chsdbacks Chapter 137 Disaster Victims
Chapter 137 Disaster Victims
Although the peace talks between Chen Guo and Dayan were put on hold for a while, under the eyes of the common enemy of China, the relationship between the two countries is much more ambiguous, and it is no longer the tense and hostile state since the two countries were first established.
After all, the Turks are few in number. Over the past few months, tens of thousands of barbarian troops have been fighting from north to south. They have killed Zhenyuan Pass in the north of Chen State in one go, and captured Lianxia Palace. The royal family rushed to Lishi from the capital.
No matter how powerful Manhu is, such continuous battles have exhausted the strength of the troops, and they will go all out, then decline again, and exhaust three times. After Tulitu Khan rushed into the prosperous capital of Chen State with his tribal warriors, everyone condensed The heart in one place was suddenly smashed by the capital city of the Han people who were obsessed with gold and drunk. The tribes fought for gold, silver and women, and almost didn't fight.
The vicious python swallowed the elephant, it still needs some time to swallow and digest.
The corrupt capital slowed down the footsteps of the barbarians and sapped the fighting spirit of the Turkic people. At the end of the crossbow, they were unable to defeat Lu Jin. This was a shameful luck for Chen Guo.
Without the White Army and Qing Ze, Chen Guojun tremblingly confronted the Turkic people on both sides of the Li River, relying on the danger of the mountains and rivers. Every day, the people of the Chen State on the north bank of the river were killed and abandoned into the Li River. The woman threw herself into the river in despair on the north bank. 20 troops guarded the city of Xiongguan south of the Lihe River, and no one dared to lead the army across the river to rescue those innocent people who were ravaged.
After paying such a painful price, Chen Guopiao managed to hold on to his fate, and the peace talks with Dayan became even more urgent, and group after group of envoys rushed into the capital of Dayan.And Dayan didn't want the Turks to swallow Chen Guo, so that his lips would die and his teeth would be cold; he was greedy for Chen Guo's fat meat, but he was afraid of angering the barbarians and causing trouble for his upper body, so he hesitated at both ends.
For a while, the situation between Turks and Chen Yan calmed down, but under the cloudy clouds, everyone knew that the current calm was just a slight calm before the storm.
Emperor Chen Guozhengping's illness became more and more severe, and after two or three months, his bones were broken and his illness was difficult to recover. Empress Xiao used her own power to frighten the three armies and turn the tide. He stopped dangerously on the edge.
However, Empress Xiao has no children. Although Emperor Zhengping has an eldest daughter who is married, the other two youngest sons are all born to lowly palace people.When the wind and rain were turbulent, the ministers were worried, and they discussed the establishment of the country one after another. Some wanted to support the two young princes, and some of them knew the inside story of the year and supported the offshoot of the Xiao family.
Empress Xiao held power with an iron fist, and a dozen or so ministers who spoke falsely about the struggle for the foundation of the country in the courtroom said: Emperor Zhengping is still alive, who dares to speak about the foundation of the country!
Life and death strangled this raging current.
The wind is raging, and the clouds are rolling.
The Turkic invasion of Chen caused tens of thousands of people in the Chen state to be ruined and displaced. The wealthy households with quick eyes and feet moved south along with the royal family and powerful ministers. More ordinary people had nowhere to escape. The people of the Dayan frontier fortress who suffered thousands of disasters.Relying on the instinct of survival, the people ran south desperately, but on the northern frontier between Dayan and Chen, there was a string of tortoise castles built by Liu Qi.
Emperor Yuanhe issued an order not to let the disaster victims into Yan. Although General Liu Qi did not dare to yell at the barbarians, he could not yell at Chen Jun. He was able to disperse these unarmed and penniless people. Before mourning and howling, the suffering was unspeakable, he was not a hard-hearted and tough person after all, he endured and endured, and finally quietly pointed out a way to survive.
All the way to the northwest, there may be vitality.
——Lieutenant Di Qiuli's infamy of exchanging "treasure seeds" for old grain and abducting the people of other counties in every possible way, even Liu Qi, who is far away in Beisai, has heard about it from the merchants.
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At the beginning of spring plowing, more and more refugees came from the north to the northwest. If it was in the past, all the counties and counties would shut their doors and refuse to accept them. I wish these savages would starve to death in other places. Don't cause trouble under your own rule. Difficulty is good, but this spring is a little different.
A few more human-like refugees, who had just walked to Pinglu along with the flow, were surrounded by people outside the city gate.
A man in charge covered his mouth and nose, stepped forward and asked in distaste, "Do you want to work? Board and lodging included, thirty dollars a month."
Li Liu anxiously held the only package in his family, and held his mother-in-law tightly with one hand. Behind him were two skinny children. His two elder brothers were being questioned by the Yan people, a sister-in-law and three nephews. The niece followed timidly.
Of the sixteen members of the Li family, only twelve escaped in a hurry and followed the tribe and villagers all the way. The elderly parents couldn't survive the hunger and cold, and died of illness one after another. If there is no one in the northwest that can take them in The place, I'm afraid it is, I am afraid that the whole family...
Although Li Da is the mainstay of his family, his family has lived in a small place on the frontier of Chen State for several generations, and the biggest world he has ever seen is just a passing caravan. The stewards spoke up, but the dialect in the northwest of Yan State was a bit difficult to understand, and they could barely understand a few words, as if they were asking about the money for work.
He was sweating profusely, afraid of saying the wrong thing, and afraid of missing the way out, so he just kept nodding and bowing, rolling his tongue to imitate the housekeeper's words, begging and pleading: "Master, master, I can do any job, even if I stutter!" That's fine, even if, even if you take these children, you don't need money, just ask for a way to survive!"
The steward listened to Chen Guobei's accent, squinted and snorted, then suddenly changed his accent and said it again, it seemed to be from the North, but the tone was a bit weird, and the words were chiseled, Li Da listened to it now. I understand most of it.
"Do, do! If we can do the work, we can eat thin porridge, and we will be able to live!" Li Daxi couldn't help but hurriedly responded after hearing the voice of the Yan people.
The whole family huddled together, listening to Li Da's words, they were all overjoyed.
The manager opened his mouth and said a few more words about the farm work to be done, looked at the children with disgust, as if he didn't want them, then looked at the four or five adult disaster victims hugging the children in a panic, snorted, and didn't say anything else, He waved his hand and wanted to take people back, but then came a man in charge, with three or four attendants, and opened his mouth and said:
"You have a family with thousands of hectares of fertile farmland, and you have opened a tofu shop like Diqiu's. You only provide bean dregs cakes and thin water porridge for the workers, and you only pay [-] yuan a month for recruiting all the laborers. How can you say that!"
The new manager was older, and after speaking, he turned to the refugees from the Chen country who were dumbfounded, his face suddenly changed from a proud one with a nose upturned to a kind and amiable one, and said: "My Ma family is a benevolent family. My master only recruits tenant farmers who cultivate the land, including the bones, and only charges [-]% of the rent a year. He has land to live in, and can credit farm tools and food for the family. How about it? Come with me!"
"Hmph! What only recruits farmers? It's just that your old Ma's family is reluctant to buy a workshop. Your [-]% rent can be regarded as a benevolent family, and Di Qiu's [-]% rent has become a Bodhisattva!" Cheng Guanshi blurted out the word "Di Qiu", and immediately regretted it, so he quickly shut up.
"you!"
The old steward Ma was so angry that his beard was straight, and he wanted to have a few more words with the married boy, but he heard the sound of the gong coming from the city gate to the outside.
The two housekeepers seemed to have a good understanding, and they stared at each other, but the steward Cheng took half a step back, and led the people towards the other victims in a hurry, as if there were vicious dogs chasing them.
Manager Ma also hurriedly pulled Li Da to laugh and said, "Let's go, let's ignore this villain, just follow me..."
Li Da took a look at Cheng Guanshi who was also anxious to pull people aside, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he said, "I, shall I wait or wait?"
Manager Ma's beard trembled, his face sank, and he was about to get angry when he heard the gong sound at the city gate, and the plague-stricken Beiqiang's elegant voice shouted: "Diqiu Farm's workshop recruits people three times a day. You have enough food, you have a place to live, and you pay fifty dollars a month.”
Hearing these words, Li Da came to a sudden, why the faces of those in charge were all darkened, and they were in a hurry to pull people away.
Before he stepped forward to inquire, a group of more than a dozen people in neat clothes who said they were "Diqiu" had already opened their posture, set up a stove at the gate of the city, set up a pot, boiled rice under water, and started to boil it. Here comes the porridge.
The sound of the gong, the fragrance of the porridge gradually, and the benefits of hearing this and that, even if you are cheated, you can still eat your full meal.What's more, refugees like them who deserted from the army, apart from their flesh and strength, what else is there to be deceived?
Li Da led his brothers and family members, squeezed away more and more fleeing villagers, and hurriedly shouted: "Master, master, I am waiting to go to Diqiu to work!"
Cheng Guanshi Ma Guanshi and the others looked at the crowded heads in front of the Diqiu porridge stall, and then looked at those Diqiu people who laughed like a fox who stole a chicken, and they spat in unison. He stared and hurried away, and then went outside to look for the victims who just arrived!
The Diqiu people dared to come to Pinglu Shangjun and other places to recruit people, didn't they rely on the power of General Zhu Songzhu? !
That General Zhu, who can extract oil from stones and eats relatives and riches, visited Diqiu a few months ago. I don't know if he suffered some secret loss or took some wrong medicine. Pulled up a pair of pants.Not only the thousands of soldiers in the army were recruited and trained by officers of Diqiu, but also the security of Shangjun and the surrounding counties were taken care of.
If it weren't for these Diqiu people who coaxed most of the disaster-stricken people in Pinglu, Shangjun and other places to go to Diqiu during the snow disaster, and then they never returned like meat buns beating dogs, how could there be a shortage of tenant farmers in various places? Tight?How could this group of Diqiu people, who are so smug, come here to abduct the victims to work?
It's not that the country gentry don't want to be violent, but they are still thinking about the winter wheat seeds that Diqiu harvested in summer, and their little Zhuang Ding's private soldiers can't break his thick arms. And the background is so bright it can blind people's eyes.
In times of war, it is different from normal times. The arrogance of civil officials gradually fades, and the domineering and even separatist generals gradually come out of their pockets. Those who have soldiers who can fight are the ones who can talk.
Everyone in Pinglushang County knows that Li Xiaowei is an adult who can speak well.
The country gentry had no choice but to "convince people with reasoning" and swallow their breath, allowing Di Qiu to drive up wages, and secretly picked up some silly roe deer that people left out of their mouths and went home.
In a blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, the wheat harvest is just around the corner, and the number of victims is increasing. Under the orders of Master Li, Diqiu Ping Lushang County and other places are ready to swallow the nearly ten thousand victims.
If it was just Diqiu, it would be indigestion to swallow such a large number of people suddenly, but now Master Li has half of the state in his hands, and if he puts it all together, it will be a leap forward.