"So much?" Liu Zhaoji was surprised.

"Don't embarrass Mr. Liu, just buy it at the market price, trade it in cash, and never take credit." Wu Shigong said.

"Mr. Wu is a person, and he must believe it. But let me tell you, although there is no shortage of military food in Liaodong, it is all needed in the army. Although some can be outflowed out of the market, it is by no means as large as Wu Zongbing said. If you want, you can only buy it from the local general. They all own a large number of military camps inside and outside the Guan, and there are also military households that cultivate for them, and they all have a huge amount of grain and grass in their hands. ”

"That's great. If it's not troublesome, can Mr. Liu pull a line for him? I will never forget the benefits of Mr. Liu. ”

"That's it!" Liu Zhaoji hesitated for a moment, and then said to Wu Shigong, "Then you have to go to the ancestral family or the Wu family to buy it." ”

"Ancestral family? The Wu family? "Wu Shigong's teeth are sour, it's really a narrow road!

Seeing Wu Shigong's embarrassment, Liu Zhaoji smiled and said: "Chief Wu Bing! Don't take those things to heart. Those grains and grass are also waiting for mold in the warehouse, and our Liaodong has many soldiers and few people, so there are not so many people to buy grain, so the ancestral family and the Wu family will not refuse, but the price of grain is not much discounted. ”

In fact, Liu Zhaoji is still sure when he says this. After all, it is Wu Shigong, who has the worst relationship with Wu Shigong, and he only has some personal grudges with Wu Shigong, and he cannot be called a great enemy of life and death at all, so there is no possibility of fighting under the huge interests.

Besides, what good will it do to those generals of Guanning Iron Cavalry if they don't sell food and grass to the Runing Army? In addition to forcing the Runing army into a mortal enemy, it is impossible for all parties to watch the Runing army starve to death after all.

After that, either the governor Hong Chengchou allocated grain and grass again, which reduced the share of the food and salary supply of the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Or simply under Wu Shigong's anger, he returned to Runing with the Runing army, but this way. Do you want to let Guan Ning Tieqi face the Qing army single-handedly? At this time, they will not do anything to force a capable friendly army away.

And Wu Shigong saw hope, but he couldn't brush off Liu Zhaoji's kindness anymore. So he hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm ashamed, I can only trouble Mr. Liu." There are still many questions to ask Mr. Liu for advice. ”

"Hugh is polite. Distinguished guests, overjoyed! Liu Zhaoji immediately welcomed.

……

Wu Shigong returned home late for the second night in a row. And at the wine table, Wu Shigong gained a lot.

In addition to knowing more about the situation of the two armies, Wu Shigong basically determined that in Liaodong, as long as there is silver. It is not difficult to obtain grain and grass from the market. Because Liaodong has always had a sufficient supply of grain and grass from the imperial court, and these generals of the Guanning Iron Cavalry have reclaimed a large number of military cantonments in Liaodong, and the grain and grass collected by those military cantonments have no place to consume, so the families of those military generals have hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, in fact, they are worried about looking for buyers. Therefore. Grain and grass in Liaodong are not a supple commodity at all.

As for the purpose of Liu Zhaoji's banquet for Wu Shigong today: I hope that the two armies will help each other on the way to Ningyuan, and will also support each other in future battles. And Wu Shigong also has this intention. So the two hit it off. An offensive and defensive alliance was immediately reached.

However, on the way home, Wu Shigong thought of another question: looking at the situation in front of him, Hong Chengchou, the commander of the Ming army, obviously wanted to drag the Qing army into a protracted war. Even if everything went well, grain, grass and supplies were smoothly transported into Jinzhou City, and the main force of the Qing army was not lost at all, and their threat was not eliminated. It is likely that the Runing army will be stranded in Liaodong for a long time.

In that case, it is not a long-term solution, not to mention the huge cost of buying grain and grass for a long time, and to say that the supply of grain and grass has been kept in the hands of outsiders. And it's easy to be choked by outsiders. To know. It is the most combative, the most elite, and the most advanced troops, as long as there is no food and grass, it is only a fate to be slaughtered.

What a constant annoyance! Until now, Wu Shigong also regrets that he came to Liaodong. I thought it was a quick battle, but I didn't expect it to become a long-term stay, which was another mistake in judgment. However, it is no wonder that Wu Shigong made a mistake in judgment, because no one expected that the goal of the Ming army was to rescue Jinzhou, but they were able to endure slowly, and the saying that saving people is like fighting a fire no longer works here.

But it's useless to regret it now, Wu Shigong has come to Liaodong, and he can only come and be safe. And Wu Shigong, who calmed down, immediately opened up a new way of thinking.

If the Runing Army is to be stationed in Liaodong for a long time, it must solve the problem of the supply of grain and grass. And relying on the distribution of the imperial court like now, it can only be imagined that those adults will be merciful, and they need to be distributed according to the actual number of the Runing army. According to Wu Shigong's understanding of the court officials, unless they were immediately possessed by Lei Feng, it was absolutely impossible.

Then the only way out for the Runing Army is self-reliance. The thing to do is also very simple, also to establish a military cantonment to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the Runing army.

And at this time, Wu Shigong discovered a misunderstanding in his past. He originally thought that Guanwai was either a grassland or a barren land, but he didn't expect that there was high-quality farmland in Liaodong. At this time, he recalled that Liaodong in later generations had been renamed from the Great Northern Wilderness to the Great Northern Warehouse.

And Wu Shigong's thinking is even more divergent, since there are few people in Liaodong and more land, then Weishenme does not occupy the land in Liaodong? You must know that in the Central Plains of Guannai, if you want to seize some land, it will take a lot of effort. And in Liaodong, as long as you have a big appetite, you can circle as much land as you want. As long as you can keep these lands against the Manchu and Mongol threats. Of course, recruiting people to cultivate the land is also a challenge.

However, there are so many people in the Guan, and the displaced people are in groups, but they can't find a place to eat, whether it is to lure or capture the displaced people, they can get a large number of people, which is nothing more than to let them migrate to Liaodong.

As for the cold weather in Liaodong, you can only grow one season's grain, so let's grow some fields! This problem can also be solved by making up for the lack of production by quantity.

And in this way, the pledged land borrowed by the Runing Army will be obtained quickly, and the price of the land will be lowered at most, as long as the safety can be guaranteed, those creditors will also be willing to obtain these fields, anyway, those who lend the money to the Runing Army will not go to Liaodong to farm in person.

What is even more satisfying is that the Runing army also found the motivation to destroy the Manchus. (To be continued......)