Chapter 191: Food Route

Everyone in the court and the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty thought that Sanyang County was a piece of fat meat, and they all wanted to get in here. They had to use all their connections to be placed in Sanyang County as officials.

Those newly placed officials spent a lot of money to use connections to get in, and now that they are in office, they are thinking of ways to get back their money with interest.

As soon as they took office, they couldn't wait to continue to implement the previous methods, asking the tenants for food and money.

As a senior farmer, Er Gouzi instinctively loves the crops in his field from the depths of his blood.

He would feel distressed for a long time if he accidentally stepped on a seedling in the field, so how could he tolerate those officials destroying his crops.

He organized more than a dozen teams to patrol everywhere, specifically keeping an eye on these placed officials, and chopping them off as soon as they reached out.

He collected all the evidence and submitted it to the court. Even if some people wanted to stop him, he would bring out the Great Zhou Law and the righteousness was overwhelming, so he could only pinch his nose and accept it on the surface.

In two years, six county magistrates, eight county lieutenants, and two captains have been executed according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty...

As for the position of county lieutenant, almost one person is killed.

There has been no suitable person, so Huang Laocai, a country bumpkin with no culture, no strength, and no fame, has to temporarily take over the position of county lieutenant.

Under Er Gouzi's severe suppression, those county magistrates and other officials finally behaved.

Those officials found that not only did they not get to eat the people's fat and blood in Sanyang County, but they were also watched every day, just like a little wife, and they would be beheaded if they were not careful.

But they had reasons and evidence, and all were handled according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

These days, the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty are just a decoration. Who really takes the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty seriously? Even the Holy Emperor Longxing almost forgot about it.

But this set of laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty was formulated by the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Holy Emperor Taizu. At least on the surface, everyone must abide by it.

Everyone comes out to make money. No one likes to do a job that doesn't make money but also costs their head.

So these officials stayed in the yamen every day doing nothing, not making money, not doing anything, just muddling through their days, hoping to be transferred as soon as possible and go to other places to make money.

Gradually, except for a few people who continued to covet Er Gouzi's position as the county governor, no one wanted to come to Sanyang County to suffer.

Er Gouzi saw that his officials were all of such character, so he could only think of ways to train his own people.

While the court was placing officials in Sanyang County, the civil and military examinations here were also resumed.

This year, Er Gouzi harvested more than a dozen Juren in the military examination of Sanyang County.

Under his auspices, the examinations in Sanyang County were not allowed to be ranked in advance. He was now eager for talents, not those messy relationships.

Therefore, those who could pass the examinations were the best in all aspects.

However, although these people passed the examinations, if they wanted to officially serve in Sanyang County, they still had to report to the court and get approval.

Previously, he appointed Huang Laocai as the temporary county magistrate, who was not a formal official and was not recognized by the court.

Now that Huang Mancang has passed the military examination, Er Gouzi can only recommend Huang Mancang to be the county magistrate.

It took a lot of effort, and in the end, it was the help of King Qi that got him a position as the county magistrate.

After Huang Mancang became the county magistrate, he was sent by Er Gouzi to the foot of Shekou Mountain to train troops, and all the affairs that the county magistrate should do were thrown to Huang Laocai.

After these years of training, Huang Laocai has become more experienced in handling things.

Er Gouzi threw most of the affairs of the county to him, and he still focused on cultivation.

After several years of cultivation, the batch of Xuanyuan grass he got before had been refined into pills and eaten.

After eating hundreds of Xuanyuan pills, plus the assistance of various spiritual objects such as Linggu, his cultivation has made great progress.

Now his cultivation has once again reached the middle stage of foundation building, and the sea of ​​​​Dantian has reached a width of five feet.

After the sea of ​​​​Dantian becomes larger, every inch it increases, the total capacity will increase a lot, and it can carry more mana.

He felt that with his current strength, he was stronger than those who were in the late stage of foundation building.

On this day, a military supply officer from Qingzhou Prefecture came to ask Ergouzi to hand over some military rations with a military order.

After being rejected by Ergouzi for several years, Qingzhou was indeed short of food, so they had to lower their posture and beg.

Now Ergouzi is not short of food. There are more than 10 million stones of food in the gourd, and 5 million stones in warehouses in various places.

In addition, there are a lot of food in the homes of 600,000 residents in Sanyang County.

These tenants even used the extra food to raise some poultry and livestock. In addition to selling them for money, they can occasionally improve their meals and eat meat.

Ergouzi and his tenants have never been so rich in their lifetime.

However, he is still not happy about handing over military rations.

He saw with his own eyes that Xia Ji resold military supplies with others.

I handed over the grain honestly, but it ended up in the pockets of some people.

"Mr. Xia, I'm short of money recently. I'm worried about the next meal after eating the previous one. I really can't afford the grain."

"Mr. Zhang, my surname is Li. I'm an official sent by the court. I have no relationship with the Xia family."

This quartermaster is actually not surnamed Xia for the first time in history, and he has no relationship with the Xia family. It's rare to see.

"Mr. Zhang, there is a severe drought in Qingzhou this year. Many places have no harvest. Only Sanyang County still has a bumper harvest."

"Can you help me hand over some grain? The soldiers on the front line are already starving!"

"Some time ago, the evil cultivators attacked the food and grass again, and even the Zhenguo Army was starving."

"General Chen of the Zhenguo Army wrote you a letter in his own handwriting."

The quartermaster said a lot of good things and brought a letter from the Zhenguo Army.

Speaking of the Zhenguo Army, Er Gouzi's expression was inevitably moved.

He still couldn't forget the strong strength shown by the Zhenguo Army when they first met.

Moreover, the reason why he was able to get rid of the charges in the Daoxuan Secret Collection last time and made great contributions was all because of the report from the Zhenguo Army.

He opened the letter from General Chen and took a look.

This General Chen did not use righteousness to pressure him, nor did he put on those official airs, but just reminisced with him.

By the way, he mentioned in the letter that the Zhenguo Army was currently facing various difficulties, and hoped that Er Gouzi could help.

Judging from the content of the letter, this quartermaster surnamed Li was indeed not from the Xia family, but was specifically responsible for providing logistics for the Zhenguo Army.

Because the military supplies from the imperial court have not been received for a long time, Qingzhou can't get any food, so they can only come to Sanyang County to ask Ergouzi for support.

"How much food do you need?"

"60 shi of marching pills."

"If not, thirty or fifty shi will do."

The quartermaster surnamed Li was afraid that the number was too large, and Ergouzi disagreed, so he took the initiative to reduce the amount.

"Okay, I'll give you 60 shi of marching pills."

60 shi of marching pills, the effect is equivalent to tens of thousands of shi of food, for Ergouzi now, it is really not a big deal, and he agreed very readily.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"

The quartermaster surnamed Li was so excited that he thanked him repeatedly, it was not easy.

In order to prepare food during this period, he went to many places and encountered a lot of setbacks.

Now that the price of food has risen, people in many places have no food to eat, let alone 60 shi, it is difficult to get one or two shi.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qingtian, the most stingy and meanest in the legend, agreed to 60 shi so easily.

Three days later, the quartermaster left Sanyang County with a storage bag full of marching pills.

The front line was still waiting for his marching pills, and he did not make a fuss along the way. He quietly traveled day and night to the border area.

Finally, he saw the lights of the Zhenguo Army camp in the distance.

The quartermaster was delighted and could not help but speed up his pace and walked towards the camp.

At this moment, a figure appeared behind him like a ghost.

The quartermaster did not notice it, and still walked forward quickly. The soldiers in the camp were still waiting for his rice to be cooked.

Suddenly his neck tightened, and an arm came around from behind and pinched his neck tightly.

"Hehehe..."

The quartermaster chopped back several times, but failed to touch anyone.

He wanted to sacrifice the flying sword, but found that he could not mobilize any magic power in his body.

He could only hold the cold hand tightly with both hands, but it was useless. The blood in his body still flowed quickly to the hand.

Gradually, the quartermaster's blood ran out, his limbs lost strength, and he fell to the ground.

The black shadow threw the mummy in his hand to the ground and took off the storage bag on the body.

Just as he was about to destroy the body, he found that several soldiers of the National Defense Army had already flown in from a distance.

The black shadow's body turned into a flash of blood-red light and disappeared on the spot.

When the team of the National Defense Army chased after him, they could only collect the corpse of the quartermaster on the ground...

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After Er Gouzi sent away the quartermaster surnamed Li, he didn't take it to heart.

Two months later, Sanyang County welcomed an old friend.

It was his predecessor's predecessor, the former Sanyang County Magistrate Yang Tie.

"Brother Yang, why are you here?"

Er Gouzi was also very happy to see Yang Tie.

This brother Yang was very elder-like. He was his guide at the beginning and taught him a lot of things in officialdom.

"Alas! It's hard to describe. I took a tough job."

"I knew that Brother Zhang was a rare talent. Sure enough, he has become the governor of Sanyang County so quickly, and the Holy Emperor Longxing personally issued an edict to praise his herding skills!"

After several years of separation, Yang Tie was also full of emotion when he saw Er Gouzi.

The young man who looked ignorant back then was only in the early stage of Qi training. In less than ten years, he has already climbed to the position of governor.

Thinking of myself, I have worked hard for decades and paid a huge price to climb to the position of governor.

It's good to have a relationship with the King of Qi!

"Brother Zhang, I have brought you a job this time."

Yang Tie said, his face solemn.

"Zhang Er Gou, the governor of Sanyang County, received an imperial edict..."

Suddenly, Er Gouzi didn't expect that Yang Tie also brought him an imperial edict.

Er Gouzi had not forgotten the rules that Yang Tie had taught him a long time ago, and hurriedly took out three spirit stones and handed them to Yang Tie.

But this time Yang Tie didn't take his spirit stones.

"Brother Zhang, we will work together this time, and I will have to rely on you for help."

Er Gouzi took the imperial edict and listened to Yang Tie's explanation, only then did he know that Yang Tie was appointed as the grain road of Qingzhou.

Responsible for preparing grain and grass for the Qingzhou front line.

Grain road officials used to be the most lucrative positions, and they were hard to get, but now the whole Qingzhou is short of food, and few people are willing to come.

As for Er Gouzi, this time he was appointed by the Longxing Sheng Emperor to assist Yang Tie in transporting grain and grass, and escort the grain and grass along the way.

This time, the court issued an order for the two of them to ensure the supply of food on the front battlefield.