Chapter 1782 (1/2)

Of course, Zhuge Xiangxue can also use the coins in the treasury to purchase food and other items on the market.

But...in that way, it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause...

Moreover, once too much food is purchased, it must cause food prices to skyrocket, harming the interests of civilians... That would be more than worth the gain.

What made Zhuge Xiangxue particularly depressed was that the grain in the granary was only enough to raise soldiers for one year.

Someone said, isn’t this enough??

Don't get me wrong, this one year of raising soldiers refers to the standing military strength of Jingzhou at this stage.If Zhuge Xiangxue intends to expand his armaments, then... this amount of grain will not last for several months...

After all, if you recruit soldiers, you have to feed people. If you can’t get enough food, who will serve you as a soldier??

However, although the food issue is more urgent... but for Zhuge Xiangxue, it is not a big deal... She already has a plan in her belly, so she can only postpone her recruitment for a while.

The food problem can be solved within three years by using military reclamation and farming in fertile land.

Three years, for Zhuge Xiangxue, still can afford to wait.

However, what makes Zhuge Xiangxue most depressed is... now the standing force of the nine counties in Jingzhou is less than 100,000...

This number of 100,000 is still the value obtained by adding 20,000 blood dragon riders...

This... is a bit of a pit...

Moreover, many soldiers lack training...

Zhou Ye used these soldiers as martial arts...

This makes Zhuge Xiangxue depressed...

With a snap, she threw the bamboo slip in her hand on the table... got up and walked towards the back house.

”I have seen Mrs. Xiangxue...”

As soon as she walked into the back house, she ran into Feng Yiwei who was on duty...

Zhuge Xiangxue’s identity in the back house is no secret, especially Zhou Ye said that although Zhuge Xiangxue was not married to him, she was already his wife, so Feng Yiwei called her Mrs. Xiangxue... …

Regarding Feng Yiwei's name, Zhuge Xiangxue also acquiesced... She directly asked: ”Where is the lord at this time?”

”Returning to Mrs. Xiangxue, the master should be in Mrs. Zhuge's room at this time...”

”Just right, I'm going to find him...”

Chapter 2165

Chapter two hundred and sixty five

Patriarch's Mansion————Housing......

At this time, the women were gathered in the room of Sister Zhuge, and together with Sister Zhuge, they sew a tabard for Zhou Ye.

Speaking of which, women workers are almost essential skills for women in this era.

From the princes of Gongqing to the people of Li Min.

Every woman has to learn female workers from an early age... so that after she gets married, she won't be rejected by her husband.