After reading the letter, Kiyo continued to speak.

Hepu County now has a population of 1,300 households, and there are less than 50,000 mu of registered fields, and 40,000 mu are still in the names of the gentry. However, the time for spring plowing has passed, and the personnel sent to investigate observed that less than 20 percent of the real cultivation is more than 40,000 mu, and there is no planting at all.

"That Qian Governor's Mansion, what information do you have?"

"According to Jinyiwei's intelligence. He was a bad review this year and should have been demoted. There was a great chaos here in Kelian Prefecture, from the original total of 11 counties under management, to one state and two counties, and the rest of the counties were divided into other state capitals by the Guangdong Political Division. The state that was left behind has become a non-existent state. Lingshan County is the place of Weituntian in Lianzhou. ”

Qinghe said this, and the white name Crane said that this place is like a deserted border town.

What makes Bai Minghe most helpless is that the entire Hepu County is already empty. There are no officials to officials, and there are no people to the people.

Going up, Lianzhou Mansion feels like it has been abandoned by the Guangdong Political Division, and the last thing left here may be the border army of Lianzhou Wei, one is to prevent pirates, the other is to prevent Annan, and the third is to prevent the Yao and Gu clans.

(Note: The Gang clan is called the Zhuang clan in later generations.) The pronunciation of 僮 is also strong)

"Write an official letter and ask the political secretary yamen to send the corresponding officials to the county. I'll be here today, and I'll spend the next ten days settling down. Hepu County must be governed, and it must be done step by step. At this point, Shira-namo motioned for the others to disperse.

Qinghe stayed behind and helped Shirakawaru research the Hepu County Chronicles.

A trace of gloom quickly spread throughout Hepu County, in other words, the 1,600 people who came to Hepu with Bai Minghe were in a worse mood and their morale was getting lower and lower.

Such a place to be abandoned, such a place where there is nothing.

Stay here for what?

Although they brought a lot of food, they were constantly purchasing along the way, enough for these people to eat for three or four months. And there are also a lot of rapeseeds, which can be planted in some barren fields. However, there is not even a merchant here, and daily necessities need to be bought in Siming Mansion, which is 160 miles away.

In Qinzhou City, even if it is not a dead city, there are no merchants.

Lianzhou Mansion, I heard that the city gate has not been opened for a month, and there is no point in going there.

It's been ten days since I came to Hepu, and there is only one store in the city that is open, and it's a ** with a child, and I really can't live without opening a store. This shop is just a second-hand clothes shop, and it also takes some sewing and mending work.

It's this shop, and the business is still under the hint of Lord Bai of the county order, and she found some work to do.

"Lord Bai, Brother Bai, it's not a way to go on like this. The soldiers are demoralized, who wants to defend a dead city. Staying here for a few years gives you nightmares just thinking about it. Even if my brother begs you, think of a way, at least let us have hope! Wu Bin was already going crazy, and rushed to Bai Minghe's study and yelled.

Bai Minghe remained silent, silently looking at the county chronicles and the information collected by the spies.

Wu Bin was really anxious: "Lord Bai, you give me a word!" ”

"I'm waiting for an opportunity. An opportunity for me to talk to the people here. I'm not going to hide it from you, I have a technology in my hands that can be used in as little as six months and up to a year and a half. Make such a big pearl! Shirana Crane gestured with his hand in the air.

Wu Bin took Bai Minghe's hand: "It's so big, how big?" ”

"The largest five are lined up together, an inch. The smallest, fifteen of them lined up together, also have an inch! ”

"Do you dare to let this news out?" Wu Bin's low voice.

"Yes, but if you want to rely on this to stabilize people's hearts. Finally, you go and discuss it with Du Shuangyu and the Yang Xin brothers. And in the future, I still have to rely on you to help me keep this secret, this is our common wealth! After Bai Minghe finished speaking, Wu Bin nodded very seriously.

With both hands clenching his fists at Bai Minghe, Wu Bin exited Bai Minghe's study.

Bai Minghe sighed softly, he also knew that it was difficult now, and the most difficult thing was not development, but the cohesion of people's hearts.

In the modern era of the later generations, the white crane has engaged in artificial pearls. But at this time, the white crane here is powerless. Because some materials are not something that can be synthesized and extracted by Daming. In modern times, thousands of yuan a ton of raw materials can be bought casually, but in Daming, Bai Minghe is not even confident in making dozens of kilograms.

After all, his knowledge is limited to synthesis, not even the raw materials that can be made.

When Bai Minghe picked up the Hepu County Chronicles again and began to read, Wu Bin rushed in like a wind and put a piece of paper on Bai Minghe's table: "Lord Bai, see if this is the opportunity you said." ”

Bai Minghe picked up the paper, this is the information from the Jinyi Guard of Lianzhou Mansion.

According to the intelligence, Zhao Di, the eunuch who guarded the town here, gave Qian Wuyan an idea, if the rebels did not retreat, they would take the more than 100 rebels who had been arrested in the early election to the city, and if they did not retreat, they would cut down the people they had originally arrested. The specific time is set for three days, and the announcement will be posted outside the city one day in advance.

Bai Minghe read three articles in a row, making sure that he did not understand the meaning of this information.

"Call someone, have a meeting." Bai Minghe couldn't understand what good it would be to kill these people who had been captured earlier for the eunuchs and Qian Wuyan, since the rebels were besieging the city, they wouldn't retreat just because you wanted to kill a few people.

Wu Bin moved quickly, and after a while, everyone focused on Bai Minghe's study.

Bai Fu is just a housekeeper, but he sits in the second seat. Because even a person like Wu Bin, who only knows how to slash, can feel that Bai Fu is definitely not an ordinary person, he must be a hidden master.

After reading all the information, Shen Xiong spoke first: "I think they want to intensify the contradiction and force Lian Zhouwei to take action!" ”

"Impossible!" Du Shuangyu objected: "At first, the person surnamed Qian did not report it, because he was afraid of being implicated. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if there is a rebellion in the government under his jurisdiction, even if he has merit in the end, he will be questioned and imprisoned. This is also one of the main reasons why the magistrates of Qinzhou and Hepu County fled, and they are estimated to have gone incognito and hid with their money. ”

"That means they have a conspiracy?" Bai Minghe asked.

Du Shuangyu nodded: "They must have some conspiracy, of course, there is another possibility, that is, they are forced to a dead end, that is, there is no way back." ”

"Could it be, because Lord Bai has arrived in Hepu?" Yang Xin came up with an idea.

"Reasonable!" This idea was supported by most people, and Du Pisces also said: "If this is the reason, then the lid can't be covered." They want to get the maximum benefit in the end, at least to save their official bodies and lives. Or, it is to pull the white man into the water and carry something together! ”

Bai Minghe didn't think about having something to carry together, but he felt that there must be something else strange.

When Bai Minghe's eyes looked at Bai Fu, Bai Fu spoke: "There is another possibility. It is that among the chaotic people, some people have already taken refuge in these two people, and they want to take this opportunity to negotiate with the government, and then the government will pay some, and the people who have taken refuge in the government will adjust from it, so that this matter will be made into a big matter and a small matter. And then this person in the early stages will get some fame, and maybe for the next plan, what else can he do! ”

"Can you find it?" The white crane's gaze shifted to Du Pisces' face.

"I tried my best to check, and the 100 households in Lianzhou didn't dare not give us face. But in this way, there may still be some benefits, after all, the Lianzhou Baihu Office will not oppose the prefect's yamen for no reason, let alone be the enemy of the eunuchs. Enwei and Shi are the best policy! ”

Listening to Du Pisces' idea, the white crane is also supportive.

In this way, Shen Xiong stayed here to preside over the daily affairs of Hepu. I set off with Pisces, secretly approached the Lianzhou Mansion first, and then according to the situation, we chose the contingency method. The brothers of the Yang family worked hard, waited for my news, and were ready to come over to support at any time. ”

"I'll take ten people to protect Lord Bai!" Wu Bin stood up.

"It's fine." The white crane responded to this situation, after all, it is always safer to have someone to protect it.

It was not only Bai Minghe who got the news, but also the commander of Lian Zhouwei, and Mao Luming also used his channels to find out the news.

But unfortunately, he is only a military general. He can arrange troops, he can kill, but he can't play with his heart, even if it is a few strategists around him, but he is not very willing to listen to the opinions of these strategists. Especially this kind of thing that doesn't have much to do with him, and it is impossible to kill the prefect of Qian with one blow.

However, as a concern for the younger generation of Bai Minghe, he still ordered.

"Come on, let the navy go out to practice in the next few days, just over there in Lianzhou Mansion, closer to Hepu."

An adjutant gave the order and asked one more question: "My lord, what is the subject of the exercise?" ”

"Array!" After Mao Luming finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal that the adjutant could go down.

After the adjutant retired, the two staff divisions stood next to the handsome case, one on the left and one on the right, and one of them said: "My lord, isn't it better if Lianzhou Mansion is in chaos, recently we have an extra 20,000 acres in Tuntian in Lingshan. ”

"You know what? My uncle and father wrote a letter, and Yu Gong and Lord Shang inquired about the news that this white-named crane had come to Hepu of his own free will. This time in the capital, Yang Ning, an old showman, was all caught in the way of the white crane. And with Banzai to protect him, how difficult is it to pick a random county to make a county order, why do you have to come to Hepu? ”

Neither staff division could answer this question.

"Saying that you are useless, you are still not convinced. Just guess the big thing about toothpicks, no matter how big the money eye is, can it turn the sky upside down? Mao Luming sneered. The money eye in his mouth refers to Qian Wuyan.

As the commander of the guards, he had five thousand households under his command, and each one had a thousand soldiers.

The actual soldiers in his hands, both on land and on water, totaled 5,600 people. This is not counting the family members of military households, there are already some boatmen who are not considered military households. With the power in his hands, he naturally won't take Qian Wuyan seriously.

"You retreat, this official has a reason!" Mao Luming waved his hand. There is a sentence that he will not say lightly, and he also knows that Bai Minghe sued sù too modest, and after standing firm in Hepu, he dared to give Yu Qian a million stone of military rations a year.