While Li Xuan was inspecting workshops and warships in Tianjin, far away in Xi'an City, Yu Jianshen, accompanied by Dasiming, stood on the city wall, observing the porridge fields outside Xi'an.
Since November, Xi'an City had already started rationing its food supply.
All directions around Xi'an City faced the pressing troops of The Court. Millions of able-bodied individuals were conscripted, extensive lands were left fallow, and an unprecedented cold front had passed through.
Everyone in Prince Yi's mansion realized that they could no longer depend on the crops in the fields this year.
Thus, Prince Yi's mansion had taken early precautions. Starting from October, they forcibly commandeered nearly all the grain within the city, sparing not even the numerous prominent households inside and outside the city.
