God Emperor of Sword Domain

Chapter 58
Danfang has been taken to Shadaomen by the carrier pigeons. If he wants to recover Danfang, he has to go to Shadaomen.

Shadaomen is located to the east of Liuyun City, within the territory of Donglu Prefecture.

Donglu Prefecture is a large state facing the sea in the east of the mainland of Kyushu, with a vast territory and a large population.

However, Donglu Prefecture suffered a severe drought last year.

The cause of the severe drought was the birth of Hanba in Donglu Prefecture.

As soon as the drought came out, the land was red for thousands of miles.

Later, several major sects joined forces to kill Hanba.

However, the severe drought has begun, and large tracts of rice seedlings in Donglu Prefecture are dead, and the people have no harvest.

Ye Xuan came all the way, and saw that the ground was full of starvation, the disaster was very serious, and many people were digging grass roots to satisfy their hunger.

In the afternoon of that day, Ye Xuan came to a village, got off his horse to fetch water, and saw a thin child leaning against the eaves, his eyes glazed over, apparently he was already unconscious from hunger.

Ye Xuan couldn't bear it, so he took out a big cake, broke off a piece and handed it to him.

The thin child stretched out his hand to pick it up, but when they saw food in Ye Xuan's hands, they all gathered around.

"My lord, please give me something to eat. Our family has been out of food for three months..."

A group of ragged civilians gathered around, begging, their eyes fixed on the big cake in Ye Xuan's hand.

Ye Xuan had no choice but to pass the pie to them.

This group of people rushed forward to grab the big cake, tearing the big cake into countless pieces in the blink of an eye.

What everyone can grab is not even enough to get between the teeth.

Ye Xuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out all the food in the storage ring and distributed it to these people, and finally left a piece of cake and handed it to the thin child.

The child was dark and thin, and because he was too thin, his head looked very big, and he started to eat big mouthfuls after receiving the big cake.

The child's mother knelt down and kowtowed, gratefully said: "Thank you, noble... Thank you, noble..."

Ye Xuan left all the food and money on his body, then continued on his way, and arrived at Yuelu County City before evening.

Yuelu County City is the only way to the Shadao Gate.

The closer the distance to Yuelu County, the more serious the disaster.

It is really puzzling to see no government disaster relief measures along the way.

Ye Xuan came to the gate of Yuelu County City, and saw a large group of victims outside the gate.

I thought, it should be the government giving porridge for disaster relief.

However, when I rode over to look, I found that it was a shed set up by a group of warriors.

The shed is full of grain, and the bags are piled higher than people.

A warrior wearing a Shadaomen costume sat behind the long table, looking indifferently at the victims who surrounded him.

"My lord, please do me a favor and give the little one some rice." One of the victims begged.

"Sell me the fields to Shadaomen and you will have rice, if you don't have any land, go away!" The disciple of Shadaomen kicked the victims away and cursed impatiently.

The disaster victim got up again and knelt down in front of the Shadaomen disciples, kowtowed and begged: "My lord, you can do it. All our fields have been sold to the Shadaomen, and the whole family has also been sold to the Shadaomen. Please give me some rations. The child hasn't eaten a grain of rice in half a month..."

"The fields are all sold out, and you still want rice? Hurry up and get out!" the Shadao Sect disciple scolded impatiently.

"But our whole family has sold themselves to the Shadaomen, and we will work hard to farm the land for the old man in the coming year... Please..." the victim begged.

"If you have land, are you afraid that no one will plant it? Get out before I do it!" the disciple of Shadao Sect shouted.

After scolding, he looked up at the victims and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone who trades the fields for rice? Hurry up if you have one. If there is no uncle, I will go drink!"

Just then.

A howl came from the crowd of victims: "Gouba! Gouwa... the head of the family, the child is hungry and fainted, you should think of a way..."

Looking at the hungry and fainting child, the man of this family struggled in his heart to go to the shed of Shadaomen, took out a land deed from his arms, and handed it to the disciples of Shadaomen with trembling hands.

"My lord, give me some food instead."

The Shadao Sect disciple glanced at it, put away the title deed, then threw out a deed of sale, and said, "Press your fingerprint."

The man took a look at the contract, gritted his teeth, and pressed his fingerprints on it.

"Bring rice." The Shadao Sect disciple waved back.

Shadaomen's subordinates brought out a bucket of rice and put it on the ground.

Rice is measured in wooden barrels, one barrel is one bucket, about twelve catties.

When the man saw the rice, he quickly took out the sack and prepared to put it in.

But the disciple of Shadaomen suddenly stood up and said, "Wait a minute, your field is too thin to be worth a fight." Then he kicked the barrel.

The wooden barrel was kicked, and when it was shaken left and right, half of the rice spilled out of the barrel.

This is a common method used by government servants to withhold food, and it is called kicking.

With one foot down, half of it can be spilled.

The man rushed forward and said with tears in his eyes, "My lord, my fields are all fertile fields! How could it be thin fields?"

"Put on the rice and get out of here quickly! I say thin is thin!" the disciple of Sha Dao Sect yelled impatiently.

Seeing this scene, Ye Xuan really learned a lot.

I haven't seen the field at all, so I just say it's a thin field, and when I step down, one bucket becomes half a bucket.

A bucket of grain is about [-] catties, and the field in Donglu Prefecture can produce about [-] catties per mu, and the annual grain yield of ten acres of fields is at least [-] catties.

Shadaomen actually only used twelve catties of grain, but had to buy a field with an annual output of two thousand catties of grain.

This is simply robbery, and the people are required to sign a contract of sale to farm the land for them.

Originally, it was harsh enough to buy ten acres of land for a bucket of rice, but the rice was still deducted.

What's even more amazing is that Shadaomen asked these victims to sign contracts of selling their bodies and sell themselves to farm, but they didn't care about the life and death of these sold themselves as slaves.

Ye Xuan was going to find the bad luck of the Shadaomen, and he killed the young master of the Shadaomen named Qi Liancheng half a year ago.

If you don't do it, you will never stop.

Ye Xuan squeezed through the crowd and walked over, standing in front of the disciples of Sha Dao Sect.

The Shadao Sect disciple glanced at Ye Xuan, saw that Ye Xuan didn't look like a disaster victim, and drove away: "What are you looking at? Don't make yourself uncomfortable, or you will look good!"

"I also want to change some food, is that okay?" Ye Xuan asked calmly.

The disciple of Shadaomen replied: "Okay! How many fields are there, please show them."

"There are no fields."

"With no land, how dare you come here to amuse me? Are you looking for death?" the disciple of Sha Dao Sect immediately shouted.

Ye Xuan slapped the dragon pattern steel sword on the table, and asked, "Exchange this sword!"

The disciple of Shadaomen glanced at the dragon-patterned steel sword, and from the hilt, he knew that the sword must be of great value.

He stretched out his hand and pulled out the dragon pattern steel sword to check: "This sword... this sword!"

His eyes widened suddenly, and he recognized that this sword was the one used by Qi Liancheng, the young master of Shadaomen: "You! You, you, you..."

"How many meters can this sword be exchanged for?" Ye Xuan asked with a half-smile.

The Shadao Sect disciple immediately took a step back and shouted loudly: "Come on, take him down!"

As soon as the shout fell, the four disciples of Sha Dao Sect immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, striking Ye Xuan head-on.

These Shadao Sect disciples who were sent out to oppress the common people had an unbearably low cultivation level.

Ye Xuan drew the sword, drew the sword, and retracted the sword, all three actions were done in one go.

Sword light flashed.

The four Shadao Sect disciples died instantly.

"Killed! Killed!" The surrounding victims immediately yelled in horror.

Ye Xuan immediately shouted: "Hurry up and grab the food! Run after grabbing!"

All the victims around were stunned for a moment, then they all rushed to the grain bags in the shed, picked them up and ran away.

The soldiers guarding the city saw the commotion here, and immediately rushed up to scold them.

But how could they control these frantically hungry victims, the food in the shed was robbed in the blink of an eye, and not a single one of the victims was left.

Ye Xuan also took advantage of the turmoil, retreated from the crowd, and entered Yuelu County City.

The inside and outside of Yuelu County are like two worlds. Outside the city, people are starving and dying everywhere, but inside the city there are no victims.

If you think about it with your toes, the reason why there are no victims in the city is not that the officials here are clear, but that all the victims have been driven out.

(End of this chapter)