Early the next morning, Li Qi asked Pei Yuanshao to lead people to meet him outside the city, while he, Zhou Cang and several brothers went to the ancient city to borrow food.

There was no war in the ancient city at this time, so the city gates were wide open to facilitate the people's entry and exit.

Li Qi and others went straight to the county government office and asked the county magistrate to borrow grain.

The county magistrate was confused and wondered, are all the bandits so bold nowadays? The robbery was blamed on the government.

"Come on! Get it for me!" The county magistrate slapped the table, and the officers rushed forward.

Zhou Cang dodged the stick swung by the officer, and used his right hand to grasp the opponent's right wrist outwards with a splayed palm. He then twisted his arm with his right hand to the tip of the elbow, and then pressed down with his left hand.

The servant knelt down on one knee in pain, lowering half of the man's dignity.

The entire technique only took one breath, and Zhou Cang's side kick knocked away a government servant who was rushing from the right.

The other brothers were not afraid to give in. Although they were called a mob when fighting the regular army, they were masters who had been on the battlefield and had seen blood. They were many times stronger than the pampered government officials.

Li Qi did not take action, but reminded him from the side: "Brother Zhou, capture the thief first and capture the king first!"

The county magistrate was stunned, what the hell are you a thief?

While hesitating, Zhou Cang overturned the table and put the knife on the magistrate's neck.

The county magistrate hurriedly said: "Hero, spare your life, hero, please spare your life!"

Although the story in the novel is that Zhang Fei drove away the county magistrate and did not kill him, but in reality the county magistrate was afraid that he would have a grudge and report it to the official.

Li Qi used his hand as a knife and lightly slashed his chest.

Zhou Cang understood, raised his knife and cut off the county magistrate's head.

The county magistrate has solved the problem, but when the ancient city suffered such a change, it was necessary to prevent other people from running out to report it to the officials. We couldn't kill everyone in the city!

However, Li Qi actually had a plan for this.

Li Qi didn't know whether the county magistrate in the ancient city had a good reputation with the common people, but in this troubled town where the sky was high and the emperor was far away, if you said that the county magistrate was upright and upright and had nothing to do with the people, Li Qi wouldn't believe it either.

Therefore, the first step in Li Qi's plan was to open a warehouse to provide food relief and win over the people.

Every household can receive three liters of rice after registering with the county government.

While the people were receiving food, Li Qi shouted: "Folks, can you please listen to me?"

For the sake of food, the people in the city all looked at Li Qi.

Li Qidao: "Opening a warehouse to provide food relief today can only alleviate everyone's urgent needs. If we want to live a life without worries about food and clothing, we need the villagers to work together to increase food production. Later I will ask people to count the number of people in and outside the city.

Farmers who have fertile farmland and no land can report it truthfully and I will solve it for everyone and cut taxes by 30%."

The people were shocked when they heard this. Will the newcomer be given tax cuts and land distribution?

For generations of farmers who have faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky, what does it mean to divide their fields?

It means alive!

This must be supported!

In fact, Li Qi also thought that it was not advisable to divide the land among local tycoons in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This would harm the fundamental interests of the aristocratic family and cause trouble.

However, in the remote counties of the ancient city, there were no aristocratic families. At most, there were only a few small landowners. The most important thing was to increase farmers' enthusiasm for production.

Secure your position first, and then move on to the next step.

According to statistics from the county magistrate, there are 7,864 households in the ancient city, and a total of 236 dendrobiums of grain have been taken away. There are still more than 500 dendrobiums left in the treasury, enough to support 500 soldiers for a year (1 dendrobium = 10 buckets = 135 jins).

But if there are 5,000 sergeants, they can only last for a month.

Li Qi returned to the county government office, looked at the confused servants with a smile, and said: "Don't be nervous, everyone, relax. You can go back now, and ask your family if they have received any food. If there is anything missing,

Yes, come to me at any time."

The officers looked at each other, and an older man tried to ask: "Aren't you afraid that we will sneak out of the city and report to the official?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "We are all locals, right? There are your parents, wives, children, uncles and brothers in the city. If anyone wants them to continue to starve, or even spit out the food and fields they just got, you can just go

Report to the official, I don’t care."

The county magistrate said: "The people in the city appreciate your great kindness to me, and there is absolutely no reason why the news should be leaked. However, if someone from above is sent to investigate..."

Li Qidao: "I bear it alone."

The county magistrate sighed: "Sir, I can't wait for your kindness!"

In fact, Li Qi knew that the Battle of Guandu lasted for more than a year. During this more than a year, as long as he did not cause trouble for Boss Cao in the rear, who would care about him?

Looking at the official seals and documents on the desk, Li Qi said to Zhou and Pei: "Which of the two eldest brothers will take this position?"

Zhou Cang said: "Zhenghong has defeated both of us. We don't even know the big characters. How can we dare to take charge of the affairs of a county?"

Pei Yuanshao said: "What Zhou Cang said is true. I think our brothers will follow Zhenghong from now on."

Li Qi: "Why are you so embarrassed? I'm just a younger brother!"

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao looked at each other, cupped their hands and said, "I am willing to obey Brother Zhenghong's orders!"

Li Qi couldn't "shirk", so he had to avoid the difficulty and take over the family...

Dividing fields is not a trivial matter, and the county magistrate stayed up late at night to figure it out.

Li Qiren cooked a bowl of porridge and brought it to the county prime minister's room. The county prime minister took the bowl of porridge fearfully and said, "Thank you, sir."

Li Qi saw the county magistrate's table full of calculations and said: "Actually, I have a method that can greatly improve the county magistrate's calculation efficiency."

County Magistrate: "Would you like to hear the details?"

As Li Qi spoke, he gestured with his fingers on the table: "Use '1' to represent one computing chip, '2' to represent two computing chips, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and so on.

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County Magistrate: "I'm worried about making a mistake with this crooked word."

Li Qi: "As long as you become proficient!"

The county magistrate had a very high level of understanding. Not only did he learn Arabic numerals overnight, but he also learned to use vertical expressions to calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Of course, the county magistrate had already memorized the ninety-nine multiplication table. At that time, it was called "

"Nine-Nine Songs".

Within a few days, Li Qi, accompanied by Zhou Cang and the county magistrate, personally inspected the farmland and listened to the opinions of the people.

Seeing the tools used by farmers to open up wasteland and farm fields, Li Qi took a breath: It's strange that the efficiency can be improved!

As a top student at the Agricultural University, Li Qi immediately returned home, got paper, pen and ruler, and designed the curved shaft plow, step plow, barrel cart and rice-seeding horse that were only available in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and ordered craftsmen to build them in batches and distribute them.

To the folks.

From then on, Li Qi was admired by the people in the ancient city and welcomed by everyone.

Whoever said Li Qi was a vicious thief who tried to kill the county magistrate when he couldn't borrow food was the one who was in trouble with the people in the city.

On a sunny afternoon, Li Qi was resting in his mansion when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the hall.

Zhang Sanfeng, the outlaw who was responsible for guarding the city gate, ran in angrily: "Brother Zhenghong, you may not believe it. Someone is here to borrow food!"

Because when they captured the city, they did it in the name of borrowing grain, and now the rough guy who appeared in the county government came to borrow grain again, and he looked more ferocious than Zhou Cang. He likes to travel through the Three Kingdoms, starting from falling off the grass and becoming a bandit.
Chapter completed!