That night, everyone in Fanjing City fell asleep with smiles on their faces.
Magistrate Luo was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep all night.
He got up early in the morning and ran to the well to take a look. Seeing that the water was still full and clear, he smiled so much that the corners of his mouth couldn't fall off.
Then he hurried to the prefectural government office and took a look at each warehouse door.
Looking at the food still in the warehouse, he finally felt relieved.
This night was difficult for him because he kept worrying that those things would disappear overnight.
Fortunately, they are all still there.
"Greetings to King Qianhuang..."
Magistrate Luo stepped into the main hall and knelt down excitedly towards Chen Yong.
This is the real breadwinner and savior of the people, and he knelt there willingly.
"No need to be polite." Chen Yong raised his hand. "Lord Luo, you've arrived just in time."
Before Magistrate Luo could say thank you, he stood up and looked at Chen Yong with a confused look on his face.
"Your Majesty..."
Chen Yong patted the recruitment list on the table.
"The recruitment notice will be posted today. Every household must have at least one person enlist, anyone within the age range."
Magistrate Luo stared at Chen Yong in astonishment, the corners of his mouth twitching twice.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid the people are not physically fit to serve in the army. They will be a burden to Your Highness."
The people of Fanjing City were so thin that they were just skin and bones. They couldn't even keep up with the troops when going to war, let alone fight with weapons.
He felt that these civilians joined the army just to get food and drink, and had no fighting ability at all.
Chen Yong smiled and said, "It's okay. The people are weak and they just need to be healed."
"The military salary is enough for soldiers to support their families."
"Winter is almost here. How are the people going to survive without food or water?"
"Free food and drink every day is provided, and this king is not unable to afford it."
"However, Lord Luo must also understand the principle of repaying kindness with gratitude and repaying hatred with vengeance."
"If you can have food and drink without paying anything, it will only make the people useless."
".....Uh!" Magistrate Luo frowned and thought about Shen Yong's words, then nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty is right."
The problem that the people need to solve right now is indeed the problem of food and drink.
It is indeed unrealistic to support the people of the entire city all the time.
Shen Yong glanced at Prefect Luo and continued,
"The salary for soldiers is very generous, and the soldiers' food and drink are provided by the barracks. The salary sent back home by the soldiers is enough to support their families."
"Recruitment begins today. All citizens who sign up will receive their monthly salary on the spot."
"Starting from next month, the monthly salary will be paid on the first day of each month."
Magistrate Luo looked at Chen Yong in shock.
"Your Highness, it's almost the end of the month. If we pay out this month's salary, doesn't that mean we'll have to pay out next month's salary in a few days?"
"That's right." Chen Yong nodded. "The people are in urgent need of food right now. This month's food will be used to support their health. During festivals, half of their salary will be given."
The people who are starving like skulls would probably be reluctant to spend a month's salary if they suddenly received it.
But if they knew that they would receive the next month's salary in a few days, they would feel at ease and would not be so reluctant to eat.
Magistrate Luo's pupils trembled, and he asked cautiously, "May I ask, Your Majesty, what are the salaries?"
Chen Yong looked at Luo Zhifu calmly.
"Each person is given 20 kilograms of rice, 20 kilograms of brown rice, 20 kilograms of white flour, one kilogram of salt, five kilograms of rapeseed oil, and five kilograms of pork every month."
Magistrate Luo stood there in a daze, his mouth wide open in shock as these things appeared in his mind.
"This... I thank the prince for his kindness to the people!!!"
Magistrate Luo came to his senses and knelt down excitedly.
Oh my God, they have been paying salaries for two consecutive months, and the salaries are so generous. I can’t imagine how happy the people must be.
The runners in the prefectural yamen did not receive these salaries, let alone ordinary soldiers.
"Alright." Chen Yong waved his hand. "Stop kneeling here and there. Hurry up and take the men to recruit soldiers."
"The soldiers recruited by Fanjing City should stay in Fanjing City. You don't need to follow me to fight. Take care of your health first."
Magistrate Luo looked up at Chen Yong excitedly, "Yes, I will inform the whole city right away."
The people of Fanjing City are lucky. What's the difference between having them as soldiers defending the city and supporting them for free?
The key point is that these recruits are still very weak and cannot exercise at all without a month or so of rest.
As soon as Magistrate Luo stood up, he heard Shen Yong say,
"Report the affairs of Fanjing City to the Second Madam from now on. I will send troops to attack Anyun City tomorrow."
Everything that should be kept was kept, and the momentum was also very good.
Yesterday he arranged for someone to go to Anyun City and tell everyone about what happened in Fanjing City.
I guess by now, those people should have arrived in Anyun City, and those words should have spread out.
He will lead his troops out tomorrow. By the time he arrives in Anyun City, the people of Anyun City should have heard about what happened in Fanjing City.
Magistrate Luo paused slightly, frowned and looked at Chen Yong.
"Your Highness, Magistrate Jia of Anyun City is not someone you can easily talk to."
"It is said that Magistrate Jia sent his family to the capital early on to escape the drought. The situation in Anyun City is even worse than that in Fanjing City."
"Based on the terrain, Anyun City should be in a better situation than Fanjing City, and the people should be able to hold on."
"However, Magistrate Jia doesn't care about the lives of the people at all. He controls the city's water resources in his own hands and sells them to the wealthy merchants and aristocratic families in Anyun City at a high price."
Having said that, Magistrate Luo pursed his lips and looked at Chen Yong.
"I heard that there are countless dead bodies outside Anyun City, and the smell is really unpleasant..."
When Fanjing City was suffering from a serious water shortage, he sent people to Anyun City and Bailong City to inquire about the situation, hoping to borrow some water.
Needless to say, the situation in Bailong City at that time was even worse than that in Fanjing City. His people looked at the dry lips of Governor Liu and were too embarrassed to open their mouths to ask for water.
There was still a lot of water in Anyun City at that time. Of course, all the water was in the hands of Magistrate Jia. Whenever his people asked to borrow water, Magistrate Jia would ask for 10,000 taels of silver per bucket of water.
How could he have so much money to buy water? Moreover, the bucket of water was not a normal bucket, it was only one-third the size of a normal bucket. That little amount of water was not enough to moisten the lips of all the people in the city.
Chen Yong raised his hand and knocked on the table, curling his lips and sneering.
"This is better, it's easier to handle."
It is so easy to win the hearts of the people by simply killing a prefect who is hated by everyone.
What is difficult to deal with are the corpses at the gate of Anyun City.
A large number of corpses piled together and rotting can easily cause a plague.
He must deal with those corpses in advance to prevent his golden armored army from being infected, otherwise the losses will be huge.
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