On the way from Daliang to Zhengzhou, Hou Dayong saw that there were many victims along the way, and it was thought that it was the sequelae of the Battle of Gaoping. When he arrived in Zhengzhou, the first thing Hou Dayong did was to open a porridge farm. Hou Dayong called Sicang to participate in the military and ordered him to open a warehouse to release grain to set up a porridge farm.

Sikong, the military officer, seemed unable to believe his ears and explained carefully: "Zhengzhou treasury grain is military treasury. Although it is in Zhengzhou, it is not allowed to open a warehouse without the order of the Privy Council."

Hou Dayong thought that there should be no war in the near future, and said: "Military rations should not be stored for too long. If you keep them for a long time, you won't eat any military horses. Just register the amount of military rations you have used. You don't have to worry about this. There will be no big problems. Besides, you just follow the order, and you won't blame you for any accidents. However, you have to check the porridge farms in various places. If someone greedy for life-saving food, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Opening a porridge shop to help refugees is a practice in all dynasties. For the Five Dynasties, wars have been rampant and refugees are commonplace. Few places set up porridge shops to help refugees. The news of setting up a porridge shop in Zhengzhou quickly spread nearby, and refugees flocked to them.

There is another reason why Hou Dayong was brave enough to open the warehouse. Through contact with Chai Rong, Hou Dayong also knew his nature. His Majesty, who had a low background, attached great importance to the livelihood of the people. In layman's terms, Chai Rong was a close person. He opened the warehouse to save people himself and would not be criticized. Perhaps he could still serve his favors.

The second thing Hou Dayong did was to send Guo Jiong to Cangzhou and bring Fugong, Chunlan and Qiuju to Zhengzhou. Hou Dayong prepared to use Zhengzhou as a base to trade between the north and the south, enhance economic strength, and at the same time, he opened some industries such as the Blacksmith Camp to create sharper weapons.

As soon as we approached Cangzhou for half a year, Du Gang and Chen Meng have been following Hou Dayong for this period. Although the two were loyal, they were far inferior to Chunlan and Qiuju when it comes to caring for people. Thinking of Qiuju’s delicious dishes, Chunlan’s massage, and even more about the gentle passion of the two women, Hou Dayong was fascinated.

The third thing Hou Dayong did was to understand the overall situation in Zhengzhou. Whether in modern times or in ancient times, Hou Dayong was always in the army and was not familiar with local affairs. As the highest commander of Zhengzhou, Hou Dayong had no idea about how to govern Zhengzhou. In a common saying, it was that a dog bites a turtle - he could not find a place to get down.

After opening the porridge farm, Hou Dayong summoned officials from the seventh rank and above to the mansion, requiring all officials to write a briefing to clearly write down the basic situation of the matter under their jurisdiction, and to take specific work in the next step. At the same time, there should be no more words to raise difficulties or questions, but all three aspects should be included. Hou Dayong's request was never encountered by officials, and the officials racked their brains to make some articles about flower-showing flowers, but most of them were empty. Fortunately, there were not many officials in Zhengzhou. After seven or eight days, Hou Dayong finally had a basic understanding of the situation in Zhengzhou.

Zhengzhou is located on the south bank of the Yellow River in the central central plains, at the critical point of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, adjacent to Songshan in the west and Huanghuai Plain in the southeast, and governs the city, Sishui, Xingyang, Xingze, Mi, Zhongmu, Xinzheng, Yangwu and other counties. It has a population of more than 80,000, belonging to Shangzhou. As the defensive envoy, Hou Dayong was appointed as the governor of the second rank, and there were 1 other assistant officers under the fourth rank, 1 chief rank, 1 Sima, 1 fifth rank, 1 military officer, 2 seventh rank, 2 people were recorded, 2 Caoshu, 1 Sihu, 1 Sitian, 1 military officer, 2 justice, and 1 Sishi, all of them were below the seventh rank. There were also Shi Ling, Cheng, Literature, Medical Domestic, etc.

After understanding the basic situation, Hou Dayong asked the director to handle the specific affairs by Liang Shouheng, put on casual clothes, took Du Gang, Chen Meng and ten Shijiao guards to visit various places in Zhengzhou. In his position and planning for the government, Hou Dayong wanted to do his best to do something for the people of Zhengzhou.

Zhengzhou City is much more prosperous than Cangzhou City, with a large flow of people. There are more goods from the shops to the south and north. There are shaved silk, light silk, red carpets in the shops, Jingdezhen porcelain, various papers, paper for pasting windows, tea paper, and paper for making paper money, as well as yak tails, pearls, gold, silver, money, iron and other items.

In the midst of prosperity, a large number of refugees living on the streets are particularly dazzling.

Hou Dayong, Du Gang and Chen Meng were in front, and ten Lion Camp guards followed one hundred meters later. Hou Dayong did not ride a horse and wandered around the street. Hou Dayong was surprised to find a candy cube made of sugar, and couldn't help but buy one. Hou Dayong was tasting this green food, but not half of it, Du Gang and Chen Meng had all eaten it. They had been together with Hou Dayong for a long time, and knew that Hou Dayong was very serious when leading the troops and could not be scattered at all.

, but he was very easy-going on weekdays and often joked with them. Du Gang said, "I didn't taste the taste." Seeing that the two of them had eaten the candy cubes in a few seconds, Hou Dayong knew that his wallet was not spared, and he said, "I'll give you three more dollars, so I won't be the case." One person had three dollars, and twelve people had thirty-six dollars. The candy seller sold so many of them at once, and was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He said, "I'll add sesame to the candy cubes tomorrow, which is better. Come tomorrow."

The group came to a temple. There was a pagoda in front of the temple. The temple was quite large and its name was Kaiyuan Temple. The pagoda next to the temple was called the Relic Pagoda. Since seeing the dirty things about Wanshou Temple, Hou Dayong did not have much affection for the temple. He wanted to walk away, but when he saw that there was a porridge field next to the temple, he took people to the porridge field.

There were many refugees in the porridge farm, making a noisy and surrounded the shed. Suddenly, the crowd separated, and a child of seven or eight years old ran out, and then a shout came from a shout: "This little Wangba lamb, I ate it again." A middle-aged man who looked like a mess chased him out. The child was extremely flexible. The middle-aged man caught him several times but failed to catch him, and another policeman came out. The two people grabbed the child. The child held the porridge in his hand and drank it with his mouth. The middle-aged man beat the porridge in his hand with one palm. The porridge in his hand was beaten.

When he dropped it, he pushed the middle-aged man with his hand and left a black palm print on the middle-aged man's clothes. The middle-aged man was very neatly dressed. After being dirty, he was furious and kicked the child to the ground and then kicked him hard. The child was very stubborn and did not beg for mercy. He also said, "Press you, hit you." When the middle-aged man heard that the child was not complacent, he took out a whip and whipped him hard at the child. The person next to him couldn't see it. An old man came out to say love, but was kicked away by the middle-aged man.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was a little too much, Hou Dayong stepped forward and grabbed the middle-aged man's wrist. The middle-aged man's wrist was caught. He looked up and saw that he was a stranger. This man was used to being king and dominating. Today, he saw someone forcibly making a move, regardless of the other party's identity, and his hand was caught, and after a while, he struggled, but he didn't break free, he raised his foot and kicked Hou Dayong. Hou Dayong threw his back and threw the middle-aged man aside.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was beaten, a group of people rushed out of the porridge shed and surrounded Hou Dayong and others. Du Gang, Chen Meng and the soldiers of the Lion Camp were all people who had been killed for a long time. They did not take these powerful men seriously, but just waited for Hou Dayong to speak.

Hou Dayong said to the middle-aged man: "I am from the governor's mansion, and I ask the manager to come out." All the men were old men. Seeing that the people were very popular and their followers were fierce, a man rushed to report to the head. Hou Dayong pulled the child up and asked, "Don't you have enough porridge in this porridge shed?"

The child looked contemptuous: "This porridge is better than rice soup, how can we eat enough? We are not as good as the pigs fed by those people."

Hearing this, Hou Dayong knew there was something wrong with it. At this moment, a person with a small leader appeared inside and said, "Who are you? Why are you making trouble here? This is the porridge shop that the defensive commander personally ordered. Do you don't want to live here?" Hou Dayong ignored him and went straight to the side of the big pot. Several big pots were hot and angry. Seeing that the porridge was very clear, Hou Dayong picked up a scoop and put a bowl, and saw that there were only sparse rice grains in the bowl.

Hou Dayong was not very angry at first because there were often fights in the army. He just fell down a middle-aged man and punished him slightly. However, when he saw that the porridge in the porridge was so clear, Hou Dayong shook his face. Seeing that Hou Dayong checked the porridge, the little leader hurriedly shouted to the police: "Blow this person out." Hou Dayong said to Du Gang, "Go and call Si Cang to participate in the military." He said to Chen Meng: "Don't kill anyone, teach me a lesson."

After receiving the order, Chen Meng and others immediately stepped forward and punched and kicked the police. What was the opponent of Chen Meng and others? After three punches and two kicks, the police fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Chen Meng was not satisfied and said, "Why can't you help but fight?"

After defeating all the police, Hou Dayong called the child and asked, "What did you mean when feeding pigs?"

Seeing that Hou Dayong and others defeated the police, the child looked at Hou Dayong in admiration and said, "I heard from others that the officials here took the rice home and fed his pigs."

"Who said that."

The child pointed at a refugee, "He helped to pick rice to the official's house."

Hou Dayong called the refugee and asked him what the child said. The refugee was in his forties and said, "It's good to drink some porridge. This porridge can save the lives of the whole family. Don't ask, let's go quickly, it will anger them, we can't drink this porridge."

"I am Hou Dayong, the defensive commander of Zhengzhou. Don't be afraid, tell me the truth."

The refugee didn't believe Hou Dayong, so he glanced at him and muttered to return to the crowd.

At this time, Du Gang brought Si Cang to the porridge field. Si Cang attended Hou Dayong and quickly saluted. The police only realized Hou Dayong's identity at this time, and struggled to get up and knelt together. The refugees in the porridge field knew Hou Dayong's identity and all knelt down to thank him.

Hou Dayong brought Si Cang to the military side next to the big pot. Si Cang saw the porridge like rice soup, and remembered Hou Dayong's words and his face turned pale. Hou Dayong said: "Now, don't investigate the root cause. As Si Cang's military side, you cannot escape the responsibility of poor management. Today, you will save face for you. After handling the matters in the porridge factory, you will go to the military tent to receive ten whips." Si Cang's military side quickly thanked him.

Hou Dayong first came to Zhengzhou, but he didn't want to make things difficult for the officials of Zhengzhou. After all, he still had to rely on them to do things in the future. The issue of administration is a thousand-year problem and it is difficult to completely manage it. He can only take one step at a time. Therefore, Hou Dayong did not go into the military affairs of Sicang, but he had to punish the small leader of the porridge farm on the spot. Hou Dayong ordered the small leader to lie on the ground in public, and let the personal guards whip thirty whips. The personal guards took great action. After thirty whips, the small leader's butt was covered in blood.

After beating the little leader, Hou Dayong ordered the porridge to be cooked again, and then sat under the porridge to wait for the porridge to be cooked. Hou Dayong called the child and realized that both the parents died. Grandpa took him and his sister to escape. Grandpa also died on the way. He had just handed over a bowl of porridge and let his sister drink it. He was hungry and he took care of the people, so he secretly held a handful of porridge in a big pot. He was discovered by the police and chased him out and happened to meet Hou Dayong. Hou Dayong saw that the child was very clever and wanted to take them in, so he asked the child to call out his sister. When the child called out his sister, Hou Dayong saw that the girl was only four or five years old, and was timid and looked very much like his little daughter. Thinking of his daughter, Hou Dayong couldn't help but feel sad and asked Chen Meng to bring the two children to the mansion.

When the porridge was prepared again, Hou Dayong saw that the porridge was very thick and there was no problem, so he took the guards and two children away. The refugees were just waiting to distribute the porridge, but did not pay attention to Hou Dayong and his group leaving. When someone woke up, Hou Dayong had already disappeared.
Chapter completed!