Chapter 1717 Logistical Issues
"Miss Jiaojiao is loyal and caring to Your Highness, and Your Highness cannot let it go."
Seeing that Li Chen was in a pretty good mood, Wu Qingcang said a joke while talking about the topic.
Li Chen stood up and said, "Well, I'll talk while eating."
When he walked to the table, Li Chen picked up a steamed bun, turned his head and asked, "Have Wu Shuai used it?"
"Your Highness Xie is concerned. You have used food before." Wu Qingcang said immediately.
Li Chen nodded, and the steamed bun was covered with a stack of pickles, a small piece of river fish, and a bowl of rice porridge. This was his supper.
In the barren Ganzhou, it is already good to have such a meal, but for Li Chen's identity, it is a bit too shabby.
Wu Qingcang knew that Li Chen was not a show. Over the past period, Li Chen's food and clothing cost was so simple that he couldn't believe that he usually eats lightly and has very few dishes.
I could almost finish eating it all, and I took him to eat it twice. Wu Qingcang even wondered that the imperial crown prince actually ate worse than him.
"Your Highness is strict with yourself and advocates frugality, so why worry about the country's prosperity?" Wu Qingcang said sincerely.
Li Chen was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "I am so serious. Actually, I like to eat lighter diets. If the oily food is too heavy, it will make me feel uncomfortable after eating them. Those top-quality delicacies are not just not eaten, but I always feel that these are the same.
It’s more at ease to eat things, and I don’t consider anything else.”
Wu Qingcang said seriously: "It is precisely this that your highness seems to be innocent and unpretentious. In the past, he has also eaten some light food with His Highness. Not to mention, he really feels much more refreshed.
My body also feels much more relaxed, which shows that it is beneficial to have a light diet every day."
Li Chen waved his hand and said, "No need to do this. You are marching and fighting. You must ensure that the supplements are expensive every day. In other words, the food of the soldiers below cannot be light. The daily supply of meat must be sufficient.
No savings can be achieved at all."
When Wu Qingcang heard this, he immediately said: "Please rest assured that the whole army has now guaranteed sufficient supply of meat, but..."
Hearing Wu Qingcang's words, Li Chen turned his head and frowned and asked, "It's just what?"
"It's just that the delay in food and supplies has become more and more serious. At the beginning, it was only one day or two days. This is not a big problem. It was already a long journey, and due to the weather, it was normal and reasonable to delay a period of time, but this delay is not only
It has not been alleviated, but has intensified. The recent batch of food and supplies should have been delivered three days ago, but there has been no movement today."
"The last time I sent someone to inquire, I learned that it seemed that it was because... the money in the rear was not enough, and the court could not allocate funds. Moreover, this situation has been going on for a while. It is said that some merchants who supply the goods have been owed.
The payment for goods of at least one month was really unsustainable, so the supply was stopped."
Wu Qingcang bowed and said, "The current food and grass of the entire army benefited from previous reserves, and it will still be able to support it for a while, but the decisive battle will begin, and the daily consumption is astronomical. If the logistics problem is not solved, I am afraid it will be
There is chaos, and the consumption of the Jin army is also a big deal."
Li Chen frowned slightly.
Chapter completed!