People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 140 Chapter 140: Three rescue strategies

People in the Tang Dynasty were good at dancing. Except for the farmers who worked cheek by jowl with the loess all day long, the rest of them knew more or less how to do it.This is especially true for nobles. At banquets, it is normal to eat wine and dance until you are happy.

"Cunzhi, come and dance for a while!" Li Fan drank so much that he returned to his usual "big tail can't fall off" look, and even joked with his immediate boss.

"Huh, I'm already on fire. I'm still joking. Take me to Cai Xiaolan quickly!" Li Cunzhi almost called for military justice.

Li Fan pointed to the outermost tent, "It's over there, go on your own!"

Li Cunzhi found the right direction, but was stopped by Fengcang, "There are many female relatives in the shed, noble sir, please change the direction."

"I'm Li Cunzhi, and I'm here at the invitation." He said loudly.

"Uncle Fengcang, please wait outside the general's tent!" When Cai Xiaolan heard that someone was coming, she immediately got up and went out.She thought the mission was going to fail.

The first thing Cai Xiaolan did when she arrived outside the tent was to nod towards Li Cunzhi, "Please, General Li Haihan, the space inside the tent is small, let's talk outside!"

It was exactly what Li Cunzhi wanted, so that he wouldn't have to wait until he returned to the tent to hear rumors that he and his wife were in the tent.

"Cai Xiaolan, I'm a rough guy, so I'll get straight to the point!" Li Cunzhi learned this from Li Jing. Every time he didn't want to pay attention to some red tape, he would start with this sentence, "Li Xiaowei said, the little lady has a plan Ease the food crisis! Why teach me?”

"I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower!"

"First of all, the easiest way is to make a decision. You only need General Li to write a letter asking for help to his superiors. I heard from Li Fan that General Li is upright and has done nothing wrong with the soldiers' money and food. Naturally, it has nothing to do with the shortage of food and grass. You only need to respond to your superiors in time. In the end, the responsibility has nothing to do with the generals, it just has to do with the hard work of the soldiers!"

Li Cunzhi had already considered this strategy. With his father's help, the responsibility would definitely not fall on him, but it would only cause hardship to the soldiers.

"Please continue to talk about the middle and best strategies!"

"It will be more difficult to implement the middle strategy. There is still more than half the journey to the destination. On the way, take more business roads and accept more money from merchants. Then let the baggage team pretend to go to the surrounding cities to buy grain. How much money is there? Buy as much grain as you want, but when you come back, all the baggage trucks must be full. Finally, select flexible people to form a hunting team to hunt meat. According to the amount of grain, ration the food to the soldiers."

"This is good! Although we eat less food, we won't starve to death." Li Cunzhi was happy.

"That's good, but if implemented, the general's reputation will be damaged. There is food in the baggage train, but there is very little food. I'm afraid the soldiers will say that the general is an exploitative person behind his back!" Cai Xiaolan Remind him of the shortcomings of Zhongce.

"What's the best policy?"

No one cares about reputation. Li Cunzhi was afraid when he heard about the bad reputation.

"The best option is just one word, borrow!"

"There are countless cities along the way. Everywhere you go, the general can borrow food!" Cai Xiaolan's strategy was not blind. She had read some history books and there were military units in them. She relied on these methods. , survived the famine.

If the time hadn't been too short, she could have taught Li Cunzhi how to farm.

"I can lend it generously, but can they lend it to me?" Li Cunzhi was a little confused. He didn't expect this to be the best option.

"Under normal circumstances, I would definitely not borrow it, but you have a thousand soldiers and horses, or a thousand hungry soldiers and horses. Who dares not to borrow it?"

"When the time comes, you choose a few smart soldiers and take them with you..." Cai Xiaolan followed the instructions.

If Zhongce offends the soldiers, then Shangce offends the governors and county officials of each city.Li Cunzhi thought for a long time, "You don't have to think about the next best option. The middle option is harmful to your reputation, but the best option is good! No -"

After all, he is not just a martial artist. In a flash, he thought of the key to the best policy, "Little lady, the best policy you mentioned is too detrimental to my career. If I do this, wouldn't many people hate me? How is this the best policy?" The shortcomings are greater than the middle strategy!”

"I am speaking from the perspective of a soldier. As for the general's career, you are a military attache, why should you be afraid of civilian officials?" Cai Xiaolan asked.

Li Cunzhi was stunned by the question and did not continue to answer. After pondering for a while, he remembered that Cai Xiaolan was still beside him, "Thank you so much, Miss Cai. It would be too shallow to say thank you for today's kindness. If you can get through this difficulty, you will definitely be grateful." Thanks."

Cai Xiaolan didn't say much. She was willing to give advice. On the one hand, she was following the army, and on the other hand, she couldn't bear to see the soldiers who worked hard guarding the border but ended up with a bad outcome.As for making friends with officials, she has no idea. Perhaps she has lost all expectations for the self-interested people of this era.

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After finishing singing and dancing, Li Fan had eaten too much wine and was too embarrassed to bother Cai Xiaolan anymore. Instead, he took the people directly back to the camp and fell asleep.

In order to catch the early cold, the troops set off early.As a school captain, Li Fan always slept until the last moment before leaving camp. Unexpectedly, he was called out by the soldiers early today.

"Captain Li, the general has military orders!"

"So early? What does Li Cunzhi want to do?" Although Li Fan was dissatisfied, he did not dare to say no.

Military law is so strict that no one dares to compete with it.

The soldiers quickly put on his armor, and Li Fan put his helmet under his arm and went to the commander's tent.

"General Li, there are only two of us. As for issuing military orders?" Li Fan started to hum as he entered the door.

But he saw Li Cunzhi also dressed neatly and sitting upright in the main seat.

"Li Xiaowei, the army is in a food crisis. Cai Xiaolan gave me three strategies: the upper, middle and lower strategies. I plan to use the middle strategy and the upper strategy together to form a hunting team. Please help me find a reliable person to serve as the leader. The leader of the hunting team. The route of travel also needs to be changed. I sent the relevant documents back to the military headquarters last night. The most important thing is that I have to go out to contact various cities and borrow some food from them. While I am away, You must cooperate closely with me. We cannot delay our arrival."

Li Cunzhi explained some details to Li Fan, which he had come up with after discussing with his advisers all night, and the details were all complete.

After saying these words, General Li left with his own soldiers.And Li Fan somehow became the boss in the army.

He tried it over and over again on the general's chair, and it wasn't until the sun rose that he remembered to form a hunting team. "By the way, let's form a hunting team first!"

The soldiers outside were wondering why they didn't hear the order today when they saw Captain Li walking out of the camp.

"Brothers, General Li has important matters and has temporarily left the camp. During his absence, he has entrusted me with the general affairs." Li Fan held his head high.

"Meet General Lee!"

There was a chorus of agreement from below, which greatly satisfied his vanity.

"Brothers who are good at hunting, please step forward while the rest pack their bags and get ready to go!" Li Fan shouted.

The entire army began to move.

　Thank you Shuyou for the two monthly passes, and thank you Shuyou for the recommendation ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)