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Chapter 162 The disaster of the Yellow Turbans

Feng Sha said calmly: "The government can use work instead of relief, and let the people work and work in exchange for food."

Jia Xu was slightly surprised and asked anxiously: "The king's intention is..."

Feng Sha did not answer and asked back, "Wenhe, when you left Luoyang the day before yesterday, how did I let you do what you did in Beihai?"

Jia Xu hurriedly replied: "King, since I arrived in Beihai, I have arranged for the people to farm, plant the wild rapeseed that the king gave me, and collected wild vegetables from the mountains and fields for planting. At present, thousands of acres have been planted, and many wild vegetables can be harvested for the people to satisfy their hunger." Thinking of the king's far-sightedness and letting himself plant these easy-to-survive plants for food, I couldn't help but admire him.

"What about the salt farm, textile factory and shipyard that I asked you to set up?"

"I have collected people to build a salt field. It is now in a small scale and can produce salt. When I was about to leave Luoyang, I had asked craftsmen to create thousands of loom design drawings and found some folk girls to try weaving. It was very useful, but it was too late to prepare for the time being. Besides, there was insufficient cotton and it had not been put into production. The shipyard had not yet been built due to insufficient manpower. However, the fishing boats had already built hundreds of ships in accordance with the king's words, and handed them to some experienced fishermen to take people out to sea to fish. They could harvest many fish every day and relieve the hunger of soldiers. My soldiers in the North Sea eat fish every day, so they are more powerful than soldiers in other counties and are more brave in wars. All the counties know this." Jia Xu said this and was both complacent and admired King Wuwei's vision.

Feng Sha smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you can use wild vegetables as bait to recruit people to Linzi, build shipyards in Beihai, and build fishing boats. This way, both manpower is enough and disaster relief, and it can attract people to live in Linzi and Beihai. The power of the Yellow Turban thieves will be greatly weakened. Why not do it?"

Jia Xu was happy when he heard this, but he still had some confusion and asked: "Salt farms, shipyards, and inland areas can still be built on the beach, so how can labor be used for relief? If the people are asked to move from the inland to the beach, it is not easy, and the inland is empty, so they may be attacked by the enemy."

Feng Sha smiled and said, "Although salt farms cannot be built in the inland, bridges and roads can be built to build business roads. Our state can offer a list of recruitment and ask merchants to transport the salt from the salt farms on the seaside to various inland states and counties in exchange for food and grass, and fish on the seaside can also transport them to various counties to satisfy the hunger of the people. The caravan alone can also feed many people, and the people either go to business, start mining, or follow the government to build roads to get food and feed their families. If they have a good job, they can survive. Why should they join the Yellow Turban Party that is in danger? After so many years, the Yellow Turban thieves will disperse without fighting!"

Jia Xu was overjoyed and said, "The king is so proud, but Xu is really not as good as he is!"

He asked Fengsha this question to test Fengsha, and wanted to see if his talent was as high as his colleagues said. He did not expect that Wuwei King Wu was extraordinary and was proficient in political affairs. What he said was something he had never heard of and thought about. After thinking about it carefully, it was also a good strategy for governing the country. Not only to deal with the Yellow Turbans, but if this plan could be implemented, the people of the world would have a good life. But according to this policy, Luoyang, Chang'an, and Qingzhou would have enough food and supplies after many years. At that time, the two sides attacked each other and the Central Plains were expected to be pacified. At present, Jia Xu was convinced and kowtowed heavily, admiring him.

Feng Sha walked over, helped him up, and sighed, "After that being said, there is still food and grass to support him. Otherwise, how can there be food for disaster relief and recruitment?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. There is a lot of grain in the Qingzhou treasury, and the wild vegetables grown in Beihai are already edible, and there are also many fresh fish in the sea, which can last for a long time."

Feng Sha shook his head and said, "There are too many victims in Qingzhou, and I am afraid that I will not be able to support the next time the wheat is ripe. For the sake of the present, I can only write a book and borrow some food from Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian to overcome the difficulties."

He sat back on his seat and thoughtfully: "Wenhe, you will write a book for me and send it to Xuzhou to Tao Gongzu, and said that I owe him this favor and will be repaid in the future."

Jia Xu was moved, bowed and kowtowed sincerely, and said respectfully: "The king is extremely kind and kind, and he is in love with all the people in the world. Xu admires it very much. The people of Qingzhou are blessed to have the great kindness of King Mu!"

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Yingling City is located south of Linzi and west of Beihai, and is under the jurisdiction of Beihai County, Qingzhou.

A large area of ​​land near the city was hilly, with the Yellow Turban Army tents for several miles, and the entire Yingling City was occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. The people in the county were all old, weak, women and children. Most of the strong men wrapped their heads in yellow cloth to show that they were affiliated with the Yellow Turban Army.

In the largest military tent outside the city, a man in his thirties and forties sat, with a yellow turban, strong body, and thick beard covering his cheeks. He was the leader of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and the famous Qu Shushang Zhang Rao.

At this time, Zhang Rao was sitting in the military tent, twisting his beard with his hands, pondering without saying a word.

In front of him, several defeated soldiers from Linzi escaped from Beihai were kneeling, all of whom were trembling and bowing to the ground, fearing that Zhang Rao would be unhappy, so he killed them.

Zhang Rao pondered for a while and asked again: "You mean that the governor of Qingzhou Jiao He sent you to attack Beihai, but was defeated by the ambush set up by the prefect of Beihai Jia Xu. Now Jia Xu is leading his troops to attack Linzi, right?"

A well-behaved soldier hurriedly replied: "Yes! We just escaped from Jia Xu's pursuit yesterday. I hid in the woods and watched him heading towards Linzi. We must have gone to find Jiao He to take revenge!"

Zhang Rao thought to himself: "No wonder Zhang Liao, the dog official, had already withdrawn his army before he had already appeared in a defeat after the battle with our army. He quickly retreated back to the Beihai. It turned out that this happened."

Thinking of this, he slapped the table, walked out of the military tent, shouting loudly: "Everyone is here!"

When the Yellow Turban Army soldiers guarding by the military tent heard this, Zhang Rao ordered: "You go and pass the order, the whole army is waiting for battle, pack everything, and prepare to set off!"

A Yellow Turban general who was less than 30 years old came forward and reported, "Sir Qu, where are we going?"

Zhang Rao looked back at the man, but it was Sima Jun, his confidant general. He was smart by nature and had many good ideas for him. He told him: "Jiao He and Jia Xu fought. Let's get a bargain and kill them both. We will take over Qingzhou!"

Sima Jun had already learned the news from other defeated soldiers, and frowned and said, "Jiao He is just a waste like a pig or a dog, but Jia Xu is very tricky. If Qu Shuai goes there, he should be careful!"

Zhang Rao pondered: "So according to your words, can we just miss this opportunity?"

Sima Jun shook his head and said, "How can you let go of such a good opportunity? Moreover, the speed of soldiers is important, so we have to set out quickly. However, this war is of great importance. If you win, you will win most of Qingzhou. If you lose, the government will come to fight and suppress it. I am afraid that we will not have a foothold in Qingzhou! Therefore, we still have to find a way out early."

Zhang Rao frowned and said in a deep voice: "The way out? According to your opinion, where are you going to retreat?"

Sima Jun smiled and pointed at Dongxu. Zhang Rao suddenly realized, raised his head and laughed, "I understand!"

Soon, the Yellow Turban soldiers gathered in a large open space. Zhang Rao rode his horse and shouted loudly: "Brothers! The group of dog officials in the Qingzhou government have been fighting each other! Taking advantage of their dog biting and dog strength, we also sent troops to Linzi and killed them without leaving any armor. Then our army rushed into Linzi and washed Linzi City with blood, and no dog official left behind!"

Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers were so excited that they all raised their arms and shouted: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand up! Kill all the dog officials, and the world will be lucky!" The voice was majestic and resounded throughout the world.

Zhang Rao said loudly again: "This place is not a place to stay for a long time. All the brothers obeyed the orders. Ten thousand brothers followed me to Linzi to kill the dog officials. Other old and weak people moved eastward to contact the Yellow Turban brothers of Taishan County. When we captured Linzi, we would go to capture Taishan County, Yanzhou, and connect Qingyan and the two states. The territory of these two states belonged to our Yellow Turban Army!"

The Yellow Turban soldiers raised their arms and shouted wildly. Under his command, they raised their swords and guns, shouted loudly, and rushed out of the camp. When they thought of rushing into the wealthy Linzi looting, everyone was full of excitement.

It was like locusts flying by, and the Yellow Turban soldiers were all over the mountains, crossing the earth, and rushing towards Linzi City.

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In front of Linzi City Gate, a warehouse is being opened to release grain.

Feng Sha personally visited the scene and set up a porridge shed, allowing the people in the villages outside the city to come to the city gate to receive the porridge. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to set up recruitment offices to admit strong people to work.

Most of the recruited workers were sent to build ports on the seaside outside Linzi City. Experienced carpenters were sent to build fishing boats and recruit experienced fishermen to go out to sea to fish. Inexperienced young and middle-aged people were sent to build ports and shipyards, exchange their own labor for food, and barely support the whole family.

The textile mill can push back, because the looms in Beihai have not been transported to Linzi and the cotton stocks are still insufficient. Therefore, the strong women who are willing to join the textile mill are registered and sent them some food to them, so they are asked to go home and wait for the notice. After the textile mill starts construction, they will be called to work in the city. At that time, the food will be distributed more, enough to support a few people.

When women in nearby villages heard that they could use weaving cloth to exchange for food. Although they didn't understand what was going on, they rushed to sign up and took the little food they had received, and prayed all day long, hoping to go to the textile factory to work earlier to support their children.
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