At dusk, Zhuang Shaoyou received the news that prices had fallen and the people's hearts were stable, so he walked to the county administrative hall.

Zhuang Shaoyou entered the administrative hall and saw a soldier listening to Guo Yuan's order to do something, the soldier couldn't understand it, so Guo Yuan was very anxious and lost his temper.

Both of them saw Zhuang Shaoyou walk in, and the soldier was overjoyed when he saw this, and he saluted Zhuang Shaoyou and hurriedly withdrew.

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled and said: "Thank you Mr. Guo for your righteous action, so that the prices in the county will fall and the people's hearts will be stable!" As he spoke, he bowed to Guoyuan.

Guo Yuan said with a cold face: "I was just indignant for a while, and I couldn't bear to see the people suffer, so I did this, don't expect me to take refuge in you!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "People say that like-minded, you and I are both doing things for the common people in the world, seeking welfare for the people, there is nothing to talk about whether to take refuge or not, as long as Mr. Guo is willing to govern the county, he will never interfere in the future!" ”

Guo Yuan was a little stunned when he heard this, but he still said coldly:

"I have made an appointment with you in three chapters, one, I do not obey your commands, I only do things for the people;

Second, I am the county magistrate of Yuqi County, which was appointed by the imperial court and has nothing to do with you;

3. If you commit illegal acts, I have the right to stop them! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou pondered, hehe, I'm not afraid that you will be disobedient, I'm afraid that you will be flirtatious, as long as you get on Lao Tzu's boat, are you afraid that you will not be able to run away? So he nodded in agreement:

"No problem! As Mr. Guo said! If Mr. Guo has any requests, I will do my best to do so. ”

Guo Yuan sighed and said, "You soldiers are stupid to death, I need a few literate people to help me, otherwise I can't do anything myself." ”

Zhuang Shaoyou immediately nodded and said: "No problem, I'll send someone to help you, but the original documents of this county government have run out, I don't know the situation in this county, Mr. Guo likes which, just make a list, and I'll send someone to invite it."

I will pay the salaries of these people, but I still need Mr. Guo to formulate a specific charter, so I can do it. ”

Guo Yuan glared at him, go and please? How do you ask for it? But it's also helpless, haven't I been invited, although reluctantly, but I wasn't rushed with a knife.

After Zhuang Shaoyou came out of the administrative hall, he breathed a sigh of relief, damn, someone finally did the work.

However, there is another big thing to have a headache, that is, how can I hide it because I occupy the county seat?

It's the middle of November, the weather is already very cold, and it will snow in half a month, and once it snows, it will be much safer!

This Liaodong is already sparsely populated, this Qiqi County is a remote place, the news is blocked, Liaodong is the closest to Qiqi County is Beifeng County, one hundred and thirty miles away.

One hundred and fifty miles to the north is Pingguo County, and from Pingguo County to Xiangping is two hundred and eighty miles, that is, it is about 560 miles from Xiangping to Xiangping, the county seat of Liaodong County, and it takes seven or eight days for a fast horse to travel alone.

I hope that the escaped Zhou County Order can run slower, so that there may be nothing wrong this year, but you still have to prepare early!

Don't be afraid that the enemy will not come, I will wait!

Don't hope that the enemy won't come, but prepare yourself not to be afraid of the enemy!

It's just that Qin Ling came to report: "General, we are rich!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou glanced at him and said: "Look at your little bit of interest, it's only a county like this, if you occupy the Luoyang Palace in the future, you won't faint." ”

Qin Ling hurriedly cleaned up his mood and said: "General, yesterday I took over the granary, treasury, and munitions depot in the county, these are statistical documents, and I can't understand them, please take a look at them." ”

Zhuang Shaoyou took the paperwork, but when he studied the book of heaven before, he had studied the meaning of words, and he didn't need to know too many words anyway, he could probably understand it.

There were 10,000 pieces of grain in the official warehouse of Yudi County, 4,000 Hu were burned, and 6,000 Hu remained.

The two banks in the vault were looted by Zhou County's order and taken away, and Zhuang Shaoyou was on fire for a while, and he didn't leave a dime on this dog day, so how could he govern the county?

But it's helpless, people have given up the county seat to themselves, so they don't care, they won't starve to death if they don't have money, so don't care about him for now.

There are a lot of things in the munitions depot, the 3,000 people brought by General Chang, and the military supplies are also placed here, and the officers and soldiers are not organized when they escape, and these things are not easy to burn, so the damage is not much.

1,000 bows and arrows of the official standard, with a maximum range of 150 paces; 500 single-shot hard crossbows, with a maximum range of 200 paces;

The officers and infantry were equipped with 1,000 sets, a number of swords, shields, spears, arrows and crossbows, and even eight bed crossbows for defending the city, with a range of 500 paces.

There are 3,000 pieces of military winter clothes, which are estimated to be used for General Chang's troops to spend the winter here, and they are finished before they can be distributed, but Zhuang Shaoyou is cheaper.

In addition, there are some marching tents, forage for military horses and other materials, which are enough to support for a while.

Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't help but frown when he looked at these military supplies, now the weapons and equipment and winter clothes have been found, and there seems to be a lot of food! Except for the lack of money, everything else is available.

Zhuang Shaoyou took these volumes of official documents to the administrative hall to find Guoyuan, and when he first entered, he saw that Guoyuan was discussing with Wu Liang and the others how to deal with the backlog of case files.

Zhuang Shaoyou went up and handed the official document of the granary to Guo Yuan, Guo Yuan took it and checked it, and after looking at it for a while, he sighed and scolded hatefully:

"This damn Zhou Wen dared to burn the official warehouse! General Zhuang, there is not enough rice in the county! You've got to figure it out. ”

"Huh? Inadequate? How much is missing? Zhuang Shaoyou asked in surprise, he thought it was quite a lot, why was it suddenly not enough?

Guo Yuan said: "General Zhuang, there are 2,812 households in Yuqi County, with a population of 5,758 people, half of whom are strangers who have just fled here, such as me!"

Each person consumes one liter of rice grain per day (one liter of millet is about 1.25 catties), one Hu = five buckets = fifty liters

In addition to the surplus grain of the people's families, the county official warehouse has to supply about 2,000 pieces of grain every month, that is, more than 3,000 people need to buy rice to survive, most of these people are fleeing strangers, and the people's families do not have much grain in stock.

The remaining rice in the official warehouse can last for three months, and a little saving can support three and a half months.

It is only mid-November now, even if you are frugal, you can only insist on the end of February next year, and you can only plant new grain in mid-March next year, and harvest new grain in mid-July, which means that the county will be out of grain for four and a half months next year! There is a food shortage!

General Zhuang, you have to find a way! ”

When Zhuang Shaoyou heard this, he almost fainted! Tens of thousands! Oh! Cake sellers! Kill me!

I have long realized that the food problem is the key, but how to solve the food problem is quite tricky.

I finally occupied the county seat, and I encountered such trouble before I was hot, and it was a basically unsolvable trouble, what should I do?

"Mr. Guo, can there be a grain merchant or a large family in the city who has a lot of grain?"

"General Zhuang, you have personally promised to protect the lives and property of everyone in the city, is the general planning to break his promise?"

"I didn't mean that, I meant to discuss borrowing some or buying some."

Guo Yuan glanced at Zhuang Shaoyou and said disdainfully: "There is not a tael of silver in the treasury now, what does the general use to buy it?" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou was speechless and thought for a long time, but Wu Liang, who had not spoken on the side, spoke:

"General, Mr. Guo, yesterday Zhou County ordered him to escape, and some rich families also ran away, and there may be some grain left in their homes, I don't know if they can use it."

Zhuang Shaoyou's eyes lit up suddenly, Guo Yuan sighed and remained silent, Zhuang Shaoyou was overjoyed, it seems that this stubbornness is a compromise.

So he hurriedly arranged for Qin Ling to handle this matter, and when Qin Ling heard that he was going to make a fortune again, he immediately brought someone to do it.

There was silence in the administrative hall, Zhuang Shaoyou thought about it for a long time, suddenly remembered something, and found someone to take the jewelry given by Dong Zhuo to the pawnshop to ask the price, Wu Liang volunteered to do it, because he was more knowledgeable about it and would not be cheated.

But it doesn't matter, even if the pawnshop wants to pit people, it has to weigh whether it is impatient to live, and now Zhuang Shao has the final say in this county.

However, Zhuang Shaoyou didn't take it seriously, and estimated that those jewels were worth a few hundred taels of silver at most.

When it was dark, another hundred cavalry came from Liujia Village, and the others waited for the horses to come back after the ink stone.

Zhuang Shaoyou thought about it for a while, and estimated that there was not much grain in those big households, which was definitely not enough to support four months, and the food problem had to be solved again.

The next day, Zhuang Shaoyou entrusted the county administration with full authority to Guoyuan and Wu Liang, and he took ten horsemen to Liujia Village.