He Yan stood up and spoke a fair word to the grain transport soldiers, which made the soldiers stationed at Wubao cast grateful glances at He Yan.
"But it is a fact that there is a shortage of food in the army now. You must also be considerate of these comrades! Do you see how thin they have become?"
The grain transport soldiers under Cao Ren followed He Yan to eat meat every day, and they were all very muscular and round-waisted. On the other hand, the soldiers stationed at Wubao were almost as thin as men!
When the food transport soldier saw that the other party was indeed very thin, and then looked at his own belly due to eating meat, his face suddenly became ashamed.
"Just transport these grains back first. If Commander Cao asks about it, just say...it was arranged by Sikong! Let him talk to Sikong himself!"
Hearing He Yan's tough tone and short talk, these grain transport soldiers had no choice but to transport the grain back to the barracks in despair.
After the grain transport soldiers left, the soldiers stationed at Wubao also came forward to thank He Yan and seemed to be a little more convinced of the new commander.
He Yan helped him up from the ground, looked at his thin appearance, and sighed: "Just be patient for a while, the war will be over soon, and I will wait for the New Year to go home and eat new food."
Encouraged by He Yan, the soldier also showed a silly smile: "Definitely! I still have an old hen at home, which I just keep to eat eggs during the New Year!"
He Yan was stunned, patted the other party's shoulder, stood up and walked towards the tent.
But Liu Ye was still puzzled, and he caught up and asked: "He Zhonglang, the "Succulent Marquis" that the soldier mentioned just now is..."
"Who knows! Maybe whose dialect it is from! Let's go in and continue eating!"
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Back in the camp, He Yan felt that the corn in front of him was tasteless.
He flipped through the accounts as if to vent, but the more he flipped through it, the more irritated he became, because there really were only so many things in the Wubao, and even if he tore through the accounts, he wouldn't be able to find an extra morsel of food——
"Huh? Are there still these in the accounts?"
Spices, oils, silk satin.
The accounts in a book are full of luxurious things, and they are all in large amounts!
Just the flax that can be squeezed for oil is worth more than a hundred stones, which can be eaten by an army!
"Zi Yanggong, these things..."
Liu Ye read a lot and had some eye problems, so he walked to He Yan, looked at the things He Yan pointed at and responded: "These, these are not in Wubao, but in Xuchang. The reason why they are written on the accounts is just
Because we need to coordinate the treasury before going into battle."
Liu Ye added: "Moreover, most of them are food supplies for the royal family and ministers. They are of no use for marching and fighting, so they are not transported."
The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional.
He Yan looked at the food items on the account and felt a little jealous: "How can this be useless?"
"Just by selling it to Jingzhou and Jiangdong, you can get a lot of grain. How can you pile it up in a warehouse and eat ashes?"
Liu Ye didn't react for a while after hearing this.
These are all necessary to support the royal family and the ministers!
If those things were missing, it is hard to imagine that those Han officials would make some articles later to criticize Cao Cao and cause trouble behind his back.
"What are you afraid of?"
He Yan looked at it dismissively: "It's all the people's blessings. Of course, what you get from the people must be used for the people! What's more, those gangs of wine bags and rice bags will make trouble behind them after they are full. It's really a waste for them!"
Liu Ye was speechless for a moment, obviously he no longer dared to follow He Yan and talk about this treasonous topic.
"It's better to ask Xun Lingjun to send these food shipments to other places to exchange for food. By the way, flax can be transported to the front line and pressed into oil for the soldiers to supplement."
Liu Ye had a troubled look on his face: "This... I'm afraid there's something wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Those ministers are starving them to death. Let them have a taste of what it's like to be a soldier on the front line, so they don't have to nag behind their backs."
For this reason, He Yan also roped in Ren Jun to persuade Liu Ye.
Compared with Liu Ye, Ren Jun's attitude towards those ministers was naturally much more radical, and he waved his hand: "Yu Lang is right! Anyway, we have reached the point where we are running out of ammunition and food. Even if we don't use it, it will be in vain."
Yuan Shao."
With Ren Jun on his platform, Liu Ye was still a little hesitant.
It was He Yan who quietly whispered in Liu Ye's ear, and Liu Ye finally made up his mind and asked Xun Yu to transport the things in the treasury to the front line.
Ren Jun was curious about what He Yan said to Liu Ye, and He Yan didn't hide it.
"The reason why some people around Sikong are suspicious of Liu Ye is entirely because he may get the support of those Han officials and betray Sikong."
"But now if Liu Ye "cuts himself off from the ministers" and spreads the matter of cutting off the ministers' funding, those ministers who are more considerate and petty will definitely hate Liu Ye. In this case, Liu Ye will stay here in Sikong from now on.
The treatment will also be better.”
After hearing this, Ren Jun also gained a new understanding of his nephew.
"Yulang...the way he does things is quite similar to Sikong and Guo Fengxiao."
He Yan sighed: "I don't want to either, but whoever gets close to black will be black."
Ren Jun sighed: "It's so hard on Yulang~"
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When Xun Yu, who was in Xuchang, received the list of supplies requested by Liu Ye, he suspected that he had not read it clearly.
"Is Liu Ziyang crazy? Is he trying to seclude himself from the ministers and the emperor?"
This subconscious reaction made Xun Yu think more and more wrong. In the end, Xun Yu could only sigh: "This Liu Ziyang is really cruel!"
After thinking for a long time, Xun Yu finally agreed to Liu Ye's proposal.
Just like what Ren Jun said, if this battle is lost, the royal ministers will not need Cao Cao to continue to support him, but will get Yuan Shao's advantage in vain.
Xun Yu only left enough food to feed the royal ministers for a month. The rest was either shipped to Jiangdong in Jingzhou in exchange for grain or shipped to the front line according to Liu Ye's instructions.
"If Sikong still can't defeat Yuan Shao in a month at most, then he must not have enough food. Keeping these... will naturally be of no use."
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With Xun Yu's support, these food items naturally fell to He Yan easily... Oh no, they fell to the army's logistics department.
He Yan counted the grain stocks and estimated the possible end days of the war, and immediately smiled knowingly.
He came to Liu Ye and asked: "Zi Yanggong, do you want to eat meat?"
"Um?"
Even though Liu Ye was considered a vassal of Sikong, it was difficult for him to eat a bowl of meat in an army that was short of rations.
However, Liu Ye thought that He Yan was trying to use his power to become a "big rat", so he uprightly refused to accept the proposal.
"Don't worry, I'm not trying to do anything for you alone."
He Yan made a bold statement: "I want all the soldiers in the army to eat meat!"
Liu Ye stepped forward worriedly and touched He Yan's forehead: "Is it possible that without meat for a long time, He Zhonglang went crazy with hunger?"
"You're crazy!"
Slapping Liu Ye's hand away, He Yan asked mysteriously: "Have you ever heard of... Hex Technology?"