Chapter 904 Thunderous Means

Emperor Wen was going to inspect the Northwest Protectorate, and Yun Zheng had already planned the route for him in advance.

It would be much closer if you come from Shuofang via Langya Pass.

After arranging Emperor Wen's inspection of the Northwest Protectorate, Yun Zheng also devoted himself to the governance of the newly acquired territory.

As for the new name of Dayue Royal City, Yun Zheng was too lazy to choose one.

Anyway, the old guy is coming, so just leave it to him!

Thanks to Jia Yao's act of robbing the rich to help the poor, the food shortage here was temporarily stopped.

Of course, this is only temporary.

It won’t be long before food is scarce again!

Moreover, since a lot of land in Dayue has been abandoned, if they replant now, the harvest will definitely not be much.

There will be a food shortage here until tomorrow's autumn harvest.

It is inevitable that people will starve to death.

All they can do now is to minimize the number of people who starve to death.

The Northwest Protectorate has nothing much now, but it has a lot of free labor.

At Yun Zheng's request, the Northwest Guiyi Army expanded by another 60,000 people.

In this way, the size of the Guiyi Army reached a terrifying 100,000.

Of course, these 60,000 newly added troops had no weapons or armor.

Their current tasks are to establish farmlands and dig canals.

In fact, the climate here in the Northwest Protectorate is quite good and suitable for crop growth.

It’s just because many places are relatively dry, a lot of land is relatively barren, and there are also some saline-alkali lands, so there is not much land suitable for farming.

But as long as some canals can be dug, a lot of land available for cultivation can be increased.

It would be even better if those who went out to sea could bring back large quantities of seeds of high-yield crops.

A few days later, news came from Mondo again.

Mondo and Chi Yan negotiated for such a long time and finally there was a result.

But this result is not ideal at all.

The Guifang were severely slaughtered by them last year and have little food left.

However, Chi Yan could not withstand the pressure and agreed to give Mengduo 400,000 dan of grain after the autumn harvest.

According to the agreement between Yun Zheng and Mondo, Yun Zheng can get 200,000 dan of grain.

It’s not much, but it’s better than nothing.

Too bad we have to wait a few more months.

From now until the autumn harvest in various places, it will be the most difficult time for the people of Dayue Kingdom.

Fortunately, they obtained a lot of food and fodder when they captured Guibei. After the Gule defenders surrendered, all of Gule's food and fodder also became theirs.

In the short term, the army will not fall into the dilemma of food shortage.

If we have to transport military rations from Shuobei, the loss will be painful to think about.

Yun Zheng sat in the pavilion of the palace, the only thing on his mind was "food".

They had exhausted all the ways of getting food.

He had no idea how to get food.

When he was having a headache, Yun Zheng ordered someone to find Jia Yao.

It would be a waste if Jiayao doesn't use his brain.

When Jia Yao arrived and learned the reason why Yun Zheng was looking for her, she turned around and left without thinking.

"stop!"

Yun Zheng called Jia Yao and said unhappily, "I called you here to discuss things. What's your attitude?"

"Are you discussing something? I think you want to kill me!" Jia Yao looked at Yun Zheng angrily, "I have thought of all the ways I can think of, but where do you want me to get food? You can't force me, Bei Huan, to give you some food, right?"

"This...can be done."

Yun Zheng nodded seriously.

"You might as well just kill me!"

Jia Yao sat down angrily, raised his long neck, and looked like he was ready to be slaughtered by Yun Zheng.

Seeing Jia Yao starting to give up, Yun Zheng couldn't help but be speechless.

This girl can't joke at all when it comes to Beihuan.

"Okay, okay!"

Yun Zheng smiled at Jia Yao, "I was just joking with you, why are you so angry? Tell me, do you have any way to reduce my food pressure? I am really short of food now..."

"no!"

Jia Yao was speechless. "I have thought of all the possible solutions. You don't want to resort to violence, but you want food. How can it be that easy? If you really have no other options, just raid the homes of the great families in Daqian!"

"..."

Yunzheng smiled bitterly.

If we have to do this, let the third brother do it!

He has no right to do this!

Just when Yun Zheng was looking worried, Shen Kuan suddenly came with Dugu Ce.

"Your Highness, something happened!"

Dugu Ce's face didn't look good.

"What happened?"

Yun Zheng frowned and asked.

Dugu Ce: "A rebellion broke out in Xuwu, 120 miles east of the royal city. Tens of thousands of people attacked the garrison camp and robbed the garrison's food and armor. Xuwu has been occupied by the rebels..."

Rebellion!

Yunzheng's pupils suddenly shrank.

"How brave!"

Yun Zheng's face suddenly fell, "Shen Kuan, immediately send a message to Zuo Ren to lead his troops to Xuwu to quell the rebellion! All those who participated in the rebellion and their families will not be spared! Dugu Ce, issue an imperial decree in the name of this king. From now on, all those who rebel, one person rebels, and the whole family will be beheaded!"

He tried every possible way to get food so that fewer people would die in Dayue Kingdom.

As a result, they dared to launch a rebellion!

If you don't want to live, then don't live!

Sending them on their way can save some food!

Dugu Ce's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly advised: "Your Highness, would you like to reconsider it?"

"What? Do you think it's inappropriate?" Yun Zheng asked with a frown.

"I think Your Highness is too harsh on them."

Dugu Ce said sternly, "Many people must have taken risks because they were hungry and instigated by people with ulterior motives! Your Highness's continued harshness may arouse more people's rebellion!"

Although Dugu Ce was a military general, he still believed in the principle of governing the country with benevolence.

In fact, the method of boiling a frog in warm water that they used before to govern Qiuchi was quite good.

But Yun Zheng was indeed a little too hasty when governing Dayue.

"We don't have time to slowly influence these people."

Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "If we don't stop this trend with lightning speed, we will inevitably be trapped in the quagmire of Dayue and unable to extricate ourselves! In this case, how can we develop the Northwest Protectorate and Shuobei?"

"This……"

Duguce was speechless.

"Remember this, before the Northwest Protectorate is completely integrated into Daqian, no matter how kind we are to the natives, we are still plunderers!"

Yun Zheng looked at Dugu Ce with a serious face, "No matter what the reasons of those people are, the rebellion must be stopped! If we can't let them love us, then let them fear us!"

If they don't stop this trend and there will be rebellions in the future, will they have to lead the army to suppress them every day?

If they continue like this, no matter how strong their military is, they will be exhausted.

He also wanted to be more merciful, but he had to raise the butcher knife against the rebels.

Dugu Ce thought silently for a while, then bowed and said, "I understand! I will issue the decree right away!"

"Ok!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand gently, "Go!"

Watching Dugu Ce leave, Yun Zheng couldn't help but feel a headache.

Damn it, I had an orgasm for a whole month, but I didn't get to eat any meat and ended up in trouble.

It’s all that bastard Lou Yi’s fault!

I don't know if that bastard was sliced ​​into pieces by the northern barbarians.

"You are talking to me, too, right?"

At this time, Jia Yao suddenly asked Yun Zheng meaningfully.