Zhong Jian's answer was indeed not as expected by Zhao Dongting.

After pondering for a moment, he bowed and replied: "Return to the emperor, the Ministry of War has now ordered the Shuzhong Military Region, Xianglong Military Region and various reserve warehouses in the Jiankang Military Region to transport grain to the front-line heavy city, which should probably support the army to fight for half a year. The food and grass in the Dali Military Region should be safe in a short period of time, but... if the front-line war lasts for a long time, the grain reserves in the Xingguo Military Region and Zhenguo Military Region will probably only support the front-line army for half a year at most."

"Half a year..."

Zhao Dongting pondered gently, "It's almost done."

Now the front-line food and grass in various places can support it for half a year, and there will be grain reserves in the mainland of Central Plains. As long as the war is not very wide, it can be completed until the next autumn harvest.

What only made Zhao Dongting a little worried was that Diaozhu and others led their troops to Japan and Dali Military Region to Tubo, and they didn't know if they needed a lot of food and grass.

All reserved grains cannot be allocated in China.

I just hope that Diaozhu and Gu Junying can have a smooth battle and it’s better to support the war with war.

He shook his head and asked Zhong Jian again: "I have not instructed me to buy food and grass from the people everywhere, what's wrong?"

Zhong Jian looked at Zhu Hecong with a wry smile and said, "Now the people have some surplus food in their hands...but... the Finance Department can no longer allocate much money."

The puzzle seems to be back on the money side again.

Zhao Dongting looked at Zhu Hecong, who was also bitter on his face, waved his hand and said, "Then save some money first, or let local governments pay the taxes in advance this year."

A light immediately emerged from Zhu Hecong's eyes, "How long is it in advance?"

Zhao Dongting said: "June! In the past, taxes were counted at the end of the year, so I will do it twice this year."

"yes."

Zhu Hecong was full of excitement and quickly agreed.

Zhao Dongting instructed to collect taxes in advance, which undoubtedly solved the urgent need of the Finance Department. If you borrow some from the bank, you will not be as tight as you are now.

At this time, Zhong Jian seemed to have thought of something, looked at Zhao Dongting, and said, "Emperor, Miss Wen Qingshu, the Changsha Jieyuan, raised a total of 230,800 taels of silver and donated it to our Ministry of War. Should I hand over the treasury these silver to the national treasury?"

Zhao Dongting looked at him with a funny look and waved his hand, "Come on, let's leave these silver to your Ministry of War to apply freely!"

There was also a light coming out of Zhong Jian's eyes, "Then the silver, grain and other items donated from all over the country from now on?"

Zhao Dongting was very generous and said, "It's all up to your Ministry of War to mobilize."

"I thank you, the emperor."

Zhong Jian was overjoyed.

Then, he, Zhu Hecong and Li Qingyun left the imperial study room.

Zhao Dongting sat in front of the desk and murmured to himself, "Even our Song Dynasty is so tight, I don't believe how good you can be."

After so many years of conquests by the Yuan and Song dynasties, although the Song Dynasty often dealt with enemies from all directions, the Yuan army had never won the victory in the northern border. The loss of soldiers alone would probably result in millions of gold. However, the Yuan Dynasty expanded rapidly before, and it was entirely to use war to support the war. I think there was not much surplus grain or gold and silver accumulation.

Furthermore, the Yuan Dynasty now has much more soldiers than the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting did not think that the situation in the Yuan Dynasty would be much better than that in the Song Dynasty.

This battle is difficult for him to fight, and real gold will only be more difficult for him to fight. If a large army is constantly gathered on the frontier to confront each other, the Yuan Dynasty would definitely not be able to hold on than the Song Dynasty.

Yuan Zhongdu.

When Zhao Dongting Xuan Zhong Jian, Li Qingyun and Zhu Hecong were discussing affairs in the imperial study, the Yuan Emperor's real gold was also discussing affairs.

In his imperial study, there were Yelu Zhu, Sangge, Harbala and others.

The few auxiliary ministers that Kublai Khan left him were basically here.

Although the war on the border between the Song and Yuan dynasties has begun, it is naturally not the beginning that people of Harbala will be mobilized.

Zhen Jin kept rubbing his head, very distressed.

After a while, I looked at Brother Sang, "Is there really no food, grass and silver in China?"

Brother Sang sighed and shook his head and said, "Emperor, over the years, our dynasty has really come to the limit. In previous years, taxes have been mostly used to support the front-line army, which has led to the people's livelihood in our country far less than that in the Song Dynasty. If we force taxes to increase taxes, we are afraid that before the Song army comes in, our Dayuan will be...a deserted wars."

"Can……"

Zhen Jin said: "Now the Song army has already entered Nanjing Road. Can our Nanjing Road garrison expel them in a short time?"

As he said that, he suddenly looked at Harbala, "What about the army entering Xixia now?"

Harbala replied: "Return to the emperor, and send a message from the army, our army has blocked the Song army outside Weizhou City and is in the confrontation stage."

Zhen Jin nodded slightly, "Their food, grass and military pay are all responsible for the original families of the Xixia Army Division. I don't ask for a hurry to advance, so it's better to confront the Song army."

Then he rubbed his forehead with distress, "The most important thing is the Song army in southern Xinjiang. I have a headache. What are you good ideas?"

Yelu Zhu bowed, "Emperor, have you sent envoys to condemn Emperor Song? Maybe... Emperor Song will retreat because of this?"

"snort!"

Zhenjin snorted gently, "They suddenly attacked Nanjing Road just to intimidate me. I don't let Qingyuan and wait for the army to withdraw, it would be strange if Emperor Song would be willing to withdraw his troops easily! I sent envoys over there, but you don't understand my intention. Don't say anything like this in the future."

"I know the crime..."

Yelu Zhu slowly retreated when he heard this.

Zhen Jin seemed to be a little bored and waved his hand, "Since you don't have any good methods, then let's raise all your efforts to raise food and grass first! The border wars should be dominated by Western Xia. As for southern Xinjiang, we will block the Song army first, and we will never allow them to break through more cities."

After the words came to his voice, his eyes also looked at Harbala with some sharpness.

Halbala hurriedly bowed, "I will receive the order."

They also agree with Zhen Jin's view on the frontier affairs.

They had the energy to help Daxia because the logistics of the army was entirely under the responsibility of Xixia. In southern Xinjiang, they were unable to fight against the Song army. Now the Yuan Dynasty's treasury can support daily expenses. Except for the states on Nanjing Road, if they want to call other troops from various routes, they will definitely not even be able to supply food and grass. They can only hope that the Song army will not make a big fuss.

Zhao Dongting could have thought that the Yuan Dynasty was now in financial difficulties, and people like Sang Ge, Yelu Zhu also speculated that the current situation in Song State should not be too good.

After all, neither country has the foundation for a full-scale war. It only depends on whether it can stop in the end.

True King just said that it was enough to stop the Song army from breaking through more cities. It was probably decided to swallow its anger and let the Song army occupy such a few cities.

As long as the Western Xia can win, the Yuan Dynasty will rest for a while and it will be much more convenient for him to attack the Song Dynasty in the future. This is what they are planning now.

Walking out of Zhenjin's imperial study, these humeral ministers of the Yuan Dynasty looked at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

I really can't understand why the State of Song has such a foundation in less than ten years.

They didn't support the war!

The king of Song was really a genius. A genius far beyond their imagination.

Among them, even if anyone becomes Emperor Song, it is impossible for the State of Song to develop into this way. What is more likely is that it was destroyed in successive wars.

North of Huainan East Road, outside Sizhou City.

Sizhou was a major city in southern Yuan, and a key military corps. Even in ordinary times, there were 30,000 soldiers who had accumulated.

After Wen Qi led the Tiangang Army to this place, he organized the siege of the city without making any contributions and was defeated by the defenders in the city.

Both armies were injured.

Then, under Su Quandang's order, Wen Qi stationed troops more than ten miles away from Sizhou City and no longer attacked Sizhou Cheng.

The defenders in Sizhou City guarded the pass, only seeking stability, but did not leave the city and take the initiative to seek war.

The sky is gloomy.

The atmosphere inside the Tiangang Army camp also seemed a bit dull.

The Tiangang Army was an invincible army before, and had never encountered such a situation. It was actually blocked by the Yuan army outside Sizhou City.

Although we knew that this was the reason why the Yuan army had firearms, seeing the previous enemies suddenly increased so much, the soldiers in the Tiangang Army were naturally still a little dull.
Chapter completed!