I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

The new regulations caused a little disturbance in the religious circles in Jiankang City.Even though the masters are well-informed, and have never seen the practice of "declaring" when the gods go down to earth for more than ten years, the first reaction is not the anger of being offended, but the completely unexpected bewilderment.

Of course, the ignorance is the ignorance, the King of Hengyang is powerful and overshadowing the sky now, no matter how many opinions he has, he can only keep them for the time being, lest the government affairs team really come to his door and apply for "temporary residence permits" for the gods they worship one by one.The masters have witty words and sounds on weekdays, but they can still understand current affairs at critical moments.

But in this way, the entire Jiankang City fell into an inexplicable and strange atmosphere.Since the occurrence of the palace change in April, the crossing team has thrown heavy punches quickly. Within a mere ten days, whether it is a noble family in the court, a powerful landlord in the countryside, or a virtuous person in the city, they all eat more or less. Hang down.From the perspective of governance, these actions are of course the only way to establish a new order and even social transformation, but such heavy blows are equivalent to knocking out all the upper classes in the entire capital in a very short period of time.

Such a vigorous and sweeping campaign is of course unparalleled in terms of coolness, but the consequences are also immediate - the vast majority of civilians in the Middle Ages were struggling with hunger, and a very small number of high-ranking nobles monopolized all consumption power, supporting a rather deformed And narrow market.Now that the upper echelons are all resolved, it is equivalent to taking away almost all the transactions in the city in one pot, directly destroying the entire commodity economy.

In less than a dozen days, the government affairs team received a clear warning from the economic adviser, reminding them that there was a serious oversupply in the market, and a large amount of vegetables, meat, fish, shrimp, and even jewelry could not be sold smoothly to return funds. There are vague signs of social unrest.

For this reason, Bei Yan and others were ordered to formulate a preliminary unified purchase and marketing system.He ordered people to investigate the sales prices in the market in the past, and based on this, he compiled a price list for unified purchases, and collected basic living materials such as meat and grain from the entire Jiankang City without restriction, and replenished the reserves of the porridge factory at the gate of the city after quarantine; In addition, in the name of "protecting traditional culture", all the skilled craftsmen in the city were collected and resettled, and their wages were paid on a monthly basis; sell.

Such a multi-pronged approach is tantamount to injecting a lot of money into the economy.In order to recycle currency and control prices, Bei Yan followed Jiangling's example and opened several small shops in Jiankang City.Taking into account the actual consumption power of the people in Jiankang, in addition to daily consumables such as salt, sugar, and charcoal, additional "rental" services are provided for agricultural tools, equipment, and even livestock.On average, it only costs five bucks, and it can be rented for a full seven days.

After five or six days of trial, the salt and sugar were not very popular, but the popularity of the leasing business surprised the travelers.People in Jiankang are struggling with hunger all year round, and they don't care about food.But farmers face the loess and their backs to the sky, and have dealt with the fields all their lives, but they have an innate desire for farm tools and animal power. Even if they grit their teeth and borrow money from their neighbors, they are willing to rent two yellow cattle to go back to plow the fields (the cattle rented by the canteen are all Confiscated from the aristocratic family, they were fed one by one to become fat and strong, with great physical strength).The unified purchase in the commissary is extremely fair. As long as the family raises two hens, they can make two or three big money by selling eggs every day.

As for the many strange farm tools in the canteen, few people dared to take the risk to try them at first.But the farmers have been in the city for a long time, and they gradually saw some "demonstration fields" in the suburbs.At the beginning, the refugees took turns to cultivate the land. Some consultant of the Hengyang Palace stood by, dancing and pointing, and muttering a bunch of strange words in his mouth. : This consultant is white and fat all over. At first glance, he looks like a nobleman born in a wealthy nest. How can he know anything about farming?

But the spring plowing was coming to an end, and when the farmers passed by again, they saw that the demonstration fields were lush and dense, and those new seedlings were growing very well, which turned out to be dense and exuberant that they had never heard of!

In this way, the various operations in the demonstration field immediately became the most persuasive.Every farmer who sees the rice seedlings is jealous and envious, and wants to inquire about the secrets of the demonstration fields.The new agricultural tools used by the refugees were quickly promoted and tested, and then widely acclaimed in the trial planting, which sparked another wave of rental boom.Some people even dared to buy some "pesticides" and "high-efficiency fertilizers" in the store, and tried a little in their own fields.

Having such enthusiastic support from farmers means that the productivity advantages of traversers will be rapidly spread through economic means, and the entire Middle Ages will benefit from it.But while the traveling team was delighted, they discovered a subtle problem—considering the complicated situation in Jiankang City, they temporarily recognized two currencies during the transaction, allowing the old copper coins and the newly issued steel coins to circulate at the same time .But now, the steel coins issued by the traversers have been rejected, and the common people often exchange them for supplies as soon as they get them, and they are not very willing to store them.

This strangeness, of course, is greatly surprising.Xiang Liang and Bei Yan presided over a detailed investigation and submitted a report to the traverser team.It is concise and to the point, pointing out that the root cause of the currency blockage is the rumors in the city, which have been advocating that the outside state capitals will unite to rebel, and that Jiankang City is not stable.

"Ten days ago we cleaned up the dignitaries in the capital. Because of the limited number of guards, except for the chief culprit, the rest of the servants were basically dismissed directly." Xiang Liang explained: "Most of them are more peaceful, but some of them are concerned about the old people. Lord, they are dissatisfied with the accident... They dare not spread rumors directly, but after being under the dignitaries for a long time, it is not difficult to spread a little news of the rebellion in the state capital—anyway, the governors from other places do plan to rebel."

Mu Chen frowned: "They just pass on a few words, don't the people of Jiankang believe it? At least we can - how to put it - call the wind and call the rain, and before we finish, we will be afraid of the defenders in other places ?”

Wang Zhi shrugged.

"You are too overestimating the logic level of the feudal era." He said lightly: "To be honest, Jiankang City knows that there are no fluctuations in the rebellion from other places. It is already our prestige, and these days have been managed properly. In the feudal era From experience, no matter how strong the capital city is, it will take at least two or three years to put down rebellions outside the city. Since the war is going to spread to the city, why take the risk of trusting a currency that has just been issued? It’s better to hoard goods.”

This is the simple survival wisdom of civilians in war-torn times.Mu Chen was quite astonished, but could only remain silent.After thinking about it for a while, he knew that such rumors were really difficult to deal with—they couldn’t spread the word that everything was calm outside, otherwise a sudden rebellion in the future would be a slap in the face; People will believe it.The current currency is still a sample. If the rumors continue to spread, there may be other effects.

After thinking about it, he finally turned around and asked Xiang Liang:

"Is there a final plan for dealing with civil unrest?"

·

As early as after artificial rainfall cleared Haoqiang, the solution to the civil strife in the Southern Dynasties was put on the agenda.The military advisers dispatched drones day and night to scout for news, and picked up Du Heng from Jiangling City by helicopter, asking him and Yi Cheng to assist them, to inquire about information and to find out the situation from the mouths of merchants.

After a few days of such reconnaissance, the crossing team gradually figured out the clues—except for Jiangling and Jiangzhou, which they directly controlled, the prefectures and counties in the Southern Dynasties basically expressed hostility to Jiankang, and they were communicating closely in private, preparing to jointly respond and work together. Send troops to Jiankang to wipe out the thieves who occupied the palace and killed celebrities.

Obviously, after Mu Chen rescued the medicine man Xiao Xuan, the course of the whole world has subtly changed.The officials of the prefectures and counties changed their procrastination and perfunctory in official communication in the past, and increased their efficiency to the fastest.In just over half a month, they had already negotiated the strength and logistics of the Allied forces in private, and the process of raising troops reached the point of electing a commander for public discussion.Rebellion is basically imminent.

Despite the urgency of the situation, in the report submitted to Mu Chen, Xiang Liang still did not advocate the indiscriminate bombing.He clearly pointed out the key points: first, if all the local regimes in the Southern Dynasties are cleaned out with absolute violence, it will be difficult to quickly replenish the vacuum of order, and there will be great turmoil; The vacillating elements can be put to good use.

Although the report is reasonable, Mu Chen still couldn't help frowning after reading it:

"Don't we still want to buy these ghosts and monsters?"

The crimes of local officials in the feudal era, let alone modern times, started indefinitely.Tolerating their existence is already a huge concession. If you have to pay a high price to buy them, then you will touch the bottom line of morality a little bit.

Xiang Liang shrugged and just smiled.

"Of course not." He laughed and said, "Thunderstorms, rain and dew are all due to your kindness; just give them a little kindness."

·

May [-]th, Zishi, a moment.

Zhao Heng, governor of Yanzhou, turned over in his sleep, and subconsciously reached out to reach for the quilt beside him.Although the spring is coming to an end, the wind is high and the dew is heavy at night, and there is still a biting chill from time to time.

But he didn't touch the slightly warm silk, instead, he brushed his fingers over it, and unexpectedly touched the cold and rough fine residue, vaguely like gravel.

It felt... as if he was lying on the ground?

Zhao Heng suddenly woke up.He tried his best to open his eyes, and what he saw when he looked up was a thick black sky, with the moonlight shining in the middle.He took a deep breath, turned his head slightly, and finally caught a glimpse of several strong men in black standing beside him.

As expected of a fierce man who fought with the late emperor in the palace change more than ten years ago, even if he was suddenly subjected to such a big change, Zhao Heng's face only changed slightly.He immediately put on his pajamas, sat up slowly from the rough and cold sand, looked up carefully, but saw a red five-pointed point on the cuff of the strong man.

Zhao Heng's heart trembled slightly, and he blurted out:

"Are you from King Hengyang?"

According to a secret report from Jiankang City's eyeliner a few days ago, King Hengyang implemented a "uniform uniform" after he usurped power. The guards guarding the city were all embroidered with red five-pointed horns.Now that King Qin's coalition forces have just been finalized, this group of people has hijacked themselves here, and their identities are self-evident.

So his expression changed, and he immediately asked again:

"What does King Hengyang intend to do?"

The strong man took a step forward, his deep voice fluctuated in the night wind:

"His Royal Highness King Hengyang has three graces, which will be rewarded to you."

Zhao Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized the danger of the situation—these people were able to hijack themselves into the wild without making a sound, which proved that they were extremely skilled assassins.The "grace" bestowed by the King of Hengyang is nothing more than a lure that echoes a threat.If I refused flatly, I'm afraid it would be very bad.

He managed to regain his composure, and asked:

"I don't know what kind of grace it is?"

The strong man's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was flat:

"Although the states and counties raised troops to make mud, His Highness is merciful and willing to show mercy beyond the law." He said calmly: "As long as you abandon the dark and turn to the bright, His Highness is willing to reward you with grace, and return your wealth, military power, and life to me. You. Now, you have a cup of tea to think about."

Don't think about it.Zhao Heng only heard the first few sentences, and ignorance and anger had already risen to his forehead - he had been a dignitary in the Southern Dynasty for decades, when had he been insulted like this!On that day, Wang Dun was in chaos, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty held a heavy army orthodox seat, and knew to seduce Shen Chong with the position of Sangong.Now the King of Hengyang just stole the big position by luck, relying on a few assassins and traitors, how dare he be so domineering and arrogant, treating himself as dirt? !

Being so defiant, stupid and arrogant will inevitably lead to ruin and dismemberment in the future!It is said that famous people in Jiankang City tortured famous people and destroyed famous families, but now it seems that they are not exiles, this seems to be the appearance of Jie and Zhou!

Zhao Heng gnashed his teeth in hatred, and had already made a decision in his heart.Originally, he was quite hesitant about the coalition forces, but now he is extremely resentful towards King Hengyang, and all hesitation has been swept away - besides, the rebels are so ignorant and superficial that the outcome can be judged!

So he let out a long breath, and his tone became sharp:

"I'm a young man with little knowledge and experience, but I still know obedience and disobedience orthodoxy, know the rewards of eating the emperor, and the things of being loyal to the emperor. I'm afraid it will be difficult to follow orders if I follow the rebellion!"

Of course, considering that the assassin was by his side, even though his heart was boiling with anger, at least he didn't directly yell at him.But the words are bad enough.The strong man next to him was unmoved, just nodded slightly: "So, you refused."

He tapped lightly in the ear, turned around, and made a little space.Zhao Heng blinked his eyes, only to realize that he was on a high mountain on the outskirts of Changyi, where he was governed. Looking at it by the moonlight, he could see that there were many dark shadows in the city, and countless bricks and tiles were silent in the night wind——

The pale moonlight trembled suddenly, and billowing smoke appeared indistinctly in the night sky.Amidst the rising smoke, a bright red flame flower rose into the sky from the southwest corner of Changyi City, and expanded rapidly in mid-air, bursting into scorching and shining stamens.A few seconds later, there was a dull loud noise from afar, rumbling in the air.

"It should be the other courtyard in the city of Governor Zhao. Thousands of silks, tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver, what a pity."

The assassin behind him looked at the night sky with a casual smile in his tone.

But Governor Zhao couldn't hear it.He was already paralyzed on the ground like a dying dog, and began to tremble with some extremely weird frequency in his facial features and even his limbs, his teeth chattered up and down, and he even burst out some physiological tears uncontrollably.There were footsteps in the gravel, and the strong man who had just tapped his ear came back, his expression still calm.

"His Royal Highness King Hengyang has two favors that will be bestowed on you." He said, "Now, you have half a cup of tea to think about."

After saying this, he took another step back in silence.

Inspector Zhao twitched for a moment on the gravel, and finally he could barely hear what the evil spirit was saying.He opened his throat grandly and tried hard to speak, but Zhao Hengsu's mouth was clumsy, his muscles tightened in fright, and he couldn't utter a word clearly.He struggled for a while, and finally struggled to get up from the mud. The night sky in the distance was red, and there was another loud bang.His hands went limp from the shock, and he fell down again, his body covered in mud and sand.

The strong man quietly watched Zhao Jieshi struggling.Seeing that there was no response from the other party after a while, without hesitation, he reached out and tapped his ear again.Then there was another bang, and flames rose again on the east side of Changyi.

There is the arsenal where Changyi City stores weapons.Now, with the shocking explosion, most of the force in the city has been crippled.

The strong man glanced back, but his voice was still calm:

"His Royal Highness King Hengyang has the last favor, which will be rewarded to you. Now, you have—"

Before he finished speaking, Governor Zhao struggled on the ground, and finally forced a voice out of his throat - but saw that his face was covered with sweat and tears, and even his neck was already red and swollen.Inspector Zhao's lips trembled, and he burst into a long series of howls from crying and yelling:

"Why - why is it half a cup of tea - your mother's half a cup of tea! - The tea needs to be boiled - and the leaves must be selected! It is also necessary to cook the tea! How can it be so short, how can it be so fast?! It's so fucking short-"

These few cries and yells of Inspector Zhao burst out continuously, and even Xiang Liang couldn't help being stunned for a moment.Before he could react, Wang Zhi's strange cough sounded in the earphones.

"Ah, that's sloppy." Wang Zhi said in an awkward tone, "I forgot to mention—the Southern and Northern Dynasties didn't have any frying techniques, and they basically boiled tea. Let's make a cup of tea, it takes longer than brewing a cup of tea. many……"

Xiang Liang opened his mouth, feeling a rare apology.

·

On May 22 of the Dao Year, Zhao Heng, the governor of Yanzhou, sent a letter to the main forces of the coalition forces, expressing his full support for the King Qin's division who sent troops this time, and strongly invited all the governors to lead troops to Yanzhou to meet up.

This decision swept away the last political obstacle of the coalition forces—since the prefectures and counties discussed sending troops together, several border guards headed by Zhao Heng have been quite passive, and have always refused to send troops on the grounds of defending the Northern Dynasty. Heng is repeatedly evading, hesitating to wait and see.

Now that Zhao Heng's attitude has reversed, and he expressed such sincerity in the letter, it naturally means that the political disputes in the alliance have been completely resolved, and there will be no worries from now on.The governors of Ba, Yi, and Ning prefectures, who strongly advocated the coalition, were very happy, and wrote letters to Zhao Heng again and again, praising his ambition to be a king.At the same time, the governors of various states also packed their bags and packed up their troops, preparing to discuss with each other in Yanzhou and make the final decision

However, constrained by historical limitations, the leaders of the coalition forces have not yet understood a truth-if a pigeon spirit suddenly changes his past and never mentions that he will do it next time, it may not be a good thing...