Author: The Seventh Rubik's Cube

No matter what kind of god system, there is a demand for mortals with good qualifications. Even the goalkeepers need good goalkeepers and good craftsmen, which will be of great help to their promotion.

But unfortunately, good seedlings are rare, and Chen Qing doesn't even want to give them to Wei Gongcheng, let alone the old wolf guarding the gate.

"Ignore him. I have my own arrangements for that man. Let's go to the hall to talk first."

When they arrived at the hall, Chen Qing began to ask about business: "Fat man, how much food does Liuzhou Prefecture have now? How long can it feed these new refugees in Liuzhou City?"

"My lord purchased a large amount of grain when we bought the real estate. Coupled with the subsidy given to us by Nanming Mansion, the grain is quite sufficient. Even if we provide rice, flour and steamed buns every day, it can last for at least four or five months. If

Use rice porridge to prolong your life, even until winter!"

"Not enough." Chen Qing shook his head: "This is not a normal refugee stay. These refugees will later have to organize themselves to work, or join the army, or participate in reclamation, and they all need to be fed. Moreover, the rice grain alone is not enough.

There is enough meat, fruits and vegetables.”

"What the hell?" Zhou Haitao's eyelids suddenly jumped when he heard this: "Aren't you kidding me? Meat? Fruits and vegetables, everyone?"

Even when Liuzhou was at its most prosperous, it didn’t mean that every household could afford to eat meat, right? Those hardworking workers at the docks were considered a luxury if they could eat two full bowls of noodles a day, and most people only had one steamed bun.

A bowl of gruel as a meal, okay?

This was because Liuzhou's business was prosperous at that time, and it could overflow a lot of money to the people at the bottom. In Baishui County, where I am located, ordinary farmers were reluctant to eat the fine grains they grew, so they had to exchange them for coarse grains and cotton. Tens of thousands of people had to eat meat?

Are you afraid that you are living in a dream?

Chen Qing knew what the other party was thinking, but he didn't explain much. With the productivity in ancient times, it was indeed unrealistic for a city to feed tens of thousands of people meat, but this kind of living standard was not acceptable to the Shinto system.

The Shinto system requires that the people's physical fitness is good enough!

Whether they are goalkeepers, mountain ghosts, or the God of War warriors that I plan to train later, they all need a lot of meat to feed them, and their production levels must be improved quickly.

Chen Qing thought for a moment and said, "You will send out a recruitment notice later."

"You still want to recruit soldiers?" Zhou Haitao was stunned. Now, including the gatekeepers guarding the city, Liuzhou has almost over two thousand soldiers, which is far beyond the rights of a prefect. And even if the matter is urgent, how can we raise more soldiers?

"How can we save people without recruiting soldiers?" Chen Qing rolled his eyes at the other party: "There are five districts and counties along the river, and more than a dozen districts and counties along the mountain road, with a population of nearly one million, left to fend for themselves.

ah?"

"But sir," Zhou Haitao said with a grimace: "Training soldiers requires money and food. And what kind of soldiers are you planning to train? What kind of treatment will you receive this time?"

In order to make everyone work hard when recruiting soldiers, Chen Qing promised a huge profit, a monthly salary of ten taels, and meat per ton. He felt that this kind of treatment for two thousand people was already the limit, so he still wanted to recruit soldiers? Should he still get the same treatment as before?

No money either.

"Don't worry about money. You can promise it first and give it later. As for food."

Chen Qing knew that it was a bit difficult for Fatty. Rice was okay. Whether it was pre-stored rice or taking people to the towns to collect it, it would definitely be available in the short term, but meat was basically impossible. Ma Er

Mom, these days, all the pigs in my hometown have been killed.

This is not modern. A pig farm produces thousands of piglets a year. In rural areas, they are fed with cooked feed. If a village can feed hundreds of pigs a year, it is already considered good. Living corpses will not harm livestock.

I'm interested, but even if I raid the countryside, I won't be able to supply enough meat by then.

The original plan was to slowly cultivate the animal spirits in Nanshan Mountain God, and spend half a year to find high-quality animal species for livestock farming to increase meat production.

But now the situation obviously cannot be taken slowly. Although there will be no new living corpses coming up now, and Nanming Mansion and Nanyang City are sharing the pressure, Chen Qing knows that this model cannot last long, even if Jiutian Mirror Valley deliberately

Suppression and a stable situation can only last up to half a year.

After half a year, even the scattered ordinary living corpses will evolve to the second level. By then, the outer magic circle of Jiutian Mirror Valley will no longer be able to hold on, and it will be fully opened.

Even if the two major prefectures now occasionally clear out the number of living corpses, it will not reduce too much. In addition, Chen Qing's calculation based on the most optimistic data will leave a quarter.

Yuchi Feihong once said that tens of millions of households in the Seventeen Kingdoms of the Western Sea died. At that time, Jiangnan would have to face at least one million second-level living corpses!

If Liuzhou wants to protect itself, it will need at least 50,000 elite Shinto soldiers. If it wants to protect the entire Jiangnan, it will need at least 150,000!

Time waits not for me

"You should also promise first that I will find a way when the time comes."

"Sir, do you mean to draw the cake first?"

Chen Qing: "."

"Sir." Zhou Haitao said with a bitter face: "You can take your time and recruit more soldiers. How many more soldiers should you recruit? Five thousand? Not ten thousand? It is impossible for all young people to become soldiers."

"That's not true." Chen Qing shook his head and said: "When recruiting soldiers, we must also recruit farmers. If you declare it, the government will redistribute farmland and provide protection."

"Recruiting farmers?" The fat man was stunned: "Where are you going to farm?"

It's not like he hasn't heard about the situation in the countryside. There are living corpses eating people everywhere. Who dares to go back to farm now?

"I will arrange the place." Chen Qing said directly: "You just need to publicize it. Just say that the place is safe enough and the fields will be allocated based on the number of people."

The fat man was curious after hearing this. In this situation, where is there a safe place to farm?

It can't be inside the city, right? Some fields can be reclaimed on the Nanshan side of the city, but how much can be reclaimed?

"Hurry up and make arrangements." Chen Qing took out a lot of banknotes directly from his sleeve bag: "The accountants, clerks, torture chambers, masters, etc. you want can be recruited at this time. There are many people rescued.

Scholars, among the people rescued in Luling County at that time were people from the sixth house in the county. You can recruit them directly, but you have to be careful. Those people used to follow Gu Beiquan in Luling County, so you have to prevent them from being petty."

"Okay!" Zhou Haitao couldn't wait to grab the large amount of silver notes. His eyes were as bright as pearls. He, who had worked as a cashier since he was a child, immediately beamed as soon as he took the banknotes. They were all large amounts of money worth hundreds of taels.

, such a thick stack is worth at least a million taels.

It's rare, it's rare. It's not in vain, Fatty. I have been working as a cow and a horse for so many days, and I am finally willing to give you money.

If nothing else, I will withdraw my salary first!

Looking at the strange look on the other side, Chen Qing shook his head in amusement. Not to mention these banknotes, even secular gold and silver will depreciate rapidly in Liuzhou in the future. Under the Shinto system, spiritual stones with the power of faith will be the main

Currency, of course, cannot let the fat man know this now, and the other party will not believe it if he tells it.

"Boss." After receiving the money, Zhou Haitao immediately resumed his previous intimate address: "You don't have to worry about those scholars in Luling County. I have inquired that Gu Beiquan and others were not popular in Luling County before. For the following

The officials here are harsh, and the masters in the academy are displeased with them, so you don’t have to worry about what trouble they might cause."

Chen Qing nodded. Without soldiers and power, and unable to leave Liuzhou, a few guys without eggs cannot achieve anything.

"It's that Liu Yiqi."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Chen Qing asked curiously.

Zhou Haitao hesitated for a moment but still said: "Boss, I know that you and Cui Yan were favored by him, but Fatty, I feel that that guy is not a good person. Boss, you'd better not use him."

Chen Qing immediately rolled his eyes. Do you need to remind me?

The two female grudges who had been following Liu Yiqi were not far away from each other. One look at them and they knew that this guy must have done something unscrupulous. Under the Shinto system, he would be punished sooner or later. He just didn't have the time to deal with him.

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"This Chen Qing is getting more and more outrageous. Even if we are at fault, we are still decent scholars. Even if our official seals are taken away, our food and accommodation must be properly arranged, right? What does it mean now? Are we mixed with these refugees?

, eat these every day?”

The speaker was the county magistrate of Luling County, named Li Chong. At this time, several people were standing on the table of a teahouse indignantly.

The teahouse owner saw that several people were dressed as scholars. Although he had been drinking tea for the past two days without paying, he couldn't offend him, so he could only stay away from him.

"Is Li Xian Cheng confused?" Liu Yiqi said coldly: "What do you mean we are wrong? What are our mistakes? It was Chen Qing who did not take precautions or give early warning. We in Luling County worked hard to protect the people.

However, we had no soldiers or generals, and after organizing the people to resist for a day and night, the city was finally defeated. He, Chen Qing, privately recruited thousands of soldiers without telling us, but refused to come to the rescue. How can it be our fault? "

Several people were stunned for a moment, then they immediately realized what they were saying and nodded: "Liu Jiaoyu is right, he is right!"

Gu Beiquan frowned immediately. Although he was not willing to let Chen Qing take them down like this, it was they who made the big mistake. Even if everyone united and colluded, could they really turn right and wrong?

So he frowned and asked: "So many people in Luling County were rescued by Chen Qing. If nothing else, those academy masters are all on Chen Qing's side. Will the court believe us?"

"Magistrate Gu is really confused!" Liu Yiqi said sternly: "What do those low-level ants know about justice? Can what they say be used as testimony? As for those masters who don't know how to commend themselves." At this point, he lowered his voice and said:

"Don't worry, I will take care of it."

Although the voice became lower, everyone felt chilled when they heard it in broad daylight, including Gu Beiquan, whose heart skipped a beat when he saw the other party's sinister eyes.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that Liu Yiqi's whole temperament has completely changed since that night. There is a viciousness that penetrates into the bones. A glance at you from time to time can make your heart beat with fear.

Thinking of the image of this guy pushing down the two women without hesitation that night, Gu Beiquan felt hesitant for the first time.

Do you really want to be with this guy?

At this time, few people could see that behind Liu Yiqi, two women who had been bitten to pieces were smiling miserably at everyone, but the viciousness in their eyes was exactly the same as Liu Yiqi's!

Recommend a good book to a friend (The Age of Countercurrent Literature and Art). Friends who are short of books can read it.
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