The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 487 Grassroots Organization 2
bang bang bang...

Hearing the knock on the door from outside, Gao Zhengyan stopped his chopsticks and looked outside through the window.

"Uncle Gao? Uncle Gao?"

"Who is it?" Gao Zhengyan called out.

Gao Zhengyan's youngest son came out from another room at this moment.

Behind him were three boys, holding half-eaten steamed buns in their hands. They were Gao Zhengyan's grandsons.

"Uncle Gao, it's me... the county lord asked me to bring you a message, asking you to go to the county government to discuss matters!"

Hearing this, Gao Zhengyan walked out of the room and signaled his youngest son to open the yard.

Then he saw a guard standing at the door.

"what's up?"

"I heard from the messenger from the prefecture that the Prince's Mansion is going to recruit people from various prefectures and counties to go to Yuanyang to participate in the autumn harvest... So the county lords have been looking for the team managers overnight to discuss the selection of candidates!"

Gao Zhengyan nodded and said, "Okay, I see... I'll go right away!"

"That's good Uncle Gao, I'll send a letter to the other management team!"

"it is good!"

After the guard left, Gao Zhengyan also turned around and walked towards the house. He didn't even wear shoes at the moment.

Before he could enter the door, he heard the voice of an old woman next to him: "It's getting dark, so don't let people stop!"

Hearing the old wife's complaint, Gao Zhengyan widened his eyes and said, "What do you know, women, don't talk nonsense!"

Gao's wife continued to complain: "After digging a ditch for a day, I haven't even finished my hot meal when I come back. Now I have to send you an errand... and you will not be allowed to work!"

While changing his muddy clothes, Gao Zhengyan said, "Dig the ditches not to guard against those monsters, or to irrigate the fields. You really have long hair but short knowledge!"

Gao's wife put down the clothes in her hands, and said in a cold tone, "I have long hair but short knowledge, but it's not because of your old bones?"

"You are over 50, and you are still working hard. If you really want to have a good or bad... What will this family do?"

These words made Gao Zhengyan speechless.

Fortunately, the two daughter-in-laws of the Gao family came out of the house, and one of them tried to persuade him: "Mother, it's not easy for dad, so please stop saying a few words!"

Gao's wife didn't speak, she didn't want to complain, but just wanted to remind her husband to pay attention to his body.

Gao Zhengyan also wanted to understand this point, so he didn't say any more at the moment, after all, his wife also had good intentions.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. His family has difficulties, and other families have difficulties.

Compared with the precarious life before, it is actually much better now, so Gao Zhengyan is willing to do his best to protect this stability.

He is a small official in charge of the team, and so many people are watching, so he has to do more to take the lead.

After putting on his clothes and shoes, Gao Zhengyan walked out of the courtyard.

"You rest after eating, don't wait for me!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Zhengyan didn't waste any time, and rushed to the direction of the county government office after leaving the door.

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Early the next morning, after breakfast, the people gathered under a big tree, each with tools in their hands.

"Yesterday we dug fifty feet, and today we can close it up with one more day's work. It's another five hundred acres of good land!"

"Tomorrow we will start planting grain in spring, as long as autumn is over...we won't have to worry about eating!"

"Think about half a year ago... I was still hiding in the village, desperately going out every day to find food, and now it's like a dream!"

"Who says it's not, so we have to work hard and don't make trouble for the prince!"

The last sentence resonated widely, and everyone remembered Zhao Yanxun's kindness.

"By the way, it's time for Uncle Gao to come..."

Just as someone uttered these words, a voice came from not far away: "This is not here!"

Everyone turned around, and they saw Gao Zhengyan coming, with a hoe on his shoulder as usual.

"Uncle Gao, I heard last night that the county government asked someone to discuss matters. What happened?"

Gao Zhengyan was thinking about how to speak, but he didn't expect someone to bring it up.

Gao Zhengyan put down his hoe and said, "You are well informed. There is indeed a big event!"

As soon as they heard that there was a big event, everyone gathered around one after another, wanting to know what happened.

"Uncle Gao, what's the big deal?"

"Yes, Uncle Gao, tell us!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost in place, Gao Zhengyan said: "There is an order from the palace to send people from the prefectures and counties to go to Yuanyang to harvest grain in autumn. We will send 600 people from Huiping County, and our team will send [-] people!"

This is really big news, and everyone started talking after hearing it.

There are nearly a hundred people in their team, and nearly half of them will go this time.

"I went to Yuanyang this time, and a lot of the harvested grain has to be transported back to our county, so it's like harvesting grain for us..."

"The county lord said that those who are willing to go to the autumn harvest this time will be rewarded with an extra fifty catties of grain!"

Although life is better now, but it is barely food and clothing, fifty catties of extra food is still very attractive.

Scanning the crowd, Gao Zhengyan said loudly: "Those who want to sign up, stand at the bottom of the wall now!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, obviously having doubts about this, after all, it was so far inside, everyone would feel troubled.

"Everyone, we have been greatly favored by the royal family, and now is the time to repay the kindness of the prince, are you going to be a coward?" Gao Zhengyan's tone was full of dissatisfaction.

If he wasn't old, he would definitely be the first to sign up.

"Uncle Gao, what you said is right... how can we forget the great kindness of the prince!"

"That is, we are willing to do things for the prince, but we are afraid that we will not be able to take care of our family when we travel far away from the city..."

"Uncle Gao, there are many monsters outside the city, if you go there, you may die on the road!"

Hearing everyone's doubts, Gao Zhengyan immediately explained: "You don't have to worry about this, you will never run out of food when you leave your home, and on the way to Yuanyang, there will be an army from the palace to send each other off!"

"The army of the palace, killing monsters is similar to killing chickens, don't you believe them?"

Regarding matters of life and death, everyone must think more, so they are still hesitant at this moment.

Just when Gao Zhengyan was thinking about how to persuade him, he heard someone shout: "Be loyal to the prince, I will go!"

"I'll go as well……"

"I'll go as well……"

All of a sudden, everyone signed up one after another, and the number quickly exceeded forty.

Whether it's eating and drinking for themselves, or being grateful and loyal to Zhao Yanxun, they have to go to Yuanyang for autumn harvest.

Since safety can be guaranteed, they will have no doubts.

Gao Zhengyan selected 40 people from among them, and then ordered them to go to the county government office, so those who went north to Yuanyang had to meet there first.

After the selected people left, Gao Zhengyan led them out of the city. They also had work tasks today.

Digging ditches to block the zombies, and using this as a basis to open up wasteland, this is the strategy that the palace has set long ago.

According to this method, all prefectures and counties can be self-sufficient in food, and this also solves the biggest problem.

When the sun was rising, a large number of young and strong people had gathered outside the county government office.

When everyone arrived, the county magistrate walked out of the government office.

"Quiet, all quiet..."

After the scene was quiet, the county magistrate spoke: "Everyone, I will go to Yuanyang in two days, and I will be away from home for at least half a month. Go back and prepare today..."

There is no nonsense, Zhixian introduced everything that needs to be prepared and things that need to be paid attention to.

"Everyone, if you are not afraid of suffering or tiredness and work more, don't let the people in Yuanyang say that we are living for nothing..."

(End of this chapter)