The unique dry climate in the interior of the continent did not make Wu Fu, who grew up in a southern water town, feel the slightest discomfort. The dirt and sand in the air that was swept up by the wind stained Wu Fu's official uniform, but the expression on the face of the new governor did not change in the slightest.

Since arriving in Shaanxi, Wu Fu has been visiting the gentry and people in Shaanxi, hoping to investigate the root cause of the thieves in Shaanxi and the details of the current rampant banditry. Then he thought about how to help the prefectures and counties, hoping to smooth out the chaos in Shaanxi for the saint as soon as possible.

After Wu Fu's detailed understanding, almost everyone agreed that to manage the chaos in Shaanxi, we must first help Yan'an Mansion. And if you want to stop the turmoil in Yan'an Mansion, you must first stabilize the soldiers and civilians in the border fort of Yansui Town. Because the soldiers of Yansui Town were constantly desperate and could not escape, they kept creating trouble in the south, and at the same time passed on their combat experience to the mutants in the south, making it more and more difficult for the thieves in Shaanxi to deal with. At the same time, the soldiers of Yansui Town continued to flee, which also caused the attenuation of the combat strength of the officials and soldiers themselves.

If the natural disasters that lasted for several years were just a catalyst, then in fact, the imperial court's neglect of the soldiers in Yansui Town all the time was the deepest disease buried among the many causes of the thieves in Shaanxi. The pus and blood that kept coming out gradually spread to other parts of Shaanxi and buried the cause.

Even without the catalyst of the Shaanxi natural disaster, it will eventually explode someday in the future. This problem was not planted in the year of the apocalypse, but was predestined in an earlier period.

Yansui Town is surrounded by yellow sand, there is no arable land, and it relies on two fortunes as the ointment of life. Since the payment of the original color (grain) was changed and replaced by the color (silver money), the Shaanxi treasury became empty; Since the change of transporting grain to the payment of silver, the increase of floating taxes has caused the salt introduction to be abandoned, and the salt administration in Shaanxi has also been abolished.

Since the salt merchants returned to their hometowns, Shangtun has been deserted, and the powerful and local military attaches in various places have occupied it lawlessly, and the tun government in Shaanxi has also been abolished. Because of the blind investigation of the responsibility for the damage regardless of the situation, Shaanxi's Ma Zheng was also abolished.

In addition, the imperial court continued to send troops from Yansui Town out of the province to help, and almost all the elite soldiers had been exhausted.

The Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion near Yansui Town are desolate and barren, but the government has been increasing the salary and constantly pursuing it from morning to night. What's worse is that the government delegated the matter of expropriation to the hands of the officials, and the people fled one household and one family, and one family fled and one mile, and the rest of the people were bored.

As a result, the rich people became poor, and the poor could not survive and could only choose to join the thieves, and the fugitives from the north took the opportunity to entangle them, which was the fundamental reason why the hungry people became thieves.

Both the military and the people chose to be thieves, and there were also some people who were not military and civilian who chose the same path. These people are the remnants of the army in the border areas, as well as the families of the departed generals. These men were fierce and skillful, for they had no monthly rations, and were afraid of the toil of cultivating the land, and took it for granted that they were thieves.

When they rode out, they plundered everywhere, and the food and goods they had brought back were distributed among their relatives and friends. And because of the particularity of their identities, the military attaches in the border towns or the left and right henchmen of the military attaches are also related to these people. The greedy military attachés accepted their bribes, and the cowardly military attachés did not dare to be their enemies.

The military and political system in Yansui Town could not play a role, so there were no officials to manage and punish these people. As a result, there are more and more henchmen of these people, and they become more and more emboldened, and finally directly set off a rebellion, which is the fundamental reason why the remnants of the army are thieves.

There are many examples of deserters, starving people, and military remnants being robbers one after another, because these thieves did not have so many organizations when they first started the rebellion, and their influence seemed to be small. The local government regarded it as normal, so that all places were unprepared, and when the thieves became strong, there was a big chaos.

When the magistrates found out the seriousness of the matter, they reported it one after another, and the officers and soldiers began to suppress it. However, most of the border soldiers who were transferred were acquainted with the thieves, and they even stood together and chatted with each other when they were in battle.

Therefore, after encountering the thieves, the border soldiers will negotiate privately to settle the situation without resorting to force. Sometimes the thieves would take the initiative to cut off the heads of the old, weak, sick and disabled of their own people, and use these to help the border soldiers to make contributions. Sometimes they abandon their baggage and let the other party loot it at will.

Then they turned up and down to deceive, drove the thieves out of the country, and reported them to the thieves. Daily and monthly dereliction of duty finally caused rampant thieves in Shaanxi. Last year, Yansui Town was transferred out of the customs because of the Qinwang Army's eastward transfer, which caused the emptiness of the town's troops, and the thieves took advantage of this to become bigger.

Therefore, when dealing with the problem of Yansui Town, in addition to providing relief to the hungry soldiers and civilians, it is also necessary to urge Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, to rectify the rule of officials in Yansui Town, and must not be soft on some mediocre people.

Thinking of this, Wu Fu rubbed his temples. Since he entered Shaanxi and started his relief work, he has met too many mediocre people, which made him feel very disappointed and angry.

The only thing that Wu Fu admires is that there is only one official in Xi'an Mansion, Shi Kefa, who is quite diligent. Shi Kefa not only completed the relief work quickly and carefully, but also showed great courage. He was temporarily transferred north to Yan'an Mansion by Wu Fu, and when the thieves had not retreated, he went out in microclothes, and ran all over the countryside on horseback alone, and his attitude of painstakingly completing his work was like a character sung in a play.

Wu Fu thought that Shi Kefa was an outstanding talent, and his future achievements must be not small, so he praised his achievements to the court one after another. Therefore, Wu Fu discussed state affairs with the ministers of Shaanxi, and the ministers who were still in Shaanxi. In terms of appointing Shi Kefa to be fully responsible for the relief of the counties south of Yan'an, corresponding to Hong Chengchou, the minister in charge of the counties north of Yan'an, he can be regarded as quite trusting Shi Kefa.

"My lord, all the people sent out to inquire have returned." Wu Fu's subordinates suddenly came to report at this time, interrupting Wu Fu's thoughts.

"What are the results of the survey, and is there a downward trend in food prices?" Standing in the wilderness, Wu Fu came back to his senses and asked about the results of his subordinates' work.

"The price of grain in all parts of Yansui Town has dropped, and the rice that used to be six yuan has now dropped to five yuan and five cents. The price of five yuan of beans and wheat has also dropped to four and a half cents, and the price of grain is still declining as grain from Shanxi Province continues to come in. The subordinate truthfully reported the news received.