Qingzhou's officialdom has undergone some small changes because of Qin Xu.

However, it did not attract much attention.

The reason is very simple, Linzi is out of food.

It's almost winter, but the official warehouse of the Linzi Mansion Treasury is empty enough to starve rats to death. Because of the previous chaos, Linzi, as the Qingzhou administrative office, was also difficult to survive, but fortunately, Lu Bu brought a lot of military rations, and Zang Hong borrowed from it, so that the entire Linzi officialdom could be turnover, but this could not solve the fundamental problem.

Although Lu Bu moved nearly half of the Meiwu collection when he was in Chang'an, most of them were gold and silver coins, but because of the carrying problem, he did not bring much. This is also the reason why when Zang Hong proposed to give up the 100,000 stone grain and grass looted from Yecheng, the reaction of the generals of Lu Bu's army was so strong.

But although these 100,000 stones of grain and grass look like a lot, it is simply unrealistic to support it until next autumn's harvest. Qingzhou is not a big grain-producing state, because the rampant yellow turban has made the land barren even more serious, and although Lu Bu is now nominally Qingzhou herd, it is only Linzi, even if it is a bumper harvest next year, it will be difficult to support it for a while, not to mention, Qin Xu clearly remembers that tomorrow the whole world will encounter a big harvest that has not been encountered in a century.

"My lord, the weather is getting colder recently, and there are already signs of homeless people pouring into Linzi from all over the country, how to deal with it, please publicize it!" Qingzhou Sima Zang Hong's hair has been half white recently, and Zang Ba is distressed when he sees it.

"Outcasts? Come on! Didn't I give you a batch of military funds to buy food? The big families in the city also persuaded them to lend us some, but it really can't be done, how much do we have military rations? Go down in batches and give relief to the victims. I said a long time ago, you can call the shots in state affairs, and I will give you a warrant when you ask for food. Lu Bu also came from Kuyanzi, and when he heard about the homeless people, he didn't think about it at the moment.

Zang Hong looked at Lu Bu in front of him with a wry smile, and he didn't know whether to be moved or depressed about this lord who trusted him.

It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! Recently, there have been more and more displaced people, according to reliable statistics, it has exceeded 10,000, and it continues to increase, how long can Lu Bujun's military rations last? If this problem cannot be solved in time, I am afraid that even if there has been no yellow turban to attack Linzi, it will have to face the public security problem caused by the increasing number of displaced people, and more seriously, if it is guided by someone with a heart, the consequences are unbearable.

"My lord! There are many displaced people in Linzi City, I am afraid that it will be difficult to sustain only with military rations! Besides, we, a big family in Linzi City, are too late to store grain, how can we lend it to our army! The four sides of Qingzhou are not very friendly to our army, let alone sell grain to our army, even if they buy it from other places, they can't transport it in! Zang Hong had to complain to Lu Bu again, who was concentrating on wiping Fang Tian's halberd.

"So what do you say? Can I still conjure food? Sooner or later, we're going to have to clean up those gloating guys! Lu Bu was also a little bored, and he also knew what Zang Hong said, but what could he do? Forcibly seconded the food of the families in the city, Lu Bu didn't think about it, but how many people in those people's families were officials in the Linzi officialdom, and if they moved, they would move the Linzi roots, and everyone knew that it was not advisable to drink water to quench their thirst. But Lu Bujun's rations have now been halved, which makes Lu Bu's original plan to go out in time to get back all parts of Qingzhou have changed several times. But just as he was about to get angry, he saw Zang Hong, who was about the same age as himself and his hair was half gray, the anger in Lu Bu's heart suddenly dissipated, sighed heavily, and said: "At present, let's get through it for a while, and then think about it, there will always be a way to get food." ”

"It's incompetent, which makes the lord embarrassed!" Zang Ba also knew Lü Bu's difficulties, because of Lü Bu's intervention, the situation in Qingzhou became more and more delicate, whether it was Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, Cao Ying or Tao Qian Kong Rong, these princes either had food but were hostile to Lü Bu, or they themselves were caught in the war and had no surplus food, and even worse, they simply couldn't provoke other princes who were hostile to Lü Bu, and it was too late to hide. It was impossible to get food for a while.

"Daddy, Uncle Zang, you're all here!" When Lu Bu and Zang Hong were relatively speechless, a crisp female voice came from the back hall, and Lu Lingqi was carrying a stainless steel halberd, as if she was going out.

"Miss!" Zang Hong hurriedly put away the sadness on his face and said with a straight face.

"Ling'er, aren't you studying with your mother these days? Why is it dressed up like this again? Be careful that Qin Xu regrets it! Lu Bu's face also showed a doting smile, as if what had just happened had never happened at all.

"He dares!" Lu Lingqi replied subconsciously, but when she saw Lu Bu and Zang Hong smiling, she suddenly said coquettishly: "Daddy and Uncle Zang are bullying me!" ”

"By the way, what about Qin Xu? I haven't seen him for a few days, did you go to Uncle Cai's mansion again? Lu Bu is an enlightened father, although Qin Xu asked several times to move out, but in order to prevent Lu Lingqi from running to the barracks all day long, he still let Qin Xu stay in the mansion. I always saw Lu Lingqi following Qin Xu with a small tail, but today I only saw Lu Lingqi alone, so I asked jokingly.

"No, every time Qin Xu goes, Uncle Cai is scolded out, and I have to ask Sister Yan out before they can meet, hehe!" Lu Lingqi said heartlessly.

"Ahem!" Lu Bu and Zang Hong looked at the coquettish Lu Lingqi speechlessly, really doubting that this girl's heart eyes were bigger than the basin, and she actually helped her fiancé to soak in the "little three", and she looked proud.

"What are you doing here?" Lu Bu finally remembered that Zang Hong was also there, and his children and grandchildren had their own children and grandchildren, and he didn't want to dwell too much on this issue, so he asked with a dry cough.

"Oh, aren't there a lot of homeless people here these days? Qin Xu said that he would go and get some food to satisfy the hunger of these people, so I won't tell you more, that kid Zang Ba is still waiting for me in the barracks! Lu Lingqi said with a smile: "Ah, it's almost too late." I have to hurry up, or Qin Xu will say that I don't know what the concept of time is. ”

"Ling'er, wait first! No, you just said you could get food? What the hell is Qin Xu's kid going to come up with? Lu Bu, who was not very interested in Qin Xu's ghost ideas that popped up from time to time, hurriedly stopped Lu Lingqi and said urgently.

Qin Xu, is this going to be reversed? As the pastor of Qingzhou, he and Sima Zanghong, who is in charge of Qingzhou's government affairs, are almost eighty years old, and they are almost sad about the problem of food, and they have not thought of a feasible solution. When he was anxious, he heard Lu Lingqi say that Qin Xu, a little doll who is less than eighteen, dared to say that in such a grim situation as Qingzhou, he could still get food that could help the homeless, if this was the case, where would Lu Bu's face go? What's even more infuriating is that since Qin Xu has a way to get food, he didn't come to tell him about this lord and quasi-father-in-law first, but dragged Lu Lingqi to make a fool of himself in private, so he didn't treat Lu Bu as a person, right?

"Daddy!" When Lu Lingqi heard Lu Bu's words, she said coquettishly: "How can you say that about Qin Xu? I'm going to tell my mother and Sister Diao Chan to go! Say daddy bullied me! ”

"Ling'er! Don't go! Don't go! Seeing Lu Lingqi like this, Lu Bu didn't care about Qin Xu's affairs, he glanced at Zang Hong who was studying the ceiling in embarrassment, and comforted Lu Lingqi in a low voice: "Daddy, isn't this just a casual talk, just a casual talk!" Ling'er is going to be angry. ”

Lu Bu can't help it, don't look at Lu Bu in the eyes of the world, whether he is a hero or unruly, but he is definitely a superb and good man at home, and he is called a hundred obedient to his wife and concubine. And Yan and Diao Chan are doting on Lu Lingqi very much, if they are really annoyed by this girl's nonsense, maybe Lu Bu will have to sleep on the cold bed for a long time.

"Humph! No sincerity! Lu Lingqi looked dissatisfied, pouted, and stared at Lu Bu unrelentingly, very dissatisfied with Lu Bu's prevarication.

"I'm not sincere?!" Lu Bu smiled bitterly at the baby daughter in front of him who had grown into a slim girl, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a woman is really missing, this is not much, just because he complained about Qin Xu, it made this baby bump even annoyed by his father, if he really became a parent, then in Lu Lingqi's heart, his status as a father is even more worrying!

"It's just insincere!" Lu Lingqi nodded heavily, not following the way.

"Ahem!" Receiving Lu Bu's gaze for help, Zang Hong also had to put away the boring act of looking at the ceiling, coughed dryly twice, and said to Lu Lingqi with an embarrassed face: "The eldest lady is angry, the lord, the lord he didn't mean to punish the Qin master, it's just that I have too many homeless people in Linzi, and the military food is still insufficient to maintain the army, and I can't afford to allocate another batch to help the homeless people. ”

"Really? Daddy, take care of yourself! After all, Lu Lingqi still felt sorry for her father, and when she heard Zang Hong's words, she tilted her head and looked at Lu Bu and said.

"Good girl, of course it's true, don't sell it, tell Daddy Qin Xu what he wants?" When Lu Bu heard the concern in Lu Lingqi's words, a smug look flashed on his face, and he hurriedly asked.

"Qin Xu said, this matter should be kept secret!" Lu Lingqi learned from Qin Xu's appearance, clasped her hands, and paced a few steps in front of Lu Bu and Zang Hong, under the expectant gaze of Lu Bu and Zang Hong, Lu Lingqi showed a smile on the corner of her mouth, and said mischievously: "If you don't understand the secret, no one can tell you!" ”

Lu Lingqi jumped out of the door, leaving only Lu Bu and Zang Hong looking at each other.

"Lord, why don't you follow the eldest lady to have a look?" Zang Hong saw that Lu Bu's face turned from white to red, from red to blue, and asked cautiously.

Looking at Lu Bu's meaning, it seems like he is going crazy. As Lu Lingqi said in her words just now, her son Zang Ba also seems to be involved, but don't lie down and get shot.

"Well, anyway, the state affairs are already like this, and there is no good way to do it, so you and I will go together to see what this kid is mysterious and secret, and what the hell is he doing." Lu Bu said angrily: "This kid is uncomfortable if he doesn't do something for a few days, and even Ling'er was damaged by him, which is really worry-free." ”

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