Chapter 413: Quyi
The fifth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of the Xuanli calendar.
At this moment, Jiangnan is the season of high and crisp autumn, but in the northernmost part of the Yu Dynasty, the first snow of the year has already fallen.
The snow is not big, but it is worrying.
Yan Linqiu was very worried at the moment.
In the backyard of the county government in Quyi County, he was angry with his county lord Bo County Lieutenant and his masters:
"There are only 86,324 people in Quyi today! That's all for all ages! Zhang Xiancheng, this official asks you, why has there been no movement in the reconstruction of the farmhouse in Hanshui Village? Master Li, this official also wants to ask you, there are only three towns and forty-one villages under the rule of this county, and this county wants to know how much rations are still lacking this winter, why haven't I seen you report to this official so far? β
"Do you want to see all the people run away this winter?"
Yan Linqiu's face was flushed, and he "bang......!" He smashed the tea cup on the table, stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand, and said viciously: "Lao Tzu doesn't raise wine bags and rice bags!" Do you know how much food was wasted in order to suppress the bandits? β
"This snow has already fallen, in case this year's snow disaster is heavier than before, what do you tell me, how many homeless people will be sent to the palace chief?"
He took a deep breath and gasped for a few breaths, "Do you know how difficult it is for the official to buy the grain from Jiangnan through layers of relationships?" β
"I really want the people to survive this winter! As long as General Peng exterminates the palace chief, Quyi will officially launch the strategy of attracting investment! β
"This is a big policy of the state, and it was not easy for the official to make Quyi the first batch of pilot counties, when the businessmen came here and invested in the construction of workshops, they needed people! Uncles, if this person runs out, he will build a fart workshop! β
"I'll give you another five days, remember, only five days! Give me everything I want to know. β
"County Lieutenant Sun, you show me the granary to death! After the statistics come out, open the warehouse and release the grain. β
"I put the ugly words in front of me first, and if I want to create a career with this official, I will follow in the footsteps of this official. If it is a corpse vegetarian meal, this official is not just as simple as removing you from office. β
"Go ahead, the official knows the difficulties, but no matter how big the difficulties are, they have to be overcome, and after surviving this winter, Quyi will get better."
"Let's do it!"
The backyard of the county government fell silent.
Yan Linqiu walked into the patio and looked up at the gray sky, "General Peng, you can't make the palace long anymore, it's past this winter...... I'm afraid that Yongning Prefecture will never have peace! β
Just when he was embarrassed, a teacher ran in tremblingly.
"County honor, county honor, good news, good news!"
Yan Linqiu was stunned, "Old Zhou, is it ...... Did the general win? β
"Yes, yes, Lord County, please take a look."
Yan Linqiu was overjoyed and took a look at the good news......
"Excalibur Special Forces? What kind of team is this? β
"The old man doesn't know, this is from the General's Mansion, and the official documents were sent to Shangjing quickly, and these good news were informed by the General's Mansion to the counties and counties."
Yan Linqiu continued to look at it, and his heart was suddenly shocked and unbelievable.
"Under the leadership of General Bai Yulian, the four thousand soldiers of the Excalibur Special Forces attacked Beishan at night, and drove the remnants of more than 100,000 palace lengths to Yueming Valley for five days and five nights.
Entrusted by General Bai, the General's Mansion sent the peasants who had defected to the palace back to their hometowns on the same day, hoping that the counties would arrange manpower to accept them. In addition, the palace chief plundered two kinds of grain and silver, and sent them to his county with the personnel of the general's mansion.
Tell all counties and counties in Yongning Prefecture that in the event of a snowstorm this winter, the northern border army can appropriately provide winter rations for the most severely affected counties, and I hope that colleagues in Yongning Prefecture can tide over this difficult time togetherββ
The General's Mansion of the Northern Border Army of the Yu Dynasty: Peng Chengwu.
The second day of October in the ninth year of the Xuanli calendar! β
Win!
Really won!
Damn the palace chief, you should finally die!
Yan Linqiu cried with joy, and it was difficult to control herself.
Since he came here last winter, all he saw was a barren land, and the people were struggling to make a living.
He visited the three towns and forty-one villages of Quyi on a snowy day, and the more he walked, the more he felt cold, and the more he looked at it, the more desperate he became!
The clothes are not covered, the face is like a vegetable, those lifeless eyes, those bony bodies......
This is the people of Quyi!
In that heavy snowfall, more than 270 farmhouses collapsed in Quyi County alone, and more than 6,000 people froze to death and starved to death in one winter!
These data were not truthfully reported to the imperial court, not that Yan Linqiu wanted to conceal it, but that Yan Beixi sent him a handwritten letter - the war in the east is tight, and it is useless to report it, and the imperial court has no food for disaster relief! You're on your own!
He didn't know what he could do for these people, and in that winter, more than 20,000 people ran away from Quyi County.
They went to Pingling Mountain and became bandits with the length of the palace.
Can this wronged the people?
Yan Linqiu, who studied the holy study hard, couldn't answer this question himself.
Now, there are no bandits, and the general has brought back the people, and he has brought food, and the people have to let them go home, and they have to make sure that their stoves can smoke, and they have to make sure that their houses don't fall down again......
"Old Zhou!"
"The old man is here."
"How much more money is there?"
ββ¦β¦ There are about three thousand eight hundred taels. β
"That's it?"
Master Zhou bowed and replied, "Lord County, the 30,000 taels of silver you bought for grain are still owed." β
ββ¦β¦ I know. β
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"Waste is waiting to be rebuilt!"
Fu Xiaoguan squatted on the edge of a barren field in Hanshui Village, dug up a piece of soil and pinched it in his hand, looking at the dilapidated village opposite, he was very emotional.
Bai Yulian stood behind Fu Xiaoguan, he looked at the squatting young man in a daze, this son of the landlord's family is indeed different, can he really change the desolate appearance here?
"Xiaobai, there will be big difficulties here, look at those houses, if this snow becomes a disaster again, those houses will fall. The house is the root of the people, without the house, they will have no thoughts, they will go to extremes, and there will be Li and Zhao......"
"It's ...... Matters of the government. β
"The treasury of the Yu Dynasty has long been empty, how many taxes can a county like Pingling Quyi collect? Without the financial support of the state, they are powerless. β
Fu Xiaoguan threw down the soil, clapped his hands and stood up, "I have to let them survive this winter safely!" β
"What do you want to do?"
"I'll write a letter to Shulan later, you send someone to send it quickly, and the investment in the two counties of Pingling Quyi must be advanced. This winter has to give the people something to do, only when there is something to do can they have income, so that they will not starve to death, and they will have the hope of living! β