Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 54 Nails

The food grab plan designed by Miley and Nick was indeed beyond Gomez's expectations, but Gomez also knew that the two could not be blamed for it. Ordinary people felt the impact of the sharp rise in food prices, and even some court officials and nobles also realized that if this trend was allowed to continue, the empire would usher in a difficult spring famine. In order to ensure the domestic food supply, and the fact that the Southern Expeditionary Army did not bring much tangible immediate benefits to the nobles of the empire, many nobles have begun to put pressure on His Majesty the Emperor and themselves, thinking that if the Southern Expeditionary Army If it can't bring wealth and benefits to the empire, then this southern expedition is a mistake. If the army goes out to occupy such a huge territory but can't even support itself with food, then what is the point of such an expedition?

This kind of remarks quickly spread in the imperial court and the media. The strong anti-war sentiment in the country made Gomez feel great pressure, so he had to gradually reduce the number of the Southern Expeditionary Army and the Northern Terok Garrison. The logistics supply instead requires them to try their best to find a way to solve it through local self-funding, while at the same time not stirring up civil uprisings in the occupied areas and damaging the image and popular support of the empire in these occupied areas. Gomez knows that this is an extremely difficult tightrope walk, which tests the military commander's ability to handle affairs and master the fire. It should be a good move for Nick Guoduan to abandon Longquan in Montenegro and secure the three prefectures of Beiyuan, but Li Wufeng won the victory in victory. The offensive launched by Locke destroyed the good prospects, forcing Mailey to take risks, which eventually led to the two disasters of the Empire and Heathrow and the fall of Jiama.

All of this seems to be caused by the food crisis, but Gomez knows that the food crisis within the empire is not as severe as imagined. Not impossible. According to the situation I know, there are many conservative aristocrats in the empire who store and hoard grain. Although the empire grain reserves have sold a lot in the grain speculation at the beginning of the year, there are not many conservative nobles in the empire. At this time, Gomez would even be thankful for the prudence of those conservative nobles. If they also saw the benefits at that time, then he would really have to count the days when he would step down.

However, it is not easy for these guys to free up food to ensure the supply of food in the empire. It is impossible to get food out of their pockets without paying some price. Gomez Si is also very clear. The land of Yulin was sold out in order to win the support of the nobles for the Southern Expedition. Now it seems that it is time to exchange the land of Qinghe and Pinglu. choose. Only in this way can it be possible to get food out of the hands of those nobles. For these land nobles, land is always their favorite. Gomez believes that they cannot resist this temptation, and maybe he can still do it here. Get more in the field transaction.

Gomez sighed deeply. It is not without disadvantages to trade the land of Qinghe and Pinglu. At this step, Gomez has no intention of gaining the support of these people. After all, these people are still a minority among Tanghe people. As long as they do not harm the interests of ordinary people too much, everything can be calmed down. After all, he now needs domestic With the support of the nobles, without their approval, all problems would become extremely complicated, and Gomez believed that he could get through this hurdle safely.

Slowly turning around and sitting in the chair behind the case table, Gomez carefully considered how to negotiate with the other party. There must be a relationship between the northern nobles represented by Vasily and the southern nobles represented by Knox. To achieve a balance point, fortunately, there are unowned lands in Pinglu and Qinghe prefectures, which should be able to satisfy their appetites, but such high-quality fertile land cannot be cheap in vain. These nobles themselves need to make good use of this opportunity Bargain with these nobles.

Gomez weighed carefully that the conscription must be approved by them, otherwise the loss of soldiers due to the southern expedition would be difficult to replenish, and the mobilization of Kaman immigrants to the south does not need to cost too much In my own mind, I believe that once these nobles obtain land ownership, they will be eager to do these things well. In addition, the interests of His Majesty the Emperor also needed to be protected. It seemed that both Qinghe and Pinglu needed to choose a manor as the holiday residence of His Majesty the Emperor. This matter had to be handled by competent personnel without delay. The monitoring of the Boyin people in the north needs to be strengthened, remind the garrison to be more vigilant, and don't be taken advantage of by the Boyin people at this time.

A horse? ! Alas, this problem caused Gomez the most headache. If he did not recapture the armored horse, I am afraid that the plan for the southern expedition would be shelved in the future. Even his own homeland would be under the threat of the enemy's soldiers at any time, so how could he talk about sending troops south? Perhaps it is time to listen to the views of Nick, Mailey, and Claudia on the recovery of Jiama. Although it is absolutely not advisable to give up Pinglu and Qinghe, it is advisable to deploy some troops and concentrate on regaining Jiama. , but this is all about their soldiers.

Bo Jinchen, who was dressed in light armor, stood on the top of the armored horse city, observing the progress of the expansion of the city wall with a serious face. Checking the construction progress of the city defense facilities and the construction of the defense system twice a day has become an indispensable job for him every day. He is very clear about the importance of armored horses. Now the Kaman people can't breathe for a while, but Bo Jinchen believes that with the eyes of Gomez, Nick Mailley and others, they will not fail to see the threat that Jiama City poses to the entire Kaman Empire. It can be said that as long as Jiama City is in the hands of the Western Frontier Army, Kaman Man will never have peace! The Kaman people are no longer considering the southern expedition, but need to think carefully about how to ensure that their southern region will not be looted and ravaged.

Thinking of this, Bo Jinchen couldn't help showing a smug smile on his face, exchanging the food from Yinchuan for the recapture of Jiama, this kind of transaction is really profitable, not to mention that the food is not from Xijiang in the first place. Attracting the Sithrow people and turning against the Kaman people, such a good thing is probably rare in a hundred years. The most important task now is to ensure the stability of the armored horse defense, so mobilize all forces to expand the defense range of the city wall, increase the height and thickness of the city wall and towers, improve and complete all kinds of defensive weapons, and strengthen the defensive force. center work.

Fortunately, the Teroks were also ecstatic about the recovery of the Jiama, and the outburst of enthusiasm surprised Bo Jinchen. The tasks assigned by him were almost completely carried out by the Teroks, especially the city wall. The progress of the expansion of the city tower was even more astonishing, causing Bo Jinchen to check twice a day whether there was any behavior of cutting corners in the construction, but Bo Jinchen also had to admit that he underestimated the work enthusiasm of these Terok people.

Under the suggestion of Bo Jinchen, the traditional square city has been properly changed. Two fort-shaped auxiliary castles protrude north and east. The offensive and defensive power of the direction, the auxiliary castle with horns can effectively use long-range strike weapons to deal a severe blow to the invading enemy, which greatly enhances the counterattack ability, and the weaker city wall in the south is completely demolished and rebuilt. It is paved with square bluestone, and the number of various arrow hole bunkers has also increased a lot. According to Bo Jinchen's words, it is to build Jiama into a fortress that will never fall, and make Jiama a thorn in the heart of the Kaman people, a nightmare that they will never get rid of.

And the repair and construction projects of the two roads from Morington to Jiama and from Jiama to Taixuan were also quickly started under the enthusiastic enthusiasm of the people~IndoMTL.com~Jerok people are also well aware of these two roads. The condition of the road directly determines the speed of reinforcements from the south and west of the Western Frontier Army once the Jiama is attacked by the Kamans. It can also be called the two lifelines of the Jiama, which is ruled by the Kamans. The zealots who had been reluctant to be second-class citizens for several years were enough to make many things easier that would otherwise be impossible.

"Master Bo, you can see that the Jiama garrison has exceeded 100,000 people, and is about to reach 120,000 people. Compared with Merrington's defense force, it has weakened a lot. I think it is possible to adjust the number of garrisons. , in order to balance the defensive force.” Seeing that the coach’s interest in Jiama City far surpassed that of Merrington, the capital of Terok, Kang Jianguo, who followed Bo Jinchen, was a little puzzled, and now the defense system of Jiama City has gradually taken shape According to Kang Jianguo's own opinion, as long as there are more than 60,000 troops, no matter how strong the Kamans' military strength is, it is impossible to conquer them in a short time. However, Merrington's current strength has been reduced to more than 60,000. Kang Jianguo was a little worried.

"Hehe, don't worry about Jianguo. The Kaman people can't breathe for a while to play Merrington's idea. The status of Jiama is too important. I have to be careful. Once the city defense work here is over, we will immediately You can transfer some troops back to Merrington." Bo Jinchen smiled lightly, he understood the meaning of Kang Jianguo's words, there was only one imperial division stationed in Merrington City, while the Terok Front Army had 40,000 troops, and it was the last The mighty Royal Guards, in the Principality of Terok, have a lot of complaints about their own side that has been controlling military and political affairs. Kang Jianguo is probably most worried about whether the other party will use this to regain the actual control of Merrington City.