Life Winner Training Guide

The state is leaderless. This Qingzhou belongs to You Hongyin as well as You Hongyin. As for the method of annihilation, it is just a casual boast. At that moment, it depends on who has better acting skills and who is more shameless.

After taking Qingzhou, if it is delayed for a year or two, with You Hongyin's superb governance methods, there will be no more evil forces in Qingzhou. It will be possible to govern Qingzhou in an orderly manner, recruit soldiers, have money, food and weapons. At that time, it is time for You Hongyin to compete for the world.

This is indeed You Hongyin's current plan. As for how many people will be sacrificed in the plan, it is not within You Hongyin's consideration. There is no way, war is so cruel.

"You can't go," You Hongyin shook his head: "It must be a new face around me, otherwise the future is uncertain."

Huo Qingjun said; "What if the leader of the rioters has a different mind?"

You Hongyin smiled: "Then treat it as a real rioter."

One is a fake fight, the other is a real fight. The difference between them is not the point for You Hongyin.

"Who does the teacher have in mind?" Huo Qingjun asked.

"Didn't Cao Lin just recommend someone? It's just right." You Hongyin said.

"Although Wang Mi is a poor scholar, I heard that he is quick-witted and studious, and very smart. I'm afraid he won't be willing to be the sacrifice in your plan." Huo Qingjun said.

"Then it depends on my eloquence." You Hongyin said; "Don't worry, as long as the plan is appropriate, he should be able to convince him."

"Is the teacher so confident?" Huo Qingjun said.

You Hongyin said; "Because when the people are in dire straits, he will have no choice but to agree."

Wang Mi is not a person with ideals, and of course he is not a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, so he basically would not agree to this kind of thing where he picks peaches and ends up being eaten by others.

But Liu Borgen is.

You Hongyin likes this kind of people who work for the country and the people.

Chapter 194: The Elegance of Famous Scholars (Twenty-one)

If Cao Yi, who was beside You Hongyin, was a military commander who wanted to stand out and realize his ambitions, then Wang Mi was a strong man who was qualified to be called a local lord.

This was You Hongyin's first impression of Wang Mi. To be honest, a truly wise and virtuous ruler would not like such a person with overly inflated ambitions.

But Wang Mi's personality of succumbing to the strong made You Hongyin not stingy in using this double-edged sword.

The process of fighting with this poor knight from Luoyang was not easy, but for Wang Mi, he could not refuse the conditions offered by You Hongyin.

A real man should not be without power for a day. Serving the people and the world is everyone's ideal, but it may not be the purpose of realizing their own ambitions and seizing power.

So, if a person from a poor family wants to interrupt the monopoly of power by the gentry, there is only one way!

That is to fight for the world.

Or to rely on a wise ruler who fights for the world.

Compared with the tacit understanding with other subordinates, You Hongyin pulled off the veil when persuading Wang Mi, and clearly set the goal.

Since then, the "capsulation plan" with Liu Borgen as the main force and Wang Mi as the auxiliary has been quietly launched, waiting for the most suitable time to launch.

Winter has passed and spring has come. The people of Gaomi County have just experienced corvée labor and ushered in spring plowing.

Now, after two years of government decrees, everyone has long been accustomed to farming step by step, and the refugees have also reclaimed their own fields. Although the taxes are a bit heavier, they can definitely support their families.

After spring plowing, it is the daily maintenance of the fields and farms. Under careful care, summer is coming, but experienced old farmers begin to worry.

In an ordinary village, some people gathered under the shade of a tree. One of the old men was frowning, and I don’t know what he was worried about.

"Foolish old man, you can’t sit on a stool to slap your buttocks, why are you sighing." Someone asked next to him.

A Gaomi is a bench. Gaomi has been popular with many high-legged tables and high-legged stools in the past two years. Ordinary people don't have so many requirements. These convenient and comfortable furniture are more popular than the original desks . Soon every household started using them. In addition, the Gaomi governor is now the reborn parent in the hearts of all the people. The slightest disturbance can cause the people below to follow suit.

"It has been four or five months since the beginning of spring this year, but there have only been three rains. I'm afraid it's really like what the governor said, there will be a severe drought." The foolish old man said.

"It's okay. We have built the Baiqu Canal, and we have reservoirs and wells. We can always get through it." Someone said immediately.

Then many people agreed. It is impossible for the construction of a reservoir in winter to be without public resentment. You know, the most difficult corvée in the world is river work. Even with all kinds of magical tools to help, the people who participated in the labor suffered a lot.

But no one was passive and lazy. Why? The governor never said anything in vain. This kind of credit has long become the cognition of many people.

Therefore, the sigh of the foolish old man was just a fact that everyone had been prepared for, and it did not cause panic.

The foolish old man looked down on them: "Do you think I am worried about us? The drought in the world is definitely not just our family. I heard from my daughter who married to Chengyang that the governor notified other officials, but they all took the governor's words as farts, not knowing that the words of gods like the governor never fall through. Except for our Gaomi, there are disaster prevention preparations, but other places do not. What will happen if the land cannot grow food? People have starved to death here in previous years, and everyone has only managed to get enough food and clothing in the past two years." The old man sighed and continued: "What I am worried about is that except for our Gaomi, people have starved to death in other places. If they can't survive, they will become refugees. But we are just a small Gaomi County. No matter how powerful the governor is, how many refugees can he take in?"

"Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. It is us who don't understand your worries." Others echoed and gradually became worried. If the people are most worried about what they are most worried about, it is that God will not give them food to eat. They have the protection of the immortal Guo, but what about others?

Then everyone began to pray secretly that the drought would come later.

But the drought obviously did not only occur in Qingzhou. It can even be said that Qingzhou was in a relatively mild situation. After all, there was still sea breeze blowing near the sea, and it could occasionally bring rain.

Other places have not had a single rain since last winter!

The worst-hit area was Bingzhou.

Not only Bingzhou, but also the Hu grassland.

The water resources in these two places were not as good as other areas. Most of the water in the area came from rainfall. Now that the rain does not fall, this season's harvest is likely to be ruined.

Qi County, Bingzhou.

A farmer's family went out to irrigate the fields. Seeing that the rice in the fields began to form ears, everyone had to collect the rice in the fields even if they did not drink it, otherwise the whole family would starve to death next year.

So men carried water back from the mountains and swamps several miles away, and women carried children to work in the fields. Many people even broke their legs to carry water. At this time, they lost a laborer and were injured. People with broken legs could only wait to die.

The wells were dry, and the little water that seeped out every day was just a drop in the bucket, not to mention irrigating farmland. Although the water from the mountains and swamps was temporarily okay, it could not withstand everyone's use, and finally there began to be fights. The people in the two villages fought each other to grab water.

The painful days continued to be tormented, and everyone thought that it would be fine when the harvest season came.

On the grassland not far from Bingzhou, the Qiang tribe was also gloomy.

The weather was severe, the water sources on the grassland dried up, and a large number of pastures died and decreased, and the herdsmen who raised many cattle, sheep and horses also suffered a complete disaster.

Try to find pasture, but once you find one, it will be robbed and driven away by the nobles. The herdsmen had to kill some livestock with tears to reduce the amount of pasture to feed the remaining cattle and sheep.

But the drought continued, and their cattle and sheep could not hold on.

"Wow... Dad, my little sheep." The children's crying now is just because they feel sorry for the sheep they raise, but when those livestock with little meat are eaten, they will probably cry out "I'm hungry". ⑦思⑦Rabbit⑦网⑦

Experienced herders know that if they don't take good care of the livestock in their homes, they may not survive this winter. And if the cattle and sheep are eaten up, what will they use to graze next year?

They will probably starve to death.

Why do those people in the big tent eat meat and wine, and fight for the richest water and grass land, while they, the herders, can only worry about their own stomachs.

However, just like those people who would rather be refugees than do anything else, even if the herders are fierce, they are more afraid of the soldiers and warriors under the big tent. How much trouble can some herders who are not good at martial arts stir up?

So they endured it.

But when the autumn harvest was about to come, another natural disaster came, completely destroying the thoughts of those who were still looking forward to harvesting the last season's grain.

Locust plague after drought.

The locust plague first started in Yuzhou, eating up crops and plants, and then it grew stronger and spread to the surrounding areas. Locust plagues also began to ravage Yizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou.

Countless people cried and hid at home, or desperately lifted the locust gods and locust goddesses worshipped in various places, praying that the locusts would spare the crops that were about to be harvested in the fields, but in the end, they only left thousands of miles of barren land.

Gaomi originally had no locust plague. The winter irrigation measure has the effect of killing insects and pests, but the fact that Gaomi did not have locust plagues does not mean that other places in Qingzhou did not have locust plagues. It’s just that the locust plague in Qingzhou is better than that in Bingzhou, Yizhou and other places, because at least half of Qingzhou is close to the sea, and there are Taishan Mountains on the outside as a barrier. The locusts that ravaged Bingzhou, Yizhou and Xuzhou cannot cross the mountains for the time being.

Gaomi did not have a locust plague, but other places in Qingzhou began to have locust plagues, and gradually many flew to Gaomi. You Hongyin naturally could not sit back and watch a season of harvest go to waste, nor could he say that he could eliminate Huang by relying on sacrifices.

So he began to use various channels to spread various mythological stories, which was actually to break the fear of ordinary people for locusts, and then to destroy them!

While spreading the stories, You Hongyin also spread various methods of destroying locusts, such as lighting bonfires at night to protect farmland, digging out insect bags to reduce insect eggs, etc.

Of course, these alone are not enough. Without any benefits, it is impossible to completely eliminate the fear of locusts among the people.

Now is the time when there is a shortage of food. The summer harvest has not started yet, and the dry season is not sure when it will end. Who doesn't want to earn more food to survive? So You Hongyin made a plan to exchange one bucket of locusts for half a bucket of food, and one bucket of eggs for two buckets of food. He also announced dozens of ways to eat and use locusts and eggs to the public.

Yes, natural disasters, mysterious unknowns, gods and other superstitions do influence the will of the people, but none of these can compare to "eating enough food".

No one can understand the pain brought by hunger, which is enough to turn people into demons, not to mention giving up the fear.

The two reasons of exchanging food and being edible completely ignited the enthusiasm of the people.

Every household began to kill locusts, and sacks of locusts began to be delivered to officials. You Hongyin even held a "whole insect banquet" in Gaomi City. The chef used the spread of cooking methods on the spot to make various delicacies from locusts, and the governor and other officials ate them in public with their mouths full of oil.

There was no way. Some officials were indeed a little scared, but no one dared to resist under the high-pressure policy. After eating it once, they completely lost their fear and fear, and their minds were full of "the chefs in the prefecture are really good".

In his early years, You Hongyin made a wok for his own appetite and began to order the chef to make various stir-fried dishes and use various seasonings.

In fact, there is a reason why stir-fried dishes have never appeared. Although clay pots can be used for stir-frying, iron pots are still the best, and iron is very expensive at that time. Another reason is that "oil" is very precious at that time.

At that time, most of the dishes were stewed, boiled and steamed, and there was no stir-frying. The oil used was also animal oil, and vegetable oil was not edible yet, and could only be used to make silk cloth, etc. However, meat is considered a "luxury" for ordinary people, not to mention "oil".

This is also why stir-fried dishes that consume a lot of oil have not yet appeared.