The third day of the fifth month is the Miaoseng. After this solar term, it is the time to harvest wheat.

Although he had never done farm work, Chen Fei still took the lead and personally led Chen Qun, Guo Jia, Hu Zhao, Chu Liang and other officials into the fields to help Yangdi farmers harvest wheat.

As for Yang Zhi, Chen Dao, Geng Qiang and other generals, they all started and all the soldiers participated in the work of collecting grain!

With the return of the infantry brigade and the addition of the Yellow Turbans surrendered in Runan, the task of harvesting summer grain in Yingchuan was successfully completed in only five days. What followed was the government levying taxes...

The land tax is not paid at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year. The best time to confiscate is the time to harvest food!

Because only at this time will the possibility of farmers falsely reporting their harvests be the lowest!

According to Chu Liang's preliminary statistics, last year, a county in Yangdi confiscated 150,000 stones of grain, and this year, the entire 17 cities in Yingchuan can obtain at least three million stones of grain (equivalent to 100 million jin of modern times)!

However, the land tax of self-cultivated farmers is actually just a small amount. During this year, Yingchuan County has resettled more than 20,000 households of refugees, and distributed an average of 100 mu of arable land to each household. According to the 55-50% harvest, ten stones (350 kilograms) per mu of land are harvested, and five stones (170 kilograms), twenty thousand households and two million mu. This is ten million stones (350 kilograms)!

450 million kilograms of grain, even if a grain of grain in Runan County cannot be collected, the grain in Yingchuan is enough to support a unit of 100,000 people for a year!

Of course, if it is not enough, Chen Fei has another big killing weapon to solve the problem:

Kill the rich and help the poor! Beat the rich and divide the land!

Zhao Kang's family hid 100,000 stones of grain. Runan County has been a prosperous area with kings and lords since ancient times. Just grab a few marquises, and Chen Fei's granary will be full immediately!

Chen Fei, who was so happy with the harvest report that he couldn't stop, patted Guo Jia on the shoulder:

"Ziwen has written a good news, and you have eaten three lambs. Let's set off to Chang'an early tomorrow morning!"

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On the eighth day of the fifth month, Guo Jia, joined the army and embarked on a full journey of pilgrimage in the name of the prefect of Yingchuan.

The distance from Yangdi to Chang'an is about 1,500 miles (equivalent to 600 kilometers of modern times). You only need to pass through Henan and Hongnong along the way, but the risk is not small at all.

Henan and the old capital Luoyang are still in anarchy. Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Duan Wei and others have neither the energy nor the interest in taking care of them. As for Zhu Ye, Chen Ji, Yang Biao and other officials, they are not capable. Their biggest job now is that they have not been accompanied by Liu Xie to cook porridge and feed grain, and they are also granted wishes to the chiefs of various prefectures and counties, and requested them to provide food and cloth to the court...

But countless facts prove that the great man's country is over!

For example, when Cao Cao raised troops to attack Tao Qian and Chen Fei sent troops to conquer Runan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Liu Yan, and Zhong Shao formed a coalition force and fought fiercely near Chang'an for more than a month with Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou.

The coalition forces with a large number of cavalry were beaten by Fan Chou alone, and more than 10,000 people died. Liu Yan's spokesperson, eldest son Liu Fan, and former Yizhou governor Zhong Shao, both died in Changping Pass. Ma Teng and Han Sui had to give up their military attempt to join the audience and return to Liangzhou in a panic.

But even so, Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou who won the victory still appointed Ma Teng as General Andi, and Han Sui as General Anqiang, which was regarded as a consolation reward for post-war reconciliation...

However, this war caused irreparable damage to the agriculture around Chang'an and further exacerbated the negative impact of the Guanzhong drought.

Against this background, Guo Jia, who supervised the transportation of food to help the court, is definitely the hottest superstar in the entire Chang'an City!

"I heard that Chen Fei, the prefect of Yingchuan, sent envoys to contribute food and had arrived in Chang'an!"

"I also heard that there are hundreds of cars and horses!"

"I witnessed with my own eyes that the envoy of Yingchuan opened a porridge house in the East City of Chang'an. The food in the porridge was more than what His Majesty the Emperor distributed!"

"You don't know that the messenger also cooked a pot of broth, but I don't know how it was made. Just smelling the aroma can make people greedy!"

"Prevent Chen is the most loyal minister in the world!"

"I just don't know...how much food did he bring?"

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On May 16, under the escort of two hundred cavalrymen, Guo Jia arrived in Chang'an.

He announced his arrival in a porridge performance, and then plunged into a thatched cottage outside the city and found Jia Xu who was still filial.

"Guo Jia, Yingchuan, meet with Doctor Jia!"

He was nearly twenty years younger than Jia Xu, so he later gave a great gift to learn from his juniors.

Then he sniffed hard and smiled mysteriously:

"The mutton in Liangzhou is still fragrant!"

Jia Xu shook his hand a little angrily, and gave up the jar and took out the food box from the table. He grabbed a lamb chop and chewed it in the seasoning:

"You are not an outsider, and I don't have to cover up. Guanzhong is now hungry, so this is probably my last meal of mutton. Do you want to have a piece of it?"

The people were hungry and cold, but as a member of the Liangzhou warlords and one of the vested interests, the living conditions of the Jia Xu family were not greatly affected, but... there was really not enough meat to eat.

Guo Jia shook his head:

"Doctor Jia please take care of himself. Guo doesn't like this way of eating, but prefers hot pot."

Jia Xu was stunned and then suddenly realized:

"Hotpot? It's the antique soup modified by Chen Xiannie. I also like to eat pork shabu in winter, but... after eating, the smell on the robe is too big."

Guo Jia took out a package from behind and took out a letter from it:

"This is written by Chen Fujun. The package contains some dried meat and dried fish. The weather is getting hotter. Please keep it properly and eat it as soon as possible."

"I have to be filial."

While eating voraciously, Jia Xu spread the letters flat with his elbows and swept them all in one eye:

"Runan has been pacified?"

Guo Jia smiled and shook his head:

"There are only twenty cities in the east, and there are still 17 cities in the east that have not yet been accepted. These cities may be returned to Guo Gong or ordered by Liu Bei. The prince of the mansion is temporarily unable to send troops to slaughter them."

"It's fast enough, it's fast enough."

Jia Xu murmured for a few words, then looked carefully at Guo Jia:

"There are many difficulties in the letter of Chen Xian's letter, which are actually caused by his lack of access and foundation. I am in Chang'an and cannot help him change the situation. What's more, I have no influence or appeal among the Central Plains gentry. I can only rely on Guo, who calls friends and serve as Chen Xian's right-hand man.

As for your purpose of coming this time... Last month, Fan Chou defeated Ma Teng and Han Sui and captured a large number of war horses. I can indeed mediate it. It should not be difficult to send a thousand good horses to Chen Xian's nephew."

He thought for a moment, suddenly stopped chewing and spit out a bone:
Chapter completed!