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Lu Haosheng never imagined that after he arrived in Beishan, his buttocks were not hot, but such things happened one after another. Beishan officials, gentry, and even the army had no time to make friends with the governor. To fight is to focus on money, and what Lu Haosheng lacks most at this time is money.

Not to mention the whereabouts of Xiao Huanzhang's family property that wanted to be confiscated. Even if there was a whereabouts, the people in Beishan obviously did not have the patience to give him time. Lu Haosheng could already feel it in the Zhizhou lobby. This Beishan official just regarded himself as a debtor Looking at it, I don't have myself, the governor, in my eyes.

"Hero Qiu, what do you think we should do next?" Before arriving at Beishan, Lu Haosheng was still quite confident, thinking of using strategies such as grace and power, he must restrain Beishan, but now he has fallen into a desperate situation without any means. The Beishan people didn't give him a chance to use their means at all.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Now he wants money but no money, and soldiers and horses but not soldiers and horses. It seems that even the name of King Qi can't frighten these Beishan officials at all.

Qiu Ruxue shook his head and said: "A certain martial artist, Qiu, doesn't know how to deal with such a tricky matter. But in Qiu's opinion, if the military salary cannot be allocated, there is a fear that there will be a mutiny among the soldiers and horses in Beishan, and they will even take their heads Come out, it seems that the situation is no longer optimistic."

Lu Haosheng wondered: "But where did the governor get the money from? The imperial court can't have the money...!" Wei Yi pondered, but his tone was quite polite, "Hero Qiu, the governor also knows that the military salary cannot be in arrears, you see if The governor borrowed some money from Mr. Chu...!"

Qiu Ruxue waved his hands and said with a smile: "Master Lu, with all due respect, Governor Chu is also struggling with money. You also know that there are still a large number of refugees in Xiguan. Most of the grain harvested last year was planted in the fields as grain. A while ago, Governor Chu Still can't sleep at night to solve the rations of the people in Xiguan, the officials' salaries on the Beishan side can't be allocated by the court, and the same is true on the Xiguan side. Ma, the military salary that needs to be spent every month is not a small amount. To solve the current troubles here, the first batch needs 15 taels of silver. Even if the 15 taels of silver are in place, what about other expenses? There will be next month, next month, the common people's taxes will not be paid until after autumn, and there is still half a year to go, Mr. Lu, to put it bluntly, if you don't have three to five million taels of silver on hand, It is really difficult to survive until after autumn.”

"Three and five million taels of silver?" Lu Haosheng gasped.

"You have also seen the situation today. Wherever you, the governor, go, beggars will appear." Qiu Ruxue said slowly: "Officials don't have salaries, so it is impossible to do their work seriously. The soldiers don't have military pay. It is impossible to be safe, well, by the way, it is already the time of spring plowing, there are many things, and you, Mr. Lu, do not have money in hand, and many things are difficult to solve."

Lu Haosheng smiled wryly: "That is to say, the governor wants to borrow money now, but there is no place to borrow money?"

"Unless the gentry of Beishan can generously donate their money." Qiu Ruxue said: "But judging from today's situation, that is impossible. It would be good if they don't ask Mr. Lu to ask for the money back, let alone donate their money." Get up and get up , said: "Master Lu, you should rest first, the higher the official position, the more courageous, Chu Du has come here before, if it wasn't for the help of the seven surnames in Xiguan, Chu Du's troubles would not be less than you, Lu If your lord is brave enough, you can go to those gentry and see if they are willing to help." He clasped his hands and said, "Qiu is resigning first."

Lu Haosheng raised his hand, as if he wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

For the next half a day, Lu Haosheng didn't dare to go out of the posthouse, and racked his brains to come up with a solution, but after much deliberation, there was really no good solution. Friendship, even speaking of backing, King Qi obviously has no deterrent power in Beishan.

At dusk, suddenly heard shouts and shouts from outside, Lu Haosheng was startled, and soon saw Qiu Ruxue rushing over, "Lord Lu, something is wrong, there is a mutiny."

"What?" Lu Haosheng suddenly turned pale.

"I don't know where the soldiers and horses came from, there are seven or eight hundred people, and they have surrounded the post house." Qiu Ruxue looked serious, "They yelled to ask Mr. Lu to go out, saying that if they don't get the military salary today, they will rush in... ...!"

"How bold... Are they going to rebel?" Lu Haosheng was surprised and angry.

Qiu Ruxue said solemnly: "Lord Lu, judging by the situation, I can't get any money. I'm afraid they are really going to rebel. These soldiers are all holding knives...the front and back are already blocked, Lu My lord, what do you think we should do?"

Lu Haosheng clenched his fists, trembling all over, "This group... this group of rebels, the governor will behead them all."

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, a guard hurried over, "Boss Qiu, they have already started knocking on the door, they are about to rush in...!"

"Lord Lu, please make up your mind quickly about how to deal with it." Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "These hundreds of people rushed in, and they can do anything on impulse, or you go over and explain to them ...!"

Lu Haosheng immediately shook his head and said, "This group of vulgar people, what else can I explain to them?"

"Then what should we do?" Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "They are going to rush in at any time. If Master Lu comes forward in person, maybe they can calm down, but if they really have to wait for them to rush in by themselves, their heads will get hot...!"

Lu Haosheng couldn't help shivering.

Of course he knows that once a soldier gets hotheaded, he can do anything without any scruples, just like a bandit. They won't reason with you, and they won't even care about your identity.

"Get out of here...!" Lu Haosheng couldn't help blurting out.

Qiu Ruxue didn't seem to hear, and asked, "Lord Lu, what did you say?"

Lu Haosheng looked solemn, and said in a low voice: "We can't stay here any longer, Qiu... Hero Qiu, let's get out of here quickly...!"

Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "Lord Lu, you are the governor of Beishan. You arrived yesterday and just took office today...leaving at this time, where can you go? Besides, you are the leader of the Beishan group of officials. If you are not here, I am afraid that you are here. The situation will become even more chaotic...!"

"These people are the remnants of Xiao Huanzhang's party." Lu Haosheng said in a deep voice: "They are rebellious in their hearts, and they know that the governor was sent by His Royal Highness Qi Wang, so they deliberately joined forces to deal with the governor. side."

Qiu Ruxue let out an "oh" and just asked: "Master Lu, you have to think twice, are you really going to leave? We have only been in Beishan for a day, and you are the governor of Beishan. You go back immediately before your ass is hot. How about that?" Explain to King Qi?"

"Boss Qiu, the door has been knocked open." Another guard rushed to report, "It won't take long, they will break in."

Lu Haosheng said solemnly: "The rebels are making trouble, let everyone gather together, have they blocked the front and rear doors? Are there people from them behind the courtyard wall on the side?"

"I haven't seen it for the time being. They are all concentrated at the front and rear doors."

Lu Haosheng didn't hesitate any longer, "Hero Qiu, let's get out of the side wall before they surround the wall, and get out of here quickly...!" As he said, he quickly removed his official robe, "We can't stay here anymore, the governor wants Go back to Shuoquan and report to the lord that you want to send troops to punish this gang of thieves." Hastily pulled a piece of clothes on the outside and said eagerly: "Let's go quickly."

Seeing that Lu Haosheng had made up his mind, Qiu Ruxue didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered the guards not to pay attention to the gate, but to gather together, ignoring the horses, and guarding Lu Haosheng from the side wall, but those soldiers really didn't arrange under the wall People climbed over the wall, and everyone got into a small alley, and hurriedly left the Beishan post house.

Beishan is in chaos, but Xiguan is already in order. In the past few days, Chu Huan has been carrying out military reforms in Xiguan with the officials of the Ministry of War, and is also supervising the subletting of grain borrowing in Xiguan.

In fact, when Wei Wuji was still there, Xiguan’s grain borrowing and subletting matters had already been formulated in detail, so everything was in order, and a large number of grains in the prefectures and counties of Xiguan were rented out. To the hands of the people, according to the head of the land for a reasonable distribution.

Chu Huan naturally wanted to send people to supervise the local officials to prevent anyone from being greedy for grain, but he also issued a decree that the people who rented grain must cultivate the grain in the field according to the reported amount. If the grain is used for other purposes in private, they will be severely punished. The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds. The purpose of Chu Huan's implementation of the land equalization order is to let the wasteland in Xiguan be able to grow grain, but not all The common people act according to the government order. If some common people get the grain seeds, but they don’t have a long-term vision, they embezzle the grain privately instead of planting it in the fields. This will obviously damage the land equalization order.

Not only to supervise officials, but also to supervise the people.

Xiguan is in full swing, and everyone is busy up and down. Of course, it is impossible for Chu Huan to sit in the Governor's Mansion. Although the officials of each department in Xiguan perform their duties, Chu Huan does not need to worry too much, but he still finds time. , walked out of Shuoquan, and went to Xiguan to inspect the farming situation and military reforms. Chu Huan and the military department officials worked out a plan, and the specific operations were naturally carried out by Pei Ji and others.

Under the setting sun, on a ridge of a field, Chu Huan was dressed in plain clothes, with his trouser legs rolled up and his sleeves rolled up, surrounded by a group of people, of course there were people farming the fields, there were also guards and officials accompanying them, and there were also local people. The officer and Bao Changjia led a group of people, and among the crowd stood a very strange farm tool, and everyone looked at it with strange eyes.

"Come on, everyone can try it out in the field first." Chu Huan said with a smile, "It's a bit rushed and needs to be improved, but it should look like this, and it should be much more convenient to use than the straight plow you are using now. "

Everyone was surprised, and an old farmer couldn't help asking: "Your Excellency, this plow body is curved, and it is different from the one we use. I don't know where it came from, but what is its name?"

Chu Huan said with a smile: "These days, I see that you all use straight plows to cultivate, which consumes manpower and animal power, and it is very difficult to change the direction, so I came up with such a thing randomly and made some changes to the straight plow. It’s too mature, if this is really better than the previous straight plow, let’s make more improvements and try to make a more convenient plow, which can not only save energy, but also make the plow more efficient... Well, I call it Quyuanli!"