Chapter 444: Crisis

"Governor, no, the people are in a commotion. Cheng Yanjin hurriedly walked in, he took Zhou Hu to appease the people, but unfortunately they failed. Cheng Yanjin hurriedly walked in and brought the news that Chen Qingzhi was most worried about. The rising sun brought not only all the catches in Luoyang City to be concentrated, but also a large number of people woke up from the night and started a busy day, but they were surprised to find that the flags on the city had changed and they were locked up.

Zhenwu Gate, here is the busiest city gate in Luoyang, there is no one. Even though the empire is now mired in civil strife and fierce battles are raging everywhere, this does not stop the prosperity of Luoyang City. The daily consumption of various food and energy in Luoyang City is an astronomical amount, and more than one million people live in the city. But when the people of Luoyang City woke up from a night's rest, they were surprised to find that the streets in Luoyang City were clean, and even the grain stores were not open.

Zhenwumen, at this time in normal times, Zhenwumen is already a group of business travelers, and the vegetable farmers and grain merchants outside the city have begun to think about transporting grain and vegetables in the city, but unfortunately at this time, the city gate of the black hole tells the coolies gathered here, the vegetable farmers outside the city, Luoyang City is blocked at the moment, and the means of life they rely on to survive are gone, but the surrounding city walls are pasted with dry notices.

"What the hell is going on?weishenme closed the city gate for no reason?" the crowd at the city gate shouted loudly, and the crowd gathered at the city gate became smaller and smaller, Dian Wei and hundreds of soldiers guarded the city gate, looking at the people surrounding him murderously. Dozens of arresters were quickly pushed forward by the soldiers of the Liu family army with weapons in their hands, and they were sweating to explain the reason to the passionate people.

"Open the gates quickly, we want food. Open the gates!" dozens of coolies stood in front. Shouted loudly. All the laborers in the rear also shouted loudly under the leadership of the two. Dian Wei looked at these people who were still making noise with an expressionless face, no matter what the reason, the city gate must not be opened, Chen Qingzhi needs a stable Luoyang City, if Luoyang City is opened at this time, it is likely to cause a large-scale panic, and the crowd will flee from Luoyang City.

Chen Qingzhi needs the people here, and Chen Qingzhi needs soldiers. These soldiers could only be recruited from Luoyang City. Three thousand people can't hold the entire Luoyang City, once the gate of Luoyang City is opened, the Luoyang City in hand will definitely be captured. The enemies of the Liu family army are not only the army in Zhang Rang's hands, but also the mysterious net. Chen Qingzhi has reason to believe that there must be tens of thousands or even more members of the net hidden in Luoyang, and they are all a threat.

"You go back first, I will tell you in person, and I will definitely give you a reasonable solution. "The gates of Luoyang City have rarely been closed in the history of the empire, just like the imperial capital, they are more of a symbol of the glory of the empire. More and more people rushed to hear the news. Thousands of people quickly gathered in front of the gates of Zhenwumen, even though Chen Qingzhi had already arranged for people to impose martial law on Luoyang City. It's a pity that Luoyang City is so big that more than a thousand people can't fully martial law Luoyang City.

"Why do you close the city gates, do you officials still want to starve us to death?" The last time Luoyang City closed the city gates, it caused a large-scale famine in Luoyang City, and by the end of the war, the people in Luoyang City were less than one-tenth. Everyone remembered such a terrible fact, so since then, every time the city gate is closed, it will trigger a large-scale riot, and few people are willing to close the city gate of Luoyang City. Of course, if you have hundreds of thousands of troops and plenty of grain and grass, then the situation is completely different, the laws of the grain and grass reserve empire in big cities like Luoyang City and Dijing have stipulated that they must be enough to live in a closed house for a month, but no one cares about this, and the people care more about the food they get.

The little official in front didn't know how to explain to these people, and the little official looked at Dian Wei, who looked at the people in front of him expressionlessly. Dian Wei slowly pulled out the double halberd inserted on the ground, and the soldiers in the rear also followed Dian Wei's back with murderous energy. When the little official saw Dian Wei's action, he was immediately startled, and hurriedly pushed away the soldiers who were blocking him and ran in front of Dian Wei.

"Think twice, once you kill someone, then Luoyang City will really be in turmoil. "The little official is already completely anxious, if he really kills someone, then the situation in Luoyang City will really be uncontrollable. Dian Wei stood silently in place, the little official hurriedly waved his hand, and suddenly the people who were standing in front of him quickly retreated the emotional people, and more than ten people took Chen Qingzhi's letter to the people and read it aloud.

"General, if you don't open the small doors on both sides of the Zhenwu Gate, it's not a way to go on like this. Baixin's emotions became more and more excited, and there were many people who stirred up trouble among them, and they calculated that Liu Jiajun would not dare to kill. It's useless to shout quickly and cut your throat, everyone knows that once the gate of Luoyang City is closed, the entire Luoyang City will run out of food in less than two days, and people will die in less than three days, and there is not enough grain and grass reserves, and the gate of Luoyang City will never be closed.

"I'll send someone to ask the Grand Governor, you wait here. Dian Wei said silently, beckoned a soldier to explain, and the soldier left in a hurry. The little official breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Chen Qingzhi was not Dian Wei, he could see the importance of the matter, and the little official didn't care about Dian Wei and ran to the front to appease the people.

Chen Qingzhi walked on the streets of Luoyang City, and the three or two pedestrians on the road all cast vigilant glances at Chen Qingzhi, Luoyang City is now a straw pressed on Chen Qingzhi's body, whether it can crush him to death, and let the mouth of this straw depend on the emotions of the people in Luoyang City.

"The Governor of the Metropolis, the captain of the school has sent a message that there is a lot of commotion over there, please ask if you should open the side gate of the Zhenwu Gate for the people to enter and exit. A pro-soldier hurriedly ran over, and said to Chen Qingzhi breathlessly, Chen Qingzhi's eyebrows were locked, the city gate of Luoyang City was in turmoil, and even the water gate next to the moat had gathered a lot of people.

"I see, you let the captain appease the people first, and the city gate cannot be opened. Chen Qingzhi finally gritted his teeth and decided that the city gate must not be opened, the net in the city is definitely an unstable factor, Chen Qingzhi must not happen to that person by accident. Luoyang City can be lost, but it is definitely not something that should be abandoned now, otherwise their battle will be meaningless, and it will be useless to crack the battle situation in Yangzhou.

"Governor, it's not a way to go on like this, there are more than a million people in Luoyang City, if we close the city gate like this, without enough food and grass to replenish, it is likely to cause a large-scale riot. Zhou Hu followed Chen Qingzhi's side, and now only he, the head snake, has the best grasp of the entire Luoyang, and he knows best what the people of Luoyang City need. The food shortage in Luoyang City was the first to suffer from them.

"How much grain is there in the warehouse in Luoyang?" Chen Qingzhi also knew what the biggest difficulty in Luoyang City was at present, all the grain in Luoyang City was brought in from outside, and the daily food consumption was definitely an astronomical amount, without food, it was impossible for the people to listen to you in peace.

Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said: "There is not a single grain of grain left, all the granaries have been emptied, and even the treasury has been emptied. Governor, apart from our military rations, I am afraid that only those grain merchants have grain in their hands. ”

"Governor, there is not much grain for those grains, and the garrison in Luoyang purchased grain and grass on a large scale last month, and now the grain in their hands is probably only less than the needs of Luoyang City for two days. Zhou Hu shook his head, he had never understood why the city lord of Luoyang City suddenly bought grain on a large scale, and now he finally understood that they had abandoned Luoyang City from the beginning.

Chen Qingzhi frowned tightly, without food, he couldn't smoothly solve the situation in front of him. Chen Qingzhi held the information from the quicksand in the dark night, like the big families in the city, they didn't know when they disappeared without a trace, and the people sent by the quicksand in the dark night didn't find any trace at all. Chen Qingzhi lowered his head, unable to understand who could emptie Luoyang City with such a big liliang.

"Do you know how much grain there is in Luokoucang?" The only way to stabilize Luoyang City is to provide enough food to the city, and now that Luoyang City has been emptied, Chen Qingzhi can only hit the idea on Luokoucang, the big granary closest to Luoyang. (To be continued.) )