Laojun took his apprentice, Master Xuandu, and rode a green ox westward into Xiqi.
Jiang Ziya, who had rushed back to Xiqi to raise food and grass, was greatly surprised when he heard the news. He hurriedly put down what he was doing and rushed over to visit.
"Master uncle~~~"
After confirming that it was Lao Jun, Jiang Ziya hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.
"Oh, it's Ziya." Laojun, who had lost his cultivation, was in a good mood, even feeling free and easy.
Perhaps this is the true state of transcending the mortal world.
"I heard that the master is here." Jiang Ziya's attitude was very low, because he knew very well that the man in front of him was a saint "he came here to pay homage to the master."
"oh."
Laojun naturally knows what this means, it is nothing more than the way Yuanshi Tianzun used to express his greetings.
I couldn't save my face before, so I decided to help Yuanshi Tianzun once.
I never thought that Jiang Ziya actually learned this trick thoroughly.
Looking at Jiang Ziya, who had a carefree and simple look on his face, Lao Jun felt bored for no reason.
He rode on the green bull and waved his hand and said, "I'm just passing by here, no need to be so polite. If you have something to be busy with, just go ahead."
"Yes Yes Yes."
Jiang Ziya heard the dissatisfaction in Lao Jun's words, and did not dare to be negligent and say anything, so he had to bow down to the end and respectfully send Lao Jun off.
"Let's go." Laojun called softly, and there was Xuandu Da, who was holding the cow over there. The Master immediately took the green cow and walked towards the west.
It wasn't until Lao Jun and the others disappeared from sight that Jiang Ziya straightened up, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Where are you going, uncle? Something feels wrong."
When he was deep in thought, Lei Zhenzi, who had come back with him, descended from the sky and said eagerly, "Prime Minister, there is not enough food in the treasury!"
This was a big deal. Jiang Ziya immediately forgot about Lao Jun and said, "Why is it not enough?"
"it is true."
Lei Zhenzi said with a bitter face, "The food in the treasury is really not enough."
Jiang Ziya's face darkened, and he immediately got on his mount and rushed to the treasury where the grain was stored.
Arriving in front of the largest grain storage warehouse in Xiqi, a group of grain officials from the government warehouse were already waiting here.
"You are so brave!"
Jiang Ziya was so angry that he jumped down and raised the magic whip, "How dare you embezzle the government's food and grass?!"
The grain officials were frightened and knelt down, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and shouted at the same time, "Prime Minister, Prime Minister! Even if we eat the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's guts, we don't dare to steal the grain and grass from the government treasury."
How dare you do such a thing when you have family members in the city?"
Jiang Ziya gradually calmed down, thinking about it too.
Of course, such an important position as a grain officer cannot be held by a single person. These grain officials are all well-established, and their families and families are all in Xiqi.
"Then why is there no food in the granary?"
"It would be helpful for the Prime Minister to know." The grain officer quickly explained, "Every time grain is released from the treasury, there is an order from the uncle. Every transaction is correctly numbered, and not a single grain is missing."
Jiang Ziya took the account book handed over by the grain officials, carefully checked it one by one, and after checking the remaining grain, it turned out to be correct.
"That's wrong." Jiang Ziya looked at the data in the ledger and said in a voice, "Why has the amount of grain output increased significantly every time since five months ago?"
"Prime Minister, the order for food adjustment is here, we don't dare to lie."
Jiang Ziya looked carefully and found that the amount of food and grass used had really increased.
He looked at Lei Zhenzi in confusion, but Lei Zhenzi was just a charger, how could he know?
Fortunately, the grain officials were not stupid and quickly found the root cause when they were in danger.
"Prime Minister, the army is advancing with great success and is almost approaching Chaoge City. The supply line for transporting food has also been lengthened."
Jiang Ziya woke up as if from a dream: "Yes, yes, the transportation line has been lengthened, and the losses on the road will also increase. Those slaves actually eat so much!"
There is no such thing as high-speed rail in this era, and transporting supplies depends entirely on manpower.
Xiqi uses a large number of slaves, but no matter how low the status of the slaves are, if they are asked to do such physical work of long-distance transportation, they must be fed.
If you can't eat, you can't transport supplies to the front line. There's nothing you can do about it.
Now that Xiqi's army has won one after another, the front line has been stretched very long.
The longer the front, the longer the supply lines for logistical supplies will naturally be.
When the supply line is extended, the losses during transportation will double.
It is natural for food consumption to increase.
"Prime Minister," the grain officer continued, "the number of our troops has increased significantly recently, so the consumption of grain and grass has also increased."
Hearing this, Jiang Ziya was completely speechless.
With the successive victories of Xiqi's army, almost all slave owners in the world joined them with their men and horses.
The large-scale increase in quantity and scale naturally increases the demand for grain and grass.
After all, they regard you as their master and bring their families and clan members to fight and fight for you. Food is the simplest and most basic condition.
"That's it, that's it."
Now Jiang Ziya finally understood everything.
But it was also because I understood that my head started to hurt.
I understand what's the use, there's not enough food.
"Well, if the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation hadn't lost, it wouldn't be so troublesome."
After the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, under the strong suppression of Patriarch Hongjun, the monks and immortals all withdrew from the human battlefield except for those who had previously had entanglements between the two armies.
Ancestor Hongjun planned to focus on finding the extraterrestrial demons. After all, he knew very well how terrifying the extraterrestrial demons were.
Once the demon from outside the territory really establishes contact with Heavenly Dao, his stealing of Heavenly Dao's power will inevitably be exposed to Heavenly Dao's knowledge.
So no matter what, we must first find the traces of the extraterrestrial demon and then kill him.
Jiang Ziya didn't know this. In his opinion, if the monks were still there, transporting military rations or obtaining more military rations would be much simpler.
What a pity.
It was a pity that there was no other way, so we had to let Lei Zhenzi fly to the front line to inform Ji Fa and ask him to make up his mind.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lei Zhenzi came back the next night and brought back Ji Fa's order.
The order only contained two sentences: "Comprehensively collect grain and dispose of excess slaves."
Due to the comprehensive grain levy, the slaves would naturally have no food. Many slaves did not even have clothes to cover their bodies, and it was even less possible for them to have their own food.
If you want to collect food, you can only collect it from the hands of civilians.
But in doing so, it would be tantamount to offending all the civilians of Xiqi to death.
As for disposing of excess slaves, it is even simpler. Not only does it directly reduce food consumption, but it also increases... Well, Cheng Yu said that this is normal.
In an era of low productivity, there are only two most important materials. One is food. Only with food can people survive. The other is people. Only when there are people can we farm the land and work to make handmade products.
Ji Fa collected food and killed slaves at this time, which directly dug up the roots of Xiqi.
Jiang Ziya felt something was wrong, but there was no other way now.
Fortunately, the army is making good progress, and it won't be long before they can conquer Chaoge and change the dynasty.
When the whole world is conquered, Xiqi's losses will not matter.
After convincing himself, Jiang Ziya could only grit his teeth and arrange for Lei Zhenzi to go do things.
Lei Zhenzi had no intention of resisting this. After summoning the sergeants, he directly started robbing and killing.
Perhaps out of brainlessness, Lei Zhenzi forgot that most of the sergeants came from civilian families and slaves. By letting them attack their own families, he was forcing them to rebel.
As expected, a series of rebellions, large and small, broke out across Xiqi.
The incident was so big that it even alarmed Ji Fa on the front line.
As a last resort, Ji Fa had to arrange for Huang Feihu and Yang Jian to rush back to Xiqi with a group of soldiers and horses from other princes, and suppressed this incident with a large-scale and bloody massacre.
Although this turmoil seriously slowed down the progress of the front line, there are also benefits. At least the Xiqi army received a large amount of food and dried meat, and also reduced a large amount of food consumption.
As for the side effects, they are naturally due to the disunity of the entire Xiqi.
But for Ji Fa, who was about to win, this was not a problem at all.
After finally finishing his business in Xiqi, Jiang Ziya breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Huang Feihu and others escorting almost the entire team that was the last to store food in Xiqi away.
Only at this time did Jiang Ziya have the time and thought to consider Lao Jun's departure to the west.
He couldn't figure it out, but he could probably feel that this matter was important.
So after settling in, we went directly to Kunlun Mountain and Yuxu Palace.
When he came to Yuxu Palace again, Jiang Ziya was also filled with sadness when he saw that there were only two or three kittens in the miserable and quiet surroundings.
Yuxu Palace, which was once bustling with people, is now in a state of decline.
The deputy leader is missing, and the twelve golden immortals who are the core of the Chan Sect have all fallen into pieces. Now the Chan Sect really doesn’t know what to say.
When Jiang Ziya was feeling emotional, the Antarctic Immortal came over on a deer.
"Jiang Shang? Are you back?"
When Jiang Ziya was in Yuxu Palace before, the relationship between the Antarctic Immortal and him was not very good. After all, this guy's talent was too poor and he was not qualified to get started.
But the Master Teacher treated Jiang Shang very well. He not only taught him personally, but also gave him many miraculous medicines that would make even the Antarctic immortals envy him.
This kind of treatment will certainly make other Chanjiao disciples jealous and very dissatisfied.
But now, the Chanjiao has long since withered into disarray, and all the disciples are left are the few who were originally responsible for cleaning.
Seeing Jiang Shang again at this time, the Antarctic Immortal had a smile on his face.
"Brother!"
Jiang Ziya was also very emotional. This was the only person he had ever known.
The two sides joked and exchanged greetings, talked about their respective current situations, and remembered their classmates who were no longer here.
It was only then that the Antarctic Immortal asked, "Jiang Shang, why are you coming back this time..."
"Look at me." Jiang Ziya slapped his forehead, "I'm looking for Master."
The Antarctic Immortal had a troubled look on his face: "Master has gone into seclusion and no one can be seen."
"I have something important to report to Master." Jiang Ziya said seriously, "It's very important."
The Antarctic Immortal looked at him seriously, and after a long time nodded slowly, "Okay."