C91 The Dilemma of the Military Gate Village

At Xiao Wen's request, Huan Yan didn't refuse and brought everyone to a warehouse to store weapons and armor.

This warehouse was originally meant to store the villagers' rations. However, because things like armor were much more expensive than food, the villagers had to clear all the food out overnight and then store the weapons and armors inside.

At this moment, at the entrance of the warehouse, two villagers with long spears were guarding the entrance. Their expressions were solemn. It seemed that they knew the importance of these weapons and armors.

"Lord Huan Yan, you've come?" One of the villagers asked when he saw Huan Yan bringing Xiao Wen over.

"Yes." Huan Yan nodded. "Quickly open the door. The elders of the army are coming to retrieve their armors and weapons."

"Yes." The villager nodded, took out a key from his pocket, and unlocked the warehouse.

Under the lead of Huan Yan, Xiao Wen and a few able-bodied soldiers entered the warehouse.

"Speaking of which, why do these villagers call you Lord?" I remember that you aren't working in County Governor Manor, right? " Xiao Wen asked Huan Yan.

As an honest man in the Han Dynasty, Xiao Wen naturally didn't suspect that he was in contact with Manchu Manchu constables. However, he was still very curious as to why those villagers would address him as Lord Huan Yan.

After hearing Xiao Wen's question, Huan Yan laughed: "Mister Xiao doesn't know that even though this village is managed by the Cloud County, it has some business dealings with my uncle's Yang family. So I often come to this village to collect things in place of my uncle. "

Xiao Wen nodded. Even though in ancient times, the academic and industrial class was clear, as a scholar, Huan Yan would never go into the sea to do business. However, if it was just to collect some items and there was no direct money exchange, then it was still acceptable.

After all, even Teacher Kong would accept some cured meat as tuition fees.

After understanding everything, Xiao Wen turned his attention back to the items in the warehouse.

The warehouse was filled with all sorts of strange weapons and armors. There were the standard two-handed swords of the Qin Nation, the crossbows of the Han Nation, the black armor of the Tang Nation, and the three eyes of the Ming Nation. The categories were all different and messy.

"Although the Manchu Steel Cavalry is very strong in terms of force, their total production capacity is very poor. They could not even produce armors in large quantities like other countries. That was why most of the cavalry from yesterday wore the armor they had acquired during their battle with the Ming Kingdom. Of course, there are also some that were bought through trade from merchants from other countries. " As expected of a scholar, Huan Yan had a wide range of knowledge, and he had a good understanding of the reasons behind the messy flow of weapons in the Qing Dynasty.

Xiao Wen nodded and discovered that the most common items among them were a few worn out leather armors. He leisurely said, "Even in the entire Qing Dynasty, there are so many elite cavalrymen who wear leather armor. It shows how poor they are. "

After all, in the original history, if it weren't for the fact that the bureaucrats and army had been completely decayed, the city wouldn't have expanded so quickly. Although many countries in the world would occasionally support a clean slate in order to create trouble for Ming. However, the Ming Kingdom of this world was still controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang after all. With his ability, he could still suppress the entire city.

"Indeed, if it's an ordinary army, then forget about it. If the elites are like this, then it would really be unjustifiable." Huan Yan added.

Although he was a scholar, the burly man's scholar was not like Song Ming or Song Ming, which were both countries.

At the very least, the scholars of this country all knew some general military knowledge.

Everyone, including Xiao Wen, knew that under normal circumstances, 50% of the total number of soldiers in the army who could wear armor was already considered decent. And this ratio also included things like paper armor.

But as an elite, unless it was a special army, they would usually have a 100% armor defense rate.

Only in this way could an elite be called an elite.

However, Xiao Wen only sighed.

He lived in a place called the Han State, where the most troublesome opponents were always the Qin Kingdom in the west and the Huns in the north.

As for Manchu, it was a second-rate country that was trembling in a corner. Although she was jumping now, she was still too far away from the big man.

Xiao Wen was too lazy to retort.

"Sigh, speaking of this entire population, they are all bastards. In this war, in order to not leave any food for them, all the wheat in the fields must be harvested early. This winter, I think, will be hard for us. " Huan Yan said.

"Isn't it already autumn?" Xiao Wen asked curiously after hearing this. Generally speaking, in the autumn, the wheat in the wheat fields could be harvested.

Although he had the super library that could tell him everything, he felt that there was no need to investigate such a small matter.

Huan Yan looked at Xiao Wen, and this scholar who seemed to know everything said: "In the Southern region, at this time, we can indeed harvest. But this is in the clouds, and the harvest of the wheat is still about a month late. "

Well, that sounds reasonable. However, Xiao Wen wasn't an ignorant noob.

So he continued to ask, "Although we've already collected this early, it's not like we don't have enough winter food, right?"

Huan Yan helplessly shook his head and said, "It's enough to eat. It was more than enough to last until next year's harvest. But Sir, do you know what is the thing that is lacking the most in this Cloud County during the winter? "

On Huan Yan's question, Xiao Wen pondered for a moment before saying, "Fuel!"

"That's right." Huan Yan nodded and said, "Fuel is our biggest weakness. We can eat the wheat if it's just a little bit of it. However, if they were to sell it to a merchant in exchange for fuel, those merchants would probably push the price down. In that case, it would be difficult for us to get enough fuel while keeping enough rations. "

After all, the clouds were located in the north, which was a temperate grassland. The characteristic of vegetation was that there were few trees and a vast prairie.

In such an environment, it would be unrealistic to cut down enough trees to support the fuel needed to survive the winter. Moreover, in the northern part of the Cloud Continent, the temperature was far colder than in the southern part. To survive the winter in such a place, the amount of fuel needed was far greater than in the south.

This was also the reason why Huan Yan said it was difficult to survive through the winter in the village.

"In that case, do the other two villages have similar difficulties?" Xiao Wen asked.

"Of course." Huan Yan nodded. "The other two villages are about the same as us. Like us, they won't be able to survive the winter."

Hearing Huan Yan's worry, Xiao Wen lowered his head and thought for a moment. Then, he suddenly said: "So far, there are only three ways to save the military gate and the other three villages."

"First, let the villagers move to other places. To live in some warm places in the south would not be so hard. "

However, this plan had a very big drawback. Not to mention that ever since ancient times, Chinese people always had a plot of their homeland that was hard to change. Under normal circumstances, they would never leave their hometown.

Even during the entire autumn, Xiao Wen would work door to door in the village doing mental work, making the villagers willing to leave. The local administrative officials would also be crying as they let the villagers stay behind.

After all, these villages near the Cloud County were all meant to provide food for the garrison troops. If they were to leave, it would be a heavy blow to the Korean border's defensive capabilities.

Looking at Huan Yan, Xiao Wen asked: "I have two reliable ways to help the village through this crisis. "I wonder if the people from the village and the Yang family would be willing to cooperate with us?"