Along the canal, Yang Lian and his entourage slowly went south, and the way back was much easier, while walking and watching, in two days, Yang Lian obtained a lot of information, and the reconstruction of Chuzhou and even Haizhou was imminent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoYang Lian is not short of manpower, tens of thousands of people went south, many of whom are strong men, who are the main force in reconstruction, Yang Lian lacks financial resources, in addition to a large amount of food.

Although Fei Yan said that he would provide food, but the lifeline was in the hands of others, how could Yang Lian be willing? And the events of the past few days have proved that Fei Yan is not reliable, they came for a purpose, when Yang Lian could not meet their requirements, Fei Yan would defect to others, and this other person included Yang Lian's political enemies.

Even if he knew that there was this drawback, Yang Lian had to rely on the Fei family to solve the food crisis at this time. Of course, this is temporary, and Yang Lian needs to resume production in Haichu and Chu Prefectures in the shortest possible time, especially grain production, and must not give up.

On the third day, it was already close to Chuzhou, only more than 100 miles away, as it got closer and closer to Chuzhou, the villages became more and more dense, the population increased, and the nearby fields were gradually developed, and many fields were planted with vegetables. At this time, there is still some time before winter wheat is planted.

Yang Lian thought about it for a moment and walked into the village with people, and the village was very busy. This is a newly built village, many strong men are carrying this wood and building houses, the winter in Chuzhou is still very cold, if you don't build the house well, this winter will be very difficult.

As far as Yang Lian's eyes can see, most of the villagers are very thin, although the government provides food, but Yang Lian also does his best, the people can't eat enough and starve to death, this is the current state.

Seeing a few strangers coming in, the villagers were a little vigilant, Chen Tie got off the horse, stepped forward, and saluted an old man, saying, "Old man, I am waiting for me to come from afar, I am hungry, and I want to ask for some water to drink." ”

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Tie, this is a strong man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he looks quite powerful, and then looked at Yang Lian, and saw that although Yang Lian had a scar on his face, the whole person had the temperament of a superior person.

"This way, please!" The old man said, leading Chen Tie and the others towards their home.

The old man's house is not far away, only walked more than fifty steps, and then arrived at a place, this is a house that has just been built, a courtyard in and out, not big, there are still some wood in the house, as well as the soil and some sundries that have not been removed.

"Hehe, the distinguished guests came from afar, and they should have come up with the best things, but we are all disaster victims, and I hope that the distinguished guests will forgive me." The old man was very organized.

As she spoke, a young woman approached, holding a wooden tray with several bowls of sea water on it. The woman put down the wooden plate, Chen Tie immediately took a bowl of water, walked over quickly, and handed it to Yang Lian.

Yang Lian nodded, drinking water while looking at the room.

The old man felt that Yang Lian seemed to be the head of this group of people, but he didn't dare to ask.

The well water was very sweet, Yang Lian drank a few sips, then put down the sea bowl, and asked the old man with a smile: "Old man, how many people are there in this village?" ”

The old man was quite familiar with the village, and quickly replied, "There are sixty-seven families, and a total of two hundred and thirty-three people. ”

The scale of such a village can only be regarded as average, but in troubled times, especially after the flood, the number of such villages is already quite large, Yang Lian continued to ask with the intention of investigation: "Does the old man have surplus food?" ”

The old man's eyes dimmed, shook his head, and said, "This time the water is so big that the food at home is almost washed away. Xiao Lao'er's family fled to Chuzhou and finally survived. The official master of Mengchuzhou City opened a warehouse to release grain, and finally did not starve to death. ”

Yang Lian asked: "Now that food is in short supply, every grain cannot be wasted. ”

"Yes, that's exactly what the officials said. The little old man heard that the envoy of Chuzhou City came to relieve the disaster and brought 500,000 stone of grain. In fact, as far as the people of Chuzhou are concerned, 500,000 stone of grain is almost the same. But there were too many people to come, and there were simply not enough. I heard that the Jiedu envoy also paid out of his own pocket to buy a lot of food and distribute it to the victims. Although it is a drop in the bucket, I can finally survive by going up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables and getting some wild vegetables in the field. The old man said.

Yang Lian narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said, "So, that festival envoy is still a good person?" ”

The old man gave a thumbs up and said, "Naturally, he is a good person." The officials didn't know that before the Jiedu envoy came, the history of the Chuzhou assassin was very bad, he sold grain at a high price, and did not let the victims enter the city. If it weren't for the timely arrival of the Jiedu envoys, I am afraid that more people would have starved to death. ”

At this time, Chen Tie brought another bowl of well water, and Yang Lian listened to the old man's chatter while drinking. This old man is very good at words and witty words, Yang Lian couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard it. Yang Lian found out the bandits among the victims, and in the mouth of the old man, he actually became a god, and he had three heads and six arms. When Chen Tie heard this, his face changed greatly, but Yang Lian waved his hand and stopped Chen Tie in time.

Yang Lian doesn't mind how the people are, and this kind of statement is nonsense, but it proves Yang Lian's status in the hearts of the people, Yang Lian paid out of his own pocket to help the victims, the people are naturally grateful, and the people's hearts are available, this is Yang Lian's idea.

Listening to the old man boasting for a while, even though Yang Lian was quite thick-skinned, he couldn't hang it anymore, the old man said that Yang Lian was a martial artist sent by the Jade Emperor in the sky to save the people, and also said that the world was Yang Lian's sooner or later. This made Yang Lian a little vigilant, before his wings hardened, Yang Lian didn't want to see this kind of rumor.

The talkative old man spoke for a while, and he also felt a little thirsty, so he picked up the sea bowl and drank it violently, and Yang Lian found an opportunity to ask about the field. When the old man heard this, he immediately shook his head. In the aftermath of the floods, the situation is indeed not encouraging. Moreover, there are not as many fertile fields in Chuzhou as in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the grain output is insufficient.

As for the fields allocated by the old man's family, he has already gone to see it, and many of the lands have greatly decreased because of the floods, which will affect the output of grain.

Yang Lian immediately asked the old man to take him to see the land, although the old man felt strange, he still cleaned up and took Yang Lian and others to see the land. The land in the old man's house has been plowed, but the land in the field is still large and large. Such land that has not been ploughed will obviously produce less grain.

The old man also has no way, manpower is limited, and it is obviously unrealistic to rely only on people to plow the land. Yang Lian looked around, and all the people relied on manpower to plow the land. When they fled, they lacked oxen, and most of the tools used to plough the land were plows, not to mention curved plows, and there were no straight plows. Obviously, this kind of turning efficiency is very poor.

A batch of tools had to be made as quickly as possible to meet the needs, and a large number of ploughing cattle were needed to grow more land.

While Yang Lian was thinking, the old man was saying again, during this time, it was the season to plant winter wheat, and it was too late, and it was snowing in Huainan, and the land was hard and difficult to cultivate. Moreover, the snow is a good year, so hurry up and plant, the heavy snow can also kill the pests in the field, and the wheat will have a better harvest.

Listening to the old man's words, Yang Lian frowned unconsciously, he came from a later generation and had never experienced planting, although Lu Duoxun was talented, he was not proficient in farming, so that Yang Lian made such a big mistake. What is Yang Lian lacking most now? Grain! Actively resuming production and increasing grain production is the most important thing after the resettlement of the victims.

Yang Lian frowned, there were too many things a few days ago, so that he neglected this matter, and now that he knows, he must actively take measures to resume production. The first is to make a batch of tools as soon as possible, and secondly, to buy farming cattle. There is a shortage of cattle in Haichu and Haichu, so they need to buy them from the Guangling area, and even go to Jinling to buy them.

Yang Lian thought about it again and again, felt that time was pressing, talked to the old man for a while, and left in a hurry with Chen Tie and others. The old man looked at Yang Lian's departing back fixedly, and felt that this person was a little different, but he couldn't think of the difference for a while.

A few neighbors came to ask, after all, Yang Lian and the others were riding high-headed horses, and the clothes on their bodies were not gorgeous, but they obviously did not look like ordinary people. After a few words, the old man walked slowly towards home.

Yang Lian sent a soldier to rush back to Chuzhou first, ordered Lu Duoxun to summon the blacksmiths and carpenters of Chuzhou City to stand by, and ordered him to go down and count the number of cultivated cattle in Haizhou and Chu Prefectures, and at the same time asked Lu Duoxun to prepare money and silk to go south to buy cultivated cattle.

When Lu Duosun got the news, he immediately set about handling the matter, and the city of Chuzhou was full of notices, asking the carpenters and blacksmiths in the city to rush to the yamen in two days. Yang Lian took advantage of this time to inspect several villages, and the closer to Chuzhou City, the more people in the villages, and the situation was much better. There are even carpenters in the village, who have made simple straight ploughs, and the villagers have helped each other and have cultivated a lot of land.

After several days of investigation, Yang Lian learned a lot about the situation, and then returned to Chuzhou City. At this time, Chuzhou has gradually stabilized, and the people are walking on the street in twos and threes, with smiles on their faces. The soldiers guarding the door saw that it was Yang Lian and hurriedly retreated to the side to give a salute.

Yang Lian nodded, hurried away, and hurried towards the mansion. Lu Duoxun was busy, and when he heard Yang Lian coming back, he hurriedly went out to greet him.

"Master Lu, how are things going?" Yang Lian asked.

Lu Duoxun hurriedly replied, the notice had been posted, and tomorrow the carpenters and blacksmiths in Chuzhou City and even outside the city would come. At the same time, the number of cultivated cattle in Chuzhou City has been counted, there are two hundred and twenty-three, of which nearly thirty percent of the cultivated cattle are old cattle.

Yang Lian was not surprised by this result, after the flood, there was almost no grass, Chuzhou City lacked cultivated cattle, more than two hundred cultivated cattle seemed to be a lot, but in fact, it was far from enough to afford the tens of thousands of hectares of farmland around Chuzhou City.

Yang Lian nodded, very satisfied with Lu Duoxun's performance, and after some encouragement, Lu Duosun continued to deal with things, and Yang Lian went back to the house first. As soon as he returned to the house, Yang Lian found that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and the people in the whole house were very depressed.

"Yang Jiedu, I'm finally back." The soldiers said that Yang Lian remembered his name, which was Zhu Qi, a Hailing clan, and belonged to one of the soldiers Yang Lian selected from the forbidden army.

Yang Lian caught the bad information from Zhu Qi's words, and immediately raised his eyebrows, and asked, "What happened?" ”

Zhu Qi said: "Since yesterday, the housewife has been in a bad mood, and I don't know what happened. Always asking when Yang Jiedu will come back. ”

The master mother was referring to Fu Jinzhan, and Yang Lian immediately walked quickly towards the backyard. In the backyard, Fu Jinzhan was standing in the courtyard, looking at the sky with a melancholy face. Hearing Yang Lian's footsteps, he raised his head and saw that it was Yang Lian, so he walked over quickly, looked Yang Lian up and down, and then breathed a sigh of relief. However, the melancholy on Fu Jinzhan's face still did not subside, and her eyebrows frowned slightly.

Yang Lian was about to speak, Zhang Qili came from not far away, saw Yang Lian, with joy on his face, ran a few steps, took Yang Lian's hand, looked left and right, and saw that Yang Lian was not abnormal, he was also relieved, and gently patted his chest that had bulged with his hand, and said, "Brother Yang, you make Sister Fu and I very worried." ”

Yang Lian looked at Fu Jinzhan and saw that her clear eyes were full of worry, and said, "What happened?" ”

Fu Jinzhan bit her lip and paced slowly, Yang Lian knew that she had something to say, so she followed her, and the two gradually left everyone, Fu Jinzhan said: "Yesterday, the concubine received news that my father was ambushed by the thieves of Mangdang Mountain on the way back to transport grain, although my father was not injured, but all the grain he brought was robbed by the bandits. ”

Yang Lian's eyes widened, and he said, "What kind of bandit, dare to be so bold, he is really impatient." ”

Fu Jinzhan sighed and said, "Fortunately, my father is safe and sound. Glancing back at Zhang Qili, he saw that she didn't follow, so he was relieved. Her current identity is still Miss Fu, and her relationship with Fu Yanqing can't be known to too many people, including Zhang Qili.

Yang Lian frowned and said: "There are 100 soldiers brought by Fu Jiedu, plus the people, at least more than 500 people, if you want to defeat Fu Jiedu and win food, the number of these bandits must be at least equal." "Fu Yanqing has led troops for many years, and when he came to transport grain, the soldiers he brought must be elite, not to mention that one should be a hundred, and one should not be a problem, in other words, the number of bandits must be at least about five hundred, otherwise in the face of Fu Yanqing's cavalry, the bandits are not opponents at all.

Fu Jinzhan shook his head and said, "Actually, there are less than two hundred people. ”

Yang Lian was surprised and said, "The bandits with less than two hundred people can actually defeat the hundred-man cavalry of Fu Jiedu?" That's impossible! Yang Lian said, shaking his head again and again.

Fu Jinzhan smiled bitterly and said, "But this is the case, my father told me in detail about the situation this time in the letter. ”

Yang Lian grabbed Fu Jinzhan's hand and said, "What's the situation, you tell me specifically." ”

Fu Jinzhan nodded, and slowly explained the truth of the matter. Fu Yanqing had 100 cavalry escorting food, and there was no problem at first, and the journey was very smooth, but when he arrived at Qijiawan, there was a little accident. After lunch, a third of the people suddenly rebelled and seized the grain and grass. The incident happened suddenly, and neither Fu Yanqing nor the guards reacted, but after they reacted, Fu Yanqing's situation was even more wrong. Many of the guards fell down one after another, foaming at the mouth, apparently poisoned.

As the guards fell one by one, many people were frightened and fled, and the renegade part of the people brandished big knives to slash in the crowd, and at the same time, from the streets and alleys of Qijiawan, countless bandits poured out, they killed the people, and seized grain and grass.

Fu Yanqing saw that the situation was not good, so he had to flee with the remnants of his own soldiers, and when he arrived in Xuzhou, he counted the number of people, and there were less than twenty living soldiers, which was a fiasco, and it was almost unimaginable for a veteran like Fu Yanqing.

ps:Restore the update.,A few days ago I was interrogated by the three divisions at home.,Almost hung up.。。。。 Tears run... (To be continued.) )