After time travel, my best friend and I exchanged supplies and became a rich woman

On this day, the situation inside and outside the North City changed dramatically.

Fortunately, in the process of fighting and scolding, the commanders of the two armies finally got... tired.

We have been working for a whole day and night. Even a strong man would feel exhausted by this time.

So the two armies once again reached a ceasefire agreement.

If they don't stop, they will both tire each other to death.

It was precisely because of this ceasefire that both sides had time to think back and ponder the origins of the conflict.

Minister Lu, who had been hiding in the corner, beat his chest and stamped his feet to assure Qiu Sheng that the prince was definitely abducted by people sent by King Kang.

The purpose was to provoke them to fight with Ning Wang's army.

In the Ning Wang army, there were also old subordinates sent by General Kuang to escort his son. They analyzed that the instigator of the whole incident must be King Kang's group.

at last.

Qiu Sheng and Kuang Wucai sent their deputies to discuss cooperation.

Yes, the two main generals were persuaded by their deputies and did not show up.

Otherwise, the soldiers who had just taken a breather would probably have to start fighting again.

After all, no one knew why these two were attacking each other before they could even finish a sentence.

The two deputies, plus the Minister Lu who acted as a middleman, and several captains and thousand-foot-long commanders finally reached a consensus.

Both sides each dispatched 3,000 men and sent them around the west gate to try to find a breakthrough from there.

The remaining 30,000 or so people surrounded the north city tightly.

In addition, both sides must send out 500 people each to expand their blockade area and conduct patrols day and night.

Qiu Sheng's deputy felt that the losses they had suffered before must have been caused by King Kang sending people through the secret passage of the palace to leave the city and cause trouble.

Generally speaking, the secret passages in the royal palace would lead directly to the outskirts of the city.

As for where the route leads to the outskirts of the city, although no one knows yet, it will definitely be a good idea to expand the blockade and strengthen patrols.

"As long as we blockade Liaocheng tightly, the city will be in chaos within ten days." Minister Lu said.

Kuang Wucai's deputy general, named Wei Shu, agreed with Minister Lu's statement, "That's right. Liaocheng is the largest city in Liaozhou. Because of the banditry in Liaozhou before, most of the families with means moved to the city.

According to conservative estimates, there are at least 300,000 residents in the city, if not 500,000.

Let's see how they solve the problem of feeding 300,000 people..."

"What if, I mean what if," Qiu Sheng's deputy general, named Lin Cang, asked, "What if they have enough food and grass in the city?"

"Do you know how much food is needed in a day for 300,000 people?!" Minister Lu asked Lin Cang.

Lin Cang frowned and began to calculate. A soldier eats two meals a day, and each meal is equivalent to two taels of rice...

"150,000 catties of rice," the garrison replied. "We southerners like to eat rice. According to the amount used in our army, basically 300,000 troops need 150,000 catties of rice a day."

"That's right." Minister Lu nodded randomly. He didn't know how much rice the army consumed in a day! But he chose to trust the garrison.

This guy seems to be much more reliable than the one called Lin Cang.

Then I heard Minister Lu say: "Ordinary people generally don't hoard too much grain. In addition, the grain price in Liaocheng was high before, and the people earned little, so they would not hoard too much.

Just think about it... 150,000 kilograms of rice a day, which grain merchant in Liaocheng can have ten days of inventory?

Let's keep our troops in place for now, and wait until they start fighting in Liaocheng, and then someone will naturally open the city gate for us."

The two deputy generals nodded and said that this was a great idea.

...............

On the city floor.

Seeing the battlefield outside the city finally calm down, Ji Chongning suddenly thought of something.

He sent someone to call Magistrate Meng.

The person who was called back was indeed Lord Sun.

Lord Sun said, "Governor Meng is ill, so I have to take over his duties temporarily. If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Although Sun Hanwen didn't know Ji Chongning's identity yet, he knew that Ji Chongning was a student of Minister Zhang.

And looking at his demeanor, and the fact that everyone on the city wall was very respectful to him, Lord Sun could guess that Ji Chongning's identity must be no simple one.

At the very least, he has to be a prince or a duke.

So Lord Sun was quite polite in his words.

Ji Chongning frowned and asked, "Is it possible that Magistrate Meng's illness will never be cured?"

"Haha, there are times when I am better. But it's just the summer heat. After Lord Sun came to inspect the construction site twice, he has been bedridden ever since.

It's okay, it's okay. Everything is based on the health of Magistrate Meng. If there is anything, I and my colleagues in the government office are here. It's okay, it's okay. "

It must be said that although Lord Sun may not be very capable in other aspects, his ability to secretly give people blinding medicine is quite great.

Ji Chongning thought that now was not the time to investigate whether Magistrate Meng was really ill or faking it.

So he collected his thoughts and asked, "Do you know how much grain the major grain merchants in Liaocheng have in stock?"

"You've asked the right person!" Lord Sun said with a smile, "My wife has always been on good terms with the second wife of the Shao's Grain Store, the largest grain merchant in our city.

She occasionally mentioned to me that Shao's grain store usually had its own cavalry to deliver grain every three to five days.

Because the Shao family’s grain shop is in our…”

"Get to the point." Ji Chongning interrupted Lord Sun's long speech.

Lord Sun rolled his eyes and said, "It should be around two or three thousand stones."

Not much.

Ji Chongning frowned.

"You ask about storing food. It is to prevent us from being surrounded by outsiders, right?" Lord Sun suddenly asked.

Ji Chongning did not answer, but just looked at Lord Sun with a grim look.

This look, although not ferocious, is indeed a bit creepy.

After a long while, Ji Chongning nodded, "I have this concern."

"Hahahaha, isn't this a coincidence?!" Lord Sun laughed like a dog's tail grass, "I had this worry before.

So two days ago, when there were no people in the south of the city to block us, I borrowed almost all the horse and ox carts in the city and brought all the grain stored in Xingmin Granary to the city."

"Really?!" Ji Chongning's eyes suddenly lit up, "How much food is there?"

"The total amount is 56,000 dan. If we eat frugally, it will be enough to feed the 300,000 people in our city for two months." Lord Sun said.

"Dong Yue said," Song Ke suddenly came over and joined the discussion, "All the food in our Dehe Villa that was reserved for Ci'an Hall will be donated to the government."

"When did she say that?" Ji Chongning turned and asked Song Ke.

"She told me that when she left this morning." Song Ke was confused.

"Why didn't she tell me?" Ji Chongning said dissatisfiedly.

Song Ke stamped his feet in anger, "Is this the time to argue about this?!"

".......I will requisition all the grain in the Changping warehouse. Sun Tongzhi, you will arrange that after three days, there will be porridge shops at every street corner, and each person can get two bowls of porridge every day. Make sure the people don't starve to death first."

Ji Chongning said so.

"Prince...Prince?!" Lord Sun stammered.

The prince with the surname Ji? !

How come he doesn't know when their Darong Dynasty should change?

"What do you mean by the surname Ji? Stop talking nonsense and come and pay your respects to His Majesty King Wen! " Song Ke quickly winked at Lord Sun.

Lord Sun had countless questions in his mind.

King Wen?!

Where did the King Wen of their Darong Dynasty come from? !

He was only detained in the government office for three or four days. What did he miss?