Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 327: Wancheng surrenders to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao is anxious!
Time flies by.

Soon Zhongshan County entered late September.

Autumn harvest has begun in all places.

This year we are still experiencing drought.

However, the drought situation is not as severe as before.

In addition, Zhang Sui personally took part in the digging of reservoirs, ditches, and the development of water conservancy projects, so the counties of Zhongshan County were little affected by the drought.

The harvests from the fields of all the wealthy families were twice as much as last year.

The bumper grain harvest of the Zhongshan County government filled up all the granaries.

Originally, the government of Zhongshan County had very little land and relied entirely on various taxes.

This year, Zhongshan County took over the fields of the Liu family, Wang family and other families that were destroyed in Wuji County, and also cracked down on bullies and some powerful people in various counties and confiscated some fields.

The government also provided work points and organized refugees to reclaim farmland.

The soldiers on garrison are still farming.

With the help of various conditions, the Zhongshan County government made a fortune.

Zhang Sui asked officials from all over the country to draw out 10% of the grain and fodder from the granaries and prepare to transport them to Yecheng.

Afterwards, he urgently organized the refugees and the troops of the aristocratic families to build simple earthen houses in various counties to facilitate the refugees to spend the winter.

Zhang Sui was not going to charge for these simple earthen houses.

However, those who build simple earthen houses are still calculated according to work points.

In recent years, winter has come exceptionally early and has been exceptionally cold.

According to later history, the end of the Han Dynasty was also a small ice age.

At this time, building more simple earthen houses to ensure that the refugees can spend the winter is also an investment for Zhang Sui.

As long as these refugees survive this winter, they will still be in Zhongshan County next year and can still help with farming.

In addition, Zhang Sui also asked the county governments to spread the word: no matter where the refugees came from or what their current situation was, they could come to Zhongshan County. Each family could apply for a simple mud house and pay a certain amount of work points in advance to exchange for quilts, clothes, and food. In the coming year, these people would have to join the government in farming and earn work points to repay their debts. The elderly and children under six years old could also receive a certain amount of food and clothes for the winter as a subsidy.

With abundant food supply, Zhang Sui even discussed with all officials to encourage marriage and childbirth.

For example, a newly married couple can go to the county government together to receive a reward of 100 work points.

If a son was born, the person was allowed to reclaim five mu of wasteland and no taxes would be collected within five years. After five years, the taxes would be gradually increased to normal levels.

and many more.

On the tenth day of the tenth month, Zhang Sui, surrounded by Wuji County Magistrate Zhou Jiong and others, was watching the people building simple mud houses outside the city.

Looking at the people working busily, Zhang Sui kept nodding his head.

Thinking back to when he traveled through time, the area near the gate of Wuji County was filled with refugees and corpses.

Nowadays, although people still live in misery, they wear tattered clothes and are all skinny.

However, they are no longer seen wandering around like zombies.

All refugees were registered by the government and their affairs were allocated together with other civilians.

Zhang Sui also developed a strategy to punish some particularly lazy people by flogging them.

Thanks to these measures, no one died of starvation in the entire Zhongshan County.

When the busy people saw Zhang Sui, County Magistrate Zhou Jiong and others coming, they stopped what they were doing.

Most people watched from afar, feeling a little excited and moved, but not daring to step forward.

To these common people, Zhang Sui's position was too high and they could not bear his power.

Only a very few brave people would come over and show their mouths full of yellow teeth to Zhang Sui to express their gratitude to him.

At first, Zhang Sui found it hard to accept such a scene.

After a long time, he accepted it.

Just like before he traveled through time, he felt a little nervous when facing the junior leaders of the company.

Now, in front of these people, he is not just a small leader, but a big shot who can change their life and death situation at any time.

Zhang Sui and Zhou Jiong were halfway through their tour when soldiers came urgently. Li Ru told them to return to the government office immediately.

Zhang then bid farewell to the county magistrate Zhou Jiong and rushed back to the government office with his personal guards.

The temperature is very low now. Li Ru wrapped himself like a dumpling, with his hands in his sleeves, and walked back and forth in front of the government office like a little old man.

Seeing Zhang Sui coming, Li Ru hurried to greet him.

Zhang Sui and Li Ru trotted to the meeting room in the government office.

The clerk in the government office lit the charcoal fire and brought tea and cakes.

Zhang Sui motioned Li Ru to sit down.

Li Ru then picked up a cup of hot tea, took a sip, hissed, looked at Zhang Sui and said, "According to the intelligence just received, Wancheng has surrendered to Cao Cao!"

Zhang Sui: “.”

Two months ago, he received news that Zhang Ji, who helped the emperor cross the river to Hangu Pass, died in the war to attack Wancheng. His nephew Zhang Xiu took over the army and reached a humiliating agreement with Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou: Zhang Xiu gave up revenge for Zhang Ji, Liu Biao gave up Wancheng to Zhang Xiu, and provided a certain amount of food and grass, so that Zhang Xiu and his army had a place to stay. However, Zhang Xiu belonged to Jingzhou in name.

Everything is in line with the historical trajectory.

But now, things are a little different.

That is, after Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao for the first time in history, Cao Cao slept with his aunt. Then Zhang Xiu rebelled again and killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and general Dian Wei.

Now, Wancheng has surrendered directly!

Thinking of how he had killed Dian Wei at Hangu Pass, Zhang Sui sighed softly.

I don’t know whether my action was good or bad.

But if he were to do it again, he would do it again.

Not for anything else, just for Fu Shou.

Li Ru continued: "And, there's more than that."

"The second intelligence shows that after Cao Cao captured Wancheng, he was preparing to march south to attack Yuan Shu."

"Cao Cao also issued a letter to Lü Bu who occupied Xuzhou, Liu Biao who occupied Jingzhou, and Sun Ce who had already taken over Wu County and Danyang County in Jiangdong, asking them to besiege Yuan Shu together!"

"Earlier, Yuan Shu, together with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian, were unable to defeat Cao Cao."

"Now Cao Cao is using the emperor's name to recruit helpers."

"It is only a matter of time before Yuan Shu is destroyed."

"After Cao Cao gained the throne this year, he successively conquered Jingzhao and Yuzhou."

"Now we have Wancheng again."

"He himself occupied Yanzhou."

"Once he succeeds in encircling and suppressing Yuan Shu, he will occupy Huainan, then cross the Yangtze River and go straight to Jiangdong."

Li Ru sighed and said, "We in Hebei Province are unlikely to be his rivals."

"Jizhou Mu should be anxious."

"I think, my lord, aren't you going to take food and grass to Yecheng this time to participate in the three courts?"

“We can’t bring many people this time, but we must bring elite troops.”

"I feel like Jizhou Mu is getting anxious."

"Something might have happened in Yecheng."

"My lord, this may be your chance to rise, don't miss it!"

When Zhang Sui heard what Li Ru said, he felt very sad.

Overall, it still followed the historical trajectory and Cao Cao did not disappoint.

As a time traveler, I clearly know the historical situation, but I can't do anything about it. This feeling of frustration is really uncomfortable.

However, he still asked doubtfully: "What could have happened in Yecheng?"

(End of this chapter)