Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 12 The Lu family, a wealthy family in Xiapi
When Lu Yi and his party entered the territory of Juchao, everyone in Lu Yi was dumbfounded.

Everywhere is bare, not even a hint of green can be seen!
There are even corpses everywhere on the road!
The fields were completely deserted.

In some barren fields, you can see shocking cracks and cracks.

After finally arriving at the county government office in Juchao, everyone's eyes were dull.

The entire county government office is just a dilapidated house.

There is no one around!

If they hadn't found a passerby who was certain that this was the county government, Lu Yi and his party would not have believed it.

Lu Yi led everyone to start organizing the county government.

It took a full five days to clear out the county government office and repair it everywhere, so that everyone had a place to stay.

After that, Lu Yi left Da Qiao, Zhuge Ruoxue, and five female servants behind and asked them to continue cleaning up the surrounding areas of the county government office.

Ten of the other fifteen servants were appointed as yamen servants, responsible for managing the security around the county yamen.

He took the remaining five people around throughout Juchao County.

He doesn't dare to move around without someone!

Nowadays, in the miserable situation of Juchao, if you are not careful, not only will you be robbed, but you may also be stewed as food by the locals.

He had just traveled through time a year ago and had already seen this kind of thing when he was in Wu County!
This time around.Lu Yi has two main purposes.

One is to inform the people of Juchao County that his new Juchao chief is already in place!

The second one is to explore Juchao County's environment, real population, and the situation of the gentry.

It took a full month to complete this matter.

This time around, there were both joys and sorrows.

What is worrying is that there are no gentry in Juchao County, not even a single gentry!

After two consecutive years of drought, coupled with the previous Yellow Turban rebellion and the rise of all the powerful forces, Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, was unable to take care of a small place like Juchao County.

Therefore, all the original noble clans migrated out.

No, even those young and strong people are gone.

Nowadays, Juchao County is full of old, weak, sick and disabled people who are unable to leave.

The absence of gentry means that additional funds cannot be obtained to govern Juchao County.

Fortunately, there is Juchao Lake near Juchao.

Juchao Lake is connected to Ruxukou, and Ruxukou is connected to the river.

Yes, it's Dajiang.

In this era, there is no theory of the Yangtze River.

The river has abundant water flow all year round.

Chaohu also has water.

Although the water level is significantly lower than before the drought.

But if there is water, it will be easier.

In addition, the loss of the gentry in Juchao County is both a worry and a joy.

Although there is no gentry, there is no extra money.

However, not having a gentry also meant that it was relatively easy to get work done.

Relying on their strong local economic power and reputation, the gentry often carried out protective resistance against officials.

Officials have to negotiate with them to do anything, which is extremely troublesome.

After determining the environment of Juchao, Lu Yi began to carry out drastic operations in Juchao County.

There are mainly two aspects:

On the one hand, all the people living in Chao County are gathered together and re-registered to facilitate accurate understanding of the population, as well as their physical condition and age structure.

This part of the work took half a month.

According to statistics, there are currently no more than [-] households in Juchao County!
In fact, there are only 810 households.

In many households, there is actually only one lonely old man!

The total population of Juchao County is only 8000!

Among them, the elderly account for [-]%.

On the other hand, gather the entire population of Juchao County to build water conservancy!

First, a ditch large enough was led from Chao Lake to Juchao County.

Then, this ditch was diverted to the five towns under Juchao, and a reservoir was built in each town!
It's autumn now.

Start repairing it now and it will be ready for use during the farming season next spring.

However, in order to build water conservancy projects, these people must be provided with food and drink.

Although Lu Yi was very prudent and only provided two meals a day, all of which were rice porridge, the food that the Fang family had given away before was quickly running out.

At noon that day, Lu Yi was sitting on the threshold of the county government office, worrying.

Just now, Da Qiao told him that the food donated by the Fang family could only last for a month at most.

If we can't find a way to get food, everyone will have to drink from the northwest wind.

That's right, Da Qiao is now helping Lu Yi manage money and food!
Nowadays, the population of Juchao County is small and there are no talents. Lu Yi was originally responsible for managing money and food.

However, one day, when Lu Yi was registering the people in Juchao County and counting the population, Da Qiao stood up and said that she had not only learned to read and write, but also to do arithmetic.

Although Lu Yi was a little surprised, it was expected.

Da Qiao's every move and naivety indicate that she might have been a noble lady of some family before she was captured by the bandits.

Although in this era, few women read, but ladies still have the opportunity to get in touch with them.

Just like Cai Wenji.

Just like Zhen Ji and so on.

Facts have proved that Da Qiao did not lie.

Not only can she read and write, she is also no weaker than Lu Yi in arithmetic!
Lu Yi, who was already short of people, made the decision without hesitation to let Da Qiao act as the chief bookkeeper, responsible for managing money and food.

As for Zhuge Ruoxue, she and five other female servants were responsible for cooking porridge and other chores for the people in the county government every day.

Just when he was frowning, an old man came over with a staggering step.

Still far away, the old man said: "County magistrate!"

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the county magistrate and the magistrate were actually the same official position, but they had different names.

Generally speaking, if the county has a population of more than [-] households, the highest official in the county is called the county magistrate.

If the county's population is less than [-] households, the county's top official is called the chief.

There are currently only 810 households in Juchao, far less than [-] households, so Lu Kangcai asked Lu Yi to be the head of Juchao.

However, for ordinary people, they cannot distinguish between these.

Just say that the people who stayed in Juchao have basically never received education!

They can't even write their own names!

Previously, when Lu Yi registered the people in Juchao County and counted the population, these people would only pass it on by word of mouth.

Also, many of the names are very simple.

For example, Da Zhuang!
For example, Mazi!
For example, Goudan!
Their parents chose the name just for randomness and occasion!

Naturally, when they faced Lu Yi, the highest official in Juchao County, they called him the county magistrate.

Lu Yi didn't bother to correct him.

Hearing the shout, Lu Yi raised his head and looked over suspiciously.

The old man’s name is Zhang Fugui!
The name Fugui has been used 8000 times among the 510 people in Juchao County!
People all hope that their sons will be rich and powerful!
And this name can be found everywhere, making it easy to remember!
Zhang Fugui lives in a village called Matian, five miles away from the county government.

Today's Juchao County does not have a county seat!

Originally there was one, a very small one, about the size of a rural market in later generations. It surrounded the county government office, less than a mile in front and back, and the city walls were all made of earth, just for show.

After two years of drought, all the people in the county moved away, and the county was gone!
Now, there is only one lonely county government left!
Lu Yi looked at Zhang Fugui and said, "Why are you running so far away when you have nothing to do?"

With that said, he stood up and walked over.Zhang Fugui stopped in front of Lu Yi and said breathlessly: "Recently, people in our Matian Village have begun to complain, saying that the porridge is thinner than before, that they can't eat enough, and that they can't muster the energy to work!"

Lu Yi sighed secretly.

In this era, the people don't care what your officials do, for whom, or for what purpose.

All they know is that they need to eat and drink!

If you can guarantee these, you are a good official.

If you can’t guarantee it, you are a dog official!

Seeing Lu Yi's embarrassed look, Zhang Fugui trembled and said: "Before you came, magistrate, everyone was hungry. After you came, everyone has enough to eat. The food you eat is all the food you brought from home. Bar?"

Lu Yi said: "Otherwise? Now that Juchao is like this, where can we store food for you?"

Zhang Fugui sighed with emotion: "It's not easy for you, County Magistrate! But if you don't have anything to eat for everyone, people will not think about your kindness, but will only remember that you didn't give them enough to eat."

Lu Yi nodded and said, "There's nothing we can do! I've already sent people to Shu County to ask the prefect for food. I estimate it won't be much."

Zhang Fugui said: "I know there is a place where I might get it, it just depends on the ability of the county magistrate."

"Before, before my son left, he went there and came back and told me."

Zhang Fugui originally had a son, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

There was a severe drought two years ago, and his son moved away with his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

Zhang Fugui did not follow.

First of all, he thought that his son was also in difficulty, and no one could survive with him as a hindrance.

Secondly, he felt that he was old, buried up to his waist in soil, and might die at any time.

People in this era pay attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots.

Zhang Fugui didn't want to die in a foreign country, so he stayed.

Lu Yi heard what Zhang Fugui said and asked curiously: "Where?"

Zhang Fugui pointed to the northeast and said, "There is a wealthy family named Lu living in Dongcheng, Xutai County, Xiapi State."

"My son once passed through Xutai County and met the young head of this family."

"He is a very proud man."

"Every two or three days, he would give porridge to the homeless people nearby."

"Moreover, we often seek medical treatment for those patients."

"County magistrate, why don't you try to find him?"

Xiapi State is actually Xiapi County in Xuzhou.

The name of Xiapi State is still the old name for Xiapi. Princes have been born here.

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment.

A wealthy family named Lu from Dongcheng, Xutai County, Xiapi County?

He only thought of one thing, and that was the Lu Su family!

Thinking of Lu Su, Lu Yi felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Lu Su in history was indeed heroic enough.

However, Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou to avenge his father. I wonder if he withdrew?

Secondly, he was not sure whether Lu Su would lend him food.

Although Lu Su in history lent Zhou Yu a large amount of grain.

However, many people only saw Lu Su's heroic spirit, but did not think about Zhou Yu's identity.

Zhou Yu is the second and third son of the Zhou family!

The Zhou family is famous in Yangzhou.

Xuzhou is adjacent to Yangzhou. As a wealthy family, it is normal for Lu Su to know Zhou Yu.

Now that we know that Zhou Yu is a member of the Zhou family, it is not so shocking to lend Zhou Yu a large amount of food.

This is just like in later generations, when Brother Ma asks someone to borrow money, it is very likely that most people will try their best to lend it to him.

After all, as a rich man, Xiao Ma is not afraid that he will not pay it back if he borrows it.

If you really don't want to pay it back, it's not a big loss to have a relationship with someone like Xiao Ma.

However, despite saying this, Lu Yi decided to give it a try.

After thanking Zhang Fugui, Lu Yi immediately returned to the county government office and recorded the current situation of Juchao County, what he had done for Juchao, and his daily consumption on bamboo slips.

Then, he found five government officials and took Da Qiao, the person in charge of money and food, straight to Xuzhou's Xuzhou Xiapi County.

When he was near Xuzhou, he heard about Cao Cao's revenge on Xuzhou!

Cao Cao and Xuzhou fought, and Xuzhou was defeated, thousands of soldiers were killed and injured!
None of the soldiers supported by Lujiang came back!

After Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian saw Cao Cao's strength, he was so frightened that he took Xuzhou's elite soldiers and retreated directly to the hinterland of Xuzhou to take refuge, leaving only officials from various places in Xuzhou to organize people to defend the city on their own.

Moreover, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian also issued an order that anyone who dares to surrender will be killed without mercy!

Officials in Xuzhou counties were afraid of death and had to organize the people to resist Cao Cao, slowing down Cao Cao's attack.

Cao Cao hated these officials and people so much that he thought they were blocking his revenge. Therefore, every time he captured a county, he massacred everyone in the county!
Even the dogs are not spared!
All the corpses of the people were thrown into Surabaya, and even formed a mountain of corpses, blocking the flow of Surabaya!

However, Cao Cao only captured four counties before withdrawing.

It is said that Cao Cao's logistics supply is insufficient.

And every time he conquered a county, he could not find food and grass.

Especially in the counties that were conquered later, those officials knew Cao Cao's cruelty and would massacre the city. Therefore, before the city was broken, all the food and grass were burned.

Currently, no one dares to enter the four counties that were massacred by Cao Cao!
Someone has been close to those four counties.

It is said that at night, these four counties are filled with the shrill cries of ghosts.

Because of Cao Cao's withdrawal, Xuzhou returned to peace again.

Lu Yi was also relieved and went straight into Dongcheng District, Wetai County, Xiapi County.

After a casual inquiry, I found out about the Lu family.

Lu Yi and his party arrived at the door of Lu's house.

The Lu family is full of luxury!
Although it is far inferior to the Zhou family in Shu County, it is definitely not comparable to ordinary wealthy families.

Even the Fang family in Shu County is inferior to the Lu family.

There were young men everywhere near Lu's house.

These young men are all strong and strong, with weapons on their bodies and looking high-spirited.

Lu Yi asked five government officials to go up and report the matter, but none of them dared to go!

Very cowardly!
Lu Yi could only go there in person.

Before he even got close to the door of Lu's house, he was blocked by several young men.

These young men are all murderous and very fierce.

Lu Yi was also a little panicked.

After all, in this troubled world, murder is commonplace.

If it gets clicked, it’s game over!
However, even though he was panicking, he still had to bite the bullet.

If this is not done, there will be no way to obtain food, and my efforts in Juchao County for the past few months will be in vain.

Even if I return to Shu County, what will other people think of me for my half-assed behavior?
It is basically impossible for me to want to work in the future.

Moreover, there was no way to explain it to the Fang family.

I went to Juchaoqian, but I took too many things from the Fang family!

Taking out the box from his sleeve, the box contained a seal. Lu Yi forced a smile and said to several young men: "I am Lu Yi, the chief of Juchao County in Lujiang. This is my seal. Please inform your family master. Just say I have something to ask for!"

Several young men looked at each other.

A big man took the box, opened it, took a look, turned over the seal, nodded to the others, then closed the box and said to Lu Yi: "You wait here, I will ask our family master."

After saying that, he quickly walked into the Lu family's mansion.

(End of this chapter)