Regardless of the chaos caused by Shi Tianze's return to the camp, Xiao Feng also quickly returned to Taiyuan City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

She saw that there was no trace of battle around the city gate, and her heart was suddenly relieved, knowing that Shi Tianze's goal was herself, and she did not take advantage of this time to attack the city.

And Li Chang has already begun to arrange men and horses to patrol the city wall, many bright and dark posts are also arranged one by one, and there are soldiers pushing carts into the attic that has always been closed, and it is covered with a white cloth, I don't know what it contains.

Xiao Feng was relieved at this time, and immediately fell from the sky and returned to the mansion.

On the side, Xiao Xing had already walked up, handed over a report and said, "This is the soldiers who were injured in this battle and the lost materials, please take a look at it." ”

In order to meet the next battle, Xiao Feng transferred Xiao Xing to be in charge of internal affairs, on the one hand, it was to exercise her familiarity with internal affairs, and on the other hand, it was also to have her support in this Taiyuan City, which can be said to be foolproof.

As for Na Yu Wenwei, he was sent to Luzhou City to be responsible for integrating the internal organization of the entire Chifeng Army, and Xiao Feng also hoped that he could use the power of this person to hook up with the Southern Song Dynasty to see if he could reach some consensus with the Southern Song Dynasty to stabilize his rear.

It can be said that in order to stabilize the entire base area, Xiao Feng has taken great pains and has been working hard to find possible hope.

"So many losses?" Xiao Feng took the clearly marked form, just a sweep of it felt shocking, you must know that the previous one sacrificed more than 300 people, which is one-sixth of the loss in the last war, and the discarded weapons are even more countless, enough to equip a combat corps of 3,000 people!

Xiao Xing nodded slightly: "That's right." Moreover, now that the snow has closed the mountains, even the Fen River has been completely frozen, and if you want to mobilize materials from Luzhou, I am afraid that it will be impossible in a short time. ”

"How long can the food in the city last?" Xiao Feng asked.

Xiao Xing quickly recalled the information he had read, and then said: "If you only support the Red Phoenix Army, you can support it for three months, just enough to survive the winter, but if you include the people in this city, it is estimated that it can only last for a month." ”

"Can it only last so much time?, can't the taxes paid by those people meet the requirements?" Xiao Feng frowned, thinking hard about how to solve the food problem.

As the saying goes, if the soldiers and horses go first before they move the grain and grass, if they can't get the food, then won't they starve and freeze?

"I'm sorry, I can't!" Xiao Xing replied helplessly: "After all, after we captured this Taiyuan City, the autumn harvest season has already passed, and we can't harvest grain from the farmers here. Even if it was purchased with copper coins and gold, the grain would be 7,000 yuan a load, and the treasury in the government was too small to buy food to meet the needs of the army. After receiving the order conveyed by Xiao Feng, she began to investigate the grain production around Taiyuan City, and tried to collect grain taxes and commercial taxes from this city to solve some of the financial problems.

It's a pity that before this, the officials of Taiyuan City had already received grain taxes, and the people only had a little subsistence ration left in their hands.

In order to stabilize the situation in Taiyuan City, Xiao Xing naturally couldn't forcibly send soldiers to take away the rations, and at this time, it was a troubled time and commerce was withering, so how much could he expect with such a little business tax?

Nowadays, most of the food prepared by the Red Feng Army is transported from Luzhou City, and a small part of it is obtained by collecting the farmland of Guanyin Temple, Liujiabao, Majiazhuang and Xingguo Temple, which can be said to be unable to last long!

"Then have you investigated the situation of the farmland on the edge of Taiyuan City?" Xiao Feng said secretly, sure enough, and immediately asked Xiao Xing to take the account book that recorded the field property, and she looked at the various fields recorded on it and began to calculate carefully.

As the host of hand-organized these materials, Xiao Xing is naturally very familiar: "The original account book recorded about 3.37 million mu, but according to the investigation, only 330,000 mu of crops are actually planted at present. ”

"Only one-tenth, and the rest are all abandoned?" The whole face was instantly stunned, and Xiao Feng was incredulous.

Agriculture is the foundation of people's livelihood, if so much farmland is abandoned, what will the people eat?

Or to think in another direction, where did the people who originally planted these farmlands go?

Xiao Feng didn't dare to think deeply, she only knew that if she insisted on exploring, the facts she came to would completely subvert her worldview, and maybe that was why the people hated war so much!

With bitterness at the corners of her mouth, Xiao Xing was also full of surprise when she first learned about these situations, but after several investigations, she had no choice but to say, "That's right." There are only so many. According to the investigation, some of the people were killed in the war, while the rest of the people were afraid of the bandits, so they abandoned their farmland and fled. What's even more terrifying is that the local officials did not inspect the farmland at all, so they still collected agricultural taxes according to the previous standards, so that those people could not pay the agricultural taxes, and their families were forced to die. In such a vicious circle, the Taiyuan City of Reno in the past has become what it is today. ”

Xing, the people are bitter!

Death, the people suffer!

It is only today that Xiao Feng understands what this war means to the people.

"In that case, where did all the confiscated food go?"

Although most of the farmland has been abandoned, it does not mean that there is no one to farm, and if there are people who farm, then they will definitely be able to harvest grain. But why is there so little food left in this treasury?

That's one-tenth of the projected food!

Xiao Xing replied slowly: "According to Zhang Bangyi, before we occupied Taiyuan City, there was a robbery incident in the granary, and most of the grain was robbed by those people. Therefore...... "She is also very chilled about this situation, but at the moment, it is important to stabilize the situation, so she is not reckless.

"Snatched up, I don't think it was robbed, but it was already empty!"

With a "bang", Xiao Feng threw the ledger on the desk, she was already full of displeasure with the bureaucrats of this city, knowing that it was now the time when the Mongols were attacking, and these guys were still secretly doing things in the west, and even tried to dig the foundation of the Chifeng Army.

If you don't teach these people to know the power of the Red Phoenix Army, I'm afraid that these people won't remember it at all!

"Exactly. Sighing slightly, Xiao Xing saw Xiao Feng's eyes with a slight, it was obvious that she had a murderous intention, but she was not interested in shielding those dirty and despicable people, and said: "According to my sister's secret investigation, the granary of those gentry's homes has already been filled with grain, and if this grain is taken out, it will be enough for me and others to wait for the support of the Red Phoenix Army until the summer of next year." ”

"Very well! Very well, in that case, I don't need to keep my hand. Inform Xiao Yue and tell her that it's time for us to get started!"

The strong killing intent overflowed, Xiao Feng had already abandoned the kindness in his heart, if he wanted to survive in this troubled world, he had to be ruthless.

Since she can't destroy those Mongols, but some traitors are not!(To be continued.) )