After being widowed, I pampered the rough man general by farming

Jiangbei Prefecture.

The torrential rain caused the embankment to break, causing mountain torrents. After half a month of precipitation, only a piece of muddy loess, branches and rocks, and desperate people were left behind.

Pei Ji took the troops allocated to him by the imperial court, traveled day and night, and finally arrived.

What came into view was the devastation after the flood subsided, and Chen Qinming, the magistrate of Jiangbei Prefecture who asked him to make up his mind.

"General Pei, you must save the people of Jiangbei Prefecture, the defense of the city gate is almost overwhelmed."

There are many disaster victims outside the city, all blocking the gate of the city, asking the yamen to allocate food for disaster relief, but the yamen has not collected tax and food this year, so where is the food for disaster relief!

In desperation, Chen Qinming could only close the gate of the city to keep the victims out, so as to keep the people in the city peaceful for a while, which is better than civil chaos in the city.

save?

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, the court only gives him hands, not food, how can he save him!

Those old foxes, in order to punish him, even made fun of the lives of the people in Jiangbei Prefecture and Jiangnan Town.

Pei Ji now finally understands why it is said that the officialdom is full of cannibals. In order to stabilize their position, they really dare to sacrifice the lives of the people in a city.

"Master Chen, how much food is left in the granary of the yamen, give it all to this general!"

Saving people is the most important thing, I can't control that much.

"General Pei can't!"

Chen Qinming was not as open-minded as he was, "The yamen's granaries don't have much left over, if they move at this time, then you and the soldiers will have to farm the land yourself."

Just kidding, the capital is so generous, and more than [-] soldiers were sent to Pei Ji, just to put pressure on the Jiangbei prefectural government.

More than 2000 soldiers have to be supported by the Jiangbei government office. He is a small government office granary, so they must not let them eat up.

"I will say it again, general, open the granary!" Pei Ji pointed his sword at Chen Qinming, not allowing him to doubt any more.

"……Yes."

Chen Qinming was so frightened that his legs trembled. It was rumored that this General Pei killed people without blinking an eye. He was able to leap from a small messenger to a god of war on the battlefield. One can imagine his means and courage.

It's still important for him to save his life.

The granary in Jiangbei Prefecture was opened, and the yamen distributed porridge outside the city. The granary in the yamen was emptied after only three days of distributing the porridge.

"Go borrow grain, whether it's the nearby state cities or various landlords, as long as you have grain in your hand, please bring it to the general!" Pei Ji ordered.

He is a reckless man who doesn't understand those twists and turns, as long as he can get food, he can use any means.

A soldier heard the words and stood up.

He hesitated for a moment, then said: "General, I heard that there was a woman in Jiangnan Town who was exchanging food for food and saved the whole town by her own efforts. A village appeared..."

"Women? Food for food?"

Pei Ji turned around and looked at the soldier, with a surprised expression on his face, "What do you mean by exchanging food for food?"

Didn't it mean that Jiangnan Town and Jiangbei Prefecture had no harvest due to heavy rain and mountain torrents?

To exchange food for food, if the common people had food, why would they crowd at the gate of the city to ask the court to allocate food?

The soldier replied: "General, I heard that the woman proposed the method of exchanging grain for grain, which is to exchange the grain in her hand for the grain that the common people will harvest in the second half of the year. This is an exchange."

so smart!

As soon as Pei Ji heard this exchange method, he subconsciously admired it secretly in his heart.

This method is great, it not only solves the survival problem of the victims, but also solves the pressure of the court, it is really extremely clever!

"Do you know who this woman is?" Pei Ji suppressed the excitement in his heart, but he couldn't help but want to see that woman.

Perhaps, she will be the breakthrough point of this disaster, and also the breakthrough point for him to return to the capital.

"It is said that it is a little lady named Zhu in Jiangnan Town, who lives...in Xiaohuang Village!" The soldier tried his best to recall, "Yes, it is Xiaohuang Village!"

Small deserted village? !

Surname Zhu! ! !

A familiar face instantly appeared in Pei Ji's mind, could it be her?

Pei Ji, who originally only wanted to invite someone to be a guest, immediately dropped his identity and came to the door in person after hearing that the disaster relief woman was a person surnamed Zhu from Xiaohuang Village.

When he brought several subordinates and the prefect of Jiangbei Prefecture to the door, Zhu Jiangjiang was not at home, which made them miss.

However, Pei Ji was not surprised. What shocked him even more was how his old Pei family house turned into this!

The big house with two floors and two floors and a big yard are beautiful and spacious.

He has never seen this kind of house in so many places. It seems to be full of exotic style, but it also has the local characteristics of Jiangnan Town.

Under the corner of the fence wall, there are unknown vine seedlings crawling, and the tender green seedlings burst out their vitality on the withered yellow fence bamboo net.

In this piece of land that has been ravaged by mountain torrents and is green and yellow, it is a very eye-catching and reassuring existence.

Not far from the wooden house, there is a shallow pond and a vegetable field.

The muddy water in the pond has become clear, and you can see the fish at the bottom of the pond playing with the mud and spitting out tiny foams.

The vegetable field next to it has been organized into a square, and different vegetables are planted on each vegetable field. Some vegetable seedlings are already palm-high, and some have just emerged.

I don't know what kind of vegetables she grows?

After enjoying the coziness in the yard, Pei Ji brought people closer to the wooden house.

Several people stopped in front of the terrace and looked up at the structure on the roof of the terrace. The upper part is the living room, and the lower part is only supported by a few pillars. Will it not collapse?

Chen Qinming touched the top beams of the balcony at the door and couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity that such good wood is used to build a house in the countryside."

This made Pei Ji unhappy, "So what about the countryside, I'm just going to the countryside to beg for help."

He deliberately used the word "begging" to elevate Zhu Jiangjiang's importance invisibly, and at the same time, he also demoted them to nothing.

"Are you here to collect food?" Xiao Jiu asked naturally when she saw a few people standing at the door.

Because too many people have come to collect food recently.

Before Pei Ji could open his mouth to explain why he came, he was interrupted by Pei Xiaoyu who came downstairs.

"Brother General!" She ran to the door excitedly, her face full of joy, "Brother General, where have you been? My sister-in-law and I went to your house to look for you, but you were not here."

She meant the last time the sisters-in-law had invited him over for conservatory wine.

Seeing his younger sister, Pei Ji's aura was reduced a lot.

He knelt down to be at eye level with her, and asked with a smile, "Has Xiaoyu ever looked for me?"

"Yeah." Pei Xiaoyu nodded vigorously, "My family built a new house, and my sister-in-law asked you to have housewarming wine. Look, is my new house beautiful?"

As if showing off, Pei Xiaoyu took Pei Ji's hand and dragged him into the house.

Although the house is newly built, everything in the house looks full of life.

Tables and chairs, teapots, and clothes drying in the yard all show that the people in this family are working hard every day, active and lively.