Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 682 Zhang An's Chance

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Tian and the others survived in Dangyang City for eight days, until the day when the imperial court's disaster relief food arrived.

On this day, the soldiers who had been eating locusts for eight consecutive days were suddenly so excited that they were about to cry.

Although locusts are meaty, they can really get tired of eating them for eight days in a row. They miss rice and white flour steamed buns so much.

The first batch of relief food was quite a lot, and besides the relief food, there was also food for their army.

Today's Tang Dynasty does have difficulties, but no matter how difficult it is, the imperial court cannot ignore the people in Jingchu.

The food and grass were ready, and the soldiers finally had steamed buns and rice.

However, if the people wanted to get these grains, they still needed to exchange them with locusts.

The difference is that in the past, ten catties of locusts were exchanged for two steamed buns and a bowl of rice porridge, but now only five catties of locusts are enough.

Firstly, there were fewer locusts, and secondly, there was more food, so Qin Tian and the others couldn't help being generous.

In addition, if the people catch a lot of locusts, they can be replaced with food, real food, not cooked rice or steamed buns.

Although rice and steamed buns are good, they are not easy to preserve. If they have food, they will have enough money for the next few days.

For these changes, the people of Dangyang City are still very happy, so the interest in catching locusts is still very high.

But when the people continued to catch locusts, in an abandoned house in Dangyang City, it was a different situation.

The abandoned house is very abandoned, and the abandoned ones can only hear the cicadas.

It seems that no one has lived here for a long time, and there are many people who know about places where no one lives.

But in such an abandoned house, there is a person.

The man had lost his legs and was sitting in a wheelchair under a tree.

He is Zhang An.

Zhang An waved a folding fan in his hand, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth from time to time. In front of him, stood a spy. Just now, this spy had told him about the situation in Dangyang City.

"Okay, the reason why I, Zhang An, didn't run away was because I was waiting for such an opportunity. Now that the court's disaster relief food has arrived, Qin Tian still refuses to distribute the relief food to the people. He is looking for death."

The folding fan was still shaking, and the wind blowing from time to time blew his hair. He glanced at the spies in front of him and ordered: "Send someone to spread this news to the capital. Soon, someone will impeach Qin Tian. , Moreover, spread the news, saying that the relief food should be distributed to the people for free, not in exchange for locusts. As long as the people know this news, they will definitely go to Qin Tian to make trouble. At that time, it will be up to Qin Tian how to deal with it. "

If you can eat food and have food without working hard to catch locusts, then many people will not do it. This is the inertia deep in the human heart. Zhang An's legs are not good, so he is very good at trying to figure out people's hearts.

He knew very well that as long as his news spread, Dangyang City would be in chaos.

At that time, even if Dangyang City could not be taken back, it would still ruin Qin Tian's reputation.

Perhaps, Qin Tian is still very smart in the eyes of others, but in Zhang An's eyes, it is nothing more than that.

The spies were ordered to retreat.

Zhang An sat on the rocking chair and fanned himself, suddenly showing a sneer, and then he waved away a noisy cicada.
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In this world, as long as there is no shortage of gossip people, news will always spread the fastest.

And the more news related to oneself, the faster it will spread.

In half a day, all the people in Dangyang City knew about the disaster relief food from the court, and they also knew that the disaster relief food from the court should be distributed to everyone free of charge, instead of requiring them to exchange it with locusts.

When the news spread in Dangyang City, all the people stopped their work one after another and began to gather together.

The people who gathered together were quite a bit filled with righteous indignation.

"Relief food should be distributed to us free of charge, isn't it true?"

"Why is it not true? I heard it is true. Since it is for disaster relief, of course it should be sent to us."

"This... is really disgusting. Why did Lord Hou let us exchange locusts? Could it be that he wants to swallow up the relief food?"

"Who knows, it's hard to say."

"No, I have to go to Lord Hou to ask clearly. We have worked so hard, and the food we change every day is not enough to eat, but who would have thought that the food is our own."

"That's right, that's right, we exchange our own hard work for our own food, what is this?"

"........."

barracks.

Qin Tian stayed in the barracks all the time, but nothing about the situation in Dangyang City could be hidden from his eyes.

"Master Hou, I don't know who spread the news in Dangyang City, saying that the disaster relief food should be distributed to the people for free. Now, many people know about it. I'm afraid the consequences will be disastrous."

"My lord, what should I do now?"

Someone reported the news to Qin Tian. After Qin Tian heard the news, his expression became slightly condensed. He had never worried about this matter before, but when the relief food came, the matter came out.

The relief food should indeed be distributed to the people free of charge, but he just wanted to use this to wipe out the locust plague.

It's really not good that things are breaking out now.

However, he didn't panic too much.

"Someone is making trouble behind the scenes, this person must be caught and severely punished."

After finishing speaking, Luo Huang stood up: "Master Hou, I heard from Huang Zhu that there is a man named Zhang An next to Han Yi, and he was the one who came up with Han Yi's trick of feigning surrender, but after we occupied Dangyang City, we didn't find him. This clue named Zhang An originally thought that he might have fled back to Jingzhou City, but now it seems that he is very likely to be hiding in Dangyang City."

Hearing this, Qin Tian's expression changed slightly. A person who dared to hide and not leave after the destruction of Dangyang City had extraordinary courage.

Such a person is definitely not an easy generation.

Qin Tian glanced at Luo Huang, and said: "What you said makes sense, then I will leave this Zhang An to you, Mr. Luo, and you must find him for me."

Dangyang City is not very big, even if someone is sent to investigate it, it will only take two days, this is not a matter that requires a plan, Luo Huang immediately agreed, and then went down to investigate without hesitation.

But not long after Luo Huang left, Cheng Chumo ran in, running very anxiously.

"Brother Qin, it's not good. Those common people want to break into the barracks, and I want you to give them an explanation."

What should come finally came, Qin Tian stood up and said, "Don't worry, this matter is not difficult to solve, you just follow me out."

A group of people followed Qin Tian out of the big tent. At the gate of the barracks, a group of civilians were clamoring to break in. A group of soldiers stood at the gate with their knives drawn.

"Those who trespass in the barracks, beheaded!"

A soldier shouted angrily, the majesty of the barracks cannot be trampled by these people.

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(End of this chapter)