"PS: It's okay to cough, but it's too uncomfortable to sneeze."

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In May and June, the Jin State's campaign against the Jiangdong Yishi was still ongoing, and due to the inconvenience of delivering news, Zhao Yu, who was thinking about it, had no way of knowing the recent battle situation, and could only spend every day in his thoughts.

For example, what should I do if the Jiangdong Yishi is defeated?

What's more, what if his brother Zhao Yin, Mr. Ram and others have any mistakes?

Thinking of the end, Zhao Yu couldn't help but panic.

In order to alleviate the pressure in this regard, he can only devote all his energy to the construction of Yingchuan County, so that he has no time to think nonsense.

Under his supervision, the mining farms in Kunyang and Wuyang counties, as well as the iron smelting workshop and the forging workshop in Yingyang, are being built at an astonishing speed.

However, during this period, the continuous rise in rice prices has also become a headache in Yingchuan County.

Since the news of the '300,000 stone military rations' was not covered up—in fact, it could not be covered—since the beginning of May, some rumors that 'the city rice is about to run out' have appeared in Yingchuan County one after another, which has caused the price of rice in the counties to soar again, breaking through the 400 yuan and one stone mark in just one month, and even continuing to rise.

400 yuan a stone, this is a price that ordinary people cannot afford, and what is even worse is that the price of rice is still rising, at a desperate rate.

The soaring price of rice has caused certain unrest to appear in various counties one after another.

Fortunately, these riots were spontaneous protests by local civilians, unorganized and undisciplined, and under the mediation and pacification of the Black Tiger Associations in various counties, they did not have any practical impact, but only sounded the alarm bell in Yingchuan County.

Chen Lang, the county prince who learned the news, immediately came to the Governor's Office to discuss the matter with Zhao Yu to see if he wanted to flow some of the grain in the county's possession into the market to hedge against the soaring rice prices.

In this regard, Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "The rise in the price of rice this time comes from the fear of lack of food among the civilians in the county, they don't know that there is actually enough food in the county to feed the people of the county, they only know that 300,000 stone military rations have been transferred...... Although the rumors stop at the wise, we should not think too wisely about the people, and adjust the county grain to hedge the price of rice, the final result is nothing more than that the rich and the rich buy this batch of grain, and the poor who can't afford to buy it still can't afford it, considering that most of the civilians are the middle and lower poor, the county grain is transferred to hedge the city rice, this is probably not a good way to stop the panic. ”

Chen Lang nodded convincingly, and then asked, "What does the captain mean?" ”

"It's still the same old way."

Zhao Yu's right hand was clenched into a fist, and Zhengse said: "The county government will come forward to launch the 'government grain' with the situation of work for relief, hire local civilians, repair roads, widen rivers, in short, projects that require a lot of labor will be moved, and the city will be gradually banned during the period." ”

What he said was actually the 'wartime control' or 'Kunyang model' in Kunyang back then, and the conclusion drawn from practice was that under the government's macroeconomic control, it was possible to feed as many people as possible with the least amount of grain -- this of course did not refer to the deduction of rations to save grain, but to put an end to the behavior of individuals hoarding grain, so that the grain was basically in the hands of the government and used by all county residents.

After all, in times of food shortage, hoarding is a very common behavior, even if the person hoarding food does not actually have the idea of 'Juqi', but this will still cause an impact on food prices.

Zhao Yu knows this very well.

"That's all it can be......"

Nodding slightly, Chen Lang asked Zhao Yu again: "Then, the aid grain for the neighboring counties......

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said, "The aid to Liang County has been stopped earlier, right?" Okay, let's suspend the aid grain to the three counties of Chenliu, Runan, and Nanyang, and Chenjun ...... Take it a little longer. ”

"Okay."

Chen Lang nodded, and did not ask any questions about 'why Chen Jun slowed down again', it was obvious that this was a decision made by Zhao Yu in the face of Taishi Chen.

In the following ten days, all counties in Yingchuan County successively issued the 'work grain' order, which was probably that the government provided grain, hired civilians and displaced people to carry out various local constructions, such as repairing city walls, roads, widening rivers, reclaiming wasteland, etc., in short, the county government used this decree to tell the county people: If you can't afford to buy grain, you can work for the government, as long as you are diligent, you will not starve to death.

For a while, the price of rice, which soared to 45 yuan a stone, finally stopped slowly, and then declined.

During this period, Zhao Yu found the addresses of several merchants who tried to hoard grain with the help of the information provided by the Black Tiger Associations in various counties, and sent the leaders of the local Black Tigers to talk to each other.

Subsequently, the merchants expressed their willingness to hand over all the grain in their hands unconditionally, and no one knew why.

In the Ming, there are the Yingchuan government, the county army, in the dark, there are the county Black Tiger Society, with the help of the two forces of 'one bright and one dark', Zhao Yu quickly quelled the panic and riots of the people in the counties within the territory, and by the way, also improved the credibility of the county governments.

However, it is a pity that in the counties adjacent to Yingchuan County, the government has far less control over the territory than Yingchuan County.

In late June, the Yique thieves in the western part of Henan County rebelled again, and one group went north to the area of Luoyang to intercept the advance of Li Meng, the governor of Henan; One group went south to harass the counties of Rushui, including Rushui, Ruyang, and Yangcheng.

In the face of the threat of Yique thieves, the counties of Rushui united, with Yangcheng County and Zhengzhou as the mainstay, spent a lot of money to recruit rangers and rangers, and organized a team of 5,000 officers and soldiers to fight against thieves.

At the same time, Rushui counties also turned to Yangzhai County downstream for help.

Yangzhai County naturally did not dare to make a claim, and immediately sent someone to the Governor's Office in Xuchang to ask Zhao Yu for instructions.

During this period, Ruyang County ordered Wang Dan to ask for help from Yingchuan County.

I have to say that when he learned about this, Zhao Yu was also quite surprised.

It is undeniable that the Yique thieves in the western part of Henan County are making a lot of trouble this year, but it is not to the point that the county army can't clean it up, right?

Shouldn't the Yique thieves be like the thieves in Woniu Mountain, but they let them survive in order to achieve a certain goal?

Surprised, Zhao Yu immediately ordered the Governor's Office to issue an order to Kunyang County in his name, ordering Wu Zhi, the deputy county lieutenant of Kunyang, to lead 2,000 county troops to Yangzhai and form a county army with the latter.

Also in late June, riots broke out again in Runan and Nam Yang counties.

The riot in Runan County is not surprising, because as the culprit of the Woniu Mountain group of thieves has not been exterminated, a while ago, when Hu Ben Zhonglang sent Zou Zan to encircle and suppress them, these guys immediately hid, and hid until the 5,000 Taishi army had to withdraw because of the exhaustion of food and grass, and this group of bandits jumped out to make a mess again.

This group of guys avoided Xiping County, where 5,000 Taishi troops were stationed, and made waves in Shangcai, Yang'an, Guanyang, Langling and other counties, causing a great difference in public order in these counties, and hundreds of people rushed to relocate.

In contrast, the riot in Nanyang County was not the former Biyang thief and Fuyang thief, but a riot in a prisoner camp under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Army.

This prisoner camp was set up by the Nanyang Army in imitation of several 'subordinate reclamation armies' in Yingchuan County.

Needless to say, the benefits of the subordinate army, or the prison peasants, are worthy of emulation by the Nanyang army just because they do not need to pay wages.

Wang Shangde's brother Wang Yan stayed in Ye County for a while, and naturally knew the existence of the 'Kunyang Reclamation Army', and he even knew that the more than 10,000 Kunyang Reclamation Army almost accounted for the main force in the cultivation of Kunyang County last year.

So, Wang Yan learned and set up a few prisoner camps, planning to let these prisoner peasants take care of their Nanyang Army's military tuntian.

However, it is not known whether it was the Nanyang soldiers' harsh treatment of the prisoners in the camp, or some other reason, that night of June 22, a riot broke out in a prisoner camp in Xiangxiang, and thousands of unarmed former rebel soldiers killed the Nanyang soldiers who were holding them, taking away their weapons and armor.

Although Wang Yan immediately mobilized troops to suppress the incident after learning of this, he did not have time to wipe out the fleeing former rebel soldiers.

These exiled former rebel soldiers either wandered the territory of Nanyang County, making a living by looting, or defected to some straggler organizations that had been defeated by the Nanyang Army, and made an appointment with the latter to take revenge on the Nanyang Army.

What's more, some of them defected to Woniu Mountain and became one of the thieves in Woniu Mountain.

The riot in the prisoner camp surprised Wang Yan.

He didn't understand, obviously Yingchuan County was doing a good job, like the Kunyang Reclamation Army and Xuchang Reclamation Army, one after another, why when he arrived in his Nanyang County, this group of prisoners who were also rebels were so unruly?

It can only be said that Wang Yan is too superficial.

The reason why Yingchuan County was able to engage in the 'subordinate army' and clean up the soldiers from the righteous division was that in addition to Zhao Yu's own means, generals such as Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Qin Wei and even Zhou Gong played a vital role.

Like Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Qin Wei and other former righteous generals who are now holding official positions in Yingchuan County, they are like golden horse bones, so that the soldiers of the righteous soldiers understand that they can actually integrate into Yingchuan County.

Coupled with the cooperation of Zhou Gong and others, these former soldiers who were born as righteous teachers reduced their hostility towards Yingchuan County to a minimum.

In addition, Zhao Yu had promised that 'five years of enslavement can be freed', so these righteous soldiers will be obedient.

But what about Nanyang County?

Wang Yan tried to emulate Yingchuan County and build a subordinate army that did not need to be paid, but he could not get the response and support of those captives, and of course there would be problems.

And want the horses to run, and don't give the horses grazing, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

In the final analysis, the captives are also dignified, and if Nanyang County tries to squeeze these rebel captives, then it is natural that these captives will resist.

All in all, in the increasingly fierce general trend of the world, Yingchuan County still continues to maintain stability, although there are also small streams of gangsters entering Yingchuan during the period, but after all, it cannot shake the stability of Yingchuan County.

On the third day of the seventh month, when Zhao Yu was handling government affairs in the Governor's Office, Wang Tao of Gongcao Shi came to Zhao Yu's house with a thick stack of wanted notices.

"What is this?"

"Hui Yu Duwei, it is a wanted warrant recently issued by Henan, Liang County, Chen Liu, Chen County, Runan and other places."

"Wanted?"

Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, picked up a wanted warrant casually, and looked at it with a frown.

The wanted person in his hand is called Zuo Zhi, the thief is called 'One-Eyed Tiger', a person from Xiaohuang County, Chenliu County, who was wanted by Chen Liujun for murder, and then fled to Liang County.

The reason why Liang County and Chen Liujun sent the wanted warrant to Yingchuan County was obviously because they suspected that the wanted criminal might have fled to Yingchuan County, and hoped to work together with Yingchuan County to arrest him.

"Is it all murder and overkill?"

Zhao Yu casually flipped through the thick stack of wanted notices and asked with a frown.

"Roughly."

Gong Cao Shi Wang Tao nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Okay, ask someone to expand the painting as soon as possible and send it to all counties." ”

"Yes." Wang Tao arched his hand and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Zhao Yu again: "Wait." ”

"What do you command?" Wang Tao asked puzzled.

I saw Zhao Yu ponder for a moment and asked, "I, Yingchuan, have there been similar vicious people who need a reward recently?" ”

Wang Tao said with a smile: "Please rest assured, I don't have Yingchuan." …… According to the lowly knowledge, there was a murder case in Changshe County some time ago, but the murderer was soon sent to the county government by the local enthusiastic people. ”

"Zealous people?" Zhao Yu looked surprised.

"Ahh Wang Tao nodded with a smile and explained meaningfully: "Enthusiastic people with black scarves. ”

“…… Oh, you go down. ”

Zhao Yu nodded with a strange expression.

"Enthusiastic people with black scarves, heh......"

After Wang Tao left, Zhao Yu sat back in his chair crying and laughing, and he wondered how ordinary people had the courage to face the perpetrators, who turned out to be members of the Black Tiger Society in Changshe County.

"But then again......

With his eyes closed, he recalled the stack of wanted notices he had just seen, and Zhao Yu couldn't help frowning again.

Since two years ago, with the uprising of various volunteers, crimes in Yingchuan and neighboring counties have also continued to rise.

He is still like this in Yingchuan County, let alone Liang County, Chen Liu, Chen County, and Runan County?

Although these wanted guys will not cause any harm to the entire county, Zhao Yu still doesn't want this group of people to come to his territory.

"Let's ask the counties to step up their investigations......

Zhao Yu was thinking about it, and suddenly, Wei Shi Hanhe hurriedly walked into the room and arched his hand towards Zhao Yu: "Du Wei." ”

"Something?"

As Zhao Yu asked casually, Han He nodded, handed a copy of the text in his hand to Zhao Yu, and explained: "This was sent by the county guard, and it was sent by the 'Inner Court'. ”

"The Inner Court? What inner court? Zhao Yu's eyes froze.

If he remembers correctly, Tong Yan was a lieutenant from the inner court before he served as the governor of Liang County.

Han He shook his head and said, "I don't know about this humble position. He said that when Chen Juncheng ordered him to send this letter to my governor's office, he mentioned the word 'inner court'. ”

"Oh."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, spread out the text, and read it carefully.

Instantly, his brow furrowed.

Seeing this, Han He asked in surprise, "Captain, I don't know what happened?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "The princess of the county who is the most beloved by the Son of Heaven left Handan without permission for some reason, and her whereabouts are unknown. ”

"Huh?"

Han He was dumbfounded: "That's it? ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, frowning and looking at the text in his hand.

He didn't expect that the first time he received a letter from the inner court, not the imperial court, was actually because of a princess of some county.

But......

"Princess Xiangrui? I seem to have heard of it somewhere.

Touching the velvet whiskers on his chin, Zhao Yu fell into deep thought.