In this mine, most of the large and small workers are hired as coolies.When the middleman introduced it, he said that the monthly salary and board and lodging were included, and he could leave when the time came.Most of the people recruited are seniors and juniors, and there are very few people who are close to them. Even if they are missing, it is difficult to find someone to find them.

This kind of people……

"Easiest to control."

The literati standing at the entrance of the mine with their hands behind their backs laughed, and Xu Liang said to a few bearded men standing beside him, "What do you guys think?" Well, those who can be picked and persuaded by Liu Shichang must have some skills, but people who have always been capable are always easy to think highly of themselves.

The big man in the lead stroked his beard and said, "It's a small plan, but it still counts."

Another person said: "It's not unusual."

Xu Liang didn't care about those somewhat condescending tone, and continued to lead them around. Although they still had invisible contempt for Xu Liang, their faces couldn't hide their surprise.This group of people came by boat from Shandong, so they didn't know much about the changes in Longyan. What they only learned from letters was not as good as what they saw with their own eyes.

Xu Liang weighed the time, now the lord's negotiation with the visitor should be over.

He smiled.

Once this is done, everything will be fine.

...

Quanzhou Prefecture.

Inspector Zhang Gong frowned, holding the rosters sent by the counties.

The staff member leaned forward and said, "Mr. Zhang, just as you were worried about before, the number of people reported in the newspapers of several counties does not match up."

Zhang Gan let go of the paper and let the paper fall on the table, shaking his head with heavy thoughts, "This matter is no small matter. The number of disaster victims reported in the Dehua and Yongchun newspapers is about three thousand, but the number of returnees is less than two thousand. That's all. However, Nan'an, Lianjiang, Changle, and Longxi are also quite different."

While they were talking, a small official came in with paperwork outside.

Zhang Gan fetched it, and after reading it calmly, his face became more serious, "The same is true for the state government." He casually left the papers behind, stood up and paced with his hands behind his back, "These people can't say two or three thousand in total. Such a silent disappearance..."

Even Zhang Gan couldn't help being shocked.

He couldn't help but calculated in his mind the number of household registrations last time. This huge Quanzhou prefecture only has 3 people.

The term "meat pain" is not a fake. People live and work in peace and contentment. Isn't the increase in the number of household registrations one of the criteria for evaluating officials?

In the past year, Zhang Gan has been very busy with flood relief, and then comforting the victims, arguing with the court... After two months of living in peace, this sudden incident is really a troublesome matter.

"I have to ask about the situation in several other states. If these numbers are lost naturally, it can only be said that the water and soil in Quanzhou don't support people." Zhang Qian murmured, "If that's the case, forget it. What I'm afraid of is There are other reasons."

He paced back and took out a flower note from a box on the table.

The staff couldn't help but said: "What I'm afraid of is that if the other places don't increase but decrease..."

"Say what you want, don't hesitate." Zhang Gan said without raising his head, and he could feel the staff's hesitation.The few staff members under him are the most capable, and they are a little weak in nature. They know that they have a conclusion in their minds, but they are afraid of making trouble or offending others and dare not speak up.

With such forward and backward thinking, even though he had been with Zhang Qian for two years, while he was full of praise for his ability, he was quite hesitant about recommending him to be an official.He is not a person who is reluctant, but he is worried that if such a mind goes out of the house and makes mistakes because of fear, it will be bad.

"Mr. Zhang, do you still remember the letter from Nan'an County that was refuted by Gao Changde and the others?" It is a land with many mountains and forests, if some thieves go ashore along the private wharf, maybe it is unknown to take those remote mountain roads to hide?"

He said, "Although it is indeed inappropriate to speculate based on the decrease in the number of people in each county, compared with previous years, this matter has already revealed strangeness. Quanzhou has always been the territory of Ansheng, and many people will not leave their homes for no reason. Go to another place. After getting rid of this reason for the time being, we can only start thinking from the outside."

"You mean, it's not because of Quanzhou, but someone deliberately..." Zhang Gan frowned, "But how could he be easily bewitched?"

The staff member shook his head and said softly: "A certain person just looked at those rosters, and the circled ones are just those people who have no relatives at home and no friends. If they disappear, they will not be discovered until a long time later."

Zhang Qianruo was thoughtful, "I remember last year, did Zhang Jinang say that the number of hooligans and hooligans in the state decreased sharply, and even beggars were very few, and so did the governance at that time?" His memory is very good, and he said casually Just said a sentence from a subordinate a year ago.

The aide said: "It is true. Since last year, the state has rarely received complaints in this regard."

"Go and check." Zhang Qian frowned, stroked his beard and said, "I still have to go to Xin Zhechong's mansion, and say that there are thieves running around in the state, I hope Captain Zhechong can send some people." He and Captain Zhechong once had a relationship Because of friendship, this trivial matter is still simple, but there are only six Zhechong prefectures in Lingnan Road, but there are twenty or thirty prefectures, large and small, so there is still a reason for not daring to be blatant.

"Yes." The staff member leaned forward and said.

When there was no one in the room, Zhang Qiancai looked at the flower note in his hand thoughtfully. In fact, it was just an ordinary communication etiquette. He usually seldom pays attention to those etiquettes. It just happened... No, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

First came the letter from Nan'an, and then went through the etiquette, this is just two-handed preparation, even if there is no result, it is better than doing nothing.

If it wasn't for this, why did Zhang Qian really go to war and let the county below start a thorough investigation?

He put the flower note back, stroked his beard and looked at the light rain in the courtyard outside the window, and said to himself: "Just having this doubt is not enough..."

He chews.

...

"That's my daughter. I just dislike her for wasting rations. If I push her a little, who knows..."

"I was wronged, I was wronged!!"

"Thank you, County Captain Mingcha!"

Words like this often sounded in the lobby of Nan'an County Government.

Since Yu Yu's arrival, the gate of the county government has always been opened. As long as they can obey the order, they can stay outside and listen to the trial together. This has become one of the pastimes of the people in the county over time.There are even second-hand dealers who come to grab positions in advance and use this to buy and sell money!

After Yu Yu learned about this matter, he had been screened several times by the people in the class, and no one dared to use it to make money after he caught it.

After the county lieutenant and the master left the hall, the people gathered outside slowly dispersed.Soon there were things in the county where we could chat after dinner.

He Shou said to Yu Yu: "The rain this year is not bad, and the people in the studio can rest well." Perhaps because of the seriousness before, once there is more rain this year, the people in the workshop will be more worried than anyone else, and they will run very hard .

Yu Yu nodded.

Their conversations were quick and simple, and they were both like-minded people, so that was the norm.The people in the county government office are used to the way these two people talk, and Fang Yuan replied with a smile, "I'm afraid I'm worried that I don't care, this time it's the fathers and villagers who will go up to block the embankment together."

Back in the office where he was working, Yu Yu started to deal with today's affairs, and even started chatting with the pawns waiting outside when they were free.It's just that the atmosphere of the conversation inside was a bit serious, and they couldn't help lowering their voices.

"You bought this?"

Yu Yu looked at the two strange things in front of him, lowered his head and pulled out a piece of white paper and a brush from the table.The pawn standing opposite him nodded and said, "Actually, it's a rite of passage brought back by the family when she returns home to visit her relatives. It's just that I'm a bit surprised by this strange appearance, and I don't know what species it is."

While the pawn was talking, he noticed that the county lieutenant was drawing something on the paper. The two species were drawn with just a few strokes of pen and ink.One of them is slender, yellow in color, arranged in circles as small as particles, and the other is a fist-sized lump, which looks rustic.

"Where did your wife come from?" Yu Yu asked casually.

The pawn replied: "Zhangzhou, she is considered to be married far away. There is a relationship between her family and my father, and she has been married since she was a child." Hearing the gentleness in his words, I think he is still very satisfied with this marriage.

Yu Yu stopped to look at the drawn things, raised his head and said to the pawn, "Did her family ever tell me what to do with these things?"

"As I said, this long strip is braised, while the other kind can be cooked or braised. If you are too lazy to cook, you can also fill your stomach."

Yu Yu raised his eyebrows, "Can it serve as a staple food?"

The pawn said with a smile: "She wanted to cook it, but I thought it was too strange, so I asked her to put it away. I thought that the county captain often went to the countryside to chat with the old farmers about crops a few days ago." It would be good to send this here for you to have a look at.”

Yu Yu put the painted paper aside to dry, and when he lowered his head, a little light hit his temples.Thinking about this rare day, he was quite partial to this gentleman, even if he was rolling around, he would lie lazily, and his eyebrows and eyes softened three points against the background.

"It's work."

Yu Yu said.

The pawn was a little flattered, even though it wasn't the first time he was thanked by the county lieutenant, but every time he did so, he still felt a little terrified.Dazed, he bid farewell to the county magistrate, stepped on the threshold and went out.

Hey, who said that their cold-faced county captain is not easy to talk to?

If you do everything seriously, how can you look awkward?

Yu Yu put away the things and continued to deal with the pawns waiting outside. He didn't take out the things again until the affairs of the county government were almost completed.

The appearance of these two things is somewhat familiar.

It is a sense of familiarity from text dialysis to reality.

Yu Yuxin wrote a description of these two things in the blank space with a brush.

"The yield is high, and it can be used as an emergency food. It is more suitable for the topography than wheat and rice, and it can be used as a food (required for those who use it)."

This string is a sentence translated by Yu Yu in the booklet at the beginning. Those crops are similar to the two types that are now on the table, but there are still some spaces left in the words, that is because Yu Yu did not understand the sentence What is the meaning of the words.

If combined with his guess now, Yu Yu is somewhat sure of what to fill in these vacancies.

Yu Yu pressed the center of his eyebrows, and it was clear that the window was rare and clear. In this wet and cold winter day, the haze that had accumulated for many days was swept away, but the room was a little heavy.

Although the sprouts are slight, they converge into a river little by little.

For the first time, Yu Yu wished that he had guessed wrong.

...

The twilight is dim, the blood-red setting sun drags out shadows, and the remaining brilliance lingers on the eaves, engulfed by the gradually concealed darkness.In the howling cold wind, a figure paced from the verandah to the courtyard where the light streamed.

Fang Tianjian has been guarding the courtyard for a long time.

Yu Yu was wearing a big cloak, with his hands tucked in his sleeves like the old god was there, his eyebrows felt chilly, "I've been waiting for me here for a long time."

"Lang Jun can't go."

Fang Tianjian said with a serious face, of course it is really difficult to see the change of expression on his unshaven face, but his attitude of not giving in is indeed showing his attitude of resistance.

"What kind of attitude are you talking to me based on?" Yu Yu said slowly, his voice was deep and cold, and after going through the changes of a teenager, there was even a bit of rustling coolness.

Fang Tianjian took a big step forward, and said seriously: "If you go to Longyan now, you must have thrown yourself into a trap! Sir, don't..."

"Who told you that I'm going to Longyan?" Yu Yu squinted at him, and said with his clothes folded, "I'm just going out for a walk, so you guessed that. One day I'll spend the night outside, don't you Are you worried about me running away overnight?"

Fang Tianjian touched his head, "You didn't plan to go to Longyan, why did you take that gun away when you went out?"

Gun is the name of that strange weapon.

Yu Yu said calmly: "I found a remote place to test the power."

Fang Tianjian frowned, they had tried a thing or two about the power of this gun, but Lang Jun said so, he couldn't do it.Even in his opinion, Mr. Lang must have other thoughts.This made Fang Tianjian a little worried that if he couldn't see someone, he would run away.

Yu Yu took out the gun from his arms and stuffed it to Fang Tianjian, before stepping into the house.

The side house had already prepared hot water, but it was already a little warm after shelving it.Yu Yu took off his cloak and outer clothes, and slipped into the warm water.In the tightly closed house, there was a faint mist, and in the occasional splash of water, the thin back was reflected on the smooth screen, and the appearance of sliding down with water droplets was a little clear.

Yu Yu dived deeply into the bucket, only the low hum of water could be heard in his ears, he closed his eyes for a while, and then broke out of the water and splashed some water.

The beast that just lurked into the barrel: ?

The author has something to say: Four thousand update get√

The computer ran some programs yesterday, and then it crashed at the end of the code word writing last night. I rescued it but only the first two hundred characters of the manuscript were left. Orz

...I was (full of swear words), dragged my friends to eat supper in the middle of the night, and came back to rewrite until now. The rewrite is really uncomfortable and still stuck. I will update [-] first, and I will make it up when I wake up.

([-] words owed + one chapter update.)

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