In terms of supplies, there is no need to worry. They all travel lightly. Generally, it is enough to bring three to five days’ worth of supplies. If necessary, purchase them locally. After all, they are all small teams. As long as you find a larger town, county or prefecture nearby, you can Sufficient supplies can be purchased.
If that doesn’t work, we can still coordinate with several parties - during the next maneuver, when we meet other teams, ask each other for supplies. If there is not enough, the two parties will exchange places. In this way, they will slowly exchange back to Ding'an Mansion. The third prince over there There must be supplies shipped from the mainland.
Of course, sometimes there is no need to exchange back to Ding'an Mansion. The third prince will send caravans to various places to replenish supplies.
On the one hand, these caravans are used to replenish supplies for these people, and on the other hand, they are indeed used to trade in the desert.
After all, although the third prince has a steady stream of material and financial support from the mainland, it is naturally best if he can develop some ways to make money on his own.
But now, with private armed escorts, there is no fear that the caravan will be robbed by barbarians or thieves. The risks of doing business have been greatly reduced, and the profits have skyrocketed. This business can naturally be done.
In addition, going there to trade has two functions, one is to actually trade, and the other is to collect some information on the movements of barbarians.
Because there are supplies, and then private armed forces are deployed in this way, no matter how large the area of Shazhou is, the road can be cleaned without picking up lost items. As a result, it is now famous. Caravans from all over the place go to the desert to do business, and they all pass here. , don’t go to other places and pass by.
Of course, the main reason is that Shazhou is safer, while risks in other places have increased.
However, when the Hu people went to Mozhou and Huangzhou, because there were local Hu people activities in the two places, now there are more outsiders. Needless to say, the number of Hu people has increased, making it even more unsafe. So many people moved their families to Shazhou because they heard that it was safe there, causing the population of Shazhou to gradually increase.
Then came the caravans, which slowly passed through Shazhou, making Shazhou more and more prosperous.
On the contrary, there are too many barbarians of all kinds in Mozhou and Huangzhou, and countless counties and prefectures have been destroyed - mainly because there are too many barbarians and thieves, and there are not enough villages and towns for them. It's a disaster, so we can only besiege county and prefectural cities.
Seeing that the prefectures and counties in Mozhou and Huangzhou were in urgent need, the governors and generals guarding the gates began to ask the central government for money and supplies, saying that they wanted to recruit more soldiers to protect the counties and prefectures everywhere.
They are not afraid of the emperor blaming them. They also know that in the end, the emperor is cleaning up the family of his original wife, General Zhang, and the civil servants who previously supported the third prince. At this time, they are far away from the border and wandering. The emperor will not blame the officials who are outside the power struggle because this matter requires money. Even if he is angry, he does not dare to do anything to them now. Besides, they are not wrong, the border is indeed tight.
Besides, don’t do it now. When the emperor gains a firm foothold, you won’t dare to say that the barbarians are coming and you can’t withstand it. When the emperor has his hands free, don’t cut yourself.
Or maybe the barbarians won’t come over by then, and they won’t have an excuse to ask for money or supplies.
So it is best to ask for money and supplies now.
Sure enough, the fourth prince felt very bad after seeing these memorials asking for money and supplies, because there was not much money in the treasury - mainly because the money in the treasury had never been too much, and then after he came to power, in order to After wooing some of our own people and allocating funds to many places, the money we got was even more insufficient.
However, now is the time for him to deal with people everywhere, and it is indeed difficult to ignore these people. After all, they are not on the side of King Ru, right? You can't attack everyone. In the end, no one will support you.
So in the end, as a last resort, I took some more money from the meager treasury and sent some to the two states.
In the end, needless to say, all the money went to the officials and generals of the two states, and not a penny was spent on military training.
As for the people who will be killed by barbarians... they don't bother to care. Anyway, people are killed every month or even every day every year, so there is nothing they can do about it. What should the barbarians be afraid of if they attack the city? They won't take it anyway, they will just grab the things and leave. Just wait until they leave.
——I have to say that the third prince almost became angry when he collected the attitudes of officials and generals in Mozhou and Huangzhou. Fortunately, he came to the border and learned about this. Otherwise, in Beijing, thousands of miles away, how would you know this.
If he succeeds in taking power, he must replace these people. Letting these people stay at the border will be more harmful than letting those who are mediocre but not greedy for money stay at the border. After all, they are mediocre. But people who are not greedy for money can at least save him some money, unlike these people, who are not only mediocre, but also greedy, which is simply irritating.
The third prince couldn't just watch those people die tragically, so he could only arrange private armed forces as much as possible, expand business to Mozhou and Huangzhou, and try his best to protect the people.
Not to mention that the forces on the third prince's side are becoming more and more powerful, so is Linlang's side.
At the same time, the situation of the original wife’s family became worse and worse.
Soon, the fourth prince found a crime and took away the military power of Mr. Zhang and his sons. However, in view of their meritorious services, they were not dealt with for the time being and only let them stay at home - -It means, you have to thank me for not killing you.
At this time, Linlang secretly took them to the border.
Of course, before leaving, she asked Mrs. Zhang to write a letter saying that she wanted to return to her hometown for retirement.
After all, he left without saying a word, so don’t let the fourth prince feel strange.
The fourth prince agreed. Anyway, in the whole world, there is no royal land. Even if he returns to his hometown, if he wants to deal with their family in the future, it is just a matter of words. How can he run to the horizon?
But just like the third prince, he sent someone to monitor them.
What the fourth prince didn’t know was that Linlang used the same plan as the third prince to monitor these people, squeezing them to death, and then asking people to follow the emperor’s requirements at regular intervals. Just send a false letter to report to the emperor.
As for people, they naturally got to the border.
When they met the third prince, Mrs. Zhang and others, they were all a little embarrassed.
Although there is nothing wrong with fighting for the world and everyone being their master, since you have helped the fourth prince, don’t take any chances and expect the third prince to look good on you.
I didn’t expect that the third prince could ignore the past grudges. When he saw them coming, he was very enthusiastic and said that he happened to have too many men and not enough generals. When they came, someone could help them lead the troops, but they didn’t help them. Very busy.
How can I be embarrassed to let Mrs. Zhang and others ignore the past grudges?
At that moment, when Old Mrs. Zhang was bursting with tears of gratitude, he couldn't help but thank you: "I dare not obey His Highness's kindness, but I haven't been in charge of the border army for many years, so I don't know if I can still help Your Highness."