In the front yard of Yongcheng Thorn Mansion.

Guo Qi and some guards sat around the cage fire, and on the fire was a pot hanging from a stand, and the water in the pot had begun to boil.

"Don't add more firewood, the pot helmet is broken into pieces, the jerky is put in the pot first and boiled, and then the pot helmet is put in." Guo Qi sat on the side and commanded.

The jerky didn't last long after it was boiled in the pot, and the smell of meat wafted out, and after the jerky was boiled, the broken pot helmet was put into the pot, and it was quickly cooked into a pot helmet meat jerky paste; This is the dinner of Guo Qi and these guards, there are no dishes and chopsticks here, all of them use the washed helmets as bowls, and the chopsticks will randomly find two branches to peel the skin, and each person will add a large bowl of old pickles at most.

"Who?" Suddenly, one of the guards shouted.

All the guards immediately protected Guo Qi in the middle as fast as they could, and a few people hurriedly ran out, but soon came back and reported to Guo Qi: "Lord Wang, the people didn't catch and ran away." ”

"Leave him alone, let's continue to eat."

In fact, Guo Qi had already discovered that someone was peeking outside, and who this person was and who sent Guo Qi guessed it, so Guo Qi didn't take this matter to heart at all.

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"Brother Song, I'm back." Li Wu gasped and hurriedly ran back.

"Li Wu, don't be in a hurry, drink saliva, sit down and speak slowly." Song Yiming handed a bowl of boiling water to Li Wu and said.

After Li Wu drank the water, Li Lao Er couldn't wait to ask, "Little Wuzi, what have you seen?" Did they have any bad ideas? ”

"Dad, I didn't hear any bad ideas from them, I only saw them sitting around drinking pot helmet porridge!" Li Wu said to his father, Li Lao Er.

"The one who claims to be King Yong, and also drinks meat porridge with those soldiers?" Song Yiming asked Li Wu.

"Yes! I don't think that person looks like a prince at all, what a big official the prince is! How could it be possible to eat with a bunch of Qiuba! Li Wu pursed his lips and said, "I see that they come to us like an autumn wind, maybe they will rob us!" Isn't that luring a wolf into the house? ”

"Mr. Song, what do you think about this! Are these people going to do anything to us? Another villager asked.

Since Guo Qi arrived in Yongcheng, although these seem to be very obedient on the surface, there are still many worries in his heart; In the past, there were not no officers and soldiers who went to Yongcheng, although the imperial court had essentially given up Yongzhou, but nominally it was still the territory of Daqi, so every harvest season there would be a team of officers and soldiers to fight the autumn wind, requiring the people of Yongzhou to pay taxes, and each time they had to pay more than half; But the officers and soldiers had weapons in their hands, and these people did not dare to resist and could only obey.

When Guo Qi led the cavalry to Yongcheng, he first exterminated the bandits who attacked the city and won a lot of favor from the people, and then Guo Qi's words won the hearts of the people, but these people were still a little worried; It's not really much to pay taxes, but the people hope to pay less and have a better winter.

"Whether it is the day when we come to collect grain will be able to see tomorrow." Song Yiming said to the big guy: "But I have already told them before, we have a poor harvest this year, so when they ask for it tomorrow, we can't bargain with them for more than 1,000 stones, otherwise the villagers will have a hard time this winter." ”

"A thousand stones, can they agree? Isn't it a little less? One of the villagers said.

"That's a lot, and no matter how many folks, they should be hungry again this winter." Song Yiming said.

"Okay, just do what Mr. Song said, if they dare to earn more, it's a big deal for us to fight with them."

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The next morning, Guo Qi got up from the dilapidated house, and the fire next to him had been extinguished; The other guards also got up, boiling water for those who boiled water, and feeding the horses for the horses.

"Ma Jiu."

"Lord Wang, you're awake."

"Gather all together, this king has something to say."

"No!"

Soon a hundred guards were gathered, Guo Qi stood on a step and said to everyone: "I will take ten people back to Yu County in a while, and leave all the grain to you, and after I leave, you will be led by Ma Jiu and build a bridge on the Yongshui River in the south of the city as quickly as possible; After I have gone, you are not allowed to disturb the people, nor to tamper with anything of the people, and those who violate the command will be executed. ”

"Obey the king's commands......" the crowd said in unison.

Those who can be selected into the cavalry team are the most loyal soldiers to Guo Qi, and they obey Guo Qi's words, so they naturally dare not disobey in the slightest; However, Guo Qi was also afraid that something would happen to them with a hot brain, so he issued a strict military order.

After eating a few bites of the baked pot helmet, the ten cavalry led by Guo Qi left Yongcheng and went all the way south to Yu County; After Guo Qi returned to Yu County, he immediately sent 500 young men to escort more than 1,000 stone grain to Yongcheng, before they left, Guo Qi gave them an order, their task is to be responsible for protecting the safety of Yongcheng, because Guo Qi is afraid that there will be bandits to attack Yongcheng again, if Yongcheng is burned by a gang of bandits at this time, Guo Qi can't cry.

It stands to reason that soldiers should be sent to escort grain and grass, but Guo Qi now has a limited number of troops in his hands, only a thousand guards, as for the 10,000 people who have not been trained, although each wears a set of armor and holds a spear, but at most it can only be regarded as armed and strong, if it really starts a war, it is a rabble; Originally, Guo Qi planned to transport more grain to Yongcheng, anyway, all the grain and grass baggage had to be transported to Yongcheng in the end, but the cart was limited and could only use more than 1,000 stones.

The day after Guo Qi returned to Yu County, Hu Qiong led a large group of men and horses to arrive, and the Wei River was carrying heavy boats, and the displaced people who followed them were all on the north bank, and the whole team stretched for three or four miles.

"The last general, Hu Qiong, visited the prince." After Hu Qiong saw Guo Qi, he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Please forgive the last general who can't perform the full salute with his armor on his body." ”

"Hurry up!" Guo Qi helped Hu Qiong up and said, "I've worked hard for you along the way." ”

"It's all within the general's share."

"It's going well!"

"With the prince in front of him, it is naturally very smooth!"

"How many homeless people have been recruited now?"

"Lord Wang, there are more than 80,000 displaced people who have come to Yongzhou with us, of which more than 60,000 are young and strong, and only more than 20,000 are old and weak women and children; The last general has been reorganized according to our previous establishment, including 13,000 households, with more than 45,000 people; In addition, 36,000 people were all made young and strong, and more than 2,700 orphans. Hu Qiong reported.

"Good." Guo Qi nodded and said: "With these people, we will be able to take root in Yongzhou, unload the grain, grass and baggage on the ship as soon as possible in these two days, and first organize the people with families to transfer to Yongcheng one after another......

With the concerted efforts of all the people, it took two days for all the baggage to be unloaded from the ship, the reason why it was so slow was because there was only a simple wharf by the Wei River in Yu County, so the number of ships docking each time was limited, but Guo Qi was not idle in the past two days, all the people of the family and a small part of the young people were transferred to Yongcheng, and only most of the grain and grass and 30,000 young men were left in Yu County.