Tokai County Metropolitan Governor's Office.

"The Metropolitan Governor..."Yang Hu, who is temporarily the chief secretary of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, said to Zhou Fugui with a sad face: "After the epidemic, there will be a catastrophe, and if the catastrophe is not handled properly, it will cause chaos." ”

"If the people have something to eat, there will be no chaos." Li Qing, the military advisor of the Xue Zhen Army, said.

"What the military advisor said is very true..."Yang Hu nodded when he heard this: "But where is the food?" ”

Yanping Lianghou, General Jianzhong, the Governor of the East China Sea, the Taishou Zhou Fugui of the East China Sea County summoned people to discuss matters, sometimes in the Taishou Yamen, and sometimes simply in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, that is, the palace of Murong Hong, the former King of the East China Sea.

In order to save money, Zhou Fugui either matched a group of maids and maids of the governor's mansion with sergeants, or dismissed them, and the servants in the mansion were also dismissed a lot, and there were many houses in the mansion, and Zhou Fugui, Xiaoqing, Liuxia, and Feiyun could not live in so many rooms, so the extra rooms were changed to other uses, or as military camps, or as warehouses.

The epidemic situation in Donghai County has been basically controlled, but at this moment, Zhou Fugui and others are facing food problems again.

Zhou Fugui encouraged the people of Donghai County to resume farming and develop agriculture, but this matter was not achieved overnight, it took a long time, at least it needed to go through a cultivation and harvest season, and the surplus grain of the original Donghai Wangfu and the grain borrowed by Zhou Fugui had consumed a lot, and it could not last long.

There was a shortage of war, and it was a great epidemic, and hundreds of thousands of people in Donghai County were waiting to be fed, and countless grains were consumed every day.

"Why don't you go and borrow food again?" Yang Hu then asked Zhou Fugui.

"No!" Zhou Fugui also shook his head with a bitter face when he heard this.

The rich room of Donghai County is not a cornucopia, and it can't be asked for endlessly, no matter if they borrow food, it will almost be robbed openly, and if they rob it openly, it will definitely cause chaos in the rich room and the Wang clan in the East China Sea, they rebelled against Zhou Fugui, but it is far more powerful than the chaos of the ordinary people in Donghai County, if this is the case, it is still the same sentence, even if Zhou Fugui has three heads and six arms, he can't be extinguished all, and in the end he will either die in this Donghai County, or leave Donghai County in disgrace.

The so-called penny is difficult to defeat a hero, and it is not so easy to govern a state and a county, Zhou Fugui intuitively feels that it is much easier to go into battle and fight.

"What the Metropolitan Governor said is..."Li Qing agreed when he heard this: "There is not much surplus grain in the rich room, and they regard this grain as their life, but they can no longer borrow grain... However, most of the governors should not worry, this matter can be done with the help of external forces. ”

"External forces? Why external forces? Yongshou, Ming Qin, how did you deal with such a thing in the past? Zhou Fugui asked when he heard this.

"The governor of the capital is nothing more than the imperial court giving grain and money, or transferring money and grain to other states and counties to help emergencies." Yang Hu replied when he heard this.

"His uncle's, the imperial court? Can the court count on his uncle? Zhou Fugui scolded when he heard this.

The epidemic situation in Donghai County has been alleviated, and the Yan Imperial Court's blockade of Donghai County is not so strict, but there is still not a grain of rice or a penny from the Yan Imperial Court or other states and counties.

"Dadu Governor, it is better to ask for others than for yourself, the Buddha does not cross, everyone crosses by himself..."Li Qing also said helplessly when he heard this: "It is feasible to buy rice." ”

"Rice? Where can I get it? Yang Hu shook his head when he heard this: "Even if there is some rice and grain for sale on the market, the price is frighteningly high. ”

Yang Hu's words are indeed true, the war is in chaos, the catastrophe and the epidemic, the grain is more expensive than oil, comparable to gold and silver, and the grain on the market in Donghai County has risen from the epidemic money of 300 Wen of rice to nearly 1,000 Wen, and the 300 Wen of Doumi is already considered a high-priced grain, and Doumi Qianwen is no longer affordable for ordinary people, even the rich and wealthy gentry are also headaches.

Even some wealthy families and gentry with grain took the opportunity to hoard Juqi, after Zhou Fugui learned about it, he was helpless, or that sentence, unless Zhou Fugui used strong means, or grabbed or caught, but such a tough method, unless it was absolutely necessary, Zhou Fugui would not do this.

Zhou Fugui broke through Donghai County and captured the Donghai Palace, and seized a lot of gold and silver, but even if Zhou Fugui took it all out to buy grain, he couldn't buy much, and even if he was rich, there was almost nowhere to buy it in Donghai County.

"At present, it seems that it can only be an emergency..."Zhou Fugui held his forehead and muttered to himself in pain: "Where to buy grain?" Where to buy food? Let me think, let me think..."

Li Qing and Yang Hu couldn't think of a good way for a while, so they could only accompany Zhou Fugui with a sad face.

The three of them are relatively clueless and relatively speechless.

"Metropolitan Governor, how about crossing the river to buy rice?" After a long time, Li Qing had an idea and asked Zhou Fugui.

"Crossing the river? What does it mean to keep forever...? Zhou Fugui asked.

Li Qing touched the three strands of sparse beard on his face and nodded.

Crossing the river to buy rice is to buy grain from Xia, but Xia will be happy and smooth to let you Zhou Dadu buy food? And then solve the danger of your Donghai County?

Therefore, Yang Hu shook his head and said: "The land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River is true, but their food... Will you wait for me? The Grand Duke, even if they wanted to, would the road be smooth? After years of war, both waterways and dry roads have been blocked. ”

And there is also a Guangling County between Donghai County and the Yangtze River.

Li Qing glared at Yang Hu hatefully when he heard this, and then sighed.

finally came up with a notice, but was denied by Yang Hu, and Li Qing had nothing to say.

"Uncle, no, this governor crosses the river to rob!" Zhou Fugui had nothing to do, so he was so angry that he could only say some inconsequential angry words.

"Hey, most of the overseers are strong and strong, but what about the ships? You can't cross the river without a boat! Yang Hu sighed when he heard this.

This time, Zhou Fugui glared at Yang Hu hatefully... Yang Hu also denied Zhou Fugui speechless.

What Yang Hu said is also the truth, crossing the river and plundering the south of the Yangtze River, first of all, there must be boats, not a few, not a small boat, and a small boat, and must defeat Xia's powerful boatman... At present, it is difficult to get into the sky.

Even if Zhou Fugui has a boat master, and can defeat Xia's powerful boat master, and then go to Jiangnan to grab grain, in this way, it will cause disputes between Yan and Xia, and Zhou Fugui will not be able to eat and walk around...

So the three of them sighed in the hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Donghai County, and their faces were sad, and they had nothing to do...

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship was late and encountered a head wind!

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

A burst of hurried and heavy footsteps sounded, and Bi Wei pinched a stack of urgent reports, hurriedly walked into the meeting hall, and said to Zhou Fugui with a solemn face: "Master, dozens of messengers have gathered outside the mansion. ”

"Dozens of messengers? What happened? Zhou Fugui also felt that something was wrong, and stood up and asked Xiang Evil.

Li Qing and Yang Hu also vaguely guessed it, and they both turned their heads to look at the evil.

"Haixi, Dongtai, Funing and other places, pirates are harassing." After handing the urgent report to Zhou Fugui, he replied.

Haixi County has Dong Yehan and Xi Ben and others rescued, and the situation is much better, but other places are not as lucky as Haixi County, Zhen Ao pirates attacked and looted, and suffered heavy losses.

"Smack!" Zhou Fugui took the urgent report, and after a cursory look, he slammed it on the case and said angrily: "Is it Zhen Aoren?" Dog's day, Youzhou City was defeated, and Bendu thought that they would stop for a while, but he didn't think about it... I didn't expect it... Zhen Ao of the dog day, deceive people too much, deceive people too much! When the Governor encounters them again, he will never show mercy to his subordinates again, and will definitely cut them into pulp to vent his hatred! ”

Zhou Fugui led the army to Donghai County, because he had a plan, so after taking some Zhen Aoren, he did not kill all of them, but released most of them back, but he didn't expect Zhen Aoren to not know the favor, but took the opportunity to loot.

This is too much to put Zhou Fugui in his eyes!

The food crisis in Donghai County has not yet been resolved, but Zhen Ao pirates have attacked and plundered again, how can Zhou Fugui not hate it in his heart?

"Metropolitan Governor, Mount Tai collapses in front and the color remains unchanged, and the elk is on the left and does not look instantaneous!" Li Qing persuaded Zhou Fugui, picked up the scattered emergency report on the table and read it, and said: "Zhen Ao pirates will leave as soon as they sweep away, but it is also the way to join the thieves, Donghai County has suffered heavy losses, but it is not out of control. ”

"Well, what do you mean by keeping it forever?" As a general, as the governor of Donghai County, it should indeed be as Li Qing said, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged, the elk was in the left and his eyes were not instantaneous, the crisis had not been resolved, and he was in chaos first, so not only would it not help, but the situation would get worse and worse, so Zhou Fugui took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and then knelt down behind the low case and asked.

"The Metropolitan Governor..."Li Qing said after hearing this, taking out an urgent report: "This is an urgent report from Haixi County, hundreds of pirates are on the border, and Xi Ben led his troops to kill more than 200 pirates, and the rest fled, and Xi Ben's department won a big victory!" This shows that pirates are not invincible, and as long as our troops do a good job of defending themselves and let the pirates have no chance to take advantage of them, things will turn around. ”

"What? Xi Ben's big victory? Zhou Fugui just read it cursoryly, and missed the urgent report of Haixi County, so he was overjoyed when he heard this, took the urgent report in Li Qing's hand, and said happily after reading it again: "Xi Ben, this governor remembers that he was just a slave in the past, but he has made such a great achievement, this governor will have a heavy reward, and quickly recall Xi Ben and the soldiers of his department!" ”

"Metropolitan Governor..."Yang Hu glanced at Zhou Fugui when he heard this, and then glanced at Li Qing and said: "The matter of the reward, put it off for the time being, the imminent thing is how to prevent the pirates from attacking again?" The Metropolitan Governor, the military division, Donghai County has hundreds of miles of coast. ”

"Beacon fire, even armor." Li Qing said.

"Beacon fire and armor are just expedient measures, and they are passive measures." Yang Hu heard the words and said: "Even if you do beacon fire and even armor, what about the money? What about the grain? ”

"Damn, I'm going to rob the money and food in person!" In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Donghai County, there was a roar!

Some people died, but not completely......