Lin Quan said that now Beitang Zhixin is far away in the capital, and when the news arrives in the capital, it will be too late to spread from the capital to the county government.

Le Qiong said that now Beitang Zhixin is not in the capital, but in Yi'an Mansion.

When Lin Quan heard the news, he quickly understood and said to Le Qiong; "So, they're ready to get out of here."

"Yes, my letter to my sister is to ask them to bring it by the way."

"In this way, Sister Qiong, you will immediately go to Yi'an Mansion tomorrow, stop them, and let them not leave the Central Plains in a hurry, and Sister Qiong, you can also gather the disciples of Bishan."

When Lin Quan left the capital, Le Qiong asked these disciples not to go to Tongshan, but to Bishan to keep the foundation of Bishan.

Le Qiong said okay, then looked at Lin Quan, and said to Lin Quan: "Actually, husband, there is another person, you can ask for help." ”

"You mean Yunfeng?"

"Yes, now that Miaoyun Gate is in Wuliang Mansion, if they come with all their might, it will only be a month."

Lin Quan nodded and said to Le Qiong, "I will arrange this matter." ”

Yuan Lihua also said that she could write to her uncle and cousin and ask them to find some people, and now that they are officials in the imperial court, they know a lot of martial arts people.

Lin Quan said yes, and Yuan Lihua went to write a letter.

The next day, Lin Quan went to the inn to find Nie Yunfeng, Nie Yunfeng saw that Lin Quan was fine, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Lin Quan; "I heard yesterday that you were imprisoned by Concubine Ping, and I was still worried about you, I didn't expect you to be released so soon."

"Yesterday, I played to ask Concubine Ping to dispel her mind and not to go south, but Niangniang had a plan in her heart and no one was allowed to debate. Fortunately, he was rescued by Xiangguo Gong, so he came out. Lin Quan said briefly, and then said to Nie Yunfeng: "Yunfeng, please have one thing, can you summon some martial arts people here." ”

"What are you doing here?" Nie Yunfeng was also puzzled, Lin Quan told Nie Yunfeng that now this southern expedition, I am afraid that there will be fewer victories and more defeats, and when the time comes, the army will be defeated, if the southern country does not hurt its vitality and pursues and kills by the way, then Nantong City, as the key to the south of the Yu Dynasty, will definitely be attacked, so people are needed here.

After Nie Yunfeng heard this, he said to Lin Quan; "Okay, Lin Quan, I promise you, I will definitely find someone to come here."

Lin Quan said thank you, and didn't say anything to Nie Yunfeng, now that the military situation is in full swing, he is not willing to delay.

Lin Quan went straight to the magistrate, the magistrate saw him coming, and hurriedly welcomed him to the back hall, Lin Quan said to the magistrate: "Trouble the county lord to call the squires in the city, this time if you want to talk to them." ”

"Lin Gongzi, everyone is waiting for your words." The magistrate readily agreed, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go to find the old men and good people in the city.

Lin Quan didn't rush to tell the magistrate, anyway, one thing, wait until everyone is together, so as not to waste his tongue.

In an hour, more than half of the squires in the city came, and as for those who did not come, Lin Quan did not wait, Lin Quan asked these squires to tell him.

Lin Quan didn't talk much nonsense, saying that he needed money, food and people, and that he would first go to the mountains to cut wood, then divert water to the moat, and finally strengthen the city walls.

After saying these three things, the big and small squires were stunned, not knowing what Lin Quan meant by this.

The magistrate also didn't understand, and asked Lin Quan, "Lord Lin, what is this?" This officer is a little confused, is there a war here? ”

"County Zun, after the army leaves, the grain and grass of the imperial court will be placed there."

"Put it in this county, and then send it to the army from this county."

"That's right, we can be regarded as important land here, do you think the southerners will come to attack."

When the magistrate heard Lin Quan say this, he thought it was reasonable, but he still had some doubts.

Lin Quan struck while the iron was hot and asked the magistrate, if it was because of the fact that in his hands, the grain and herbs were taken away, resulting in no food for the army, and the class could only return to the court, then whether the magistrate could bear this responsibility.

Zhixian's face has changed, and when the time comes, it will be good if he dies alone, but if he is unlucky, he will not even have his life in the door.

Lin Quan looked at the squires, and then said, "I have already told you about this matter, but you are not the right thing, when the time comes, the court will investigate it, can you afford it." ”

The squires all shook their heads, how could they resist such a big thing, they were willing to help Lin Quan, but they didn't have much food left over now, and they couldn't help much.

Lin Quan said that it is okay for them to have this heart, even if they don't pay money, they can also send people, and now it is the time when the farming is idle, and the people in their family are also idle, so it is better to help the court to help.

After Lin Quan finished speaking, he began to register and make a book, counting the donations of these squires, and in the end, these gentry rolled up a total of 10,000 yuan and 300 stone of grain, among which there were more than 500 people.

Lin Quan thought that this was just a drop in the bucket, but now that he had no identity, he had to let it go.

The next step is labor, and there are more than 300 people in this county who serve labor a month, and they can also be used.

Lin Quan calculated and asked the laborers to make the moat, and the squires to cut down the wood.

At this time, a master suggested that Lin Quan should repair the moat first, and then he could use water to transport the wood over.

Lin Quan asked if this method was feasible, and if the water flow of the thick stream was so big?

The master said that Xiangyun Mansion is different from the Central Plains, Xiangyun Mansion is flooded in autumn, and spring is the dry period.

Lin Quan saw that the master said this, so he nodded, and then about reinforcing the city wall, he invited laborers and paid them every day.

Lin Quan asked the master to calculate, and the master said that ten coins a day, then a hundred people, a day should be consistent, and they have ten thousand yuan here, that is, thirty years.

1,000 people, 10 times a day, that will take three years.

No matter how you calculate it, they have enough money.

Lin Quan asked if ten yuan was too little, and the master said that this family was only two thousand yuan a year, and it was not ten yuan after calculation, and this was for the imperial court, and it was good for the imperial court to give money.

But the only difficulty is the grain, 300 stone of grain, only 36,000 catties of grain, these two people need at least one catty a day, 2,000 people are 1,000 catties, this can only be 36 days.

This is indispensable, after all, this work is manual work, and if you don't have enough to eat, people will soon complain.

When Lin Quan heard his master say this, he looked at the squire, the squires all shook their heads, they all said that this was the largest share they could take, and if Lin Quan let them provide food again, their family would be hungry.

The magistrate also played a round game, saying that the harvest of Xiangyun Mansion was not very good, and the squires were also miserable, as for the grain, it was really not good, so they would put it from the warehouse.

"This, county honor, do you know what kind of crime this is?"

"Lin salary, this is not a way out of the way, as Lin Gongzi said, if something goes wrong here, not only will the black yarn hat in this county not be able to keep it, but the residents of this city will also suffer."

Lin Quan took a look at Zhixian, and really didn't expect this person to have such kindness.

However, the matter of money and food was solved, Lin Quan asked if there was any extra wood in the city, and the magistrate said that there was still a lot of wood, and this wood was prepared for Lin Quan to build another residence.

Lin Quan said that all the wood was made into wooden walls to strengthen the city walls.

The magistrate said yes and told Lin Quan that he was going to give an order to tell the people in the city about it.

Lin Quan said okay, he asked him to go to Acacia Temple to find Yundu, and let Yundu come to his house.

After the arrangement, Lin Quan returned to his home, and soon, Yundu came to visit.

"Great monk, there is something I want to trouble you."

"Lin Gongzi, please speak."

"There is a great monk Lao, go and invite my friends in Xiangyun Mansion in the past, now that I am here, I also want to get together with them. I just don't know if they want to appreciate their faces. ”

"Lin Gongzi said with a smile, we have always remembered Lin Gongzi, now Lin Gongzi, you are invited, why don't you come."

Lin Quan said again that he had worked hard, and let Yundu go.

After Yundu left, the notice of the county was also posted everywhere, and everyone was also in a panic, but when they heard the news, they seemed to be reassured, and many people went to sign up, and even affirmed that they did not ask for any payment, but the court was really to defend against the enemy.

Hearing them say this, the little official didn't dare to call the shots, and asked the magistrate, and the magistrate came to Lin Quan again, Lin Quan went to the city gate, inquired, and saw that these people were really willing to contribute, and told them that they still had to get paid, and now they have this heart is a good thing, I hope they can do their best to strengthen the city defense, the city wall has been repaired, and they are also the ones who benefit.

Everyone said that they were really afraid that the war would burn here, and they would not be able to resist it with their wall.

Lin Quan saw that the people's hearts were available, so he began to arrange for people to build the urn city on the same day.

This incident naturally attracted the attention of the army, and after Concubine Ping knew about it, she asked the magistrate to open the wine cellar and comfort these people who participated in the construction of the urn city with wine.

At the same time, Concubine Ping also allowed Shangzhi County to open the treasury when necessary.

In any case, the magistrate could not let this Nantong be broken by the enemy and let the enemy threaten his rear.

Seeing that he had made the right bet, the magistrate didn't need to wipe a cold sweat and began to check the ledger.

The next day, Lin Quan was called by the magistrate, and the magistrate told the masters of each house in front of Lin Quan that they were not allowed to cut corners and eat empty salaries, and they were fine before, and the magistrate could turn a blind eye, but now this is a big deal, if it is done like this, when the southern soldiers enter the city, they will not be able to keep the money and silver they have earned.

The master said that he knew, and there would be absolutely no mistakes, and the magistrate asked Lin Quan to say a few words, Lin Quan just told them, I hope they can do this seriously, and now build the city defense, not for others, but for everyone in the city, they don't think about surrendering to survive, when the city falls, after the court recovers, investigate it, and don't even think about running.

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