Song Wentong stood up and took a piece of pastry made from the newly opened osmanthus this year. "Brother Guangming said that the King of Qin has now asked the Supervision Department, especially the CIA and the Military Intelligence Bureau, to send outstanding people to Chang'an, Luoyang and the towns in the world. I heard that the plan this time is extremely huge, and the entire Supervision Department is working hard, and even the General Staff Academy, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and the Ministry of War are fully cooperating. He also said that this is a rare opportunity."

"Oh, at this time, this big plan was suddenly made. Is the King of Qin preparing to march south? Should he march into the eastern capital Luoyang or the northern capital Taiyuan?"

"No, some of the news I heard is the opposite. I heard that the joint meeting of the King of Qin and the Provincial Pavilion and the Political Affairs Hall were convening conventions during this period. It seems that the situation in our Qin vassal is not optimistic now. Years of war have almost wiped out the family's assets. Li Qilang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has even resigned at the Political Affairs Hall meeting, intending to quit, saying that the King of Qin asked him to take over the housekeeper, but under his management, Qin vassal has not even enough food for the autumn harvest. He also said that the arsenal has been empty now, and the armor, weapons, gunpowder, and arrows have been used up."

"Is it really that serious?" Song Wang was not clear about the situation. She just felt that the Qin vassal was as powerful as before, especially Yanjing City, which had changed a lot in recent years. Although the original Youzhou City was also very large, it was too different from the current one. The original Youzhou City was only a small part of Yanjing City. Youzhou Yacheng became the now expanded royal city, and Youzhou City became the inner city of Yanjing. Yanjing City also built a huge wall outside the original city, circled a huge outer city, and built a new brilliant palace city to the north of the original Yacheng.

Yanjing City has increased several times more than the original Youzhou City, and its population has increased countless times. I heard that the population in Yanjing City has reached one million, second only to Dengzhou City. If we only calculate the number of residents in Yanjing City, it will reach 800,000 people.

Every day, people came and went on the streets. People of all colors and colors from all over the world, as well as all kinds of goods gathered here, and the indescribable prosperity and stability. She really didn't expect that Qin Fan had already had such a big problem due to continuous wars.

"You feel a little bit like this. The food price has risen now. Since the King of Qin entered Youzhou, the food price has been very stable. This is the first time the price has increased. Moreover, the limit of food coupons has also increased. Our food coupons have been reduced by 20 kilograms this month, and each person has reduced by 10 kilograms."

Song Wentong nodded thoughtfully. Although he was considered a new Yanjing native, he had heard of some situations in the Qin vassal states and knew that in the Qin vassal state, food was the official supply, and the price was the most stable. It can be said that food was the basis for the prosperity of the Qin vassal state today. Now there is a rise in grain prices and a limit on grain coupons. The reduction in grain supply per person really means that the Qin vassal state is almost beaten.

They are all those Hu people. Now there are hundreds of thousands of troops and five legions are still fighting outside the pass. It may even be a year or two to fight for many years. In this case, it is a bottomless pit, with a large amount of food, horses, livestock, and weapons being transported to the pass. And because of the long journey, too much food and grass has been consumed on the road. In addition to these, because of the continuous wars, Qin Fan has repeatedly recruited united soldiers and village soldiers to the battlefield in the past two years, and even recruited civilians to transport food and grass.

These young and strong laborers have been away from home for many years, which has caused great damage to local production. It is not obvious for a while, but when the Qin army launched wars one after another, even fighting on both sides at the same time, or even fighting on the third line, the inventory that the Qin army has worked hard to accumulate over the years has been decreasing.

In addition, the Qin army continued to win military victory. The continuous expansion of territory and increasing population was naturally excellent on the surface. However, the expansion speed was too fast and the population territory was not digested enough, which eventually led to the accelerated consumption of the Qin army's food and food supplies.

After the end of this Battle of Daibei, Qin Fan's family finally came to an end.

Under such circumstances, the bottomless cave outside the northern pass must be maintained, and the Qin Fan was indeed unable to continue to expand. For the Qin army, continuing to expand, the rapid expansion speed would make the Qin Fan who was unable to digest it to death.

"Don't worry, King Qin is so wise, he must have seen the problem. As long as we adjust the direction in time, our giant ship will always be the safest and most solid. However, it is very likely that we will not be able to expand in the next few years, and it will take a long time to digest and absorb. For this reason, we need to send a large number of people to various towns. From now on, maybe we will fight with various towns for a long time, rather than fighting with all towns for a long time."

"It's good that this will finally be gone for a few years. Wars are fought every year and month, and such days are really annoying. I'm always uneasy when I go to bed at night, and I always worry that the Qin army will be defeated one day and Youzhou City will be destroyed. This good day will be over." The Song Wang family didn't understand too many principles, but they were so satisfied with the stability and food and clothing under the rule of the Qin King, that they always felt unreal.

The yard gate slammed, followed by fast and tight footsteps. Undoubtedly, it was Chen Lun, the son of Song Wentong's boss Chen Bing. He walked into the corridor, holding a snatch ball in one hand, and greeted them very familiarly, "Hey! Brother Zhengchen, sister-in-law."

He was wearing a gray sports cotton shirt and pants. Because he had just finished kicking Cuju, his thin and tanned face was radiant, his hair was a little messy with a brocade belt, and he was holding a tea cigarette in his thin mouth. He looked like a child who was not restricted by the family and received a new style of Qin's family. Song Wentong is still a little puzzled. Chen Bing, a 20-year-old child, had received traditional old-style education before, but why did he change so much after studying in the Dengzhou Academy of Qin's family for a few years?

Especially when Chen Bing heard that Allen was a little weak, he studied in Dengzhou for a few years and just joined the navy and land forces in Tianjin this year. He spent most of his time on the sea and training on warships. How could he grow stronger and stronger as he eats the military food? His slender figure gradually became tall and burly. Song Wentong was a little envious of Chen Lun's tanned skin because it shows a lot.

Blue sky and sea, navy warships, Cuju.

He greeted him with a smile. “I heard your father say you are going to Ryukyu?”

"Yes, Brother Zhengchen. The navy has recently received a new mission. A fleet will go to Ryukyu, the opposite island of Fujian. The General Staff planned to send two naval army troops to accompany the fleet. This is a good opportunity. I signed up, but my father has not agreed yet. Brother Zhengchen has to help me persuade my father. He is going to Chang'an himself, but he doesn't let me go to Ryukyu. This is not fair." Song Wentong and Chen Bing brothers, but Chen Lun called Brother Song Wentong, who is only five years older than him. This generation is a bit messy, but everyone doesn't care and calls them.

Song Wentong smiled. A young man like Chen Lun received a new education in Dengzhou for several years. He was at the age of passion. It was naturally normal to want to go further. However, he was not familiar with this Ryukyu, and he only heard that it was a large island opposite the Fujian Sea in the southeast. It is said that the large island was extremely large, almost larger than the Shandong Peninsula or the Liaodong Peninsula. However, it was a wild and malaria-like land, with only some uncivilized natives. During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang sent his army to Ryukyu on the sea and even captured many natives to Chang'an.

However, I heard that the climate is hot, but the island is suitable for planting sugarcane. In recent years, with the prosperity of Qinfan trade, many families in Dengzhou and Liaodong went to Liuqiu Island to cultivate sugarcane gardens, plant sugarcane, and then built sugar sugar plants there to extract frosted sugar and rock sugar, and then transported them directly to Guangzhou, and sent them to the mainland or overseas, with a lot of profits.

"What are the fleet doing in Ryukyu? Planting sugarcane?" Song Wang poured Chen Lun a glass of iced bayberry soup and asked.

Chen Lun smiled, "Ryukyu is a big island, equivalent to several states. Nowadays, our maritime trade is very important to the Qin vassal state, so it is very important to establish a stable and powerful naval base on the southeastern sea. I heard from our captain that Ryukyu Island is large and is opposite Fujian, not far from Lingnan and Annan. Establishing a naval base there can greatly improve the safety of our maritime trade routes. Moreover, Ryukyu is separated from the mainland by a strait, which is safer than the original Hudouzhou base. In the future, we can stand there and even establish a maritime trade cargo transit station there. Moreover, we can also grow grain on the island. I heard that rice planting there can even be ripened three times a year. Once it is done, it can still be a grain production base."

Chen Lun said excitedly, in fact, what he knew was not only that. In fact, at this time, the Qin army sent a navy to Ryukyu, although it was intended to protect the maritime trade routes and establish a safe cargo transit station, but more importantly, the Qin army was strengthening its infiltration and control over the southeast coastal areas. Now the Qin army sent a fleet of two land warriors to go. Once it stood, a huge self-sufficient sea base could be established here to radiate to the entire southeast coast and maintain its deterrent force at any time. When the Qin army headed south, this sea base could even threaten the southeast from the rear.

This is a long-term chess piece. Although the Qin army is located in the north of the Yangtze River Haikou, there are Yuzhou Island in Haizhou and Hudouzhou in the Yangtze River. However, Hudouzhou is too small, with too many troops stationed, and the logistics supply is difficult. If there are fewer stations, it is inevitable that the Hudouzhou sneak attack will repeat the incident. Moreover, Li Jing has poor contact with them in the coastal towns in the southeast. Now, the long coastal areas of Hangzhou Bay, Fujian, Lingnan East, and Lingnan West have become Li Jing's allies, Li Jing needs to release a force to Ryukyu to serve as a means of contacting, supporting and leading the towns.

The knock on the door sounded, and the old blind Chen Bing took his wife down from the carriage outside the door and came in behind several servants.

Song Wang stood up, used her white and delicate hands to tie her hair, and gently brushed her clothes, "Allen, your parents are here."

Chen Lun stood up and looked at Song Wentong with a bitter face, "Brother Zhengchen, it will depend on you later."

"Brother Guangming visited the humble house, which really made the walls of the humble house shine." Song Wentong stood up and strode forward, stretching out his two thick arms. Chen Bing smiled and strode over, stretching out his hands. He was wearing a very fit military dress, a blue top with gold buttons, with several battle commemorative medals on it, and a badge that marked his new position as deputy lieutenant.

"Have Zhengchen considered it clearly?"

"Brother Guangming invites you, so I am naturally more respectful than obedient." Song Wentong smiled, Chen Bing nodded, very happy. With Song Wentong's capable subordinates following him to Chang'an, he felt a little more confident this time.

"Father!" Chen Lun also came forward to greet his father.

Chen Bing glanced at his son, looked at his outfit, and glanced at him with some displeasure, "You are welcome, you came early like you go back to your own home."

"I'm talking to Brother Zhengchen, we are brothers."

"You called Zhengchen? I am the same generation as him. You should call him uncle. It's neither big nor small. This is what you learned in Dengzhou Academy and the Marine Corps?" A Bing's thin face, his narrow eyes suddenly opened, his eyes sharply, "Drink, I'm actually drinking." He glanced at the table and saw a glass of wine in front of his son's place just now, and couldn't help but say.

"Father, what old ideas do you have? I am twenty years old and I have been a senior corporal in the Navy Marine Corps. I will be promoted to a corporal soon. Where can I not drink alcohol in the Navy Marine Corps? If you don't drink alcohol, you won't be laughed to death by all your fellow comrades."

"Is that so? I remember that drinking is not allowed in the academy. But what is the thing you hold in your hand?" A Bing was really worried about his son. He thought that he would send him to the academy and would become a young elite in the future and become a civil servant after taking the national examination. But who would have thought that after studying in the academy for a few years, he did not discuss it with him at all after graduation, so he ran to join the Navy and Marine Corps. Now, he is still unwilling to get married at the age of twenty, but he is going to Ryukyu, and he has learned to drink.
Chapter completed!