Lin Dong believes that with these regulations, even if it cannot win the support of the people, at least it will not cause public resentment.

Three days later, the autumn grain collection work began in full swing.

At this time, Lin Dong was holding an account book in his hand, and a soldier was measuring the autumn grain with a bucket.

According to the custom of collecting autumn grain in previous years, the top of the bucket must be raised until the grain rolls down automatically.

At this time, the grain collector kicked the rice bucket, and the excess grain rolled down. The part of the grain that fell belonged to the official who collected the grain, and the farmers were not allowed to take it back.

Since Lin Dong came, this kind of behavior has been banned, and anyone who dares to charge more will be punished according to military discipline.

As a result, the people applauded one after another.

Lin Dong was not idle during this period. He led his soldiers to patrol everywhere. Once any violations were found, he would engage in military law enforcement. Many Libao suffered heavy losses at his hands.

These people hated Lin Dong to the core but could do nothing about it. Some even ran to the county government office every two days to file a snitch on Lin Dong.

It's a pity that Liu Jingzhong was determined to get rid of Lin Dong, so how could he dismiss him as grain chief just because of a trivial matter.

Although these people made a big fuss, Magistrate Ma did not relent. He only said that he had left the autumn grain collection matter to Lin Dong and he would not interfere. Of course, if any squire thought he could do better than Lin Dong,

If you are willing to serve as the grain director, that is another matter.

Hearing this, the squires were immediately shocked. The position of grain director is not fun. If you don't do it well, your family will be ruined. No one would dare to take on such a thing.

These squires cursed secretly in their hearts and had no choice but to go back in despair and continue to be exploited by Lin Dong. Seeing these arrogant squires being crushed in his hands, Lin Dong laughed secretly. What moved him most was that those

When the villagers saw that these squires were being suppressed by Lin Dong, they also respected Lin Dong. In addition, Lin Dong acted fairly and became more enthusiastic about paying autumn grain.

In this way, after more than a month of busy work, all the autumn grain was finally harvested.

The area managed by Lin Dong has received a total of more than 30,000 loads of autumn grain. Now it has all been transported to the warehouse. It can be escorted to Fengyang only when Lin Dong is ready. As for other places, other squires are responsible for it and are not under Lin Dong's jurisdiction.

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Looking at the new grain that had just been put into the warehouse, Lin Dong did not dare to be careless and immediately sent two teams of fifty people to guard it, and the officer responsible for guarding it was Black Bear.

"Go, load me with a thousand stones of grain and send it back to the military camp." Lin Dong ordered, looking at the autumn grain piled into a hill.

The black bear couldn't help but look at each other and whispered: "General, these autumn grains are to be escorted to Fengyang, the central capital. It's hard to tell if the quantity is small."

"Don't worry about this." Lin Dong waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" Black Bear accepted the order and immediately led his men to load three thousand loads of autumn grain into the carriage and headed towards the military camp.

At this time, someone had already reported that Lin Dong had transported autumn grain back to the military camp.

"What a good boy, you are so greedy that you will not forget to embezzle food even when you are about to die." Liu Jingzhong said viciously.

"Lord County Magistrate, do you want to charge him with embezzling autumn grain and arrest him?" This petty official's surname was Li, and he was Liu Jingzhong's lackey. He was the one who came to report Lin Dong's transportation of autumn grain back to the military camp.

"What to do with the autumn grain is the prerogative of his grain chief. Just wait. It won't be too late to deal with him when he doesn't have enough autumn grain." Liu Jingzhong sneered.

A person who is used to being in the officialdom naturally knows how to kill his opponent in one go.

Lin Dong had no intention of hiding anything from others. After having the autumn grain sent back to the military camp, he went directly to the county government office.

When County Magistrate Ma saw Lin Dong coming, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked doubtfully: "I wonder what your worthy nephew is doing when he comes to the county government?"

Lin Dongdang told him about his preparations to transport autumn grain to Fengyang.

There are two roads to choose from from Andong County to Fengyang. One is the waterway. Since Andong County is close to the sea, you can enter the Huaihe River along the coast, and then go upstream to Fengyang.

The other is a land route, which runs from Andong County through Huai'an Prefecture, and then goes all the way west, crossing the Yellow River and entering Fengyang Prefecture.

In comparison, although the journey by water is slightly longer, it is very convenient and saves manpower and material resources.

After hearing what Lin Dong said, Magistrate Ma frowned and said, "I wonder which way my nephew is planning to take to Zhongdu?"

"After repeated consideration, the waterway is more suitable, but it's a pity..."

"If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it." Seeing him hesitating, Magistrate Ma knew that Lin Dong had something to ask for, so he asked.

To say that Magistrate Ma is a real person, knowing that Liu Jingzhong wants to harm Lin Dong, there is nothing he can do.

However, he was still willing to provide this small convenience.

"My lord, traveling by water will definitely require a lot of big boats. I, Dong Lin, am not familiar with the place and I couldn't find a suitable big boat at the moment. I wonder if your lord, my lord, can help?"

"It turns out that there is a lack of ships. You don't have to worry about this. I will order someone to help you find a big ship. I will not miss your time." Magistrate Ma also asked what was the problem. Hearing that Lin Dong wanted to help him find a few ships,

It was a big ship, so I accepted it directly.

Andong County is close to the seaside. Although the court strictly prohibits sailing to the sea, it is still possible to find a few large ships on the seaside.

The county magistrate was indeed very efficient in his work. Within a few days, news came that the big ship had been found and they were just waiting for Lin Dong to bring the food on board.

Of course, the government did not help Lin Dong with the transportation costs, and he had to pay for them out of his own pocket.

Lin Dong didn't care about this. Although it was a long way from here to Fengyang, he could still afford the freight.

Hearing that the big ship had been found, Li Da was not happy. At this time, he looked at Lin Dong with a depressed face and asked: "General, the big ship has been found and will set off soon. I wonder when the general is going to set off?"

"What's the date today?"

"Today is the tenth day of November, what's wrong, General?" Li Da asked doubtfully.

"From here to Fengyang, it takes at most twenty days to reach Fengyang by water. There is no hurry. You can reorganize the army and be ready to go at any time." Lin Dong said firmly.

"What does the general mean to lead the Anton Army into Fengyang?" Li Da was shocked. More than a thousand people ate and drank all the way. When they arrived in Fengyang, people had to eat thousands of tons of grain to feed their horses. Is the general crazy?

"What's wrong?" Seeing his surprise, Lin Dong frowned slightly.

"General, there are so many people eating and drinking along the way, and the food they eat and drink alone will cost thousands of tons. Should we reduce the number of escorting soldiers so that we can reduce the deficit?" Li Da asked tentatively.

"Don't worry about this matter, just follow the order." Lin Dong did not explain, but directly gave the order.

But he was thinking in his heart that at that time, he still felt that he had few people on hand. If he had enough time, he could not wait to find more people.

"Yes, General..." Li Da looked at Lin Dong with a strange look on his face and said secretly: "General, he is becoming more and more elusive."

After sending Li Da away, Lin Dong slowly walked out of the military camp and soon came to a small house. This was the army's warehouse, where Su Yi worked.

"I've met the general." Seeing Lin Dong approaching, Su Yi hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"No need to be polite, you can also pack up and set off with me." The purpose of Lin Dong's visit was to inform Su Yi that he was ready to set off with the army.

"The general wants to take me with him to Fengyang?" Su Yi was confused. He didn't need to use his accounting room to escort the autumn grain. The general asked me to go with him. I don't know what his plan is?

"good."

At this moment, a fat man walked out of the warehouse with square steps. This man was Shang Ba.

Seeing that Shang Ba was still in the army, Lin Dong also looked a little embarrassed. He had left him alone for several months without giving him any money or anything. This fat man had a good temper. If it were him, he would have started yelling at him.

In fact, he didn't know what Shang Ba was thinking. If Lin Dong had come two months earlier, he might have cursed loudly. However, after these two months of training, he finally figured out that General Lin was a cannibal.

It was impossible to get a penny out of his mouth, let alone his own several thousand taels of silver.

It should be said that this General Lin is quite kind, but if he had evil intentions, he might be killed at some point.

He clearly remembered what Su Yi had said to him. It was said that he had heard that a businessman went to the military camp to collect debts, but on the way back he was killed by bandits unknowingly. The key was that there had never been bandits in that area. Later,

The government went to investigate, but couldn't find out why.

These words may sound like stories, but they are actually reminders to stop when enough is enough.

Shang Ba has lived for so many years, is it possible that he has lived like a dog? After hearing this story, he immediately stopped thinking about continuing to collect debts, and instead wanted to leave early.

Little did Lin Dong know that a casual chat between Su Yi and Shang Ba made the fat man give up asking for money, and said that Shang Ba was so good that he was willing to give up the money.

"General, are you going to Fengyang?"

"Yes, why, boss Shang also wants to go to Fengyang with me?" Lin Dong asked with a half-smile.

"It's useless for me to stay here. It's better to go back as soon as possible. It's a pity that the journey is long and I don't have any money, so I'm forced to stay!" the fat man said with an extremely ugly face.

"Mr. Su, what's going on? Since Boss Shang wants to go back, why doesn't he provide the money?" Lin Dong looked very unhappy. At first, he thought it was Shang Ba who didn't want to leave, but it turned out to be because there was no money.

"General, you can't blame me for this. Boss Shang never mentioned it!" Su Yi said this, but secretly muttered in his heart: "It's not that you gave the order not to give a penny to Shang Ba, otherwise I would be so stingy.

What?"

In fact, after getting along with each other for this period of time, Su Yi also admired the fat man Shang Ba, especially in terms of calculating money and food. This fat man was simply a genius. Not only could he calculate the accounts accurately, but he could also calculate all expenses carefully.

After the fat man arrived, Antonjun really saved a lot.
Chapter completed!