Datang Longya

Chapter 29 Refugees
When I came here, I traveled day and night, and when I went back, I naturally had to lie in the carriage. Who would always ride a horse to make a fuss when they have nothing to do?

One carriage and five board carriages accommodated 46 people. Many dogs in Team Xun looked enviously at Leng Feng and Li Chengqian huddled in the carriage. How warm the carriage was!
This time, Leng Feng didn't bring any money with him. He hated the sound of coins flipping in his pocket, so he didn't usually bring any money.When I came here, I was busy on my way, everyone ate dry food, and I was not in the mood to buy delicious food.

As a result, when planning to buy a carriage on the return trip, Li Chengqian took out two silver coins from the armhole... Since Li Chengqian paid for the carriage, Leng Feng unceremoniously entered the carriage with Li Chengqian.

There is nothing wrong with saying that it is difficult to go out without money!After eating the dry food, the owner of Tangtang Tianxialou could only take the Tangtang prince and 44 members of the dignified fast special team Xun team up the mountain to walk rabbits.

At night, 46 people ate ten rabbits around the bonfire, panicking.

It is said that if you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts, but Leng Feng only "robbed" Luo Yi once, and it was his turn to be robbed two days later when the sky was dark.

"I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree. If you want to live here, you can save money to buy roads!"

Standard robbery slogan!
A thin man stood in the middle of the road, but the wooden spear in his hand didn't seem a little threatening to the group of Xun team members who had just finished their murderous addiction.

Li Chengqian felt that it would be embarrassing for the master to show up, so he opened the curtain and said to the man, "How dare you rob more than 40 of us by yourself? Are you stupid!"

The man waved his hands with a sly smile, and people in ragged clothes soon emerged from the bushes on both sides of the road.There are men and women, old and young. At first glance, there are hundreds of people at least.

Seeing that these hundreds of people had surrounded him, Li Chengqian couldn't help getting back into the carriage: "Master, we are also surrounded..."

Although his tone was fearful, Li Chengqian's expression showed no trace of worry. The five hundred cavalrymen who were fully armed were wiped out by 60 people, let alone these people.The better ones still had an ax in their hands, but many more had sticks.

"Si Gouzi, bring the leader over here, I have something to ask him."

Si Gouzi, who was dozing off in the car, immediately became full of energy when he heard the boss speak.Jumping out of the car, the whole person rushed out like an arrow from the string!
There was no need to pull out the three-edged thorn, and the wooden stick swung at him was pushed aside with the sheath. With fists and kicks, Sigouzi grabbed the leading man and rushed back with one hand.

The man was punched by Si Gouzi on the waist and eyes, the pain was so painful that he lost a little strength, and was thrown by Si Gouzi to the side of the carriage like a dead dog.

Seeing that the people around him were about to rush forward, Si Gouzi pulled out the three-edged thorn and stabbed the man's neck on the ground: "If you dare to take a step forward, I will kill him!"

The people around stopped immediately.

Li Chengqian graciously lifted the curtain for Leng Feng, and Leng Feng did not get out of the car, but sat on the shaft of the car and looked down at the man lying on the ground: "Look at your clothes, you are not Turkic, you should be Han, why did you gather a crowd to rob?"

The man lay on the ground for a while, recovered some strength, turned over and knelt down on the ground: "Heroic man, spare my life, heroic man, my name is Lin Gensheng, and he is a refugee in this mountain. As for gathering people to rob, there is really nothing to eat in the mountains in winter." It's gone!"

Leng Feng asked suspiciously: "The imperial court ordered a few years ago that all refugees who leave the mountains will not only be subsidized with rations and registered as household registration, but will also be exempted from taxes for three years. Why don't you go out of the mountains?"

"Going out of the mountains?" Lin Gensheng smiled bitterly: "If this is the case, of course we will go out of the mountains, so that we can grow land and eat food. Who would eat grass seeds and chew grass roots in the mountains? But..."

Lin Gensheng burst into tears at this point: "In Anmin County not far away, some refugees heard about the imperial government's policy and went out of the mountain, but they were shackled by the county magistrate and punished with hard labor. Their lives are worse than pigs and dogs. ah!"

After speaking, Lin Gensheng cried bitterly, and many refugees around him also shed tears.

Li Chengqian's face turned red with anger: "How could this be! How could it be like this!!"

Leng Feng squeezed his chin, and said to Li Chengqian: "Don't worry, this matter still needs to be investigated."

Leng Feng said to Lin Gensheng: "Since you were forced to rob, then it's justifiable. How about it, where do you live? It's getting late, we don't have a place to live yet, and there is a car that hit us during the day. Wild boar, go back to your place and I will treat you to some meat."

Hearing that there is meat to eat, Lin Gensheng's saliva flowed out: "It's not far from here, it's not far from here, I'll take you there."

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Looking at the entrance of the cave covered by bundles of weeds and the old people who were rubbing dogtail grass seeds hard, Leng Feng couldn't help frowning.

Although I can imagine that the life of these people is very difficult, but I didn't expect it to reach this point.The Qinling Mountains are rich in products, and prey can be caught even in winter, so at least the refugees in the Qinling Mountains will not eat grass seeds in winter.But the surrounding area is full of dirt hills, at most a few rabbits pass by, and a few rabbits are not enough to feed these hundreds of people.

The cave is very deep, and there is a pile of grass a few meters away. This is where they sleep.The only iron pot had leaked, so these people simply smashed the iron pot into pieces, sharpened them and stuck wooden sticks to chop firewood, so a large stone trough was used for cooking.

A wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms was boiled in clear water without seasoning, but these people ate it all with relish.

Lin Gensheng even picked up the discarded pig offal, washed it with water under the ice of the creek, roasted it casually with a few young men and ate it.

Eating the mouth-piercing grass seed rice, Li Chengqian couldn't help but shed tears: "Master, have these people lived from the end of the Sui Dynasty to the present by relying on this thing?"

Leng Feng rubbed Li Chengqian's head: "Chengqian, I hope you remember that you can't base your happiness on the suffering of the people. The only result of such a dynasty is to be overthrown!"

That night, Li Chengqian lay on the pile of thatch where the flesh was cut, and stayed up all night...

Early the next morning, Leng Feng and the others touched some dirt on their faces and rolled on the grass a few times. After everyone was in a panic, they abandoned the car and went down the mountain.I plan to see how the local government will treat the refugees.

The county seat of Anmin County is not far away, near noon, Leng Feng and others arrived at the gate of the county seat.

"Wait, let's talk about you! What are you doing!"

A county government officer guarding the gate quickly stopped them.

"We are refugees in the mountains. I heard that the imperial court has a policy to appease the refugees. No, we plan to go out of the mountains to farm. Sir, please do me a favor and tell us where to get naturalized."

After San Gouzi finished speaking, he gave the policeman a copper coin.

The policeman glanced at the missing corner, which was obviously a copper coin from the Sui Dynasty, and his disdainful expression became more and more intense.

"Okay, follow me to the county government office and see the county master."

San Gouzi nodded and bowed immediately, and followed the arrester into the county seat.

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