Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 240
Chapter 241
The county magistrate of Yichuan suddenly asked about recruiting refugees, which made Cao Chong stunned.

Does this magistrate Liu know something?
"Why did magistrate Liu suddenly mention this matter?"

"It's nothing, the lower officials are afraid that it will be difficult for the young master to appease the refugees, so they send three thousand refugees to the young master."

Cao Chong really wanted to beat County Magistrate Liu violently, but I was thinking that there was some conspiracy behind the soaring number of refugees in the past two days, so give me another three thousand!

Besides, what is the total population of your Yichuan County?Last time, I sent five hundred thieves to Xiao Ye at once, and this time I sent another three thousand refugees!

"Magistrate Liu is joking, why are there three thousand refugees in Yichuan?"

"Young master, I'm not joking. When I came to Luoyang, a thousand refugees were already on the way. It is estimated that they will arrive in Luoyang tomorrow. And the number of three thousand is still the current statistics. How many there will be in the future is unknown."

Hearing Liu County Magistrate's stern answer, Cao Chong somewhat understood.

This Liu Dewei found out that something was wrong and came to report to Cao Chong!

Cao Chong sat down again. The magistrate Liu probably knew a lot of things, so he didn't need to go to the farm to check.

"Magistrate Liu, what is the population of Yichuan?"

"More than [-] mouths."

"Well, in a small county with a population of 3, there are [-] refugees all of a sudden. I'm afraid you, the county magistrate, won't be able to be the chief!"

"Young master, don't wrongfully dismiss the officials, these refugees are not from Yichuan County."

Sure enough, someone intentionally harmed the young master, it is estimated that this time the incident will be serious.

Knowing that the matter had already happened, Cao Chong was not in a hurry, and since County Magistrate Liu had come personally, he probably knew a lot of inside information, so Cao Chong asked someone to fetch the small clay stove used for cooking tea, and prepared to drink tea with County Magistrate Liu while chatting.

"Since this is the case, does County Magistrate Liu know where the refugees come from?"

"That's too much, let me think about which counties Yichuan borders on..."

Cao Chong's face froze for a moment, it seemed that things were more troublesome than expected!

"To tell you the truth, County Magistrate Liu, I just received a report that the number of refugees has increased sharply, and I am going to check it out. Thank you County Magistrate Liu for coming to tell the reason."

"It's easy to say, sending so many refugees to the young master at one time, the young master has no shortage of people's strength to farm the fields. The lower officials are here to ask the young master for rewards."

Cao Chong glared at him, and said angrily, "What does county magistrate Liu like about my place?"

"Just give the lower officials a few pancakes from last time, and let the lower officials pad their stomachs before rushing back. Three thousand is not the whole amount. Who knows how many more are left. The lower officials have to go back and watch to prevent them from causing trouble."

Cao Chong was stunned for a long time before he remembered what pancakes he was talking about.

"That's moon cakes, only available during Mid-Autumn Festival!" Cao Chong said angrily.

"Oh, that's a pity. The pancakes are both delicious and hungry. It seems that this time there is no good luck. In this case, you can continue to work, young master, and I will leave first."

"Magistrate Liu has traveled all the way, so he has to take a rest, let's go back tomorrow!"

Cao Chong detained magistrate Liu, and then went to order his servants.

"Let the back kitchen prepare more ingredients, and invite everyone in the county government to have hot pot together at night."

Then Cao Chong sent people to invite all the main personnel from the sixth department of the county government to the rear government office. Liu Jing who was in the field, Xia Houshang on the construction site, Zhao Yun and Lu Xun in the barracks were all notified.

"Let everyone have a big news first: This time someone is planning to entrap the young master again!"

Hearing what Cao Chong said, everyone continued to eat and drink, and got used to it!Who made the little prince so eye-catching?It's normal to be envious and jealous!

"The good news is that there is no need to worry about not having enough manpower to farm the fields anymore. There will probably be a lot of refugees coming to Luoyang this time."

"The bad news is that the food and other materials prepared this time are definitely not enough!" Cao Chong continued.

"Do you know how many refugees will arrive?" Someone finally cared.

"I don't know yet. It is estimated that the number will be beyond imagination! County Magistrate Liu has brought news that within the next two days, at least [-] refugees will come to Luoyang from Yichuan County alone, and it is estimated that there will be no fewer in other counties."

After Cao Chong finished speaking, County Magistrate Liu cheerfully chimed in.

"Not much, not much! The first three thousand, there will be more in the future!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone gasped unconsciously, and finally felt the seriousness of the matter, and stopped eating and drinking carelessly.

"By the way, you have so many refugees in Yichuan County, and you, the county magistrate, are quite laid back!"

Xia Houba said to County Magistrate Liu who was the only one beside him who was still eating and drinking.

"Young Master Xiahou, don't wrong me, those refugees are not from Yichuan County."

"Okay, today is to inform everyone of this news, everyone continue to eat and drink, don't forget to go to the county government for a meeting tomorrow!" Cao Chong said to the big job.

The question is who is still in the mood to continue!
"Hmph! Are you still in the mood to eat and drink?" Wen Jiao asked Cao Chong.

She and Cao Chong were the only two at her table, and everyone was winking and didn't come to join in the fun.

Originally, Wenjiao didn't want to come to such a chaotic scene, so Cao Chong sent someone to remind her several times.

After the results came, Wen Jiao was really embarrassed by everyone's behavior.

"Of course I'm in the mood, things have already happened, how can I have the strength to face them if I don't eat enough?" Cao Chong replied, while serving Wen Jiao graciously.

There is a reason for Cao Chong's behavior like this. With previous experience, he has already expected that someone will make trouble, and he has been preparing for it!
What Cao Chong told Lao Cao was to prepare food for 1 people for eight months. In fact, he prepared three times this amount.

The day after the two-year term was set with Yang Biao in the court last year, Cao Chong started preparations. Zhou Buyi and the school affairs office have been secretly buying food in various places, and it has been going on for half a year!

So Cao Chong is still very confident this time, but the development of the matter immediately shattered his confidence!
On the second day after County Magistrate Liu arrived, countless refugees began to flock to Luoyang from all directions.

"What? The number is almost [-]?" Cao Chong asked in disbelief.

Cao Chong’s food was prepared according to 3 people. He felt that it was already a lot. You must know that the population dropped sharply at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The total registered population of most counties was less than [-]. The three counties of Jianxi and Jianxi have a total registered population of less than [-].

"Yes, and the number of refugees coming to Luoyang shows no sign of decreasing." Cao Yan replied.

Hey, this is really troublesome!

"According to this momentum, the number of people is estimated to exceed [-] soon." Pang Tong said worriedly on the side.

"I have asked them in detail. Someone indeed drove them to Luoyang. Now the bandits and bandits outside are not robbing. They are all over the mountains and forests looking for and driving the refugees away." Cao Yan said.

"Furthermore, the price of grain in Luoyang and its surrounding areas has tripled, making it impossible to buy grain at all."

(End of this chapter)