Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 276 The Real Man

Chapter 272

Anyi, it's just dawn, and the sun hasn't come out yet.

The soldiers on the top of the city had just changed shifts, and the soldiers yawned and looked outside, but there was no one there.But it was already dawn, so we couldn't miss the time to open the city gate, or it would be troublesome for the defendant to go to the county lieutenant.

"Open the gates!"

The team leader all picked their noses and yelled.

Some soldiers turned the winch and lowered the suspension bridge, and more than a dozen soldiers descended from the top of the city and pulled open the city gate together.

"Head, when will the salary be paid?"

A small man came up to the head of the team and said with a bitter face: "It's been half a year without payment. There are seven people in the family, and the mother and five younger brothers and sisters rely on cover to support them. If you don't pay, This day is impossible."

"I don't know either!"

The team first frowned, then seemed to think of something, sighed, patted the soldier and said: "I also have seven or eight people to support at home, life is not better than your kid, wait a little longer!"

The little man looked around and said in a low voice: "Head, I heard that Liangzhou people are very rich now, and the common people can not only eat and wear warmly, but also the government does not allow the common people to starve to death, which is really strange Strange, isn't it true, head?"

"As rich as a feather, the poor place in Liangzhou will only be able to get rich!"

The team leader cursed, then lowered his voice and said, "But it's true that Liangzhou's grain production is so high every year, and it's true that the people don't have to go hungry anymore. It seems that Luo Zheng, the warlord occupying Liangzhou, gave the order to die. , the people are not allowed to flee with their families, and the people are not allowed to starve to death, otherwise the county magistrate will be punished and the county guard will eat dried noodles.

"real or fake?"

The little man's eyes lit up immediately, "Would the government be so kind?"

The team leader shook his head, "I don't know, anyway, it's true that Liangzhou people can eat their stomachs now. In the past two years, Liangzhou people have been spreading rumors everywhere, saying that Liangzhou is so good, as long as you go In Liangzhou, the fields were allocated for farming, and the government also provided rations, agricultural tools and animals for farming. I heard that many people who fled in Guanzhong were coaxed to go to Liangzhou. I heard from the traveling businessman that these are all Really, the refugees who went to Liangzhou were allotted a lot of land, and the government not only required the refugees to provide rations, farm tools and animals for farming, but also helped build houses for the refugees, and all taxes were exempted for the first few years."

The little man half-believingly said: "I heard that the warlord Luo Zheng in Liangzhou killed countless people. He is simply a peerless murderer. He wiped out many Qianghu tribes and Huns in Xiutuze. Would it be so good?"

"You know shit!"

The team leader scolded, looked around carefully, and whispered: "That's the real man, don't listen to people talking nonsense. I have heard people say that Luo Zheng killed all foreigners and those high-ranking people The rich landlords and squires have not only never harmed the people of the Han people, but also treated the people very well. What are those Qianghu people and Huns? They are just a group of unfamiliar wolf cubs who rob us Han people if they have nothing to do People, look at the Huns in Xihe, don’t those beasts often come to the east of the river to rob us Han people. Luo Zheng is doing harm for the people, do you know? The more those damned Hulus are killed, the better, all of them are killed Best, I heard that the children of the barbarians can cry when they hear Luo Zheng's name, this is the real man, and look at our county guard, his mother has nothing to do with the Huns. Alas, It's a pity that Luo Zheng is not in Hedong, otherwise those Huns would have the courage to go to Hedong to plunder, maybe there will be no one left who was killed long ago."

The little man showed admiration, nodded repeatedly and said: "What the boss said makes sense."

The team rate was very useful, so he simply said everything he knew, "I also heard that Luo Zheng's soldiers are also excellent, and the salary has been paid to [-], even if you don't pay the salary, you can It will be replaced with the same amount of food. A soldier like you can receive [-] yuan a year for [-] yuan a month. Even if the food is distributed, it will be calculated according to the previous price. Two yuan a catty of grain, three yuan a year. A thousand catties of grain, even if you raise a dozen pigs, you won't be able to eat it all."

The little man stared at the boss, swallowed his saliva and said: "Really, Liangzhou soldiers are really so cool?"

The team leader said: "Of course, if you are promoted to a half-time official, the salary will be more. Food is expensive now. Even twenty yuan in Anyi can't buy a catty of grain. His mother's three thousand catties of grain can't be eaten." Even if you sell it for money, there will still be a lot!"

The little man was drooling enviously, and even his eyes were red.

The team leader continued: "That's not all. I heard that as long as Xiliang soldiers die in battle or become disabled, the government will pay a large amount of money and food at once to ensure that the old and young at home will not starve to death. It's not like us. If one day accidentally dies, there will be a bunch of old and young at home waiting to eat shit. But then again, when you come out to serve as a soldier, you can always get something to eat for the old and young at home, so you won’t starve to death without food .Look at those people, they are so hungry that they even eat grass, you will be content!"

The little man sighed and said, "How much would it cost if it was Liangzhou soldiers!"

The team leader sneered and said, "Dream!"

The little man turned his eyes and said: "Head, I heard that Luo Zheng broke Chang'an and is attacking Hongnong?"

The team leader made a 'hmm' sound, and waved his hand, "These big things are not for us small people to deal with. Don't get me into trouble, you boy. Be honest and watch the city gate, or be careful that I will let you eat noodles."

The little man agreed, but his eyeballs were bald and kept rolling.

As soon as I spoke, the sun had already risen.

Amidst the rumble of carts and horses, the carriages of rich families have already left the city one after another.

Under the city gate, there were also long queues of common people or gentry, entering the city one by one.

Of course, the advanced city will always be the country gentry and nobles with high crowns and high clothes and extraordinary bearing.

As for the grass-headed people, they all lined up at the back, and they could only enter after the gentry entered the city.If there are squires coming from behind, there is no need to line up, they will be directly in front, and the city gate guards will not open their eyes to provoke these local rich lords.

The team went to take a pee, only to find that the people outside the city gate had lined up for a mile when they came back.

"Where are there so many people?"

The team leader stared and asked suspiciously.

The little man hurriedly said: "A few hundred people came here just now, I don't know what they are doing."

The team leader thought for a while, and said: "Go, let the people below stop and ask clearly. Damn it, there is no reason, how can there be so many people all of a sudden, don't be mixed in by those bandits and robbers."

"Here!"

The little man agreed and ran down quickly.

He conveyed the instructions of the team rate to the few soldiers guarding outside the city gate for interrogation, and ran back quickly.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

A city gate guard stopped Zhang Heng who was walking to the gate of the city, and asked arrogantly.

Zhang Heng hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Mr. Jun, the villain is a hunter in the mountains. Life is hard, so I cut some firewood and sold it in the city for a few dollars to make food. Please, Mr. Jun, for your convenience. People will come out after selling firewood."

"A hunter in the mountains?"

The city gate guard looked at the hundreds of people behind him, his face sank, and he cursed: "Damn it, there are so many hunters in the mountains? Why haven't I heard of it? If you don't do good people, you have to Run into the mountains to be a thief, and luyin, show it to me, if there is no lulu, go away, or they will all be arrested and put in prison!"

"Master!"

Zhang Heng hurriedly said: "The villain is really a hunter in the mountains!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

The city gate guard waved his hand impatiently, as if chasing flies away, "Stand aside, don't block the way!"

"Ok?"

Zhang Heng's eyes were fixed, he winked at the Xiliang soldiers around him, and immediately shouted, "Kill!"

Suddenly he pulled out a machete from the firewood sheaf, and chopped down the two city gate guards in front of him with one knife. Before the people at the gate and the other gate guards could react, he turned around and turned to the other guards immediately. A city gate guard rushed over.

"Kill kill kill..."

The hundreds of Xiliang soldiers who were carrying the firewood immediately drew the sabers hidden in the firewood, and rushed forward with a roar.

The more than 30 Xiliang soldiers standing in the front split up more than [-] people, and rushed into the hole of the city gate immediately, killing anyone they saw, and the cables holding the suspension bridge were cut off immediately.

(End of this chapter)