao became Cao Cao's adviser from then on.

But now Dong Zhuo has not been promoted as a filial and honest man, so he has not yet joined the court as an official, let alone joined the army under Yuan Shao.

After all, the world is completely different now.

The Yellow Turban Army, which was originally destroyed, has survived for so long. Huangfu Song, who defeated the Yellow Turban Army, is still Ye Long's prisoner.

"Yizixing is so courageous. The wealthy clans in the world are originally one, but since his appearance, it seems that he wants to break this situation." The old man exclaimed.

"Father, Yizixing is from the Yellow Turban Army and is a thief general. He is different from other princes. Many princes need the support of big clans to stick to their own territory. But Yizixing is different. He does not need to look at the face of the clan, and he dares to fight against

The clan takes action." Dong Zhao thought for a while and said.

"He has offended the clan giants in this way. Even though some clan giants obey him on the surface, they are extremely jealous of him in their hearts. If when the enemy attacks and the clans in the city betray and open the city gate, then Yizixing will definitely lose."

"In the child's opinion, this is Yizixing's way of controlling people. Looking at Hanoi County alone, he used force to tie the Hanoi clan to his chariot. Those clans must have resentment in their hearts. But he brought

The huge interests and benefits of those clans require a lot of food, weapons, and armor for his hundreds of thousands of troops to eat every day, and all of these things are provided by the clan, and the money he pays is

One-third higher than the market price.”

Dong Zhao said calmly.

After the name Zixing spread all over the world, he deliberately used his network to inquire about many things about Zixing.

Cooperating with clans and paying for food is just one of them.

After hearing what he said, the old man's face moved slightly.

"Not only that, Yizixing has now established a medical school in Hanoi County. The children of those clans are eager to squeeze in and get into the medical school, because the dean of the medical school is the miracle doctor Hua Tuo, and they can get the true biography of the miracle doctor Hua Tuo.

The family will benefit for life. Moreover, the medical school is open to children from poor families, so that those children from poor families who have no way to study have a place to learn medical skills. Anyone who graduates from the medical school can also join the military camp and receive a salary." Dong Zhao added.

"...the money that Zixing brought?" the old man asked in surprise.

Zixing's army is hundreds of thousands, and even if each person is given ten dollars... that is still a huge expenditure every month.

"Borrowed! He is a real genius, or a business wizard." Dong Zhao blinked and said with a smile.

"What's the meaning……"

"Zhixing opened a bank in Hanoi County. Anyone who deposits money in the bank under his name can receive a fixed monthly payment for a certain period of time. In the words of people in Hanoi County, it is interest... so many clans' gold and silver

The treasures are all stored in the bank owned by Zixing. Dad, tell me, taking other people's money and paying interest to other people...isn't this a loan?" Dong Zhuo said.

"Uh... In this war-torn era, those wealthy clans dared to deposit all their money with Yizixing? If Yizixing died, wouldn't all the money be wasted?"

"The imperial court compromised and appointed him as the governor of Hanoi. In addition, he has hundreds of thousands of troops. How can Yizixing be defeated? Unless all the princes in the world attack it together. But now those princes are busy fighting for their own territory, and there are still people in the court.

Dong Zhuo is causing chaos in the government, and Zixing will not dare to confront him as long as he does not seek death."

"The most important thing is that the Sima clan, Zhang family, Pang family and other big clans in Hanoi are completely tied to Yizixing's chariot. The Zhang family even married their young daughter Zhang Chunhua to Yizixing, making it clear that they are working with thieves.
To be continued...