When Lu Yi and his party entered the territory of Juchao, Lu Yi and his party were stupid.

It's bare everywhere, you can't see even a bit of green!

There are even bones everywhere on the road!

The fields are completely deserted.

In some barren fields, you can see shocking dry cracks.

finally arrived at the county office where the nest was located, and the group was stunned.

The entire county government is a dilapidated house.

There wasn't a single person around!

If it weren't for finding a passer-by, the passer-by would be sure that this was the county office, and Lu Yi and his party wouldn't have believed it.

Lu Yi led everyone to start sorting out the county government.

It took five days to clean up the county government and repair it everywhere, so that everyone had a place to stay.

After that, Lu Yi left Da Qiao, Zhuge Ruoxue, and five female subordinates, and asked them to continue to tidy up the surroundings of the county office.

Of the other fifteen subordinates, ten of them were made to serve as government officials, responsible for managing the security around the county government.

The remaining five people, he took the entire Juchao County around.

He didn't dare to move around without anyone!

Now the miserable situation of living in the nest, if you are not careful, not only will you be robbed, but you may be stewed as food by the locals.

This kind of thing, he just crossed over a year ago, and when he was in Wu County, he had already seen it!

This time to move. Lu Yi has two main purposes.

One is to inform the people of Juchao County that he, the new head of Juchao, is already in place!

The second is to explore the environment, the real population, and the situation of the scholars in Juchao County.

It took a month to complete this.

This time around, there are joys and sorrows.

The worry is that there are no scholars in Juchao County, not a single scholar!

After two consecutive years of drought, coupled with the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion, the heroes rose together, and Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, was unable to take care of a small place like Juchao County.

Therefore, the original scholars all migrated out.

No, even those who are young and strong are gone.

Nowadays, there are some old, weak, sick and disabled people in Juchao County, who cannot afford to leave.

The absence of the Shi clan meant that there was no additional money to govern Juchao County.

Happily, there is Juchao Lake near Juchao.

Juchao Lake is connected to the mouth of the river, and the mouth of the river is connected.

Yes, it's Oe.

In this era, there is no talk of the Yangtze River.

The river has abundant water flow all year round.

Chaohu Lake also has water.

Although the water level is significantly lower than before the drought.

And it's easy to do with water.

In addition, there is no scholar in Juchao County, which is both sad and happy.

Although there are no scholars, there is no extra money.

However, the non-scholars also mean that it will be relatively easy to get to work.

Relying on their strong local economic power and reputation, the gentry often engaged in a protective boycott of officials.

Officials have to consult with them for everything, which is extremely troublesome.

After determining the environment of Juchao, Lu Yi began to take drastic action against Juchao County.

There are two main aspects:

On the one hand, it is convenient to gather all the population in Juchao County and re-register them in the household, so as to accurately grasp the number of the population, as well as their physical condition and age structure.

This part of the work took half a month.

According to statistics, there are currently no 7,000 households in Juchao County!

In fact, there were only 5,812 households.

Many households, in fact, there is only one lonely old man!

The total population of Juchao County is only 28,000 people!

Among them, the elderly also occupy 30%.

On the other hand, gather all the population of Juchao County and build water conservancy!

First, a ditch large enough was drawn out in Chaohu Lake to lead to the territory of Juchao County.

Then, divert this ditch to the five towns under the nest, and each town has a reservoir to cultivate!

It's autumn.

Start repairing it now, and when you start cultivating it next spring, you can just use it.

However, in order to build water conservancy, it is necessary to provide food and drink for these people.

Although Lu Yi was careful and only provided two meals a day, and they were all porridge, the food that the Fang family had given before was still very little left.

At noon on this day, Lu Yi was sitting on the threshold of the county yamen and worried.

Just now, Da Qiao informed him that the food given by the Fang family could only last for a month at most.

If you don't find a way to get food, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind.

That's right, Da Qiao is now helping Lu Yi manage money and food!

Now the population of Juchao County is small, and there are no talents, so Lu Yi was originally responsible for managing money and grain.

However, one day, when Lu Yi registered the people of Juchao County and liquidated the population, Da Qiao stood up and said that she had not only learned to read and break words, but also learned these arithmetic.

Although Lu Yi was a little surprised, he was also expected.

Da Qiao's every move, and such innocence, all indicate that before she was captured by the bandits, she might be the lady of which family.

Although in this era, there are very few women who read, but if you are beautiful, you still have the opportunity to come into contact with them.

Just like Cai Wenji.

It's like Zhen Ji and so on.

As it turned out, Big Joe was not lying.

Not only can she read and break words, but she is also not weaker than Lu Yi in arithmetic!

Lu Yi, who was already short of people, made a decision without hesitation and let Da Qiao play the role of the main bookkeeper, specifically responsible for managing money and food.

As for Zhuge Ruoxue, he was in charge of cooking porridge and other chores for the people every day in the county government and five other female subordinates.

Just as he was frowning, an old man staggered over.

Still in the distance, the old man said, "County order!" ”

In the Qin and Han dynasties, the county commander and the chief were actually the same official position, but the titles were different.

Generally speaking, if the population of the county is more than 10,000 households, the highest official of the county is called the prefectural order.

If the population of the county is less than 10,000 households, the highest official in the county is called the chief.

At present, there are only 5,812 households in the nest, far less than 10,000 households, so Lu Kang said that Lu Yi should be the head of the nest.

However, as far as ordinary people are concerned, they can't tell the difference.

Let's just say that the people who stayed in the nest basically never received education!

They can't even write their own names!

Before Lu Yi registered the people of Juchao County, when he counted the population, these people would only pass on the word of mouth.

Moreover, a lot of the names are very simple.

For example, Da Zhuang!

For example, pockmarks!

For example, dog balls!

Their parents named it for a casual and appropriate occasion!

Naturally, when they faced Lu Yi, the highest official in Juchao County, they were called county orders.

Lu Yi didn't bother to correct it.

Hearing the shout, Lu Yi raised his head and looked over suspiciously.

The old man's name is Zhang Fugui!

The name Fugui has been used five hundred and twelve times among the 28,000 people in Juchao County!

The people want their sons to be rich and rich!

And the name is everywhere, easy to remember!

Zhang Fugui lived in a village called Matian, five miles away from the county.

Today's Juchao County, there is no county seat!

Originally, there was, a very small one, like the size of the rural market in later generations, around the county government, less than a mile before and after, and the city walls were all made of mounds, just to make a show.

After two years of drought, all the people in the county moved away, and the county seat was gone!

Now, there is only a lonely county government left!

Lu Yi looked at Zhang Fugui and said, "What are you doing with your old man running so far without anything?" ”

As he spoke, he stood up and greeted him.

Zhang Fugui stopped in front of Lu Yi and said breathlessly: "Recently, our people in Matian Village have started to complain, saying that the porridge is thinner than before, and we can't eat enough, and we can't lift up the strength to work!" ”

Lu Yi sighed secretly.

In this era, the people will not care what your officials do, for whom, or for what.

All they know is that they have to eat and drink!

If you can guarantee this, you are a good official.

No, you're a dog officer!

Zhang Fugui saw Lu Yi's embarrassed expression, and his mouth trembled: "Before the county order you came, everyone was hungry. After you came, everyone had something to eat. The food you eat is all the food you brought home, right? ”

Lu Yi said: "Otherwise? Now that you live in a nest like this, where is there food for you to eat? ”

Zhang Fugui sighed with emotion: "It's not easy for you to be ordered by the county!" However, if you don't give everyone food, people will not think of your kindness, but will only remember that you didn't give them enough. ”

Lu Yi nodded and said, "Then there is no way!" I have already sent someone to Shu County to ask for food from Taishou. Estimated, not much. ”

Zhang Fugui said: "I know that there is a place that I may want to get, and it depends on the ability of the county order." ”

"Before, when my son hadn't left, he had been there and came back to tell me."

Zhang Fugui originally had a son, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

Two years ago, when there was a severe drought, his son moved away with his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

Zhang Fugui did not follow.

First, he thinks that his son is also difficult, and no one can survive with him.

Second, he felt that he was old, and the soil was already buried to his waist, and he could die at any time.

The people of this era pay attention to the return of fallen leaves to their roots.

Zhang Fugui didn't want to die in a foreign country, so he stayed.

When Lu Yi heard Zhang Fugui say this, he was curious: "Where?" ”

Zhang Fugui pointed to the northeast and said, "There is a wealthy family surnamed Lu living in Dongcheng, Weitai County, Xiapi Kingdom. ”

"My son once passed by Weitai County and met the young head of the family."

"A very arrogant person."

"Every two or three days, he gives soup to the homeless people in his neighborhood."

"And I often see a doctor for those patients."

"County Order, do you want to go find him?"

Xiapi Country is actually Xiapi County in Xuzhou.

The title of Xiapi is still the old name of Xiapi in the past, and there have been princes here.

Lu Yi was stunned.

A wealthy family surnamed Lu in Dongcheng, Weitai County, Xiapi County?

He only thought of one thing, and that was the Lu Su family!

Thinking of Lu Su, Lu Yi had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Lu Su in history is indeed heroic enough.

It's just that Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou before he came to avenge his father, I don't know if he withdrew?

Second, he was not sure if Lu Su would lend him food.

Although Lu Su in history borrowed a large amount of grain from Zhou Yu.

However, many people only saw Lu Su's arrogance, but they didn't think about what kind of identity Zhou Yu was.

Zhou Yu is the Zhou family of the second and third dukes!

And the Zhou family has a great reputation in Yangzhou.

Xuzhou is adjacent to Yangzhou, and Lusu, as a wealthy family, knows that Zhou Yu is very normal.

Since he knew that Zhou Yu was a member of the Zhou family, it was not so shocking to lend a large amount of food to Zhou Yu.

This is like in the later life, it is very possible for Brother Xiao Ma to find someone to borrow money, and ordinary people will do their best to lend him.

After all, as a rich man, Brother Xiao Ma is not afraid that he will not pay it back if he borrows it.

It's really not a loss, and it's not a loss to have a relationship with an existence like Brother Xiaoma.

However, despite that, Lu Yi decided to give it a try.

Thanks to Zhang Fugui, Lu Yi immediately returned to the county government and recorded the current situation of Juchao County, as well as what he did for Juchao, and his daily consumption on the bamboo slips.

Then, he found five officials, took Da Qiao, the person in charge of money and grain, and went straight to Weitai County in Xiapi County, Xuzhou.

When he was close to Xuzhou, he heard about Cao Cao's revenge on Xuzhou!

Cao Cao and Xuzhou fought, and Xuzhou was really defeated, with thousands of soldiers killed and wounded!

None of the soldiers supported by Lujiang came back!

After seeing Cao Cao's strength, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian was so frightened that he took the elite soldiers of Xuzhou and retreated directly to the hinterland of Xuzhou for refuge, leaving only officials from all over Xuzhou to organize the people to defend the city.

Moreover, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian also issued an order, whoever dares to surrender will be killed!

Officials in Xuzhou counties were afraid of death, so they had to organize the people to resist Cao Cao, slowing down Cao Cao's attack.

Cao Cao hated these officials and the common people to the core, believing that they had blocked his revenge, so he slaughtered everyone in that county every time he captured a county!

Not even the dogs!

The corpses of the people were all thrown into Surabaya, and even a mountain of corpses was formed, blocking the flow of water in Surabaya!

However, Cao Cao only captured four counties before withdrawing.

It is said that Cao Cao's logistics are not available.

And every time he conquered a county, he couldn't find food or grass.

Especially in the counties that were attacked later, those officials knew Cao Cao's cruelty and would slaughter the city, so they burned all the grain and grass before the city was broken.

At present, in the four counties slaughtered by Cao Cao, no one has dared to enter it until now!

Someone had been close to those four counties.

It is said that at night, these four counties are filled with the mournful cries of ghosts.

Because of Cao Cao's withdrawal, Xuzhou once again returned to calm.

Lu Yi also put his mind at ease and went straight into Dongcheng District, Weitai County, Xiapi County.

After inquiring casually, I inquired about the situation of the Lu family.

Lu Yi and his entourage came to the door of Lu's house.

The Lu family is luxurious!

Although it is far inferior to the Zhou family in Shu County, it is definitely not comparable to ordinary wealthy families.

Even the Fang family in Shu County, compared with the Lu family, is inferior by one grade.

Near Lu's house, there are young men everywhere.

These young men, all of them are strong and strong, with weapons pinned to their bodies, and they look high-spirited.

Lu Yi asked the five officials to go up to report, but they didn't dare to go!

It's a lot of cowardice!

Lu Yi could only go over in person.

Before he got close to the door of Lu's house, he was blocked by several young men.

These young men, all murderous, are very fierce.

Lu Yi was also a little panicked in his heart.

After all, in this troubled world, killing people is commonplace.

In case it gets clicked, it's over!

However, despite the panic, he still had to bite the bullet.

If you don't get it, you won't be able to get food, and your efforts in Juchao County in the past few months will be in vain.

Even if you return to Shu County, what do others think of yourself as such a halfway behavior?

It's basically impossible to want to be a leader in the future.

Moreover, he couldn't explain it to the Fang family.

Before going to the nest by himself, he took too many things from the Fang family!

Taking out the box from his sleeve, the box contained the seal letter, Lu Yi squeezed out a smile and said to several young men: "I am Lu Yi, the head of the nest in Lujiang Juchao County, this is my seal letter." Please inform your family master, and say that I have something to ask for! ”

Several young men glanced at each other.

A big man took the box, opened it and looked at it, flipped through the seal letter, nodded at the others, and then closed the box and said to Lu Yi: "You wait here, I'll ask our family master." ”

After speaking, he walked quickly into the Lu family's mansion.