"My father also heard from Dingtao that the emperor collected 60,000 shi of grain in Jiping County for General Jing Shang's use."

After Xiyi pointed out that the envoy left, the county magistrate Geng Chun also informed the fifth reunion of the situation in the other county, so that he could feel a clear idea.

"And all parts of Jizhou, such as Huanting County (Zhao County), Fuchang County (Guangping), Pinghe County (Qinghe) and even Julu, all had to send grain to the army, ranging from 10,000 to tens of thousands. In total, based on the household registration of Wei County, it was still a small amount."

This is a matter of course. If the grain in the county warehouse is in a normal dynasty, of course, it is necessary to obey the state's orders. Especially when the army is fighting, do not eat imperial grain. Would they let them bring their own dry food thousands of miles away or steal the people?

But in the Xin Dynasty, where honest people suffer losses, the counties cannot be more careful. After all, thieves occur frequently, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and everyone does not have much surplus food. If there is too much military force, it will be difficult to bear the consequences of their own youth next year. If even the county soldiers cannot make a living, something big will happen.

Geng Chun sighed and said, "Although there are more than 60,000 stones, my father can only give it enough, because Jing Shang's army is stationed near Dingtao. If they don't give it, they won't leave!"

This move is really too ruthless. Geng Ai probably thinks that cutting off his flesh and killing a vicious dog is better than him staying at your doorstep.

Jing Shang traveled east in summer and recruited 20,000 soldiers, plus 60,000 soldiers from Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou counties and states. He originally planned to fight Mount Tai from four directions, first cut off Fan Chong's supply in winter, and then work together to clear the east.

However, Xuzhou Mu was blocked by the two thieves of Haidai Lu's mother and Donghai Lizi. Hailu cooperated and could not help.

The Qingzhou Mu was dividing his troops to deal with Chi Zhaoping, a woman who suddenly revolted in the Yellow River Flood. He wanted to drive her to Hebei. He didn't die. He could only send more than 10,000 people to Jing Shang.

Therefore, the troops that Jing Shang could use for combat, including the direct line and the commander of the Yanzhou Mu, had about 50,000 people and a lunar eclipse of 50,000 stones, which was simply a bottomless pit. Even if Dingtao was rich, it would definitely not be enough to rely on one county alone, so military rations required crowdfunding in dozens of surrounding counties.

Now that the grain collection order has hit Wei County, since the emperor personally sent someone to give it some relief, then if the fifth reunion plays the same "fire dragon burning warehouse" trick as Shang Jianbo, it would be too fake. If Wang Mang angrily removed his post, Wei County had not yet been taken down by then, and his hometown clan was still in Guanzhong, the fifth reunion would have to choose one of the two between resisting the order and rebelling and abandoning Wei.

After looking at it for a long time, the fifth reunion felt that he should stay abreast of food and give it to him! Before the traitor rebelled, he should have the awareness of pretending to be a loyal minister.

However, there is not much food in the county warehouse. It takes a whole year to make a new income. If you eat the food in the Yin Dynasty and the food will cause major problems.

Huang Chang, who returned from Neihuang County, suggested that Wei Chengjun might also have a wave of crowdfunding?

"Cooking grain from the powerful people of Fulian Qianmo?"

But the fifth reunion is not good at showing its true nature at present, and he uses a knife against the powerful. This time, he will likely drive them to the side of the Li family in Wu'an. After the Li Neng brothers were frustrated, they ran back to the three northwest counties, just like separatist, waiting for the fifth reunion to make a mistake.

The people are even more unable to do so. After the frost and kill beans, many people have no clothes or brown clothes, and they don’t even know how to survive this winter. If they collect more rents in a temporary manner, how many people will be forced to death.

Geng Chun, who worked as a Nayanshi for two years, said: "I have a plan to save half of Boyu's grain."

"A coincidence, I have a plan, too."

Wu Lun smiled and said, "Can Wei Cheng save two-thirds of the food!"

...

When the time entered November of the second year of Dihuang, the people urging grain in Jing Shang's army came again.

The general Wang Dang was ordered to urge Wei Chengjun to the food for Jing Shang, and brought a whole thousand soldiers to the Yellow River in a turbulent manner. It seemed that Jing Shang also knew that the royal army was "famous" in the local area and made sufficient preparations. The number of people was so large that the "Huang Ze thief" secretly prepared by the fifth reunion was not convenient for robbing and killing.

I heard that Zhiting County was very harmful. Can this group of people let them enter Wei? Fortunately, the fifth reunion was ready, so I quickly sent Ma Yuan to stop them in Baimajin and let Geng Chun run there.

Ma Yuan commanded 700 Huang Ze soldiers in Baima, while the Wang Shi was in Guandu. He knew that the local area was 2,000 stones and people were asking for food. He didn't know what was going on, and he thought it was the two countries confronting war!

Although the weather was very cold, except for a premature scene this winter, there was no snow left. The river was not frozen yet. As the grain ships sailed to the south bank one by one, after counting, the general found something wrong and stared at Geng Chundao.

"Mr. Geng County, Your Majesty ordered Wei Cheng County to pay 21,000 stones of food, why is it only 8,000 stones now?"

"The county magistrate has reported to His Majesty that this matter has been informed of."

Geng Chun also deals with generals a lot when he was in the court. He is very skilled in this kind of business and explains slowly: "Wei Chengjun has his own difficulties. He just quelled Li Yan's great monster in autumn. In order to cause trouble, Li Ni used no money or grain in the treasury, and was destroyed by the thieves."

"While local thieves are frequent, Huangze thieves dare to attack the county town, and Qinkou robbed a total of 6,000 stones of grain! The Qiu rent is incomplete, and there are only more than 10,000 stones left in the county warehouse."

The general laughed and said, "Since that's the case, can the royal army need to enter the county to assist in the suppression of the thieves?"

The soldiers behind them began to make excuses. They didn't want to fight against the tough bandits of Taishan. They had a good idea to mess with the wealthy counties around them. They only looked at Wei Cheng on the other side of the river and yearned for it. They heard that the little women in Zhao and Wei land could support people...

Geng Chun was solemn: "Wei Cheng is a small enemy, our county can deal with it on its own. We must not drag the royal army back before the war."

As he said that, he wiped his tears: "But in order to raise grain for the king's army, the fifth man was so embarrassed that he only ate one meal a day, just to save some food for the soldiers so that the general could pacify the rebels earlier and return peace in Guandong!"

The general was used to seeing the county officials crying for poverty, and was unmoved, and sneered: "So?"

Geng Chun bowed: "Eight thousand stones are already the limit of Wei Chengjun."

“Bold!”

The general put his hand on the hilt of the sword: "If you don't give enough, you may have violated the edict?"

Seeing that the war was about to be used, Ma Yuan and the militia behind him stood up one after another. After a month of full meal, they could stand firm in the cold wind, but they were still a little cowardly in the face of the royal army.

Geng Chun was not afraid, and said, "Your Majesty's edict only said that Wei Cheng would give General Jing a total of 21,000 stones of grain. Because Wei Cheng could not make up enough for the time being, he had to raise the grain slowly, so he had to installment."

"Installation?"

Geng Chun also learned this word from the fifth reunion and has used it very skillfully: "That's right, the military rations are delivered in three rounds, and they are transported once every two months, and they are 7,000 stones at a time. When summer begins next year, they will definitely be paid!"

The side general had seen countless routines of county officials, but had never seen such a thing, and he didn't react for a while.

Geng Chun came over and said, "The reason why I transported eight thousand is because one thousand of them was used to make the general and the royal army's robes along the way. The Dayin also had fifty pieces of cloth and silk, and played with a cart of ornaments, and gave it to the general."

When he got the benefits, the general's tone suddenly softened. When he went out to fight, wasn't this the one he was photographed? He coughed and said, "According to what Geng County Chief, will Your Majesty agree to this?"

"I have already written a memorial and sent it to Chang'an. The edict will definitely come after the New Year!"

The general could not go back empty-handedly, so he said, "Since that's the case, I will go to General Jing to report to Geng Junzhu. In January, I will still be here to entrust the grain!"

This means, don’t forget to give him another benefit!

Geng Chun bowed to the general, and after returning to Yecheng, he told the fifth reunion that things went well, and then smiled and said, "Boyu is definitely a good word."

"If Jing Shang will collect grain next year, I will let my father learn it too."

But Wu Lun shook his head: "Boshan is observing his military discipline on the white horse. Is this General Jing Shang still next year?"

"It's hard to say." Geng Chun frowned. Wang Shi's military discipline was dispersed. He heard that they had indulged in the stolen counties. The number of people who surrendered to the thieves in the county increased dramatically. But he didn't know how powerful he was in combat. Perhaps what he saw was just a miscellaneous soldier, not an elite force.

The fifth reunion felt that Jing Shang would lose, just play the routine of installment payments, and drag them to the defeat and defeat the generals, and there was no need to pay the remaining food!

I am such a clever little ghost!

The fifth reunification praised Geng Chun again: "The method of using inferiority as good ones in Boshan is also good. The 4,000 stone of Chen Mi mixed with bran, broken straw, and even leaves and dead grass. If you suffer another tide, it will turn into eight thousand stones. What's your ability..."

"It's a pity not to be a grain official!"

"I am a very conscientious grain official." Geng Chun laughed and said, "At least, I didn't mix sand and gravel for Jing Shang, otherwise 3,000 stones of grain would be enough to make up eight thousand."

Yes, the fifth reunion felt distressed when he remembered the food Zhu Tufengyong had eaten at Hongmen. By the way, he remembered that it was Geng Chun who was lucky.

Geng Chun sighed: "I didn't know these tricks in the past, and I learned them from my predecessors when I was a member of the Grand Secretary. Anyway, if you don't mix them, the generals and the lieutenants will also mix them. Good food will be left to a small number of elite soldiers in the direct line. I have seen General Dou Rong, the wave of water, and Bo Yu's family."

"In Boyu's army, I heard that any grain official dared to do this, but he would be beheaded."

That's right, this is because the direct line of the fifth family is not limited to more than a hundred private soldiers.

"Zhu Tufeng bravely, prisoners, militiamen."

Wu Lun said secretly: "Any poor people who gather under Wuziban and want to change their lifestyle will be my direct line!"

...

In late November, after sending out the evil dog who was begging for food at the door, he went to Wancheng to eliminate the scholars' disciples for him under the order of the fifth reunion and came back. Of course, the real thing was the fifth blessing. He went to Nanyang with the fifth reunion and was forced to learn the dialect, which was more familiar.

After taking over Yecheng, the fifth reunion had already passed the timely help. Now a few acquaintances in Nanyang came to invest, which was also icing on the cake. In addition, the mountains and rivers were blocked, and people were in love with their families and were unwilling to travel far, so the fifth reunion did not expect much.

But the result was still unexpected!

First of all, Cen Peng, a Jiyang native who is good at using troops. Last time, he gained the honor of the fifth reunion and was promoted to the county magistrate. He was 600 stones. It was difficult for the fifth reunion to give a higher position.

Therefore, the letter sent by the Fifth Reun did not directly expel it, but just joked with Cen Peng: Nanyang is approaching Green Forest, and it is not peaceful. Can you change the place and come to Hebei to be the county magistrate?

If you explore Cen Peng’s mouth, you might have a chance.

But Difive Fu happily told Difive Lun that Cen Peng was no longer the county magistrate and had been intercepted long ago!

Who, who did it!

"It's Yan Boshi, who is respected by the sect leader as his teacher!"

Cao Yiyan said, "Donald Yan received the emperor's edict and became the general of Nayan. He recruited troops in Yuzhou. He rushed to the front team and established the shogunate in Wancheng to coordinate the fight against the green forest. He needed talents. He heard that Cen Peng had escorted the county lord Ping'an, and was very praised, so he sent someone to recruit him."

"After Cen Peng arrived at the shogunate, he had a great chat with Duke Yan, and was dismissed as the guardian of General Nayan, with a rank of 800 stones."

The fifth time, the mute suddenly felt a hard time eating Coptis chinensis. Okay, Cen Peng had no hope at all. What about Ren Guang from Wancheng? Ren Guang was just a village man in the past, so there was still more hope.

"Ren Guang was also enlisted by Duke Yan! Now he has become the shogunate lord, so we are one step too late."

Good guy, he was in the front team with a serious relationship and was short of officials at hand. He asked people who had visited the fifth reunion? He had dealt with others. Even Li Zhi, the younger brother of Li Tong, a great hero in Wancheng, was included in the shogunate as an official.

Yan You caught a sheep and pulled it away! It would be too much if you don’t talk about martial ethics!

The fifth reunion can only secretly hate: "Yan Boshi, I believe that I am aware of your teacher, and I bully me too much!"

Fortunately, Ren Guang was still moral. Although Yan You personally went to the door to recruit him before the fifth reunion was eliminated, he expressed his understanding of a fellow villager who was extremely talented, and happened to be in Hebei. He was willing to recommend it to the fifth reunion, hoping to make up for their regret of being wronged.

After calming down a little, Wu Lun asked Di Fifth Fu and the disciple Gonggong Cao: "Who did Ren Guang recommend?"

"Wanren, whose name is Wu Han, and whose courtesy name is Ziyan."

The fifth blessing retelled: "Ren Guang said that Wu Han had been the pavilion chief under his command, and he was also a local hero and a strange man. He had the talent of a general. His guests broke the law and went to Hebei without knowing where to end."

What are you going to recommend for the unknown end? This means that you have to send someone to find Hebei? Isn’t this looking for a needle in a haystack?

Wu Lun felt disappointed, let’s talk about this.

"By the way, where is Liu Jiao? He wouldn't have been denied by Yan Youzheng?"
To be continued...