Looking at these honest soldiers, Yang Qiu was deeply moved: "Generals, you only need to lead your troops to maintain stability in the city. Leave the rest to me!"

In Yang Qiu's view, Huang Zhong and others came to quell the rebellion, and there was no need for them to get involved in these messy matters. They had their own duties, and soldiers had their own duties as well.

Li Jue asked suspiciously, "But Captain Yang, what if they become desperate and resort to desperate measures? Wouldn't that be...?"

"Don't worry, everyone, they can't jump!"

Facing the concerned gazes of the crowd, Yang Qiu spoke calmly.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong and the others stopped insisting and dispersed. Following Yang Qiu's instructions, they led their soldiers to patrol the city of Wu.

Yang Qiu then sent people to invite the powerful families in the city to discuss borrowing grain.

Although the powerful figures who received the invitation had some doubts, they did not think too much about it and all went to the meeting.

Before long, the heads of various powerful families gathered at the Wu County government office.

Yang Qiu also ordered people to write loan documents and distributed them to everyone.

"Commander Yang, is the imperial court about to dispatch a large army?"

A powerful man looked at the loan document for 10,000 shi (a unit of dry measure) and asked in confusion.

Yang Qiu smiled and nodded: "That's right. The rebels are very powerful, and His Majesty is furious. He has already ordered 200,000 troops to be dispatched south. However, he is worried that the food and supplies will not be able to be supplied in time, so he asked me to procure them locally!"

Upon hearing this, the group of powerful figures couldn't help but change their expressions and began to ponder in secret.