In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 752 What are you doing?

"Yang Shuai!"

Zhou Yingjie, who was in charge of the confiscation, said excitedly, "The landlords in Qingzhou City are damn rich! The proceeds from the confiscation of property in this one city alone are equivalent to all the income we made from the confiscation of property in Liangzhou."

It is impossible for the wealth of a single prefecture to be comparable to that of the entire Liangzhou.

The reason why Zhou Yingjie described this situation is that when Yang Zheng rebelled in Liangzhou, many landlords and powerful families who knew what Yang Zheng had done had already fled with their families and property. Therefore, when Yang Zheng overthrew the rule of the court and occupied the entire Liangzhou, the wealth obtained from confiscating their property was relatively small.

As for the prefectural city, because the Yang family army appeared very suddenly and immediately sealed off the entire city, the landlords inside had nowhere to escape and could only become fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Only in this way can a city's wealth rival that of an entire state.

However, Yang Zheng showed no excitement when he saw the gold and silver jewelry.

Gold and silver jewelry are certainly good things, but for Yang Zheng at this time, food is the most important thing.

Both the food and drink for Yang's army and the relief for the people in the city required a large amount of grain, however...

Even after confiscating the property of 90% of the landlords and powerful families in the city, the amount of grain seized by the Yang family army was still pitifully small, less than half of what Taicang County had provided...

This amount of grain is simply not enough.

“Heroic”.

Yang Zheng turned to look at Zhou Yingjie, frowning as he asked, "Why is there so little grain?"

"General Yang is unaware of this."

Zhou Yingjie replied, "The city's grain reserves were already low, and with our month-long siege, the already limited grain supplies have been depleted. Now, even the landlords in the city don't have much grain left."

Upon hearing this, Yang Zheng frowned even more deeply.

He had thought that after confiscating the grain from the landlords and powerful families in the city, the grain obtained would alleviate the food shortage in the city, but the result was obviously far from Yang Zheng's expectations.

The amount of grain confiscated is hardly enough to alleviate the situation. If the people in the city were allowed to eat freely, they probably wouldn't last even three days.

"It seems we have no choice but to ask Taicang County and Chenjia Village for help."

Yang Zheng thought to himself, the prefectural city is short of food, and his hometown in Liangzhou is also short of food. The only place with a relatively sufficient amount of food is Taicang County.

Yang Zheng turned back to the prefectural government office and quickly wrote two letters, ordering his men to send them to Taicang County and Chenjia Village by fast horse.

After sending the letter, Yang Zheng summoned Zhou Yingjie and ordered, "Send word to Erlang, instructing him to temporarily abandon the attack on the other counties of Taiqing County, turn south, and take Qingming County as soon as possible."

With the fall of the prefectural city, the other counties in Taiqing County were already in the hands of the Yang family army. Under these circumstances, Yang Erlang no longer needed to attack the other counties in Taiqing County. Instead, he should quickly turn south and occupy the last county in Qingzhou, namely Qingming County.

If Yang Zheng can take over Qingming County, then the entire Qingzhou will be completely his.

"Yes!"

Zhou Yingjie accepted the order and left.

Yang Zheng, meanwhile, sat in a chair, handling one political matter after another.

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"Squeak."

The door was pushed open. Sun Yue, who had been hiding at home for nearly a month and had hardly seen the sun, finally mustered up the courage to open her own front door.

As the bright sunlight shone in, Sun Yue subconsciously closed her eyes. After her eyes adjusted, she opened them and carefully observed the situation outside.

Two days have passed since Yang's army entered the city. In these two days, the chaotic situation in the city has been brought under control. Whether it is thieves or murderers, they have all been severely punished by Yang's army. The lightest punishment is imprisonment, and the heaviest is being dragged to the execution ground and beheaded.

Under severe punishment, the chaotic situation in the prefectural city was instantly cleared up. Whether they were idle hooligans or murderers, they all became law-abiding citizens.

This is one of the reasons why Sun Yue dared to go out.

Of course, the most important thing is that... Sun Yue and her son can't hold on any longer. If they don't go out to find something to eat, they will probably starve to death at home.

In order to survive, Sun Yue had no choice but to risk going out to find some food.

Sun Yue cautiously observed the situation outside the door, only to find it rather deserted. The wide street was almost deserted, with only a few pedestrians and occasional patrolling soldiers from the Yang family army.

The soldiers of the Yang family army did not show any unusual reaction when they saw Sun Yue, a young woman alone, which reassured Sun Yue. She turned to Han Tong and gave him some instructions before heading out.

However, before Sun Yue could even leave the house, two armored soldiers noticed her, left the ranks, and headed towards her home.

Upon seeing this, Sun Yue was startled. Almost without thinking, she turned around and went inside, then slammed the city gate shut.

"mother……"

"Shh! Don't talk."

Sun Yue cautiously pressed her back against the door, fearing that the two soldiers would barge in.

At the same time, the two soldiers knocked on the door and spoke: "Open the door, we are from the Yang family army, we are here to deliver food to you."

Sending grain?

A hint of surprise flashed in Sun Yue's eyes. Were these soldiers really that kind?

Sun Yue wasn't entirely convinced, but she was clever enough to know that if the soldiers outside really wanted to get in, her efforts to block the door wouldn't be effective; in fact, it would only provoke them...

After struggling with her thoughts, Sun Yue finally turned around and opened the door, where she saw two soldiers standing outside knocking.

"We have no money or food at home, please, sir, spare us."

Sun Yue knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly to the two soldiers, hoping they would spare her and her orphan.

Wei Kui and Zhang Xiaoniu exchanged bewildered glances upon seeing Sun Yue kneeling before them. This woman was far too timid; they hadn't even done anything yet, and she had already knelt down.

This completely baffled Wei Kui and Zhang Xiaoniu.

Wei Kui scratched his head, looking completely bewildered, and asked, "What are you doing?"

After kowtowing several times, Sun Yue noticed that Wei Kui and Zhang Xiaoniu weren't making any moves. She raised her head and subconsciously asked, "Didn't you come here to rob us of money and food?"

"..."

Wei Kui and Zhang Xiaoniu were speechless for a moment. They were on Yang Shuai's orders to distribute grain to the poor people in the city. How could they be here to rob money and grain?

Besides, given the situation at Sun Yue's house, there's nothing for them to steal!

"You're overthinking it, big sister."

Zhang Xiaoniu said, both amused and exasperated, "We are here to deliver grain to you on Yang Shuai's orders. We are not bandits or tyrants who rob and plunder. Why would we steal your money and grain?"

"what?"

Sun Yue was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Zhang Xiaoniu to say that. However, since entering the house, Wei Kui and Zhang Xiaoniu had been standing at the door without making any intrusive moves, which made Sun Yue trust them more.