At night.
In the barracks near East County, many generals saw the military pledge.
This warrant was placed in Xiahou Dun's camp and then taken to the East County government office. This military warrant was originally issued before the battle, but now was a critical period, and Xu Zhen used it as evidence.
Naturally, it caused a sensation.
30,000 dans. Not only would he return it next year, but he would also give an additional one billion yuan or an item of equivalent value. Why did he dare to say such a thing?
Could it be that they were going to fight somewhere?
Or was he going to conquer some city?
At present, other than the various feudal lords, where else could merchants, aristocrats, or bandits have so much food and money?
This so-called military pledge was simply a fantasy.
But Cao Cao agreed.
Therefore, the entire Cao camp was watching Xu Zhen as a joke, watching how he would lose in the battle with the aristocrats in Yingchuan.
At that time, he would probably have to beg for it bitterly.
This was not impossible!
For a moment, the Cao generals looked at the military pledge and felt an unprecedented sense of relief. The main thing was that they had vented their anger. Finally, they had the time to watch Xu Zhen suffer.
Even if he had the ability, he would probably need to spend a lot of effort to think of a way to fulfill such a military pledge.
……
Yingchuan County, Xu County.
"Why don't you get it? If Madam Guo, Madam Xun, and Madam Zhong don't come, then forget it. We don't need them, right? If Madam Chen wants to give us land, then just take it.”
Xu Zhen stood in front of Dian Wei and once again shook his head to reprimand him. However, he was used to it. Dian Wei already knew his personality.
The only thing he felt wronged about was that Dian Wei had just rejected Chen Qun's land contract and grain.
She chased him home.
After Dian Wei heard Guo Jia's theory, he had always remembered to make use of the aristocratic families and use the Chen family to establish his prestige. He wanted to show the aristocratic families that they did not need the Chen family as officials.
He thought that everyone would praise Xu Zhen and Guo Jia.
In the end…
"You did this! Even dogs would shake their heads when they hear that!"
Shaking his head, Xiahou En took a step back and hid himself.
"I gave you land and food for free. How can you not want it?”
"W-Wouldn't that show that you have integrity?”
" What do I need integrity for?!"
Xu Zhen's eyes widened." You really are!”
"Hehe, what should we do now?" Dian Wei chuckled a few times. For a moment, he had no idea and did not dare to bicker with Xu Zhen.
"Go and get it back. What are you afraid of? Go and look for Chen Qun directly. Just say that there are many people outside today. I'll apologize to you now and give me the title deed and food.”
"Understood!"
Dian Wei turned around and left. Soon after, Guo Jia rushed in with good news.
The 30,000 dans of grain that he had promised had arrived.
It was now placed in the granary.
After Xu Zhen heard this, he immediately laughed. Alright, that's enough."
However, Guo Jia did not understand what he was doing. This was not the first time he had asked.
"Sir, why are you so sure that you can collect ten thousand yuan from each household next year and return one million yuan to the lord? This kind of military pledge is not simple.”
Xu Zhen laughed out loud." I'll still say the same thing. I can't explain this to you.”
Guo Jia wouldn't believe this.
If he remembered correctly, it would become extremely hot when spring came next year. It was only a huge grain disaster recorded in history.
The harvests in various places were not good, but the provinces and counties along the Yellow River were not affected much. Among them, places like Xu County became one of the blessed lands.
Other than that, the areas in the east of the country, even Chang 'an, were all exposed to the sun without harvest.
Thus, a food shortage began.
Near Chang 'an, a bushel of grain could be sold for 500,000 yuan.
Thirty thousand dans was an immeasurable amount. Five baht was naturally not enough to pay for it. At that time, he could exchange it for a large number of treasures.
For example, silk, cloth, precious jade, gold, and so on.
They could even use grain to pay tribute. After all, the imperial court needed a large amount of grain for disaster relief next year. No matter what, hoarding grain now could be used as capital.
However, Guo Jia wouldn't believe this because the spring plowing hadn't arrived yet. How could he tell that the autumn harvest would be a drought?
It was too shocking.
Xu Zhen smiled mysteriously." Just listen to me. Just treat it as if these 30,000 dans of grain, along with the 16,000 dans that we have accumulated, will be of great use in the future.”
"Alright."
Guo Jia didn't delay. Although he was suspicious, he knew that a person wouldn't joke around with their own lives.
After all, this was a military pledge.
Therefore, he did not think too much about it.
Hence, this year.
Of the 30,000 people registered in Xu County, more than 6,000 were from other counties. The rest of the counties did not show their allegiance to the prefect of Xu County.
He also refused to pay taxes.
Chen secretly gave him a hundred acres of fertile land and a store of grain, but he said that he would not enter the official career and would wait and see.
During spring plowing, Xu Zhen used the land that the army and the people had opened up. All the fields were planted and waited for the harvest.
At the same time, they would recruit soldiers and horses, increase the number of new soldiers, forge armaments, and collect minerals to forge weapons.
A majestic spring passed.
When summer arrived, people realized that something was wrong.
The summer this year was extremely hot.
It had even reached the point where the soil was steaming and the sun was burning. Because the crops in some places were not taken care of well, they naturally died from the sun. The fields dried up and became abandoned fields.
Only the fields near the Ying water source were considered fertile.
However, in Chang 'an and the area inside the pass, basically all the farmland had been abandoned.
A large number of hungry people poured out of Chang 'an and spread everywhere.
Naturally, there were also people who went east from the small path, looking for cities and counties along the Yellow River basin.
"Our ancestors built the empire by relying on the Yellow River basin. Now, the people also have to rely on this river to find a way to survive. We will build shelters along the way to take in the hungry people.”
Xu Zhen called Guo Jia and Dian Wei over that day and gave this order.
At this moment, Guo Jia was staring at Xu Zhen as if he did not know who he was.
"General, did you know that there would be a drought this year? Otherwise, why would they store food?"
"And it just so happens that we have a large amount of food that can be used for disaster relief and refugees.”
Xu Zhen only smiled mysteriously and did not explain.
"Come on, our chance to make a fortune has come!!”
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