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Chapter 218 Dahong County Crisis (seeking monthly ticket)
"We want to go to town, we want food!"

"We are also citizens of the Great Zhou, so why not let us in!"

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Outside the city gate of Dahong County, crowds of people surged, and people in ragged clothes and most of their eye sockets were sunken shouted.

Under the city gate, the people of Dahong County blocked the gate to prevent the influx of beggars from outside.

People outside want to come in desperately, because if they can't find food anymore, they will starve to death.

And the people inside don't want them to come in, because a hungry person can do anything.

Above the city tower, a middle-aged man wearing an official uniform and a goatee looked at the people outside with a gloomy expression.

This person is Guan Yunzhi, the county magistrate of Dahong County.

At present, there are about 2000 people in the county seat of Dahong County, of which there are only more than 300 yamen servants.

There are nearly 2000 beggars outside.

Guan Yunzhi had already reported to the Yingshan Mansion to which he belonged, but he couldn't quench his thirst. If he couldn't appease these refugees today, there was a high possibility of mass casualties.

Guan Yunzhi thought for a moment, then said to a middle-aged man in blue cloth, "Master Li, it is impossible to let them enter the city, why don't we give them some food and drive them to other places! "

"My lord, that's 2000 people. Even if each of them is given five catties of grain, that's still ten thousand catties. This year is a year of severe drought, and the food in our county government is already less than a thousand catties. Even if the people in the city can get together That's enough, but after seeing the food, these hungry victims may be even more reluctant to leave, and if the news of our county's food donation spreads, it may attract more victims!"

"Then...then what should we do, the county will just watch these victims break through the city gate, come in to burn, kill and loot, and become the Hongya Army?" Guan Yunzhi frowned.

Master Li rolled his eyes and said: "My lord, I have a plan to solve this situation, but...but my lord has always been kind-hearted, I'm afraid I won't agree to use this plan."

"What time is it, tell me quickly!" Guan Yunzhi stared.

"In the yamen warehouse, there are still three hundred good bows and two thousand feathered arrows. We can let the yamen servants shoot and kill the victims on the tower. This kind of formation, as long as we are decisive and kill a hundred victims first, they will retreat! After all, if they stay outside the city gate, they will definitely die, and if they leave, they may find a chance to survive!"

"What...shooting people? I can't do it. If this matter is reported to the court, my life will be over!" Guan Yunzhi shook his head and said.

"My lord, no, the current situation is compelling. If you don't shoot them, they may soon enter the city. At that time, not only will we die, but many people in the city may lose their lives." Life! And if you let Dahong County fall into their hands, it will be a felony!"

"call!"

Guan Yunzhi took a long breath and paced back and forth on the city wall. After struggling for half an hour, he gritted his teeth and said, "Pull the bows and arrows to the tower!"

"Yes!" Master Li cupped his hands, and then quickly ran down the tower.

At this moment, Zhao Yan also came under the city gate, looking at the crowd of people and hearing the chaotic shouts outside, he felt a little sad.

The root cause of this incident was that when the drought occurred in Jinzhou, the imperial court could not provide assistance quickly. On the one hand, the imperial court did not have money, and on the other hand, some systems of the imperial court were not very reasonable.

It is precisely these problems that the New Deal reforms address.

Who ever thought that the New Deal had just begun, and some people began to rebel.

Zhao Yan also began to think about how to solve the problems of these victims.

He guessed that the magistrate of Dahong County would definitely not open the city gate, and even if the magistrate was kind and wanted people from outside to come in, the people inside would not agree.

In the eyes of the people in the city, those victims were no different from the Hongya army, and the first thing they did when they entered the city was to burn, kill and loot.

And Zhao Yan didn't think of the most appropriate way.

At this moment, Zhao Yan saw a group of yamen servants carrying boxes up to the gate of the city.It's just that he couldn't see what was in the box because it was too far away.

"Hei Wa, go and see quickly, what's in those boxes?" Zhao Yan said, vaguely, he had a very ominous premonition.

Hei Wa quickly got into the crowd and ran towards the city wall.

After a while, Hei Wa came back.

"My lord, what's inside are bows and arrows!"

"What?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but a burst of anger welled up from his heart.

But when he thought about it carefully, it was not a particularly stupid way for the county magistrate to use force to drive away the victims. If the victims were forced to rush in, there might be more casualties.

However, since he was standing here, no casualties could be allowed.

"Heiwa, take out the documents from the New Deal Inspectorate, let's go find the county magistrate."

Immediately, the two squeezed into the crowd and walked towards the tower.

"Stop, people are forbidden to enter the city tower!" A yamen servant held a long stick and said in a cold tone.

Hei Wa handed the document to the yamen servant and said, "Pass this to your county magistrate!"

Although the yamen servant was illiterate, he rushed up quickly when he saw that the documents were exquisite.

Just when Guan Yunzhi was thinking about how to reprimand the victims below, the yamen servant came up with the paperwork!
"Inspector of the New Deal, Yan Zhao, deputy fifth-rank official residence!"

Guan Yunzhi was shocked immediately, and hurriedly ran down the tower himself.

After seeing Zhao Yan, he was about to salute, but was stopped by Zhao Yan's hand.

"You are Guan Yunzhi, magistrate of Dahong County?" Zhao Yan asked expressionlessly.

"It's the next official, the next official..."

"Go up and talk!" Zhao Yan directly interrupted Guan Yunzhi's words, and took the lead to walk up the tower.

Guan Yunzhi hurriedly followed.

When Zhao Yan stood on the city tower and saw the victims sitting on the ground outside the city, he was even more shocked.

The people in ragged clothes were staring at the city gate eagerly. Some even lay dying on the ground because of lack of strength. Among them were seven or eight-year-old children and old people with white hair.

Zhao Yan looked at the bows and arrows on the side, kicked them with his feet, and said coldly: "Are you going to use these to deal with the victims below?"

With a bitter face, Guan Yunzhi said helplessly: "Master Inspector, I don't even think about it, but if these disaster victims start attacking the city, we really can't stand it!"

"How much surplus food and how many soldiers are there in Dahong County?"

"The surplus grain of the county government is less than 350 catties, and there are more than [-] soldiers. Although the people in the city have some surplus grain, no one is willing to hand over grain in such a famine year!" Guan Yunzhi sighed.

At this moment, a yamen servant hurried over and said, "My lord, it's not good. Some victims found a big tree trunk and are going to attack the city!"

Zhao Yan walked to the city wall and took a closer look. At a place more than 200 meters away from the city wall, dozens of men were carrying a thick tree and walking towards the city gate. It was obvious that they were going to attack the city!
At this time, Zhao Yan had a solution in his heart that could solve the crisis in Dahong County.

　On the first day of the new year, ask for a monthly pass, guaranteeing two more changes!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)