Riding a crane, Lu Hanyang flew in mid-air, and he was very puzzled by the fact that Datang was still fighting because of the difficulties in the country. He even wondered if Li Er was under too much pressure because of him.

There is no denying that there is such a reason, but part of the reason is that this opportunity on the grassland is so rare. The grassland is three-legged, and the weaker two have a tendency to unite.

This made the stronger Xue Yantuo want Datang to ask for help, and then gave Datang such a god-given opportunity, which is the main reason. Because if the three tribes of the grassland are weakened this time, then there will be no northern border troubles in the Central Plains for twenty or thirty years, after all, it takes time for warriors to grow.

This is the main reason, although Li Er's use of Lu Hanyang to deter the grassland is suspected of being used, it is also sincerely for the sake of the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

But Lu Hanyang didn't know all this, although his knowledge was broader than that of ancients like Li Er, but his own position did not care about these military affairs, in his opinion, Li Er ignored the hardships of the people at home and transferred food to the Northern Expedition, which was very irresponsible.

"The people need food!" This was Lu Hanyang's thoughts, so he was going to get some food for these people.

What if there is no food? The first thing Lu Hanyang thought of was the granary of the imperial court, so on the third day after coming out, he left Chang'an three hundred miles away, which was close to Yan'an, the revolutionary holy land of later generations, and Lu Hanyang was ready to find the government here.

Riding a red-crowned crane, flying in the air, it did not land outside the city, but flew directly over Sanchuan City on the bank of the Luoshui River.

Lu Hanyang's high-profile appearance suddenly made all the people here find out, not only the people, but also the government, and suddenly the county magistrate of Sanchuan County rushed out of the county government with a group of officials.

"Xiaguan Sanchuan County Commander Yin Tong, meet the Pure Yang Immortal Chief!" A middle-aged official wearing a light green official robe on his body, with a group of people wearing cyan official uniforms, stood in front of the county yamen and saluted Lu Hanyang in the air.

"You are the county magistrate of Sanchuan County?" Lu Hanyang asked.

"Xia Guan is exactly, arranging the arrival of the pure yang immortal, and it is far away." Yin Tong bowed and said.

"I came here to ask if there is any grain in the granary of Sanchuan County?" Lu Hanyang asked.

"Qi Xianchang, this Sanchuan County is not a large grain-producing county, and the grain harvested every year, except for the public grain left by the county government, must be sent to Yanzhou, which is hundreds of miles away. Therefore, there is no granary in the county, only the county government has a warehouse, but the grain in it has almost bottomed out. Yin Tong said.

Although Sanchuan County is adjacent to the Luohe River, there are many hills in the county, which are not suitable for growing grain, and the people here rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and basically go to the mountains to suspect the mountain goods in exchange for food.

It's just that there is a shortage of food in the surrounding places now, so the mountain people in Sanchuan County basically have nowhere to exchange for food, which is also a headache for Yin Tong. There are not many wealthy households in the county, and even if there is grain, these people are ready to sell it at a high price, and it is impossible to exchange the low price of those mountain people.

"So where is there food around? If there is no food, the people may not be able to stand it, and I have seen all the way and found that the people near your Sanchuan County are the most hungry. Lu Hanyang said.

"Immortal Chief, the officials will not shirk this matter, last year's drought in Guanzhong, grain production was reduced everywhere, although Sanchuan County is close to the Luo River, but there are mountains everywhere, such a height, how can you get water up for irrigation? You can't change the status quo by relying on manpower! Yin Tong said.

This kind of thing is caused by natural objective conditions, and he has no choice, he has already done his best to raise food to relieve the people, and he has gone to Dunzhou thirteen times in the past six months, and each time he went to ask for food.

There is no reduction in production on the banks of the Luohe River, but those good fields have been bought by several wealthy families in the city before. Most of the land along the river beach belongs to their families.

These companies did not reduce their output last year, but they bought the land openly, so they can't directly requisition other people's grain! And this year, he didn't raise the two families early to make a profit, which was already to give him face as the county magistrate.

Therefore, Yin Tong is not easy to do with their grain, after all, the grain can be transferred from other places, but these rich households are big taxpayers who pay taxes every year, if these people are offended, then he Sanchuan County may really become a lower county.

The evaluation of officials in this era is an important basis for the promotion of these officials, and the main items of evaluation are taxation and people's livelihood. As long as there are no major crimes in the people's livelihood, and the people riot, they can basically get by.

But taxation is different. As long as there are a few more wealthy families, then the tax revenue received can be greatly increased.

"Is there really nowhere to mobilize food?" Lu Hanyang asked.

"Immortal Chief, it's not that there is no food, but as an official of the imperial court, you can't do that forcible seizure, there are only so many wealthy families in Sanyuan County, big taxpayers, and they haven't done anything for the rich, how can the lower officials let them take out food?" Yin Tong said.

"I see, it's not that it's unreasonable, after all, it's not to the point of starving to death, is it?" Lu Hanyang said, his tone was a little unhappy. For the sake of taxes, can the people starve? What hasn't been done to be rich and unkind?

Isn't it called being rich and unkind to watch the people starving, and these rich people are indifferent? Although it is said that it is love to help, it is duty not to help. But as a parent official, helping the people live and work in peace and contentment is the accusation of your Sanyuan County Order, and you actually said that there is no bad deeds and you can't move.

"The purpose of this seat is to collect food for the people today, and tell the rich families that this is the meaning of this seat, and keep their own rations, and then all the surplus will be opened and put grain for the people. You record how much food each family has. Lu Hanyang said that he didn't think about seizing it directly, after all, although these are landlords, they are also the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"The subordinate obeys!" With Lu Hanyang's words, Yin immediately informed what to do, anyway, all this was requested by the gods, not him, and those people couldn't blame him.

"County Lieutenant Liu, you pat the soldiers of Chong Mansion to go to various villages to say something, count the number of people, and then go to the county seat to receive food!" Yin Tong said to another man in a light green official robe beside him.

"I'll do it!" County Lieutenant Liu said and walked directly to the side.

"Immortal Chief, please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely distribute food to the people, but what should those rich families do?" Yin Tong asked.

"This, this seat has its own considerations!" Lu Hanyang said. He also needs to give some compensation for this matter, after all, although these are landlords, but in the early Tang Dynasty, the share of rent given by these landlords was not high, and they belonged to the kind of landlords who were okay. can't just grab it and then everyone will have a point, after all, the biggest landlord in Datang is Li Er.