Horse on the World

Chapter 19 Reality
The black smoke dissipated, and the whole area was dilapidated, but there was still an unpleasant smell floating in the wind. Xu Yunfeng, the former county captain of Chongxian County, was considered a capable official. After Chongxian County was destroyed, he did not abandon the people and fled. Instead, he led a large number of people to flee into the deep mountains, waited until the barbarians retreated, and returned from the mountain, buried the dead people with tears in his eyes, and then comforted the panicked and helpless people and began a long wait, in Xu Yunfeng's mind He thought that since the barbarians went, relief food and other materials would arrive in Zhoucheng soon, but what he never expected was that after the barbarians entered the bandits, the bigwigs in Zhoucheng would think so. How to shirk responsibility, keep the official position, wait for all the dust to settle, but be busy distributing rights, after these people who were burned, killed and looted waited for a month, their only little patience was also worn out, and the dilapidated worship There is no longer a grain of grain, a grain of rice in the county, and even the rats have been wiped out. There is a menacing atmosphere in the air, which may explode at any time. The considerable prestige has long been overwhelmed.Just when Xu Yunfeng was also starting to despair, he couldn't watch the people starve to death here. Li Qing came and didn't say much, but just saying that no one in Chongxian would starve to death made Xu Yunfeng tearful and wished he could kneel Kowtow to him on the ground a few times, for a month, although it won't make his head full of gray hair, but the long black hair in the past is now mixed with a trace of white.

Surrounding the Changsheng barracks, simple huts began to be erected one by one, and Chong County began to have a little business. After drinking a few bowls of clear porridge, the surviving children regained the strength to laugh and play among the shantytowns. For adults with sad faces and sad faces, children's happiness always comes easily.

"Your Excellency, the statistics have been calculated." Xu Yunfeng respectfully handed over a stack of rosters to Li Qing, "Chong County originally had 11 Ding households, with a total of 150 people. After the barbarians entered the bandits, except for being killed, Except for those who were captured or fled into the deep mountains, there are still more than 3 people left. About 2 people gathered here in the county seat, and it is estimated that nearly [-] people gathered here after getting the news. In time, people who get the news will come down the mountain."

"What? There are more than 5 people?" All the people in the tent gasped. To be honest, the loss in Chong County was huge. More than half of the population was lost, and almost all property was looted. There were people who were dead or missing. Although more than a month had passed and the heart-piercing sadness was over, the heavy atmosphere that weighed on the entire camp still lingered.But now the remaining [-] people have become a huge burden for the Changsheng Camp. The Changsheng Camp itself does not have enough food, how can it feed these many people?
"My lord, we can't let these villagers gather in the county. There are more and more people. Even if we drink porridge, we can't last for many days?" Shang Haibo said seriously.

"That's right, my lord, we can't gather more people in the county town, otherwise, the food will overwhelm us." All the generals agreed.

Hearing everyone's words, Xu Yunfeng couldn't help being anxious, "My lords, you can't. If these people don't come here, they will starve to death. After all, there is still a mouthful of porridge here!"

Shang Haibo said: "Master Xu, Hai Bo admires you for your love of the people, but do you know how much food a day for more than [-] people, even if they eat porridge? In order not to starve to death, We now consume a hundred shi of grain a day, and with our current grain reserves, we can only last for a month, and we will run out of food in December, what will we do then?"

Xu Yunfeng widened his eyes and said: "General, we can ask Zhoucheng for emergency, and ask Zhoucheng to allocate more food!"

Everyone in Li Qing looked at each other and smiled wryly. Xu Yunfeng didn't know the inside story, so of course he could say so, but they knew it well, Zhou Cheng might not give it to him.

"Magistrate Xu, I don't think we need to count on Zhoucheng for the time being."

"Why?" Xu Yunfeng opened his eyes wide and said angrily, "Isn't Chongxian the people of Dingzhou, or the people of Dachu? Fang Zhizhou dares to sit back and watch our Chongxian people starve to death without saving them? Dare I ask General Li about it. "

Li Qing looked at the angry guy in front of him, and said, "Master Xu, please tell me!"

"My lord, please allow me to go to Zhoucheng to ask for food."

"I'm afraid that the work will be in vain, and besides, you are indispensable in Chongxian County now!" Li Qing's words were not affectionate, Xu Yunfeng is now the blue sky in the eyes of the people in Chongxian County, the Lord of Life, he said a word, He is much stronger than the current Li Qing, and besides, Li Qing and others are not familiar with civil affairs, once Xu Yunfeng left, the remaining Shang Haibo was already overwhelmed with three heads and six arms.

"It doesn't matter. Now Chong County has initially stabilized. As long as there is food for life, the people will not cause trouble. Even if there is a small child, adults can easily deal with it. Besides, the lower officials have divided the people into towns. Old man, the village elders are helping to manage it, so I don't think there will be any trouble." Xu Yunfeng said: "The most important thing now is the food. If you dare to ask your lord to borrow a horse from the official, the official will set off for the city of Zhou. If Fang Zhizhou does not give it I would hang him with a rope in his lobby." Xu Yunfeng opened his eyes wide, his beard curled up and down, and he said in an airy voice.

Everyone is a fan, this Xu Yunfeng is really an official who dares to plead for the people, Li Qing thinks for a moment, but there is no harm in asking Xu Yunfeng, if he can get food, no matter how much it is, it is good, even if he can't get it, Disgusting and disgusting Fang Wenshan is also good, look at his demeanor, if Fang Wenshan really doesn't give food, this guy will really hang himself on the Zhizhou Hall with a rope, of course Fang Wenshan can't let him succeed, otherwise it's a crime to kill his subordinates It's solid.

"Since County Magistrate Xu is so confident, I will of course support him. Tang Hu, prepare a horse and send two guards for Mr. Xu," Li Qing ordered.

"Thank you, my lord!" Xu Yunfeng saluted and walked out with his head held high.

"Everyone, everyone has seen the current situation. The situation is extremely bad. These people who are gathering in the county cannot be stopped. Let them come. Otherwise, it is very likely to stir up a civil uprising. If there is a conflict, yes We are really at a great disadvantage, we must know that Chong County is not big, most of the people here are relatives, if we don't let those people in, I'm afraid our place will be unstable."

"But my lord, it is extremely difficult to feed these people now. How can we support another 2 people?" Wang Qinian said anxiously, "Now my soldiers can only eat one dry meal a day, and they are all hungry. Strength!"

Li Qingdao: "I know, there's nothing we can do about it. Tell the soldiers that after a while, everything will be fine. Our top priority now is to get food."

"Mr. Shang!"

Shang Haibo stood up.

"You are familiar with civil affairs. After you go down, organize village elders, village elders, and divide the people into groups. Young and middle-aged, women, children, and the elderly are grouped separately. Since we rely on the mountain, we must find ways to eat the mountain. Wang Qinian, your left wing uses the sentry as the unit. The unit took a group of young men from Mr. Shang and went hunting in the mountains."

"Feng Guo, your subordinates also use the sentry as a unit. Where Mr. Shang leads strong women and old people and children who can do things, I don't care whether you dig mouse holes, dig snake nests, bird nests, or touch squirrel holes. , or to find edible wild vegetables and so on, in short, as long as they are edible, they will be brought back."

"Yes!" The two replied loudly.

"Remember one thing!" Li Qing said calmly, "Tell your soldiers, everyone here is our people, our elders, if that one breaks the rules, I, Li Qing, will recognize him The knife in Li won't recognize him."

"My lord, don't worry!" The two of them accepted the order awe-inspiringly. Li Qing had repeatedly warned them of the importance of military discipline and the relationship between the military and the people during the military training. At this critical juncture, if military discipline is not strict, an army can be transformed. If you become a gang of gangsters, if you get into trouble with the common people, it will become a source of no water.

"No one is allowed to keep all the harvested privately. All of them will be handed over to the battalion department and distributed by Mr. Shang." Li Qing glanced at everyone.

"Jiang Kui, your department can't be idle, you have 300 people under your command, and they eat two meals a day."

"Ah!" Everyone was taken aback, now even Li Qing is doing nothing, why Jiang Kui's subordinates work twice a day. "They have something to do, and they can't do it if they don't have the strength."

Li Qing glanced at the bewildered crowd, "Starting tomorrow, your department will go up the mountain to cut trees, and after transporting the trees back, prepare to build a house. There are not enough manpower, so go to Mr. Shang to ask for it, and there are less than two months left." It’s about time, the first snow will fall, if we don’t build a warm house before the snow, people will freeze to death this winter.”

Everyone froze, and then remembered this terrible problem. Before, they had been thinking about how not to starve to death, but now they remembered that they might freeze to death.

"Mr. Shang, after you go down, listen to the opinions of those village elders, and see what they can do to find food?" Li Qing sat down, a little tired and authentic.

"It's my lord, let's do it right away!" Everyone withdrew one by one.

Looking at the empty big tent, Li Qing smiled self-consciously: "It's really poor and empty, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done! Mr. Lu, I only hope that you will bring me back food as soon as possible, otherwise this winter will be really difficult! "

Chapter 3 is here today.If the collection adds ten more, a chapter will be added.

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