Lao Chongguang was shocked: "Gongzhi, what do you mean by this?"

Wang Xun, the county magistrate, is a descendant of Wang Xi, who usually boasts of his high demeanor and integrity, and has never done anything to hurt his subordinate residents, and now he also knows that the military situation is urgent, but he does not want to violate his principle of being an official, so he wants to abandon the official and stay away from this kind of trouble.

At the same time, he also knew that even if he was willing to help these people collect grain, it would not be possible to collect a huge amount of 40,000 stones! The entire Yangshuo County has a population of only 20,000 households, and it would be good if each household could collect one stone on average.

Looking at the military gate and glaring at him angrily, Li Hongzhang also looked at him suspiciously, he had to explain that at present, the average grain storage of each household will not exceed one stone. If this grain is harvested, they themselves will starve to death.

"They have to eat at least twenty or thirty stones a year per household, right?" Li Hongzhang was puzzled and couldn't help asking. "Why can't we even out a few stones first, we're going to pay them the price of food, right?"

"Lord Li, what you said is true, but the vast majority of our residents here are not peasant households, but merchants, workshop workers, and boat owners, and they do not prepare grain at the beginning of the year to have enough food for a year, but buy it at any time at the grain trading house, so each household will not have more than a month's surplus grain.

"And the same is true of those grain stores, who are unwilling and unable to hoard too much, but buy and sell at any time.

"Not only do households not have much food in their hands, but so do the grain stores. It is absolutely impossible to collect the full number of 40,000 stones. I couldn't do it, so I was ashamed of this position and had to resign. ”

These people looked at each other, believing that what Wang Zhixian said was true, and it seemed that 40,000 was unachievable.

"So, in your opinion, how much can you collect? Don't think about the problem of feeding your subjects for now, that's a matter to be solved later, and now the military rations are the most important. Lo Chongguang asked.

Wang Zhixian pondered for a long time, and finally reluctantly said: "Twenty thousand stones are in the sky, you have to leave a mouthful of food for them to live." ”

Lao Chongguang gritted his teeth: "Thirty thousand stones! I'll figure out how to eat it. Even if they are starved for a few days, they must gather enough rations. ”

Wang Zhixian looked desperate, opened his mouth and wanted to say more, Lao Chongguang waved his hand: "That's it, let's go handle it quickly." ”

Wang Zhixian had no choice but to leave: "Thank you, Lord Futai!

As soon as he took a few steps, he was stopped by Governor Lao: "Take your black gauze hat away." Remember: it's not about doing your best, it's about having to do it, or it's not as simple as sending the hat back, with the head. ”

This time, Wang Zhixian didn't even have the idea of distinguishing, but just bowed: "Got it." "Turned around and went out.

Xiang Rong stretched out his thumb to Lao Chongguang and praised: "It's still the old brother's interests, if this magistrate doesn't give him a good look, he will never support us well!"

At this time, Lao Chongguang regained his sad expression, sighed and said, "I think what Wang Zhixian said is indeed the truth. Collecting 30,000 stone will also be very difficult. To the military gate, I will send enough troops to follow Wang Zhixian, and the military rations collected will be protected immediately. There can be no more slip-ups. ”

As soon as Xiang Junmen heard that it was reasonable, he immediately went to arrange it.

"Li Xieban, I will also take a leave of absence, I will arrange for my adjutant to go back immediately and transfer food here from other places, so that there can be no real starvation to death. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded in agreement, this old officialdom is really thoughtful and worth learning.

As soon as Lao Chongguang left, Eagle Diving quietly came to Li Hongzhang and reported to him in a low voice: "The Hidden Eagle Pavilion in Gwangju replied that they had contacted Peng Yulin and were preparing for him to sail covertly. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "I haven't heard back from Yulin yet, and generally speaking, he won't reply until he has an exact date of departure." Then he asked, "What is the reply from the Beijing Headquarters?"

"That's the second thing I'm going to report. My eldest brother, the chief curator, Ying Yang, replied today. He's going to send a hundred more boot carvings here to help. At the same time, it is necessary to send experts from Gwangju, Hunan, Hubei and other places to help, and they will arrive in a few days. ”

"Okay! Shenyun, you are very critical now, the opponent is unpredictable, you must find out the details of them, otherwise our heads will fall off, and we don't know how they died. You concentrate on dealing with this piece, the secrecy of the army or something, let it go for a while. "Shenyun is the word for Eagle Dive, and now the two are more familiar, so Li Hongzhang is commensurate with the word.

Li Hongzhang also has no choice, only in the past few days, the 20,000 army has been overwhelmed, it is estimated that the other party has already made everything clear, there are too many loopholes, and they can't make up for it.

"However, there is one urgent matter in front of us, and you need to help. At present, the military rations are being collected, and it is estimated that it will not be too smooth, so you can find something if you keep an eye on it. Li Hongzhang finally told the eagle to dive.

The eagle submerged in a deep voice, and his figure flickered, not knowing where he had gone.

At this time, Zhan Yuan, the leader of the guards, came out to tell Li Hongzhang that he had received a reply from the abbot Haiyun, although he did not provide specific clues, but repeatedly told him to be extremely careful and protect Lord Li's safety at any cost. At the same time, he also sent him another helper, his junior brother Zhan Shen, and at the same time brought ten other nephews and nephews of the silent generation.

"Yes, very good! Thank you, Master Haiyun, for me. When he is done with this, I will definitely visit him and thank him. Now, you should also bring a few people to watch the people who are collecting food, and be careful not to cause anything to happen. ”

"My lord, I can't leave your side, this is what Master has repeatedly told me, and I must not disobey it. Let my brother go, he is smarter than I am. "This loneliness is not so easy to talk about.

"Okay! It's all up to you!" Of course, this Li Hongzhang also knows the priorities, and if he disobeys such an order, he is not only not angry, but happy. Nothing is as important as his own safety, and Lord Zeng also asked him to do so.

At this time, at Wang Xunzhi's home, chickens and dogs were jumping. All the people were moving food out. It turned out that when he returned from his temporary trip today, he immediately told his family to move out all the grain, leaving not a single grain, and handing it all over as military rations. The family cried and shouted and asked him what the reason was, and he just said with a straight face that it was just an order from the peak and that he had to follow it.

He made up his mind along the way, starting from himself, doing his best, and finally no matter whether he collected 30,000 stones or not, as long as he was at ease.

At the same time, he summoned all the officials and the copywriters of the county government to participate in the collection of grain, and starting from his own home, not a single grain of grain was allowed to stay. Originally, these people were still dissatisfied, but when they came to the house of the county magistrate, they all stopped complaining and were ashamed of their little abacus.

At the same time, Xiao Qian and his elite children also sneaked into Yangshuo County.

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