The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 347 Spring Plowing Has Begun

In Andu County, on the official road, a large group of soldiers was escorting supplies.

These materials are all grain, and they are allocated from Yuanyang to Andu to ensure the food supply in Andu County.

Most of the grain harvested in the autumn last year was stored in Yuanyang Fucheng, resulting in an oversupply of grain in Yuanyang.

At the front of the escort team, it was Zhao Yanxun who rode at the forefront, accompanied by Lin Dagui, the general banner of Dianqianwei, and Baihu Wangshan, who was in charge of escorting food.

Although Lin Dagui was loyal, he was a boring gourd, so Zhao Yanxun didn't say much during this journey.

This time he left Yuanyang, ostensibly to inspect the local spring farming, but in fact it was to implement his own assassination plan.

Now the counties in Yuanyang have started spring plowing one after another, and almost all the soldiers of the palace, including the guards of the palace, have been sent out of the city to participate in the guards.

Now in Yuanyang City, apart from Zhang Meng and dozens of front guard soldiers under his command, there are only four hundred recruits left behind in the city.

Since February 20th, the civil and military military and civilians of the palace have been operating at full capacity, and this state may continue until April.

In other words, before April, it is impossible for the palace to use foreign troops.

In fact, through the news of Lin Quan's spies, Zhu Jinzhang's forces in the north are now also carrying out spring plowing.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and making the people below them full is the first thing that those in power should consider.

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun was looking around, and saw many people busy in the field ahead.

Obviously, the people of Andu were working.

"Wang Shan!"

"Chen is here!"

"You guys go first, this king will go ahead and have a look!"

"As ordered!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yanxun broke away from the brigade and led Lin Dagui and his party to the field ahead.

Seeing someone coming, the soldiers in charge of the garrison immediately surrounded them. The leader of the team was Liu Shan, who had been promoted to a hundred households.

When the horse came up to him, Liu Shan jumped off the horse and knelt down in front of Zhao Yanxun.

"My minister Liu Shan...Kowtow to the prince!"

"People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Liu Shan... How does it feel to be a hundred households?" Zhao Yanxun asked with a smile.

Liu Shan was originally a small banner official, but was promoted all the way to a hundred households by Zhao Yanxun. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is Zhao Yanxun's confidant.

So for Liu Shan, Zhao Yanxun doesn't need to put on airs, it's showing his intimacy.

But being asked such a question by Zhao Yanxun, Liu Shan said in embarrassment: "My lord, my minister...it feels okay, but the responsibility is even greater!"

At this moment Zhao Yanxun also got off his horse, only to hear him calmly say: "Official rank is responsibility, you can understand this, I am very pleased!"

"Get up, let everyone else return to their positions, don't waste your troops around here!"

"Yes!"

After Liu Shan got up from the ground, he waved his hands to let his subordinates leave, but he stayed behind.

Zhao Yanxun also got off his horse, looked at the busy people in the distance and said, "How many people are here?"

"Reporting to the prince, there are about 600 people!"

"How to ensure safety?"

"Back to the lord, our more than 600 people are divided into three teams, each led by a general guard!"

"Just three miles ahead, there is an abandoned house that has been re-fortified by the ministers. If something happens...everyone can hide in the house!"

"Now Andu County has been divided into several large areas according to the mountains and rivers. After the continuous cleanup last autumn and winter, the number of monsters has decreased a lot, so we can guarantee safety!"

Cleaning up zombies in winter and digging ditches to form isolation zones are what garrisons everywhere are doing.

"600 people, when do you start working every day?"

"Reporting to the lord, I start working at dawn every day, rest for half an hour at noon, and work until the sun sets... almost five hours a day!"

"How much land can you cultivate every day?"

"About [-] acres per day, the exact amount... Only those officials who oversee it will know!"

For one mu of land, the average person cultivates one mu per day, which is already a very large workload.

According to the standards set by the Changshi Division, although there is no requirement for intensive cultivation, it is not enough to dig holes casually.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yanxun continued to ask: "About [-] mu per day, and within a few days, you will have to change your residence. Is it possible to guarantee the residence?"

"Going back to the prince, I have to change my residence in about three or four days. After all, I can't be too far away from the place where I work. There are many abandoned Zhuangzi outside the city... I will clean it up in advance!"

As the cultivation progresses, they will move places one after another. This requires extremely high logistical support, and it is a big test for the Ge County Government and the garrison.

Of course, only by going through the tests of these extreme situations can we develop a reliable team of officials and withstand the greater tests in the future.

"Not bad, do it well!"

After saying that, Zhao Yanxun waved to Lin Dagui, who immediately led the horse and rushed over.

After getting on the horse, Zhao Yanxun grabbed the reins and said, "Go back!"

Immediately, the horsewhip waved, and a group of more than 50 riders galloped away, leaving only Liu Shan kneeling to see him off.

Zhao Yanxun and his party continued to go north. Whenever they encountered zombies along the way, he would ask the guards to clean them up, and he did his best to reduce the pressure on spring plowing.

In fact, the hundreds of households of the Guards Department are all doing this job after being sent out of the city, in order to reduce the density of zombies outside the city as much as possible.

Soon, Zhao Yanxun and his party rushed to Andu County, but he did not bring anyone into the city, but continued to drive north.

Along the way, he met Chun Geng's people again, so Zhao Yanxun stopped again and asked about Chun Geng's situation.

Finally, Zhao Yanxun and his party came to Tianma Castle.

This fortress, which had been abandoned, was now occupied by the army of the royal family, and a force of one hundred households was stationed here.

The soldiers stationed here were not dispatched from the Andu garrison, but directly allocated from the Yuanyang garrison, leading the team of Qin Hao, who was also newly appointed.

As the first batch of low-level military officers who were briefly promoted by Zhao Yanxun, Yang Qing, Qin Hao and Liu Shan can be said to have stood out from their former colleagues, and Zhao Yanxun especially liked them.

Of course, all of this stems from their own abilities.

It's not that the others are incapable, but that the three of them are more capable.

At this moment, Qin Hao honestly opened the gate of the fort and appeared in front of Zhao Yanxun with the three general banners.

On the fort wall, there were many swords and guns, and the soldiers stood solemnly, just to show Zhao Yanxun their most spiritual side.

"See Your Majesty!"

"stand up!"

After Qin Hao got up, Zhao Yanxun then asked: "Has the injury on your body recurred?"

The first sentence came, which was to care about his physical condition, which moved Qin Hao very much.

What kind of courtesy is it for His Royal Highness King Yong, who manages so many things every day, to remember the injuries of his little family... Qin Hao thought to himself.

"Thank you, my lord, for remembering, I have already recovered, and yesterday I led people out of the castle to kill dozens of monsters, and my body is very strong!"

Zhao Yanxun smiled and said: "That's good... In the future, I will have to add more burdens to you!"

The subtext of adding a burden is promotion, which is just used to whet the appetite of the people below and make them work harder.

"Yes!"

After glancing at the words "Tianmabao" above, Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice, "Let's go in and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)