Wei Zheng browed deeply and murmured: "Is it possible that he will enter Guanzhong now, or cross the Yellow River north, go to Bingzhou to fight with Li Yuan to seize the food and grass from Guanzhong and Bingzhou?"

Wang Shichong said coldly: "That's the worst. Even Li Mi can't deal with it. How can we start a war with Li Yuan? Xuancheng, I thought about it and there is no other way, and we can't detour from other places. Even if we attack Wagang and Yanshi, our troops are insufficient. These Li Mi's nests are easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can't even fight Luoshui, let alone attack the mountain."

Fei Qingnu gritted his teeth: "Or, ask Your Majesty for help and ask him to send Xiaoguo Army to support him. Li Mi will definitely not be able to stand the attack on both sides!"

Wang Shichong sighed, "Qingnu, why don't you understand? If Your Majesty was willing to send Xiaoguo Army, would you still need me to bring Huainan soldiers to you? Now that the war is like this, if he is willing to rescue Dongdu himself, he would have sent Xiaoguo Army to attack him long ago. There are no large bandits in Jiangdu area, because Xiaoguo Army is under control, but if Xiaoguo retreats, it will be hard to say. Who will protect the Holy Lord then?"

Fei Qingnu grabbed his head and sighed: "This is the case with the state. Why is Your Majesty still staying in Jiangdu? If he was willing to lead the army to the west and open up the Luoyang passage, then Li Mi's millions of bandits would probably disperse after seeing the wind."

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Okay, Qingnu, we are not capable of fighting against thieves, why do we always think about asking Your Majesty to take action in person? Besides, he has personally conquered Liaodong, you know."

Fei Qingnu was stunned at first, then laughed: "Oh, yes, don't mention it. He fought in Liaodong back then. I think he would not come here. I'm afraid that not only will he not be able to open the Dongdu channel, he will also be defeated by Li Mi. It will be troublesome at that time."

Wang Shichong nodded: "Okay, there is no need to say bad things about Your Majesty like this. In short, Jiangdu cannot be counted on. To defeat Li Mi, we can only rely on ourselves."

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "I am also acquainted with Li Mi's treasurer, Bing Yuanzhen. This person is extremely greedy, but he is good at calculating money and grain. Therefore, from Zhai Rang to Li Mi, he used him as the logistics manager and controlled the matter of food and grass. Now there is more silk in the Dongdu, but there is less silk and no money. Li Mi has food, no silk and no money. He can only eat his stomach, but nothing to reward his subordinates. So this may be used. We can contact Bing Yuanzhen, conduct some transactions, and exchange silk for rice."

Wang Shichong's eyes lit up: "This is OK? Li Mi is not a fool. He knows that we are short of food, so why are you willing to do this? Xuancheng, are you thinking too simple?"

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Man dies for money and birds die for food. Not everyone has the ambition of fighting for the world like Li Mi. Most people, including Zhai Rang, also go with the flow and seek survival in troubled times. Bing Yuanzhen is just a minor official, and is greedy by nature. It is because he has repeatedly embezzled the court's treasury and has never been promoted. Now he has millions of hu of military rations, but these white rice has no money. From his personal point of view, he will definitely make this deal with us."

Wang Shichong curled his lips: "But Li Mi would not agree. He is not a fool. How could he let our army get supplies? Even if Bing Yuanzhen wants to take advantage of the opportunity, he would not agree to resell military rations."

Wei Zheng smiled and waved his hand: "No, lord, you actually have one thing you have noticed. It is this Battle of Yuecheng. Li Mi brought more than twenty boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, jade and jade."

Fei Qingnu hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, it was stolen from Li Mi's camp. Grandma's. What a pity. In the end, in order to get rid of the pursuers, he threw it away on the road as the general said." Speaking of this, Fei Qingnu's face showed a heartbroken expression and kept shaking his head.

Wang Shichong shook his head: "What does this mean? Since Li Mi has so many treasures to reward soldiers, doesn't it just mean that he is not short of money?"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Lord, what did you say when our civil servants and generals of the Great Sui Dynasty were rewarded? Do you give them these gold, silver and treasures, agate and jade directly?"

A blue light flashed in Wang Shichong's eyes and he said in a lost voice: "Of course not, it is usually given silk, Xuancheng, do you mean, Li Mi does not have silk?"

Wei Zheng nodded: "That is, during the Taiping period, the five-zhu coins were common in the world, but copper coins were heavy after all. Hundreds and thousands of copper coins were put together, not a small number. The lord should know this best, so he opened money shops everywhere and gave Feiqian money tickets to solve the inconvenience problem of business travel transfer."

Wang Shichong smiled and said, "That's right, so relatively light and smaller things are usually used instead of copper coins. This is also true when the court rewards officials and soldiers. Xuancheng, what do you mean is that Li Mi lacks silk now, right?"

Wei Zheng smiled slightly and said seriously: "Yes, Li Mi was a bandit who defected to Wagang. These bandits gathered in the mountains and forests just to make a full stomach, eat meat and drink a big bowl of wine, so they would not have any silk. Later, after Li Mi went there, he began to go down the mountain to attack the prefectures and counties, but at this time the court could no longer collect grain taxes and silk. The treasury was mostly empty, not even copper coins. His gold, silver and jewelry probably robbed some treasures of wealthy families, and they were definitely not the treasures of the court!"

Wang Shichong nodded: "But in the troubled times, silk is useless. Li Mi doesn't have to ask for this. He has come here without silk for so many years before?"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "For bandits, just use rice and grain, just eat enough. They don't have high requirements. However, Li Mi's subordinates now have many officers and soldiers, and more and more scholars and officials. These people can be dismissed not just by eating enough. For example, General Fei, if you are in Li Mi, you just have enough food and no salary will be paid?"

Fei Qingnu shouted: "I'm willing to be a bird. I just lick blood from the knife to seek wealth. I'll be rich without silk and rich his grandmother!"

Wang Shi nodded with great interest: "Indeed, this is in line with human nature. People who are originally in the Sui Dynasty government system will never be satisfied with eating. Li Mi is now relying more and more on these people, so he has to give them enough benefits. Xuancheng, you reminded me that this is very important."
Chapter completed!