Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 136 Alliance

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Thank you uncle for me, and said that I will accept their love, but now the situation in Xiping County has been settled, since the girls of the Fan family are not used to living in Wubao, don't force them to stay, I will meet next time when I come back. Take her away."

   Evergreen should go down.

   Zhao Hanzhang asked: "No one in the clan bullies the little girl, right?"

  Changqing immediately said: "The Fan family is a loyal and righteous person, and it is too late for the favor of the family, how can they bully?"

   Zhao Hanzhang was relieved, and when he returned to the old house, he asked his servants to pack up some gifts to send to Fan Ying.

Although the Fan family is not a native of Xiping County, the county magistrate Fan has been a magistrate in Xiping County for several years. This time, in order to defend the city, only one person in the family died. Whether she wanted it or not, Fan Ying was related to Xiping County. stable.

  Although Zhao Hanzhang is not afraid of the trouble caused by differences, who would go out of his way to find trouble if he could save trouble?

   Zhao Hanzhang unconsciously clicked on the table with his finger. After thinking about everything and confirming that there were no mistakes or omissions, he went to rest. The next day, he returned to Cai full of energy.

   She marched all the way to Shangcai County.

   County magistrate Chai thought that today was still a hopeless day, but she was caught off guard by killing him. He was surprised and delighted, and immediately took Chang Ning out to welcome him.

  Chai County magistrate was relieved to see the person she brought back, "Sanniang, you are finally back."

   Zhao Hanzhang slammed, "Hanzhang is fortunate not to be humiliated."

  Chai County magistrate quickly raised his hand to help her, invited her to sit, and asked, "Quickly tell me how the battle is going, how is the situation in Xiping County?"

  Although he has received a lot of news during this time, he still wants to hear from the Lord.

   Zhao Hanzhang described it to him again, and then talked about the casualties of the people she took away this time.

   is a real casualty, so she can't return the full staff to the Chai county magistrate.

   The county magistrate of Chai had anticipated it for a long time. In fact, after hearing about the situation in Xiping, he felt that Zhao Hanzhang was not bad if he could return half of the people. He didn't expect that the casualties were not very heavy, and he was already very satisfied.

   Zhao Hanzhang casually mentioned the pension for the fallen soldiers, and the Chai County magistrate responded casually, "The county government will be responsible."

   Zhao Hanzhang was satisfied, and only then did he mention his family.

  Chai County magistrate immediately said that she could take people away at any time.

  Chai County magistrate wanted to get up to see the guests, "Sanniang must have missed her family when she returned triumphantly, so I won't stop you from reuniting, so I'll have someone lead you to see Mrs. Erlang and Mrs. Erlang?"

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "No hurry, no hurry, although the threat from Xiping has been lifted, but I don't know what happened to Yangyang?"

   Judging from the news Zhao got, there is still a fight in Yangyang, and the situation is still very bad.

  Chai County magistrate sighed, "The Xiongnu army has not retreated yet, and the situation is not very good."

   "Are there any reinforcements yet?"

   "An army has come down from Yingchuan, but..."

   Zhao Hanzhang: "Just what?"

   "Oh, it's just that they don't have any food and grass, so they need Yang Yang to be responsible. I was just about to tell Sanniang that the prefect ordered the counties to raise food and grass, and each tier will add 20% of the autumn tax. Sanniang, look at your manor..."

Zhao Hanzhang: "...Xianjun, you know, this time I took my troops to Pingxiping, and the food and grass were all produced by myself. There is a lot of food and grass for these thousands of people for ten days, and there is nothing left in the summer harvest. The autumn harvest... well, let's not mention it."

   County magistrate Chai looked at her silently.

After a long while, Zhao Hanzhang asked, "How many soldiers and horses did Yingchuan come to aid?"

   "I heard that there are 3,000 people, all of them are very hungry. If there is no food and grass, how can they work for Yangyang?"

   Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the people in the hall.

   Qiu Wu very cleverly led the people back down, but Chang Ning didn't move.

   Zhao Hanzhang didn't mind either. He approached the magistrate of Chai and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the governor has iron ore in his hands, only three thousand soldiers and horses. He can't afford it?"

  Chai County magistrate couldn't help but complain to her, "However, it's the private property of the prefect, I can't wait for my subordinates to mention it."

   If it was before, the magistrate of Chai County would never have said these words to Zhao Hanzhang, because she was his big taxpayer, and he questioned the justice of paying taxes with the big taxpayer. How hard did he think?

   But now Zhao Hanzhang is the actual person in power in Xiping County. Obviously, Xiping County also has to pay taxes. In this way, the two of them are also brothers and sisters. Zhao Hanzhang does not have the name of the county magistrate, but has the responsibility of the county magistrate.

  Chai County magistrate sighed, "Although we Shangcai escaped the war, the summer tax is quite heavy. If the autumn tax is added, I am afraid that more people will flee."

   On why the well-planted land was abandoned in the second year?

   Naturally, the farmers left the fields and ran away because they couldn’t pay the taxes.

   These abandoned lands will be automatically reclaimed by the county government after a certain number of years, or disappear unknowingly.

   "If you have to collect the autumn tax, you will have to wait until after the autumn harvest. It will be winter at that time," Zhao Hanzhang thought thoughtfully, "Can the Huns be able to besiege the city? The predicament will be solved by then, or..."

  Chai County magistrate whispered: "Broken the city?"

   It will be unlucky for Shang Cai.

  Chai County magistrate was tangled, "Then should I send the autumn tax in advance?"

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at him, what to send, she still wanted to take him and not pay, so she said: "You can't quench your thirst from afar, and it takes time to collect taxes. If the county magistrate knows the people around the governor, it's better to take a side view. , the most urgent task is to defeat the enemy, it is better to take some money from the governor's mansion and drive away the Xiongnu together with the soldiers and horses of Yingchuan."

  Chai County magistrate was pondering, unable to make up his mind for a while.

   Zhao Hanzhang didn't force him either. Anyway, there was still some time before the tax payment. Seeing that it was getting late, she got up and said goodbye.

   When she walked out of the gate of the county government office, it was almost dark, and when she got to the other courtyard, only a dim light was left, and she could barely see the faces of people.

  Wang was guarding the gate of the other courtyard early, and when he saw Zhao Hanzhang riding over, tears were already coming out, and he ran over with his skirt on.

   Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly jumped off the horse and caught the person, "Auntie."

  Wang touched Zhao Hanzhang once, then touched the bandages wrapped around her palm and wrist, "Is this an injury?"

   "No," Zhao Hanzhang denied: "It's convenient to hold the sword, so that it won't sharpen my hands. Auntie, do you think I'm jumping around like I'm injured?"

Only then did the Wang family laugh, but tears were still flowing, "You don't know how scared I am, there have been rumors in the city these few days, they all said that Xiping County was overrun, the rebel army slaughtered the city, and many people died. Even Zhao's Dock Castle..."

   "No, no, these are all rumors. I didn't say it when I left. Don't listen to the news from outside, you just need to listen to Mr. Ji."

   "But the Zhao family has sent fire seeds out, how dangerous is it to send them out?" Wang family was worried and touched her again, "Are you really not injured?"

   "No, I swear."

How could Mrs. Wang make her swear, so she took her home and said, "Come in, Mr. Ji and Erlang are waiting for you to eat. We have been waiting since we knew you were back in the evening, and it was getting dark for you. just came back……"

   (end of this chapter)