Lu Haosheng never expected that after he arrived in Beishan, he did not sit on his butt, but such things happened continuously. The officials, gentry and even the army of Beishan had no time to talk to the governor. When he came up, he was trying to stop watching the money. What Lu Haosheng lacked the most at this time was silver.

Not to mention that Xiao Huanzhang's family fortune, who wanted to confiscate, had no whereabouts. Even if there was a whereabouts, the people in Beishan obviously did not have the patience to give him time. Lu Haosheng could already feel it in the lobby of the prefectural prefect that the officials in Beishan just treated themselves as a debtor, and did not have the Governor General in their eyes.

"Xu Daxia, what should you do next?" Before arriving in Beishan, Lu Haosheng was still quite confident. He thought about using both kindness and power and other strategies, and must suppress Beishan. However, now he has not taken any measures and is already in a desperate situation. The people of Beishan do not give him the opportunity to use them at all.

A good wife cannot cook without rice. Now he wants money but no money, and no soldiers and horses. It seems that even the title of King Qi cannot scare these Beishan officials at all.

Qiu Ruxu shook his head and said, "Qiu's martial artist doesn't know how to deal with such a difficult thing. But Qiu's opinion, if he cannot allocate military pay, he is afraid that the soldiers in Beishan will really undergo mutiny and they will even take out their heads. It seems that the situation is no longer optimistic."

Lu Haosheng said in a pity: "But where did I get the silver from my governor? The imperial court could not have the silver coming here..." He pondered slightly, and his tone was much more polite, "Xu Daxiao, I also know that military pay cannot be owed. Look, if I borrow some silver from Lord Chu...!"

Qiu Ruxue waved his hand and smiled, "Mr. Lu, I'm blunt, the Duke of Chu is now also worried about the money. You also know that there are still a large number of refugees in Xiguan. Most of the food harvested last year was used as grain to be planted in the fields. A while ago, Duke Chu was still unable to sleep at night to solve the food for the people of Xiguan. The salary of officials in Beishan cannot be allocated, and the same is true for Xiguan. The officials from all over the Xiguan also rely on Duke Chu to survive, and the troops in Xiguan.

The military pay you have to spend every month is not a small amount. If you want to solve the current troubles, the first batch will cost 150,000 taels of silver. Even if the 150,000 taels of silver is in place, what about other expenses? There is still next month, next month, the people's taxes will not be paid until after the autumn. There is still half a year. Lord Lu, to be honest, if you don't have 300,000 taels of silver on hand, it will be really difficult to hold on until after the autumn."

"Thirty or five hundred thousand taels of silver?" Lu Haosheng took a breath of air conditioning.

"You have also seen the situation today. Wherever you, the Governor, go, the people who ask for money will appear." Qiu Ruxue said slowly: "Officials have no salary, they cannot handle the work seriously, the soldiers have no military pay, and they cannot be safe. Well, by the way, it is already the time for spring plowing, and there are many things. If you, Lord Lu, don't have the money in your hands, many things are difficult to solve."

Lu Haosheng smiled bitterly and said, "In other words, I want to borrow money now, but I have no place to borrow money?"

"Unless the gentry in Beishan can generously donate money." Qiu Ruxue said, "But looking at the situation today, it is impossible. It would be good if they didn't ask Lord Lu for the money, so don't even say they had to borrow it." He stood up and said, "Mr. Lu, let's rest first. The higher the official position, the more courageous you are. The likeness of the Duke Chu came here before. If it weren't for the seven surnames of Xiguan, the trouble of Chu would be no less than you. If Lord Lu was brave, he could go to find the gentry and see if they were willing to help him." He bowed and said, "Mr. Qiu sued first."

Lu Haosheng raised his hand, as if he had something to say, but he opened his mouth but couldn't speak.

For the next half day, Lu Haosheng did not dare to walk out of the inn and racked his brains to find a way, but after thinking about it, there was really no good way. He wanted money but no money, no soldiers but no friendship, even when it comes to backing, the King of Qi obviously had no deterrence in Beishan.

At dusk, I suddenly heard a faint cry from outside. Lu Haosheng was surprised and soon saw Qiu Ruxue hurried over, "Mr. Lu, something is wrong, and a rebellion has begun."

"What?" Lu Haosheng suddenly lost his color.

"There are seven or eight hundred soldiers from somewhere, and they have surrounded the inn." Qiu Ruxue looked serious, "They shouted that Lord Lu would go out, saying that if they could not get military pay today, they would rush in..."

"So bold... are they going to rebel?" Lu Haosheng was shocked and angry.

Qiu Ruxu said solemnly: "Mr. Lu, judging by this situation, I can't afford to pay for the money. I'm afraid they really want to rebel. These soldiers are holding knives in their hands... The front and back are blocked. Lord Lu, what should we do?"

Lu Haosheng clenched his fists and shivered all over, "This group of... these tyrants, I want to behead them all."

He heard the footsteps outside, and a guard rushed over, "Boss Qiu, they have already started to hit the door and are about to rush in..."

"Mr. Lu, please make a decision quickly." Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "These hundreds of people rushed in, and they could do anything in an impulse. Otherwise, you can go over and explain to them..."

Lu Haosheng immediately shook his head and said, "What else can I explain to these vulgar people?"

"What should I do?" Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "They have to rush in at any time. If Lord Lu comes forward in person, maybe they can calm down, but if they really have to wait for them to rush in, their minds will get hot..."

Lu Haosheng couldn't help but shivered.

Of course he knew that once a soldier gets angry, he can do anything without any scruples. He is like a bandit. They don’t tell you anything, let alone what you are.

"Leave here..." Lu Haosheng couldn't help blurting out.

Qiu Ruxue seemed to have not heard it and asked, "Mr. Lu, what did you say?"

Lu Haosheng looked solemn and whispered: "I can't stay here anymore, Qiu... Hero Qiu, let's leave here quickly..."

Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "Mr. Lu, you are the Governor of Beishan. You arrived yesterday and just took office today... Where can you go when you leave at this time? And you are the leader of the officials in Beishan. If you are not here, I am afraid that the situation here will be even more chaotic...!"

"These people are all Xiao Huanzhang's remnants." Lu Haosheng said in a deep voice: "They are rebellious and know that this governor is sent by His Highness the King of Qi, so they deliberately joined forces to deal with this governor. The thieves are determined to die, so this governor cannot stay here."

Qiu Ruxue said "Oh" and asked, "Mr. Lu, you have to think twice and really leave? We have only been to Beishan for a day. You are the governor of Beishan. You are going back before your butt is hot. How can you explain to King Qi?"

"Boss Qiu, the door has been knocked and released." Another guard rushed to report, "It won't last long, they will break in."

Lu Haosheng said solemnly: "The rebellion of the party and rebelled, let everyone gather together. Have they blocked the front and back doors? Are there their people behind the courtyard wall on the side?"

"I haven't seen it yet, they are all concentrated on the front and back doors."

Lu Haosheng did not hesitate anymore, "Hero Qiu, let's go out of the side wall before they surrounded the wall and leave here quickly..." While saying, he quickly removed the official robe on his body, "We can't stay here anymore. I want to go back to Shuoquan and report to the prince that we will send troops to fight against the gang of thieves." He hurriedly pulled a piece of clothes and put them outside, and said anxiously: "Let's go quickly."

Seeing that Lu Haosheng was determined, Qiu Ruxue did not hesitate. He immediately ordered the guards to ignore the gate and gather together, and did not care about the horses. He escorted Lu Haosheng to climb out of the side wall. The soldiers really didn't arrange people under the wall. After climbing over the wall, everyone entered an alley and hurriedly left the Beishan Inn.

Beishan is in chaos, but Xiguan is already in order. Chu Huan has carried out military reforms in Xiguan with officials from the Ministry of War these days, and also urged Xiguan to borrow grain and sublease.

In fact, when Wei Wuji was still alive, the matter of subletting of grain in Xiguan had already been formulated and implemented in detail. Therefore, with the early preparations, everything was in order. A large number of grain from the prefectures and counties in Xiguan were rented to the hands of the people and distributed reasonably according to the land headed to the people.

Chu Huan naturally had to send people to supervise local officials to avoid greed for food, but also issued a decree. People who rented food must plant grain in the fields according to the number reported. If some people collect grain and even use grain privately for other purposes, they will be severely punished. The forest is too big and there are all kinds of birds. Chu Huan's purpose of implementing the equal field order is to allow wastelands in Xiguan to plant grain, but not all people do things according to the government order. Some people have no long-term vision and embezzle the grain privately and do not plant it in the fields. That is obviously a huge damage to the equal field order.

Not only should we supervise officials, but also the people.

Xiguan was in full swing, and all over the place were busy. Of course, Chu Huan could not sit in the Governor's Office. Although the officials of the various departments of Xiguan performed their duties, Chu Huan didn't have to worry too much, but he still took time to go out of Shuoquan and inspect the farming situation in Xiguan. In military reforms, Chu Huan and officials of the Ministry of War formulated plans. The specific operations were naturally implemented by Pei Ji and others.

Under the sunset, Chu Huan was wearing plain clothes, rolled up his legs, and rolled up his sleeves. A group of people were surrounded by people. Although there were people who were farming the fields, guards and officials who were traveling with them, as well as local local officials and security chiefs, among them, there were extremely strange farming tools, and everyone around looked at them with a strange look.

"Come on, you can try it out first." Chu Huan said with a smile: "It's quite hasty and needs improvement, but it should be like this. It should be much more convenient to use than the straight plow you use now."

Everyone was surprised. An old farmer couldn't help asking, "Governor, this plow is curved, which is different from what we use. I don't know where it was passed on, but what's its name?"

Chu Huan laughed and said, "In these days, I see that you are all using straight plows to cultivate, which consumes manpower and animal power, and it is very difficult to change directions. So I came up with such a thing and made some changes to the straight plow. It is not too mature. If this is indeed easier to use than the previous straight plow, we will improve it more and try to create a more convenient plow. This will not only save energy, but also make the arable land more efficient... Well, I call it a curved plow!"
Chapter completed!