Zhurou

Chapter 17 Lamb
The snow on the road in winter has not disappeared, and as soon as he left Caizhou City, Zhao Mingzhi was killed and dismounted.

She had already wrapped her head and face with a cloth scarf and put on a cloak, so she was not afraid of the cold, but at first it was fine, after only two or three hours of running, the whole body was blown through by the cold wind.

The quick foot replacement has always been non-stop day and night. In order not to tire the horses halfway, it is usually a rotation of four fast horses.

Zhao Mingzhi felt that his riding skills were good enough, and he had made some preparations beforehand, but when he got on, he changed to the third horse.

A group of more than a dozen people did not say a word, silently guarding behind them, like a long snake-shaped team, horseshoes trampled on the ground, splashing broken ice and hard soil in all directions.

When walking at night, there used to be an official road, although it was muddy, it was still possible to walk.

As we went west, the road became more and more ugly, and more and more sporadic people gathered on both sides.

It was half dark, and everyone was afraid of accidentally stepping on a pedestrian, so they had to slow down a little.

Only then did Zhao Mingzhi take a breath.

Her eyes occasionally turned to the pedestrians on the official road. Most of them were old and weak, women and children, and most of them carried soft bags, pots and pans with them. Even just wrap it up thicker, find a shelter from the wind, and sleep curled up like that.

They say they are pedestrians, but they are actually refugees.

The movement of the horse's hooves was extremely loud, and before they approached, it already woke people up, and the ground was filled with crying and screaming along the way, men, women and children ran all over the mountain to hide for no reason.

Seeing that the roadside was getting more and more chaotic, the anxious footman who was running at the front had to turn around and ask: "Shangguan, why don't you go separately this time? The people in this area are all retreated from Pingyang, Xuzhou, and Xuzhou. Diren cavalry, we have a lot of horses, I'm afraid it will cause people to misunderstand."

The guard at the front didn't dare to make up his mind, so he had to turn his horse around and look for the leader.

If the team leader is willing to agree, he will refuse with a frown.

But Zhao Mingzhi didn't hear right from behind, so he called someone over.

Although the quick-footed substitute didn't know Zhao Mingzhi's identity, seeing that the dozen or so people were uniformly dressed, they were not the guards of ordinary soldiers.

One person has four riders, and ten people is forty riders. In the dark, the iron hooves trampled on the ground, and it was only when there was a war, and the people who had to move south due to the fall of the countryside, how could they not be afraid.

Zhao Mingzhi sat on the horse and looked sideways, only to see chaos in the near and far distance, and someone could vaguely hear someone crying and shouting: "Don't knock my mother down!"

Someone cried again: "Who took my son away!"

She knew that if a group of people walked straight forward, relying on the speed of the horses, they would be able to pass safely, but the passersby on the side of the official road would be disturbed, and it would not be uncommon for them to be injured or killed.

It should be known that every year when the lights were turned off in Shangyuan, tens of hundreds of people were trampled to death and trampled to death. Tonight, there is not even light. In the wilderness, how do these defenseless people who are already at a loss respond.

Not daring to hesitate any longer, Zhao Mingzhi only thought for a while, and then said to the officer in charge of the imperial guards: "Please arrange for four soldiers to go ahead and tell the people along the way, just say..."

She paused, and then said: "Just say that the imperial court is on business, please leave the idlers, and don't block the way."

This place is not far from Caizhou, and it is also within the jurisdiction of the garrisoned guards. Order still exists, even if the flag is raised, there is no need to worry.

Hearing Zhao Mingzhi's words, the imperial guard ordered his men immediately, and as expected, they rode forward, shouting and drinking non-stop along the way.

The group of people behind waited for half a moment before continuing on their way.

Sure enough, with the greeting from the people in front, the refugees are already prepared and no longer afraid. Although there are some who still refuse to retreat, after all, the number is not many, as long as they pay attention to it, it will not cause trouble.

Seeing the group of people traveling smoothly, Zhao Mingzhi was not at all happy, but felt heavy in his heart.

Caizhou is already considered the rear, as far away as Xuzhou and Xuzhou, but there are already so many refugees here.

She just counted the dishes, and in just half a cup of tea, she saw at least thirty or fifty families on the side of the road.

Although acquaintances from the same hometown often gather together when fleeing, but from such a number, one can already infer how miserable the front line of the Great Jin Dynasty was.

What are the people guilty of?

As for Caizhou, can it appease so many refugees?
In the past at this time, the imperial court was moving the capital to the south, and Caizhou was almost an empty city. She later learned that from Caizhou to Hongzhou, hundreds of thousands of people starved to death along the way, and the people changed their children to eat each other.

The coming year was even worse.

Half of the land was lost, and the vitality of the Jin Dynasty was greatly injured. Even after the northerners retreated, it took several months for the imperial court to slowly regain the old land.

Because of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, which were rare in a century, the food supply soared, famine was everywhere, and countless people died of starvation.

Now knowing that the Di people will retreat after a few more months, it is best to keep the refugees in Caizhou, at least not continue southward, otherwise it will be more difficult to organize the refugees to return after the Di people retreat.

As long as someone dares to speak out and do things, it is not impossible to resettle refugees.

Tongping Zhangshi Sun Chong was in Yingzhou to care for tens of thousands of refugees when he was young.

I'm afraid that because the emperor is in Caizhou and they have selfish intentions to move the capital, they will rush to drive the people south.

In terms of national strength, regardless of population, region, or financial resources, the Jin Dynasty is more than ten times better than the North.

As long as there is a little time to breathe, it will make people feel relieved, as long as they live on, there will always be opportunities in the future.

And the northern frontier must not be given up, otherwise one will ebb and flow, and in the future, whether it is to regain the territory or inspire people's hearts, it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Zhao Mingzhi clarified this point, and made up her mind. When it was daylight, she finally arrived at a post station. She saw a few guards who had gone ahead to open the way and the guides waiting in front of the door, and she finally slowed down. tone.

One night plus half a morning of fast running on an empty stomach, she had already relied entirely on inertia, and now she stopped and stepped on the ground again with her feet, Zhao Mingzhi's legs were weak, and she was almost unable to stand, but finally reacted quickly enough to hold on to the saddle, so as not to fall.

Yushuang hurried over to support her, and they entered the station together.

A postman came up to deliver food and water earlier, and everyone chose tables and chairs to sit down to eat, but they didn't say a word, but the faces on the recent table were ugly, they only drank water, there were cakes and meat in the middle, and there was nothing to eat. people go get it.

Zhao Mingzhi glanced at it, and his intuition was wrong, because he recognized that this was a few people who were going to clear the way first, so he turned around and pointed at one person and asked, "But I'm not used to it? Or did something happen on the way?"

The man shook his head.

Zhao Mingzhi found the youngest one with a strong resentment on his face, and asked again: "What happened?"

The guard was so angry that he wanted to lower his head to drink water, but the tea was brought to his mouth, and then he put it back on the table, saying: "Just now I went to clear the way, and when I met a fellow villager, I was heard and scolded head-on. Said that I will not go to the front to kill Di thief, but will only use the common people to play with power and prestige in the back..."

On the one hand, his nose was sour, tears and snot had already come down.

Zhao Mingzhi's heart tightened, knowing that this person was scolded on behalf of Zhao, he wanted to comfort him, but he knew that it would be useless to say anything, so he simply said: "Don't worry, if you are really angry, you have to eat more vegetables and meat to feed yourself. There will be a day when I tell you to kill Thief Di."

After she finished speaking, she took a plate of mutton in front of her, placed it directly in front of the guard, kissed him a cup of tea, and said, "I'll see if you have the strength then."

The guard raised his head and wiped away his tears, and after a long while, he gave a "huh" forcefully, but took a bite of the bread with a few slices of mutton in front of him viciously.

　I saw the little rabbit, thank you madoka1013 rabbit for giving me Heshibi, it's very beautiful, but I don't want it next time~
　　Thank you Zhenzi for giving me the God of Wealth’s small money jar and the peace talisman, and the safety talisman hung on my head by the yellow Scorpio =3=
　　Don’t give a big reward for this book, everyone is happy to read it and give a piece of peace talisman to make fun of it~
　　Seeing many old friends, I am actually very happy, but I am a little worried that you will find them boring or ugly, but because of my face, I can't say it clearly...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)