After Ren left, Yingkang returned to the room again, and Yingzhao and Zhao Boyu were still waiting here.
Seeing Yingkang coming in, Zhao Boyu said: "Master Sima, what the hell is going on with him only for our 500 people, what can this little force do not resist Rong Di's invasion at all." ” Ying Kang waved his hand, "This is not the main thing at the moment, the most important thing is how we should appease these tens of thousands of people, solve this problem, and the remaining problems will be solved." ” "What are the people, these people are originally the people of the scattered country, since he is not willing to take care of the scattered dishes, what are we anxious about" Zhao Boyu said puzzled.
In his opinion, the people are the people of the scattered country anyway, since your country is not willing to take care of it, we Qin people are too lazy to take care of it, and the soldiers under him are their own people, after all, the Qin army will use these people to fight in the future Ying Kang looked at Zhao Boyuan and said, "Boyuan, you must remember that only the people are our foundation.
A country or a collective, if it does not have its people, it is nothing.
Since these people are willing to return to Longchuan from the south bank of Weishui to follow our Qin people, then they are our people, and we have the obligation to give them food and drink, and at least we should take care of their lives this year. ” After all, Mencius had not yet been born at this time, and no one told him the truth that "the people are noble and the king is light", he knew that leading the troops to fight, as long as there were more soldiers, he would be able to win the battle, as for the affairs of the people, he would not care, and he was unwilling to care.
"Okay, okay, what you said is right, but how can we feed so many people, this is a lot of food, where do we get it" Although Zhao Boyu didn't understand Yingkang's reasoning, but since Yingkang said it, there must be his reasoning, so Zhao Boyu said impatiently.
To feed so many people, a lot of food is needed.
Ying Kang looked at Ying Zhao: "Third brother, you are the grain and agriculture officer of Qianyi, tell me about the current grain reserves in Qianyi." ” Yingzhao didn't speak, but since Yingkang asked, he analyzed: "Master Sima, Bo Yu, in fact, you don't have to worry.
When I was co-opting the people who had fled here, I made a special statistics.
Since the beginning of this year, more than 13,000 people have defected to our Qianyi, and among these people, except for a very small number of people who really have no food or clothing, most of them still bring their families and families, and many of them still bring food and supplies, and less than 30 percent of the people really need our help. ” Less than 30 percent Ying Kang listened: "So there should be at least more than 3,000 people who need our relief."
"Yes, it should be no less than three thousand.
If we add in our more than 1,000 soldiers, we still lack at least 4,000 to 5,000 people for the winter.
Yingzhao said.
"Hey, that's not a small number, where are we going to get so much food," Ying Kang not only asked.
"Lord Sima, there have been two ways to solve this problem.
One is to reduce the food supply of existing personnel; The other is to mobilize food from outside to replenish it.
If we start collecting food from Inuhill now, we will be able to feed these people before winter comes.
At least the people will not be allowed to die in Qianyi. ” Mobilize food from Inuhills It's not that Yingkang hasn't thought about this method, but Inuqiu is the foundation of the Qin people, and most of the time they live a life of herding, and the food is the same as Rong Di, even if they are mobilized from Inuqiu, they can only be beef and mutton and very little grain, which is simply not enough for so many people to live.
Thinking of this, Ying Kang said to Ying Zhao: "If the grain, cotton and linen of our two houses are distributed to the people, you will calculate how much food and clothing are missing."
"After giving all our food to the people, what will we eat?"
asked Yingzhao puzzled.
"We can gather beef and mutton and sheepskin from Inuqiu to eat, but most of the people here eat millet and cotton and linen from the Central Plains, and they are not used to eating things that we are not used to.
It is my intention to give the people the millet and cotton and linen that we have, and then we will bring things from the dog mound to eat. ” After listening to Yingkang's words, Zhao Boyu said with some reluctance: "Lord Sima, you are so good to these people, you are willing to share the things in your house with the people, and I don't know what benefits they have given you."
"I have already said that the people are the foundation of our foothold in Guanzhong, if there is no support from the people, we have to get out of the country as soon as possible, since these people are willing to follow us, our bureau cannot let them freeze to death or starve to death in Qianyi."
After listening to Yingkang's words, Yingzhao calculated a little and said, "If that's the case, then we still need ten to fifteen truckloads of grain."
As for the clothes, as long as the people are willing to wear them, the ones we brought from Inuqiu should be enough. ” "Okay, then it's decided, let's think about how to get these ten truckloads of grain now."
After listening to Yingzhao's calculations, Yingkang said.
Upon hearing this, Yingzhao suddenly smiled, "This question is actually very simple. ” Simple Ying Kang looked at Ying Zhao when he heard it and said, "It seems that the third brother has come up with a way, say it and listen to it." ” "At the moment, although Sanguo does not agree to send us food, we can continue to ask for help from Yuguo, I don't believe it, the Guild will not give you a face for this uncle."
Listening to Ying Zhao's words, Ying Kang shook his head, "Don't you know, when Prince Zhao suggested to his monarch, he clearly pointed out that we were going to join forces with the Kingdom of Yu to plot to dissolve the country, which attracted the attention of the scattered plates.
If we ask for help again, will it attract people's attention again, and if we leave an excuse for Sanguo again, I really can't afford it."
Ying Zhao thought for a while and said, "I think they won't be suspicious this time."
Then Ying Zhao said to Ying Kang: "Didn't the princess of the Kingdom of Qiu marry into Qianyi, and said that she is not used to the life of the Qin people here, and she needs to transfer ten carts of grain from Guanzhong to supply the princess to live, who would be suspicious?"
As soon as Ying Zhao's voice fell, Ying Kang immediately realized that this was indeed the best way to solve the current problem, "Yes, the third brother is right, we will ask the princess to mobilize food for the princess on the grounds that the princess is not used to the life of the Qin people, I don't think anyone will be suspicious." ” After saying that, Ying Kang's expression suddenly dimmed.
"Brother, isn't it a little embarrassing, Princess Ruoxi marrying our Qin people not only brought a little benefit to others, but also caused trouble to others.
This makes you a little embarrassed" Yingzhao is a person who has come over after all, and knows the difficulties that Yingkang is facing at this time.
Ying Kang didn't answer, because he knew that this matter did make him a little embarrassed, and everyone who was a husband and a gentleman solved difficulties for his wife, and instead of solving any difficulties for Ruoxi, he repeatedly caused chaos to others.
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