Chapter 72: Occupation of Xichuan City
Murong Li: "Okay, then you be careful here, I'll go right away."
Su Yue: "What danger can I be in here? No one can get close to me. By the way, you only take the people away. Leave the carriage and other things behind. I will collect them."
If we bring people in, we can't go through the city gate openly, which will cause a riot. We have to lead them over the city wall. It's okay to lead them over the wall with people, but not with a carriage.
Murong Li nodded, left the room and disappeared into the night.
As soon as Murong Li left, Su Yue collected some of the valuable things in the study and left most of them to General Yun.
This fat county magistrate is only a seventh-rank county magistrate, but he has quite a few rare items.
It is true that he has been a clean magistrate for three years and earned 100,000 silver coins.
This fat county magistrate has more than 100,000 silver coins. Just the jade carving on the desk is worth 100,000 silver coins, and the four treasures of the study are all ordinary items.
This table, this chair, and this bookcase are actually all made of golden nanmu wood. Su Yue was amazed. This fat county magistrate really knows how to make money. His wealth is comparable to those corrupt officials in the capital.
I wanted to replace them all, but then I thought better of it. It would cost a lot of money for General Yun to take over this place.
She showed mercy.
In fact, she was a little surprised that Murong Li let General Yun guard this place. General Yun was an uneasy person. Wasn't she afraid that he would become powerful in the future?
But this was Murong Li's decision, and he must have his reasons.
She was a novice in employing personnel and soldiers, so she didn't bother herself with unnecessary matters.
She cleaned up the study, then used her mental power to find the gold, silver and jewelry of the women in the back house, and collected them all.
There was also the fat county magistrate's private vault, where he selected some of the more valuable items and left the rest untouched.
As for the food, Su Yue didn't touch it at all. It was not enough. She would have to pay out of her own pocket and buy the food as if it were the fat county magistrate's stuff.
Afterwards, his spiritual power followed Murong Li out of the city. After he took everyone away, he put all the remaining carriages into the space and waited for them to arrive.
Half an hour later, Murong Li brought them in and quickly occupied the county government office.
The wife of the county magistrate in the backyard was pulled out of bed with sleepy eyes. Seeing that she was lifted out of the quilt by a stranger so rudely, she burst into cursing. The person who pulled her was a constable. How could this constable be polite to Xu Old Banniang? He slapped the wife of the county magistrate in the face several times and beat her so badly that she could not be found. Then he threw her to another constable, who threw this wife who was stronger than a pig into the cell.
The fat county magistrate's son and daughter were extremely arrogant and wanted to kill them. The officers were already angry and had no place to vent their anger, so they beat them half to death. And the concubines were all very tough, so they all behaved themselves after being taught a lesson.
After throwing the people into the cells, the officers wanted to take the opportunity to make some money, but they found that these people had nothing.
The officers were puzzled. Could it be that the county magistrate was an honest official? But looking at the faces of the family, he didn't seem like that.
That night, the group stayed at the county government office.
This time, Qin led dozens of people and made great contributions. After occupying the county government office, they locked up all the people in the county government office in the cells and quickly captured the soldiers guarding the city.
There were not many soldiers guarding the city. There was only one centurion leading a hundred soldiers stationed in Baichuan City. Leaders Qin and Zhang captured the centurion on the spot and sent him to Murong Li.
Murong Li directly handed the centurion over to General Yun. He was a general and an expert in commanding and employing troops.
As for the runners in the county government, they were even easier to deal with. They were locals who were paid to work in the government. Now that the fat county magistrate had fallen from power, they knew that practical work was the real deal.
At this time, Su Yue, Murong Li and General Yun were still awake. They were discussing in the study how to deal with the fat county magistrate and the refugees.
Murong Li roughly explained what he meant.
General Yun said, "Fourth Master, Miss Su, I suggest that tomorrow morning, we take the county magistrate to the city gate and execute him right there in front of the refugees. This will serve as an explanation to them. Then, we will officially take over Xichuan County, open the granaries to release grain and resettle the refugees, and then recruit soldiers. What do you think?"
When General Yun received the order to garrison here, he was scolded by Old Madam Yun. He also thought it through. After being exiled all the way here, he truly witnessed the abilities of Murong Li and Su Yue, and he felt ashamed of himself.
He really overestimated his abilities in the past, which is why he was so self-righteous.
Now he no longer regards Murong Li as his nephew, but as his master.
As for his previous unrealistic ideas, he had already thrown them behind him. He felt that he was not as clear-headed as his mother.
With his limited abilities, he is not worthy of being accepted by the upper class.
This made him feel ashamed, and he strictly disciplined Mrs. Feng and Su Yan and did not allow them to make trouble again.
If they want to have a real way out, they still have to follow Murong Li.
Murong Li nodded. In his heart, he was quite pleased with his uncle's change. His time accompanying Old Madam Yun was not in vain.
It was not in vain that he accompanied Old Madam Yun. Both the grandmother and the grandson were insightful people. With Old Madam Yun urging General Yun, General Yun's change really satisfied him, and he was relieved to leave Xichuan County to his uncle.
After all, he doesn't have many people available.
And Old Madam Yun will be here.
"Just do as my uncle says. We don't have any strict rules. The most important thing is to firmly grasp the hearts of the people and use them for our own benefit."
Now, all the refugees need is food, clothing and a place to live. As long as these problems are solved for them, other problems will not be a problem.
"This is necessary. Should we place the refugees in the county seat or send them back to their original place of residence?"
General Yun thought about it and asked. He had seen the refugees outside the city, and there were as many as 20,000 to 30,000 of them. If they were all settled in the city, it would be very troublesome and cost a lot of effort.
If it is returned to the original borrower, it will save a lot of trouble.
"How about this, uncle? Send those who have borrowed money back first. They should all have their household registrations with them. Send these people back first, give them food, and then arrange for someone to go find water for them."
Having food alone is not enough; people will die without water.
General Yun and Su Yue both nodded repeatedly. This was the best way.
Xichuan County is not very big and is built between two mountains. There is really no extra space to build temporary housing for them.
It would be better to go home. At least when winter comes, everyone will have a place to live and we just need to provide them with food and drink.
Murong Li continued, "At the same time, we are recruiting soldiers. There should be quite a few people who want to serve in the military. The remaining part should not be many, so it should be feasible to place them in the surrounding areas."
All three of them thought this method was feasible, and after discussing some details, it was almost dawn.
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