Moling County, belonging to Danyang County, is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, near the river and the sea.

It was the earliest to belong to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the fief of Zhou Zhang, the earliest city was built in the first year of King Ling of Zhou, the state of Chu set up Tangyi, and the doctor of Tangyi was placed, in 333 BC, King Xiong Shang of Chuwei built Jinlingyi in Stone City, which is the earliest origin of the name Jinling.

After Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, he went out on patrol five times, and when he returned from the fifth tour, he went to Jinling, and several Qi-looking magicians around him said: Jinling is a dragon and a tiger, and there is a son of heaven. When Qin Shi Huang heard this, he was furious and directly ordered someone to dig Fangshan to make the Huaishui run through Jinling, vent the king's anger, and then rename Jinling Moling.

Straw means forage, and Qin Shi Huang means that this is not Jinling, just a horse ranch.

A year ago, there were about 30,000 households in Moling, only about 100,000 people, although it is a large county seat, but it cannot be compared with Yuanling, Shanyin and other cities, and can not be compared with the big city of Wu County.

However, in just one year, because of the Battle of Jiujiang and the Xuzhou Rebellion, many displaced people crossed the river and continued to flock to Jiangdong.

Of course, Moling is still Moling, only the population is increasing, and the city wall is constantly increasing, but it has always been unable to compare with the prosperity of Wu County.

And because of the influx of a large number of displaced people, it is impossible to resettle, and the whole county is a bit chaotic.

East of the city, county office.

The county commander Fan Lin had resigned three days ago and went to the Danyang County Shoufu to take up his post, and at this moment in the lobby, there were only three family members, the county Cheng Xu Shu, the county lieutenant Xu Mu, and the chief bookkeeper Zhao Hong.

The three of them are the three people with the highest official positions in the Moling County Ya today, leading the Moling Tomb, and the three of them kneel on the bamboo mat, forming a triangle, and their eyes sit with each other's eyes.

In the quiet county hall, the atmosphere is a little depressing.

"Xu Xiancheng, it is rumored that the new county commander was appointed by the general's mansion himself, not from the county guard's office, I don't know who the new county commander is?" Xu Mu was in his forties, his face looked a little thin, his eyes were a little feminine, he looked at Xu Shu in a white robe, and asked lightly.

The Xu family is the largest place in Moling, in the past, when Sun Ce crusaded against Moling, the Xu family also made a little effort, Xu Mu was the Xu family as a family, and he became the Moling County Lieutenant as soon as he jumped.

"County Lieutenant Xu, the matter of the new county commander, how can I know that I am in Moling." Xu Shu's face was calm, he shook his head, and said with advice: "Three days later, the new county commander will take office, and you will know when the time comes, so why worry." ”

"Xu Xiancheng, you are a senior disciple of Cai Saijiu, with the relationship between your master, can't you still inquire about this news from the general's mansion?" Xu Mu squinted his eyes and asked with a somewhat cold breath.

In the year that Xu Shu entered the Moling County Ya, he was extremely strong, determining the people's livelihood, collecting the displaced people, and building the city, and even the county commander Fan Lin obeyed him, which made Xu Mu, the county lieutenant, look a little angry and jealous.

Xu Mu believes that Xu Shu is young, so high-minded, and can be the county governor of Moling, but he just relies on the reputation of his teacher Cai Yong, so he has always been dissatisfied with Xu Shu.

Therefore, he constantly pulled back on the matter of Xu Shu to collect the displaced people, and united the bad local squires and local heroes in the city to resist the entry of the displaced people.

"My teacher has a strong personality, how can he work for such a trivial matter!" When Xu Shu heard this, his eyes stared at Xu Mu, and the corners of his mouth outlined a chill of contempt.

"Okay, okay, both of them are officials of Moling, and they should be harmonious and wealthy."

Zhao Hong, the chief bookkeeper, is already fifty and five this year, from a small official step by step to the position of the main book of Moling, talented, but gentle and indisputable, peace is precious, and often reconciles the contradictions between Xu Shu and Xu Mu.

"Hmph, the new county order is about to arrive, if you see a messy Moling, you will definitely blame us, Xu Shu, in three days, the Moling granary will be exhausted, if you can't get food, don't blame the county lieutenant for being ruthless, and immediately lead the troops to drive the displaced people out of the city." A cold glint crossed Xu Mu's eyes.

Xu Shu has collected many displaced people in Moling this year, opened a warehouse to release grain, and has caused a deficit in Moling's granary, and Fan Lin supported him in office, and now that Fan Lin is not there, he does not believe that the new county order can unconditionally support his wasteful behavior.

"How dare you?"

Xu Shu's face was pale, and his body exuded a bad aura, this year, with the support of the county commander Fan Lin, he had already controlled most of the Moling, even if the Xu family was the first strong in Moling, he couldn't help him.

Although he is in and out of officialdom, many things are not suitable for, but with his wisdom, not to mention Xu Mu, even the county commander Fan Lin can't suppress him at all.

"See if I dare!" Xu Mu stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, this time he also became tougher, without Fan Lin's support for Xu Shu, he didn't mind fighting.

"Master Zhao, what do you think?" Xu Shu took a deep breath and calmed down, for the construction of Moling, the Xu family is still very useful, now is not the time to turn his face, he squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Hong, the master book next to him, Zhao Hong is a good man, but he has served in Moling County all his life, and after several turmoil, he is still standing, and his influence in Moling is not lower than that of the Xu family, the first powerful man in Moling.

"Xu Xiancheng, this year, you have collected a total of nearly 80,000 displaced people, and the construction of Moling to the stone city wall has exhausted all the finances of Moling, and the finances of these three months are still supported by the county guard, if you have no way to replenish the granary and finances of Moling, we can't keep this group of displaced people, and if we don't drive them out, we can only send them to the Yuanling."

Zhao Hong groaned for a while, reached out and stroked the goatee under his chin, and then expressed his opinion, saying.

He didn't want to offend the two, but now that the Moling turmoil has spread to the county guard's mansion, if he wants Moling Haoqiang and the squire to take out the land, it is simply impossible, so he can only send the displaced people out.

"Hmph, I'll tell you one thing today, whether it's to collect the displaced people or build the city wall, it's all the arrangement given to a certain person before the new county order, whoever dares to destroy it is not able to get along with the new county order, and you can do it yourself if you think about it."

Xu Shu groaned for a while, the corners of his mouth outlined a cold smile, and he left a faint sentence, and then brushed his sleeves away.

At this time, the two people who stayed in the lobby heard this, their faces suddenly changed, and they glanced at each other, especially Xu Mu, whose face was blue and murmured: "How is this possible?" ”

"There is nothing impossible, don't forget it, everything Xu Shu has done this year looks ridiculous, but the county order he has received is the support of the county guard."

Zhao Hong thought for a while and reminded: "Now I understand that he is here to explore the way for the new county commander, and this new county commander may have a lot of them." ”

"Humph!"

Xu Mu gritted his teeth and said: "Moling is our Xu family's territory, even if it is a dragon, as long as he comes to Moling, he will also hold it!" ”

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A young man in Tsing Yi, wearing a long sword at his waist, his hair was bunned, and he was accompanied by two young guards in cloth clothes, walking in the streets of Moling City.

"Why is Moling so messy?"

After Sun Quan entered the city, he did not go directly to the county office, but walked around the city and found that Moling City looked chaotic, and groups of homeless people were crowded together in the streets and alleys.

"This uncle, why does Moling look like a chaotic market?" Sun Quan walked to a baked cake stall, took out a few copper coins, bought a baked cake, and then chatted casually with the uncle who sold the baked cakes.

"Childe is a foreigner?" The uncle who sells yakiniku is also very talkative.

"Well, I came from Wu County, came to visit relatives, and came a year ago, and the Moling was still very good at that time, how did it become like this now?" Sun Quan took a big bite of the baked cake and asked with a smile.

"Alas, it's not a good thing that our county government has done, they fight, but it affects us ordinary people."

The uncle who sold the baked cakes sighed, his eyes swept around cautiously, and there was no one, so he said with confidence: "I secretly tell you, the county leader of our county government is also a good person, and he took in many homeless people who crossed the river and wanted them to settle down in Moling, but most of the land in Moling is controlled by the local heroes led by the Xu family, and the head of the Xu family is the county lieutenant of Moling, who controls the Moling soldiers, but our Moling soil overlord, he does not let go, these homeless people naturally have no land to cultivate, Naturally, it became what it is now. ”

"I see!"

A touch of coldness crossed Sun Quan's amber eyes.

"Untouchables, get out of here!"

At this time, on the street in the distance, the arrogant voice of a young man suddenly came, Sun Quan looked up, only looked in the distance, and it had been surrounded in a circle.

"Childe, don't go over, this voice is the voice of Xu Ming, the son of the Xu family, Xu Ming relies on the power of the Xu family, no one dares to provoke him in Moling City, he has always been arrogant, and he will beat and scold these homeless people, and we people in Moling will take a detour when they see him." Uncle Baked Cake saw that Sun Quan wanted to go over to join in the fun, so he kindly reminded him.

"Oh, there are people who are more arrogant than me, I want to see it."

When Sun Quan heard this, there was a sense of anger in his heart, in Jiangdong, who else could compare with him Sun Quan, he wanted to see who was more arrogant than him in Moling City, and walked directly over with two guards.

"Untouchables, you still want to ask me for money, it's already your blessing that I didn't kick you out of Moling, get out of Moling immediately." Sun Quan stepped forward, only to see a young man in blue with a dozen guards at the intersection of two streets, looking at four or five homeless people with a look of disgust.

"Xu Gongzi, but as you said, the five of us worked for your Xu family, ten days, a total of ten stones of rice, and now that the work has been done, you can't ignore the count." An old man pointed at the blue-clothed young man, trembling all over, and said angrily.

"Hmph, old man Mo, say that I, Xu, owe you food, you have a note." The young man in blue glanced at him and said arrogantly.

"You?"

Old man Mo and several of them are honest farmers, they don't know a big character, they fled from Xuzhou to Jiangdong with a family, and finally lived in Moling, they did temporary work for the Xu family, just a verbal transaction, how do you know what words.

Several families are now waiting for the food to go to the pot, but they didn't expect the Xu family to turn their faces and deny people, and they were waiting to starve to death without food.

"Without a written note, even if you sue the yamen, you can't sue a certain family, get out." The young man in blue looked at a few bitter men, with a look of disgust, and kicked Old Man Mo away.