After Zhang Chu arranged the Central Unification Bureau, he began to think about how to let Yue Yue run the bank, so as to create some opportunities for himself by working together, but Zhang Chu was startled by the calculation, and he found that he was running out of money.

Zhang Chu conquered Daning, Xi County, Jiaokou, Zhongyang County, and most of the materials and money from Xi County and Jiaokou County were transported to Zhongyang, which led to the development of Zhongyang, Zhang Chu thought that with these materials, how could it last for a few months, and there would be some tax income to the summer grain harvest, and more and more people came to Zhongyang, and the construction work was accelerated, and the speed of spending money was also fast.

The money still has to be earned by himself, Zhang Chu cheered up and prepared to do it again.

Comforting Yue Yue to familiarize herself with the bank's business and personnel first, and letting her wait in Zhongyang County, Zhang Chu decided to make money for her.

Fangshan County, north of Zhongyang County, suddenly became tense, a team of more than 2,000 people, from Zhongyang to Fangshan, this is a majestic team, hundreds of cavalry hooves that opened the road raised the dust on the road, there are many horses in front of the night do not collect fast horses galloping back and forth to continue to pass the news, foot soldiers behind the cavalry holding knives and guns in a neat line of march, and mule-drawn artillery carts and baggage followed. It's a strange team, coming and going, stopping at every big village or town, and it's not like sending troops out to fight at all. At first, the people fled everywhere the team went, but later found that this team did not enter the village at all, but set up the military camp outside the village, and only sent a small number of personnel into the village to say that they wanted to carry out some kind of armor protection system. The old man, who did not have time to escape, passed the information to the people who were hiding, and the people returned to the village one after another, and the team did not enter the village, let alone let the soldiers rob. The team claimed to be a team called Daming Security from Zhongyang County.

The people who entered the village arranged for the chief of the security in the village, registered the population land, and then began to publicize the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction, and the people in the village had heard of these policies from the people who came from Zhongyang, and if it could be implemented, it would indeed be a good thing for the poor, and besides, there was a large army on the side, as long as there was no murder, arson, and robbery, no one would resist, and even some rich families could only endure it.

The team walked slowly towards Fangshan County, and the news had already reached the county office, and Li Pinzhang, the magistrate of Fangshan County, was extremely nervous, lamenting that his fate was so bad. It has been many years since the examination was lifted, last year to catch up with the vacancy of the county magistrate of Shangshan County, and he was able to become a magistrate in this poor county in many ways, but he did not expect that the natural disaster was serious, the capital has not been recovered, thieves and people have risen everywhere, and the magistrate has become a high-risk occupation, and several magistrates have been cut off by thieves since last year, especially in the neighboring county Zhongyang was occupied by thieves a few months ago, the life and death of Zhang Hong in the county is unknown, Sun Qianhu was sent to suppress the bandits, and the whole team has no news, it must be more than auspicious. Fortunately, the thieves did not come after beating Zhongyang, but the ones who should come will always come, and now the thieves are really coming to Fangshan County, Li Pinzhang can only order the city gate to be closed, and the garrisons and officials in the city will go to the city to defend, forcing the rich families in the city to pay for assistance. He didn't want to be killed by thieves, and he couldn't escape, if he escaped and was beheaded by the emperor because he lost the city and land, it would be humiliating and would affect the family.

Waiting is a kind of torment, but the thieves walked very slowly, and they worked tirelessly for several days and nights to supervise the defense, and Li Zhixian was all in a circle, and then the security army arrived outside the city and camped in the south of the city according to the regulations. Li Zhixian climbed the city wall to watch, and saw that the size of the camp should be thousands of people, the thieves' movements were still slow but orderly, camping, making food and marching out of the camp, the team was lined up under the city wall, and the soldiers wore shiny helmets one by one, and the breastplates and back armor were also wiped into the people, and the weather was sunny at that time, the sun was shining, and the light and shadow reflected by the neat queue standing there pierced the eyes of the city defenders. The infantry moved slowly in a phalanx, and the cannons in the rear were pushed up, lined up under the city wall, Li Pinzhang counted the number of artillery under the city, looked at his pitiful defenders, and the few cannons that were covered with rust and didn't know if they could be fired, and knew that he was finished. The members of the security team set up the artillery according to the regulations, and then loaded and ignited, and the solid shells hit the city wall into a splash of brick and stone debris, and the soldiers defending the city had already run down the city wall when they heard the sound of the cannons, and the shelling did not cause much casualties.

Li Pinzhang looked at the city wall where only he and a few cronies were left, knowing that the city could not be defended, as soon as he bit his teeth and raised the sword in his hand, he was about to wipe his neck, and his cronies hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his hand and shouted: "Master, wait, wait." You see, the thieves didn't attack. ”

The thieves did not attack, but one of the horsemen ran towards the wall, and as he ran, he drew his bow and arrows, and when he came to the edge of the city, he shot an arrow into the city. Li Pinzhang hurriedly ordered someone to pick up the arrow. I took it and saw that there were two letters on the arrow, and opened one of them, which said that due to the famine, the people outside the city could not survive, and I implored the county magistrate to give money and food to help the victims.

Is there such a request for relief? After the cannon is over, ask for money. opened the content of the second letter, which made Li Pinzhang scratch his head.

I saw that the letter read:

Li Pinzhang, magistrate of Fangshan County:

Ertou Cheng our security army for many days, Fangshan is well governed, and it is specially rewarded, and now our army passes through Fangshan, and the required grain and grass are prepared within the day, and the army will be rewarded for its victory.

The payment was made by Zhang Chu, the marshal of the security army.

When did he become a member of the security army again? hurriedly asked people to find the master, and the cronies brought the master who was lying under the battlement of the city wall. The master trembled and read the letter. Don't say that the master is timid, but he has a good brain, and he quickly understood the meaning, and his legs didn't tremble. "Congratulations, proprietor, this first letter means that the thief does not intend to be your enemy."

"What artillery is not fired for the enemy." Li Zhixian said angrily.

"The thieves are just seeking money, and they have come up with an excuse for you, you can say that the victims of the disaster have no food to gather, and then you immediately decide to release food to calm the people, avoid civil unrest, and calm the people's anger." Master explained.

"And what about this second letter?" This letter was even more nonsense, so that Li Pinzhang didn't understand it at all.

"This letter is a bit vicious, the thieves attacked the county seat, but they did not say that they were trying to occupy the city, but that you had secretly taken refuge with the thieves, and this time it was just because of the unfavorable food and civil strife. Even if they can't take the county, you won't have the merit to defend the city, and if the thieves let out the wind, it will take a lot of trouble for you to get rid of it. The master explained carefully.

"How's that okay?" Li Pinzhang was so anxious that he turned around in circles on the city wall.

"For the sake of today's plan, I had to take out money and food, and at the same time urge the rich families in the city to donate, saying that they would help the troubled people outside the city, and if the troubled people were allowed to enter the city, no one would end well. I hope that the thief will keep his word and take the money and food and leave. "The master made his own suggestion.

The credibility of the security army is still very good, and after taking the money and grain, they will pull out the camp and set up the village, and the brigade will drive to Linxian.

Li Pinzhang was unwilling, and ordered the officials to collect taxes from door to door in the city, and they must make up for the losses.

The security army arrived in Linxian County, and the magistrate of Linxian County had already figured out the way for Fangshan County to repel the thieves. So communicate with the security forces in advance. The security forces crossed the border safely.

After that, the security army became a peaceful army, and after parading around the counties in the Luliang area, they returned to Zhongyang, and everything returned to the previous state. The magistrates of each county are still doing their own parents with peace of mind. There is only a slight difference, the officials no longer dare to go out of the city to collect taxes, outside the city there is a security army to collect taxes on goods in and out, but the officers and soldiers in the city do not dare to go out of the city to clear up, for fear of attracting the security army to kill the god.

In the villages and towns outside the city, a system of armor protection was established, and the wasteland and terra nullius were occupied by the security forces, and the displaced people were organized to reclaim the land, and under the leadership of the security chief, the displaced people were formed into militias to train there on a daily basis.

A few days later, the chief of the security department reported that because the security forces were only paradling through the counties, the wealthy households and landlords in various places did not openly resist it, but secretly made it very difficult for the security forces to implement their policies. The officials of the security army were also very embarrassed after receiving the report, they couldn't let the security army go back and kill all the rich people, it was too ugly to do that, and they had no choice but to report to Zhang Chu.

Zhang Chu also thought about it for a long time after receiving the report. In the end, it was decided to carry out the work of popularizing the law in the Luliang area, and the security army should "send the law to the countryside."