Hanging up and cultivating immortality in the troubled times

Chapter 29 Kangzhou City is destroyed
After all, Lu Heng underestimated how thick-skinned the big families in Heyang County were and how much they told lies with their eyes open.

After the Fang family fell to their knees as a whole, the other Wen family, Li family, and Gao family all came forward in person to express their apology and gratitude to Lu Heng, and also expressed their surrender.

Of course, the members in charge of grain sales in these families were all regarded as scapegoats.

In the "letter of repentance" dedicated to Lu Heng, these people were all sprayed with blood.

There are descriptions such as causing harm to the country and the people, and deserving punishment from heaven.

In the end, each of these people "feel ashamed and committed suicide in shame" without even a chance to make excuses.

Next, these big families took the initiative to take over all the merchants in the county. At the same time, they took the initiative to open their own granaries and sold them to the people at a price of three hundred coins and one stone according to Lu Heng's pricing.

This whole process is very smooth, from attitude to approach, from face to appearance, there is nothing wrong with it.

Surprisingly, not one of them has a strong head.

By evening, all order in Heyang County had returned to normal. People, rich and poor, had bought enough food to their satisfaction and returned home.

After these changes, except for a few people from the Fang family, no one from other forces was killed.

Hmm... "suicide out of shame" doesn't count.

County Yali.

Lu Heng looked at the piles of gifts on the table and felt quite complicated.

When he went to Fang's Rice Shop earlier, he was already prepared to kill the big family in Heyang County and make rivers of blood flow.

After all, Fang Sheng's previous attitude was extremely tough, which made him think that these local big families were arrogant local snakes, and they would probably choose to fight him to the end.

I didn't expect that it would be like this in the end.

"Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why the big family can be passed down for many years." Lu Heng felt a little emotional.

These big families all see clearly that in these troubled times, money and food are important, but their family members and foundation are the most important.

As long as the family is not wiped out, as long as the family is still there, even if it is robbed, there will be opportunities to make money back in the future.

"The question now is, how can I quickly increase my mana?" Lu Heng frowned slightly.

Now he is still a little short of the state of perfecting the first level of Qi refining.

Originally, he planned that these big families would be strong-willed, and after he harvested them hard, their mana would naturally be perfected, but he didn't expect that it would end up like this.

As a result, there is no way to harvest these big families for the time being.

However, there will be opportunities in the future to prepare for the second level of Qi Refining.

"There is only one Cai Kang left, and one room is hidden." Lu Heng turned his eyes and looked outside the county government office. "After taking care of them, the magic power should be complete, and we can prepare to break through the second level of Qi Refining."

Fang Qian is still under house arrest at home and is guarded by the ghost soldier Yang Haichao, while Cai Kang has been thrown into prison.

During the day, Cai Kang probably found that Yang Haichao had not returned for a long time and felt that something was not right, so he decided to leave the city with thirty soldiers.

But before they even reached the city gate, the group was intercepted by the Gao family. After a fight, Cai Kang was captured, sent to the county government, and imprisoned in a dungeon.

Just when Lu Heng was thinking about how to deal with these two people.

Han Tong ran over excitedly and shouted with a red face: "Master Lu, no no, Immortal Lu! That's great, that's great. There are actually 11 shi of extra grain in the Changping warehouse. Are you?" How did you do it? This, this is really a living god!"

In the afternoon, Lu Heng went to Changping Cang alone. When he came back, he asked Han Tong to take people inside to check the grain.

Before going, Han Tong was still a little doubtful.

After all, it doesn't look like too much food can be transported in such a short time.

Moreover, after the turmoil of this day, there was probably not enough manpower to transport food. Even the subordinates in Changping warehouse thought that the warehouse was empty.

This directly caused Han Tong to lead a group of subordinates to open the Changping warehouse. After seeing the 10,000+ stones of grain piled inside, he almost suspected whether he was hallucinating.

So much food actually appeared in Changpingcang in Heyang County? !
You know, in the morning, it was still empty!

Amazing!

Moreover, these sacks containing grain are all smooth and clean. They are all newly made and bagged. They are obviously transferred here temporarily.

This is nothing short of a miracle!
Han Tong and his subordinates, who had witnessed all this with their own eyes, already worshiped Lu Heng as a god.

If he wasn't a god, how could he create such a miracle? "It's just a little effort, it's nothing." Lu Heng shook his head slightly and smiled, "Food will be shipped next, and the price of food here will remain at the level of [-] yuan."

"The chivalry of Mr. Lu is so incredible!" Han Tong bowed deeply to Lu Heng and thanked him sincerely, "Han Tong would like to thank Mr. Lu on behalf of all the people in Heyang County."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Lu Heng waved his hand, and then said, "Just do what you are doing well. It is best to find a few right-hand assistants to help you handle some affairs. Next, you may have to take care of more things in the county. It’s business.”

"What does Master Lu mean?" Han Tong was confused.

"The secret must not be leaked." Lu Heng smiled but did not say it clearly.

……

The next morning.

As soon as Han Tong arrived at the county government office, he received a suicide note from the county magistrate Fang Qian before he even started working.

In his suicide note, Fang Qian explained how he had secretly sold grain to the governor of Kangzhou together with Zheng Han, the iron fist sect, and also explained the details of how he emptied the Changping warehouse.

At the end of his suicide note, he said that he had committed a heinous crime and deserved his death, so he committed suicide out of fear of his crime.

It’s just that county affairs cannot be abolished, and people’s affairs need to be managed by someone.He then begged Han Tong to take charge of the affairs of the county and be officially appointed as county magistrate after being granted the authority by Shangguan or the imperial court.

Han Tong was dumbfounded when he looked at the suicide note and murmured, "I am the magistrate of county affairs. I am a county registrar from the ninth rank. After holding the posts of county captain and county magistrate, I also have to serve as county magistrate." Already?!"

……

On this day when Lu Heng was reorganizing Heyang County.

Qingde County, as far away as Kangzhou, was captured.

This is the seat of Kangzhou's governor. When the city was broken, Kangzhou's governor had already been captured by Wang Tong, the military governor of Zhaoyang.

Countless soldiers poured into the city, robbing property and humiliating women without restraint.

Fires soon burned throughout the city, and blood and corpses filled the streets.

There was no general to stop the soldiers from doing this.

After all, these soldiers left their hometowns to join the army and work hard not for the ideal of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, but to earn more money and food so that they could take them back to support their families.

If the city is broken and soldiers are not allowed to plunder, the morale of the army will collapse, and the generals may suffer backlash.

However, plundering is plundering, and the soldiers also know where not to go.

After the city was broken, the prefecture government office and the county government office had long been surrounded by a group of generals and soldiers, who protected the documents and books inside to the maximum extent, waiting for the arrival of Jiedushi Wang Tong.

For Jiedu envoys who want to expand their territories, these documents and books are the most important things, allowing their officials to quickly take over the management of new territories.

The person who took the lead in protecting the documents and books was a marching Sima under Wang Tong named Deng Ce.

After entering the yamen of the state government, he first told him to protect the documents and books, and then took people to the mansion of the governor of Kangzhou to search for letters and documents in the house.

This is a task that Wang Tong specially assigned.

Check through these letters to find out who has been selling grain to Kangzhou.

The endless supply of food made it more difficult for Zhaoyang's army to attack the city. The prolonged combat time directly led to the tendency of Pingzhou and Tongzhou next door to unite to resist Zhaoyang's army.

Wang Tong was extremely angry about this and specifically told Deng Ce that he must collect all the letters.

Don't leave anything out.

Even if there is no clear information in those letters, some clues must be compiled to facilitate the subsequent interrogation of the Kangzhou governor.

As long as they find out who it is, Zhaoyang Army will definitely take the cruelest revenge on him!
……

Heyang County is peaceful and quiet at night. Compared with Qingde County in Kangzhou, it is like two different worlds.

Lu Heng came to the cell alone and saw Cai Kang huddled in the corner of the cell, looking miserable.

The last time I saw him was by the Huai River.

At that time, the Hequ Cheng was riding a tall horse and leading armored soldiers. He was majestic and aloof. He looked at the hard laborers like he was looking at a swarm of ants.

Lu Heng walked slowly to the cell door and asked with a smile: "Cai Hequ, do you still remember me?"

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