Jiang Taiyi was sitting behind a table, looking at several memorials on the table, frowning deeply.
Ever since he took over Hanting, he had put all his attention on building the wonder and solving Rodu's predicament.
The various miscellaneous matters of the Han Dynasty were basically handed over to the officials like the Prime Minister.
Originally, he had been a hands-off manager and only needed to focus on pondering his own wonders. He was also happy to be idle.
Unfortunately, the current Han Dynasty only had one city, and there were still hundreds of thousands of people in the city that needed to be fed.
Ever since Rodu was surrounded by the 300,000 South Yue Wolf soldiers, Rodu had been cut off from food and resources from the outside world. The only reason it could survive until today was because of the huge amount of resources it had stored up.
Although none of the 300,000 wolf soldiers survived, Rodu's granary was almost empty!
In the face of such a situation, not to mention Guan Jin, a prime minister, even if Jiang Taiyi encountered it, he would also have an incomparably headache.
It had to be known that the current Rodu was basically trapped in this city.
There was no land, no harvest, and no way to exchange food from the outside in a short period of time.
Although Jiang Taiyi had stopped the Yue from destroying the Han, he had not destroyed the new lord of the Yue that had surrounded Rodu.
As for building another wonder in exchange for a large amount of food, it was not realistic.
First of all, the first two Wonders that Jiang Taiyi had built were both opportunistic.
When he built the terracotta soldier tomb, the place he used was his own tomb, and the site was ready-made.
All he needed to do was to gather the craftsmen to make the terracotta warriors. Even the armor was a legacy left behind by his cheapskate father.
When he was building the second observatory, he had left 100,000 wolf soldiers alive to serve as coolies.
They worked day and night to build the magnificent stargazing platform in a short period of time.
Moreover, the wonder of the stargazing platform did not require much technical content. It only required stacking huge rocks.
Therefore, his first two Wonders were suspected to be opportunistic!
As for the issue of supplies that was currently troubling Rodu, he really couldn't think of an effective solution at the moment.
After the stargazing platform was built, 100,000 people and animals were cut into human sticks and sent back to the Bai Yue State.
He didn't have the free labor to build the wonder.
He could hire the Han people of Rodu, but there was a condition.
Facing his own people, he couldn't possibly order them around like animals, right?。、
If he wanted them to work, he definitely had to let them eat.
Unfortunately, Rodu's biggest problem right now was eating their fill…
Jiang Taiyi frowned deeply. He raised his head and looked at Guan Jin, who was standing below the stage with a bow, and asked,
"How long can the current grain reserves in Rodu last?”
Guan Jin reported a number that gave him a headache."Less than half a month!"
"Let me think of a way…"
Jiang Taiyi stood up from behind the table and paced back and forth.
Guan Jin hesitated for a moment and said carefully,
"Your Majesty, this humble subject has an idea, but it might be a little risky.”
"Tell me!"
"Now that the crisis of our Rodu's destruction has been resolved, most of the soldiers are idle. Only a small number of soldiers are stabilizing the security of the city.”
" This humble subject's thoughts are like this. We can draw manpower and organize many small troops to go out of the city to plunder the barbarians of the Bai Yue State…"
Before Guan Jin could finish speaking, Jiang Taiyi interrupted him with a sneer.
"I have two questions."
"First, what if the Bai Yue forces surround our Han court again when the troops leave the city?”
"Of course, the 300,000 wolf soldiers from South Vietnam are all gone, and the Bai Yue will find it difficult to gather enough troops in a short period of time.”
"It's just that there's nothing to be afraid of.”
"Second, what if the troops of the Han Dynasty are devoured by the Yue?”
"We don't have many soldiers at the moment, and we've just experienced a prolonged war. Although we've already stepped onto the path of the Soul Conduit realm, it's still too early.”
"They are the foundation of the Han Dynasty. I can't afford to lose them!”
Guan Jin was silent. He sighed subtly.
For the first time in his life as an official, he realized that he was old!
However, he was also gratified because he saw that the emperor of the Han Dynasty had grown up.
His Xin Huo hadn't been extinguished!
"I was stupid and didn't think it through.”
Jiang Taiyi waved his hand." This is not your fault.”
He pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of an idea.
Now that he had already paved the path of cultivation with the observatory, could he use the observatory to draw in star power again to make the crops mature quickly?
However, this also required time.
Star power was magical. Even if it could make the plants mature quickly, it probably couldn't make a large area of food crops blossom and bear fruit in less than half a month.
If it was a small number or a small area, it was possible.
However, just thinking about it made Jiang Taiyi feel that it was unrealistic to let the rations that hundreds of thousands of people needed to eat quickly.
It was also at this moment that the young eunuch reported that the governors of the four divisions had requested an audience.
After Guan Jin entered the main hall, he first glanced at his father before reporting the situation to Jiang Taiyi.
"Your Majesty, the gifts for the Bai Yue State have all been delivered!”
"What is the reaction of the Bai Yue State?"
Guan Jin replied," Although they can't mobilize a large number of regular troops in a short period of time, the various tribes and states are gathering some miscellaneous troops. I think they have some relationship with us."”
Jiang Taiyi's lips curled into a mocking smile."
"300,000 regular soldiers, I killed them all, and now he wants to use a small army to deal with me?”
He paused for a moment.
That was because he had suddenly thought of a way to temporarily alleviate Rodu's predicament!
His original plan was to hide and develop for a period of time.
Not to mention increasing the strength of the Han army, at least the first batch of Star Officials in the Han court had to truly grasp the power of cultivation.
As for what he said about counterattacking the Bai Yue State to take revenge and reclaim the lost land from the beginning.
He was not a fool!
The current Han Dynasty had less than 30,000 soldiers, while both the Bai Yue State and the New King's Party had millions of soldiers!
Even if the Han army was extremely powerful and could easily attack a city, they would still be able to defeat the enemy.
However, what would happen after they took down the city?
Who would guard it?
At that time, he would not be able to care about both sides, and the Han Dynasty would probably really be destroyed!
Therefore, he cautiously chose to develop for a period of time.
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he had neglected one point. Development required resources. At the very least, he had to eat his fill.
Now that hundreds of thousands of Han people were going to starve, what was the point of developing?
Jiang Taiyi's current thoughts were like this.
The Han army indeed had to protect the safety of Luodu, so they couldn't be mobilized at will in a short period of time.
However, he had forgotten that he had an invincible army that would kill wherever he went-the 3,000 Black Dragon Flag Army!
Why not send the Black Dragon Banner Army out of the city to plunder the Yue, and then use the captives from the Yue to escort the food back to the city?
The 3,000 Black Dragon Banners were all cavalrymen with high mobility.
Even if Rodu was attacked, they would be able to return quickly.
He only needed to use this method to hold on for a period of time.
During this period of time, he could also use the observatory to come up with a solution to the food crisis, right?
Thinking of this, Jiang Taiyi's brows relaxed as he looked at the father and son kneeling below the stage.
One sentence shocked the two of them until they knelt on the ground.
"I've decided to lead the Black Dragon Flag Army out of the city to plunder. I…want to go on a personal expedition!”
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