nanming man

Chapter 126 Sharing Food
The squires from all the counties saw Brother Gao's serious face, and Mr. Lu's also had a serious face, and immediately panicked, thinking that Li Zicheng was coming.

Millions of bandits poured into the land of a government, the number was almost close to the original population of Runing, so many bandits came to eat and drink, who can afford it?Besides, they don't just eat and drink. They eat and drink well, but they also take money and rob women. The squires can't bear it.

Second Brother Gao saw that everyone in the hall was panicked, and the country gentry were a little restless and anxious, so he waved his hand and said to everyone in a deep voice: "You also know that the general didn't want King Chuang's army to enter Runing, I wanted to protect the peace of the people in Runing. For this reason, I moved all the treasury of the Chongwang Mansion clean, and gave it all to King Chuang, in order to buy everyone peace."

"In order to protect everyone, I turned over all the money and food from the treasury, and transported a hundred carts away." Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan looked at Chen Yexiong, a squire in Fucheng, "Mr. Chen should know this because he is in the city. Yes, you can ask him if Gao has lied!"

"General Gao Renyi, it is true that the money and food from the treasury were transported to Nanyang. I was in the city at the time and saw more than 100 carts leave the city with my own eyes." Chen Yexiong said hurriedly, and then asked anxiously: "General Gao , is it difficult for Chuang Wang to collect the money and food from Chong Wang's treasury, and he is not satisfied, so he still wants to come to Nanyang to collect food?"

Many squires looked nervous, this Li Zicheng was too greedy, couldn't Chongfan's accumulation of hundreds of years buy him a way to survive?
Second Brother Gao glanced at everyone in the hall and felt that the foreplay was in place, so he straightened his body and continued, "Although I transported the money in Chongwang's treasury this time, Chuangwang's hundreds of thousands of troops are nesting in the palace. There is not enough food in Nanyang. King Chuang originally insisted on leading an army to collect food in Runing, but in order to protect everyone from military disasters, Gao stood up and told King Chuang to let the army rest in Nanyang Now, I will collect grain for him and deliver it there.”

"In this way, King Chuang's army was prevented from marching into Runing, but King Chuang asked me to collect [-] shi for food!" Second Brother Gao looked distressed, took another look at the crowd, and sighed: "This time, although I have seized a lot , but I also said it just now. These seizures have already been sent to Nanyang. Now the general has very little food, not even enough for the army, and there is no way to gather [-] shi, so I called everyone here."

When the squire heard that Li Zicheng would not come to Runing, he felt relieved, but after hearing what happened next, his heart tightened up again.When General Gao said this, it was obvious that he wanted everyone to share the [-] shi of grain.

The faces of many squires suddenly became bitter. The three salaries of the court and the continuous war, the landlords and squires did not have much food left.Some time ago when Ding Qirui went to Zhuxian Town to suppress thieves, they had already sponsored a batch of food, and now they had to share another [-] shi, so the gentry immediately fell silent.

Seeing this, Second Brother Gao spread his hands and stood up, "It seems that the task that King Chuang entrusted to this general will not be able to be completed. This general can only plead guilty like King Chuang, and let King Chuang send someone to conscript him."

"General Gao can't do it!" Chen Yexiong hurriedly shouted, and many squires were almost forced to cry.Let Li Zicheng come over, even if he wants not only food, but also money, plus death.

At this time, Lu Yifang gave Gao Yihuan a white look. Li Zicheng clearly said that he wanted [-] shi, but this guy turned into [-] shi. His heart was really dark.

After Second Brother Gao finished speaking, he gave Lu Yifang a wink. Mr. Lu Fu was very tolerant of Second Brother Gao's cheating and abduction. Second Brother Gao winked for a while, before Lu Yi just coughed and stood up to salute, "General, There are many battles in Henan and natural disasters again and again, and it is not easy for the gentry in the counties. Everyone has difficulties, and the general must be considerate of the strength of the people."

"What the Fujun said is true!" The squires below said one after another, "General, in recent years, Ru Ning has fought with soldiers every year. Whenever there are soldiers, we have to reward the army with something, especially those who Zuo Liangyu, if you don’t have enough money, you’ll go all out to rob. It’s worse than bandits. Our family’s wealth has already been wiped out. In addition, the current situation is not good, and there is no harvest in the field. For us, [-] shi is really worth it. Too much."

The situation in Henan is indeed not very good. Natural disasters and wars make it impossible for the landlord's family to be full of money and food.These gentry elder brothers will still rely on them in the future, and they cannot be made too miserable. The food allocated must be within the range they can bear.

"It's not that I don't understand everyone's difficulties. People who know me know that Gao is the most benevolent, and his nickname is Baoyi. This time, in order to protect Runing, Gao also used up all his money." Second brother Gao pretended to be embarrassing , sighed: "But since Mr. Lu said it, then Gao is making some sacrifices, squeeze out five thousand shi from the army rations, and share [-] shi with everyone. We are all in the same boat. Gather them together and send them to King Chuang, lest King Chuang lose his patience and send troops to fetch them. What do you think?"

Fifteen thousand shi is not a small amount. Runing has many mountains and forests, and has repeatedly fought and suppressed bandits. No matter how hard it is, even if we tighten our belts, we have to gather food.

It's just that everyone was a little worried. Li Zicheng was stationed in Nanyang, and nearly one million people didn't farm the land. Twenty thousand shi of grain was a drop in the bucket, and they would have to eat it in a short time.
Chen Yexiong discussed with a few gentry, and cupped his hands with a melancholy look on his face: "General Gao is benevolent, we all know it. It's just that everyone has collected [-] shi of grain this time, and the grain depots of each family will be empty. If After King Chuang finished eating, he continued to ask us for food, so we had to hang ourselves together. We all trust General Gao, can General Gao give us an accurate word, will King Chuang still want it?"

Hearing the words, the second brother Gao quickly assured: "You can rest assured that after we hand in this batch of grain, King Chuang will have to go west to eat in Guanzhong, so after this batch of grain is handed over, King Chuang will not look for it again. We need food. However, although this kind of temporary forced requisition is gone, starting next year, the fields will have to be liquidated again, and normal land taxes will be levied to provide a stable income of money and food for the army."

Everyone heard that Li Zicheng was going to go west of the camp to eat in Guanzhong. Although it was hard for the people in Guanzhong, everyone was relieved.As for clearing up the fields and levying normal taxes, those are all acceptable things.

"If that's the case, then we can rest assured." Chen Yexiong and several gentry couldn't help but feel joyful on their faces. As long as they can get rid of Li Zicheng, the God of Plague, they will have to sell everything and get food together.It was only when they smiled for a while that they felt that it was not good to gloat over others' misfortune. It seemed that everyone had moral problems. The people in Guanzhong have suffered~"

Even though the squires said so, in order to send Li Zicheng away as soon as possible, they were very active one by one. After a while, the squires from several counties discussed and shared the share, and then rushed back to the county seat to call the county town The old man collected food, and tried to deliver the food to Li Zicheng before the new year, so that the Chuang army could move out of the camp as soon as possible, so that everyone can have a safe and stable year.

As soon as the many gentry left, only Gao Yihuan and Lu Yifang were left in the hall.

Lu Yifang watched many squires come out of the lobby and stood behind Gao Yihuan. He looked down on Gao Yihuan's behavior of taking advantage, so he said: "General, it only costs [-] shi to break into the king, but the general asked them to make up [-] stones." Qianshi, the general did not produce a grain of food, but instead earned five thousand shi. Although the general has gained some benefits by doing this, the general must use Runing as his foundation, and he still wants to win the hearts of the gentry and the people. If the gentry finds out, they will hate it you."

"Hate me? How could it be!" Gao Yi smiled happily, his face was red, his heart was not beating, and he said shamelessly, "Did Mr. Lu not hear Mr. Chen praise me for my benevolence?"

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