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When a large army marches south, cavalry is indispensable.
The only option is to send a contingent of new recruits to stabilize Guangxi.
Of the five—Sun Li, Zhang Qing, Huang Xin, Han Tao, and Peng Qi—Sun Li was the most senior.
The use of troops is also prudent.
Therefore, Zhao Yuan preferred to have Sun Li guard Guangxi.
Sun Li stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "This humble general obeys."
Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay."
"The barbarian troops in other prefectures will be treated the same way as those in the thirty-six villages,"
"Anyone who takes advantage of the situation to cause trouble,"
"All the leaders must be executed."
"Use barbarian soldiers to fight barbarian soldiers again,"
"To reduce our casualties."
Chapter 1813 The Cave Master of the Savage Cave
Sun Li nodded and said, "Yes, sir."
"King Liang should just keep heading south,"
"This subordinate will certainly ensure the safety of the grain transport route."
There are many barbarian people in Guangxi.
Sun Li couldn't guarantee how long it would take to sweep through Guangxi.
Zhao Yuan nodded.
He gestured for Sun Li to sit down and said with a smile,
"The army will continue its southward march tomorrow,"
"Sweep away the Viet Ly Dynasty."
"What do you all think is the best way to march?"
Li Gong asked in confusion, "Most of the military rations were distributed to the people of Guangxi."
"We are short of supplies,"
"How can we send troops tomorrow?"
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "Naturally, we must obtain grain from the Yue-Li Dynasty."
"Search for food from the enemy."
Li Gong shook his head and said, "The Viet Ly Dynasty probably doesn't have much grain either."
"And after we went south,"
"The Viet Ly Dynasty was very likely to adopt a scorched-earth policy,"
"This prevents us from receiving supplies."
Zhao Yuanqi said, "The Yue-Li Dynasty is located further south."
"It's getting hotter,"
"Rice should be able to be harvested three times a year, right?"
"How could there not be much food?"
Li Gong smiled and said, "If the Viet Ly Dynasty has plenty of grain,"
"They also looted grain from the people in Guangxi."
"Actually, Guangxi doesn't have much grain at all,"
"Otherwise, so many people wouldn't have starved to death."
Zhao Yuan asked doubtfully, "Can't both Guangxi and Guangdong have three harvests a year?"
"How come there are mountains of grain in Guangdong?"
"But why is Guangxi facing a food shortage?"
Li Gong said, "The climate in Lingnan is hot."
"Suitable for agricultural production,"
"But the sale of grain to the Jiangnan region is a relatively recent phenomenon, dating back only about twenty years."
"In the past, people in Lingnan relied entirely on the weather for their livelihood,"
"Just scatter some seeds in the field,"
"They don't care or ask questions,"
"They only go to the fields to harvest when it's harvest season."
"We often have to search for rice in the grass,"
"Often the harvest isn't even enough for them to eat,"
"However, Lingnan has a wide variety of fruits and animals,"
"They are not afraid of starving to death."
"Until Su Shi was demoted to Lingnan,"
"Seeing this way of farming among the people of Lingnan,"
"They only just began to teach the people of Lingnan intensive farming techniques,"
"Many agricultural tools were also introduced."
"In addition, the continuous migration of Fujianese people to the south over the years,"
"The grain harvest in Guangdong is just beginning to come in,"
"Sell it externally."
"But the people here in Guangxi still just casually scatter some seeds,"
"Waiting for the harvest, naturally there will be no surplus grain."
Sun Li was appointed as the General Commander of Guangxi.
I also care about things in Guangxi.
"You mean it's because people in Lingnan can eat a lot?"
"That's why people from Lingnan are relatively lazy,"
"Unwilling to cultivate meticulously?"
Li Gong nodded and said, "That's indeed the case."
"Many barbarians just scatter some seeds randomly,"
"Most of the time they feed on fruits and wild animals found in the mountains and forests."
"In my spare time, I sing and dance."
"They rarely do manual labor."
Li Kui said, "Then when we came,"
"How could so many people have starved to death?"
Li Gong said, "Those people are all old and weak."
"They are no longer able to hunt and gather fruit in the mountains,"
"Although the mountains and forests of Guangxi are rich in resources,"
"But there are also many wild beasts,"
"It's not a place for the elderly or the weak to enter."
"And most of those who starved to death were people from the city,"
"Very few people in the village starve to death."
Li Kui exclaimed, "Heaven is so blind!"
"My brother works in the fields every day at JD.com,"
"And there were frequent famines and hunger."
“These barbarians do nothing and yet they have food.”
Zhao Yuan naturally knew that this was something that could not be changed.
I'm more concerned about the affairs of the Viet Ly Dynasty.
"Did the Ly Dynasty of Vietnam also cultivate the land in this way?"
Li Gong nodded and said, "Not much different."
"Although Li Qiande encouraged the people to learn the farming methods of the Han people."
"But the Yue people were not proactive,"
"They just casually scattered a few handfuls of seeds,"
"It will grow back in two or three months,"
"Although the yield is not as high as that of our Han Chinese farming,"
"But it's enough for them to eat,"
"No one wants to suffer in the fields."
"They don't live solely on food,"
"And various fruits,"
"However, our army is mostly composed of northerners,"
"I'm afraid we won't be able to eat those fruits."
Zhao Yuan nodded.
"Eating some fruit is fine,"
"If the soldiers were to eat fruit instead of food,"
"I'm afraid they'll all suffer from acclimatization problems."
Li Kui said angrily, "These Yue people are too lazy!"
"It's made it so that we can't find food even if we want to go south."
Many people believe that three harvests a year are possible in Lingnan.
There must be plenty of food everywhere.
But they didn't expect that...
These barbarians simply wouldn't put in that much effort to grow crops.
They also did not want to work in the fields.
In many fields, the crops are not even as tall as the grass.
How could there be food everywhere?
Chapter 1814 Grain
If this grain could be exchanged for money...
Perhaps they will also actively grow grain.
However, land transportation consumes too much resources.