Cutting 1719

Chapter 636

Luang Prabang.

A group of young men in ragged clothes walked forward with their hands tied upside down. Most of them were young people. They were divided into two long teams according to men and women. Everyone's faces showed a little bit of confusion and despair. In color, he staggered forward, followed by many soldiers with muskets on both sides.

Due to a spring rain that just fell, the road surface was softened by the rain, and there were splashes of mud everywhere, but it seemed that most people didn't care about it. There was only a young man standing at the front of the line, he was wearing Wearing a brocade gown, frowning, he wiped his boots with a handkerchief.

"Hey, how long is it until we arrive in Myanmar? Master, I can't waste my time on this!"

A middle-aged man dressed as a military officer laughed quickly and said, "Young Master, we should still have to walk a day from here to Myanmar. Let's hurry up today and we will arrive tomorrow morning."

The young man spit lightly, looked back at those people who were like pigs and dogs, but snorted coldly: "Forget it, find a place to rest for a while today, if I leave again, I'm afraid I'll die for seven years." Eight, I'd better walk slowly, and my loss will be lower if a few young masters die less!"

The officer waved his hand helplessly, greeted a soldier, and said in a low voice, "Hurry up and send someone to greet you! Today we are resting at the border and let them prepare their accommodation. We must not delay Young Master."

The young man was not named Shaojun, but one of the dozens of lords in Burma. He was originally a child of the Zhang family, named Zhang Ziying. Because his father made great contributions to the unification, he was made a lord. So he followed his father to Myanmar, and began his days of being king in Myanmar.

After the death of King Suryawangsa of the Lancang Kingdom, Prime Minister Din Tara became the king on his own due to lack of heirs. As a result, he was quickly killed due to lack of strength. The predicament of the prince fighting for the throne has been fighting for decades, and several parties have been fighting in a daze.

At this time, two brothers, Jisara and Intara, the grandsons of Suryawangsa, occupied Luang Prabang and refused to recognize the rule of their uncle's new king, Setattila II. He sent his younger brother to attack Luang Prabang, but Jisara was defeated, and Luang Prabang was successfully recovered by Saitatila II.

Later, when the two brothers saw that they couldn't do it, they asked for help from the Siamese Ayutthaya Kingdom. The Siamese King Suryan Tatti Bodhi had long thought of interfering in the internal affairs of the Lancang Kingdom, so he chose to immediately send troops to invade Vientiane, forcing Setathira II to submit to the king. Siam sued for peace and recognized Gisara's throne.

Since then, Lancang has been divided into the Kingdom of Luang Prabang and the Kingdom of Vientiane. Gisara is the king of Luang Prabang, and King Saitatila II is the king of Vientiane. Later, Siam incited Champasak to further weaken the power of Lancang An independent country was established from the Vientiane Kingdom, so the Lancang Kingdom in the past was finally split into several small countries, and conflicts often occurred between them.

As far as the lords in Myanmar were concerned, they started their operations in Myanmar fairly well. They recruited a large number of domestic landless civilians to farm in Myanmar. As a result, these lords discovered one thing, that is, Myanmar The reclaimable and arable area of ​​the country is too wide, and it can also grow Champa rice three times a year. The harvest is naturally much higher than that in China, but the problem is that there are not enough people to cultivate it.

Naturally, these people came to Myanmar not to build great rivers and mountains, but because of the profit demand given by the emperor and the Li Fanyuan, they essentially turned the monarchy system into a game of colonial companies. To put it bluntly, they used Luang Prabang Kingdom, Champasak Kingdom and Vientiane Kingdom, to take advantage of the chaos - like these slaves are the gains that Luang Prabang King Intara sold to Zhang Family Shaojun.

Zhang Ziying bought more than 800 slaves from Intara in total, all of them were young and strong, but dozens of them died along the way, which made him feel a little bit pained—just a little bit, after all The price of these slaves is not high, each of them is only worth ten silver dollars.

And through the efforts of lords like Zhang Ziying, a large amount of rice, logs, sawn timber, agricultural products, aquatic products and tropical water can be transferred to the country, and part of the income obtained from it belongs to the national treasury, and the other part belongs to them yourself, to make a profit.

With a clear whistle, the soldiers escorted the slaves to continue limping. Zhang Ziying and the others could rest on the way, but the slaves could only walk slowly and could not really stop, otherwise they would not be able to catch up at all If Zhang Ziying and the others were riding fast, if there were those who could not walk at all, they would often die on the road directly.
In fact, in the records of later generations, this kind of suffering march is not uncommon, and it almost existed widely along with the expansion of the empire. A large number of people from Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and even the Far East have become these The silent group, they established the huge empire of Dachu with blood and sweat.

In May, the sunlight in front of the gate of Nanjing Prison was a bit dazzling, especially when people who had been inside for a long time just came out, they would be very unaccustomed to the light. They would often lower their heads slightly and put their sleeves over their eyes all the way. Walking forward, it is as if you have committed a great sin and are repenting.

Among these 'repentant' crowd, Shen Luochuan will not appear too special. This is his second time entering the palace, which is no different from the time he entered the prison a few years ago - when the emperor announced the new After adopting the civil servant examination rules, he took people to the street again to make a fuss, but this time he didn't make a fuss, so he was arrested by the police from the Nanjing Police Station, and then handed over to the Dali Temple in the prefecture for a sentence of " The crimes of "illegal assembly" and "illegal procession" have been squatting for a whole month.

Thinking of this, Shen Luochuan's eyes couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. It wasn't because the sun was too glaring, but because he was really sad - this time he didn't even make a name for himself by making trouble, even Even the serious army didn't see it, and it was cleaned up by the army before anyway.

For Shen Luochuan, this meant that he was becoming more and more unable to shake the huge court, and there was no need to kill him at all. Just passing formal laws and regulations was enough to make him suffer.

The person standing in front of Shen Luochuan was not his other friends, but a person whom he hadn't seen for a long time——Shen Weijun, both of them could be regarded as romantic figures in scholarly circles back then, but the situation is quite different now, Shen Luochuan has two He was released from prison for the first time, but Shen Weijun looked dignified.

"Brother Luochuan, my younger brother was entrusted by his wife to welcome you out of prison. Don't worry, the bail has been paid in full. As long as you keep your duty in the future, nothing will happen if you think about it."

Shen Weijun had a slight smile on his face, obviously he didn't have a bad impression of his fellow countryman.

But at this moment, Shen Luochuan just glanced at this person lightly, then turned his head and walked behind him, as if he wanted to go in again, which made Shen Weijun a little curious.

"Brother Luo Chuan, could it be possible that something was left behind in the prison? If it's not something urgent, let's forget it, why bother going in again?"

However, Shen Weijun did not expect that Shen Luochuan stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at him coldly, and said softly: "It was you who betrayed all the scholars back then, not to mention sending them to prison, and even ruining the world. It turned out to be so despicable, and the smell of copper is really unsightly, I would rather go to prison than be with you!"

"you!"

Shen Weijun snorted coldly, nodded to Shen Luochuan twice, finally held back his breath, and said coldly: "You can go in as you want, but I want to tell you that this time, to save you, Mrs. You sold the family's fields and houses, and paid a large sum of money to the family, and then paid off the bail, so you can do it yourself."

After saying these words, Shen Weijun ignored this sour scholar and left this place directly. For him, being able to come here now is purely entrusted by others, but seeing such a person, naturally he is not happy. Willing to continue the conversation.

If you have this spare time, why not take good care of your own big animals and earn more money!
Seeing that Shen Weijun left this place, Shen Luochuan had no choice but to return to his inn in Nanjing alone, but at this time, he found that his mother-in-law and his three-year-old daughter were also in the inn, waiting alone, this scene made Shen Luochuan even more angry .

"Why did you two come here? As women, you should abide by women's morals, stay at home honestly, don't come out, and don't make trouble for me!"

The woman was in her 20s, but she looked like a woman in her 30s because of her hard work all the year round. She lowered her head and wiped her tears, and murmured, "Why would I want to come out? But you made a mistake." Wang Fa, I have no way to know about you, so I had to entrust my clan to sell the house and land, and borrowed money from my natal family for travel expenses. Then I went to Nanjing and entrusted your clan brother to redeem you. .”

The woman's nagging, coupled with the poor little daughter beside him, somehow extinguished the resentment and hostility in Shen Luochuan's heart at once. Unable to bear it, he hugged his wife in front of him and began to cry bitterly.

"What do you think I'm trying to figure out? Why am I so stupid. They take me as a joke, and I also make myself a joke. I'm in my 30s, what the hell am I doing!?"

The sadness that had not been expressed humanly for many years turned into rolling tears, running across Shen Luochuan's face, causing the woman and the child to cry together, but the crying could not be stopped until The shopkeeper downstairs couldn't help it anymore, he ran up slowly, and slapped the door panel several times.

"I said, are you mourning? I am an inn. If you call like this, others will think that we are dead!"

The chunky old shopkeeper was also merciless, and he muttered: "Hey, since your husband came back alive, he made money. You didn't see how many people jumped off the gate a few days ago. A sour scholar who can only read books can be regarded as finding a reason to die. If you want me to say, as long as this person is still alive, there is hope, right?"

Hearing the old shopkeeper's persuasion, Shen Luochuan stopped crying, looked at his wife and daughter in front of him, and said in a low voice: "I figured it out, the world has completely changed, and those few broken books alone won't be able to get out." Boss, we are still in our hometown, and depending on the relationship in the clan, I can even go to farm!"

The woman was overjoyed immediately, she hurriedly went to pack the bag, and said in a low voice as she packed it: "If you thought about it earlier, why would you suffer so much grievance? Your clan brother said earlier that we can choose to go to his factory Working part-time, you can at least be a bookkeeper or something! At that time, a few silver dollars will come down a month, and it is no problem to support the family!"

"What? As an accountant?"

Shen Luochuan's head was a little buzzing, he didn't think he was cheap, but subconsciously looked at his hands, could he really do this job well?

But anyway, life must go on.When the Shen family's family walked out of the inn, Shen Luochuan suddenly felt as if he was born again. This time, he cried out all the unwillingness and grievances in his heart. Some rainy feeling.

However, just as the Shen family was about to pass through the intersection, there was a dull impact sound from the front, as if a bag full of things hit the ground, but it couldn't help attracting everyone to look ahead, only Seeing that the blue stone slab was covered with blood gurgling everywhere, the whole scene looked terrifying and bloody.

After a while, the crowd gathered together, and many people were talking quietly.

"I heard that he is a scholar from Sichuan. He is just over [-] years old and has no chance to take the imperial examination. I heard that the fields at home have been sold and there is no way out. I can only die!"

"Hey, it's not that one or two of these sour scholars have died. If you want me to say that you can't survive in Dachu now? My nephew goes to work in the rice mill in the east of the city, and he has two silver dollars a month. !"

"That's right, these people are just reading and making their heads stupid. If you want me to say that now is the best time, I can earn more than 100 silver dollars in a month just by opening a restaurant!"

"Hey, sir, do you still need a cook? I was an old expert in the capital back then, and I was good at cooking lion heads!"

"Successful, hurry up and try it in your restaurant tomorrow, if it is successful, I will give you ten silver dollars in a month!"

Seeing that the direction of everyone's chatting was getting more and more deviated, Shen Luochuan couldn't help but coughed, and was about to say something that the dead are the most important, but at this time, people from the police station also came, and they cleaned up the body of the person who jumped from the building. It was put into a bag and carried away, and it seemed that it was going to be sent to the incineration plant in the east of the city to be burned.

Shen Luochuan couldn't help sighing, he looked at the pool of blood on the ground with a complicated gaze, but he couldn't help but think in his heart, if he was still obsessed with it, he might be the one who died here by then.

Hey, wicked world!

(End of this chapter)