in the edge

Chapter 116 Life Will Find Its Way Out
Du Chengfeng, who was riding on the horse, was quite sad.

I think that when he first came to this world, he was a refugee with no footsteps, and managed to get some family business in Yangjiabao. After a big war, he became a refugee again—of course, before The time in Yanzhou was good. Not only did he have a job, he was given a house, and he even had the opportunity to study with retired veteran cadres.

After a big war, he is still a refugee.

Fortunately, this time, it was not just him, not just the folks in Yangjiabao, but also more than [-] people in Yanzhou, like them, left their hometown and started this promising career.

"Is this really a good thing?"

Carpenter Li, who was driving the cart, became increasingly uncomfortable. He always felt that his life was becoming increasingly bleak.

Why did you become a refugee again?Why did he say again?
"It's really a good thing."

On the cart, old man Yang Xuanyang, who hadn't shown up for a long time, explained.

Indeed, there are still some people who are unwilling to leave their hometown and choose to stay in the countryside of Yanzhou, but soon these people will have to bear the consequences of their choices - Jizhou and Yanzhou have been broken, and the entire Shanbei Road Almost beaten to pieces, the Nanchen court will definitely send troops to the front line to resist the enemy.

As for the location of the front line, it is naturally Jizhou and Yanzhou.

Caught between the two armies, the lives of those left behind will only become more difficult. They can at least survive as refugees, but it will be difficult for those left behind to even save their lives.

"But being this refugee is not so easy."

In the corner of the big car, Liu Bolun, who came over to sit in the car, was gulping down wine. Just by looking at his sparse forehead, he could tell that he was under a lot of pressure during this time.

As the real organizer of this great retreat, Liu Bolun worked hard during this period. It was precisely because of this that he could understand what a huge project a great retreat involving more than [-] people was.

How to appease the people, how to arrange an orderly evacuation, how to achieve the fastest evacuation, and how to take care of the people along the way... It was at this time that he realized that Ruan Shantao's more than ten years of enlightenment , what exactly does it mean.

If those literate people whom Old Ruan had taught hadn't taken the initiative to step forward and cooperate with the evacuation, his job this time would probably have been a hundred times more difficult.

Although the old man failed to spread the benevolence and righteousness in his heart to the whole world in the end, the education of more than ten years actually saved the lives of the people in Yanzhou City.

"belch."

Thinking of this, Liu Bolun raised his hand and saluted Ziyang Mountain in the distance.

Then continue to think about some more difficult questions.

such as……

"Where do we go? What do we eat?"

Du Chengfeng, who was riding a horse, was stunned by the question.

"Do you still need to think about this kind of thing...?"

It was only halfway through the speech that Du Chengfeng realized that this might really be something to think about.

After all, this time, the number of refugees is no longer the hundreds of people from the folks at the beginning, but a huge team of more than [-] people. The so-called tens of thousands of people are boundless. The consumption of food is already an exaggerated figure.Although Liu Bolun almost emptied Yanzhou's warehouse before leaving, but the amount allocated to everyone still can't last for too long.

As for where to go... Is there any place that can receive such a large number of refugees?
"But this kind of thing is not something to consider."

When he realized what Liu Bolun was thinking, Du Chengfeng didn't care.

"Or, it's not something you need to think about."

Perhaps for a novice refugee like Liu Bolun, this is an extremely serious problem, but for Du Chengfeng and the folks in Yangjiabao, this kind of thing has already been experienced. They were also beaten to death, and the people in the countryside of Ji Town were even stunned by He Xiqing's surprise attack, but when they came to their senses, they still fled in all directions and disappeared without a trace.

The population of one state sounds like a lot, but when these people choose to join their relatives or go to distant places to find a place to return, these more than [-] people will be dispersed in a short time.

In fact, it has already started. Perhaps in Liu Bolun's impression, the number of refugees was still more than [-], but according to Du Chengfeng's observation, when he just came back from Yanzhou City, the people in the team had already left. More than half of the team has passed, and after leaving Yanzhou, the number became less and less. And as the team moved forward, almost every moment someone fell behind, taking their relatives, friends, or wives and children, and went to their own place. The direction you want to go.

Now, it's hard to say whether this team can add up to 1 people.

Just like water, without any guidance, people will flow to those places that allow them to live.

Guided by the survival instinct, life will find its own way.

"So why are you following here? Can't you find a way out on your own?"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng turned his horse around and took out the grassland army general in the team.

He had rescued these grassland people in Yanzhou City at that time. He didn't think much about it when he did it, just to add trouble to Xiang Rong. It happened that he also wanted to practice the feeling of "doing whatever he wanted" at that time, so He just did it casually - but who would have thought that after a battle, these more than 300 prairie soldiers would rely on him, following him all the way, refusing to leave.

This may be the other side of doing whatever you want. People always have to bear the consequences for their actions.

Of course, Du Chengfeng is not without the courage to bear the consequences, but the question is why do these people have to rely on him?
"Because... we have nowhere to go."

The prairie general named Ji'erhuo who was picked up by Du Chengfeng couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

There is indeed no place to go. After all, the grassland vanguard who entered Yanzhou City has been divided into three parts due to different circumstances-the first part is unlucky. Under the pursuit of Du Chengfeng and Xiang Rong, they All turned into corpses.Fortunately for the second part, they found out that Master Guoshi was mad, so they escaped before the city gate was sealed.

As for the third part, it is their more than 300 prisoners.

go back?impossible.During the period of being captive alone, they were offered good wine and meat, they couldn't tell.What's more, as captives, even if they return to the grassland, they will only be ridiculed by others.If Da Khan was in a bad mood, they might all have their heads chopped off.

As for not going back...

Where can they go?
It seemed that the best choice was to follow this Fire Blade Warrior. After all, this Fire Blade Warrior was really good to them and even spared their lives.

What's more, those Yanzhou people may have escaped earlier and didn't know what happened in the city, but these grassland soldiers who have experienced everything in the city know how powerful this fire blade warrior is. force.

It is almost a warrior's instinct to follow such a strong man.

Life will find its own way out, and they all know who they should be with in order to live longer.

"So the worst case scenario is to die in battle. Anyway, we all owe you a life... Tell me, who should we fight?"

"..."

Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time.

Well, as the first and only rebel in Nanchen, he now has the first team that can fight.

But the question is, who does he need to fight?
"Let's save some food when eating, and find something to make a living by yourself when you have time later."

This is Du Chengfeng's greatest expectation for this grassland soldier.

Perhaps this is why the people of Yanzhou were in such a hurry to leave. After all, not everyone can accept that there are more than 300 prairie warriors of unknown origin mixed in the team, even if these prairie warriors take off their armor.And with the addition of more than 300 mouths to eat, Liu Bolun, who stares at the ledger every day, has even more headaches - the only one who is happy may be old man Yang Xuanyang. He thinks that these are more than 300 strong laborers with such As long as strong men help with the work, Yangjiapu will be revived in another place sooner or later.

Of course, it may not be called Yangjiabao now. After all, it will be the common hometown of all villagers.

"Do you want to call it Dujiabao?"

He raised his head and glanced at Du Chengfeng in front of him, but Yang Xuan shook his head.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but it's not good. After all, he has been getting along for a while, and he knows the temperament of this strong man. If he really wants to use the name Du Jiabao, the other party may be ashamed and say a word directly. No.

I still have to think of a better name, at least to give everyone a feeling of hometown...

"correct."

While Yang Xuan was still thinking, Du Chengfeng who was riding on the horse turned around.

"My father-in-law, what did you mean by the North Mountain Road and the South Mountain Road?"

"Uh, strong man, don't you know?"

Yang Xuan was stunned by the question.

How could anyone not know such common sense?

But obviously, Du Chengfeng was the one who lacked common sense. He really didn't know anything about mountains and rivers and geography—so Yang Xuan could only try his best to recall, and tried to explain what he knew.

If on the Mobei grassland, everyone divides the area based on tribes and divides into various tribes, then the divisions here in Nanchen are more refined.Above each inhabited village, the smallest regional unit is the county, and above the county, the one who rules the local counties is a state, and above this state, the one who rules the local states is the Tao.

In terms that Du Chengfeng could understand, a road is roughly equivalent to a province, and a state is roughly equal to a prefecture-level city.

"No wonder I always feel that this state is a bit small..."

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but scratch his head.

When he first heard about the state, he thought it was a provincial unit, and the co-author was actually a prefecture-level city—he said that the combined population of a province could not be just over [-]. The problem turned out to be out here.

"So what about the county? Why haven't I seen the county?"

"This one……"

This time it was Yang Xuan's turn to scratch his head.

"In the south, the prefectures and counties should be relatively complete. As for the northern border..."

Yang Xuan smiled awkwardly.

That's really hard to say. After all, this kind of thing is more subtle - strictly speaking, the county system still exists, but because of the strong folk customs on the border of the North, each village Wubao can easily pull up hundreds of people. The people are strong, so in fact, this county system is almost gone.

If you can't even control people, who will care about this thing?
Of course, when it comes to the state level, words still have weight. After all, the chief officer at the state level is the commander-in-chief of the army. At the border of the northern land, a situation has gradually formed where the commander-in-chief has direct control over various villages and towns, Wubao, and county restrictions are equivalent to non-existent.

It's a bit like those prairie people. The big tribes will directly govern the small tribes, and then these big tribes will be responsible for the royal court deep in Mobei.

Perhaps during the many years of fighting and killing each other with the Hu people in the north, these border people have gradually acquired some habits of the Hu people.

"This is understandable."

Du Chengfeng nodded, he could still understand this principle of being close to the ink and being in trouble.What's more, as a person who has experienced it, he also knows what the border of Nanchen is in ruins.Being able to maintain state-level jurisdiction is already very good in Du Chengfeng's opinion.

"So this kind of thing is normal, why are you embarrassed?"

"Uh……"

Looking at Liu Bolun who had turned his head aside, Yang Xuan scratched his head even more.

"This matter..."

"There's nothing wrong with this matter, anyway, I'm no longer an imperial court official."

Liu Bolun looked indifferent.

"Isn't it just a matter of evading the county magistrate? The Yang family did it too."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Xuan lowered his head in shame.

It's one thing to do it, but it's another thing to be pointed out by others, not to mention that it's a former court official, a former imperial student-after all, as descendants of former famous generals, the Yang family still has to face Yes, but it is precisely because of this that, as a descendant of a famous general in the past, he participated in the overhead county system and poached Da Chen's corner, which is really a bit...

But there is nothing we can do about this kind of thing. After all, all the families on the border of the North have done it. The Yang family can only be regarded as a participant, and can even be said to be the one who has the least to eat.

"Hey, don't think about it so much, it's all over, it's all over."

Du Chengfeng waved his hand, indicating that this topic can stop here.

It is true that everything has passed, whether it is Jizhou, Yanzhou, or the past, after a war, all of them have become a thing of the past—no matter what the Yang family has done, they have become refugees at this moment This promising career, I don't know what to eat in the future, and I don't know where to go in the future.

"Wait, do I have something to do when I go to Yanzhou?"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng's face froze.

Glancing over the saddle bag and seeing the handle of the horse-breaking knife, Du Chengfeng immediately withdrew his gaze.

"Let's take a look at my euphorbia!"

In order to ease the atmosphere, Du Chengfeng simply untied the cloth bag on one side of the saddle, and took out the exaggerated halberd.

Originally, Du Chengfeng thought that it was not easy for him to think about not returning to his hometown when he was rich, such as Jinyi Night Walk. Only then did he realize that he was not exempt after all—after all, this fierce halberd was like a newly purchased legendary skin in the game. After getting it, who would not want to show off his operations and taste it?
“Already tasted too much!”

This time, not only the folks in Yangjiabao shook their heads, but even Cui Yuan, who was autistic and enlightened at the back, couldn't stand it anymore.

There is no other reason, but Du Chengfeng has shown off the halberds too many times in the past few days.Take out the halberd at every turn, let people see it, let people look good—at the beginning, everyone was surprised, after all, the shape of this halberd is too exaggerated and fierce, and the fierce momentum is even more frightening.

But in the past few days, they had seen it no less than fifty or sixty times. When they saw it again, they just wanted to break the big halberd and try to see if the two skulls on top could do it. Unscrew it.

"Hey, you really are."

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head. These people really don't know how to appreciate the aesthetics of violence.

Fortunately, finally a newcomer who has never seen this spurge appeared.

"why is it you again?"

Seeing that the prairie army general Zhierhuo brought someone back sometime to capture some bandits blocking the way, Du Chengfeng was immediately happy.

There is no other reason. Among those who were captured alive, there were still old acquaintances.

"What is a robber! I haven't started the robbery yet! Why do you arrest me!"

The man who looked like an Orion was thrown to the ground. When he looked up, he saw Du Chengfeng's big face again.

"Why is it you again? Why are you everywhere?"

"Why did you start again?"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help sighing after seeing the tattered clothes on the opponent's body and the sharpened sticks captured by the prairie soldiers.

It was obvious that he had tried to persuade this hunter to be kind several times, and even found him a job that provided food and accommodation, but he still picked up the stick again and started a career as a robber with no future.

Du Chengfeng is kind-hearted, so how can he see this.

So after Du Chengfeng waved his hand, and was persuaded by several prairie soldiers with their fists, the Orion and the other robbers finally decided to change their minds and become guides.

"In Yiyang County ahead, they are recruiting refugees. We also want to get some food and then go there to make a living."

Orion, with a bruised nose and swollen face, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Du Chengfeng repeatedly.

"We really don't mean to be thieves. We have been hungry for several days. If you have a lot of food, please let us go."

But Du Chengfeng had no intention of letting them go.

"If you want to eat, I have it here, but I will have to trouble you for a few more days."

After saying this, Du Chengfeng pointed in the direction of the guide.

Although the food reserves in the team can last for a while, people can't last long after all, not to mention some refugees in the team really need to be resettled-not everyone really wants to be a refugee.Or to put it another way, apart from the folks in Yangjiabao who really had nowhere to go, many people in the team actually wanted to find a place to settle down as soon as possible.

"So go take a look and buy some food on the way."

After thinking it over with everyone else, Du Chengfeng asked the Orion to lead the way.

A large team of nearly 300 people, as well as Du Chengfeng and more than [-] prairie soldiers were watching, and there were no unreasonable robbers who came to find them uncomfortable along the way, so it only took a few days. The team arrived in Yiyang County smoothly.

It's just that it's different from what Du Chengfeng thought, it's not the county government that gathers the refugees here.

It is a mountain temple.

　The first update is here, with [-] words. Considering that the information in the [-]-word chapter is a bit small, there may be more such long chapters in the future, and the rounding is considered an addition.

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