Chapter 259 Zhou Ruan was lifted up to fight Zhou Ruyuan in the ring!
Zhou Ruan came back from looking around the military camp, covered in cold sweat.
In the big camp, there were only a dozen bags of surplus grain left. The person guarding the grain depot told him that the Zhenbei Army had to eat at least thirty tons of grain a day, and the food here was not even enough for one day. !
The thought of sending Shen Lanxi to recruit troops as soon as he arrived made me break out in cold sweat again.
When the northwest wind blew, Zhou Ruan woke up.
This mess cannot be accepted!
I can’t accept it yet. I have to resolve the food and grass issue before sending Shen Lanxi away.
He has already thought of the reason. He has just arrived in the northwest. He is not familiar with the place and does not understand anything. He needs time to adapt.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the camp, he was picked up by Shen Lanxi.
Shen Lanxi: "It's great. There is a third prince in Dongchuan, and we also have a second prince in the northwest. The third prince is the King of Zhennan and the God of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty. When the second prince drives out the foreigners, Your Majesty will definitely make the second prince the king of Zhennan. King Bei, the second prince will be another Great Zhou God of War by then!”
"Times create heroes, this is indeed true!" Shen Lanxi said, nodding heartily.
Zhou Ruan was lifted directly to the roof by Shen Lanxi, and the ladder was removed. It's hard for him to get up and down now!
"I'm not familiar with the military affairs in the northwest, and I still need General Shen to lead the area!" Zhou Ru'an only knows how to pick the weakest persimmons, and believes that Shen Lanxi is easier to handle than Wei Dongzhu.
Shen Lanxi: "General Wei knows the northwest better than me, and I haven't been here long. If the second prince wants to know more, he can ask General Wei to find out. You are both men, and it is easier to talk to me than a woman like me!" "
Zhou Ru'an felt like something was stuck in his throat when he heard this, but he didn't refute it.
In his opinion, Shen Lanxi was willing to hand over power because she was afraid of imperial power and his status as a prince.
This is a good thing for him.
On the way here, he was still thinking about what measures Shen Lanxi would take if he was greedy for power and refused to deliver.
As a result, he didn’t do anything, and Shen Lanxi was about to give up.
A woman is a woman, she has no courage to take on any responsibility, maybe she is just waiting for someone to take over the mess.
But about the food and fodder~
Zhou Ruan was undecided again.
After receiving Shen Lanxi's signal, Liu Yanhui immediately said angrily: "Why did your Majesty give food and grass to Dongchuan? We obviously won the war here, could it be that Dongchuan also won the war?" Did they kill the rebels over there?"
Che Mingyuan took the words and stamped his feet angrily: "Before, the northwest gave in one after another and lost several cities in succession. He beat the shit out of the three tribes and took back a city. How can he not receive rewards and food for such a great achievement?"
Wei Dongzhu looked at Zhou Ruan: "Second Prince, I wonder, Your Majesty. After learning that our Zhenbei Army has recaptured a city, what kind of reward will there be?”
Zhou Ruan lowered his eyes and thought about things, and after a while he said: "I will go to the court and ask for food and fodder. There is not much food and fodder in the army now. I wonder if you have a solution?"
Wei Dongzhu Blocking Shen Lanxi, he said bluntly: "We can borrow food and grass from Xiling City, but we must ask His Majesty for instructions!"
When Zhou Ruan heard this, he thought it would be easy, and his father agreed with him to act cheaply.
“Take my warrant and borrow food from Xiling City later.”
“Yes!”
Shen Lanxi quietly left the camp, and Ban Sicao, Qian Feng, Cheng Zheng and others followed silently.
The Zhenbei Army has experience in farming. When Shen Lanxi passed by, the Army was presiding over the division of land and grain types.
"General, the northwest is arid, and farming may not be as ideal as Dongchuan!" Qian Feng said.
Shen Lanxi already has a plan.
“Divert water from Qinglong Lake for irrigation, and then adapt to local conditions and plant crops suitable for soil growth according to different soils!”
Cheng Zheng already has a plan for what land to plant and what crops to grow. He will make a list and submit it later. Then there was the matter of water diversion from Qinglong Lake. Then I thought about it. The land was frozen before, but now the land is thawing. This time is indeed suitable to start construction!
Shen Lanxi continued: "The distance between each city is too long. If a foreign tribe attacks, it will be difficult for the soldiers and horses in another city to quickly reinforce."
Qian Feng : "General, do you want to continue building military forts?"
Shen Lanxi nodded: "The northwest is vast, and there is a large area of land that can be utilized. Previously, I had people buy a lot of watermelon and cantaloupe seeds from the Western Regions. It can be planted in sandy or rocky land!"
I didn't expect the general to be so knowledgeable about farming. Cheng Zheng quickly recorded it, and then wrote: "Can cotton be cultivated here?"
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Shen Lanxi took a look: "Dongchuan can only grow one season, but here you can harvest two or three crops!"
Cheng Zheng smacked his tongue and sighed in his heart. During the few years he spent in Dongchuan, his brain was really frozen. Stupid.
High-yielding crops such as cotton, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, and soybeans are indeed not picky. If the people want it, he will have to look at it more.
Qian Feng is responsible for the water diversion of Qinglong Lake. Shen Lanxi has only one official job now.
Recruiting troops!
There were very few soldiers that could be recruited here, so she thought of a possibility.
Move to Ding!
Che Mingyuan's current position is very embarrassing. The identity of the new prince's military supervisor is here. Although he is not assigned elsewhere, he is given the title of military supervisor on his head. , impossible.
After deliberation, Shen Lanxi pointed the direction to Che Mingyuan.
"You go and preside over the relocation. As long as it is within the scope of the northwest and Dongchuan areas, I will give you the greatest authority. Who dares to stop it? If anything happens, I will take care of it!"
After thinking about it for a moment, Che Mingyuan understood what Shen Lanxi meant.
"Tomorrow I will go to Zhou Ruan to apply for a job. He will definitely want to take me out of the military camp in a sedan chair!"
Shen Lanxi laughed.
Che Mingyuan continued: "There have been frequent wars in the northwest in the past two years, and it may be difficult to move ordinary people here. I suggest starting with the prisoners in the prison."
"Some petty thieves If your family is willing to move here, you can be exempted from some punishments!”
Shen Lanxi nodded and reminded: "There must be a certain limit!" Don't let all the messy things come to the northwest.
Che Mingyuan: "You can also apply to the imperial court for some exiled prisoners to come and build the city wall."
Shen Lanxi glanced at Wei Dongzhu, who said: "Tomorrow I will discuss it with Zhou Ru'an, he He is a prince, and it is easy to ask for people from the court!"
Shen Lanxi smiled sarcastically: "Then we must make good use of his status as a prince!"
Everyone finally understood what Shen Lanxi meant.
In the eyes of outsiders, Emperor Renxiao was seizing power by sending the prince to supervise the army, but little did they know that he might also be sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth.
If it were two countries, Zhou Ruan's identity would be a proton.
Just as we were about to continue discussing the specific details of moving to Ding, Haruyuki came to report.
"General, the second prince is here, and what he said is that he wants to see Mr. Zhou."
What Mr. Zhou?
Everyone was in a daze for a moment, and finally remembered the fifteenth princess Zhou Yunyue who was expelled from the royal family.
Then, all eyes fell on Shen Yuanjing!