Chapter 233: The People Live on Food
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Qin Hao didn't go after Fang La, Tong Guan didn't either, and his troops also needed to rest.
Today's people in Hangzhou are panicking, Qin Hao did not let Tong Guan's army enter the city, only a small number of soldiers and horses led by Tong Guan remained in the city, and most of the soldiers and horses led by Wang Yu were still stationed outside the city.
The most important thing in Hangzhou is to restore the system and bring the entire city of Hangzhou into effective management, Qin Hao, as the pacification envoy of Hangzhou, has a lot to do.
Tong Guan has been leading troops for many years, so he naturally knows a reason, so although his cronies' troops have entered the city, they have not stepped out of their own defense area under his strict constraints, and at this juncture, he does not want to cause chaos for Qin Hao.
Moreover, when Qin Hao was in Guquan Town, he even dared to kill Tan Zhen's illegitimate son, not to mention some ordinary generals, what kind of virtue his subordinates were, he still knew, it was really unwise to hit Qin Hao's muzzle at this time.
If it really hits Qin Hao's hands, he can't save himself, and he can't save it, it's better to close the door than this, with Qin Hao here, he is also happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.
Of course, these are not the main things, the most important thing is that Tong Guan is actually no different from Cai Jing in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, when Fang La's rebels broke through Hangzhou, not only killed officials and killed the rich, but even the ancestral tomb of Cai Jing's family was lifted.
I ran out at this time, not only could I not play the official prestige, but I also had to suffer from the rotten eggs of the people, well, no, the current people of Hangzhou probably have no rotten eggs to throw, and what they can throw is probably even more frightening than this thing.
Tong Guan did not interfere in the affairs of Hangzhou at all, which was undoubtedly a good thing for Qin Hao.
When Fang La left, in order to prevent the army of the imperial court from chasing and killing, it can be said that he burned all the way to extinguish the war as soon as possible, and it was imperative to return a quiet city of Hangzhou.
Most of Qin Hao's men and horses were scattered in the four gates of Hangzhou to ensure the safety of Hangzhou City, so the task of fighting the fire was naturally entrusted to Ma Kuo's men and horses, and Ma Kuo was the captain of the fire brigade, organizing the people in the city to make the greatest remedy.
Ma Kuo naturally had no objection to Qin Hao's arrangement, not to mention that the fire in the city was getting stronger and stronger, if there was no participation of the army, relying solely on those unorganized people to save themselves would only maximize the losses.
The people take food as the sky, and the second step is naturally to let Lu Xiaoqing go to count the surplus grain in Hangzhou City, but the result of the inventory made Qin Hao feel a little disappointed, it is estimated that Fang La has already planned to evacuate, and when the city is broken, he rushed out from the south gate with food.
Fang La attacked Hangzhou, killed officials and killed the rich, and the entire Hangzhou City, where there was a little food, was robbed by Fang La, so the current Hangzhou City can be said to be an empty city.
No business, no wealth, no agriculture, no stability, no food in a city, the world will be in chaos, the original population of Hangzhou City is about 300,000, and the rebel army of Fangla is also not less than 300,000.
Since Tong Guan besieged Hangzhou, there has been a shortage of food in Hangzhou, which is also an important reason why Fang La, although he has an army of 300,000, he can't hold Hangzhou City.
Before leaving, in order to protect the army's food, everything that could be robbed was robbed, and what could not be robbed was also burned, in a word, after the Fangla Rebellion, Hangzhou City was no different from the dead city.
After Liang Hongyu took Lu Xiaoqing and Liancheng around outside, her expression when she came back was particularly dignified, and she said pessimistically:
"Qin Gongzi, I went out with Sister Qingqing and Sister Lian Orange just now, and when Fang La left, he only left three days' rations for the common people, and the rest were either robbed or burned, and they were gone."
"Three days?"
Even Qin Hao was surprised by this result, and after pondering for a long time, he asked: "In the war era, ordinary rich families will hide their grain, you can come out and see if we can buy the grain in their hands at a high price." ”
"Rich? How rich can it be? The corners of Liang Hongyu's mouth showed a bitter smile, "According to the situation we have inquired about, in this Hangzhou City, if any merchant landlord who is a little famous cannot hand over the prescribed grain, many people will be ruined. ”
Qin Hao pondered for a while, "That's it, no matter what, you and Qingqing are responsible for building the porridge shed, and the initial food will be our military rations, even if we tighten our belts, we can't lose those ordinary people." ”
Speaking of this, he said to Liu Xiang'er: "I thought that Hangzhou was a big city, and when our army arrived in Hangzhou, we could replenish it well, but I didn't expect that this Hangzhou city would be much more serious than we imagined." ”
Liu Xiang'er heard Qin Hao say so much in one breath, and knew what he wanted to say, so he immediately took over the topic and said: "Don't worry, the ideological work of the soldiers below will be handed over to Xiang'er's art team to ensure that our soldiers can make their rations." ”
Tian Xiaoqian reminded: "We only have 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the supply of grain and grass is not much in terms of the total amount. ”
Qin Hao said: "Although we don't have much food, isn't Captain Tong leading more than 100,000 soldiers and horses?" Taking some of his grain and grass out of it will take some time to deal with it, and when the commercial market in Hangzhou City recovers, these problems can be alleviated. ”
Speaking of Tong Guan, everyone noticed that Tong Guan had not shown up since he entered Hangzhou City, could it be that this old boy had already expected something and hid?
Tian Xiaoqian, who rarely spoke, saw that Qin Hao was anxious about food, and couldn't help but interject: "Did you say that Mrs. Tong had already expected that we would ask him for food, so he made a special trip to hide?" ”
Qin Hao shook his head and said: "Taiwei Tong's status is not comparable to Qin Hao, he naturally has no need to avoid Qin Hao, he is not in the military camp, it is estimated that he is afraid of trouble, so let's do it, Brother Yang and Brother Ma will go with me, and Zhang Yi will be responsible for the affairs here." ”
Zhang Yi nodded and said: "Son, rest assured, Zhang Yi will definitely organize the people in the yamen, perform their duties, make the government run normally, and ensure that the people are here, they can redress their grievances and do something!" ”
Zhang Yi did not say that he would respond to requests, because the current state capital yamen can operate very well, and it is not a one-day achievement to reach such a height.
You do things, I don't worry, Qin Hao has such trust in Zhang Yi, because from Shamen Island, Zhang Yi has never disappointed Qin Hao.
After discussing properly, when he came to Tong Guan's military camp, Tong Guan did not rest, but sat on a desk to deal with military affairs, and when he saw Qin Hao coming in, he smiled and said:
"Yes, yes, you came half an hour earlier than I expected, it seems that you have arranged everything else."