Yan Lin could see clearly, and his guess was correct.
It's just that he didn't know that Jiang Pengji found a way to increase the fertility of the land the year before, and Dou Xi, who came from a farm family, was at the rear helming the improvement of agricultural fertility. Last year's increase in production was modest, but it ended the downward trend. Depending on the situation, production should recover a little this year.
As long as continuous farming is possible, not only will the people in the rear not lack food, but the pressure on the soldiers on the front will be much less.
Despite this, fiscal expenditure is still in deficit, and Jiang Pengji has been subsidizing with private treasury, which is barely able to maintain a balance.
In order not to collapse later, it is necessary to fight local tyrants and search for property.
not only that…
Jiang Pengji also imitated the predecessors of the previous dynasty and did an even more outrageous thing.
She sent Captain Mojin to search for the burial of other people's ancestral graves.
Of course, these things are done on the sly.
Colonel Mojin also pretended to be an ordinary tomb robber to commit the crime, trying not to touch the funeral objects in the coffin.
Jiang Pengji has an excellent reputation among the common people. She pretends to be innocent in front of the common people. She said that those robbery holes were left by the four barbarians of the previous Nanman, while saying that they were robbers who committed crimes. .
"How dare she do it..."
Yang Tao was stunned. He had done such shameless things as picking people's ancestral graves, and the key was to clean up his reputation. This operation was too terrifying.
The people this year are too fooled, they always feel that manipulating public opinion is like playing.
A prince who ordered to loot the dead and deduct the living was actually able to wash it into a white lotus.
The world is getting more and more magical.
"Speaking of which..." Yan Lin said, "I think Wei Zixiao is more terrifying."
"Why?" Yang Tao was puzzled, "Wei Zixiao is the only gentleman Duanfang I've ever seen who can compare to Shaoyang, what's so scary?"
As bright as frost and like a jade gentleman, Yang Tao can't wait to put all the words he knows on Yan Linweici.
Yan Lin sighed.
I can't bear to tell my best friend the truth.
Yang Tao didn't know that the people's remarks that reversed black and white and secretly provoked hatred and hatred of the rich and the gentry were controlled by Wei Ci. Because Jiang Pengji never disturbed the people in wars, and basically built wherever he fought, his reputation among the people has always been very good. On the contrary, most of the nobles in Nansheng did not act, and the people had long complained about them. Part of the reason for the calamity of the southern barbarians is also to blame for the power of the gentry...
One is Jiang Pengji, who brought them stability and protection, and the other is the Nansheng clan who had previously oppressed and exploited them.
The latter has a negative and strong image in the eyes of the common people, but now he has jumped out and cried and complained that the burial of his ancestral tomb was stolen by Jiang Pengji, a shameless second-skinned person... I wonder, who would the common people believe more? You don't need to investigate to know to choose Jiang Pengji.
As Wei Ci secretly released the navy said, Lan Tinggong has fought in the world for more than ten years, and has experienced countless battles. For many years, even the people have not been disturbed once. The immorality of ancestral graves
Impossible!
Seemingly reasonable rhetoric, people with poor logic will be fooled, not to mention that 99% of the people are illiterate.
"Anyway, you're away from the right..." Yan Lin swallowed the words he blurted out, and changed his words, "Let's stay away from men and women."
A murderer and a knife hander are also responsible for cleaning up the crime scene and framing the couple who framed the victim.
Ha ha
Can't be bothered.
Jiang Pengji is not only powerful in force, but also occupies the commanding heights of public opinion.
This loss, those unfortunate Nansheng nobles have to eat if they don't eat, they have no choice.
Yang Tao's side took half a month to win half of the state, and the battle situation in the other roads was also very gratifying, and good news was reported frequently.
Jiang Pengji therefore ate several more bowls of rice.
The war is going so smoothly, in addition to its own strength, it is more passive resistance of the enemy.
When everyone heard that An Yu had scavenged the young men from the two prefectures on the Nansheng border, some people were confused.
"Anduoxi is planning to break the jar?"
"Tsk, if the jar is really broken, what kind of battle are they fighting, wouldn't it be more straightforward to lead the troops to surrender? Mostly there is some kind of conspiracy, and I plan to wait for it." Some people see it confused, others see clearly, and have their own set Idea, "Nansheng has spent the past ten years in war, the young and the young are not connected, and the people are also impoverished. Instead of dispersing the troops to defend the states, it is better to concentrate the troops to defend the most prosperous and easiest to defend and difficult to attack. Our army is On an expedition, supplies are difficult, but An Yin has no such concerns..."
Jiang Pengji has traveled thousands of miles to beat people's doorsteps, and she has to bring her own dry food when she goes out.
An Yin was sitting at the door of the house on defense, and when he was hungry, he turned his head to the kitchen to eat a pie.
Who has more logistical advantages is self-evident.
Everyone suspected that An Ying's move was to fight a war of attrition with Jiang Pengji.
What ordinary people can think of, Jiang Pengji naturally knows it.
but
She felt that things were not so simple.
Jiang Pengji and An Yin didn't know much about them, but they also knew that this person was not the type to admit defeat easily, so how could he retreat without a fight
"...unless there is another conspiracy..."
Jiang Pengji rubbed her hands a few times, her slender fingertips glowing a transparent red.
At this time, it is already the middle of winter, and the winter in Nansheng is colder than that in Dongqing.
Dongqing's cold is physical damage, and no matter how cold it is, it is also cold on the skin. Nansheng's cold is magic damage, wet and cold seeping into his bones.
This is Jiang Pengji's first winter in Nansheng.
She was a little uncomfortable, not to mention other soldiers and ordinary soldiers who were weaker.
The first winter snow came so suddenly that Jiang Pengji had to stop the battle.
Through this winter snow, Jiang Pengji also understood the real intentions of An Yin's side.
"I've seen shameless, I've never seen one more shameless than An Yin..."
An Xing scavenged the young and strong and the food, and the rest of the old, the sick and the sick were short of winter clothes and food. If they were ignored, I don't know how many people would die this winter. Jiang Pengji had to suspect that An Yin wanted to use this method to speed up the consumption of Jiang Pengji's food and grass.
An Yin can disregard the life and death of the people in the face of infamy, but Jiang Pengji, who is quite famous among the people, cannot.
Due to various reasons, Jiang Pengji's march to the south had to temporarily stop and wait for the spring to fight again.
Of course, due to doubts about An Xing's character, it is impossible to guarantee that this product will not sneak attack secretly, and the guard should be guarded.
"Fortunately, I was already prepared."
Winter without hot pot is imperfect, and hot pot without chili is soulless.
The peppers of this era grew in the wild, and a small amount of it flowed into the Central Plains and was used as a spice. Yan Lin was also from a noble family. He had also played perfumery before, so he knew what to buy, so he didn't even understand what Jiang Pengji meant by sending someone to send more than 20 jars of dried chili peppers.
Yan Lin speculated, "Although burning this thing has the effect of warding off the cold, it has a very strong smell and suffocates the nose. Soldiers are afraid that they will not be used to it."
Yang Tao opened the secret report sent by Jiang Pengji with a strange expression.
"Liu Lanting said... This thing is boiled in water to drink... "
Not only that, she also distributed a set of Wen Ding to each general.
Is this to encourage them to cook chili and eat hot pot in winter