Back in the Senate, Qin Dong left Charlie Cao and the others behind, and let the other low-ranking officers and officials go back to perform their duties, and only after those people left, did he speak: "It is already obvious that the reason why there is a strike in Constantinople these days in which all the shops are closed is that in addition to the blockade of the main traffic routes in and out of Constantinople by our own order, there are other people who are causing trouble, what do you think we should do now?" ”

The passage in and out of Constantinople is not only a way to cross the strait, this is only a road to the east, and you can also go west to the Thrace region, and merchants can also purchase food and other living materials in the Thracian region, but before the Thrace province was at war, the army was in chaos, and the road could encounter rout and robbery at any time, and it was purely a long time to purchase from Thrace, and the east and west could not go, and the south and north were the sea, so the merchants could only stay in Constantinople and not go out, and close the shop.

Seeing Qin Dong ask about countermeasures, the officials all rushed to express their opinions, among which one of the officials brought by Qin Dong from Saidika said something that Qin Dong paid attention to, and he said: "King, since we know the reason for this incident, then we can make targeted arrangements, first, that is, to cancel the ban on people entering and leaving Constantinople, which the king has done before returning just now." Second, we must solve the crisis of food and other necessities in Constantinople as quickly as possible, because the population of Constantinople and the surrounding area is as high as one million, so many people need food, if we do not solve the food problem as much as possible, there will be a big problem! ”

"yes. Yes, we must do our best to solve the food problem! The officials all started talking.

Qin Dong also nodded in agreement, and asked, "Then what can you do to solve this problem?" ”

The man bowed and said, "Great King." Xia Guan believes that after our army broke through Constantinople before, it should have obtained the control of the treasury of the Eastern Empire and the official grain depot located in Constantinople, and obtained a large amount of grain, right? ”

Qin Dong immediately understood that this official meant to solve the problem of food shortage for the people of Constantinople with the grain that was stolen from the official granary of the Eastern Empire, but this mention was immediately strongly opposed by the military, and the commander of the Marine Cavalry Division, Barhan, stood up and said loudly: "This is the trophy of our Marine Cavalry Division, and now it has become the military food of our army, how can it be used to feed those people?" King. The last general is resolutely opposed to this mention! ”

"Don't be impatient!" Qin Dong glanced at Balhan and reprimanded, and then asked the official: "Is there any other way besides this method?" Even if we take out military rations to help the citizens. It is also not enough in terms of quantity, and there is still a big gap that needs to be solved! ”

The official said with a look of shame: "The king, the lower officials have only thought about so much for the time being, and they can't share their worries for the king." The lower officials are really ashamed. However, Xia Guan thinks that if the king wants to rule the city firmly, he must show favor to the people here, after all, we are outsiders to them, and we must let them have food to eat, clothes to wear, and let the slaves here regain their free status, isn't this the king's ruling philosophy all along? Only then will the people here identify with our dominance! ”

Qin Dong listened to the solemn sù behind him. Nodding his head, "Very good, you said it well." What is your name? What is your current job? ”

The man hurriedly saluted and said, "The king, the lower official Azul, is now serving as the attendant of the third chamber of the regent's palace. ”

This position is indeed a soy sauce player, and he can only do some soy sauce things, the regent palace yamen, there are eight attendant rooms alone, and there are more than a dozen attendants in each attendant room, although Qin Dong can be seen often, but there are few opportunities to speak.

Qin Dong looked at Azul and saw that this person looked like a Hun and was wearing Hun clothes, so he asked, "Are you a Huns?" ”

"Yes, King!"

Qin Dong nodded, "Very good, there are very few officials with this kind of knowledge among the Huns, from now on, you will be promoted to one level and serve as the deputy chief of the third chamber of attendants!" ”

Azul immediately said: "Thank you, King! ”

Some low-ranking officials couldn't help but feel jealous when they saw this, and secretly scolded this guy for really taking a shit luck, and after saying two words, he was taken by the king, and he was promoted to the position of deputy chief of attendant, and his salary and treatment increased a lot.

Qin Dong looked at the officials and asked again, "Do you have any other way to solve the problem of food shortage?" As long as it lasts for five days, thanks to the opening of access to and from the city, goods will continue to flow in, and the food crisis will be solved! ”

At this time, Charlie Cao stood up and said: "King, in fact, there is no shortage of food in the city of Constantinople!" ”

Qin Dong stood up in shock and hurriedly said, "What? Not short of food? Where is the food? ”

Charlie Cao said with a smile: "Don't worry, please think about it, there are so many nobles and officials in the city of Constantinople, and almost none of these people ran away when we came in, many of these people are old nobles of the Eastern Empire, they have a lot of land in various provinces, and in addition to selling part of the grain produced every year, a lot of it is transported here, so those nobles and landlords must have hidden large granaries in their homes, and the grain is hidden in the granary, except for these people, There were still many big grain merchants in Constantinople, and the lower officials believed that the grain in their granaries was piled up slowly, and perhaps moldy because it had been left for too long! ”

Qin Dong suddenly realized, after what Charlie Cao said here, he immediately understood, but isn't it, Constantinople has resisted the siege of foreign enemies many times and insisted on not falling for more than a few years, which not only shows that the city defense is strong, but also shows that its grain reserves are quite amazing, otherwise how can it survive for such a long time? You must know that Constantinople is not a small city, and it is not a problem that can be solved by one or two ships of grain.

Qin Dong nodded and said, "Not bad, Lao Cao, then tell me how we should deal with it now?" Let's say how to do it! ”

"Yes, King!" Charlie Cao bowed and said: "It's very simple, the first part, as the Lord Azul said just now, we just came here, to show mercy to the people here, to gain their recognition and support, first of all, let's start by buying people's hearts, take out a part of the grain seized from the official granary of the Eastern Empire to help the victims, and give one pound of food per day to those beggars on the street and civilians whose families have run out of food, this is the first step, first hold on for one to two days, this is the first, second, At the same time, we first let a grain and oil store open its door, didn't someone threaten them not to open it? Otherwise, will there be retaliation? Then we will send people to ambush in the dark, as long as someone comes to commit murder and arson, the ambush people will immediately appear to arrest them, and then force the mastermind behind these people to confess, the lower officials believe that the mastermind behind these people is very sure to be related to some big nobles and big grain merchants in the city, only by grasping their handles, then we will have an excuse to attack them, and then they will not be able to take out the grain, otherwise what awaits them is an endless abyss!"

After hearing this, Barhan muttered: "National teacher, you are too troublesome, according to me, it is better to directly arrest those bird nobles and big grain merchants, force them to hand over the grain, and kill them if they don't give it, how can you use these vain things!" ”

Charlie Cao was stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile, Qin Donghu pointed outside and said to Balhan: "Balhan, what do you know?" We are not bandits, we are not robbers, whatever we do must be justified, if we are like you, then what is the difference between us and bandits, we are going to rule this city, we are doing it like yours, in less than a month, Constantinople will become a dead city! Okay, there's nothing for you here, you can show this king to the proud soldiers in the barracks, don't let them do anything again! ”

Balhan rubbed his head in disdain, bowed to Qin Dong and retreated.

After Balhan left, Qin asked again, "If someone receives grain many times, won't our grain be enough?" ”

Charlie Cao obviously had already thought about this problem, he said: "We sent people to various places in the city in advance to issue a voucher for each household according to the household registration, this voucher records the number of people and the name of the head of the household, and draw a stroke once you receive it, so that no one can receive it many times, in order to facilitate screening, we also ask a person who is familiar with the nearby residents to identify at each grain distribution point, so it should be no problem!" ”

Qin Dong thought that the task was a good method, so he said to Charlie Cao: "Then so be it, some officials of the former Eastern Empire are still of some use, you can use people boldly." Lao Cao, just do what you just said, this matter will be handed over to you to deal with with all the powers, appoint you as the acting mayor of Constantinople, and in the short term the government affairs of Constantinople will be handed over to you to govern, and you must do your best to solve the food problem, let the shops in the city open for business, and let the market regain its vitality! ”

Charlie Cao received the order: "Yes, the king, the subordinate will receive the order!" ”

Qin Dong said to Bray again: "From now on, you will hand over all the municipal government affairs to the national teacher, and concentrate on the city defense, city security, and coastal defense issues!" ”

"Yes, King!"

After Charlie Cao took over as mayor of Constantinople, he immediately mobilized military rations to prepare for distribution to those beggars on the street and civilians without food in the city, and set up food distribution points in various streets and alleys.

After some deployment, the next day the grain distribution officially began, and at the same time several grain and oil stores were controlled to open their doors for business, and in the evening, sure enough, someone came to retaliate against the shopkeeper, and the soldiers arranged by Charlie Cao in the dark immediately rushed out to catch the people, and arrested a dozen of them in total. (To be continued......)