"Your Highness, in fact we all thought wrong," Jin Feng said, "What the people lack most now is not money, but food and cloth!"
"Yes, when the people were captured, their homes must have been ransacked by the cavalry."
The Ninth Princess immediately understood what Jin Feng meant: "We can trade grain and cloth with them for horses!"
Tonight, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess arranged a total of three teams to attack two strategic locations.
The Anxing Army and Changxin Army, which came from Mianzhou for reinforcements, were responsible for attacking Baoer Mountain.
The Qingyuan Army was responsible for attacking the East Gate.
Both the Changxin Army and Qingyuan Army had suppressed bandits in Guangyuan, and had been trained by Qing Mulan and Zhang Liang for so long. Although their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of bodyguards, they were much stronger than ordinary old soldiers.
Moreover, they were equipped with heavy crossbows and catapults, and their number was several times that of the enemy.
If these two places can no longer be conquered, it would not be a loss at all for Ninth Princess to chop off their heads.
However, Bao'er Mountain is several miles north of the city. Even if Chang Xin's army captures it, the west and north city gates are still in Danzhu's hands.
People gathered in Laoou Valley in the north of the city. If they wanted to enter the city, they could only go through the east gate or the south gate.
Not to mention the south gate is in the opposite direction. Even if you go to the east gate, you have to go around to the north of Baoer Mountain to be safe.
This way back and forth, at least dozens of miles of mountain road.
Even for a hunter who is strong and familiar with mountain roads, it will take him a day to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads.
Not to mention a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who had just escaped from the prison camp.
Just look at Han Feng and Zhou Youda to know what their condition is.
It is late autumn now, and it must be very cold outdoors.
They can kill war horses to satisfy their hunger when they are hungry, but what about when they are cold?
Therefore, it is better to give food and clothing directly to money.
"But where can we raise so much food and cloth in such a short time?" Ninth Princess asked.
"No need to raise money, I have it!" Jin Feng laughed.
Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce has always taken the high-end route before.
But with the continuous development of Xihewan, there are more and more product categories.
Black knives and glass beads target high-end customers such as aristocrats and wealthy businessmen.
The soap is aimed at the middle class such as ordinary businessmen and brothels.
Cloth and ordinary ironware, on the other hand, are targeted at ordinary people.
In Guangyuan, there is also table salt.
Since the improvement of the loom, the work efficiency of Xihewan Textile Factory has been greatly improved.
As the factory director, Tang Dongdong has become more and more confident recently.
The Zhou family of Guangyuan, which was unattainable in her eyes before, is no longer taken seriously by her.
If she wants, she can drive the Zhou family out of Guangyuan at any time.
But Tang Dongdong is an ambitious woman.
As his status improves, his horizons gradually broaden.
In addition, Jin Feng assured her that the loom still had a lot of room for improvement, and Tang Dongdong's goals were no longer limited to the Zhou family or Guangyuan.
But look at the whole of Sichuan, Shu, and even the whole of Dakang.
Therefore, she did not immediately attack the Zhou family, but maintained the same shipment volume as before and secretly accumulated strength.
If she doesn't move, once she takes action, she will try to annex as much of the market as possible.
Xichuan City, as the capital of Sichuan and Shu, is one of the important battlefields on her strategic map.
The first thing the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce did when they came to Xichuan City was not to look for a store, but to find a suitable warehouse.
Then he kept hoarding cloth.
Although Jin Feng didn't know exactly how much he had hoarded, it was definitely a lot.
Releasing these pieces of cloth now might expose Tang Dongdong's goal and ruin her overall plan, but for the sake of the war horse, Jin Feng could no longer care about that much.
The most important thing is to be more careful in what you do, and be sincere in admitting your mistakes when you go back, and just feel free to get beaten or scolded.
After listening to Jin Feng's story, the Ninth Princess also believed that this plan was feasible.
He nodded slightly and then asked: "What about the food?"
"I know this!" Qing Mulan interjected, "Wuyang, have you forgotten? My husband has been worried about famine in winter, so he has been hoarding food crazily recently. Along the way from Nanchong to Xichuan, every county has built a granary.
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The granary in Xichuan City is the largest, so my husband asked me to find the place where my brother got it."
Hearing what Qing Mulan said, the Ninth Princess breathed a sigh of relief.
The war horse was finally found.
Then he thought of the transportation problem and asked with a frown: "Sir, we need a lot of food and cloth this time. Now that the North City Gate is still in Danzhu's hands, will there be enough time?"
"So, we must take down the North City Gate!"
Jin Feng stared at the foot of the mountain, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes: "Not only for the war horses, but also for the people!"
He had never thought about the issue of the captured people before, but after the conversation just now, his mentality changed.
What are the people to blame?
They have already experienced the death of their families, experienced the hellish prison camp, and even used their last strength to capture the military horse camp.
Although most people do this out of survival instinct and do not want to help.
But Jin Feng still couldn't bear to watch them freeze to death in the mountains and forests.
This is not the Virgin Mary, but the most basic compassion of a normal human being.
The people have lost their homes and even their clothes. Just now he was thinking about how to use them and how to get the war horses from them at the least cost...
Jin Feng felt his face burning when he thought of the little pride he felt just now, which seemed to make him laugh.
Why am I like this?
Jin Feng asked himself in his heart.
When he first came to Dakang, his goal was just to survive.
Now that he is living a good life, why should he be greedy and want more?
Following the Ninth Princess, maybe one of his decisions can save countless people, why not do it?
What if it was Guan Xiaorou who was captured in the prison camp, and if it was Tang Xiaobei who was freezing and starving in the mountains?
What would I think if someone could save them at this time but was still plotting for their own benefit?
You must want to kill that person, right?
"Sir...sir..." Qing Mulan stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Jin Feng: "What are you thinking about?"
"Uh, I didn't think about anything." Jin Feng came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Didn't you just say you were going to attack the North City Gate?" Qing Mulan asked, "What if Danzhu sends someone to stop it?"
"Then fight!" A cold light flashed in Jin Feng's eyes.
He was unwilling to send people to attack the Tibetan camp because there were fortifications outside the camp.
A strong attack would definitely result in heavy casualties.
But if Danzhu wants to stop him from attacking the North City Gate, he must leave the camp.
Now there are no cavalry in Danzhu. The front is tough and the bodyguards are not afraid!
Don’t be a coward either!
"Sir, have you thought about it?" Ninth Princess asked: "If we are really not sure, we can wait a little longer. The reinforcements from Jianzhou and Suizhou will arrive in two days at most."
"We can wait, but the people cannot wait!" Jin Feng said in a very firm tone: "We must capture the North City Gate as soon as possible!"
"Who are you going to send, sir?" Ninth Princess asked.
Out of previous shame, Jin Feng said without hesitation: "I will personally lead the escort team!"