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Zhao Hanzhang led the army and the begging army to Gucheng.

After only half a day's walking, they entered Gucheng territory.

The scene in Gucheng is not much different from that outside. It is when the spring breeze is in full swing, and green weeds that are as long as a finger grow in the fields. Looking from a distance, it looks like the scene of wheat seedlings turning green in previous years.

But as soon as you get closer, you can see that it is green grass.

Zhao Hanzhang reined in his horse and stood at the edge of the field looking into the distance. Chen Wu and others dismounted and looked forward, but their eyes were blurred and they had no idea what they were looking at.

The soldiers passing behind him couldn't help but turn their heads and take a look. Isn't it just a wasteland? There is nothing interesting to see.

When he was looking at it, he took a step slowly, and the person behind him pushed him, "Stop looking and leave quickly. You are not a general. What can you tell? Look at the Zhao Jiajun. They are in good order."

Their general couldn't see anything, so he and Zhao Hanzhang stared ahead for a while and then said: "This grass grows really well."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Yes, he looks very good. What did the general see?"

Chen Wu hesitated for a while and then said: "This grass is so good. Cows and horses should like it very much. Can they raise cows and horses?"

Zhao Hanzhang: "...General Chen has a good idea. You can raise more cattle. They can be used for farming."

She said: "The grass grows so well, which shows that the land is very fertile. From here to the gate of Gucheng, all the abandoned fields will be cultivated for you."

Chen Wu asked hesitantly: "What will happen if the refugees who escape come back to farm in the future?"

"I will allocate additional land to them," Zhao Hanzhang said: "These abandoned lands will be directly returned to the state. Now they all belong to me... Your Majesty. They belong to the official land. I said they will be farmed by you. You can just farm without worries."

Chen Wu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "That kind of thing..."

"I will have someone deliver it as soon as possible." Zhao Hanzhang mounted his horse, pulled the reins and said, "Let's go and see Gucheng."

The gates of Gucheng were wide open, the streets were empty, and many weeds and trees sprouted from the corners and walls. It looked like a ghost town.

In fact, it was almost done. Wang Mi and Liu Cong went south. Except for some old, weak, sick and disabled, everyone in the city who could escape fled.

Everyone in the county government office has also fled, and the ground is covered with a layer of fallen leaves and dust. People walk faster, and the dust flies up and chokes people.

Zhao Hanzhang touched the dust on the table in the lobby, clapped his hands and said: "Clean up this county government office, and I will send a new county magistrate to Gucheng later."

She looked around the street, and finally pushed away a big house on the left side of the county government office, and said directly to Chen Wu: "This house is good, I gave it to General Chen. The general's mansion is located here, and General Chen will be there from now on." Let’s work here.”

Chen Wu:......

He glanced around and saw that although the house was overgrown with weeds and seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time, the layout was quite good and could be occupied with a little tidying up.

He hesitated for a while before nodding, "Thank you, General Zhao."

Zhao Hanzhang said generously: "Except for the houses in the south and west of the city that are still occupied by people, you can choose any of them. Each household can only choose one set. Soldiers can only be stationed in camps. The four-sided city gates and barracks are given to you." , three days later, make a self-made sign with your name and hang it outside the door, I will ask someone to record it, and the head of the household and the name of the head of the household will also be written on the sign."

Chen Wu should come down.

Zhao Hanzhang left. In order to express her support for them, she first paid for their food and grass for the next month.

What she gave this time was not food, but money.

The soldiers brought in sack after sack of copper coins. Feng Long opened it, took out a sling of copper coins, untied it, took one and looked at it carefully, and said to Chen Wu, "It's an official system."

Chen Wu exhaled and said, "Let someone buy food."

"yes."

All the people nearby have fled. They have to travel quite a distance to buy food. They have to go to Hedong County or Jingzhao County to buy it.

Feng Longying agreed, but he did not leave. He hesitated and said: "General, I remember the news said that the emperor only appointed the magistrate of Luoyang County, who is from the Zhao family. There are no officials in other counties in Henan County. These places are not returned. Is Zhao Hanzhang in charge?"

Chen Wu sat down on the steps, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "There is no one here, and there are no officials. Whoever occupies it belongs to him. If she says to appoint, just appoint them. If someone has an official, you can still grab the place. There’s nothing strange about this.”

"It's not surprising, but she is using the emperor's banner. If word spreads about this, if the emperor sends someone here, who will we listen to?"

Chen Wu said: "Unless she, Zhao Hanzhang, betrays the country and surrenders to the enemy, we will listen to whoever pays."

If the emperor is willing to pay to support them, he can also listen to the emperor, but will he pay?

Li Tou immediately nodded and said: "Yes, we listen to whoever pays."

Chen Chuan couldn't help but said: "If word spreads, wouldn't the dead want to accuse us of being mothers if we have breasts?"

Chen Wu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Just scold me, as long as you can live."

Feng Long and the others thought the same thing, so they loaded the money into their ox carts and ordered their troops to go out to buy food.

The begging army had a special food buying team. They were tired and hungry. The begging soldiers who were sitting casually on the street saw the food buying team driving out several cars. There were sacks on the two cars in front, so they knew that they wanted to buy food. Went out to buy food.

As a result, the originally half-dead beggars became enthusiastic and happily greeted the food buying team, "Be careful on the road."

"Go and come back quickly."

When Chen Wu came out, he asked them to pick houses in the south and west of the city, and they went there with great interest.

In the past, they would not have bothered with this. Now there are empty houses everywhere, which is not hard to find. What is rare is food and money.

They still follow their old habits of living in one house so that they can take care of each other on weekdays and respond quickly if there is a war.

They did not regard Gucheng as a permanent residence. Even if Zhao Hanzhang wanted to send them seeds for farming, they did not think they would stay here for a long time.

Since they left, they haven't stayed anywhere for a full year.

So they choose houses casually, open the door, make sure no one is living inside, and settle in a room per person, or even a room for a family.

Therefore, when Zhao Hanzhang sent someone to record the wooden signs, what he saw was that there were several wooden signs hanging outside each door.

The logistics officer in the army immediately ran to Zhao Hanzhang to report the situation.

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "Write it down as it is. This is fine. It can accommodate more people. As long as they don't make noise in the future."

Because of this sentence, the logistics officers asked again and again when they went to record the wooden signs: "Are you sure this is the distribution and you won't change it?"

The begging soldiers disliked their verbosity and said impatiently: "It's OK, it's OK."

A dirty half-year-old boy leaned against the door, shaking his legs and said: "I will go to the army in half a year, and I won't live here. Why are you asking so much? Can this house still be enough for me to live in?" Years."

The logistics officer glanced at his legs and said, "As long as you don't regret it in the future, once the record is made, it cannot be changed."

The half-grown boy rolled his eyes indifferently and said, "There are so many empty houses. If I really want to live alone, I can just find another one."

"That won't work. Now those houses belong to us, and outsiders are no longer allowed to occupy them at will."

The half-grown boy asked: "Who lives there? There are several other families on the west side of the city. Besides us, who else lives in this house?"

Soon, they found out.

Fu Tinghan led people to escort the grain seeds and a group of people over.