Chen Yu's wife and three concubines, plus a few children, were all arrested and put in prison by Zhang Yi, and Chen Yu's sister, that is, Cui Yi's wife, Zhang Yi was also arrested, in short, Zhang Yi, who was related to Chen Yu, did not let go. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Cui Yi didn't say a word about Zhang Yi arresting his wife, and he didn't even come to Zhang Yi to intercede, although Zhang Yi knew that he was eager to show loyalty to himself now, so he didn't dare to intercede, but Cui Yi's indifference still made Zhang Yi feel cold.

It wasn't until the evening that Zhang Yi remembered to check the granary of Anyi City.

After hurrying to the granary with Cui Yi and An Changshi, Zhang Yi, who had not had a good face for a whole day, finally smiled, because he saw a warehouse full of grain.

Ordered someone to untie a bag of grain, Zhang Yi grabbed a handful and smelled it, and the grain in the bag was still new grain.

"An Changshi," calling An Changshi to his side, Zhang Yi pointed to the warehouse full of grain and asked, "How much grain is there in here?" ”

"Lord Huiyu," stepping forward to Zhang Yi, An Changshi said respectfully: "There are three granaries in Anyi City, each of which has about 30,000 stone of grain, except for this granary in the south of the city, which only has 10,000 stone of new grain, the other two are full of 30,000 stone of old grain saved in previous years. ”

In addition to introducing the situation of grain storage, An Changshi also described to Zhang Yi in detail the situation of handing over the imperial grain, when the harvest was good in previous years, the people would hand over thirty percent of the imperial grain, and only one percent of the three percent of the imperial grain could stay in Anyi, but Chen Yu in order to leave more grain, he would conceal the harvest of the year every year, and he would collect 500 catties, and he only reported 400 catties, so he could hide a lot of the two percent he handed in, so he was able to save so much grain over the years.

Zhang Yi was very curious about why Chen Yu had saved so much food, but after asking An Changshi, Zhang Yi understood, Chen Yu, the bastard, was actually waiting for the famine year to come early, so that the food he hoarded could be sold at a high price, if Zhang Yi and they came ten days and a half a month late, Chen Yu would find a way to sell these grains and make huge profits from them.

Of course, he will not watch all the people starve to death, after all, without the people, he will have no place to suck blood and money, he will buy some miscellaneous grains, and then mix them with wheat bran and black beans to feed the cattle for disaster relief, so that he will also make money, and the people will not starve to death.

"This abominable brute!" After listening to An Changshi's introduction, Zhang Yiqi punched the grain stack.

After a long sigh, Zhang Yi turned his head and asked again: "How many people are there in Hedong County, how many people, how many people are affected by the disaster, you report all of them to me." ”

"Hui Yu, Hedong County, including Anyi, Zhixian County, has a total of 20 presents, namely Anyi, Wenxi, Yishi, Dayang, Puban, Fenyin, and Pishi...... A total of 230,000 households, more than 760,000 people, and about ...... affected population" After mentioning the affected population, An Changshi hesitated for a moment before whispering back: "About 490,000 people." ”

The people affected by the disaster exceeded seventy percent of the total population, although Zhang Yi had already prepared for this, but after really hearing An Changshi's return, his heart was still tight, he was afraid that there were too many people affected by the disaster, and it would be troublesome to rely on the grain stored in the granary alone.

"More than 400,000,000," patting the grain stack, Zhang Yi bit his lip and asked: "If we open a warehouse to help the victims now, and then rush to plant wheat, will our grain be enough to last until the beginning of spring next year?" ”

Sumai refers to winter wheat that is planted in winter and harvested in spring, which was already available in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"This ......" hesitated for a moment, An Changshi replied in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's far from enough, just these grains can only support a month, at most one and a half." ”

"One and a half months ......" After listening to An Changshi's return, Zhang Yi's eyebrows wrinkled into Sichuan characters.

Just when Zhang Yi was worried, Cui Yi came closer.

"Back to the lord," Cui Yi, who came to Zhang Yi's side, whispered: "Why have you forgotten, there are still 19 counties in Hedong County, and the grain in the granaries of these 19 counties is added up, even if it is not enough, it is almost the same, it is really not good, we can replace wheat with corn and millet and so on, so how can it be supported until the beginning of spring next year." ”

Cui Yi's words undoubtedly pointed out a clear way for Zhang Yi, so that Zhang Yi found a good way to calm the people, but before Zhang Yi could be happy, An Changshi poured a basin of cold water on him.

"My lord, although there are still 19 counties below, I am afraid that those 19 counties will not obey the orders of the adults and open warehouses to release grain for the victims."

An Changshi's words made Zhang Yi's mood fall from the clouds to the bottom in an instant, yes, he is indeed too guarded now, but the county orders of the 19 counties below are not his people, they will not listen to Zhang Yi's orders nine times out of ten, even if they do, nine times out of ten they will be disobedient.

"Yes, the county orders below will not listen to my orders," Thinking of this, Zhang Yi's eyes showed a fierce light, and he turned his head to look at Cui Yi: "Cui Yi, as the captain of Hedong County, you should know some about the deployment of soldiers in Hedong County, right?" ”

"Lord Hui, this subordinate still knows a little bit about it," after bowing to Zhang Yi, Cui said with a slight expression: "According to the Han law, the soldiers of the county, including the government service, shall not exceed 1,000, and the soldiers of the county shall not exceed 5,000, and according to the scale of the 20 counties under the rule of Hedong County, the military department shall not exceed 25,000 people, but due to the lack of war, except for Puzi and Yong'an, which are close to the prefecture, they have always been full, and the county military office has never been full. The soldiers of each Xian did not exceed 500 people, and most of them were composed of ruffians, not only were their combat strength weak, but their equipment was also poor, so they did not dare to confront the adults. ”

As soon as Cui Wei finished speaking, Zhang Yi immediately asked: "Why are Puzi and Yongan exceptions?" ”

"Puzi and Yong'an, because they are close to Bingzhou and far away from Anyi, Chen Yu did not manage them much, and there are many mountains and hills in that area, so that there are many bandits, so the city defense army in that area has always been full of personnel, and it is ......" After sneaking a look at Zhang Yi with his spare eyes, Cui Zhicai whispered: "And the county orders of the two shows never obey the orders of Tai Shou. ”

After listening to Cui Bei's words, Zhang Yi inquired in detail about the exchange ratio of wheat and millet in An Changshi, as well as the prices of various grains, and tried to keep all the questions related to the livelihood of the people in mind.

chatted with An Changshi and Cui Yi until late at night, and then Zhang Yi went home.

Back in the house, Zhang Yi picked up a pen and wrote twelve words on the wall: "Rectify the rule of officials, appease the people, and clean up the bandits." ”

Looking at the twelve words on the wall, Zhang Yi felt that he still had a lot to do, and the burden on his shoulders was also very heavy.