East Factory Governor

Chapter 616 Confrontation
An hour later, Qin Shuhuai's army arrived in Zunhua.

Yuan Chonghuan took a group of confidants and a thousand personal guards, and went three miles out of the city to meet Qin Shuhuai in person.After entering the city, the soldiers in the city lined up on both sides of the road, from the gate of the city to the gate of the governor's yamen in Zunhua.

After entering the city, the people in Zunhua City ran out one after another and stood on both sides of the road to see the legendary Lord Qin's demeanor.Speaking of which, Qin Shuhuai not only saved the [-] troops in Zunhua City, but also saved [-] to [-] people in the city.Just before that, many poor people in the city had starved to death. If he didn't come again, the tragedy of changing children to eat would probably happen again.

"Master Hou is mighty! Master Hou is mighty!"

"Congratulations to the Marquis! Congratulations to the Marquis!"

Cheers of joy erupted one after another.

After Qin Shuhuai entered the governor's office, the army's supply team also arrived.

On the wheelbarrow and the carriage, there are sacks piled up one after the other, each sack is bulging, and some white and yellow ones protrude from the gaps in the sacks, which look like grain!
And such a convoy can't see the side at a glance, and it's lined up for a mile or two!
The hungry yellow-faced and emaciated soldiers, and the dizzy city residents who were also hungry, did not move their eyes away after seeing the food. They all stared straight at each of them, their eyes a little scary.

The coalition forces brought a lot of food this time.

One is because when they set off, they knew that Zunhua was under siege and there was bound to be a shortage of food in the city, so Qin Shuhuai asked Qiu Dali to take out all the grain in the Jianghe gang's stockpile, which was a total of [-] shi. Anyway, the Jianghe gang With the Grand Canal, it is very simple to buy food.In addition, Chongzhen was also embarrassed that he would not take away anything. After all, Qin Shuhuai was going to rescue the imperial army, so he gritted his teeth and collected [-] shi of grain for him.

The icing on the cake is that Qin Shuhuai also captured Qian'an and Yongping when he came. The defenders of these two cities were specially "requisitioned" for Huang Taiji, so they also stored a lot of food in Qian'an and Yongping. Food that was too late to be shipped out.

The defenders of Qian'an were wiped out by Qin Shuhuai outside the city, so about [-] shi of grain were seized.Although Yongping's defenders set fire to food before they were about to be annihilated, only one third of them were burned in too short a time, and the rest were all brought in by Qin Shuhuai.

Aside from what the army consumed on the road, the food transported to Zunhua was at least 17 to [-] shi. According to the standard of one catty per person per day, it could feed at least [-] soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city for two months.

The people in the city seemed to be drawn by some kind of magic power, and they followed the baggage train one after another.

The luggage team stopped at a square half a mile away from the gate of the yamen.

Then some of them were directly pulled into the grain depot next to the yamen, which was for the army in the city, while the other part was left in the square to be distributed to the people in the city on the spot.

At this time, the square was already overcrowded. Hungry people surrounded the place, and they pushed each other chaotically. Shouting, crying, and shouting were all over the place. Some people with poor physical strength could hardly even stand still. It's not that the brigade of coalition soldiers surrounded the grain trucks to maintain order, and there must be a stampede.

Lai San'er jumped onto a grain cart and shouted loudly, "Stand up for me, don't squeeze! If you squeeze out another person's life, you know? The servants are optimistic, whoever squeezes will catch his mother!"

With such a roar, the crowd finally gradually quieted down.

Lai San'er said again, "Listen well, all those who want food will line up for me. After a while, someone from the yamen will bring the register. After getting the food, no one will have to put their fingerprints on their names, you know?"

At this time, a skinny old man asked, "This official, is this grain borrowed or bought? Can we pay it back after the autumn harvest?"

Lai San'er smiled at the old man, "You old man is really interesting, you are going to starve to death, why don't you pay him back? If you want to pay it back, you won't eat it?" After a pause, he said again, "Okay Lah, no need to pay it back! Our Lord Marquis said that according to the population of each family, it will be distributed uniformly, and you will not have to pay a single penny!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone rejoiced.

At this time, people from the government came with the roster of people.

Lai San'er said again, "Listen, each family will get ten catties of rations for one person, and six catties for non-ding women and children. There is white flour and rice, and one catty of white flour is worth two catties. How do you divide it? Don’t pick, it’s up to us to decide, in short, it won’t short you half! Remember to get your fingerprints after receiving it, don’t play tricks, and be open-minded!”

No one expected to get so much at one time!According to this method of receiving, wouldn't a family of six with three dings be able to receive nearly fifty catties of grain?It can be eaten for at least ten days!
But I heard Lai San'er say again, "Our Marquis also said, take care of everyone's grain for a month and a half until the autumn harvest! It doesn't matter whether you are poor or rich, as long as you are a citizen of our Daming, everyone has a share! The imperial court guards the border, and the imperial court will never forget you!"

According to the rules, there was no famine in Zunhua City, but the people in the besieged city could not buy food. Now that the siege is over, the government can only control everyone's food for a few days at most, and everyone should do what they want.

The crowd suddenly boiled, and many people burst into tears with joy.This policy does not have that much impact on the wealthy families, but it is a life-saving policy for those who have spent all their property in order to raise food and sell iron during the siege.

Food distribution was in full swing outside, and in the Zunhua governor's yamen, all the generals were also gathered together, enjoying themselves happily.

As the lord of the city, Yuan Chonghuan naturally wanted to thank Qin Shuhuai for coming.Qin Shuhuai couldn't understand some of the crepe's words, but he knew they must be good words, and it was comfortable to listen to.

After the guest and the host exchanged pleasantries, they entered the main topic, which was how to recover Santunying and the surrounding areas.

Yuan Chonghuan's confidence was greatly increased at this time. He believed that a part of the army should be sent to Qian'an and Yongping to garrison first, so as to cut off the eastward march of the Tartars and trap them near Santunying.

Qin Shuhuai thinks it makes sense.At this time, Huang Taiji definitely did not dare to divide his troops to garrison Qian'an and Yongping, because he was afraid that the Ming army from Zunhua would kill him and fight him decisively.

But he doesn't want to bring the army back to Qian'an anymore, is it tiring to go back and forth like this?

Yuan Chonghuan was also very savvy, and offered to ask Zhao from Jizhou to lead the teaching to take [-] Xuanfu troops and [-] guards to Qian'an, and then he would send [-] Guanning troops and [-] guards to Yongping.

Qin Shuhuai thought about it, and felt that it was unreliable to divide the troops.He doubted the combat effectiveness of the guards. If the troops were stationed separately, it was very likely that the guards would surrender after the Xuanfu army or the Guanning army finished fighting.

So it was proposed that all the [-] troops should be stationed in Qian'an, and only one city in Qian'an should be guarded.In this case, there are at least [-] elites in Qian'an City. If there are these elites, the guards can still fight a dozen.

(End of this chapter)