If you have money, many problems can be easily solved.
Yang Hanmo first rode his horse at full speed and wrote letters to the prefects of Minzhou and Fengzhou, then sent 5,000 troops with the token from King Mo to the nearest county town in Minzhou, which was at the junction of Tongzhou and Minzhou, to buy the first batch of grain.
After all, he was a prince, a prince of the royal family. The prefect of Minzhou did not dare to ask for an exorbitant price. He gave them a batch of grain and seeds at an ordinary price, which solved their urgent problem.
With food and seeds, Yang Hanmo began to arrange the farming work in full swing. At the same time, all the officials, big and small, in the counties were replaced by his own people.
The work of settling the disaster victims, re-registering them, and allocating arable land was carried out in an orderly manner.
At the same time, after the grain transport teams returned from Minzhou one after another, they rushed to Fengzhou without stopping. Fengzhou has always been known for its "bountiful harvest" and the surplus grain was very sufficient.
The prefect of Fengzhou has also given a reply. There is no problem in buying grain, but the goods must be paid in exchange for goods. No credit is allowed. Just buy as much grain as you have money.
Over there, Yang Hanmo was spending money and food like water, and Lin Xiaoman was also very busy. First of all, she had to control the plague.
It wasn't really a plague. It was essentially two problems. One was influenza, which is prevalent in spring. The other was an animal epidemic. After a heavy snowfall, poultry became susceptible to disease. Meat was already expensive, and in a disaster, who would be willing to throw away all that poultry? So, even poultry and game that had died of plague were eaten without wasting them. This led to illness.
Lin Xiaoman has a very tough attitude. Animals infected with diseases are not allowed to be eaten, and they cannot be buried alive but must be burned.
At the same time, large quantities of quicklime were purchased for large-scale disinfection, especially in areas where floods had occurred and after the floods had receded.
And I also have to buy medicine to deal with the flu.
Having to buy food, quicklime, and medicinal herbs, Yang Hanmo immediately became worried again: So poor, so poor!
Faced with this situation, Lin Xiaoman said that it was not a problem at all. Although Taiyi City could not be taken down for the time being, the bandit's nest could be wiped out.
Lin Xiaoman personally led the team with hundreds of elite soldiers, pretending to be a team of merchants, enforcing the law and fishing.
Just hang around where bandits are active and the fish will be hooked immediately.
Burning people and setting fire to the gold belt!
The thieves rob the thieves and make money very quickly.
Bandit dens are usually built in deep mountains and old forests, which are "easy to defend and difficult to attack". However, for Lin Xiaoman, it is so easy, after all, she is very good at light work.
After finding a bandit's lair, Lin Xiaoman sneaked in under the cover of night. Then, he put a packet of medicine in the water tank, and all the bandits, big and small, were knocked unconscious.
Next, open the gate of the village.
OK, solved!
With a peerless master in your own camp, things that were originally difficult will become easy.
The bandit's den was busted, all the money and property were confiscated, the vicious criminals who had killed people were beheaded, and the accomplices who had not killed people were sent to forced labor.
Right now, everything is in ruins and the labor force is in short supply.
After a busy month, except for the city of Taiyi Prefecture, other counties and towns have basically stabilized.
Order seemed to be restored.
Next, just as the brother and sister were discussing how to kill the man surnamed Sun and take over the city of Taiyi Prefecture, a group of people from the court arrived and first issued an imperial edict.
The literal translation is: The Crown Prince passed away, the 21st Prince accidentally fell into the water and died, and the Imperial Concubine was so grief-stricken that she couldn't catch her breath and died too. Therefore, the whole country mourned for a month, must wear plain clothes, and no wedding banquets were allowed... In short, no weddings were allowed.
In addition, we came to Tongzhou for an on-site investigation to understand the situation.
Originally, the people coming from the court should have gone directly to the provincial capital to inform the prefect, but at this time the surrounding counties were all occupied by Yang Hanmo's people, so of course they were intercepted.
Yang Hanmo is a prince, so his weight is certainly greater than that of the prefect. The group of people did not expect that Tongzhou was trying to split.
After giving him some money and taking him out for a good meal and drinks, Yang Hanmo successfully got a lot of information.
Emperor Desheng had actually heard about the great disasters in Youzhou, Tongzhou and Huaizhou, but it happened to be the time when the Hu people were invading and Prince Qing was rebelling, so all the money was allocated to the army as war expenses, so the treasury was empty and there was no money for disaster relief.
Emperor Desheng clearly had no idea of the severity of the situation in these three states. After all, they were just three poor places, paying only a small amount of tax each year, which was dispensable. Emperor Desheng probably just didn't care. People died, so they died. After all, after every major disaster, a few years later, everything would be full of life again.
Therefore, Emperor Desheng did nothing at all.
Not only did they do nothing, but they also intended to conscript soldiers.
Prince Qing rebelled, so naturally we had to fight him. However, the Hu people were coming in with great force, the situation on the border was tight, and we had no manpower to spare.
What to do if you have no soldiers? Recruit!
The emperor has issued an edict to recall the fifth prince, the seventh prince, the eighth prince and the eleventh prince from their fiefdoms, and then recruited soldiers. Each prince will lead the army to attack Yuzhou, Chuzhou, Chuzhou and Mingzhou respectively, and he must put down the traitor Su Beici!
Based on military achievements, whoever performs outstandingly in suppressing the rebellion will become the next crown prince.
Knowing that he had no competitive advantage and that the position of crown prince was beyond his reach, Yang Hanmo was not disappointed. What he was more worried about was: conscription.
After using beauties and fine wine to calm the court officials, Yang Hanmo hurried to consult Lin Xiaoman, "Xiaoxi, what should we do? We need to recruit soldiers! Recruit soldiers!!"
Just when I finally breathed a sigh of relief and had hope of survival, I was suddenly conscripted.
How can they survive in Tongzhou?
This is going to force them to death!
"What else can I do? Play the victim." Lin Xiaoman spread his hands. "Brother, I say, you write it. Just write a letter and have them take it to Father."
After a brief pause, Lin Xiaoman spoke. First, he (Yang Hanmo) arrived in Tongzhou, unfamiliar with the place and bullied by local officials. It was very miserable. He had a difficult journey and finally made some achievements. Suddenly, a disaster struck. People under him died, fell ill, and fled... He only ate half a bowl of rice and almost starved to death...
In short: I am so miserable, so miserable, so miserable, extremely miserable, and I am playing the victim in every way.
After writing, Yang Hanmo looked at the letter with a complicated expression. He felt embarrassed for writing it. He couldn't help but sympathize with himself. Isn't this too miserable?
As a prince, if you end up like this, you might as well find a piece of noodles and hang yourself.
"Xiao Xi, are you sure that Father won't fly into a rage and strangle a useless son like me when he sees this?"
"Brother, don't worry. The emperor will at most let you perish on your own. But considering how miserable you are, he shouldn't continue to recruit soldiers in Tongzhou."
Although the old emperor was quite heartless, Lin Xiaoman felt that he would not kill all of his own children.
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