Chapter 186: Liu Chenglin's embarrassing situation
The entire north is shrouded in heavy rain, and Jingzhou is no exception. Of course, compared with Yizhou, the situation in Jingzhou is much better, and Jingzhou does not have so many rivers.
But Jingzhou also has his disadvantage, that is, his economic situation is far inferior to Yizhou. Whether it is the government or the people, his ability to withstand natural disasters is far less than that of Yizhou. Not to mention Wuyi, Xindu, who had just won the wealthy Li Ze in Dezhou, was in the area.
Therefore, although Jingzhou was not particularly affected by the disaster, there were still chaos. In addition to Jingxian, the capital of Kaizhou, there were riots in Anling County, Tiao County and other places. Anling County was even completely blocked by the victims. The Anling County government and the city's tyrants joined forces, but they only defended some important places and had to send people to Jingzhou for help.
The disaster caused a large number of refugees to appear. After being affected, these people naturally gathered towards the county seat. A large population was concentrated, which led to a high price of grain in these places. Moreover, with the continuous rainy season, the price of grain continued to rise. The local powerful people in Jingzhou, led by the governor of Jingzhou, were not opening warehouses or releasing grain, or relieving disasters, but instead regarded this disaster as an opportunity to make a fortune.
When the high-priced food consumed all the last copper coins of these victims, the riots naturally occurred.
"Governor Lu, the fundamental reason for this riot is that the victims have no food to eat. As long as food is released, the riot can naturally be calmed down." Liu Chenglin looked at the Jingzhou Governor Lu Jin after the big case and shouted: "There is no need to dispatch troops to suppress it."
"Person Liu, the governor of Jingzhou is me, not you. You are just a guest army stationed in Jingzhou." Lu Jin had a cold face. "These victims robbed the grain shops, attacked the treasury and county governments. If these mobs are not suppressed in time, Anling County is occupied by the victims, you should know the consequences."
Liu Chenglin looked at the other party angrily and said, "Since Liu is leading the guest army, then the Jing'an area should be the responsibility of governor Lu rather than mine. To suppress these victims, please ask governor Lu to send Jingzhou army."
Looking at Liu Chenglin who turned around and left, Lu Jin sneered: "Person Liu, the disaster is serious, and I don't know how long it will take to rain. Jingzhou is poor, and food is even more precious now. If Captain Liu is unwilling to send troops to contribute to the local area, then there is no need for us to provide you with military rations."
Liu Chenglin stopped suddenly, turned around, and his eyebrows stood up: "Liu's army is directly under the Jiedushi's Mansion. How dare the governor Lu cut off my food?"
"Who said I want to lose food? It's just that there is not enough food. We have to overcome the difficulties together. In the next time, we will only provide some food to Captain Liu as much as possible. As for how much, Mr. Lu really can't determine." Lu Jin smiled and looked like he was determined to eat Liu Chenglin.
Liu Chenglin was so angry that he couldn't speak.
People were under the eaves and had to bow their heads. In the past, the food given to his army was supplied every month, but it had been supplied every month a month ago. The fundamental reason was that at this moment, Li Ze from Wuyi was far away.
Dezhou was robbed, with only one Shiyi left. Now Li Ze is stationed in Shiyi, but his own Laozi Liu Juan is still the county magistrate of Shiyi, but Shiyi is no longer Shiyi in Henghai.
Liu Chenglin knew that he would be suspicious and was prepared to swallow his anger. On this matter, he was indeed suffering. Others did not understand Li Ze, but he had personally experienced it. How could there be good fruits when it fell into this hand? His father naturally would not ignore his situation, but he still had to serve as the county magistrate of Shiyi to do things for Li Ze, so he was naturally threatened and had no choice but to suffer.
He planned to slowly draw on it. When he found an opportunity, he sent someone back to Shiyi to rescue his father. Naturally, it would not work. He was afraid that his father would be surrounded by people who were surveillance. When he sent someone back, he would definitely be a meat bun to beat the dog.
He asked himself that he was loyal to Henghai and had no other intentions, but Lu Jin's actions made him feel heartbroken. He didn't know if these actions of this person were from Henghai's instructions.
The melon field is in the plum blossoms, and now he has been detained again. After Liu Chenglin was threatened by Lu Jin, he had no choice but to leave and choose to lead his troops to suppress the riots in Anling County.
He only has three days of food. If Lu Jin really cuts off his food, it is inevitable that his morale will be in chaos. Moreover, Lu Jin has owed him two months of military pay and has not paid it. He has had a quarrel with him at this time, because he is afraid that the matter of asking for military pay will be even more disgraceful.
After returning to the camp at the garrison, Liu Chenglin was still angry and unhappy after giving orders to attack.
"Young Master, don't be angry." Liu Changfeng, who is a clerk from the Liu family, comforted him: "This attack is actually an opportunity for us."
"What opportunity?" Liu Chenglin asked suspiciously.
"Young Master, wasn't Anling occupied by the mob? After we go to quell the rebellion and attack the city, hehe, wouldn't we have food and salary?" Liu Changfeng said with a smile.
Liu Chenglin was shocked: "Did you want me to plunder the troops after entering the city?"
"There is a need for troops to plunder!" Liu Changfeng said: "Young Master, do you know how much food there is in Jingzhou City now?"
"Jingzhou is not short of food." Liu Chenglin shook his head and said, "There are three long-closed warehouses in the city, garrisoning hundreds of thousands of dans of grain. When they were about to fight Lu Long in the front, tens of thousands of stones of grain were transported from the rear. The grain in Jingzhou is enough. This is also the reason why I was angry that Lu Jin did not open the warehouse and put the grain in it. It was obvious that the problem could be solved easily, but I wanted to make it like this now."
Liu Changfeng chuckled: "Young Master, you are obsessed with military affairs every day and only know how to manipulate the army. How can you know the strangeness here? Jingzhou is now short of food. We only use Lu Jin once every three days, not for other reasons, but because he can't take it out."
Liu Chenglin was shocked: "What are you talking about nonsense?"
"Young Master, I tried my best to find out. A while ago, didn't you worry that you were suppressed by Lu Jin after being suspicious of Henghai? It was not the case at all." Liu Changfeng said: "Lu Jin secretly transported a large amount of food to Anling, Tiaoxian and other places for sale at a high price. This is also the reason why he was so nervous after the mob appeared in Anling and other places. Anling had no military power at first, but why could he persist in the riots in the refugees riots?
Until now, he can still defend the grain warehouses, because Lu Jin sent some of his personal soldiers to do this matter in person. So he survived. Now Lu Jin dared not send the soldiers from the state city. He sent 100 soldiers from Anling and Tiao County each. Now he only has 800 soldiers in his hands, and the grain price in the state city is so high. He is also worried that there will be chaos in the state city. His people need to use it to ensure the safety of the state city, so he can only put his ideas on us."
"Even if he secretly sells grain to these two places, it is impossible for him to empty Changping warehouse in such a short time?" Liu Chenglin still disbelief.
"Only if you sell high-priced grain to the county below, it will not be possible, but where does Lu Jin sell grain to Lu Long?" Liu Changfeng said: "The grain price on Lu Long is also rising rapidly. And now Lu Long is still fighting, so they are willing to take out real money and silver to buy grain."
"Bastard!" Liu Chenglin kicked up and kicked the table in front of him.
"So young master, let's go to quell the rebellion and invade Anling, no matter whether it is a mob or a personal soldier of the governor, we will clean up everything, and then we will have to be angry with this birdman?" Liu Changfeng said.
Liu Chenglin was moved, but after a while, he still said dejectedly: "When I arrived in Anling, we can get more food and some money. We haven't paid any salary for two months, but the governor's personal soldiers should forget it! After all, they are all soldiers from Henghai, and Yang Xi and Cai De are all from Jiedushi. This matter cannot be hidden from them. If we make trouble in the future, we can't get it."
Liu Changfeng smiled, "Young master, that's fine. Anyway, it's better to hold the money and food in our own hands. Isn't Yang Xi and Cai De's soldiers not getting paid for two months? If they dare to interfere in this matter, they will feel better at that time."
Liu Chenglin sighed to the sky, stood up, picked up the red cherry gun inserted on the side, and walked out of the house with great strides.
This day is a cowardly life.
Corrupt officials like Lu Jin control the power of Jingzhou. How good is Jingzhou? And how many officials are there like Henghai? Isn’t that dead Zhu Bin also such a guy? He forcibly destroyed a Texas, which also puts himself in an embarrassing situation now.
Outside the barracks, a thousand soldiers had already gathered.
This army is Liu Chenglin's hard work over the years. In terms of elite level, he is confident that he is not inferior to any strong army. Looking at the army standing solemnly like a pines in the rain, Liu Chenglin's unhappiness was wiped out again, but after his eyes swept over Yang Xi and Cai De, a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.
"Send troops!" Hongying pointed at the front of her spear, clamped her legs and fought horse under her crotch, and Liu Chenglin left first.
One day later, Liu Chenglin's army appeared outside Anling County. For such a strong army, these refugees who were rioted due to disasters were not much different from Yanglag. When they saw his army appear, the mob scattered and Liu Chenglin entered Anling City without any effort.
Liu Chenglin did not stop these people from leaving, nor did he create unnecessary killings. Lu Jin asked him to come and rescue An Ling. He came and did it, and that's all.
After entering the city, he took over the grain warehouse and the treasury without hesitation, and detained a large number of grain merchants and local officials without hesitation. For the personal soldiers from the governor's office, he allowed these people to escape from Anling.
Chapter completed!