Chapter 6609: People will eventually be trapped in the past

Chapter 6609: People will eventually be trapped in the past
Generally speaking, people who can take charge of the overall situation can be used in a bigger situation after being eliminated, but normally no one would look at the problem in this way.

But for the heads of the major families, they are actually very clear about the correct way to break certain things. In other words, as long as there is enough cost, any situation can be broken.

In Chang'an, Chen Xi has already agreed to release the strategic reserves of grain and fodder, and asked Sima Lang, the governor of Xinzhou, to gradually transport the grain and fodder to Central Asia to ensure stability in the region.

Of course, these are official words. In fact, Chen Xi's basic goal is to stabilize the base of the current major families. As for the people in the Parthian homeland who have not yet naturalized, if there are excess supplies, Chen Xi does not mind providing humanitarian assistance, but with the current limited manpower and material resources, he can only protect his own brothers first.

After all, Chen Xi would never let his brothers starve and care about the barbarians thousands of miles away unless there was an absolute necessity.

As for what sufficient necessity means, just look at the Roman Empire and you will know. It means sufficient and necessary brothers who are thousands of miles away. There is no other way, we can only use this wording.

Therefore, in this situation, how Sima Lang transfers the resources under the existing personnel and the efficiency of the transfer are also related to the stability of Central Asia.

Yang Zhong didn't want to think about what Sima Lang was thinking. Maybe at other times he would bargain with the Sima family, but at this time, as long as the money was not delivered within the time he could afford, he would use his own means to make the Han Empire replace someone else to do the job. As for the price, my two thousand stones in exchange for your two thousand stones is nothing, but it is necessary at this point in time.

In the upper reaches of the Guishui River, in the mountain city of Bactria, Chen Zhong barely recovered under the treatment of a group of doctors, and then received secret news from East Africa.

"Kurma, what's the situation in East Africa?" Chen Zhong drank ginseng tea and adjusted his qi and blood, trying to be in the best condition possible to deal with what might happen next.

"The locust plague has been resolved, but the remaining locusts may still go to Xinzhou through the Guishui River. The three empires currently do not have the spare capacity to completely eradicate the locust plague." Kurma's face looked somewhat ugly.

After all, during the last round of locust plague, as an expert in internal energy leaving the body, Kurma saw with his own eyes what it meant to have locusts covering the sky and what it meant to have fertile fields on both sides of the Guishui River turned into white land in an instant.

In short, it was an outrageous situation. Kurma, who had lived in the northern Guishan area for many years and was witnessing a locust plague for the first time, was shocked.

"Let me see." Chen Zhong took the secret letter bitterly. It was not that he did not have any Chen family members available, but Kurma was like one of his signature brands. In addition, Kurma had certain ability to command troops, so Chen Zhong always kept him by his side, which was also a continuous attempt to win him over. Of course, he had already become one of his own family members, but Chen Zhong still continued this blatant move to win his heart, which was also like buying a horse with a lot of money.

"For us, this is no different from not solving the problem at all." Chen Zhong sighed and said, "Speaking of which, how did we do during the locust plague to harvest?"

"We have tried our best to bring back all the grain that could be harvested to the mountain city of Bactria." Kurma repeated to the other party what had happened during the time when Chen Zhong was receiving treatment.

"Have we connected with Congling?" Chen Zhong asked casually, and then got a satisfactory answer, "What about Xinzhou? According to the law, after Chen Zichuan issued the order to release grain, the grain of the Han Dynasty should have reached us by now."

"Not yet." Kurma shook his head and Chen Zhong was stunned when he heard that.

"Really not." Kurma said again after seeing Chen Zhong's expression.

Chen Zhong's face couldn't help but look a little ugly. They were in the upper reaches of the Guishui River, only ten days away from the Pamir Mountains. When Li Jue and his two companions attacked Fu Ward, they broke through directly from the Pamir Mountains. Although there was a reason for getting free supplies from Fu Ward, it was enough to illustrate the distance between the two sides.

The Pamirs and New Province are essentially adjacent to each other, so food and supplies should have been transported here by now. Even if the scale is not large, the first wave of aid should have been delivered to the mountain city of Bactria.

"Has the food and fodder been shipped?" Chen Zhong adjusted his expression and looked at Kurma calmly.

"That's confirmed." Kurma nodded and said, "The last round of news we received was that they arrived at Congling ten days ago."

"It should be soon. It's probably because we didn't prepare any boats and had to go directly through the desert, so it took relatively long time." Chen Zhong tried his best to think positively about the matter. After all, Sima Lang was his nephew, so it shouldn't be so outrageous.

"How big is our food gap now?" Chen Zhong stopped asking about the food shipped from New South Wales and instead focused on his own existing food.

"According to the order you issued before you fell ill, we destroyed four grain stores that raised their prices after the locust plague, and started distributing porridge on a large scale seven days ago. Our current stockpiles of grain should be able to last for more than eighty days." Kurma quickly informed Chen Zhong of the detailed data compiled by Chen Yi.

"More than eighty days." Chen Zhong quickly calculated in his mind and determined that more than eighty days would be enough for them to survive until the next round of food arrived. The pressure in his heart suddenly eased a lot.

Unlike other families, the Chen family has invested in almost every school of thought you can think of except the Legalists since ancient times. Therefore, when needed, they can always pick up some strange things and use them.

For example, when going out to build a nation this time, other families could only bring 102 fast-growing rice, and plant a batch every year for strategic reserves.

The Chen family has professional agricultural researchers and has built special farms for breeding and hydroponics.

After all, the farmers have received offerings from the Chen family, and the information about the various levels of philosophers has been passed down. Although the Chen family will not invest heavily in this area, they will at least train a few suitable people in each generation.

After all, this kind of thing is cost-effective, easy to do, and a model of family inheritance.

It is really different to have such rare talents trained in professional schools at any time and not have such rare talents and to train them when needed.

At the very least, the Chen family sent their own targeted talents to Cookie for further study for a few years, so they can be really useful. To be honest, other families, facing this situation, should just burn more incense and gamble on the probability of reincarnation.

Therefore, when the Chen family took over the mountain city of Bactra and quickly converted their own resources into cash, many things naturally came into being.

What can I say about these things that fall to the ground? Most of the time they are useless, but when they are useful, they can really save lives.

For example, the breeding and hydroponic room built by the Chen family inside the mountain city of Bactra has been maintaining the cultivation of 102 fast-growing rice. In other words, once the locust plague is over, the Chen family will directly enter the growth cycle of fast-growing rice instead of the full reproductive cycle.

Even though it is only about ten days earlier, less than twenty days, when there is no food, getting food ten or twenty days earlier can save countless lives.

This is also the reason why Chen Zhong was not so panicked after hearing that his family still had more than eighty days of food rations left. To put it bluntly, it was because his family had a reserve warehouse. The food in this reserve warehouse was enough for more than twenty days. Combined with the rationing system, the total food reserves exceeded one hundred and ten days. Even if the third round of locust plague passed by them in a month, it would barely be enough for them to last until the autumn harvest.

As for the problem that autumn crops are inedible, is this a problem?
At worst, grind it up and make it into rice noodles, add some other seasonings to it, and it tastes bad? No way, the Chen family is professional in making rice.

But even so, Chen Zhong was not completely relieved. It was just enough, and it was still very dangerous for something like eating. It would be better to borrow two batches of food from Xinzhou first and then pay it back later.

However, Chen Zhong waited for two days and still did not receive any food.

"Didn't they say that the food and grass arrived at the Pamir Mountains twelve days ago? Even if the Xinzhou people didn't take the Guishui River due to a lack of boats and instead went around the desert, they should have arrived by now." Chen Zhong said with a gloomy face, "Don't tell me that they encountered bandits. This is pure nonsense."

It's not that it's impossible to encounter bandits, but it's impossible for the bandits to stop the team transporting food and fodder from Xinzhou, especially in the area of ​​Pamirs and Bactria Mountain City. It's absolutely impossible.

Kulma's face also looked unhappy, he couldn't understand why the other party was so slow.

"It's not your problem, nor is it an investigation problem. It seems to be a problem of human nature. Although Sima Boda is extremely talented, he is ultimately trapped by what he learned when he was young." Chen Zhong sighed. He had realized what the real situation was.

Chen Zhong is a seasoned man who has experienced turmoil and witnessed the madness of the Han Dynasty and the bloodiness of the Kushans. He knows very well that rules are just a disguise of civilization. When it comes to a life-and-death situation, no matter how beautiful the clothes are, they cannot withstand the ravages of bestiality.

"Yang Xiu is not stupid, he is just trapped by what he learned before. How can someone who can awaken spiritual talents not be smart?" Chen Zhong whispered to himself. As a sacrifice for Yuan Feng's founding of the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Zhong knew very well why the Yang family's lineage was wiped out. Yang Xiu's actions were out of lineage, and Yuan Shu's actions were even more out of lineage. Why did Yang Xiu not only die himself, but also the entire lineage he was involved in was wiped out, but Yuan Shu was fine?

Rules are something that are normally talked about, but you also know that this is just normal talk.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Zhong decided that he should help Sima Lang. Although Sima Jun was dead, the friendship between the Sima family and the Chen family could not be severed so easily, so he had to help.

"I hope the other party can wake up. This is not the right thing to do at this time. Instead, we should deliver food and grass to others as quickly as possible and with the highest efficiency. The words 'the way to death' are never empty words." Chen Zhong wrote on the secret letter with a complicated expression, trying to persuade Sima Lang as much as possible. Otherwise, this time it would not be a question of whether he could step down safely.

The Central Asian noble families that have survived to this day are all real military nobles. How long does it take to transport their own food and grass from the Pamir Mountains to their own treasury? This is all related to the fate of their family and the key points of their strategy and tactics.

It is true that these people would not be so unkind as to not give any extra time, but they deliberately wasted time, artificially created pressure and tried their best. However, there were indeed difficulties on the road, which led to their late arrival. Who could not see it? Do they really think that the aristocratic families standing in Central Asia are all fools?

"Let the carrier pigeon deliver this thing to the Xinzhou Governor's Mansion. I have tried my best. If he still refuses to change his mind, then let's just do what we have to do. I don't have any other good ideas." Chen Zhong had a helpless look on his face. He really had no other options. If Sima Lang wanted to seek death, then let him do it. Good words could not persuade a damned ghost.

In Xinzhou, Sima Lang was silently calculating the days. Ever since Chen Xi sent Liu Yan to Xinzhou for inspection and then allocated grain and grass to Central Asia, Sima Lang had been constantly calculating the time. Of course, the grain and grass were delivered, but considering the current chaos in Central Asia, Sima Lang strengthened the protection of the grain and grass transportation. Such behavior naturally further reduced the efficiency of grain and grass transportation.

But this is a reasonable and legal thing. Even if the lawsuit is brought to Chen Xi, if you really talk about the rules, this is completely reasonable.

After all, Central Asia is indeed infested with bandits now, and the Han army itself requires that in places where there are many bandits, it is necessary to strengthen defense and reconnaissance range, reduce marching speed, and be prepared to fight at any time.

Therefore, marching slowly is completely reasonable.

Sima Lang was just taking advantage of this opportunity to wait for the major families to come to him, just like when he was in New South Wales and the major families allocated population from him when they were taking the Northwest Passage. There was no need to say much, this kind of tacit understanding was what he wanted.

And now Sima Lang is waiting for tacit understanding, waiting for those families who need food to speak up.

However, things did not go as planned from the very beginning. Guo Zhao brought the three families of Guo Liuyin to Xinzhou and directly demanded food and fodder from the government treasury.

Sima Lang was actually reluctant to give it to the other party, but Chen Xi's order to support Central Asia had already been issued. In addition, this crazy woman Guo Zhao really dared to do something out of line. After repeated consideration, Sima Lang decided to deliver the grain and grass that were supposed to support the Guo family in Central Asia directly in Xinzhou.

Originally, Sima Lang was planning to advance steadily and put a good pressure on Guo Zhao, but he did not expect that Guo Zhao would simply abandon his fiefdom and rush all the way to Xinzhou with his core population, causing Sima Lang's original plan to fail on the spot.

"Boda, I used to think you were very smart. This time I got to see your unwise side. It was quite interesting." Guo Zhao received the message from Haftan. Although it was a pity that he could not get a share of the profits from the Media Trading City, he was actually happy after learning about Sima Lang's stupid tricks from Haftan.

Sima Lang looked calmly at the crazy woman in front of him and didn't want to pay any attention to her. Facing Sima Lang's expression, Guo Zhao just smiled. She didn't expect that she just came to Xinzhou to escape the disaster, but she would encounter such an amazing operation. She was simply stunned!

"Boda, the three families of Guo Liuyin and I are preparing to move back to the west. Although there have been some unpleasant things between us in the past, since you have not caused me any trouble at other times, I decided to give you a chance." Guo Zhao said with a smile, and it can be seen that he was in a very good mood.

"Opportunity?" Sima Lang looked at Guo Zhao strangely. Although he didn't like Guo Zhao's personality, this crazy woman was indeed very capable. So when Guo Zhao said cheerfully that she would give him a chance, Sima Lang frowned. There was no point in the other party lying.

"Well, an opportunity." Guo Zhao repeated what he had said.

"Okay, let me listen." Sima Lang said curiously.

"If we kill you, won't it be faster to send another batch of grain?" Guo Zhao said with a smile, but Sima Lang looked gloomy when he heard it. What kind of opportunity is this?

Guo Zhao did not explain this, but shook his sleeves, turned around and walked forward. When he was about to leave, he casually waved in the direction of Sima Lang.

Regarding Sima Lang's affairs, this is all the advice Guo Zhao could give. As for whether the other party could understand it or not, that was not Guo Zhao's business. Anyway, whether he was dead or alive, it would not affect Guo Zhao much. In this case, just treat it as a fun thing and cherish every moment. You never know when you come to Xinzhou, you will find that the governor of Xinzhou has been replaced by a new person.

"Head of the family..." Haftan bowed respectfully to Guo Zhao. Just as Guo Zhao had said before, the three families of Guo, Liuyin and others were not planning to stay in Xinzhou for long, and now was the time to set sail again.

"Let's go. Maybe the people here will be replaced next time you come." Guo Zhao said with a bit of mockery. He is still playing tricks at this time. Don't you know that the more you play tricks, the further away you will be from being a military noble? Sima Lang, who is obsessed with this kind of thing, may not be able to change.

In Chang'an, Chen Xi has received some of the biggest intelligence reports in recent times, that the Kushan Empire and Rome have started a meeting at the highest level, and the emperors of both sides have led their local elites to conduct detailed consultations. However, the content of the consultations has not yet been obtained by the Han Dynasty.

There was no way, Xun Qi did not participate in this meeting. After all, at the beginning, this meeting was purely because Vasudeva I did outrageous things in the heat of the moment because of the serious loss of supermodel cloud energy. After he came to his senses, he brought with him the political and military talents gathered in Mathura, the new political center.

As for Xun Qi, he was in Peshawar, which was basically halfway across the Kushan border from Mathura. Therefore, even if Vasudeva I wanted to summon Xun Qi to Rome to attend the highest-level meeting, he would probably have to wait for some time.

This news was the same as what Lu Su had expected. Just by seeing this news, everyone in the Executive Yuan looked somewhat grim. After all, a meeting of this level was enough to affect the overall situation.

Sigh, it seems that I have the most alliance leaders among all the girls. At this rate, in two months, I should have 2,000. Emmm, it's almost the tenth anniversary.