-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Fight for hegemony Volume 1: The Border Town of the Empire Chapter 509: Fifteen Kilograms of Grain
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- Chapter 509: Fifteen pounds of grain
There was almost no decent obstruction along the way. Most of the defeated rebels took off their armor and weapons and found places to hide for fear of being hunted down by the army after the war. The remaining fierce ones escaped into the mountains and forests. Although he was a bandit, he did not dare to attack the large group of cavalry. After Li Xiaoche escaped, he sent people in Jinyang to gather the defeated soldiers, and many of the rebels who really couldn't afford to eat also defected there.
When he came, he traveled by day and night. When he returned, Fang Jie ordered his team to line up and let the cart walk in the middle of the team. There were cavalry on both sides, and battle flags were placed on the cart. From a distance, it looked like an army of ten thousand soldiers. It was like a team of others, so even if a small group of rebels and bandits discovered them, they would stay far away.
Fang Jie was deep in thought along the way, recalling what was hidden behind the short conversation with the emperor and the old man.
The emperor's behavior was as close as ever. When he was in Chang'an City, this closeness made Fang Jie feel warm in his heart. But now, he felt more and more that there was something cold hidden behind this closeness. Fang Jie felt a little bitter when he thought about the years since he left Fan Gu, arrived in Chang'an, and now.
When he was in Fan Gu, he was a qualified imperial frontier soldier and a natural scout. Because of his presence, all the horse thieves within hundreds of miles of Fan Gu suffered disaster. But he was inexplicably involved in Li Yuanshan's conspiracy, and almost became a burial companion of Wu Peisheng. Then when he entered Chang'an, he never did anything to be sorry for the empire, and he never thought about being sorry for the empire. Although Fang Jie did not think of himself as a typical Sui person for a long time.
But now, it seems that everything he has experienced is tinged with distrust.
It is understandable that the emperor used him to defend himself. After all, he didn't even understand his origins yet, so how could the emperor not have doubts? To be honest, it is not easy for the emperor to do what he is now. Fang Jie even thought that if Li Yuan or Luo Yao were the emperor, and they were in the same position as Yang Yi, he would be dead.
So Fang Jie didn¡¯t have any resentment in his heart, just a little helpless.
The old man¡¯s words kept lingering in his mind and he couldn¡¯t get rid of them. Fang Jie had vaguely guessed who the old man was, and the words he said struck a chord in Fang Jie's heart. He asked Fang Jie, have you forgotten how you came here? He said that every step you take is destined to be a river of blood. Could he really see through the secret?
Is it really arranged by God?
Riding forward slowly on his war horse, Fang Jie looked up at the sky.
It was just like when he was still young and sat there on the low wall of a dilapidated farmer's yard on the escape road many years ago, looking up at the sky with the same expression, full of doubts. First of all, coming to this world itself is a mysterious and mysterious thing, which is beyond the knowledge brought to him by the education he received in his previous life. Even in this world, it is difficult for people to accept it, let alone modern people?
Then he was inexplicably involved in the Sui Dynasty, Meng Yuan Dynasty, Fo Zong, Luo Yao and other forces.
So that he didn¡¯t know himself more and more, and couldn¡¯t see himself clearly. What made him especially uncomfortable was that others seemed to know things that he himself didn't even know. Fang Jie was sure that Luo Yao knew a lot, and he could also guess some from the old man's words.
"gentlemen"
Fang Jie asked Zhuo Buyi beside him: "Do you know Wudang Master Zhang?"
Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "No one in the world dares to claim to know Master Zhang After all, in terms of age, he is at least a hundred years old. Almost no one of this generation in the world has ever interacted with Master Zhang, and they don't know him at all. I just heard that Wudang Mountain has always been low-key and never as public as Qingle Mountain. My understanding of him only comes from many rumors."
"Tell me about it."
Fang explained: "I'm very interested."
Zhuo Buyi asked: "Do you think that person is Zhang Zhenren?"
"Seven or eight out of ten."
Fang Jie nodded.
"Why are you in the camp?"
Zhuo Buyi murmured, and then suddenly thought: "That's right Emperor Duo Luo Yao is not only wary of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but also Luo Yao's own cultivation. So it is good to have Zhenren Zhang by his side. It's understandable that if it was really him, Luo Yao might not dare to take the risk. It's not that Luo Yao is not confident, but that Luo Yao thinks it's not worth it. "
"Um"
Fang Jie snorted: "That's why I'm curious about Master Zhang. The most famous person in the Sui Dynasty more than a hundred years ago was none other than Wanjiantang Wanxingchen. The most famous person in the world more than a hundred years later was none other than Xiao Yijiu from Qingleshan. Zhang Zhenren is older than Wan Xingchen Xiao and Xiao Yijiu, but he has never been as famous as the two of them, which is a bit abnormal. "
Zhuo Buyi said: "Legend of the world, Zhang Zhen?I have used many names to conquer the world. Eighty years ago, Zhang Chuping conquered the south of the Yangtze River with one sword. Seventy years ago, Zhang Donglin wiped out the Eighteen Villages in Jiugou with a pair of fists. Fifty years ago, he destroyed thirteen gates north of the Yellow River with a single palm. Zhang and Liulu were all short-lived and never heard from again, so some people attributed these names to Zhang Zhenren, but he himself never admitted it. "
"Some people say his real name is Zhang Fengshan, some people say his real name is Zhang Sanxiao. He doesn't agree, but because he lives in Yiyang Caolu, Sanqingguan, Wudang Mountain, people also call him Zhang Yiyang."
Zhuo Buyi said: "But in the past forty years, there have been no rumors about him. Wudang disciples all said that the real person could not go out in seclusion and did not ask about Jianghu affairs for a long time. Therefore, people gradually forgot this name and even ignored it. There is still such an old monster alive in the world of Sui Dynasty."
Fang Jie asked: "In your opinion, how is Master Zhang's cultivation compared to Xiao Yijiu?"
¡°It¡¯s hard to comment.¡±
Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "Some people say that Zhang Zhenren is better, but because he has not appeared in the world for so long, this view has been ridiculed by more people. Xiao Yijiu's Da Zhou Tian is very strong."
Fang Jie nodded: "No matter what, Master Zhang is by the emperor's side"
He suddenly thought of something in the middle of saying this, and his face changed slightly: "The emperor is just waiting for Luo Yao to kill him."
Zhuo Buyi also understood and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "The Meng Yuan people stabbed Luo Yao from behind. Luo Yao must be furious. There is no way he would kill the emperor in anger, and the emperor was with him There must be more than one Zhang Zhenren. The emperor still wants to use himself as bait to solve the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty as much as possible, and does not want to leave any hidden dangers to the prince. "
"There is a premise"
Fang explained: "Will Luo Yao really kill the emperor just because the Meng Yuan people used force against him?"
"Maybe there are other reasons that we can't consider."
Zhuo Buyi said: "So Luo Yao has to go."
"You want to go back?"
he asks.
Fang Jie was silent for a while and shook his head: "If I don't go back, if the emperor hadn't guessed that Luo Yao would go, he wouldn't have asked me to leave in such a hurry. He wanted to keep me and serve the prince"
¡¡
¡¡
After marching for nearly a month, the team returned to Fangu. Along the way, the liberation army asked the cavalry to kill some bandits who were causing trouble for one side. The soldiers treated the remnant bandits as if they were hunting. It was not a battle but a massacre against the remnant bandits. When we returned to Fangu, the climate had warmed up a lot. Along the way, Xie felt particularly sad when he saw disaster victims clearing wasteland. The seeds planted by these victims may be food that they were unwilling to touch even after many people starved to death. Because Li Yuanshan had been defeated, the people came out of their hiding places and prepared to rebuild their homes.
They hope that after autumn there will be some production of these grains so that life can continue.
¡°But even if we grow coarse grains with the shortest cycle, we don¡¯t know how many people will starve to death in the next few months.
¡°What they sow is not only hope, but also life.
Because there is no shortage of food in the stronghold, the food robbed from the rebel west camp is enough for the army to last for a long time. Therefore, along the way the solution brought enough food and grass from the Sui army's camp to keep enough for the journey, and the rest was distributed to the people along the way. Although each person's share was not much, it at least added some weight to their hopes. These people who have experienced the scourge of war will be grateful for such a small help.
What Fang Jie didn¡¯t know and didn¡¯t think about was that just because of this seemingly insignificant act of kindness, his name gradually spread among the victims.
There is a small man in Beijing who loves the people.
If Fang Jie knew about it, he would feel guilty.
When Fang Jie returned to Fan Gu, he discovered that perhaps because the news of Li Ni's defeat had spread, the victims came out one after another to find places where officers and soldiers were stationed to gather. They just felt that this way they would feel safe. Around Fan Gu, the dilapidated villages have been rehabilitated and people have moved in. The men go into the mountains to hunt together to make a living, and the women clean the dilapidated houses and then go to open up wasteland.
Fang Jie appreciated that Sun Kaidao could see far enough. On the day he returned to Fangu, Fang Jie saw a long queue outside Fangu City. Those are common people who come to receive seeds. According to their household registration, each household is given fifteen kilograms of seeds. If they are diligent and open up wasteland to sow seeds, they can lay down some coarse grains before winter to cope with the long winter.
This is not a big investment, but it can win the support of many people.
¡°When we saw the government troops entering the city, the people queuing up spontaneously moved out of the way, with a kind smile on everyone¡¯s face.There was intimacy and respect in his eyes. Fang Jie was not angry at Sun Kaidao's self-assertion. The village only needed half a month's consumption of the army to meet the needs of these people for seeds, and these people were absolutely reluctant to take away the fifteen kilograms of seeds per household. Go and eat it.
When he was about to enter the city, Fang Jie suddenly noticed some commotion in front of him. He urged his horse forward. After a closer look, he found that some people were making trouble in the queue. Chen Xiaoru was about to order someone to restrain order, but Fang Jie waved his hand to stop it.
It was dozens of people beating three men, and the people who were beaten were screaming and begging. But the people who beat them had no intention of stopping, and the beatings reached the point where those few people almost had no energy to call for help. The strange thing is that there is such a long queue, and everyone else just looks at it and no one cares about it, but many people are cheering.
"Beasts like you! You should be beaten to death!"
A man in shabby clothes kicked hard and cursed angrily: "General Fang is compassionate. Each household is given fifteen kilograms of seeds so that we can survive the next winter! You scum received the seeds yesterday, and tonight I cooked some food when I got home, but here you are again! You beasts! If you take away one share, others will lose one, and then one more family will not be able to survive the winter and starve to death!"
"Beat him to death! Such a bitch!"
During the tearing, one of the people who was beaten suddenly revealed the khaki uniform under the shabby clothes. It was the clothes of the rebels. When they saw this scene, the crowd immediately boiled.
"kill him!"
"kill him!"
"This group of scum actually dares to sneak in and get food, beat him to death!"
The angry crowd rushed forward, punching and kicking.
Fang Jie did not send anyone to stop them, but just watched quietly as the people beat the three people to death. The body was dragged and dumped on the roadside, unrecognizable. I don't know how many people spat on the corpse before leaving. The khaki uniform was torn to pieces.
After venting their anger, the victims returned to the side of the official road and continued to line up. When they returned to their original positions, no one argued about it.
Fang Jie urged his horse to move forward, unable to calm down. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
- Previous pageCatalogNext page