The amount of these food and grass materials is not considered a complete loss. You should know that they are not produced locally in western Liaoning and Liaodong. They have gone through a lot of hardships and used countless manpower and material resources to transport them from the mainland.

According to ancient road conditions and transportation capacity, the losses and expenses on the way were very high. If the journey was too far, or it was all over the land, the losses could actually reach 70% to 80%.

Therefore, the military book says: If a thousand miles of food is fed, the soldiers will be hungry. If the woodcutter and the trainer are not full after cooking, the army will not stay full. If a grain transporter has a thousand miles of food, there will be no food for a year, two thousand miles of food, there will be no food for two years, and three thousand miles of food, there will be no food for three years. This is called the country's emptiness.

In other words, if a war that required long-distance food transportation in ancient times was enough to drag down a country's finances.

Although you can first take the sea route to transport grain and grass to Guangning, transit in Juehua or Youtun and then transport it to various garrisons, the consumption and expenses reach 20% or 30%, which is not much.

If you calculate this, just the shocking losses of the Guangning War will be enough to punish Xiong Tingbi.

As for injustice, it is wrong to say it is wrong, and there is a basis for saying it is not wrong, rather than fabricating it out of thin air.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Youxiao felt relieved, and seeing Wang Titan this slave even more like him.

He didn't do this kind of report work, but he came to give it to him personally. It was right to flatter him, but this servant knew what he was most anxious to want.

"Get up, don't kneel there and get annoying." Zhu Youxiao didn't say good things, returned to the chair and sat down, and read the memorial carefully.

Wang Tigan got up from the ground, bowed with a smile on his face. Looking at the emperor's expression and tone of speaking, he knew that he had asked for something.

It’s not that you want to ask for any reward. A eunuch who can be the chief etiquette and seal is already considered to be the best. Can he still be granted a king or a marquis?

As long as the emperor is happy and can be firmly in the position of eunuchs in charge of seals, that is the greatest reward.

If you praise the high and step on the low, the eunuch's struggle for power is no worse than in the officialdom. Wang Tigan knew that if he lost his power, only Wei Zhongxian, whom he offended, would have to hold back his energy and kill him.

So, in the end, to please the emperor is the safest way to survive.

"The news from Liaodong has arrived. I believe that the people in Tianjin and Denglai are soon." Zhu Youxiao gently patted the armrest of the chair, estimating the time and guessing.

Wang Tigan bowed and smiled and said, "The Emperor said it very well. Boats by sea are faster than horses by land. Although it may be two days later to receive the imperial edict, it is time, and there should be a reply."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and suddenly asked, "What I asked you to take, didn't you forget?"

"I must never forget the emperor's instructions." Wang Tigan hurriedly took out a small box from his arms, smiled and presented it with his hands.

Zhu Youxiao reached out to take it, nodded with a smile, and said, "Well, you have to do it carefully. Okay, you should step down first! If there is a report from Tianjin or Denglai, no matter when, even in the middle of the night, you will be sent to report immediately."

"Yes, I obey the order." Wang Tigan bowed and retreated, and the light from the corner of his eyes swept across Zhang Yu'er, which was complicated.

Zhu Youxiao opened the small brocade box and looked at it. It was a bracelet with red gold and jade. This was not an ordinary thing, but a mark used when choosing a concubine.

That is, in the final trial of the beauty pageant, the queen mother or the concubine sat behind the curtain, and the three girls entered in groups in sequence. If the queen mother or the concubine met, she would give her a bracelet with red gold and jade, and the palace maid would bring her on the spot. If the unselected, the palace maid would stuff a few silver coins into the sleeve of the girl.

Zhang Yan had one, which was given by Concubine Liu. Although it was finally chosen by the emperor, Zhang Yan would at least become a concubine.

"Yu'er, come here." Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hands to greet him.

Zhang Yuer didn't understand why, so she came close to her and bowed to her orders.

"I have recited the nursery rhyme well, I will reward you." Zhu Youxiao smiled and took Zhang Yuer's hand and put the bracelet on her.

Zhang Yuer was surprised and thanked her for her thanks, "I thanked the emperor for the reward."

Just now, Wang Titan took the box and the emperor took it, and Zhang Yu'er saw it. She knew that this was not a reward for reciting the nursery rhymes, but that the emperor had already had this intention, just to find an excuse.

The emperor has himself in his heart. Zhang Yuer secretly looked at the bracelet on his wrist and felt happy and sweet.

Zhu Youxiao was also looking at the bracelet on Zhang Yuer's jade wrist, pursing his lips slightly, "Well, this bracelet looks like a handcuff, now it's "cuffed", see where you run?

How about getting one, linking the chain in the middle, and playing some exciting games with this girl at night? Zhu Youxiao grinned and showed a bad smile.

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Pi Island is located in the mouth of the Yalu River, in the middle of Liaodong, North Korea and Denlai.

According to the "History of Ming Dynasty", Pi Island is also known as Dongjiang. It is located on the Denglai Sea. It is eighty miles long and has no plants and trees. It is 80 miles away from the Later Jin border. The Northeast Sea is North Korea.

At this time, Pi Island had been silent for a long time, but it had the most lively day.

In the first year of Tianqi, Mao Wenlong, the governor of the capital, led four people including Zhang Pan, the Thousand General Secretary, and two hundred soldiers, four sea boats, and five hundred stone military rations to Liaodong to recruit soldiers.

Then, while the Jin army guards in Zhenjiang were empty, Mao Wenlong took the Ming army and Liao people as the insider of the city and successfully attacked Zhenjiang in one fell swoop, which was known as the "Zhenjiang Victory".

Then, the Later Jin army counterattacked Zhenjiang City, Mao Wenlong lost, retreated from Zhenjiang, and once retreated into North Korea.

At the suggestion of the Qianzong Li Jingxian, Mao Wenlong led the remnants of troops and tens of thousands of escaped Liao people to climb Pi Island and Kuandian Island to temporarily rest and breathe.

There were only two islands, tens of thousands of refugees, and thousands of exhausted soldiers who had just formed an army, but Mao Wenlong never dreamed that there would be an imperial envoy to come. The commander of the Jinyiwei, Luo Sigong, was accompanied by the Jinyiwei commander.

"I am grateful to you, long live, long live, long live!" Mao Wenlong kowtowed and raised his hand, and received the imperial edict excitedly.

He did not add Mao Wenlong to the title, but he drew 100,000 taels of treasury to reward the army, and temporarily assigned the two thousand navy troops to his command.

In addition, a batch of food and supplies was also given, which could temporarily help Liaodong refugees on the two islands overcome difficulties and armed troops of four or five thousand people.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao ordered Mao Wenlong to move on camera and harass and attack the Later Jin Dynasty from the coast to support the Guangning war.

Mao Wenlong gathered tens of thousands of refugees and selected strong ones from them. It was not difficult to pull up four or five thousand people, but the difficulty was weapons and equipment.

With the armored equipment, swords, shields, spears and spears supported by Dengzhen, Mao Wenlong's confidence has increased greatly. As for harassment and attack, we are in a good way!

However, Mao Wenlong stood up after receiving the order, and secretly took a peek at Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

With just such an imperial edict, how could this fearful spy chief and second-rank official be used?
Chapter completed!