The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 500 Those who stay are voluntary, those who go are free

Luo Mingshi deliberately appeared fifty steps away from the porridge shed, and if he found those Ming soldiers chasing him, he was ready to flee into the field immediately.

But he didn't notice anyone chasing him, only heard the singing, "Red Banner Soldiers must keep in mind that they will not plunder the common people even if they starve to death..."

Could this be the prestigious "Red Banner Army"?
Luo Mingshi is a scholar, although he has some knowledge without fame, he still knows a little about the major events that happened in the court.

He was aware of the "Yongping Victory", "Qingcheng Victory", "Fuzhou Victory", "Jinzhou Victory", "Yanbei Great Victory" and so on that were advertised in the mansion newspapers a few years ago, and he also knew about the great achievements of Lien Chan and Lien Chan. The "Red Banner Army".

In order not to starve to death for the whole family, Luo Mingshi went all out, straightened his clothes and went straight to the brightest place, to the hope of survival...

In fact, his appearance has long been discovered by the "Red Banner Army" scouts and secret sentries.

But no one would alarm him, because he had no weapons and no abnormal behavior, the "Red Banner Army" secretly chose to continue to observe.

As he got closer, the aroma of the porridge became stronger, and Luo Mingshi couldn't help swallowing a big mouthful of water. He still drank a bowl of bitter bark wild vegetable porridge yesterday morning. There was basically no food in it, and he would always feel dizzy at this time.

Finally seeing the refugees approaching actively, Liu Zaiqi heaved a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that none of them would come, as soon as one came, there would be a family immediately, and then there would be a large group.

Liu Zaiqi has experience. When attracting hungry people in Gaotaibao and the coast of Shandong, he used porridge to lure the people out to have a full stomach. He would use the opportunity of face-to-face contact with the hungry people to spread the word.

Luo Mingshi held the ancestral jade pendant in his hand and came to the big porridge pot. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a smiling general greet him: "Don't rush to say anything, first have a bowl of gruel to warm your stomach. One pot is no longer hot."

Is there such a good thing?Luo Mingshi hesitated, he looked at the well-dressed Ming soldiers with disbelief.

It's no wonder that Luo Mingshi can't believe that a bowl of sticky hot porridge is equivalent to life at this time, and it is possible to trigger a fight and lead to a murder.

A propaganda team quickly filled a bowl of porridge and sent it to Luo Mingshi, but Luo Mingshi held the porridge bowl but did not drink it.

He cautiously asked: "My lord, there are more than a dozen people in the student's family who are starving, can you allow the student to take this bowl of porridge away?"

The visitor was an educated person, Liu Zaiqi was even more delighted, saying:
"I was ordered by the Marquis of Dongping to give porridge to the hungry people outside the camp. Don't worry! We are the glorious 'Red Banner Army', heroes who beat the Tartars and Jian slaves to the ground.

The 'Red Banner Army' will never kill good men for meritorious service, nor will they plunder the common people if they starve to death. You can drink this bowl of porridge and bring your family!Guarantee everyone has a share! "

It turned out that it was Dongping Hou who gave the porridge. This is really a timely gift!At this moment, the scholar's eyes were really blurred by tears.

The next step was much simpler. After Luo Mingshi brought his family to drink porridge, he took the initiative to go with his younger brother Luo Mingcai to tell the fleeing fellow villagers the good news that they had met the "Red Banner Army".

One word spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and soon hundreds of hungry people gathered outside the camp.

The common people know that following the "Red Banner Army" they will get porridge early every morning, and finally they will take everyone across the sea to divide the land in western Liaoning to cultivate.

It's a pity that most people are unwilling to go to sea. After drinking two bowls of porridge to restore some strength, they choose to leave to make a living by themselves.

Liu Zaiqi still had a pleasant face, and he also told everyone to come back when they found no way out, and to follow the "Red Banner Army". They dare not say anything else, and it is possible to guarantee that no one will starve to death.

"Stay voluntarily, leave freely!" This is the basic policy of population management in the Mainland this time. Of course, this is only limited to good people and refugees, and mobs and captives have no right to choose.

Huang Han didn't care about giving many ordinary people a few meals for nothing, just a few bowls of porridge for each ordinary person. It didn't cost much food, but the publicity effect was no small matter.

Those ordinary people who have regained some physical strength after eating food will continue to wander, and will meet more refugees, and soon they will meet the benevolent "Red Banner Army" and the news that they will be able to eat porridge will spread throughout the Central Plains.

I believe that it won't be long before the "Red Banner Army" gives more people the conditions for reclamation in the West Liaoning Corridor, and there will definitely be refugees who will actively seek out the "Red Banner Army" and ask to go to sea.

This is not taken for granted. In order to survive, too many refugees have already begun to choose the path of no return from thieves. Why is it impossible to choose to take some risks and go to sea to cultivate outside the customs?

Huang Han is a prophet, knowing that the rogues in the past few years have not been beaten, so he asked Liu Zaiqi to publicly disclose the marching route of the "Red Banner Army".

Giving porridge to the common people in the past few days is not a useless effort, but many people choose to follow.

Some ordinary people, headed by Luo Mingshi, asked the ins and outs clearly, and learned that a small half of the soldiers in the "Red Banner Army" here grew up in western Liaoning.

It is already a luxury to have food and clothing in troubled times, so more than 400 households with [-] hundreds of people chose to take a gamble and stayed.

In a day or two, they will be escorted by a hundred generals of the "Red Banner Army" to Tianjinwei and cross the sea to western Liaoning by boat.

Among the hundreds of troops left by Sun Liuzhuang, there was only one soldier of the general banner, and the rest were generals of the guards who lacked a general banner. Those who escorted more than 2000 people to the east to Tianjin Wei were a soldier of the general banner and a soldier of the general banner. General Banner Guard Army.

Two or three thousand refugees couldn't reach Tianjin Wei by themselves, not because the mountains were high and the roads were far away, but because the road conditions were so good that four-wheeled carriages could run fast.

Along the way, the state capital found thousands of refugees gathered and would send government servants and soldiers to drive them away, or they would be treated as bandits and killed.

With the documents issued by the Marquis of Dongping and escorted by the "Red Banner Army" of Baizong, it is impossible for them to be driven and killed. When they reach Tianjinwei, there should be merchant ships and warships that have been notified. waiting.

In the past two years, we have been in constant communication with Tianjin Wei. Every day, there are passenger ships sailing between Lushunkou, Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, Weihaiwei, Juzhou, Haizhou and other cities close to Haizhou, visiting relatives and friends, and doing business. a lot of.

Many merchants are willing to go south by boat from Tianjin Wei. Shipping goods by sea is not only fast and has a large volume, but also saves more than half of the transportation cost.

The nine major merchants who have obtained the right to operate Liaohai basically have their businesses in Tianjinwei, which is actually one of their home ports, and the relationship between the upper and lower levels has been opened up. Now they serve Dongping Hou, and they will not have any public or private Tianjin guards will dare to ask for cards and make trouble.

(End of this chapter)