Chapter 73: Tough People’s Livelihood

Chapter 73: Tenacious People's Livelihood

"After this year's autumn harvest, Lantian County will no longer repair water conservancy and pave roads, and start building fortresses. In two years, Lantian County will be transformed into A fortress.

I will make sure that any villain who wants to enter this land and rob the fruits of the people’s labor will die without a burial place.

No matter who they are! "

"You are overstepping your bounds."

"Jiannu is about to knock off the gate, and you are about to be recalled to Beijing by the emperor to defend Beijing. You have no time or chance. Come and question Lantian County."

Sun Chuanting sighed: "You won't be able to build a fortress group in five or six years."

Yun Zhao looked thoughtfully. Sun Chuanting said: "Five or six years is enough time. Let me tell you, the reason why I built such a group of fortresses is not to guard against others, but to use this group of fortresses to lock in my own ambitions."

Yun Zhao said extremely impatiently: "If Jiannu does not enter the pass, I will continue to tolerate it!"

"What happens after Jiannu enters the customs?"

Yun Zhao laughed loudly and said: "You guys are all unreliable. I can only rely on myself, and the common people dare not count on you. When the time comes, we will protect our own homeland ourselves, and we will let the slaves know that there are many people on this land who are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect their homeland."

"In this case, why are you unwilling to send troops to cooperate. Where is Yang Sichang's plan to destroy the Xiangyang bandits? Are the people living and working in peace and contentment?

Have you found a way for the people to survive?" Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term? p>

Do you think those children who are being cooked in the pot can wait for your long-term consideration?

Do you think those who are dying of hunger can wait for your long-term consideration?

Or? Do you think those refugees who are selling their children and wives waiting for the last bite of food can survive your long-term plan?

If you can’t resettle them, it’s meaningless to kill as many bandits as possible...because...you always There are endless thieves and bandits to be killed.

The sentence in Xiantang is not a legend in the Ming Dynasty, but a real thing that is happening after being cut off. .

You are the governor of Shaanxi. After taking office, you did not ask about the national economy and the people's livelihood. As soon as you came over, you started to train your Qin army.

As soon as you came over, you asked for food and wages from the people of Shaanxi. Use people's money and food to train Shaanxi people, and then use the trained Shaanxi people to kill those Shaanxi people who rebelled because they couldn't survive.

You don't think there is a big deal in this. Is there a problem?

Yun is from Shaanxi, so he doesn’t like to kill his own people., as long as they don't come to harm us, we have no interest in killing them.

We are waiting. When they find that they still can’t have enough to eat and live a good life despite the rebellion, they will come over on their own.

At this time, we are giving them some land, some seeds, and some tools, and they will become ordinary people again. "

Sun Chuanting said: "Don't they need to be punished for rebelling and killing people?

Yun Zhao smiled, pointed at Sun Chuanting and said: "You don't understand bandits. Bandits who kill people and taste the sweetness will not be willing to come back to farm."

So, all those who are willing to come back to farm are people who do not want to kill people. If these people are separated from the thieves, the thieves will have little power. What is remarkable is that they are a group of relatively powerful horse thieves.

This is the way to suppress bandits in Lantian County. "

Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and said: "I would like to hear the details! "

Yun Zhao said: "It's not too late, we still have time to visit the shelter in Lantian County and see the miserable appearance of the people under your rule. "

"What kind of...shelter is there in Lantian County? "

"Yes, in the refugee shelter, all refugees entering Lantian County must be examined. As long as they are honest people, they can enter Lantian County to seek life after staying here for ten days.

Firstly, isolate them to prevent diseases from being brought into Lantian County. Secondly, identify the refugees. Those who participated in the rebellion may be treated differently. Make sure that they no longer want to rebel, and then give them to them. People have a way to survive. "

Yun Zhao washed his face, asked his servants to fetch the war horses, and went with Sun Chuanting and his guards to the area near Fenghuang Mountain.

Liu Ru cut her hair short She tied her hair with a cloth band around her breasts, put on her late husband's clothes, spoke in a rough voice, and she was taller than the average woman. Therefore, when she was wandering around, everyone thought she was a young woman.

Although Liu Ru is a woman from a peasant family, she is very strong. All she owns is a wheelbarrow. On the left is her thin mother-in-law, and on the right is her young daughter. In the middle of the wheelbarrow. All their belongings were piled up.

As the road became smoother and more pedestrians appeared on the road, Liu Ru's heart slowly relaxed after being hung up for a long time.

My daughter has become accustomed to calling her daddy, which makes Liu Ru very sad.

"Son, there is half a piece of cake left, give it to my daughter.

Liu Ru glared at her daughter and said to her mother-in-law: "Mom, she can hold on. You haven't eaten for two days. When we get to the big tree in front, we will take a rest. You can also Eat something. "

The mother-in-law sighed weakly and said: "I will always fight for food with my good granddaughter.

Liu Ru smiled and said: "Mom, we have entered Lantian County. I heard that there will be food at the shelter. Nannan and I are not hungry." "

The mother-in-law said: "How can you not be hungry?Ah, if you still can't find a way to survive in Lantian County, you can take your children and look for it. Mom can survive by begging for food. ”

Liu Ru gritted her teeth and kept silent, pushing the wheelbarrow hard to move forward.

Finally arrived under the big tree, Liu Ru just passed such small goals one after another. Step by step, he walked from Xiangyang to Lantian County.

After putting down the wheelbarrow, Liu Ru sat on the ground, as if her whole body was falling apart. She picked up the water hyacinth and drank half of the water. Her growling stomach calmed down.

Looking at her mother-in-law and her daughter eating the last half of the pancake, Liu Ru stood up and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, I'll go find the locals and find out. How to get to the shelter. ”

“Don’t go too far. ”

“I understand, mother. "

There were some tall crops that Liu Ru didn't recognize growing in the field not far from the big tree. When he saw an old man hoeing the ground under the sun, he said loudly: "My father-in-law, I have something to ask." . "

The old man looked up at Liu Ru and said expressionlessly: "Go to the shelter and walk two miles west from here." ”

Without waiting for Liu Ru to thank him, the old man lowered his head and continued to loosen the soil of the corn. It seemed that there were many people asking him about the way, and the old man was used to it.

Liu Ru just wanted to leave. The old man straightened up again and said, "Wait a minute. "

Liu Ru looked at the old man strangely. He raised his hand and broke off two cobs of corn from the corn stalks without peeling them off. He handed them to Liu Ru and said, "The crops are not yet ripe. Now break them off and waste the food." , take it to satisfy your hunger, and you will have porridge to drink when you arrive at the shelter.

Liu Ru took over this strange crop and gave a gift to thank the old man. He then heard the old man say: "This is called corn. It is a new grain in our Lantian County. It is not ripe now, but it can also be used." When you eat it, don't peel it off, just put it on the branches and roast it. It tastes good. ”

After saying that, he waved Liu Ru to leave without any intention of getting close to her. Even when he gave her corn just now, the two of them tried not to touch each other.

Liu Ru thought she had been discovered by someone disguised as a man. She looked at the old man's expression carefully and felt that it didn't look like him, so she came back confused.

"Mom, we have food to eat. Just now. The old man gave it to me. "

My mother-in-law didn't recognize the two cobs of corn in Liu Ru's arms, but she happily said to Liu Ru: "We are in a good place. The people here are kind-hearted." ”

Looking at her daughter’s hungry look, Liu Ru quickly lit a fire on the roadside, wrapped corn in branches and put it on the fire to barbecue.

At this time The sun gradually rises, and the big sun in Guanzhong shines brightly in the sky, scorching the earth.

The sweet smell of roasted corn gradually spreads, and the stomachs of the family of three are rumbling.

Until the outer shell of the corn was charred and the bright yellow corn kernels inside were exposed, Liu Ru dexterously turned the corn to prevent the corn kernels from being scorched. Until the corn was completely cooked, Liu Ru gave it to Greedy. Girl who eats and hungerMy mother-in-law ate half of it herself.

After just one bite of roasted corn, Liu Ru said to her mother-in-law: "Mom, how about we make a living from roasted corn from now on?"