Fenghou

The old man pondered for a while, and said slowly: "The city of Shangjing is dead silent. We collected all the bones and burned them. The herb picker took us into the city to collect the corpses. He said that there would be no disease without people. However, he told us not to live in the city for the time being, saying that the groundwater is not clean, and we will wait a year, and we actually don’t want to go to the city.”

"Have you visited the warehouse in the city?"

"It's basically empty. We just got some food in the cellars of big families, otherwise we wouldn't be able to last."

Xu Changzhou smiled and said, "My husband is Han! Why are you in Shangjing?"

"I am a Han craftsman in the Liao Kingdom. I have worked as a carpenter and bricklayer. I am in charge of building houses. My wife is a Jurchen and has lived here for decades."

"I see. When Qing Zhuang comes back, pack up your things and go to the south! The north is not safe."

At this time, military doctor Yang Rong shouted not far away: "General Xu, can you come here for a while."

Xu Changzhou got up and walked over, "Doctor Yang, is the situation not good?"

"No! They don't have the disease, but I found this."

Yang Rong pointed to a large porcelain vase, which was as tall as a person.

"Is it a ceramic jar?"

Yang Rong rolled his eyes, "This is the Ru Kiln official porcelain in Bianliang Palace, this porcelain vase can be exchanged for a house in Jingzhao."

Xu Changzhou was taken aback, "Where did you find it?"

"They have them all in their homes, and they are used to hold water and food."

At this time, an old Han man came over and said, "This was found by a big family in the inner city. They buried it in the ground carelessly, and half of it was exposed. We just used it for daily necessities."

Xu Changzhou shook his head, "This is a palace item. Ordinary people will be beheaded if they use it indiscriminately. It is the same in Jin Dynasty and Yong Dynasty, and it is the same in Liao Kingdom."

The old Han man was startled, "We don't even know!"

"Go to the city later, collect some other ordinary ceramics, and replace these palace items."

At this time, people who went fishing by the river came back one after another, men and women, and they also got the news that the cavalry of the Western Army who had been investigating the epidemic had come, and they did not slaughter the people, but they still made them uneasy.

Xu Changzhou immediately gathered everyone together. He stood on the top of the mound and asked the Han people just now to be interpreters.

"Let me tell you the first news. The Kingdom of Jin died half a year ago. The nobles fought for power and killed each other. We didn't kill all the ordinary people. They all went to the south. It's not safe here. I want to take you there too. south."

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and someone asked loudly, and the old man translated: "He asked where is the south?"

"It's the south of Liaodong, the area around Liaoyang Mansion and Jinzhou."

At this time, someone asked again, and the old man said: "He said, why can't they live here? They don't want to leave."

Xu Changzhou said: "First, I don't know if the plague will end yet. If you don't have it here, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist in other places. There is no plague in the south and it is safe; second, the Khitan people will come back soon, and this place will become a battlefield. Are you here?" Jurchens, they will never let you go!"

When the old man translated, everyone was in an uproar and asked in horror.

Xu Changzhou knew what they were asking, and said loudly: "The Liao Kingdom did not perish. Some Khitans fled to the far west and established the Western Liao Dynasty. They became stronger again and wanted to return to their homeland. Come back, but if you stay here, you will definitely end up dead."

More than a dozen old people sat together to discuss. The Han old man led everyone to build houses and make furniture. He had a high prestige among the crowd. reject us."

With the final word, everyone quickly reached an agreement to follow the Western Army to the south.

Xu Changzhou then led the crowd into Shangjing City. Entering the city from the south gate, a straight avenue leads directly to the inner city in the distance. The residences of ordinary people are generally dilapidated and densely packed, one next to the other. If a plague breaks out in such living conditions, it will be a disaster on earth.

The whole city was empty, and there was no one in sight, except foxes, deer and other small animals occasionally.

The soldiers went to the residential area to check, but they couldn't see the corpses, and they were all collected and incinerated by the people.

The cavalry entered the inner city again, and the inner city suddenly changed its appearance. They were all mansions covering a large area, and many people's roofs were resplendent and shining in the sun.

The old Han people continued to look for bottles with other Jurchen people. Xu Changzhou promised them that the porcelain bottles could be exchanged for land in the south. These Jurchen people were all very motivated.

Xu Changzhou went down to the imperial palace with two hundred men. The imperial palace was well preserved, and it still carried the majesty of the Jin Dynasty. Fearing that the emperor will pursue their crimes when he returns.

The palace was swept away by the golden soldiers, taking away everything that could be taken away, but military doctor Yang Rong still found many treasures.

"That Taihu Stone should be the treasure of the Bianliang Palace."

Yang Rong pointed to a handsome, thin and exquisite Taihu stone, more than ten feet high, and said, "I really don't know how the Jin people moved back here."

"General, are we going to move it away?" the soldiers asked Xu Changzhou.

Xu Changzhou shook his head, "No need! We will record it, and our big ship will come to carry it later."

There are still many valuable things in the palace. The furniture made of precious wood is basically snatched from the Bianliang Palace. There are also many ancient bronze tripods, many white jade screens, and large porcelains, incense burners, bronzes, There are countless exquisite sculptures and so on. Although Jin Bing couldn't take them away, he didn't destroy them either. Maybe they still want to come back.

The soldiers went to the warehouse again, and there were more things that the warehouse did not take away, such as countless aniseed materials of rosewood and agarwood, all kinds of exquisite Taihu stone ornaments, sacks piled up on the ground, and various huge bronze wares And jade, and various precious medicinal materials.

The military doctor Yang Rong is most concerned about medicinal materials. He is dumbfounded by the amount of precious medicinal materials in the warehouse. There are thousands of boxes of old ginseng that are more than a hundred years old.

He also found a golden nanmu box, locked it with a golden lock, opened it, and found ten thousand-year-old ginseng inside, which the Jurchens had forgotten in a hurry.

He sighed and said to the soldiers: "Take this box back, it is a treasure to be dedicated to the emperor!"

There was no food, no gold, silver and copper coins, and no pig iron, but there were still a large number of thick copper ingots, each weighing a hundred catties, and tens of thousands of them. Obviously, these were materials that could not be taken away.

The soldiers looked at dozens of warehouses, and there were a lot of materials piled up. Many of the materials were unnamed. For example, there were many hard wooden boards with regular shapes. There were as many as 10,000+ pieces. What are they used for? The soldiers don't know.

Yang Rong finally remembered, "This should be the material looted from the palace printing workshop. This is a blank engraving block, and the engraved characters are used to print books."

It was getting late, and Xu Changzhou ordered the warehouse and palace gates to be closed. He wanted to return to Liaoyang immediately and notify the fleet to come and carry them.

The common people found a lot of precious official kiln porcelain and bronze wares, and Xu Changzhou ordered that all the porcelain and bronze wares be put into the palace.

Early the next morning, the cavalry of the Yong army led hundreds of Jurchen people to the south.