Thinking of the food pressure, Zhang Xiaowu suddenly thought of the corn seeds he got from the Fran people, but it was winter, not the season to plant corn. The Franks left the Central Plains after meeting the emperor, and he bought all the corn seeds in the hands of the Franks, and he still had five catties of corn seeds in his hand. He only waited for next spring to find another estate to try to grow corn, and if corn could be widely grown in the Central Plains, the country's hunger would be reduced by at least half.

There are too many benefits of corn, corn is drought-tolerant, cold-tolerant, barren-resistant, alkali-resistant, acid-resistant, can not only harvest edible corn kernels, but also can eat green corn in advance, and corn stalks and corn cobs can be used to raise livestock, and can also be used as fuel for fire, it is simply a plant that kills multiple birds with one stone.

Of course, corn is also the most suitable grain for the current arid climate of Shenghan.

Thinking of the arid climate, now there are only three snows after the winter of Shenghan, and the entire Longdu City is just dry and cold, fortunately, it is close to the Dragon River, and the underground water veins are abundant, and the people of Longdu City do not have to worry about no drinking water, but the harvest in autumn is at least thirty percent less than in previous years.

"No matter how difficult it is to prosper the country, it will be fine after this year." Zhang Xiaowu was able to comfort Emperor Dade like this.

As for the benefits for his subordinates, Zhang Xiaowu finally decided to give each person two taels of silver for year-end benefits, less is less, but less is better than nothing. In the entire Longdu City, is there a yamen with better welfare benefits than the silver guards? Even the guards of the gold-clothed guard were also envious, and the inspectorate wanted to check the account of the silver-clothed guard many times, but was stopped by Emperor Dade.

On the third day of the lunar month, suddenly a burst of news came from nowhere, and a fairy appeared in the pseudo-Wu country in Jiangnan, and this fairy cured the plague in Jiangnan with fairy water. The fairy has words to assist Zhengjun to kill the tyranny, so the fairy appeared in Jiangnan.

This rumor spread throughout the north like wings, especially Longdu, and it became more and more intense.

Yinyiwei immediately reported to Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Xiaowu also found Wang Jingzhi, the commander of Jinyiwei, for the first time, and reported the news, Wang Jingzhi was shocked: "This pseudo-Wu is too rampant, why hasn't the generalissimo destroyed the pseudo-Wu?" ”

Generalissimo Dushan Boye led the White Tiger Army to the east for half a year, but the war did not go smoothly, because of the plague and the poor harvest in the disaster year, the White Tiger Army, the Vermilion Bird Army and the Jiangnan Township Army sent by the imperial court have been sharply reduced, which is like two sick tigers fighting, comparing who is more violent, but who can persevere.

There are many rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mountains and forests are dense, and the cavalry flank outflanking tactics that the White Tiger Army is best at are completely useless, and they can only learn from the former Xuanwu Legion, step by step, and gradually seize it. The puppet Wu army held the tactics of fighting if it could fight, running if it couldn't fight, and not caring about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, and muddyed the battle situation.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Jiangnan lacks a vast plain, the White Tiger Army needs to slowly encroach to win, and the extermination of the pseudo-Wu is not an overnight effort, I estimate that it will take at least three years." This rumor of the Jiangnan fairy should be made up by pseudo-Wu, and the purpose is to win over the hearts of the people. But it can be seen from this that the puppet Wu regime has been shaken, otherwise why would they spread such rumors. ”

Wang Jingzhi nodded and said: "This rumor can be small or big, you and I can't relax easily, we should report to Your Majesty immediately." ”

The two then entered the palace together to report the rumors of the Jiangnan fairy, and Emperor Dade immediately convened the left and right ministers to discuss together, and instructed the left minister Zhang Kuan to supervise the matter. Zhang Kuan, the left minister, asked the government office, the Jinyi Guard, the Silver Guard, the township army, and the forbidden army to ban this rumor, and the people were not allowed to tell it, teach it orally, and not talk about it.

After receiving the order, Zhang Xiaowu immediately gathered everyone and demanded that the silver guard strictly abide by the requirements put forward by Zuo Xiang, and all the gold and silver obtained from the fine were used for the silver guard bonus at the end of this year, so as to solve the problem of the silver guard's welfare at the end of the year.

Zhang Xiaowu also demanded to the left and right, never hurt or beat people, we Yinyi Wei is not a military officer (police) who investigates homicide cases, nor is it a Jinyi Wei (national security) who investigates anti-thieves, we are just managers (chengguan) who maintain urban order, although Yinyi Wei is armed, but not an armed force, and if we can see blood, we will not see blood.

Cao Liqi said: "General, why did this sentence come out of your mouth, so awkward?" You don't let us see blood, it's not like what you said. ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "Then what should I say?" ”

Cao Li said: "You should say, kill one less one." ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "Now our position has decided that if we can not kill people, we will not kill people, and we must control killing people as a last resort." ”

"Yes, control control, control it, you can't kill people casually." Everyone laughed.

The rumors of the Jiangnan fairy are getting worse and worse, and the people are becoming more and more convinced that the fairy can cure the plague, and some people even begin to worship the fairy. Although the government has repeatedly refuted the rumors, it is difficult to curb the rumors once they are formed, and the rumors are wantonly propagated, and the rumors of the Jiangnan fairy have become a fact, which makes the people believe that there is really a fairy in the Jiangnan area who has cured the plague.

Zhang Xiaowu didn't believe in the news of this fairy's treatment of the plague, it would take another year for the new crown vaccine to be developed, and a little woman could develop an antidote for no reason? What is the antidote to the viral plague? The plague in the Central Plains was suspended because the imperial court controlled it properly, not a fairy appeared, which was a pseudo-Wu who wanted to pick the peaches of the imperial court.

Just as he was preparing for the New Year at the end of the year, someone suddenly sent a letter to Yinyiwei, saying that he had found that the Tianhuo Sect members had appeared in Jing'an Temple in Fushoufang.

"Who's got the note?" Zhang Xiaowu asked hurriedly.

Wang Yijin shook his head and said: "I don't know, I was bumped by someone on the way to the Yinyi Guard Yamen in the morning, and after I arrived at the Yamen, I rummaged through my pocket and found this note." ”

Zhang Xiaowu stared at the note and couldn't see anything, but he knew in his heart that the person who wrote the note must be an insider of the Tianhuo Sect, and it must be a person from the two forces, and the Tianhuo Sect members in Jing'an Temple are likely to come from Jiangnan. Zhang Xiaowu guessed that because the Four Boys case had caused heavy losses to the Tianhuo Sect, the Tianhuo Sect headquarters was very angry when they got the news, so they transferred several high-ranking disciples of the Tianhuo Sect from Jiangnan. After these high-ranking disciples arrived in Longdu, they commanded their arrogance, causing the local Heavenly Fire Sect members to have evil thoughts and borrow knives to kill people.

"Immediately send an order, the first and second teams of the Silver Guard Action Team will follow me to Jing'an Temple, surround them and not let anyone go, the third team, the fourth team, the fifth team, and the sixth team will immediately block the entire Fushoufang, and anyone who appears on the street will be killed first and then reported." Zhang Xiaowu resolutely ordered, regained the courage of the former commander of the ghost guard, and said, "Wu Song, immediately rush to the Jinyi Guard Yamen to report, see Wang Jingzhi directly, and see no one else, except for Wang Jingzhi, no one else must reveal any news." ”

"Whoa!" Humane.