Li Shanchang's face changed, he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and said: "The marshal misunderstood, how dare the good man slander the marshal, but now the situation is like this, if the marshal carries out this punishment again, I am afraid that the remaining people will be even more afraid." ”

After listening to Li Shanchang's words, Guo Tianxu thought about it for a long time, and finally had to say: "That's it, maybe I'm a little anxious, in this case, what is the crime of the people." ”

"Let it all go."

Zhang Tianyou looked left and right, and finally gave up his orders and walked down.

Li Shanchang on the side saw this scene, and his heart was full of helplessness.

He didn't want the people to be severely punished, but if he didn't punish him, how could he show his majesty?

Now that the policy of conscription and food payment has not changed, I am afraid that this situation will become more and more in the future.

But just now, Guo Tianxu had already shown impatience, and if he stopped it again, he was afraid that he would really make him anxious.

Now I can only keep my mouth shut.

The chaotic city of Haozhou gradually calmed down with the pacification and suppression of Guo Tianxu, Li Shanchang, Zhang Tianyou and others.

Those who were released also returned to their homes.

And Zheng Guangzu and the others, who were mixed in, were all picked up after contacting the people lurking in the city.

At the same time, the strategy designed in advance has also begun to be implemented.

Inside the city of Huanggang.

The time of the night was chaotic for Haozhou City, but it was also for Huanggang.

According to Shi Caiying's statistics, there were more than 6,900 people who rebelled from Haozhou City this time.

Originally, the registered people in Huanggang City were only in their early 5,000s.

Nowadays, it's not just about doubling.

Although there are vacant houses in the city, they are not enough to meet the living conditions of so many people.

In desperation, Shi Caiying could only allocate the existing vacant rooms in proportion, at least so that these people would not spend the night outside in the cold.

At the same time, the task of registering is heavy.

After all, there are so many people that it's not a good idea to gather outside and wait for boarding.

Among the county offices.

Qi Heng also didn't sleep all night.

When he saw the statistics brought back by Shi Caiying, he suddenly showed a look of surprise.

Six thousand nine hundred!

As a result, the population of the people in Huanggang City exceeded 10,000, reaching more than 12,000!

In the past, the peak population of Huanggang City was only more than 20,000.

Thinking of this, Qi Heng couldn't help but think of Zheng Guangzu, this kid.

From the time he was in charge of investigating the scholars in the city, he saw that this kid had the potential to be an undercover spy.

The last time I sent him out, although I also had the intention of making him meritorious, the biggest idea was just to let him get more people back.

Let's speed up the growth of the people in the city.

But unexpectedly, this kid really brought him back with a surprise.

Six thousand nine hundred people, not to mention stabbing Guo Tianxu's ass, is to provoke the Yuan Dynasty, Qi Heng will only reward and not punish.

After all, I didn't tell him anything to pay attention to.

If you really want to blame it, you can only blame yourself.

And this kid can always find the key point when doing things.

Whether it was the news of the scholars last time, or the rebellion against the people of Haozhou City this time, it was only after seeing the most critical point that it was successful. ，

It can be seen that this kid is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface.

The ability is still very good.

Just when Qi Heng was happy, Shi Caiying suddenly said: "My lord, it is naturally a good thing that there are so many people in the city now, but some things have also become tricky. ”

"The most urgent thing now is the food in the granary in the city, according to the current rate of food consumption, plus so many people will have to give porridge after entering the city this time, I am afraid that the food will be gone in less than three days."

"There is also a big shortage of private houses in the city, and if we continue to build them in a big way by recruiting migrant workers with grain, I am afraid that this grain will not be able to support it for three days. There are also iron mine miners and iron-smelting craftsmen, Brother Shen reported a list of craftsmen who need to be added two days ago, and the number is too large, and I have never dared to approve it. ”

Listening to Shi Caiying's words, Qi Heng nodded, thinking of the potato field, it should be almost the same as the calculation of the days.

Ignoring the fact that it was not yet dawn at this time, he took Shi Caiying towards the potato field.

For today's people, the cultivation of potatoes is still very unfamiliar, so I don't know if these potatoes are ripe or not.

This can only be done by Qi Heng himself.

As soon as they came to the potato field, a soldier stopped them, and when they saw that it was Qi Heng and Shi Caiying, they let them go.

And Qi Heng also ordered to bring some torches over, and at the same time brought the hoe for plowing the ground.

Hoeing the soil along the rhizome, you soon saw the potatoes connected to the rhizome.

Look at the head, it's a lot.

I searched along the other rhizomes connected to the side, and found three more.

This one grows four.

Changed the direction and position, continued to hoe, there are five in one plant!

After several experiments, the number of each plant was kept at about four or five, and the size was also very large, and the least one plant was about three.

Seeing this scene, Qi Heng breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's done." ”

After speaking, he looked at Shi Caiying on the side and said, "Lord Shi, the food is here, send someone to pick it up tomorrow." ”

Shi Caiying listened to Qi Heng's words, looked at the drowsy land around him, and asked, "My lord, what are these things?" Can it be eaten as food? ”

Qi Heng casually threw him a potato and said, "Don't you know if you go back and cook it yourself?" ”

With that, Qi Heng got up and left directly.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Qi Heng left Huanggang with his five hundred soldiers and headed towards Haozhou City.

Seven quarters in the hour.

Qi Heng and five hundred soldiers stood on top of the hill, looking at Haozhou City on the plain below.

As time passed, the sky became brighter.

Qi Heng's heart became more and more nervous.

The appointed time has passed, but there is no movement in Haozhou City in front of him.

Calm represents crisis.

If tonight's operation is not successful, they will be greeted by the attack of tens of thousands of troops in Haozhou City.

At the same time, in the city of Haozhou.

Seeing that the sky above his head was getting brighter and brighter, Zheng Guangzu, who was running in the alley, was anxious.

Behind him at the moment, there are hundreds of soldiers.

Except for a few of these people who were sent in at the beginning, the rest were all subordinates of Guo Tianxu in Haozhou City.

It can even be said that last night, they were all loyal to Guo Tianxu, even if Guo Tianxu wanted them to attack Zhu Yuanzhang.

Guo Mansion!

Looking at the two big characters in front of him, Zheng Guangzu immediately said to several generals behind him: "Several generals, the matter has come to this, we have no other choice, capturing Guo Mansion and capturing Guo Tianxu alive is our only way to survive, successful, let's drink and talk in Huanggang City at night, defeated, I have to die, you can't escape." ”