Yin Xiu reciprocated the peach, and Xu Chu was not polite. Xun Yu promised to give him food and grass funding before, so he might as well bring up the old matter again at this time, and talk to Yin Xiu again.

Xun Yu immediately said to Yin Xiu: "The Yangzhai crisis has been eliminated, but there are still a lot of yellow turban panhuans in Yanling County, so it is time to give Yanling County some help." It's better to transport a batch from the long society. ”

Yin Xiu adopted it and looked at Zhong Xuan. The Zhong family is the largest scholar family in the Changshe, and as the spokesperson of his family in the county, Zhong Xuan's opinion must be asked.

"How much food does Xu County Order need?" Zhong Xuan was straightforward.

Xu Chu stretched out a finger, "Ten thousand stones." ”

Zhong Xuan said to Yin Xiu: "Please ask the prince of the palace to write a paper." The refreshment of agreeing made Xu Chu feel at a loss, and he knew to say more......

Xu Chu did lose a little, Changshe County has always been richer than Yanling County, not to mention 10,000 stones, 20,000 stones can also be taken out. It's just that in Xu Chu's eyes, 10,000 stones is no longer a small amount. A soldier has to eat about two big stones and five or six buckets of grain a month, and he has few people under his hands, and 10,000 stone plus the grain stored in the original county is more than enough to save money and survive until the autumn harvest, and he can also consider making up for the recent losses of soldiers and then increasing the establishment.

In addition to food, what Xu Chu desperately wants is iron. He mentioned the matter of iron, but the Yin cultivator made a difficulty. Yingchuan is a large iron-producing county, but the iron produced is strictly supervised by the imperial court, and iron officials such as iron chiefs and iron officials are appointed in various places. For example, Xun Yu's hometown, Yingyin County, has a big iron official to manage the mining, smelting and casting of ironware.

Iron is an important weapon of the state, and it cannot be given to others privately, and the amount of iron produced is also directly linked to political performance, so it is difficult for Yin Xiu to make mistakes. Xun Yu knew everything about the affairs of the county, and said to Yin Xiu: "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many mines in the county were abandoned, and there was a mine twenty miles outside Yanling County, so it was better to hand it over to Xu County to order re-mining and smelting. ”

Yin Xiu thought about it and agreed. It was useless to promise alone, and Xu Chu didn't know how to smelt, so he asked Yin Xiu for a number of craftsmen who could smelt iron. Yin Xiu agreed without thinking, a few craftsmen are nothing.

After getting two benefits in a row, Xu Chu didn't dare to go too far, so he asked to resign and go back to Yanling, where there are still yellow scarves outside the city, although most of them are old and weak, but they can't be taken lightly, and they can go back as soon as possible.

Yin Xiu had nothing to do, and after a few words of encouragement, he asked Xu Chu to go back with the rest of the troops.

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Xu Chu, Gong Su and his troops were mostly injured, but they could only be dealt with simply and returned to Yanling without stopping. It's pitiful, Xu Chu's county order is really poor, there are less than 100 war horses in the county, and most of them are old horses with very poor foot strength, this time he only rode with Zhang Ying because he wanted to report the news, plus Guo Jia's, a total of three. Giving the three horses to the seriously wounded soldiers to ride, he arrived in the west of Yanling County, and heard the news that the Yellow Turban in the north of the city had heard the news of He Yi's death and evacuated, Xu Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

Gong Su suffered more than a dozen knife wounds, although the wounds were not very deep, and it was the limit to hold on to it until now. Arrange for someone to send Gong Su and the seriously injured soldiers to treatment (in fact, they will also take some medicine), and Xu Chu will take Guo Jia and Zhang Ying back to the county office.

Xu Shu and Zhang Feng heard that there were good things about ten thousand stones of grain and mining, and they both felt that Xu Chu's trip was worthwhile. But they are silent about what kind of reward the court will get from the killing of He Yi. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the military exploits have become less and less valuable, and it is impossible for the imperial court to let Xu Chu be promoted to a high-ranking official at the county guard level, and other high-ranking officials at the county level are not as real as the current county order, which is really meaningless.

What they didn't expect was that because of the killing of He Yi, Xu Chu's brave name spread to Linjun Linzhou, and there was a brave general in Chen who was as famous as Xu Chu in history, and after hearing about this, he came to Yanling alone to join the army.

Correspondingly, many families who fled the war heard about Xu Chu's prestige, and they also came to Yanling in groups to seek shelter. These people are different from the homeless people who can't get enough to eat, they have a certain amount of family resources, not only will not increase the pressure on Xu Chu's grain and grass, but because of their arrival, they recruit poor families in the county as tenant farmers, relieving Xu Chu's pressure.

These are all later words, and Xu Chu's main energy at the moment is on the three things of spring ploughing, mining and conscription.

Spring ploughing has always been Pang Zhan's responsibility, and in order to do this well, Pang Zhan used all the benefits that their uncle and nephew got from the Han family, and made great contributions for Xu Chu. According to Xu Shu's preliminary investigation of the number of acres of land in Yanling County these days, Yanling has a total of more than 1,000 acres of land, most of which are ownerless and have been abandoned. Of the remaining 40,000 mu of fertile land that can be cultivated, more than 24,000 mu are in the hands of large households in the county, and the rest are owned by the people.

Xu Chu was surprised by these figures, Yanling now has a population of 10,000 households, which means that the average household is less than two acres of land. The annual output of one acre of land is only two or three stones, how to support the family. From these figures alone, it can be seen that most of the people have become vassals of the big and powerful, and life and death are in the hands of others. Unless there are dozens of acres of fertile land at home, there is no choice but this road.

Faced with the shocking facts, Xu Chu felt that he was too gentle with the heroes. They must be spit out the land in their hands!

But this matter is not a trivial matter, in the past, Xu Chu dealt with Han Zong or some big families, but now if he falls out with everyone, I am afraid that he will provoke a riot.

Not to mention others, his future father-in-law Zhang Feng's family is a first-class family, with thousands of acres of land, as long as Xu Chu shows his intention to return the land to the people, the Zhang family will stand up against it.

"Slowly, let's deal with the problem of mines and soldiers first." Xu Chuxin said: "Now most of the manpower is invested in spring ploughing, and the miners and soldiers don't know where to start. ”

Iron is used to forge weapons, and soldiers need time to practice, both of which are directly related to his performance in the crusade against Dong Zhuo in the future, and they cannot be ignored.

In the end, the time is too short, and he can't afford to operate slowly, if it had been a few years earlier, maybe it would have been a different situation now.

Xu Chu instructed everyone to be busy with their own affairs, instructed them to hold a meeting tomorrow, and discuss the things to be done as soon as possible.

He didn't arrange an official position for Guo Jia, and he didn't want Guo Jia to spend too much energy on government affairs, so he bought Guo Jia a mansion near the county government in accordance with the way Qin and Han treated his staff before.

Xu Shu is a person who can't be idle, so he came to Xu Chu that night, but he talked about marrying Zhang Feng.

What should come is always coming, Xu Chu is devoted to his work at this time, and he also wants to do this matter as soon as possible.

"By the way, Yuan Zhi, Zhang Feng's niece...... What's going on with the thief Cao Shi Zhang Ying? ”

Xu Shu smiled: "What kind of niece is it, this is Zhang Feng's daughter, surnamed Zhang Mingying." ”

Xu Chu was suspicious, but when he heard Xu Shu say it himself, he was still a little annoyed: "Okay, you Xu Shu, you actually collaborated with outsiders to deceive this county!" ”

Xu Shu was still smiling, "What outsiders say, it's all my own family." ”

Xu Chu shook his head helplessly, but no matter what he said, he still had a good impression of Zhang Ying. A woman like Zhang Ying, when he was still an otaku before, how could he dare to have extravagant hopes.

tightened the Zhang family and got a wife, be content, you have earned blood.