The official office, Huang Governor General Shi Hao Wu Bo was presided over the meeting. Halfway through the meeting, the official army's good news came. He asked someone to read it in public. After listening to it, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This good news also made the people present relieved.

Huangzhou is now short of troops. If it cannot stop the enemy troops going south, the situation will only get worse and worse. What everyone unexpectedly is that the court will actually send five troops to attack the five passes of Dabie Mountains at the same time.

What I didn't expect was that the King of Xiyang really repelled all such fierce enemies. Everyone had heard of the good news just now and said it very clearly. Judging from the King of Xiyang's past situation, it is unlikely to be a false report, which means that a crisis will be resolved.

Not long ago, the King of Xiyang suddenly came back from the distant Lingbiao and appeared in front of everyone. Faced with a crisis-ridden situation, he looked calm.

When summoning civil and military officials to discuss matters, he did not intend to transfer the main force of the Huangzhou army from Jiangzhou, let alone his command Hulin army is far away in Lingbiao. Many officials believed that the King of Xiyang was forcibly calm.

However, now it seems that the King of Xiyang is not trying to be calm at all, but is really confident.

The imperial court attacked Shannan Huangzhou and the other side's troops were divided into five routes, with a total of more than 10,000 people, all of which were real combat soldiers. King Xiyang was able to defeat them all when the main force of the Huangzhou army was not present. Even considering the terrain factors, no one could deny that this was a refreshing victory.

Many people thought in their hearts that the King of Xiyang is good at fighting, and it is indeed not a false reputation!

Since the assassination of Sima Yuwen Shiwu in Huangzhou that day, officials from the Huangzhou General Administration realized that the situation was about to change drastically, so they became active.

They knew that King Xiyang was a good official and admired King Xiyang's political ability. It is true that life in various prefectures and counties under the Huangzhou General Administration was getting better and better day by day, but the powerful strength of the Yuchi family was there. If that day came, everyone would probably be unable to help themselves.

Which day was that day? The day when the imperial army arrived at Xiyang City, Huangzhou.

The good reputation and good official reputation of the King of Xiyang cannot regain the huge gap in strength between the Yuwen family and the Yuchi family. Everyone has family members to take care of it, and it is impossible to die with the King of Xiyang.

Therefore, many people had no choice but to make a decision. Once the imperial army was at the city, they would do their best to do their best. On the day the city was destroyed, they would surrender. As for the fate of the King of Xiyang and his family, they could only help.

However, the imperial court's troops were defeated and they were very straightforward. This happened when the King of Xiyang was short of soldiers and generals. It is conceivable that once the Hulin Army returns, the King of Xiyang will win a greater victory.

The arrival of good news made the participants much easier, and the second good news that followed one after another made everyone feel refreshed: the marching of Xiangxi Road that attacked Jiangling, Liang Kingdom, had been defeated by the marching of Jiangnan West Road, and the crisis in the direction of Jiangling was lifted.

This is indeed good news, which means that the flanks of the southern border of Shannan can be safe, and we can concentrate our forces to dispatch troops to Jingzhou to resist the fierce imperial army. If we deal with it properly, the Yuwen family will be able to compete with the Yuchi family.

Half of the country is also a country. The situation of the confrontation between the East and West Wei in the past is very likely to reappear again and become a confrontation between the East and West Zhou, but in any case, the situation in Shannan at least tends to improve.

Uncle Hao clapped his hands and signaled that the interrupted meeting would continue. Good news came one after another, and he was very happy, but he could not rest assured at this time because there was more than one battlefield.

"The autumn harvest is imminent, and the war is in full swing. The soldiers in the front are fighting bravely to fight the enemy. We stayed behind and must ensure that the grain is successfully stored in the warehouse..."

"The front-line troops need a large amount of food and grass supply, and the young and strong need to mobilize the young and strong to transport food and grass, and the autumn harvest in the rear also requires a large amount of manpower. It is obvious that the two things are crowded together and there are not enough people. What should I do?"

Hao Wu Bo spread the current situation, Yuwen Wen ordered him to take charge of state affairs, and he really carried heavy responsibilities on his shoulders. The autumn harvest was extraordinary. Yuwen Wen tried his best to block the enemy north of the Dabie Mountains in order to ensure the smooth progress of the autumn harvest.

The war is about logistics. No matter how many troops there are, the food and grass cannot be provided, even the strong army in the world will collapse. Therefore, how to ensure sufficient food is a problem that the commander of the first army must consider.

In recent years, the prefectures and counties under the Huangzhou General Administration have vigorously built water conservancy and opened land and farming. The grain output has increased year by year, but the foundation is too poor, and the amount of grain stored is only enough now. If the war lasts for a long time, whether the new grain can be successfully stored will become the key to determining the success or failure of the war.

Let’s not talk about it elsewhere. If the war is allowed to hit the territory of the Huangzhou General Administration, even if the enemy is repelled later, once the autumn harvest is delayed, it means that the grain output will drop sharply, and the military rations will be short of limits in the coming year.

If the enemy invades again in the summer and autumn of the next year, and the war is burned to the territory of the Huangzhou General Administration, and the autumn harvest is delayed again, the Huangzhou army will not be able to survive.

Uncle Hao Wu was worried about this problem, so Yu Wen Wen naturally noticed this problem, so everyone had to defend the five passes of Dabie Mountains no matter what. Now, Yu Wen Wen has initially completed the important task of defending the enemy, so next, Uncle Hao Wu must organize the autumn harvest to ensure that the autumn grain is successfully stored.

Not only Huangzhou, but also other states. As for other general administrations, Hao Wuwang is not in charge and is not qualified to manage it. So the Minister of Shangshu Ling Yu Wenming from the Shannan Road Daxingtai should be relieved of the headache.

The issue on ensuring the autumn harvest is finally over, and a moment of rest, a new issue begins, or a logistics, that is, based on the current situation, the war may not end in the short term, so the preparation for military preparation is urgent.

When marching and fighting, the top priority is food and grass, and the second is all kinds of materials. The most important consumables are arrows. The number of arrows consumed in a war is 100,000, and now the demand for arrows in the Huangzhou army is only high or low.

The production of arrows requires a lot of feathers, while the production of cold clothes requires a lot of down. Autumn has arrived and winter is not far away. The soldiers of the government and soldiers had cold clothes last year, but they always needed to be replaced.

The joining of a large number of rebels requires the government to provide cold clothes, so it requires a lot of feathers and down. There are many chicken, duck and geese farms in Huangzhou. The output is not a problem. The problem is that it costs money to buy cold clothes.

If the government is normal, the government can summon people to serve labor and mobilize manpower and material resources to prepare various materials free of charge, including clothes and quilts. However, the Huangzhou General Administration and even other general administrations in Shannan are different. The clothes and quilts prepared for the soldiers are required to be bought with money.

Even at the cost price, it is not a small amount to prepare so many feathers and downs to make cold clothes. Not to mention other places, the cost of the Huangzhou General Administration spending on these procurement projects is a considerable expense.

In other words, it is a heavy financial burden.

The government had to spend money on what could have been done for free. No matter whether this move was right or wrong, he asked where the money came from?

Of course it comes from taxation.

The rent collected by the government is physical goods such as grain and silk, and the source of copper coins is mainly commercial tax, customs tax (tariff tax), etc. For the Huangzhou General Administration, commercial tax accounts for the majority, and prosperous businesses bring sufficient commercial tax. How to collect the tax on time and in quantity has become another important task of the government.

Autumn is the season of harvest and a peak season for commercial activities. It costs money to buy all kinds of military supplies, mainly relying on taxes to support expenditures. Therefore, officials must not only organize autumn harvest, but also organize logistics transfers, and also ensure timely tax collection.

The situation is tense now and there are not enough staff, so one person is used as three people. It is conceivable how heavy the burden on the officials' shoulders is.
Chapter completed!