Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

But no matter what, there was a limit to what Prime Minister Xian could do to make Fei Yang Kingdom move forward.

The production limit.

For a kingdom to thrive, they would have to produce a large amount of resources, be it in terms of manpower or other resources. There was nothing to say about the fixed resources such as minerals but food had to be produced by people.

But the farming system in this world was a bit…

Well, it couldn’t be said to be bad.

It was just not very effective and Song Yun Xiang couldn’t really do anything about it.

…Who made him not know how to farm?

For this matter, Song Yun Xiang also felt a bit ashamed. He didn’t think that he would ever transmigrate to the era where food was really difficult to get and he might be the one who needed to figure out a way to solve this problem.

The problem is, he really didn’t know.

He had never touched farming in his entire life and if he rashly try to make suggestion, he was afraid that he would make things worse.

After all, the farmer who had made a living through farming for their entire life should know better how to farm than him who had never dabble in this area. The only thing he could do was to help them create a safe environment where they didn’t have to worry about their safety and could focus on their work.

This should be the greatest help he could do for them.

And since they didn’t have any ground breaking technology or anything like that, the method to increase production would be to open up more land. But to open up more land, they would need people to work on it.

With many young men conscripted to be soldiers, how many of them could stay at home and be a farmer honestly?

This cycle would not stop until Fei Yang Kingdom stopped the war.

But with the northern tribe knocking on the door, it was simply impossible for Fei Yang Kingdom to stop strengthening their military. The intensity might have lowered compared to the time when they were busy conquering other kingdoms, but it was impossible for Fei Yang Kingdom not to take some resources for their war.

“The tax rate has been lowered this year to support the people’s lives, but it’s still not easy for people at the bottom level,” General Yang said with a sigh.

Since Emperor Yang Zhou’s unification and the start of the new year, he had allowed an exemption of tax last year and this year, the tax was lowered compared to normal. It could be said that Emperor Yang Zhou was also hoping the people could recover and live better.

The problem is, the battle ridden Fei Yang Kingdom was still facing a lot of problems.

It was impossible to solve everything in one go.

And now, the most pressing matter for them was the battle against the northern tribe that will definitely come.

“The officials will figure out a way and it’s not our position to think about it.” Song Yun Xiang shook his head.

He’s not an official but a war strategist.

“I know.” General Yang nodded and then turned his attention back to the document on the table. “Since you’re asking about the training, have you confirmed that the northern tribe will definitely come this year?”

“They have already made an exception last year by not coming to harass the north border, but it’s inevitable for them to come this year.” Song Yun Xiang smiled faintly. “After all, there’s no food for them to eat at the north.”

No matter how much they hoped the northern tribe wouldn’t come, it would be an inevitable battle.

“I see.” General Yang nodded.

“Tell General Gao to be prepared and prepare several sets of tactics.” Song Yun Xiang thought about the message that he received. “They might have a lot of spies infiltrating into the army.”

The Yan Tribe has a strong intelligent gathering and they were facing General Gao right away. Should they make a move when General Gao was unprepared, then what awaited them would be nothing more than an arduous battle.

For the sake of the soldiers and the people who were protected by the soldiers, they had to be careful and fight with their all.

“I’ll inform him,” General Yang said.

Song Yun Xiang nodded and then added a few more things for them to watch over. The northern tribe would be harder to deal with.

Because the war between the kingdoms back then and the war with the northern tribe would be a completely different battle. The battle between the kingdoms were a battle of territory, in which they would try their best to occupy a city.

But when they were fighting against the northern tribe, they would not attack the city.

Instead, they would be defending.

Even if they were to rush to the north to fight against the northern tribe directly, it would not have much use.

Or in other words, it was not very effective.

Rather than launching such a risky attack, it would be better for them to use the wall tactic and wipe down the enemy’s soldiers. Because in the battle with the northern tribe, victory will be determined when their soldiers’ number and power were no longer enough for them to invade Fei Yang Kingdom.

They would retreat on their own.

Because through cutting down their population, they could actually feed the people who were left.

It was tragic indeed.

But perhaps, it was their survival method.

The strong will remain and the weak die.

After Song Yun Xiang finished talking with General Yang, he sent the latter away. Looking at the documents on the table, Song Yun Xiang sighed deeply and then called for Yan Jin Nian to come with him.

He had to start interrogating a lot of people, especially those scouts who still survived.