I finally coded it out. I went out to relax a bit today. Sorry, sorry, there will be two updates tomorrow night.
Wang Rengong raised his hand in a salute and said: "The general is loyal and righteous, and he would rather disgrace us. In the future, the world will spread the general's reputation. Come, I will give you a drink to strengthen the general's ambition."
Li Po then raised his glass, but he sneered in his heart. Everyone can say good things, but I really don't trust you.
We exchanged a few polite words with each other.
Wang Rengong gave a wry smile and said, "If the general has such an ambition, I will do my best to help him. However, after this chaos, Mayi County may never have peace. I see that the general leads countless troops, and he has more than enough food and grass."
The old man was also unambiguous. As soon as he felt at ease, he came up with the idea of producing grain and grass in Heng'an Town.
Of course, this is not surprising. As the son-in-law of the former Mayi County Prime Minister Li Jing, there have been rumors in Mayi County that Li Jing, the former Mayi County Prime Minister, gave all the grain and grass in Mayi County to his son-in-law.
Wang Rengong would not test whether the rumors were true or false, because it would be of no use. He just wanted to see if he could get some food from Yun Nei.
As expected, Li Po immediately dismissed his thought.
"To be honest with the county governor, Yunnei has been short of food. I brought my troops to the county city. One of them was to put down the rebellion of Liu, Wu and Zhou, and I also wanted to get some food and grass back from the county city. Unfortunately, I came a step too late, and the granary in the county city was also empty.
There’s nothing left.”
"How to raise food and grass in the future is not only a major matter for me, Yunnei, but also for the county and city, don't you think so?"
Wang Rengong nodded. Although he didn't believe it, it didn't make sense to ask for it again.
Now whoever has soldiers in his hands speaks louder, and you have to believe what he says even if you don't believe it.
At this time, Li Po twirled the wine cup and said with a smile: "How about the county governor send a message to Jinyang to tell the details of Mayi, and ask Jinyang to allocate some food and grass to help the emergency?"
Wang Rengong gritted his teeth. This was probably a mockery of his fight with Li Jing in Jinyang.
By now, if he still couldn't figure out the cause and effect of what happened that day, his years as an official would have been in vain.
The departure of Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County, was actually the source of the civil strife in Mayi.
It's a shame that Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan and was also a guard, did the thing of sowing discord, and yet he fell into the trap simply and squeezed Li Jing away without saying a word, and even personally brought back a white-eyed wolf from Dongdu.
It can be said that in his mind, Li Yuan, who stayed behind in Taiyuan, was more hateful than Liu Wuzhou. This was due to a sense of shame at being toyed with and applauded.
Therefore, it would be really difficult for him to ask Li Yuan for help.
Wang Rengong smiled bitterly, "General, don't make fun of me. If that man from Jinyang still thought about the well-being of Mayi County, why would he be in such trouble today?"
The old man is quite a sensible person, but it's a pity that he always does stupid things.
Li Po finally put away his resentment and stopped stabbing Wang Rengong from time to time.
"When it comes to food and grass matters, you don't have to look far away for a solution. In fact, it's right in front of you. It's a pity that the county governor may not dare to do it."
"Oh, I would like to hear the details. The general didn't mean to seize back the food scattered in the people's homes. If so, it would add to the chaos. After Yang Xuangan's rebellion, he held the people accountable.
As for the chaos, once it was calmed down, people's resentment boiled over again in Henan, and wars broke out everywhere. The lessons learned from the past are still fresh in my mind, I know."
Before he could finish his nagging, Li Po had already shaken his head and said, "Why didn't I just tell the county governor haha? I don't believe that the big families in the city don't have any savings. At this time, let them take it out."
Just bring some to meet our urgent needs."
"Moreover, the drought situation in Mayi County has been revealed this year. I don't know what will happen in the end, but the county governor has to make a decision early. I won't be able to stay in Mayi City for long. If I don't worry about it while the army is still there, it will be difficult."
"These days, we have to find a way each of us. As long as we can keep people fed, Mayi will still be Mayi. If not, this place will become a pagoda hell in the future."
Yes, this is actually the truth. Even if Li Po really wanted to help Mayi City, it is unlikely now. The problems faced by Yunnei and Mayi City are the same, food, or food.
The frontier land is like this. The ability to withstand natural disasters is much weaker than other places. Once there is no more support from the rear, a chain collapse will easily occur.
Many times, when the border troops are in chaos, it is not because of the ambitions of the generals. Most of them can actually be attributed to the problem of food and grass.
Wang Rengong really didn't have any doubts at this moment. He was obviously unwilling to take over the mess that was Mayicheng.
In fact, Wang Rengong has been thinking of countermeasures. If it doesn't work out, he already has the idea of moving the people of Mayi County to the south. There is no need to count on Yanmen. It is better to rush all the way to Jinyang and give Tang Gong's benevolence a try.
How prestigious is the name?
But Li Po's idea was actually a bad idea in his opinion.
Having been in charge of local government for many years, he didn't understand that once he offended a big local family, his position as an official would be almost over.
The two things that wealthy families cannot touch the most are land and their food. The more remote the country, the more so.
Therefore, it is always the rebels who fight against the local tyrants to divide their land, because they have nothing to begin with, so naturally they strongly demand the redistribution of social resources.
Therefore, as a representative of the regular army, the prefect of a county would never do this unless absolutely necessary. Even though Ma Yi had just experienced such a turmoil, Wang Rengong did not think of attacking the big families in the city.
Wang Rengong fell silent and kept coughing.
After a long while, Wang Rengong raised his hand and said: "This is the only plan for now. I also ask the general to lend a helping hand and lend me some soldiers."
Li Po raised his eyebrows and said, "The county governor wants to confiscate his home and destroy his clan."
Wang Rengong could only smile bitterly. He gradually felt that the young general in front of him had a very different temperament, and was different from the generals he had seen.
If we were in the Eastern Capital, such people would die even ten thousand times. Since the reign of Emperor Wen, the atmosphere in the Sui Dynasty has been solemn. People who laugh, curse, and crazy, the more talented they are, the faster they will die.
But now that demons and ghosts are rampant all over the place, the appearance of such a character in Yun Nei is nothing.
"Haha, the general is knowingly asking, why bother to use swords and guns when a banquet can be done? I just want to borrow the reputation of the general to scare everyone. Otherwise, if I want these people to come up with food, I will
It's like cutting their flesh, if you don't bully them first, no one will be willing to listen to me."
Wang Rengong also made a joke, mostly self-deprecating, but he is also telling you that there is no need to think of other ideas. I already have the courage to face it, and what can I do with a mere sarcasm?
Li Po nodded. If you can't even think of these methods and only think about force, then you won't be the governor. The king's meritorious service is actually good, but he is a little timid. He doesn't know what the Turks are like.
If they arrive, will they surrender immediately?
But if you can't do it, pushing that person up will be considered a difficult task.
"The county guard is still thinking carefully. We soldiers can only think of fighting and killing. Haha, if we make the county guard laugh, there is nothing to say. If I stay here for another five days, what will the county guard want us to do?
That’s the order.”
Wang Rengong raised his glass again, "Thank you, General."
Li Po stopped talking nonsense, raised his glass and said, "You're welcome, Sheriff."
After drinking, he put down the wine cup and Wang Rengong said again: "The general has many soldiers and a wide range of generals. It is possible to divide one of them and station it in Mayi City."
Li Po immediately laughed. The old man seemed to think that he was easy to talk to, so he started to push further.
"If there is food, there will be soldiers. As long as we raise enough food and grass, I don't believe that the county guard can't recruit soldiers. This time I came to the county. I came with the whole army, and I was afraid of being blocked outside the city. Well, let's put it this way, the county
Where does Shou think the food for the hundreds of thousands of people in the cloud comes from?"
"Last year, I led troops to the grasslands and brought back a lot of cattle and sheep, so that I could safely pass the new year. This year there is a severe drought again. There are still big families in Mayi City who can cut meat, but there are not many big families in Yunnei. I still
I have to go back and think of a way. Tell me, how can I divide my troops at this time?"
"Besides, the governor must not hide anything from me. If I really leave one or two thousand men behind, you won't be able to sleep well."
Wang Rengong also laughed at what he said. These words sounded awkward, but they were very real.
There seems to be some gap between the two of them. They are rescuing people and borrowing troops for no reason. Afterwards, he must think carefully about what the Mayi Tongshou wants to do.
"The general is so quick to talk to people, so I am a bit worried about Shu. If I had known that the general was such a person, I should have gone to Yunnei to see him in person earlier."
The old man then rolled his dim eyes and said, "The general will lead his troops back, but he will lead his troops north again to compete with the Turks."
This is because I still don’t believe it. In the past few years, the world has been in chaos. I only heard that someone has rebelled again and somewhere has surrendered to the Turks, but I haven’t heard that anyone dares to extend their claws to the Turks at this time of year.
Li Po also boasted to others more than once, but no one immediately believed it and bowed to him.
Li Po felt that it was quite boring to boast after boasting. Some words had to be said by others to sound good. If they always came from his own mouth, it would become self-praising.
Li Po sipped his wine and said with waning spirits: "It's impossible to go north. The Turks have taken precautions this year. I will go wherever there is food and grass. I heard that Li Mi in Henan has countless food and grass. Let's bite the bullet and lead the troops.
I might as well ask him for something."
This was another nonsense, but Wang Rengong was shocked. Are you going to surrender to the traitor, or are you going to help the court suppress the bandits? To be continued.