Chapter 210: Food Crisis Again
Now that the fiefdom has suddenly increased by nearly 150,000 people, it is necessary to carry out reasonable management and fill their stomachs with food, and these things are all in charge of Ju Yuanguang.
Originally, Ju Yuanguang was very confident in his talent, and thought that there should be no problem with the management of the three counties in the district. But now, there are all kinds of troublesome things every day, and he is about to be unable to persevere.
These people should be managed in public order and prevented from doing things that violate the law and discipline. At the same time, let them participate in the labor they can, in exchange for food to fill their bellies. Some time ago, Ju Yuanguang's strategy was still relatively correct, and the effect was good.
In the past few days, with the joint efforts of Ju Yuanguang and county officials, the people of the three counties have cooperated with the county government, so that all work can be carried out step by step.
But now, a crisis has emerged. The county government has reported that many families have run out of food. Even in the granaries of the three counties and county offices, all the stored grain can only last for five to ten days.
What makes people feel even more anxious is that there are people everywhere in the fief now, and there is no food in the fief. Wu Wang Yang Yun was raising grain everywhere, but now he didn't raise a grain of grain, so he didn't even dare to return to his fiefdom.
I don't know who said this rumor in the first place, anyway, now it is spreading more and more in the three counties of the fiefdom, and some people even say that Yang Yunlu, the king of Wu, has been killed by bandits.
Under this rumor, more and more people went to the county government to make trouble, and at the beginning, the county government was still trying their best to dissuade it. But more and more people came to the county office, and the officials of the county government were a little overwhelmed, and they found Ju Yuanguang and asked him to help find a way.
"Strategist, this food is only enough to eat for three or four days, I don't know which hateful guy is spreading rumors everywhere, now rumors are flying all over the sky, if you don't see food again, maybe they will riot."
Yao Xia was so worried that he even scratched his scalp, and if he wanted to go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, Yao Xia would not frown, but if he wanted to deal with this matter now, he really felt a headache.
"Now the key issue is food, we don't have food, and all explanations are pale and weak. And if the common people really see the grain, all rumors can be self-defeating. Zhong Wenrui was obviously well thought out, and his words did get to the point.
"But the problem now, we just don't have food!" Yao Xia said with a frown.
"Now we have to make two preparations, the first is to let everyone go around looking for food, even if it is bought at a high price, and if it is a little bit that can be bought. The other way is to draw a loaf of bread for the people, so that they can stop their hunger. Ju Yuanguang thought for a while and said.
"What kind of pie to draw? Strategist quickly tell me your solution, and the idea you come up with must be the best. Yao Xia heard Ju Yuanguang's words and said happily.
"This method has actually been thinking about it in my heart for a long time, but I really don't want to do anything to deceive the people, so I haven't told everyone. Now there is no other way, only to delay it for a while! Yao Xia said helplessly.
Ju Yuanguang called all the main officials of the three counties of the fiefdom together and told everyone what he thought. After listening to Yao Xia's method last night, I felt that I had to do this under the current circumstances. So, they immediately flew pigeons to pass on the book. Arrange for your subordinates to do the same.
"His Royal Highness King Wu has found grain and is transporting it back to the fiefdom in a steady stream. In order to solve the urgent need of the closure, he has sent someone to send a small batch of grain back to the fiefdom first, and it will arrive in two days. Suddenly, the news spread in the three counties of the fiefdom, and the people were very happy when they heard it.
With the news of the grain, the people's hearts seemed to have a bottom, and for a while, there were fewer and fewer people who went to make trouble everywhere, which made the officials of the county government breathe a long sigh of relief.
But these officials also knew that this was a false message that they had deliberately spread to reassure the people. It can work in a short time, but if people don't see food, in the long run, their reaction will be stronger. So even though they were reluctant, they had to follow Ju Yuanguang's other method.
Early the next morning, good news came from outside the three counties of the fiefdom, saying that the grain would be sent back to the county immediately.
Sure enough, before noon, a group of people came outside the gates of the three county towns, and these were all errand officers from each county. They were pushing small carts, and on the small carts, they were all loaded with bags of grain.
The escort to the gate of the grain officer was obviously very happy, and when he arrived at the gate of the city, he deliberately untied his pockets one by one, revealing the good grain in the pockets.
Seeing the bags of grain, the people were completely relieved. With food, they will no longer go hungry, as long as they survive this season, the next year's grain will be planted. They won't have this kind of life anymore, and they will have a day when there is no last meal.
This bag of grain was delivered to the counties, and the people's mental state immediately improved a lot, and people from all walks of life finally became interested in working. The operations of the three counties in all aspects have finally slowly returned to normal.
Officials in all counties were very happy to see this. During this time, the whole day was exhausted, and now it can finally be relaxed for a few days.
With food, most people in the fiefdom were in a better mood, but those who were hiding in the shadows and didn't want Yang Yun to let the people of the fiefdom live a good life began to get anxious.
"There must be something wrong here, we have sent people to intercept dozens of places outside the fiefdom, and we have not found any news. These grain carriers do not have wings and cannot bring in food under our noses. "It's still in that house, or the people who signed the alliance, and it's a man surnamed Zhao who is dressed in the rivers and lakes who is talking.
"Is it that the people under your command did not work hard, and did not see these people who carried grain?" That Guo Fat Man said.
"Don't talk nonsense, the brothers I sent are all brothers who have been with me for many years and are very reliable." After listening to Guo Fatzi's words, the man surnamed Zhao was a little unhappy.
"I believe Brother Zhao's words, even if the people guarding there in one county didn't see it, it couldn't be that the people guarding in the three counties didn't see it!" Zhong Wentao thought about it and said to everyone.
"So how did their food get in, and could they really fly?" Guo Fatzi said again.
"I also think that it is impossible for them to bring in the grain under everyone's noses, and now there is only one possibility, which is that the officials in the fiefdom are deceiving the people." This time it was the thin old man surnamed Liu who spoke.
"What does Liu Lao mean by his words? Tell us more about it. Listening to the words of the old man surnamed Liu, Zhong Wentao suddenly came to his senses.
"Since it's not the grain from outside, it must be the hands and feet of these officials, and there must be something wrong with that grain." The old man surnamed Liu took a puff of his cigarette and said slowly.
"But the men I sent saw with their own eyes at the gates of the counties, and they opened these bags and pockets, and they were full of the finest grain." Yang Hong said on the side.
"Then since there is really food in the pocket, let's all go to the Yang County Office tonight and find out what is going on together?" The old man surnamed Liu had no other way.
It's early winter, and it's already a little cold. The night weather is very cold and dark, everyone goes to bed early, and few people go out at this time.
But at this time, the warehouse of the county government of Yang County was brightly lit. A team of messengers was loading bags of grain from the warehouse onto small carts and pushing them out of the warehouse.
After these servants pushed the grain out of the warehouse, they did not make any stops, they tried not to make a noise, and hurriedly pushed the carts directly to the outside of the county seat.
These busy officers did not notice that in a house next to the county office, several people were observing the movements of the county office through the window.
"I'll tell you! They must have ghosts, it turns out that they send food out of the city at night, and they send food back during the day, and they actually use these ghost tricks to deceive the people. The old man surnamed Liu took a puff of cigarette and said with some smugness.
"These guys, who keep saying every day that they want the people to live a good life, end up having worse hearts than us businessmen." Guo Fatzi said indignantly.
"Since they are doing this, there is obviously no other way, and it seems that there is not much food in the counties." Yang Hong said on the side.
"They actually thought of such a way, and we immediately told the people of the counties about their tricks, so that the people could settle accounts with them." The man surnamed Zhao said excitedly.
"There's no need to worry about this, everyone sends people to watch in the counties, and I want them to make a big ugly appearance in front of the people in the counties. In this way, we can completely arouse the people's indignation, and we must use this incident to incite the people to turn these counties into trouble. Zhong Wentao said with a sneer.
The county officials of the counties and counties temporarily pacified the people of the counties in accordance with the methods of the Juyuan Guangjiao, but now new troubles are in front of them.
There are more than 200,000 people in the three counties of the fiefdom, and the amount of food consumed by these people every day is a large amount. Every day, the county government has to give out a large amount of food to help those who are hungry to fill their stomachs. In this way, the grain in the counties and county offices is almost at the bottom, and there is no grain at all, so it can be transported out of the warehouse.
Compared with the anxiety of the county officials, Zhong Wentao, Yang Hong and others have been in a particularly good mood these days. On this day, Yang Hong specially set up a banquet and invited all the people involved in the alliance, and the guests and hosts carnivaled.
"Let me tell you the good news, Yang Yun's kid finally found a little food. As a result, in Linxian County, he was robbed by a group of bandits, and that kid is now called Tiantian should not be called the earth. Zhong Wentao held a copy of the express report sent back to him by his subordinates and said happily.
"This is really great news, if this Yang Yun is killed by the bandits again, it will be even better." Zhao Xingjianghu obviously drank a lot of wine, and said with a red face.
"Gang Leader Zhao, don't be anxious, our plan has succeeded this time. His Majesty took back Yang Yun's fiefdom, and at that time, the trees fell and scattered, so he could only take a few of his subordinates back to Xijing City. Zhong Wentao said with a smile, obviously he was in a very good mood at this time.
"Mr. Zhong is really resourceful, with Mr. Zhong's strategy, we will definitely let Yang Yun drink a good pot this kid this time." Zhong Wentao's words immediately ushered in a sycophancy.