Three days later.

Eight cities were lost in Jingzhao County.

The territory south of Chang'an has shrunk by half!

Only then did Li Jiancheng realize that Li Xiaogong was not just talking.

He must use a strategy as quickly as possible.

But he only has an army of 50,000 now...

Facing the 150,000 troops that the enemy had come out in full swing, he was unable to defeat the opponent at all.

However, he urged Li Xiaogong to send troops many times, but Li Xiaogong always used the excuse of guarding the north.

Unwilling to evacuate Linqi City.

In fact.

Li Xiaogong is under great pressure now, and Zhang Xutuo is staring at Linqi City every once in a while.

If he is not careful, he will most likely be destroyed.

So he didn't dare to divide his troops like Li Jiancheng.

At this time, division of troops was completely a mortal act.

The country is destroyed and the mountains and rivers are around, and turmoil is becoming more and more frequent.

Li Jiancheng and Li Xiaogong felt more and more hopeless about the future.

"Your Majesty, why don't you lead the army in person?"

His confidant Wang Gui made a suggestion.

Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth.

Looking at the report before the case.

Sinking into deep thought.

A 50,000 army...

Can you beat the other party?

Especially Su Dingfang, he put a lot of pressure on him.

He still has this self-knowledge.

He can bully soft persimmons.

But this hard bone...

It should be Li Xiaogong.

He can't beat it at all.

But the situation Li Xiaogong is facing is also very bad now. He faces Zhang Xutuo's 100,000 troops, if the north loses it again...

Jingzhao County will be destroyed in an instant!

...

Henan.

Luoyang City.

Xu Mu is basking in the sun leisurely.

Listening to the frontline battle report from Wang Zhao, I felt relieved.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner as he expected.

If the war in Jingzhao County continues, it will be over in almost two months.

More than a month has passed now.

Beside him, in addition to Wang Zhao, there is also Yuchi Gong.

After surrendering to him, Yuchi Gong, a very capable close-kill bodyguard, was taken by Xu Mu and taken as a close guard.

Yuchi Jingde is also very reliable. He has been paying his duties and responsibilities to guard his safety these days.

That's right.

During this period, he suffered seven assassinations.

It is very likely that it was sent by Li Jiancheng.

He wanted to stage the story of Jing Ke assassinating Qin.

However……

He was prepared for a long time, and these assassins' poor acting skills could not be hidden from him.

All of them were dealt with by Wang Zhao and Yuchi Jingde.

"Calculate the time, it should be the harvest time in Henan and Jingzhao County now?"

Xu Mu looked at the sky.

It's almost time for autumn harvest.

The weather was still extremely hot at this time.

Wang Zhao nodded and said, "It should be that a few days ago, I heard from Director Fang that he would prepare to start guiding the people to harvest. The expected harvest of the food this time is 20 million stones!"

This is the second year that the planting policy is implemented in the outside world.

With the continuous improvement of various measures, the output has been greatly improved.

Last year it was eighty million stones.

And this time it doubled more than once.

If the harvest is good, it's even more than this number.

After hearing this, Yuchi Jingde, who was standing by, heard...

He also showed a slight surprise.

He has just joined Wanmincheng not long ago.

After hearing and seeing each other during this period, I have seen the magic of Wanmin City.

In the entire Henan and Taiyuan County, the grain output alone can reach 20 million stones?

This is already comparable to the output of Jingzhao County for more than ten years.

Not only can it support the population of two counties, but it is no problem to raise two larger counties.

However……

But he saw his lord frown and said, "It's still a little less. Please hurry up and don't relax. Try to implement the joint contract and double the output again!"

Yuchi Jingde no longer knows what to say.

If you pay 20 million stones, will you get 10 million stones of food if you pay taxes?

Oh by the way, Henan County and Jingzhao County do not pay taxes.

His thinking has not changed yet.

The current Henan County and Taiyuan County implement the two tax laws.

It can be said that these 20 million stones of food...

All belong to the people.

certainly.

Because of the garrison system, raising soldiers does not require too much food.

These people will bring their own.

In the past...

Of course it is unrealistic to let the people bring their own food.

But now, under the guidance of the Lord’s Mansion in Wanmin City, the people of both counties recognize the Lord’s Mansion.

He is very supportive of all decisions in the lord's mansion.

Isn't it just to bring some food?

The food they planted is enough for their whole family to eat for ten years.

There is no need to let go of it.

and……

In order to ensure the timely supply of food and wages, the lord's mansion will also purchase food from them.

Fill it into Hanjia Cang, which is the national treasury.
To be continued...