Reborn as a bride, pretending to be virtuous, the prince held his waist and regretted

Xie Jin sneered, "Too late! Hoarding is illegal, especially for food. You are obviously being instructed by the bandits to prevent the people from buying food and cause panic."

"Since you don't sell grain, what's the point of keeping you as a grain merchant? Then grow grain. We are short of manpower to open up the wasteland now!"

The Yu family grain store and the Zhao family grain store clearly had grain, but they did not sell it. They were arrested and all males aged between twelve and sixty were forced to open up wasteland.

More than thirty people from these two families were arrested.

The other grain merchants were so frightened that they dared not stop selling grain even after receiving notice from the bandits.

Someone with a more flexible mind reduced the amount of grain sold every day.

Xie Jin took people to seize the grain shop and ransacked the property.

Pretending to obey something while actually disobeying it is also a crime.

Just these two heavy blows instantly made the city's grain merchants, big and small, clear-minded and dared not tamper with the grain.

Not only that, Zhou Jin's second move also began.

The reason is very reasonable. The collapse of rituals and music in Qingshui County is caused by lack of education. Children aged six and above and below fifteen are required to come here to study.

If the parents do not allow, arrest the father directly.

Everyone thought that they would be sent to jail if caught, but the reality was beyond their imagination.

Zhou Jin didn't keep any idle people in his prison. All of them were shackled and sent out to open up wasteland and farm.

Whether they were bandits or ordinary people, they all sent their children to study.

Not only is this place heavily guarded, even the bandits' spies dare not act recklessly.

Their children are also here. If they rush in and shout and kill, their own children might also be killed.

Even if there were orders from above to have these bandits' spies attack the school, these bandits would just pretend and not actually do it.

Using the emperor to control the princes, this trick works on anyone.

Yuan Zhen sighed, "Brother Zhou's move is really brilliant! Now all the children in the county are in the school."

"Although the daily consumption is high, it can control everyone in the county. Even those who have ulterior motives dare not take risks with their own children."

Wang Shiwen sighed, "I really didn't expect Brother Zhou to be so insidious!"

Yuan Zhen was unhappy when he heard this, "Brother Wang, that's not right! How can it be called insidious? It's obviously a good idea!"

"If we hadn't gathered all these children together, could we have finished all the government's work with just the two of us?"

Wang Shiwen was speechless.

Otherwise, the chaos caused would overwhelm the county government.

"We have also caught some people who abducted women and children. Now the police are beating gongs everywhere to tell women and children not to go out."

"Those people can't just rush into other people's homes to rob people. After all, our detectives are no pushovers. Three days, three days in total, we solved all the plots of those bandits."

"The most rare thing is that we used an open strategy. An open strategy cannot be broken. The bandits clearly knew what we were doing, but they had no way to stop us. This is the most brilliant thing."

Yuan Zhen admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Wang Shiwen's eyes were filled with confusion. Will he never be as good as Zhou Jin in this life?

Leaving Wang Shiwen alone to think, Yuan Zhen went out to do some work.

Although Yuan Zhen felt that Zhou Jin had many tricks up his sleeve that he hadn't said, Yuan Zhen believed that they would succeed.

His father and brothers at home all agreed that he should come.

His second brother is the prefect of Yunzhou and provides all-round support to Qingshui County.

As for destroying the crops that had just sprouted, some bandits were unwilling to do so and were passive and slack.

They were forced to come here to cause damage, and when they were caught, they did not resist. They were just forced to farm.

It's better than being a bandit and being surrounded and killed by soldiers.

As for the family, there are old people, women and children, who farm at home, so it won’t be too difficult for the bandits to get food.

More than anyone else, they hoped that the county magistrate would be more powerful and kill these bandits.

The reason why they were reluctant to destroy these crops was that Qinglan County's corn production was very high and had already spread throughout the northwest.

Now Qingshui County finally has high-yield and high-quality varieties, and no citizen with a conscience will destroy them.

However, some bandits were stubborn and stubborn, and they thought of bad ways to cause trouble, but there were many defenders.

These people are good at fighting ten people at once. When facing the bandits who were like a mob, they made them unable to return.

Anyway, there were many more strong laborers who wanted to open up the wasteland, so Zhou Jin accepted all of them and wished for more.

In this way, more wasteland can be reclaimed.

Zhou Jin responded to all kinds of changes by remaining unchanged, firmly maintaining his base and expanding his sphere of influence bit by bit.

At least the county town was firmly under control.

Someone kept sending messages to Black Dragon Village.

Black Dragon of the Dahai family in Black Dragon Village frowned, "Brothers, we have run into a tough guy. This Zhou Jin is a bastard, a coward, who plays it safe and cautiously. Now the whole county is under Zhou Jin's control. The child is in his hands, so we dare not act rashly."

"All the brothers we sent out were caught in the middle of the night attack. They were either killed or taken away to open up wasteland. I never expected that Zhou Jin would let the soldiers guard those lands day and night."

The second in command, the one-eyed dragon, was in a bad mood. "Brother, while we still have strength, let's gather 50,000 or 100,000 people. I don't believe we can't destroy those crops."

The Third Master said in a deep voice: "Second Brother, do you think the County Magistrate has not expected this? Maybe he has already set up an ambush and is waiting for our army to come down the mountain."

The second in command frowned, "The longer we wait without taking action, the worse the situation will be for us. If we take action now, we can at least seize the initiative."

……

Everyone was talking and talking.

Meng Jue, the seventh in command, did not speak. He was in deep thought, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.

He wanted to delay time, after all, the poison would take time to take effect.

When the poison took effect and their health deteriorated, these bandit leaders could no longer control the stronghold.

By that time, the village strongholds will be fighting for power and profit and will not bother to go down the mountain to cause damage.

"Seventh brother, you have a quick mind. Think about it, what should we do now?" asked the boss Black Dragon. It was too tricky.

This Zhou Jin is just a coward, he keeps his head down and it's hard to attack him!

Meng Jue thought for a moment, then said, "Boss, although Qingshui County controls grain merchants and forces them to sell grain, their inventory can only last for a month at most. We will harass the grain transport teams at key intersections. Qingshui County will still be in chaos without grain."

"Maybe those people brought by the dog official have no food to eat. When they are too hungry, we can go down the mountain to launch a surprise attack, which will be twice as effective with half the effort. Anyway, we have plenty of food, so we can afford to fight the government."

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. "Old Seven is right. We should guard the main roads and not allow any food to be transported in. These bastards will starve to death!"