Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 683 The Secret of King Chu

A shout of anger did not calm the anger in the hearts of the people.

They have a sense of being exploited.

And when they were still yelling like this, Qin Tian led people out.

"Why the noise?" Qin Tian's voice was not loud, but after he spoke like this, the entire front of the barracks became quiet.

Qin Tian, ​​the Lord Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, still has such majesty. At least many people admire him.

"Master Hou, I heard that the government's disaster relief food has arrived, right?"

A person stood up and asked, he was the elected leader of this group of people.

Qin Tian nodded: "That's right, the imperial court's disaster relief food has indeed arrived."

"Master Hou, I heard that the imperial court's disaster relief food will be distributed to us free of charge, is that right?"

Everyone looked at Qin Tian, ​​they were most concerned with this question.

"As long as there are locust plagues and people who have no livelihood, they are all included in the imperial court's relief."

Hearing this, the entire barracks was in an uproar again. They didn't expect that these were all true, and that the relief food should indeed be given to them free of charge.

However, the noise soon stopped, and it was still the same person. He continued to ask: "Since the relief food should be given to us free of charge, why didn't Lord Marquis give it to us, but asked us to exchange it with locusts?"

Everyone turned their attention to Qin Tian again. Qin Tian looked at them and asked, "I can answer this question for you, but before answering you, I need to ask you a few questions. You, what are you going to do?"

"Naturally use these grains to survive."

"How long can you live? One month, or two months?"

Everyone looked at each other, the government's relief food was only available for a month or two.

They also didn't understand what Qin Tian meant by these words.

"Your crops have been almost eaten by locusts, so what if you are given relief food for a month or two? If the locusts are not eliminated, how will you spend the next six months?"

Everyone didn't think about this question, but when Qin Tian brought it up, they had to think about it.

"Now I'm going to answer your question just now. Why did I ask you to exchange locusts for disaster relief food? Because I want everyone to unite and kill the locusts. Even if the locusts are gone, your crops in the first half of the year will be gone. But in the second half of the year, you can still grow crops and vegetables. These crops and vegetables can keep you from starving in the second half of the year. Of course, some people may say that the locusts will not be long. After a month or two, They will die, you are right, locusts will die too, when late autumn comes, the locusts will not survive, but at that time, can you still grow crops, do you have that time to wait for the locusts to die ?”

Qin Tian's words were deafening, and the people in front of the barracks didn't say a word. They all suddenly felt a little emotional, but that feeling couldn't be described in words.

"The imperial court does have disaster relief food, but this batch of relief food is not much. My Tang Dynasty is not rich now, and we still have to accumulate enough food as food and grass to fight against the Turks, to heal my Tang Dynasty's shame, locusts Immortal, are you going to rely on the imperial court to live like this?"

"Everyone wants to get something for nothing, but what I want to say is that what you get through your own hard work is worthy of your heart. This Marquis is going to lead you to eradicate the locust plague."

Qin Tian glanced at the crowd and said, "Okay, I've finished my words, what do you mean, continue to exterminate the locusts, or do you just want to hold on to the court's disaster relief food and live?"

It was very quiet in front of the barracks. Everyone looked at each other. After a long time, the common people came forward.

"Master Hou, aren't they just locusts? We followed you and wiped them out."

"That's right, we've achieved a lot during this time. There are no more locusts within five miles of Dangyang City. Tomorrow, we'll go further afield to wipe out all the locusts."

"That is, kill the locusts and return my home..."

"Kill the locusts, return my home..."

The people shouted loudly, they were awakened by Qin Tian's words, they understood that if the locust plague was not eliminated, their life would become more and more difficult.

Who doesn't want their life to be easier?

The people retreated one after another, and they went to catch locusts further away. This is their own homeland, and they want to restore their homeland with their own hands.

Qin Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, the people are more motivated than before. He believes that within ten days, the plague of locusts will be wiped out.

And after the locust plague is gone, he can almost rise up and attack Jingzhou City.
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Qin Tian waited in the barracks, and two days later, Luo Huang escorted Zhang An over.

"Master Hou, this cripple actually hid in an abandoned house. If it weren't for a soldier who found something strange in that abandoned house, we really couldn't find him."

Speaking of this, Luo Huang said again: "It's because I didn't bring the police dog, or I would have caught him in one day."

Luo Huang said, Qin Tian glanced at Zhang An, this lame man, when he was arrested, he acted extremely calm.

It seemed that there was nothing in this world that could make him stir up trouble.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Qin Tian's mouth: "You are a smart man, but it is only a matter of one sentence for me to kill you, and you are of no use to me."

If it was cold, Zhang An's expression moved slightly, but he recovered quickly.

"However, Ben Hou has a question. If you are willing to answer, Ben Hou can spare your life and let you go back."

Zhang An didn't open his mouth, and Qin Tian didn't wait for him to open his mouth, and asked directly: "The rebels in Dangyang City all have good weapons in their hands, and this is not at all the configuration that Buqu should have. Even if your King Chu's family has a great career, getting so many weapons is definitely not an easy task, after all, it will cost a lot of money, I want to know how your King Chu did it."

Since ancient times, weapons have been very expensive things. As long as all the weapons owned by the [-] rebels in Yangcheng are built, it is impossible without tens of thousands of coins.

But in many cases, weapons cannot be solved with money, you must have iron.

During this period of time, Qin Tian has already thought about this issue. The absolute greatest possibility for him is that he discovered iron ore in the fiefdom of the King of Chu. With iron ore, it is possible to manufacture a large number of weapons.

But now, he needs confirmation.

Zhang An looked up at Qin Tian, ​​and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Do you think I will be fooled?"

"Does the king of Chu's fief have iron mines?"

Zhang An's expression moved slightly, and Qin Tian already had a clue in his heart after seeing it, but immediately, Zhang An laughed again: "Don't try to know this from me."

"Sorry, you have to die."

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(End of this chapter)