Vice Admiral Cheng sat by the stove to warm himself up, and ate another bowl of noodles, and then he felt alive.

He stood up and gave An Chuxia a respectful sergeant salute, and then said with pleading: "Lord An, please help our general." ”

When An Chuxia heard Adjutant Cheng's words, she asked in her heart, "What happened in the border city?" Need my help? ”

"It's like this, Lord An, this year's grain and grass allocated by the imperial court are later than in previous years.

Originally, it was nothing, and it didn't matter if the brothers tightened their belts and waited for a few days, but I didn't know how to leak the news.

The enemy was informed of the route to deliver the grain, but as a result, the grain and grass were taken by the enemy when approaching a valley in the border city. ”

Speaking of this, the lieutenant gritted his teeth, this is obviously someone deliberately leaked the route of transporting grain and grass to the enemy.

"Not only that, but after the enemy had taken the grain and grass, he turned around and attacked the border city.

Now in the northern border city of Hebei, the soldiers have almost run out of food to eat, and can only use the only remaining grain to boil porridge every day, and the general has to take hungry soldiers to guard the city gate from being breached.

Without a warrant from the imperial court, we can't levy military rations from the local area, so in desperation, the military doctor asked us to find you and see if there is any way to help. ”

Hearing this, An Chuxia was also shocked, if the border city was broken by barbarians, as far as An Chuxia's understanding of the history here, they burned, killed, looted, and did everything.

Then the entire northern city of Hebei will be reduced to a human purgatory, even if these barbarians are beaten out later, I am afraid that only the devastation will be left here.

"How many people did you bring with you?"

"There is a war going on in the border city, and I only brought more than 200 soldiers."

An Chuxia frowned, even if she could get food, transportation in the ice and snow would be a big problem.

An Chuxia didn't sleep all night that night, she sent Zuo Wang and An Zixi to inform Xu Liangce, Luo Ruisheng, Ma Xiang, made tofu frozen into pieces overnight, and prepared to bring it with them when the time came.

She personally took Vice General Cheng to the big landlords, wealthy merchants, and grain merchants in Wei County, and brought them to discuss the matter of borrowing grain for the soldiers in the border city.

In order to collect grain in the shortest possible time, An Chuxia broke through the border city, and even what kind of horror the entire northern Hebei would fall into, and the stakes were told to them.

"If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached!" An Chuxia said.

"As long as everyone is willing to borrow grain, no matter what happens to this batch of grain border city army, this official will not let everyone borrow it in vain.

Merchants who borrow grain today can be exempted from 30% of the tax next year, and the big landlords have also seen this year's high-yield grain, and I will send someone to guide you in planting next year. ”

After listening to An Chuxia's words, some businessmen who understood the matter nodded and agreed to borrow grain.

Xu Liangce, Luo Ruisheng, Ma Xiang, Situ Feng, and the big landlords with good relations in An Chuxia took the lead in donating.

But there are also some short-sighted, only seeing the big landlords and businessmen who have gained and lost in front of them, they just bow their heads and remain silent.

An Chuxia squinted, looked at the person with his head down, and asked again: "Do you really want to borrow?" ”

Vice General Cheng also stared at these misers with an ugly face, could it be that the border city was broken and fallen by the enemy, and they still have a good life.

I'm afraid that when the time comes, my wife will be bullied, my children will be picked up on the flagpole, and I will die and be injured, and it will be too late to regret it at that time.

An Chuxia looked at the rich businessmen and landlords who continued to pretend to be dead, she smiled, "Ha! Okay, okay very!

Since you don't want to borrow! That must be willing to be expropriated for grain. ”

More than a dozen large landowners and businessmen who were unwilling to borrow grain looked up at An Chuxia suspiciously, not knowing what she meant.

The borrowed grain had to be repaid, because there was a borrowed word.

The expropriated grain does not have to be returned, but it requires a warrant from the imperial court to collect the grain.

Vice General Cheng was also puzzled, but he had told this Anxian commander that they had not received a warrant from the imperial court, and they could not collect grain at will.

"My lord......" Vice General Cheng thought of reminding An Chuxia again.

However, he was stopped by An Chuxia's eyes.

More than a dozen people who were reluctant to borrow food couldn't help but smile disdainfully when they saw the actions of the two people.

They are all a group of old foxes, and they have already seen that Vice Admiral Cheng has not received a warrant from the imperial court and is not qualified to levy grain.

"It seems that you really have a righteous heart, and you can't bear to let the soldiers borrow food, and you have to pay it back.

It is a bent on donating, and the food is expropriated, and the official will fulfill you. ”

An Chuxia was in the eyes of everyone, and took out a golden coiling dragon token from his sleeve pocket, with the word Wupin engraved on the front, and after everyone saw it clearly, they all walked to the middle of the hall and knelt down.

The golden token, no matter what is written on it, must be from the royal family, who dares not to disobey the slack.

The crowd shouted: "Hurray, hooray, hooray!" ”

Including those who reacted after being stunned, Vice General Cheng also knelt in front.

More than a dozen businessmen and large landowners who were willing to borrow grain were extremely glad in their hearts at this time, and they did not annoy this seemingly ordinary, but extraordinary female county magistrate for some things outside their bodies.

“… Where is Adjutant Cheng? ”

"Humble, here!"

"Hurry up and leave enough food for these rich merchants and landlords who have volunteered and been expropriated, enough for their own families to eat, and bring back the rest for me."

An Chuxia was completely angered by their cold and hard-hearted disregard for the life and death of the border guards.

"My lord, no! Adult ......"

"My lord, I am willing to borrow food, I am willing to borrow ......"

An Chuxia glanced at them coldly, and left two faint words: "It's late!" ”

Then he took the lead in walking out of the hall gate, there was no way to collect food in such a short time, if the means were too soft, it would be difficult to collect food.

In the early summer, he borrowed from Wei County or forcibly levied it, and in one day and one night, he collected enough food for one million catties.

There are now about 100,000 soldiers in the northern border city of Hebei, and each soldier eats two to three catties of grain a day, and if only these grains are sent, it is only enough for the soldiers to eat for three to five days.

An Chuxia looked at the grain piled up in the county yacang, as well as a few carts of frozen tofu and dried tofu, and his more and more majestic eyes revealed a calm and wise light.

Vice General Cheng looked at this female county magistrate who was quick and decisive in doing things with admiration, even if it was a male official, I am afraid it would be impossible to get so much food in such a short period of time.

One million catties of grain, obviously more than 200 soldiers will never be able to transport it, An Chuxia called the county's inspection to lead the soldiers, and personally led the team to pull the grain to the border city with a special vehicle made by the government to deliver grain taxes.

An Jinchen and Wang Libin also had to follow, and An Chuxia Yiwei County also needed someone to sit in the town, so they were left behind.

Along the way, An Chuxia took out the token, asked the local officials to assist him, and levied some more grain.

Tell them that when they sow seeds in the spring after the New Year, they can go to Wei County and receive seeds for high-yield grain from her.

At this time, the officials and local landlords who were expropriated did not feel that the expropriated grain was so painful.

They have heard that the high-yield grain varieties in Wei County can reach thousands of catties per mu, and everyone will refuse when they are crazy, such a good exchange condition.

(End of chapter)