For Jian Yong and other Zhuozhou scholars, Jian Yong knew Li Mengxi's identity and knew that Li Mengxi was a rebel military advisor. However, Jian Yong did not know much about Li Mengxi in detail, and other Zhuozhou scholars knew even less.

After the banquet, whether Jian Yong or Zhuozhou scholars, they had their first impression of Li Mengxi.

That is, although this boy is young, he has a calm demeanor and is very eloquent.

A dish of sweet and sour fish was enough to keep Li Mengxi chattering for a long time. The omelette that followed was nothing to talk about. It was just about the use of the iron pot. Li Mengxi mentioned it in one word.

In fact, visitors from Zhuozhou can eat fried eggs in the desolate Julu City, which is a testament to the logistics capabilities of the rebels.

Giant deer are no better than other places in the world. It is just normal to eat eggs in other places. However, after the war, giant deer have no chickens crowing for thousands of miles. The reason why the army keeps chickens and ducks can be traced back to a few months ago.

Yes, they were purchased along the way while marching.

It is easy to eat eggs elsewhere, but a little more difficult to eat eggs in Julu. It is even more difficult to eat fresh eggs in Julu. What is even more difficult is that you can eat as many as forty eggs. What is even more difficult is that

, After eating today, there will be more tomorrow.

And the most difficult thing is that the production of these eggs does not consume any grain.

The reason why no food is consumed is because there is a lot of extra output when fishing. The swim bladders in the fish are used to boil glue and can be used to build boats and crossbows, while the useless fish offal, gills, etc. can be fed to chickens and ducks.

That is to say, there are too few chickens and ducks now, and there is not enough fish and miscellaneous food to consume. Otherwise, according to the army's increasing fishing volume day by day, if all the chickens and ducks are fed, thousands of them can be fed, and thousands of eggs can be harvested in a day.

It is not easy for all the guests in Zhuozhou to have a sumptuous feast. If someone else were to host the giant deer, even Huangfu Song, if Huangfu Song wanted to keep enough numbers in the army after the chaos,

Huangfu Song had to do it. Before marching to Julu, he had to buy a large number of chickens and ducks along the way. And because he had to buy a large number of chickens and ducks, and because he was on the march, the chickens and ducks were inconvenient, and they had to raise waste food, which was extremely cost-effective.

Low.

Therefore, if you want to be cost-effective, you must have two things. First, you must have enough cages for raising chickens and ducks. Second, you must solve the problem of food consumption for raising chickens and ducks.

If the former is to be solved, there must be craftsmen accompanying the army and a certain amount of wood reserves. With Huangfu Song’s army of tens of thousands attacking thieves, there will not be too much shortage of craftsmen and some wood. However, Huangfu Song, who is responsible for major logistics matters, must have enough knowledge of craftsmanship.

It takes a lot of attention to think of such a trivial matter.

In order to solve the problem of chickens and ducks consuming military rations, according to the experience of the rebel army, there are two solutions. One is that the sergeant goes out to collect when setting up camp, and the grass seeds and wild vegetables collected can be gathered together to feed the chickens and ducks; the other is that the chickens and ducks can be fed together

The first method is to catch fish. If a large amount of fish can be caught, the unusable fish intestines, fish offal, etc. left over from killing the fish alone can be enough to feed chickens and ducks.

Of course, the key is here. If you want to catch a lot of fish, you need a lot of fishing nets and a lot of fishing boats.

If he wanted to march outside, who would bring a large number of nets and a large number of boats? The Zhuozhou Army had no nets and no boats. But as soon as they came, more and more Yellow Turbans captured prisoners and surrendered. Both of them were short of food and grass, so Li Mengxi could not

Instead of mobilizing women to weave nets and mobilizing carpenters to vigorously build boats, they finally had enough fishing capacity during the march. Then, they had enough fish offal to raise a large number of chickens and ducks at no cost.

And if it was Huangfu Song, if Huangfu Song caught too many Yellow Turbans and ran out of food and grass, Huangfu Song would just kill the Yellow Turbans in the pit, and he would not bother to do things like shipbuilding and fishing.

Huangfusong had no power and no idea of ​​building a ship, and perhaps no idea of ​​​​making a small osprey boat, so it was difficult for Huangfusong to catch a lot of fish during the march, so he could not have a large amount of fish intestines and fish gills, so he had no feeding

Chickens and ducks are cheap, so even if Huangfusong bought many chickens and ducks along the way, he would end up raising them with the army, which would consume a lot of food. The gain outweighs the loss, and the price-performance ratio is extremely low.

And even if Huangfusong could do all the same things as the rebels, Huangfusong also made fishing boats, weaved many fish nets, and built chicken and duck cages. Would Huangfusong have a long-term vision and be able to endure it?

Chickens and ducks are eaten, and they are raised for several months to lay eggs. This is still a dilemma.

The rebel army can raise a certain number of chickens and ducks with the army, and it does not consume military supplies, and does not increase the burden. This means that no matter what the situation is in the future, even if the army is defeated and flees thousands of miles, the army will still be there every day.

There are chickens and ducks eggs that are constantly being produced. You can tell at a glance that the tenacity of the rebel army's logistics is extraordinary.

After talking about sweet and sour fish, finished talking about fried eggs, finished talking about steamed buns, and finished talking about the unnecessary cooked beef, the last thing left is meatball soup.

When talking about meatball soup, Li Mengxi turned to look at Liu Bei and said, "Speaking of fried meatballs, this thing is not just for food, but also has a lot to do with military strategy."

Liu Bei was immediately surprised, "Oh? It's like this? Tell me quickly!"

The word "military strategy" represents heavyweight content. As soon as the word "military strategy" was spoken, Jian Yong immediately cheered up and looked at Li Mengxi attentively. The same was true for other Zhuozhou scholars.

Li Mengxi organized his thoughts and said slowly, "This matter is related to food and grass."

As he said that, Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei with a smile and said, "Mr. Xuande, four or five days before your food and grass arrived, the army's food and grass had been exhausted. At that time, as a last resort, a certain man killed more than a thousand cattle and mules in the army.

Head, prepare to live on eating meat."

Liu Bei didn't know it yet, but when he heard Li Mengxi say that the food and grass had been exhausted, he was shocked and asked quickly, "Then, is there enough to eat?"

Li Mengxi said, "I can barely cover the time. Fortunately, your food and grass will be delivered in a few days."

When Liu Bei heard that nothing was wrong, he smiled and said, "That's good." Then Liu Bei smiled and joked, "I say Xi'er, if you kill all our animals, wouldn't that mean they are useless?"

Li Mengxi had already considered this, and he said, "It doesn't matter. I will only kill the males of the livestock in the army and keep all the females. When I have time, I can find males and breed them. In just one year, the number of livestock can be increased."

multiple."

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, then found it interesting and laughed.

Jian Yong was watching Li Mengxi and Liu Bei carefully off the field. Jian Yong saw that the young military advisor said that he would kill all the cattle, mules and livestock in the army. Liu Bei not only did not blame him, but also laughed it off. Jian Yong watched and talked with Liu Bei.

The little strategist smiled harmoniously and thought to himself, it seems that this little strategist is the person in charge of real power. It is surprising that Liu Bei trusted him at such a young age.

After talking about the slaughter of animals and withdrawing from the topic, Li Mengxi turned his head and looked at everyone in the audience. He continued, "Originally, when a large number of livestock were killed, there was mostly meat. Even if there was no grain, eating meat would satisfy one's hunger.

Just like that, boil the broth and share it with the whole army."

As he said that, Li Mengxi paused and suddenly the topic changed, "But in a few days, the meat will be exhausted. Fortunately, our army has fished extensively, and there are plenty of fish caught. With the fish saved, we should be able to continue for a few more days."

"But, one day, when I was patrolling the camp with General Guan, I came across a civilian husband who was quarreling with a cook."

At this point, most people in the audience thought to themselves that if they dared to contradict the cook, they would not want to live. Most people thought that Li Mengxi was going to talk about rectifying military law, but the result was not the same.

Li Mengxi recalled the situation that day and said in a deep voice, "A certain person and General Guan went to inquire about what happened.

The civilian husband said that the cook did not serve the fish meat.

When I asked the cook, he said it was the common people who started the trouble."

After a pause, Li Mengxi glanced at everyone in the audience and asked with a smile, "At this time, everyone's opinions are reasonable, and I haven't seen him personally, so how can I know who is right and who is wrong? What do you think I should do at this time?"

Jian Yong was in the first position on Liu Bei's left hand. Jian Yong thought for a moment and muttered, "I thought," Li Mengxi heard the sound and looked towards Jian Yong. Seeing that it was Jian Yong who spoke, Li Mengxi smiled and bowed his hands, "Jian Yong."

Sir, please speak."

Jian Yongdao said solemnly, "In an important place in the army, no matter whether it is right or wrong, anyone who dares to cause trouble must be punished. Otherwise, it will not be enough to deter the rest of the people."

"Uh," Li Mengxi was stunned. He turned to look at the other scholars and asked, "Then, what do you think he should do?"

Other Zhuozhou scholars also said that this should be the case, and the army should speak out. If they dare to cause trouble and cause chaos, they cannot condone it.

Li Mengxi frowned and was speechless.

After a long time, Li Mengxi gathered his thoughts. He looked at Jian Yong, looked at Liu Bei beside him, glanced around, looked at all the Zhuozhou scholars, and said meaningfully, "I think, what you all said

, are all inappropriate.

The military attaches great importance to laws and regulations, not to mention the military, even to govern the people, laws and regulations are also needed.

I dare to ask, what is the purpose of this law? It is for justice.

The law is a form, but at its root, it is fairness, justice, and fairness. You all say that military law should be strict, and you should punish both the cooks and the civilians regardless of whether they are right or wrong.

This is just for the sake of enforcing the law and discipline itself, without considering justice. Isn't this an act of emphasizing appearance but underestimating the fundamentals, a reversal of importance?

It’s not appropriate.”

The words were so loud that the scene became quiet. Jian Yong and the Zhuozhou scholars looked at Li Mengxi in surprise.

At the door, Guan Yu looked left and right, looking at the scholars. Guan Yu had something to say. Guan Yu wanted to say, that's not how it was done, that's not how it was done. If the distribution of grain is unfair, just like Li Ling, Li Ling's distribution of rewards is unfair.

As a result, there was civil strife in the army, and Li Ling's men surrendered to the Huns.

That's not how it was done. If something happened, he would be defeated and killed.

At this moment, Guan Yu felt a sense of superiority in terms of intelligence and ability towards these scholars.

Guan Yu crossed his arms, Wei Kucha snorted, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the so-called scholars quietly, his eyes full of contempt.

After being refuted by Li Mengxi and listening to Li Mengxi's eloquent remarks, Jian Yong's mentality immediately changed. The remaining contempt in his heart because of Li Mengxi's youth was gone.

Jian Yong looked solemn, straightened up, bowed his hands solemnly to Li Mengxi, and asked seriously, "May I ask, how did the little military advisor handle this matter, and how was it fair?"

Li Mengxi looked at Jian Yong, smiled and replied, "This is not difficult.

It's just a check.

One person saw that the fish soup was still hot at the beginning of serving the soup. Presumably, the people in the group who were served the soup had not eaten or drank yet.

Therefore, a certain man ordered all the civilians in the same team who had already filled the soup to put their bowls on the ground.

Then, dozens of bowls gathered together in one place, and at this glance, the truth was immediately known.

However, there were dozens of bowls of soup in the same team. Some bowls had meat in them, while others did not."

"At this point, I know that it was indeed unfair when the soup was divided."

"However, I still don't know whether this is the cook asserting his authority or something else."

"Therefore, I went to the pottery urn and looked at it again. Once I saw it, I knew why.

However, the fish meat is stewed without being chopped into pieces. After the fish meat is boiled, the fish meat falls apart and sinks to the bottom of the pot. So when the cook pours the soup, no matter what the spoon is, sometimes there is meat and sometimes there is no meat. "

"At this point, everything is clear. It is neither the cook who is intentionally partial nor the civilian who is seeking trouble. Both of them are not at fault."

Hearing this, Jian Yong frowned, "No one is wrong? No one will be punished?"

Li Mengxi smiled and asked, "Since no one is at fault, why punish him? Is the law fundamental to the majesty of the law? No! The law is fundamental, and the law is fair!
To be continued...