It was already winter show, and it was rarely snowing in Sichuan, and there was no snowflake this year, but the air was extremely cold, and the air was deep in people's hearts. The Zhu soldiers from Shaanxi and Shanxi and Henan were all trembling with coldness, especially the soldiers who were ordered to garrison on the city walls. They could not move around while standing guard and had to stand straight. This really cost Qing's life, so they had to wear a pair of cotton pants and a cotton jacket...

Someone couldn't help but curse, "Damn, this place is obviously in the south, why is it colder than our northwest?"

A soldier couldn't help but say, "It seems that Sichuan people are more difficult for winter than those of us Shaanxi people..."

...Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the county government office and listened to the spies reporting to him.

The spy reported: "General, Zuo Guang retreated first and headed towards Chengdu. In a short period of time, no one will come to Guangyuan to cause trouble for us. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are now running around in Sichuan. They attacked a county town, pushed down the city wall and immediately withdrew, then attacked another county town, and then pushed down the city wall and retreated, constantly wandering. The officers and soldiers first dominated Zuo Liang as the main general, pursuing the thief army, but Zuo Liangyu did not move and refused to do anything. Yang Sichang was so angry that he changed to the general Feng Ruhu as the president (Note: not the general, but the president), and Zhang Yingyuan as the vice president, asking them to chase the 36th battalion. Now the formation Ruhu has been chasing them behind their butts and is reluctant to leave..."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "This guy Zuo Liangyu..."

The spy smiled and said, "Yes, Zuo Liangyu refused to work hard to suppress the bandits, which made the 36th Battalion quite like him. He was as fierce as a tiger to chase the bandits all day long and hiding in the mountains, and his legs were about to break. Now there is a joke circulating in the 36th Battalion, saying, "I want to kill me Zuozhen, run to kill me Mengzhen."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed without saying a word, but Ma Xiaotian and Hong Niangzi next to him were happy and laughed loudly, "It's interesting, very interesting."

Xu Renjie asked in a hint of the side: "This president is called Meng Ruhu? Is it real name? Why do I sound like a nickname given by a thief, and it sounds like a tiger jumping into the sky, starry sky, and a hundred thousand."

The spy nodded and said, "It's the real name. Their family's surname is Meng. His son is Mengxianjie and his nephew is Mengzhongya..."

Xu Renjie shook his head and smiled, "The names of his son and nephew are not good. They are not as good as Feng Ruhu. If I am him, I will name my son Meng Rubao and my nephew is Meng Rulang."

Everyone laughed, and Ma Xiaotian said, "According to what you said, his grandson will be demoted to another level and named Fengru Dog. If Fengru will only be Fengru Cat and Fengru... If the Meng family continues to develop like this, it will only be Fengru as an insect in the end."

"Hahahaha!" The whole house was filled with laughter.

At this time, a figure suddenly shook at the door. Someone walked in and laughed loudly, "What are you laughing at, brothers? Let me come and listen." Everyone saw that it was Bai Yuzhu. It turned out that he had brought three thousand Bai family troops and had just arrived from Hanzhong to carry food and grass. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to move. Finally, he transported some potatoes to come in and report to Zhu Yuanzhang, but he heard everyone laughing.

Seeing that he came, everyone was excited. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Brother Bai is here just in time. Winter is coming. Life in Sichuan is not easy. I was about to open a warehouse for them to put some food, but the military rations in my hands are about to be exhausted, so I am waiting for you to come and rescue them."

Bai Yuzhu quickly said, "Brothers are afraid of misleading the general's major affairs, so they dare not delay the journey."

He handed over the grain to Zhu Yuanzhang. Xu Renjie counted the number and included it in the account book, and then handed it over to Zhu Yuanzhang for a review. Zhu Yuanzhang left part of it to the army, and handed it to the army, and ordered: "Put the post and let the people of Guangyuan receive relief grain according to their heads."

This matter naturally has to be left to the magistrate of Guangyuan. The magistrate received the order and was frightened: It would be fine if the thief did not burn or rob, but he would also send food to the people according to the heads. This is really the sun that hits the west.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered: "When we feed people according to the hair, the people will definitely bring their children and daughters to order the food. Take this opportunity to re-count their household registration and don't miss a single person."

In the late Ming Dynasty, the population was extremely mobility and chaotic, and the household registration system had been destroyed. Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the opportunity of opening warehouses and rebuilding the household registration, which was easier for him to manage the people of Guangyuan and not take a confusing account directly from the court.

The magistrate Guangyuan thought to himself: It turns out that the thief opened the warehouse and released grain, but it is true to take the opportunity to re-create his household registration.

But he didn't know that it was true that Zhu Yuanzhang opened a warehouse and released grain. Rebuilding the household registration was only the secondary purpose. In the future, he would really rebuild the household registration of the whole world. It was not very important whether the system was set or not.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Bai Yuzhu: "Brother Bai, you have a night off. Go back to Shaanxi tomorrow and transport more food. In addition... You go find Li Liesi and An Wensi, and let them use Catholic means to help me get some corn seeds and talents who know how to cultivate corn. This matter must be done before the beginning of spring. I will promote corn in Guangyuan at the beginning of spring next year."

Although Bai Yuzhu didn't know what corn was, he didn't ask much, responded and went down to rest.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Xu Renjie and asked, "How is our military training?" He asked about the 20,000 soldiers from Shaanxi.

Xu Renjie nodded and said, "They practiced mountain battle skills with the Black Rod soldiers in the mountains. Now they are a little more skillful, no longer as good as they were when they first entered Sichuan."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Hong Niangzi again: "Let you clean up the rich families in the city, how are you doing?"

The Hongmao hugged her fists and smiled and said, "I came to my house and said that she wanted to collect taxes. The rich families who didn't know that we were thieves were arrogant. They said that they never paid taxes, which made people disgusted when they saw it. I followed your instructions and clearly stated that they were thieves, and the general of Zhenxi was self-proclaimed, but they were scared to death. Then they collected taxes from them, and the attitudes of these people immediately became obedient."

The leader next to him laughed.

The Hongniang said again: "But after I reported the tax amount, all these merchants were so happy that they couldn't stop. It seemed that we were collecting too little..."

Ma Xiaotian smiled and said, "The tax amount that our Zhu Jun collects from the rich is the same as the tax amount that the imperial court collects from the poor. This amount of money is a piece of cake for the rich. Of course they have to be happy... because if other bandits ask them for money, they will not only ask for money, but also want to die, women... they will take everything."

The Hongmao frowned: "It's fine to ask for money, but I feel really uncomfortable when I hear the three words "I want a woman."

Ma Xiaotian shrugged: "I think it's useless to use my life and money. But women are useful, and they can be used to give birth to children..." He was actually just a joke. When men talked about this kind of thing, they always like to joke around, but as he spoke, he suddenly found that the Hongmao looked bad and quickly shut up.

The Hongniang said aggressively: "Ma Xiaotian, you seem to be in your twenties and still a big bachelor, right? To be honest, have you ever thought about forcing a girl to force her to steal?"

"No, I definitely didn't think about it!" Ma Xiaotian shook his head quickly.

"Stop fooling me here, your words just now are not right." The Hongniang said angrily: "What I hate the most is the silver thief. If you have the courage, go and try rob a private girl. Let's see if I fight with you!"

The beads of sweat as big as beans on Ma Xiaotian's head fell to his feet, and he said anxiously: "If you don't rob, I really won't rob. With you here, how could I rob other women?" His words were obvious to reveal his worries, and there was a smell of not marrying you, but the boss had a thick line, and he couldn't understand it. He thought Ma Xiaotian was afraid of her, so he hummed, "Hmph, just be afraid."

This fear has nothing to do with fear or not. People who are not afraid of rebellion will be afraid of you as a little girl? The leaders all shook their heads and thought to themselves: Madam Hong, when will you grow older?

The questions Zhu Yuanzhang had already asked, and the things he had to deal with were temporarily put into practice, so he said seriously: "I have been to Guangyuan for many days and have been stuck in the yamen to handle the serious matters. Now I have finally finished it. Let's accompany me to patrol the city... and see the lives of the Sichuan people and learn about the local situation."

All the leaders were interested in this proposal, so everyone changed into regular clothes and dressed up as ordinary men. Although they didn't look very ordinary, they had no official or thief flavor at least. There were more than a dozen people in the group, including Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Renjie, Ma Xiaotian, Hongniang, and a few guards, and walked onto Guangyuan's streets.

The streets here are rugged and staggered, with stairs made of bluestone everywhere. They had to climb up the hills within a few steps, but they had to walk a few more steps but they were downhill and slippery. It was really outrageous. A group of poor people were rushing towards the yamen on the street. It turned out that the magistrate of Guangyuan had already started to release grain on the list. When the people heard that they were released, they went to read the list paper with great enthusiasm.

In the corner of the street, there was a group of little kids clapping their hands and singing. The unique Sichuan nursery rhymes tasted strange: "If you want to have shit, there are straw paper, don't tear my rotten mat; if you want to have urine, there are chamber pots, don't draw maps on the bed; if you want to fart, there are jars, don't put smoke in the quilt..."

After hearing this unique nursery rhyme, everyone couldn't help but laugh. What a mess.

After the children finished singing this strange Sichuan nursery rhyme, they suddenly changed their voices and sang another song. They only heard them sing with a smile: "Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine and oars, open the city gate to welcome the King of Break, and the King of Break will not pay food when he comes..."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this nursery rhyme, he was shocked all over. Hey? Has this nursery rhyme been born? This nursery rhyme was clearly in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. After Li Yan joined the rebel army, he made suggestions to Li Zicheng. After that, the nursery rhyme was circulated throughout the world. Why did it appear in the tenth year of Chongzhen? Sure enough... history has changed because of its own arrival!
Chapter completed!