Bai Xiaoqi wrote a special report on the situation in Busan and submitted it to the East Point (Eastern Group Army Headquarters).
Liu Yiyuan also attaches great importance to related situations.
It's just that the matter is so important that he can't make the decision without authorization. After thinking about it, he simply passed it back to the headquarters.
No one thought that before the war came, the Koreans would provide a big problem.
"I have read the documents from when the Ming Dynasty came to Korea, and they were quite critical of the Koreans. If these Koreans hadn't held them back, the war would never have dragged on for so long."
Huang Daozhou also echoed Hou Xun's words.
"The North Koreans deceive superiors and conceal their lies more than anything else. Even if they are exposed, they are shameless and don't care."
Holding the report in his hand, Zuo Mengeng's head was in great pain.
"Now it seems that the North Koreans must not be responsible for relevant work. Otherwise, I don't know how big a trap they will create."
His opinion received unanimous support from everyone.
After all, there are now more than 40,000 Xia troops concentrated in Busan, and there is absolutely no way to lose them.
Wang Yun thought for a while and took the initiative to ask for help.
"Why don't you let me rush over? I'll be here to take care of you, but I can guarantee that nothing will go wrong."
In view of the chaos in Busan, it is obviously necessary to send a cabinet official.
But just sending out cabinet officials is not enough.
Zuo Menggen pointed to the contents of the report and asked: "There are more than 70,000 North Koreans working for us now, and more than 1,000 people fell down in just ten days. The rest had their limbs amputated due to the cold.
There are seven to eight hundred people. If this continues, all these North Koreans may die before the supplies are delivered. It is obviously impossible to rely on North Korean officials. What should we do specifically? Do you have any plans?"
The conditions of North Korean workers are really miserable.
In order to earn a little money and food to survive, they can only work hard in the ice and snow.
Even though the Xia army soldiers could not see their miserable situation and provided a lot of help, it was still a drop in the bucket and could not fundamentally change their situation.
Bai Xiaoqi did not ask North Korean officials to come forward to solve this problem.
However, after searching all the warehouses in Busan, they could not find a piece of cloth or cotton. The granary was empty, with only rats running around.
This is the current situation in North Korea.
The life and death of ordinary people cannot depend on this country at all.
"No wonder when Japan invaded, it was able to sweep across the Korean Peninsula in a short period of time. How could the people take the country seriously if they treat the people so harshly?"
Huang Zongxi was furious and obviously had no good impression of the upper echelons of North Korea.
"Now is not the time to criticize North Korea's politics. We still need to think of ways to ensure smooth logistics and transportation."
Yes, even if all these North Korean officials who suck the flesh and blood of the people are executed, cotton, cloth and food cannot be produced. And without these things, North Korean workers obviously cannot persist for long.
Once there is no help from these people and Xia Jun has to rely on himself to transport supplies, he will probably collapse from exhaustion without waiting for the war.
"The problem of food is still secondary. We have made sufficient preparations for this big battle. The food on Jeju Island alone is actually enough to meet the needs of three to four months."
Zhang Yan went to the front line, and Wang Xiuqin, the deputy minister, rushed back to take charge of the work of the logistics department.
She has always had the relevant data, and speaking out about it somewhat eased everyone's concerns.
The issue of food and fodder on the battlefield is a top priority, a matter of life and death.
"In other words, even if some of this food and grass is provided to North Korean workers, it will not affect our operations?"
Wang Xiuqin nodded and gave a gratifying answer.
"Next month at the latest, a batch of grain purchased from Guangdong and Guangxi will arrive, which can be transferred to Jeju Island."
Shandong has always attached great importance to agricultural production. Not only that, it also uses various methods to purchase food from other places as much as possible.
Because the prices offered by Shandong were fair and business development was ongoing, the channels for purchasing grain were naturally laid out.
Now that the Taiwan Strait has been opened, merchant ships from Shandong can enter the South China Sea, thus establishing connections with the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.
This time we are fighting in Korea again, and the demand for supplies will be huge. Therefore, the Logistics Department has been trying every means to raise food and grass, and does not dare to delay the use of the army.
"We don't need to consider the issue of food, but what about cotton clothes? In such cold weather, if these North Koreans can't take measures to keep warm, the damage will still be aggravated."
Wang Xiuqin quickly expressed her position.
"Military uniforms must not be touched. According to calculations, the military uniforms provided today are only enough for our army to use in combat. If they are given to the Koreans, our soldiers will probably be frozen."
Not to mention, someone is actually thinking of using some of their spare military uniforms to provide them to North Korean workers.
As a result, Wang Xiuqin vetoed the words before they even came out.
"Then it can only be provided from here."
Hou Xun was helpless, but there was no other way.
Zuo Mengeng didn't like this plan either.
He picked up Dongzhi's report and looked over it several times, and suddenly discovered something.
"We have already paid a lot of costs for this war. If we continue to provide free clothes to North Korean workers, it will undoubtedly increase our economic burden. I think we can provide clothes, but we cannot provide them for free."
Everyone looked at each other, wondering where his idea came from.
"North Koreans are so poor that they can't even afford food. If it's not provided for free, can they afford it?"
Zuo Mengeng laughed and showed everyone a set of data in the report.
"You see, according to Dongzhi, if the North Koreans help us transport supplies, as long as they work for a full month, basically each person can get about six yuan of silver. In other words, in order to pay the wages of these workers, Dongzhi will have to
Take out one hundred thousand taels of silver. But think about it, if the North Koreans get this money, besides buying necessary food, where else can they spend it?"
Everyone was stunned, their thoughts scattered.
After a while, everyone's eyes became brighter and brighter.
If North Koreans make money, where can they use it?
To be honest, with North Korea's meager resources, even if they have money, they have no place to spend it.
It's like buying clothes. They really want to buy them, but is there a place to sell them?
Apparently not.
"That means that the money is almost useless in the hands of the North Koreans. And they have to work for the army and earn more wages. Should they invest in clothes in order to keep warm and survive?
Woolen cloth?"
"I understand what Your Highness means."
Guang Jiwu, deputy director of the Ministry of Engineering, felt that he had learned something.
"Now for this war, we have been paying out money without making any profit. But in fact, a lot of the money spent will never be recovered, and it is a pure loss. And the North Koreans got the money and
There is no place to spend it, causing the money to become useless and wasted. If you take advantage of the opportunity of these North Koreans to make money, and ordinary merchants transport clothes from here to sell them, the money can be transferred from these North Koreans
Earn it back in your hands. In this way, although it is just the same money, it has gone through a cycle and benefited everyone."
Everyone listened carefully and looked more and more surprised.