Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 157 Don’t You Remember Our Past Friendships?

They all come here to borrow money to buy land and then use their labor to pay off the debt.

Lin Feng no longer has enough financial reserves.

The number of laborers coming to build the city has increased to nearly five thousand.

The problem of feeding so many people is no small matter.

Plus there are another four or five thousand troops.

Various materials needed for construction.

The first one to lose his patience was Wen Cheng.

Wen Cheng is a quiet and introverted young man who rarely speaks in front of Lin Feng.

This time he couldn't hold it in any longer and his face turned red.

"General, your plan will indeed make a lot of money in the long run, but we don't have that much money right now."

Bai Jing also joined in.

"Once the funding chain is broken, we will go bankrupt."

She also learned a lot of financial terms from Lin Feng.

Li Xiong also shouted boldly.

"Boss, I don't understand these things, but what about the food problem? Even if you have money, you can't buy food now."

"Yeah, well, you're just living off the fat of the land."

Wen Cheng nodded vigorously.

The three of them were shouting, and Lin Feng was a little confused.

There were too many things on his mind, and he just kept thinking about them one by one.

I didn't expect that the disadvantage of this is that there are so many loopholes.

Many policy measures cannot be formed into systematic regulations.

You have to fill the hole individually.

At this time, Lin Feng was reading the series of policy measures that Wen Cheng wrote to him specifically, and the various problems that arose after their implementation.

A large piece of paper was filled with dense writing.

Lin Feng rubbed his temples with his hands and stared at the paper with a frown.

The black words turned into a mess of gibberish.

"Alas, there is a lack of talent."

He was still lamenting when he heard hurried footsteps coming from the yard.

The next moment, Qin Fang appeared in front of him.

"Boss, the border town is in crisis. There's no food to be found anywhere. Tens of thousands of soldiers have nothing to eat."

Lin Feng stared blankly at Qin Fang's anxious face.

I didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Boss, please speak."

"Where is the Zhenxi Protectorate?"

"Commander Su also said that we couldn't collect that much food and fodder at once, and the border army camps are also out of food."

"Doesn't the imperial court care about this?"

"Alas, the emperor is so focused on dealing with Prince Fu that he won't care."

Lin Feng waved his hand and asked Qin Fang to sit down and talk.

"We are also short of food here, what should we do?"

Qin Fang said anxiously, "Boss, should we stop this project for now? If the border town runs out of food, we won't be able to stop the Tartars from advancing eastward."

"Even if we didn't start this project, how much food would tens of thousands of soldiers in the border towns consume every day? Could Qingshui County alone afford it?"

"Let's solve the urgent problem first?"

"General Qin, do you think we can skip meals?"

"Boss, that's not what I meant. You can at least spare some of the food and grass."

"I really can't figure it out."

"But..."

Before Qin Fang finished speaking, he heard a soldier report.

"Report, General, there are border troops outside the city requesting to see you."

"how many people?"

"One hundred."

"Xie Zhong, go ask who's here?"

Not long after, Xie Zhong brought two people in.

"Lin Feng, how big a city are you going to build? With so many people!"

Cui Ying asked as soon as he entered the door.

The people who came were Cui Ying and Qiao Jun.

Lin Feng asked them to sit down and Bai Jing brought them tea.

"How did Captain Cui find time to come here and take a look?"

"I'm not here to inspect your project. The border army camp is in urgent need of food and fodder, and I'm here to urge them to provide more."

"Haha, General Kong Jin has been here."

"You didn't give him any food."

"I don't have any extra food here."

Cui Ying's beautiful eyes widened.

"Qingshui County has a good harvest this year. Everyone knows this. We need to mobilize some troops for the border troops, right?"

"Qingshui County has nearly 30,000 soldiers and civilians, and food is very scarce."

"Why do you care about those refugees? Let them continue to be refugees. But once the border troops are disintegrated, it will be a big problem."

Lin Feng tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers, a look of disdain on his face.

"The border troops can be reduced in number, so why keep so many?"

"what?"

Cui Ying didn't react for a moment.

Before everyone could react, Lin Feng quickly shook his hand.

"Well, Qingshui County doesn't have much food and fodder. I just promised General Qin to send forty carts of food and fodder to the border town."

"what?"

Cui Ying's cheeks puffed up.

Qin Fang was also stunned for a moment.

They had just been refusing and were determined not to provide emergency assistance to the border town, so how come they sent forty trucks in the blink of an eye?

"The government troops are resisting the Tartars, and the border troops are also holding back 10,000 Tartars. Why should we give them to them but not to the border troops?"

Cui Ying asked angrily.

Qin Fang was unwilling when he heard that.

"Captain Cui, the border town is under siege by the Tartars, and there's no way to guarantee supplies. Your troops, however, can come and go as they please, collecting food and fodder wherever they choose."

"Qin Fang, right? There's almost no food left to collect in the Zhenxi area right now. If we go any further, it won't quench our thirst."

"Your border troops are located at the easternmost part of the border. Further east, you'll be outside the Zhenxi Protectorate, allowing you to repatriate supplies despite the distance. Our provincial troops are located between the Zhenxi Protectorate and the Tartars. Any negligence could plunge the entire Zhenxi Protectorate into danger. General Lin's decision is absolutely correct."

Cui Ying sneered, "If our border troops retreat, those ten thousand Tartars will be free to plunder the entire Zhenxi area without restraint."

"Captain Cui, I told you to go and requisition food, but I didn't tell you to withdraw the army."

"The journey to transfer grain is long, and with so few people going, how can we ensure the safety of the grain?"

"That's you..."

Lin Feng saw that the two of them were arguing with each other with red faces and thick necks.

He quickly raised his hand to stop them: "Stop, stop, stop. Let me, the one with the food, say something, okay?"

Seeing that both sides kept silent, Lin Feng sighed.

"We're all short of food, but there's only so much of it, and it's coming from the mouths of tens of thousands of people in Qingshui. There's no point arguing here. Hurry and report to the general. How about coordinating and letting the higher-ups decide?"

Cui Ying hesitated for a moment, a blush appearing on her face.

"Lin Feng, you don't care about our friendship and just give all the food and fodder to the border town?"

Her tone was gentle and her body twisted slightly as she spoke.

Everyone in the room stared blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Bai Jing stood behind Lin Feng and started poking his waist hard again.

Lin Feng smiled bitterly and raised his hand: "Miss Cui, can you explain it more clearly? How can we have such a deep relationship?"

"Hmph, Lin Feng, you are such a heartless man! It's a waste of my time to protect you at the border."

For the sake of food and supplies, Cui Ying also fought hard.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's imagination ran wild.

At this moment, Zhao Shuo and Hua Ying stepped into the house.

I heard these words.

Lin Feng forced him to join the soldiers and participate in training.

But after working on a few projects, I was exhausted.

Unable to bear the cruel torture, he pretended to be dead and lay on the ground, unable to get up.

Because his status is so high, others dare not do anything to him.

Then he was left lying on the ground.

Who knew that Zhao Shuo's original guards were incorporated into the new army and joined various teams.

Upon hearing the news that Cui Ying, a border soldier, had come to Lingdouzi Castle, he informed Zhao Shuo.

When Zhao Shuo heard this, he immediately threw all his fatigue out of the window.

He jumped up and ran towards Lin Feng's command center.

However, as soon as he entered the house, he heard words that shocked him.

"Cui... Ying..."