A poor family counterattacks, she is beautiful and sassy on the way to the imperial examination

Chapter 180 Chapter 180
Deputy General Cheng sat by the stove to warm up and ate another bowl of noodles before he felt alive.

He stood up and gave An Chuxia a sergeant's salute respectfully, and then said pleadingly, "Master An, please help our general."

When An Chuxia heard Adjutant Cheng's words, he asked in his heart, "What happened in the border town? Do you need my help?"

"It's Mr. An, the food allocated by the imperial court this year is later than in previous years.

Originally, this was nothing, and it didn't matter if the brothers tightened their belts and waited for a few days, but somehow the news leaked out.

Let the enemy know the route to deliver the grain. As a result, when approaching a valley in the border town, the grain and grass were robbed by the enemy. "

Speaking of which, Lieutenant General Cheng gritted his teeth. It was obvious that someone deliberately leaked the route of transporting grain and grass to the enemy.

"Not only that, after the enemy took away the food and grass, they turned around and attacked the border towns.

Now in the northern part of Hebei, the soldiers are almost out of food, so they can only cook porridge with the remaining food every day, and the general has to lead the hungry soldiers to guard the city gate from being breached.

Without the court's warrant, we can't collect military rations from the local area. In desperation, Military Doctor Mu asked us to find you to see if there is any way we can help. "

Hearing this, An Chuxia was also shocked. If the border town was breached by barbarians, based on An Chuxia's understanding of the history here, they would burn, kill, loot and do everything.

Then the entire Jibei City will be reduced to a purgatory on earth. Even if these barbarians are beaten out later, there may only be barbarians left here.

"How many people did you bring?"

"There is a war going on in the border town, and I only brought over 200 soldiers."

An Chuxia frowned tightly. Even if she could gather food, the transportation in the ice and snow would be a big problem.

That night An Chuxia didn't sleep all night, so she sent Zuo Wang and An Zixi to inform Xu Liangce, Luo Ruisheng, and Ma Xiang to make tofu and freeze it overnight, and they planned to take it with them when the time came.

She personally took Deputy General Cheng to the big landlords, wealthy merchants, and grain merchants in Wei County, and brought them here to discuss the matter of borrowing grain for the soldiers in the border towns.

In order to requisition food in the shortest time, An Chuxia broke the border town, and even told them what kind of terror the whole northern Hebei would fall into.

"If there is no skin, the hair will not be attached!" An Chuxia said.

"As long as everyone is willing to borrow food, no matter what happens to the frontier army of this batch of food, I will not let you borrow it for nothing.

Merchants who borrow grain today will be exempted from [-]% tax next year. The big landlords have also seen the high-yield grain this year. Next year I will send someone to guide you in planting. "

After hearing An Chuxia's words, some sensible businessmen nodded and agreed to borrow food.

Xu Liangce, Luo Ruisheng, Ma Xiang, Situ Feng and the big landlords who have a good relationship with An Chuxia all took the lead in donating.

But there are also some short-sighted, only seeing the gains and losses of the big landlords and businessmen in front of them, just bowed their heads and remained silent.

An Chuxia narrowed her eyes, looked at the person with her head down, and asked again: "You really don't want to borrow?"

Deputy General Cheng also stared at these misers with an ugly face. Could it be that the border town was captured by the enemy, and they still have a good life.

I am afraid that when the time comes, the wife will be bullied, the child will be picked up on the flagpole, and some will die or be injured. At that time, it will be too late to regret it.

An Chuxia looked at the rich merchants and landlords who continued to pretend to be dead, she smiled, "Ha! Good, very good!

Since you are not willing to borrow!Then they must be willing to be expropriated for food. "

More than a dozen big landlords and businessmen who were unwilling to borrow grain looked up at An Chuxia suspiciously, not knowing what she meant.

Borrowed food must be repaid, because there is a word for borrowing.

The confiscated grain does not have to be returned, but a warrant from the court is required before the grain can be expropriated.

Deputy General Cheng also had a puzzled look on his face. He had told the county magistrate that they didn't have a warrant from the imperial court, and they couldn't expropriate grain at will.

"My lord..." Deputy General Cheng thought of reminding An Chuxia again.

But An Chuxia's gaze stopped her.

The dozen or so people who were unwilling to borrow food couldn't help but smile contemptuously when they saw the actions of the two people.

They are all a group of old foxes. They have already seen that Deputy General Cheng has not received a warrant from the court and is not qualified to collect grain.

"It seems that you are really righteous, and you can't bear to let the soldiers borrow food and return it to you.

If you want to donate wholeheartedly, if you are expropriated for food, then the official will help you. "

In front of everyone's eyes, An Chuxia took out a golden Panlong token from his sleeve pocket, with the word Wupin engraved on the front. After everyone saw it clearly, they all went to the middle of the hall and knelt down.

The golden token, no matter what is written on it, must be from the royal family, who dares to disobey the negligence with his head.

The crowd shouted: "Long live, long live, long live!"

Including those who reacted after the shock, Deputy General Cheng also knelt in front of him.

More than a dozen businessmen and big landlords who were willing to borrow grain were extremely grateful at this time, and did not annoy this seemingly ordinary but extraordinary female county magistrate for some extraneous things.

"...Where is Adjutant Cheng!"

"Humble job, here!"

"Quickly go and save the food from the families of these rich merchants and landlords who voluntarily expropriated, and keep enough food for their own families, and bring the rest back to me."

An Chuxia was thoroughly irritated by their cold heartedness regardless of the life and death of border guards.

"My lord, no! My lord..."

"My lord, I am willing to borrow food, I am willing to borrow..."

An Chuxia glanced at them coldly, and left a faint word: "It's late!"

Then he walked out of the hall door first. There was no way to collect food in such a short period of time if the means were too soft.

An Chuxia either borrowed from Wei County or expropriated forcefully. In one day and one night, he collected enough 100 million catties of grain.

There are now about [-] soldiers in the border town of northern Hebei. Each soldier eats two to three catties of grain a day. If only these grains are sent, it will only be enough for the soldiers for three to five days.

An Chuxia looked at the food piled up in the warehouse of the county government, and several carts of frozen tofu and dried tofu, and his more majestic eyes revealed a calm and wise light.

Deputy General Cheng looked at this swift and decisive female county magistrate with admiration. Even a male official might not be able to collect so much food in such a short period of time.

100 million catties of grain, obviously more than 200 soldiers would definitely not be able to transport it. An Chuxia also called the inspectors from the county to lead the soldiers, and personally led the team to send the grain to the border town in a special vehicle specially made by the government to deliver grain tax.

An Jinchen and Wang Libin also wanted to follow, and An Chuxia and Yiwei County also needed someone to sit in the town, so they were left behind.

Along the way, An Chuxia took out a token, asked the local officials to assist her, and collected some food.

Tell them that they can go to Wei County and get high-yield grain seeds from her when they start planting in spring after the Chinese New Year.

Now the officials and local rich owners whose grain was confiscated didn't feel that the grain was expropriated so much.

They have heard that the high-yield grain seeds in Wei County can reach thousands of catties per mu, and everyone is crazy to refuse, such a good exchange condition.

(End of this chapter)