Chapter 203: Food Crisis
It took a lot of effort for the county officials to finally settle the more than 100,000 displaced people, and make them abide by the laws and regulations of the fiefdom and accept the fact that they had become the people of the fief.
Thanks to the participation of these refugees, the number of people in each county has increased by a large margin, and the previous dilemma of shortage of people in all walks of life has finally been resolved.
In order to encourage these refugees to participate in the construction of fiefdoms, the county officials also promulgated many incentive policies and tried to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm to participate in various kinds of labor.
At the same time, in response to the current special situation, a temporary provision was formulated for the fiefdom.
For the people who spent their days idle, the fiefdom adopted various punishments such as forced labor, imprisonment, and even deportation.
At the same time, a number of training courses have been held in the districts, with successful people from all walks of life, to teach the skills to these newly arrived refugees.
Under the guidance of a series of measures, the three counties of the fiefdom are finally on the right track, and everyone has begun to develop in the fiefdom step by step.
After a short period of discomfort, the vast majority of refugees finally adapted to themselves and became the new identity of the people of Dafu and the people of King Wu's fiefdom.
As the number of fiefdoms increased, most people were able to find something to do, and the wealth created, of course, increased.
Seeing that all walks of life were developing towards a benign development, all the officials in the fiefdom finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the dissatisfaction with Yang Yun for recruiting so many refugees finally gradually subsided.
Seeing that all the work in the county was on the right track, Yang Yun, Ju Yuanguang, Qiu Ze and others finally felt a lot more relieved, because at that time, the three of them set up the idea of attracting these refugees to the fiefdom and encountered many opposing voices.
Yang Yun's relaxed mood didn't take long for him to start getting anxious again. Because they are in great trouble again.
Before bringing these displaced people to the fiefdom, Yang Yun had already stockpiled a lot of grain. I thought that even if it wasn't enough, the gap wouldn't be too big, and everyone would have to find a way to tide over it.
But now the number of displaced people is now several times more than Yang Yun expected, so the food consumption is particularly fast. It has only been a few months, and the grain in the granaries of the counties is almost gone.
Yang Yun brought together some of his core figures to discuss a solution to the food problem. Everyone expressed their views and put forward many effective methods.
The first option is to borrow grain from the surrounding county governments, which is by far the most realistic plan. However, there are some problems with this plan, because the surrounding counties and governments are not grain producing areas, so the amount of their grain is also very limited.
Yang Yun sent many people to run around the surrounding county capitals for a long time. Many county government officials tried their best to squeeze out a little grain for the sake of King Wu's face, but the quantity was also very limited, and it was completely unable to fill the huge gap in grain.
There was no way, Yang Yun found the newly established Chamber of Commerce and asked the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce to go to Dafu to buy grain.
Despite his mental preparations, Yang Yun still underestimated the shamelessness of these profiteers. They knew very well that King Wu's fiefdom was now seriously short of grain, so they deliberately raised the market price, making it very difficult to buy grain.
There are also people who propose to report the matter to the imperial court, so that the imperial court can allocate food to help these victims.
As soon as this idea was proposed, it was vetoed by old rivers and lakes like Qiu Ze, first of all, the Dafu Imperial Court, and it was almost impossible to take out food to help the victims of Chu State.
The second is that the imperial court is willing to help these victims, and it will take several months to come and go, but
It's the current situation of the fiefdom where to wait for months.
Faced with this dilemma, Yang Yun racked his brains. Didn't think of a solution to the problem. Even the resourceful Ju Yuanguang and Qiu Ze couldn't think of any way.
"The Longwu army in Yunzhou City is the standing border army of Dafu, and there is plenty of grain and grass there. Can we find a way to borrow some food there. Qi Wei saw that everyone was helpless, and said after hesitating for a while.
"Of course, the Longwu Army has food, but the commander of the Longwu Army, Meng Wu, is His Majesty's most important border guard. This man has a very strange temper, and he will not give face to anyone, and he wants to get food from him. It may be even harder than climbing to the sky! "Liu Yuan is often in the army, and he knows Meng Wu, the commander of the Longwu Army, very well.
"I also know that the possibility of success is very small if I want to borrow food from Long Wujun, which is why I hesitated for a long time and didn't say anything." Qi Wei said.
"There is no other way now, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we cannot give up. In this way, you stay in the fiefdom and think of some more ways. I personally went to Yunzhou to meet General Mengwu for a while. Yang Yun said resolutely.
Although Yang Yun's fiefdom is also in Yunzhou, it is still hundreds of miles away from Yunzhou City, the largest city in Yunzhou, although he knows the person Meng Wu, but he has never dealt with him, so he can only take one step at a time.
Because the matter was more urgent, Yang Yun did not bring too many soldiers and horses, only took three thousand personal guards, and under the protection of Qi Wei and Chi Mu'er, he rushed to Yunzhou City as fast as possible.
Yunzhou and Chu are adjacent to each other and have always been the center of the struggle between the two countries. Compared with Xunyang Pass, Yunzhou City is much more difficult to defend here, because the terrain here is open, and it is very convenient for the people of Chu to attack the territory of Dafu from here.
Therefore, Dafu established a huge city at the junction of these two countries, which is Yunzhou City, a big border city.
In order to avoid the Chu people, they invaded the territory of Dafu from here. Yunzhou City is inhabited by the Longwu Army, a powerful army with 200,000 soldiers and horses, and is guarded here all the year round by Mengwu, the commander of the Longwu Army who is as famous as the Shengwang Changming. The soldiers and horses of the Chu State attacked many times, but they never crossed Yunzhou City.
And Meng Wu has a strange temper, he has never had too much contact with the forces of Dafu in all aspects, and he has a bad relationship with most of the ministers in the DPRK.
Although the ministers of the court and the central government had a lot of complaints about Mengwu, Emperor Fu trusted Mengwu very much. Put him here, guard the most important city, and have not been transferred from here for fourteen years.
Compared with Yang Ming, the king of victory, both of them are the two cornerstones of Dafu's military, but there are obvious differences in the styles of the two people.
Yang Ming is good at attacking, daring to take risks, often winning with odds, its classic battle is that year, Yang Ming personally took 10,000 iron horses, went deep into the interior of Chu State, miraculously appeared in the Chinese military tent of Chu State soldiers and horses, and captured the generalissimo of Chu State at that time, Longge.
However, the Mongolian military commander has always been known for his calmness, he pursues steady and steady fighting, and is good at fighting defensive battles. In the past ten years, it has guarded this Yunzhou City without leakage, so that all roads will not be able to cross Yunzhou City by half a step.
Therefore, within the Chu State, there used to be this saying, "It is easy to regret the mountains, but it is difficult to regret the dragon and the army!" "It is precisely because Dafu has the commanders of the victorious king Yang Ming and Mengwu, who attack and defend one by one, that the state of Chu, which is stronger than Dafu, has not bargained much for so many years.
Compared with the winning king Yang Ming, both sides have made Huo Huo's exploits for Dafu. But Yang Ming, who has never had a fight, is far more popular in the Dafu Army than Meng Wu, and his influence in the army is also much greater.
In order to successfully borrow food from the Long Wu Army, Yang Yun searched for many people who knew more about Mengwu. I want to find a breakthrough based on his interests and hobbies, as well as from his weaknesses.
But after some effort, Yang Yun was a little frustrated. Because in addition to leading troops to fight, Meng Wu rarely had contact with outsiders, and everyone didn't know him very well, so they couldn't find a way to impress him.
However, for this situation, Yang Yun had also been mentally prepared, Meng Wu was famous for not advancing in the Dafu army, and it was definitely impossible to be moved so easily.
thought of many ways, but was not sure of success, and in the end, Yang Yun simply didn't think about it. Let's come to this Yunzhou City first, let's take a step at a time.
Yunzhou City is a very special city in Dafu. Because this is the only city in Dafu where the number of soldiers exceeds the number of civilians.
Yunzhou City is located on the border of Dafu, and the battles that have taken place over the years are too numerous to count.
Although Yunzhou Cheng was never occupied by the Chu army. However, many people's relatives have died because of the perennial war, and over time, fewer and fewer people are willing to continue to stay in Yunzhou.
But at the same time, a large number of merchants took a fancy to the interests here, and often took caravans back and forth between Yunzhou City and Dafu City.
Although Yang Yun is not treated as a brother in Xijing City, he is the prince of Dafu after all, and he is still the dignified His Royal Highness King Wu. So on weekdays, he doesn't care where he goes? can be warmly received by local officials.
But when Yang Yun and the others rushed to Yunzhou City, they had a closed door.
Yang Yun led three thousand guards to the Yunzhou City Gate, but was stopped outside the city by the soldiers guarding the city gate.
Of course, these soldiers did not mean to embarrass Yang Yun, because there has always been such a rule in Yunzhou City. When there was no wartime, all the merchants and ordinary people could enter and leave Yunzhou City at will.
However, soldiers carrying weapons, no matter what country they are, are not allowed to enter Yunzhou City without the consent of General Mengwu, the commander of the Longwu Army.
Yang Yun can still understand such regulations. After all, Yunzhou is a big border city, and only such strict regulations can avoid being exploited by the enemy.
Fortunately, Qiu Ze, who was traveling with him, had already prepared, and he handed over the prayer post prepared in advance to the soldiers guarding the door, and asked them to hand it over to General Mengwu, the commander of the Longwu Army.
While waiting, Yang Yun looked at the tall city. As an important border town, the city wall of Yunzhou is tall and thick, and it is obvious that Dafu has invested a lot of money here.
At the same time, the soldiers here are completely different from other places. Guarding outside the gate and on the city wall, these soldiers of the Dragon Warrior Army. They are distinctly different from the soldiers elsewhere.
First of all, the soldiers here are in a very full state of mind, and even if it does not happen temporarily, they are in full armor and almost never leave their weapons.
The soldier in charge of guarding the door heard about Yang Yun's identity. Although he respectfully gave a military salute to the carriage that Yang Yun was riding, there was no flattery in his expression.
And these soldiers under his command did not change their attitudes because it was the prince of Dafu. Still clutching the blade in his hand, he stood here with a grim expression.
Looking at the expressions of these soldiers, Yang Yun was convinced that if he acted rashly. These soldiers defending the city will not hesitate to raise their swords and guns and launch the sharpest attack on them.