Xiliang Iron Cavalry

Chapter 96: The Family

It is not wrong to say that the dynasty of the great Han is controlled by the family. It seems that in the future, appropriate changes should be made to prevent the relationship with the family from being so rigid. It's not a bad idea to shoot the case, but I'm too immature. [ . ]

It is a good starting point to be the people of Dawn of the World, but you must also have enough strength. Blindly overreaching will only kill this bud in the cradle.

The next day, the Wang family sent the rice to the prefect's mansion. Watching the white rice being transported to the counties, Jia Rong let out a long breath. The lives of the people.

Near noon, the official sedan chair was staggered out of the prefect's mansion again, this time to Liu's house.

Liu Qiu, who got the news, had already led his family to wait outside the door. Liu Qiu had already learned about Jia Rong's going to the Wang family yesterday, but the Liu family has always been at odds with the Wang family. Among the four great families, the Wang family and the Yao family are relatively close. , The Liu family and the Li family have a good relationship, so I don't know what happened to Jia Rong's Wang family. I only know that Wang Gu was very happy after Jia Rong left, and Jia Rong left drunk.

Unlike yesterday at the Wang family, only Liu Qiu was with him at this banquet, and Liu Qiu also knew that he couldn't drink enough, so he didn't repeatedly persuade Jia Rong to drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Jia Rong said straightforwardly: "I'm afraid the prefect's mansion's food and rice won't last until next year. Soldiers defending Beidi County can't let them go hungry, right, Patriarch Liu?"

Liu Qiu is about 40 years old, with gray hair faintly visible in his hair, but his name is too spoof, Liu Qiu, "Ryukyu", Jia Rong resisted the urge to laugh.

After saluting, Liu Qiu said: "My lord, the Liu family has hundreds of people, and there is not much food in stock."

Why do these aristocratic families say this? Could it be that they have unified their caliber in advance? With Wang Gu’s one thousand stones, the Liu family can still run away. It must be that the Wang family and the Liu family are not dealing with each other. Wang Gu did not tell Liu Qiu that the Wang family donated a thousand stones of food About the rice, Jia Rong thought to himself. ..

"Oh, yesterday the prefect went to Wang's house. After hearing about this, Patriarch Wang immediately decided to donate two thousand stones of grain and rice. Patriarch Wang is really a loyal man."

Seeing that Jia Rong's words didn't seem to be lying, and Jia Rong didn't have to lie to himself, Liu Qiu said after thinking for a while: "My lord, the Liu family is willing to give a thousand stones of grain and rice. The Liu family is no better than the Wang family, and can only offer so much grain Mi, please forgive me."

Jia Rong smiled and said: "Loyalty is not determined by the amount of food and rice donated. There are still a few vacancies in the prefect's mansion. The prefect told the Wang family master yesterday." After finishing speaking, Jia Rong stared at him intently. With Liu Qiu.

Liu Qiu's expression keeps changing. If it is true as Jia Rong said, then the Liu family's donation of grain and rice for one thousand shi will definitely be weaker than the Wang family in terms of situation. Since Jia Rong came to Beidi County, no family has held an official position. After the consequences of the war in Beidi County, those aristocratic families fled Beidi County after getting the news in advance. After returning, Jia Rong was appointed as the prefect of Beidi by the court.

"The Liu family is willing to give two thousand shi of grain and rice!" Liu Qiu looked bitter, and a few beards were pulled off his chin.

"Hahahaha, Patriarch Liu is really generous. Soon Patriarch Liu can ask some of his juniors to report to Zhang Changshi in the prefect's mansion," Jia Rong said.

Liu Qiu thanked him, and his expression eased a lot.

After Jia Rong left, Liu Qiu asked Wang Gu about Jia Rong's request for food, and at the same time told the Li family about the donation of two thousand shi from the Liu family.

Afterwards, Jia Rong used the same method to ask the other two families to give out two thousand stones of grain and rice each. Jia Rong regretted that he hadn't been more obnoxious to the old man. Maybe it was because he loved the old people too much. Respecting the old and loving the young has been passed down since ancient times. Virtue, Jia Rong thought of a reason to comfort himself.

Wang Gu learned that Jia Rong had obtained two thousand shi of grain and rice from the other three families, and secretly sent another one thousand shi of grain and rice to the prefect's mansion.

The food problem that troubled Jia Rong was finally solved. Jia Rong issued orders to the county magistrates to continue to use grain and rice frugally as before. Jia Rong was a little puzzled why Jia Xu didn't stay with him in Beidi County, and Jia Xu, a veteran political strategist, could help him, and he could do it without leaving the shopkeeper. \\..\\

For the descendants of the four great families, Jia Rong arranged for them insignificant positions. Jia Rong's reason was that "young people need to exercise more!" To this, the four great families also expressed their acquiescence. Those who have studied, and Beidi County lacks talents, and sooner or later they will be reused.

The soldiers who went to nearby counties to ask for food only brought back the news that there was no food in the county, and even Wang Fang, the prefect of Anding County, sent a message to Jia Rong, saying that even if there was food, he would not borrow it. It is said that it is inextricably related to the Wang family of Beidi County, and it is also related to Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang. It can be said that the forces are intertwined.

Wang Fang's words made Jia Rong very angry. After all, Jia Rong was still a general, so he couldn't stand Wang Fang's verbal provocation. Zhang Li tried his best to stop it, but Jia Rong remembered the name Wang Fang in his heart.

The replies from the rest of the counties were more tactful, but the result was the same, not a single grain was borrowed.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Mi Zhu came slowly with the convoy. Hearing the news reported by the guards, Jia Rong hurriedly got up from the chair, unsteady, and almost fell to the ground. It made Jia Rong a little bit overwhelmed. He blocked the guard's arm and ran all the way to the city wall of Beidi County.

Looking at the mighty convoy outside the city, Jia Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and the big rock in his heart finally fell to the ground with a thud.

Jia Rong gave Mi Zhu a bear hug, and said with a big laugh, "Brother Zizhong, if you come back later, I'm afraid my younger brother has already reported to Lord Yan."

"Yan Wangye? What is it?" Mi Zhu asked suspiciously.

Jia Rong realized that he had said the wrong thing again. There is no such thing as Lord Yan in this day and age, so he laughed and said, "It's nothing, as long as Brother Zizhong is here."

Mi Zhu looked at Jia Rong's sallow complexion and said, "Why is Zhiyuan's complexion so sallow? Could it be that he is sick?"

Looking at Mi Zhu's rosy face, Jia Rong cursed secretly, "a full man doesn't know a hungry man is hungry".

"Beidi County has been eating wild vegetable porridge and coarse grain cakes for a month, will your face look better?"

Hearing the anger contained in Jia Rong's tone, Mi Zhu said: "Brother Zhiyuan doesn't know the hardships of this road. Now the road is full of thieves. Just look at the two hundred servants outside the city and you will know what's going on."

Jia Rong took a closer look and was really taken aback. Just now when he saw it, he thought Mi Zhu's convoy could only be described as majestic, but now it can be described as magnificent when it gets close.

Mi Zhu explained: "This time, I brought food Wanshi to Brother Zhiyuan. I believe it can solve the food problem in Beidi County. The food in front of me is only a part of this time, and there will be more in the future."

In ancient times, one cart could pull 120 to 120 jin of grain, [-] jin for one stone, and [-] million jin for [-] shi. More than [-] grain carts were needed. Imagine what it would be like to have more than [-] two carts driving on the road. Condition.

There are about [-] carriages outside the city, that is, [-] shi of grain, and each carriage is accompanied by two servants, and there are only [-] servants in [-] carriages. It seems that the private soldiers of these aristocratic families are really important This also strengthened Jia Rong's idea of ​​easing up with the aristocratic family in Beidi County.

"Brother Zizhong is moving?" Jia Rong joked.

Instruct Zhang Li to make proper arrangements for the servants and grooms brought by Mi Zhu, and take Mi Zhu to the prefect's mansion.

At the same time, the food was sent to the counties and counties in a hurry, and the soldiers and people in the counties, including the county magistrate, could finally have a good meal.

In order for Mi Zhu to have a taste of how he spent his life recently, Jia Rong ordered the kitchen to make a table of wild vegetables, including fried wild vegetables, cold wild vegetables, and wild vegetable soup. Anyway, the staple food is the same, wild vegetables, and even wild vegetable porridge.

Seeing Mi Zhu grinning as he ate, Jia Rong felt refreshed, but seeing Jia Rong eating with gusto, Mi Zhu could only hold back.

After eating, the two sat in the prefect's mansion and started chatting, but Zhang Li was too busy, organizing the transportation of grain and grass to the counties, and distributing grain and rice to the homes of the victims, Zhang Li did everything by himself.

"I don't know how Wei'er is doing in the army?" Mi Zhu was most worried about his only child.

Jia Rong said with a smile: "Brother Zizhong, don't worry, Mi Wei is doing well in the army, but brother Zizhong's food came too late, and Mi Wei also ate porridge with wild vegetables for many days."

Mi Zhu said: "It's good that it's okay, it's good for the young man to suffer a little bit."

How could the reluctance in Mi Zhu's eyes escape Jia Rong's eyes, and he turned the topic to Mi's family, saying: "Brother Zizhong is really a big family, he transports ten thousand stones of grain at a time, and thousands of family members accompany him."

Mi Zhu smiled wryly and said, "Don't make fun of Zhiyuan as a brother. These are all temporary purchases of grain and rice from various places, and their merchants are responsible for delivering them. Thousands of servants are enough? Zhiyuan is a bit incompetent as a prefect. "

Jia Rong leaned forward slightly and asked, "What do you mean by brother Zizhong?"

Mi Zhu stroked the beard under his chin, and said slowly: "There must be more than 1000 private soldiers in the family in Beidi County?"

Jia Rong has never studied this issue, and no one has ever brought it up to him. If it is what Mi Zhu said, then the power of the four great families in Beidi County can influence the situation in Beidi County, and cannot be ignored. If the power can be used for oneself, it will be a great help.

Only after eating porridge with wild vegetables for several days, can I know how sweet and delicious the grains and rice taste. In the past few days, the county magistrates of the counties have also been dizzy from hunger, but Jia Rong, who is the governor of a county, also eats porridge. These county magistrates are also born in poor families, even if they starve to death, they have no complaints.

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