marquis of jingan

Chapter 35 The Boy with the Story
"Northern Tiger, Northern Wolf."

"The imperial court collects grain to beat tigers and wolves."

"I haven't seen tigers and wolves coming to Jiangdu."

"There is no food before the rice line and the grain line."

"There is no food, and the price is going up."

"Jiangdu is full of tigers and wolves!"

These few jingles, Shen Yi was very patient, teaching these children to sing word by word.

These few jingles were thought up by him in his free time these days, and it took him a lot of effort.

It’s not that this thing requires a high level of literary literacy, on the contrary, this thing can’t be particularly profound, it’s better to be easy to understand and catchy, not only for these beggars to remember, but also for others to listen to it. I can understand it, and even after hearing it, I can quickly recite it and write it down. This is a qualified jingle.

From afternoon to evening, Shen Yi taught these children to sing jingles in this alley.

When it was getting dark, these children had almost remembered them, so Shen Yi glanced at these children and said: "After you remember it, you can sing it when you go out tomorrow. What you need to pay attention to is that you can't sing all the time. I will change places after singing for a while."

Among the group of beggars, the leader looked to be around twelve or thirteen years old. Although his clothes were ragged and his skin was a bit dark, his eyes were quite agile. He looked at Shen Yi and said in authentic Jiangdu dialect: "This Young master, will it be dangerous for us to spread these songs?"

"There will be some."

Shen Yi's face was calm, and he said quietly: "That's why I asked you to sing for a while and change places. If anyone asks, you will say that an old beggar taught you to sing. Even if someone wants to ask, they will go after the old beggar. I won't be chasing you again, of course..."

Shen Yi chuckled and said: "Those people may be very clever. It is difficult for you to lie in front of them. If you encounter difficulties, you don't have to cover them up for me. Just tell them that I taught you."

After saying this, Shen Yi stood up from the ground, glanced at the six children, and exhaled slightly: "This matter is considered a favor to me, if this matter is done well, no matter what you have If you don’t confess me, I will find you a place to eat afterwards, or take you to make a living by eating. I can’t guarantee anything else, but at least I can guarantee that you will be able to eat, clothe and have a shelter before winter comes. residence."

It is May, it is summer, and it is a better season for the poor.

After all, in this season, let alone ragged clothes, even if you are naked, there will be no problem, but when winter comes, it will be a fatal season. At that time, it will not only be a problem of food shortage, but also no thick clothes. No place to live, no quilts, any of these things may have killed these children.

Among these children, the oldest one stood up, looked at Shen Yi, and stretched out one by one dirty hands.

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly, stretched out his hand and slapped the boy, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, I won't lie to you."

The young man raised his head, looked at Shen Yi, and said, "My surname is Xu, Xu Fu."

Shen Yi was a little surprised.

Surprised that this child living on the street has a name and a surname.

Then he understood what the child meant, and said with a smile, "My surname is..."

He just said these two words, the child named Xu Fu shook his head, and said in Jiangdu dialect: "I told you the name to tell you that the few of us will do what you explain, and we will not Tell you, as for your name..."

Xu Fu looked at the five younger children beside him, and said, "If we find out, I can promise not to reveal it. They are still young, so I can't guarantee that."

Hearing Xu Fu's words, Shen Yi glanced at the child thoughtfully, and then said, "I didn't expect to meet a child with a story, so let's do what you want."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi took out a piece of silver that was about one or two half dollars from his pocket, handed it to the young man named Xu Fu, and said, "You can take this money for them to eat these few days. , remember, if you are arrested and they use means to force you to interrogate you, you don’t have to grit your teeth and say nothing, since I came out to do this thing, I have the confidence to deal with it.”

After saying this, Shen Yi took a few steps outside and waved to the boy Xu Fu.

"You come."

Xu Fu walked two or three steps forward, Shen Yi whispered his name in his ear.

"Remember, don't hold on."

Xu Fu raised his head and looked at Shen Yi: "The government will arrest us, right?"

"If you do well enough, the government will not be able to catch you."

Now, the soaring price of food in Jiangdu City is an iron fact. Although the people in Jiangdu are relatively rich and will be able to support it for a while, once this nursery rhyme is spread, it will definitely resonate in Jiangdu. It is sung throughout Jiangdu.

At that time, even if the government wants to trace the source, it will be difficult to trace it.

Of course, doing so is not without risk of exposure.

Therefore, Shen Yi also thought of a way to deal with it. Once this matter is really found out on his own head, then he is sure to get out.

After all, the nursery rhyme he wrote was ostensibly aimed at the imperial court and the government, but in fact it was aimed at the grain merchants in Jiangdu.

Because the imperial court did not "requisition grain", but bought grain!

The imperial court never talked about grain collection. From the beginning to the end, the grain merchants in Jiangdu were talking about the imperial court's grain collection. It was just that the magistrate's yamen turned a blind eye, which led to the current situation.

Once things get serious and this nursery rhyme spreads widely, the government has no way to deal with it thoroughly, it can only deal with the original "rumor makers".

That is, those grain merchants.

From this point of view, even if the matter was found out on Shen Yi's head, Shen Yi was not guilty. At most, he was deceived by those grain merchants and "misunderstood" the court.

Xu Fu nodded to Shen Yi, turned his head to look at the little guys behind him, lowered his head to Shen Yi, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Find a place where they can feed and clothe themselves.”

Xu Fu is 13 years old.

He has been wandering in Jiangdu for five years. Five years of wandering has made his mind abnormally precocious, because he has seen too many impermanence in the world.

Last winter, he saw two people freeze to death in a ruined temple outside the city because they had no warm clothes.

For these wandering beggars, Shen Yi's promise is really too tempting.

Shen Yi looked at the young man Xu Fu, then at the five children behind him, and nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I will keep my promise, I will not only give you a place to live and solve your food and clothing problems, but also Teach you enough to survive."

Xu Fu glanced at Shen Yi, nodded silently, then turned his head and walked into the pile of five beggars, took the five children with him, and began to discuss where to sing nursery rhymes tomorrow.

Shen Yi stood there for a while, and after a while, he also left the alley with his hands behind his back.

Today, he was just looking for a few megaphones to "speak" for him, but unexpectedly he met a young man with a story.

This is also a surprise.

If used well, these young men might become one of his important supports in Jiangdu.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked up at the moon in the sky, and stretched a lot.

"pity…"

"Unfortunately, my heart is not hard enough."

Young Master Shen yawned again, and whispered something in his heart.

"Otherwise, if I help you raise the price of food and starve to death, you will have to search your home..."

(End of this chapter)