The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 102
In the magistrate's office of Yanchang County.

The county magistrate Zhang Douliang held a banquet and invited the gentry and powerful landlords in the city to discuss matters here. The servants came and went, bringing delicious food and wine to the table.

There were already a lot of meat dishes and broth on the table, exuding an alluring aroma.

This is not the first time they have discussed matters. Yanchuan County was captured a few days ago. In Yanchang County, Zhang Douliang did not need to take the initiative to invite big businessmen to come to their door. They are not stupid. Those refugee mobs have already captured Yanchuan. , that is the city next to them, less than 150 miles away from here.

Maybe the next target of those rioters is here.

Those who don’t want to die must come and ask the county magistrate what his plans are.

“This time I’m inviting you all to come, it’s still about those chaotic things.”

Zhang Douliang looked at these powerful squires in front of him.

"County Magistrate Zhang, didn't we discuss it a few days ago to recruit brave men from the countryside? If we have money, we will provide money, if we have grain, we will provide food, and if we have people, we will provide people. What else can we do?"

The speaker was named Wang Chuangui. After the last meeting, he paid out 500 taels of silver, a thousand catties of grain, and twenty people.

"Yes, didn't we discuss it last time? We have already contributed some, and these people should be enough."

The people around him immediately echoed that in those days they came to the county magistrate to discuss matters, just to survive. After they paid out the money, they already felt that it was enough. The manpower was enough to guard the county. If they were asked to provide more, they should Feeling distressed.

"Just yesterday, Yichuan County was attacked by thousands of rioters. Although the rioters were driven back, Yichuan is still in danger. The rioters were unwilling to retreat and surrounded Yichuan County."

After saying this, the landowners suddenly started whispering among themselves.

"Yichuan, has another county been attacked?"

"Yichuan is not far away. Thousands of rioters are guarding the city. I don't know how many of the big families in the city are out."

"But what does this have to do with us coming here to discuss matters? Could it be that the thousands of people who gathered together are not enough?"

Seeing these big business owners talking about each other, Zhang Douliang also had a headache. If it were anyone else, he would have scolded them directly. They are a group of short-sighted iron roosters who only feel smarter when they are making money and feel that their lives are threatened.

Now I'm confused again.

"Everyone, listen to me first."

The landowners fell silent and looked at the county magistrate Zhang Douliang.

"Do you know who captured Yanchuan County?"

"Isn't he that Kitchen King?"

"Yeah, you actually call yourself the Stove King, ho ho," the oldest Li Zemin smiled ho ho. He actually dared to name someone after the name of a god in the sky. He simply didn't want to live a long life, and he wasn't afraid that he couldn't control it and would kill his life. Death.

"There are actually rumors in the city that the Kitchen King has the power to reach heaven."

"Hahaha, Brother Li, if the Kitchen King is really capable, why do you and I need to sit here and discuss it? Haven't we been wiped out by him a long time ago with a wave of his hand? He will go directly to hell. What are we discussing?"

Wang Chuangui laughed and said something that made everyone laugh. The phrase 'with a wave of hands' was the most popular phrase among the people in the city.

What? With the Kitchen King waving his hand, food was everywhere. '

'With the Kitchen King's wave of his hand, countless magical weapons and armors appeared. '

It's ridiculous, a bunch of stupid people.

"Everyone, regardless of whether the Kitchen King's story is true or false, it is true that the Kitchen King has thousands of elite soldiers."

Zhang Douliang was helpless, was he talking about the miraculous things spread by the Stove King? He was talking about the thousands of soldiers.

"Outside Yichuan County, there are thousands of people in chaos, all of them are rabble-rousers. Even so, they are still close to taking Yichuan. However, the Kitchen King of the neighboring county has thousands of elite soldiers."

"You also know the way the Kitchen King behaves. He kills big households, divides grain, and divides fields."

After Zhang Douliang finished speaking, he paused for a few moments and allowed these iron roosters to imagine for themselves, and then they would know the pros and cons.

As expected, after he finished speaking, the expressions of the landlords and squires changed. They naturally knew about the Kitchen King dividing the land and killing the landlords. Wang Chuangui had even had dinner with the Gao family landlord.

If the Kitchen King takes over Yanchang County, it will be difficult for them. Their family property will probably be plundered, and they will not be able to save their heads.

"I will give you another 500 taels of silver, ten people, and twenty dan of food."

Wang Chuangui made a decision. Zhang Douliang's words made him fearful and worried. He suddenly felt that the current power in the city was simply insufficient and might not be able to save their lives.

"Everyone, you also know what these rural warriors have been recruited from."

Wang Chuangui looked at these landlords and gentry and said meaningfully.

Hearing this, many squires understood that what they take from the people should be used for the people. A lot of their money, land and food are taken from the people. If they use it for the people now, they will take it back later. .

Why do you have to struggle here? This is a matter of your own wealth and life. If you are pressing the ropes now, if Yanchang County is really captured, it will be a mistake that will lead to eternal hatred and become a guard for Jinshan. Silver Mountain dead idiot.

Zhang Douliang felt an unreasonable chill in his heart when he looked at these landlords and gentry. These landlords were bad to the core, and he was forced by the environment. When he took office, he was also a good official who wanted to serve the people wholeheartedly, but now he is also good. An official is a good official compared with others. The people's wealth and support he collects are not as good as those of other county magistrates, so why can't he be considered a good official?

"What Brother Wang said is true. In this case, if I leave the field, if there are two people in a household who resist on the city wall, I will give them one acre of field!" Liu Liang said with a generous look on his face, waving his hand.

The other big households looked at this scene and cursed the old fox in their hearts. Why didn't they think of this? This is the fastest way to take something from the people and use it for the people!
There is no land to cultivate at the moment, and those villagers who have taken the land cannot grow food, and cannot solve their urgent needs, so they will still ask the landlords to exchange the land for food.

"I will provide two thousand catties of grain."

Li Zemin said slowly that if those village warriors had food, the fields would not return to Liu Liangliang's hands in a short period of time, and he would have the opportunity to operate and take the fields that Liu Liangliang gave away into the hands of his Li family.

"Another older fox."

The other landowners who reacted suddenly thought to themselves.

Zhang Douliang looked at these people. When it comes to property matters, these people are as shrewd as Zhuge Liang, and they have already begun to plot against each other.

"I will give you two thousand grains and ten men."

"I also provide old grain, fifteen dan, and five people."

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Zhang Douliang breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how these people calculated, as long as his ultimate goal was achieved, with the money, he could prepare more kerosene, rolling logs, etc., and recruit more people.

At present, there are already piles of rolling logs and bricks on the city wall, as well as barrels of oil and sewage. The same is true under the city wall. These are all to deal with possible siege situations in the future.

Zhang Douliang feels that these reserves are enough. At present, Yanchang County is probably different from Yan'an Fucheng only in terms of soldiers and equipment. It is estimated that Fucheng does not have such preparations at the moment.

"Thank you all, I hope that the Holy One can send troops to exterminate these rebels as soon as possible and give us an extension of peace and tranquility."

Zhang Douliang picked up the wine glass and held it in both hands, as did the other landlords.

"Yes, let's give us a peaceful extension earlier. These days are too noisy. You know, I usually eat fish three times a day. Now the meat doesn't taste good anymore, and the fish doesn't taste good either. If not, just eat it." Drinks, can’t even eat food.”

Wang Chuangui said with emotion.

Others agreed, saying that the troubles in Yanchuan County made it difficult for them to eat or sleep well.

"shoot!"

Following Liu Zhenhua's order, twenty crossbowmen fired arrows in unison.

Zheng.

Arrows shot out.

Some of the arrows stuck into the scarecrow stuck a hundred and twenty paces away, and some fell into the empty space.

The hit rate is pretty good, about [-]%.

This is in the context of one morning's training. If we practice for more days, this hit rate will be improved.

This distance test is already considered harsh. When the time comes to attack the city, the distance will be even closer, probably only fifty steps.

But just to be on the safe side, there’s nothing wrong with training a hundred steps away.

These 20 people were all selected from Mo Dao. Their arm strength was not to mention, and they could shoot two arrows in 30 seconds.

Don't feel short of it, this is already one of the best.

Take a look at the steps of archery. Hold the bow in front of you, kick your feet, open your arms, put the bowstring in the firing position, take the arrow from behind, put it on the string, aim, and fire.

Without his amazing arm strength, he would not be able to shoot two arrows in 30 seconds.

"Wait until the number of bows exceeds fifty, then attack the city."

One divine arm bow has [-] reputations, ten have [-] reputations, and there are still thirty vacancies. The attack on Yanchuan is already three days away.

At that time, more than 50 people attacked together, which was quite a momentum. The people on the city wall were not elite soldiers, but ordinary people recruited temporarily. If they shot a few groups, the people on the city wall would probably be in chaos.

Of course, the killing move is not these arrows. Arrows kill people and lower the opponent's psychological defense. What Liu Zhenhua has to do next is the final winner.

If it fails, you can only attack by force. If it succeeds, you will win the extension without spending a single soldier.

"We are all ordinary people. Do we deserve to work for the landlords?"

Liu Zhenhua murmured, a group of common people who are probably still hungry are paying for their lives for those landlords and officials. They are all pitiful people.

He shook his head, looked at the soldiers who were still training in front of him, and then walked to the edge of the city wall, where a craftsman was mixing cement.

They were very curious about this thing and thought it was something for building the mansions of gods. They got started quickly. After all, in ancient times there were craftsmen who made cement paste.

Now it is easy to apply cement on the city walls. The cement on some city walls has dried. From a distance, it looks like a black-gray shell, which is full of oppression.

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