Chapter 320

Of course, Emperor Yan wanted to uproot the people of the Chiwu Army in the territory of Yan State, thereby cutting off the supply of food and salaries for the Chiwu Army and forcing the Chiwu Army to submit.

Too bad it's not that easy.

Lin Xiaoyue's heart moved.

"So now, what's the situation on the Chiwu Army side?" Chong Lixiao asked.

"Not good." Li Xiao sighed.

"Emperor Yan investigated and punished the property of the Nangong family. Although most of the Chiwu Army in charge of the property escaped, too many industries were damaged. The remaining industries can no longer support the consumption of the border."

"The consumption of nearly 6,000 troops at the border, even if the army is not paid, is not small."

Fortunately, the Chiwu Army did not go out of the city to fight, and only stayed in the pass.

The loss of weapons and armor is small, and the biggest expenditure is only on the daily consumption of humans and horses.

But even so, he couldn't stand it any longer.

Now Emperor Yan saw that the Chiwu Army had no support and was almost out of food, so he just sat and watched the Chiwu Army continue to exist.

Just looking for an opportunity to incorporate the Chiwu Army, or force the Chiwu Army to rebel, and then completely destroy the Nangong family.

Right now, the Chiwu Army has actually fallen into a predicament.

Lin Xiaoyue frowned.

The cost of raising an army of 6,000 people is indeed not small.

Not including military salaries, if one person and one horse add up to a month, even if it only costs one tael of silver, six thousand people will get six thousand taels.

The border is bitter and cold, and now it's winter.

It hasn't snowed yet in Dashi Village. If it's at the border, the snow might have already fallen.

It's been a while since the accident at Nangong's house. This year, the Chiwu Army's winter clothes are probably not ready.

"It's not a good thing for the Chiwu Army to stay at the border." Lin Xiaoyue looked at Li Xiao.

The 6,000-strong Chiwu Army lived under the supervision of Emperor Yan.

Their food, clothing, housing and transportation are under guard at any time.

If someone delivers a large amount of food and salaries to the Chiwu Army, it is very likely that they will be caught by Emperor Yan.

Then follow the clues, catch the hidden people, and even implicate them.

But if it doesn't matter, the 6,000 people will be miserable.

Either compromise and surrender to Emperor Yan. Either rebel and be slaughtered by Emperor Yan.

Li Xiao nodded.

"With tens of thousands of people, it is not easy to evacuate. In addition, it is difficult to arrange the evacuation of soldiers."

He had been thinking about this before, but never made up his mind.

Once the Chiwu Army withdraws, Emperor Yan will surely pursue him. If the follow-up is not arranged in advance, it is very likely to be encircled and suppressed.

Li Xiao looked at Lin Xiaoyue.

"Most of the people in the Chiwu Army are orphans, and the information of the soldiers has not been listed in the imperial army book, but there is no need to worry about implicated family members." Chong Lin Xiaoyue said.

Therefore, the most difficult thing is actually how to settle the 6,000 people who have withdrawn.

Six thousand people, no matter where they are arranged, the target is too big.

Lin Xiaoyue's eyes moved.

"Maybe, I can arrange it." Then, he said solemnly.

Li Xiao was shocked.

Lin Xiaoyue smiled.

"My three Zhuangzi are short of manpower."

The surprise in Li Xiao's eyes quickly returned to dullness.

"It's not impossible to arrange some people to go to Zhuangzi to help farm the land. But how many people can one Zhuangzi arrange?"

As for the six thousand people, at least twenty big Zhuangzi would be needed to accommodate it.

Lin Xiaoyue smiled.

"Each Zhuangzi arranges four hundred people. Responsible for land reclamation, farming, breeding and workshops."

Li Xiao looked suspicious.

Lin Xiaoyue ignored it and continued: "After we go, we may not need so many people in the early stage, but when the first season of Chili comes out, these people will probably not think about leisure."

"You have also seen the peppers we planted this year. With less than an acre of land, when it was time to pick peppers, Aunt Jiang and Xiaohua were barely able to handle the red peppers in the field."

"There are three villages in our family, and the total land of each village is close to 300 acres. When the pepper production season comes, 400 people will join the battle, which is almost enough to handle."

"In addition to picking the peppers from the ground, you also need people to dry the peppers. Also, when the peppers are collected, they will have to allocate some people to make the peppers into pepper powder, and then arrange to send them back to the Dashi Village workshop."

"Afterwards, when the peppers in the fields are collected, things seem to be less. But Zhuangzi will be full of peppers when he arrives. These are all waiting for them to grind slowly. No worries."

"In addition to the work of processing chili powder, the sweet potato vines in the field had already come out at that time, and the piglets had already entered the pigpen. The pig farm had to be looked after."

"Also, digging sweet potato vines in the ground, weeding, etc., also have to take care of it. In the next month, new pepper seedlings will be planted in the ground."

"Then in just two months, the second season of peppers will be produced, followed by the digging of sweet potatoes."

"At that time, it's really busy."

The corners of Lin Xiaoyue's mouth raised, "The peppers from the first season have not been ground into powder yet, and the peppers from the second season are here again."

"At that time, not only will I have to rush to collect the red peppers in the field, but I will also have to dig up the sweet potatoes when the peppers are taken back."

"After this is done, there are sweet potatoes on Zhuangzi, so it's time to put in the chicks again. The chicken farm has to arrange for manpower."

Li Xiao was shocked.

"The chili and sweet potatoes are taken back, so that the chili powder workshop in Zhuangzi can continue to increase their output."

"At the same time, when sweet potatoes come out, I also want to send some people out to make sweet potato flour and vermicelli."

"In this way, I'm afraid there will not be enough manpower." Lin Xiaoyue said, her brows were already wrinkled.

Then, looking at Li Xiao, "According to my estimation, after the last season of peppers is produced, the dried red peppers and sweet potatoes left in Zhuangzi will be enough for the workshop on Zhuangzi to process the new season of peppers the next year."

In other words, throughout the winter, the people on Zhuangzi don't want to be idle.

There are only 400 people in the area, which is more than the people in the village of Dashi Village. Of course, in the case of Dashi Village, the old and the young were not removed.

She arranged a village, which is more than enough.

Li Xiao listened to Lin Xiaoyue's analysis, knowing that she knew the production of peppers and sweet potatoes better than herself, and agreed with her statement.

"One village houses four hundred people, and three houses only 1,200 people." Li Xiao frowned. The distance of 6,000 people is still a lot.

But the look is better than before.

"One village is naturally not enough." Lin Xiaoyue's eyes moved.

"The eldest prince recruits you to a large extent, and it should be for the Chiwu Army."

Li Xiao was stunned.

nod.

Although the Chiwu Army was damaged by a small amount, its strength was still far from that of the other armies of the Yan Kingdom.

Even if there are only 6,000 people left, the combat power is comparable to 60,000.

Such an army, not only Emperor Yan wanted to subdue, but also the First Prince.

"Then let the eldest prince send me some Zhuangzi." Lin Xiaoyue smiled brightly.

Li Xiao was stunned.

Let the eldest prince send Zhuangzi? This... doesn't seem to be impossible.

If a Chuang Tzu arranges 400 people, if there are 6,000 people, 15 Chuang Tzu is enough.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao's expression became a little moved.

But it made Lin Xiaoyue smile.

"It's just that Zhuangzi who grows peppers needs a lot of people. Besides, Qingshi Town can't get so many Zhuangzi."

Because the geographical location of Qingshi Town is really good, Zhuangzi is really expensive and difficult to buy.

Li Xiao looked at Lin Xiaoyue suspiciously.

There are not so many Zhuangzi, how can that person arrange?

Lin Xiaoyue continued: "If the eldest prince makes a move, there should be two or three more pepper-growing Zhuangzi around Qingshi Town. It shouldn't be a big problem. Try to get as many as six, so that 2,400 people can be arranged."

"Besides, when people arrive, it's not just Zhuangzi who goes there. My chain store also needs people."

Li Xiao looked at Lin Xiaoyue again.

"I'm talking about the snack workshop." Lin Xiaoyue said.

Naturally, it is impossible for Chi Wujun to be a clerk and be seen by others.

It is safest to let them work in the snack workshop and reduce going out.

"A snack workshop that supplies three snack bars must have at least one steward and accountant, two servants who deliver and buy goods together, and six people who prepare snacks, as well as wash dishes and do chores."

"That is to say, a snack workshop must have at least nine people. This is for the smallest snack workshop."

"If there are many snack bars around the snack workshop, there will be more people in the workshop. For example, in Nan'an County, if the place is too big, it will not be a problem to accommodate 30 or 40 people."

"In this way, two or three hundred people can be arranged. Adding the people from the six villages, there are almost three thousand people."

The extra ones can be distributed to Zhuangzi. Anyway, Zhuangzi has a lot of things to do, so he can arrange it.

Li Xiao nodded.

Three thousand people, such an arrangement, has already solved half of the problem.