At the river crossing, facing the cold wind, I watched the ice floes flowing in the river, rising and falling, and I lost my mind for a while.

"In Fengzhi, this place is already the boundary of Baima." Fengji's assistant reminded.

Fengji nodded in response, still looking at the floating ice.

He said that when he reached the boundary of Baima, he asked his assistant to remind him, but during the process of crossing the river, Feng Ji suddenly had a new idea.

The King of Bohai was benevolent and righteous. Not only was he willing to send troops to escort the grain team, but he was also willing to let Yuan Shao return in advance.

If this is the case, is there still a plan to harm him?

Feng Ji hesitated, and even remembered that before leaving, Liu Qing personally sent him out of the city and said some meaningful words with hidden solicitation intentions.

The original words of King Bohai were: "There will be chaos south of the river. If Yuan Tu is tired of the disputes, he can go to live north of the river."

Plain and simple, ordinary and sincere.

The river mentioned in the words is the river we just crossed.

King Bohai treats others so kindly and righteously, why would he still want to plot to harm him? Are you still a human being, Feng Yuantu?

The matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor, since you serve Yuan with your own body, you should do it wholeheartedly, so let's do it!

But the Yuan family is not the founder of the business. After a little comparison, you can see that it is just a little better than He Jin. It has already changed its family once, so why not change it again?

But Nanyang is now under the control of Yuan Shu. If he carries Yuan on his back, the family, children, and relatives in the clan may be in danger.

"Alas, each has his own master..." Feng Ji sighed, then withdrew his gaze and looked to the south, "Send someone to inform He Yi and He Man to prepare for action!"

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After simple preparations, Liu Qing embarked on the journey to Youzhou. Along the way, Liu Qing also planned to visit Anping and Zhongshan counties.

Anping County in Jizhou is completely different from other counties, that is, it has been purged with iron and blood by Shenpai, and all the powerful people who rebelled have been wiped out. Some wealthy scholars who knew what they were looking for either completely compromised or left completely.

After all, at the beginning, they supported Wang Ji and resisted Liu Qing "with the same hatred and hatred".

It would be a pity to expel all the rentier classes. With such a good foundation, this land soaked in blood will not be used for field trials.

According to Liu Qing's request, all the land in Anping County was returned to public ownership, and each county contracted out the land on a household basis. The income from the people's labor, after paying the land tax and rent tax, all belonged to themselves, and they could keep their own grain storage.

, or it can be sold to Liu Qing at the purchase price.

There are still many areas that need to be improved. For example, when dividing fields, there is Susukada and Tomita, and the population of each household is different. Furthermore, there is a lot of room for manipulation in the grain purchase price.

Liu Qing did not set up a township pavilion to participate in the management of this matter, but the county managed it. The fewer levels, the more corruption can be prevented.

As for grain prices, Liu Qing believes that prices will gradually stabilize once Jizhou has enough grain surplus. Coupled with Liu Qing's reserve adjustments, grain prices should stabilize in the future.

Of course, there is also Zhongshan County, which Liu Qing has given special "care" to, as food prices have been quite unstable recently.

Ever since major grain merchants and aristocratic families spent almost all their wealth to purchase grain, Junzheng Company suddenly moved in in large numbers. As a large amount of grain poured into Zhongshan County, the rising grain prices suddenly turned around and fell at a faster speed.

The price of corn in the market has dropped to an outrageous price of less than 300 yuan per stone, nearly halving the market price. It is almost close to the time of peace and prosperity. While the people were happy, they did not forget to praise the King of Bohai and his Junzheng Company.

Who drove away the Yellow Turban Army and the Black Mountain Army and brought peace to Zhongshan County.

Who suppressed food prices and allowed enough food to flow into Zhongshan County so that people could eat affordable food.

However, the local profiteers and powerful households only hoard grain and grass, constantly raise grain prices, and do almost nothing to do with human affairs. Of course, these remarks are made by people with good intentions.

In fact, people like Zhen's and Tang's families are also suffering. When food prices rise rapidly, there is not necessarily a shortage of food on the market. Instead, they harvest while the price rises. In the end, every family is blinded by greed and begins to buy food in large quantities.

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But now, the food supply is still declining, and the reputation of each company has been damaged, so almost no one cares about the food supply.

Their food was smashed into their hands.

Appropriate food storage is completely worthwhile for large families. The problem is that they have stored too much. The expenses of large families are still very large, and now they are all facing the problem of insufficient liquidity.

A few days later, Liu Qing arrived at Xindu, Anping.

The judge received the notice early in the morning and waited outside Xindu City early. At noon, the snow had stopped, the sky cracked and there was some light, and it seemed to be clearing up.

The snow did not fall heavily, but it fell very widely. You can see the snow scenery all the way from Ye. Fortunately, the official road was well repaired and there was no obstruction all the way.

"The Anping Prefect reviews the match and pays homage to the King of Bohai!"

"Long time no see, Zhengnan, are you getting used to staying here?"

"Your Majesty, everything is fine!" Shen Pei replied.

Zhao Yun stepped forward, smiled and held his hands in his hands: "Sir, you are fine!"

The judge returned the greeting with a smile and was happy to see his former partner.

"General Zilong, please come and be safe!" Then he turned to Liu Qing and said, "Lord, please enter the city."

Liu Qing looked at the sky and replied: "No need, I will pass by here, you can give me a ride."

"Here!" Shen Pei responded, then brought the horses and joined Liu Qing's team, heading directly north along the official road.

"Zhengnan, I have come to Anping several times but have never entered the city. You won't blame me."

"The king has important things to do, but he still remembers his wife. He is so grateful that he can't help but complain to the king."

Liu Qing smiled, pointed at the official road, and asked: "When I entered Anping, I discovered why there is no snow on the official road here? But you sent someone to clean it up?"

"Back to your Majesty, I did not send anyone to clean it, but the farmers came to clean it on their own. My lord, please take a look!" Shen Pei pointed to a fork in the official road and said.

Liu Qing followed and saw several figures busy on the side road. What they were doing was clearing the snow. Not only did they gather the snow on the road into piles, but someone also came to pick it away.

The snow was carried into the fields, and from a distance, there were piles of snow.

Liu Qing suddenly realized that he had to wait for the snow to melt and turn into water to moisten the fields.

What a diligent person! I can only blame it on the drought!

"It's a good idea, but Anping County has not systematically built water conservancy projects. This year, we will focus on dividing the fields and assigning responsibilities to each household. However, the infrastructure must still be solved first."

"Worth to keep in mind."

"After the Bolingcui family left, will there be any news again?"

Shen Pei shook his head, "I only heard that he was going to Jingzhou to take refuge."

It sounds outrageous that people from Jizhou go to Jingzhou to take refuge. Jingzhou is at war, but Jizhou is not.

By the way, Liu Qing suddenly thought that with the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou making such a fuss, many local nobles would have to take refuge in various places, and the Langya Zhuge clan would also take refuge in Jingzhou.

Liu Qing made some calculations and wondered whether he could bring the scholars who had taken refuge in various places to Jizhou.

Those who reach the age limit can be used directly. Even if they don't reach the limit, they can still be cultivated! After all, there are masters in Wei County. Mr. Hu Zhao is probably not much worse than Mr. Shui Jing.

As soon as Liu Qing remembered it, he directly handed over the matter to Ban Ming and asked him to take action immediately, return to Yecheng, inform Xun Yu of the matter, and order him to start arranging it immediately. As for the manpower, Zhu Ling happened to be in Taishan County, which was terrible.

This assignment!

Once this is done, we might be able to recruit a large number of talented people.

After walking with Shen Pei for a while, they passed by a pavilion. Liu Qing stopped briefly to let the soldiers and horses rest.

After hearing the interrogation, the chief of the pavilion immediately treated Liu Qing with respect and treated him like a big shot.

After a brief conversation, Liu Qing learned from the pavilion chief about the current working conditions of the farmers, and his enthusiasm was almost full. Although it was a cross-era production relationship, it was simple and crude. To put it bluntly, if he took less, the farmers would get more benefits.

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Whatever you do is yours, so you have no choice but to do it to death!

In the evening, Liu Qing said goodbye to his wife and continued northward. On the way, he passed Xiaba and Anping. They were all roads that Liu Qing was familiar with. He had passed through these places before when he was doing business.

After traveling along these cities for several days, Liu Qing arrived at Lunu, but failed to find that Tian Feng was not in Lunu, so Liu Qing planned to go directly north to Youzhou.

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In Taishan County, Yanzhou, many Yellow Turbans gathered outside Fenggao City again. Zhu Ling patrolled various city walls all day long, not daring to take them lightly.

Zhu Ling was not worried about the Yellow Turbans attacking the city, because he had already made complete preparations. It was almost impossible for the Yellow Turbans to appear on the city wall with their ladders charging.

Zhu Ling's only worry is the supply line.

Compared with Yanzhou, Fenggao's position is indeed considered to be a lone army. So far, Zhu Ling still relies on Fu Xie's supply line to replenish food and grass.

In the past few days, the team escorting the grain and fodder has been attacked by the Yellow Turbans several times. If the Yellow Turbans were not too weak and were repelled by the escort, Feng Gao's grain and fodder would really be hanging by a thread.

"General, are you going to leave the city today to protect food?"

Zhu Ling looked at the sparse but dense yellow turban shantytowns not far away, nodded, and soon, the escort of 500 people quietly left the city.

Zhu Ling looked into the distance again, looking at the Yellow Turban camp. Zhu Ling wondered, are these Yellow Turbans planning to settle here?

On the other side of Qingzhou, after the fall of Beihai, Liu Bei led more than 500 remnant soldiers back to Pingyuan Kingdom. Along the way, he encountered many wandering Yellow Turbans. It always felt like there were millions of Yellow Turban soldiers in Qingzhou, endless

Endless.

"Brother, this battle was really frustrating! I thought I was going to win, but why did I rush so hard and I was left alone!" Zhang Fei said angrily.

"Third brother, it's not a crime of war. The disparity in military strength is really too great. Even if you and I die from exhaustion, we still can't open the gate to the county."

"Second brother and third brother, we have returned to the plains, like dragons returning to the sea. We only need to recruit more soldiers and horses, and sooner or later we will be able to fight!"

"Brother, there are many people who have fled with our army this time, including some scholars. Why don't you take the opportunity to entertain them and then use the talents for your own use?" Guan Yu reminded.
To be continued...