Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Since industry and commerce are in depression and a large number of people are unemployed, let's just mess around and find something to do.

Cleaning up the underground world seems to be only related to public security, but in fact it can also be a project for people's livelihood.

No matter how powerful Tokyo's sewer system is, it cannot withstand man-made damage. For example, residents remodel their homes at will, encroach on rivers, and destroy culverts. Or, just for the sake of convenience, throw a lot of garbage down.

Therefore, Kaifeng is often flooded, which means the sewers are blocked!

There is also poor government management, and many entrances and exits of sewers are full of stench. Coupled with the accumulation of garbage and silt, many road sections have turned into smelly ponds, seriously affecting the city's appearance and sanitary conditions.

At Ju Ming's suggestion, Zhu Guoxiang personally signed an official document and ordered Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties to assist the Ministry of Works in recruiting 10,000 civilians to follow behind 10,000 soldiers to dredge the sewers in Tokyo.

These peasants had no wages and needed to bring their own tools. The court only provided them with two meals a day.

There is no forced recruitment, registration is voluntary.

Tokyo citizens without stable jobs rushed to sign up for the two meals a day. There are more than enough people, but they have to be screened in the end to eliminate those who are too weak.

"There are two types of ditches in Kaifeng: light and dark. Open ditches have eight-shaped water mouths, and underground ditches are all connected to the water mouths..."

He Changyan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, pointed to the ditch drawings and said: "The four rivers and three moats outside Kaifeng City, the ditches on both sides of the four avenues outside the imperial city, and the four major ponds in the city, Ningxiang, Qionglin, Jinming, and Yujin, are all ditches. The key node. The general can first close the exits of the culvert, and the fourth batch of soldiers enter from outside the imperial city..."

He Changyan is from Jiangxi. Because of the impeachment of Cai Jing, he was demoted five times and entered the DPRK five times. He is familiar with the actual work of the central and local governments.

Zhu Guoxiang felt that this person was good and asked him to continue to be the minister of the Ministry of Works.

It was Guan Sheng who was responsible for leading the troops to clear up the enemy. According to He Changyan's explanation, he stared at the drawings again and again.

There were dozens or hundreds of these drawings, and each one had vertical and horizontal lines. Guan Sheng was dizzy when he looked at them, and he had no idea how to proceed.

He Changyan said: "General, don't worry. I marked all the entrances and exits and divided them into twenty or thirty parts. Each part was given to an army, and then orders were given to those armies, so that the generals leading the troops would be familiar with the drawings. . In Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties, there are officials responsible for dredging. Let the officials summon the servants who are familiar with the culverts and use these servants as the guides in the army."

"That's good." Guan Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, finally he didn't have to worry anymore.

He himself is from Tokyo, but he is really unfamiliar with the underground world. He only knows that there are many evil people living there.

Civil servants recruited temporarily are already dredging the nullahs.

A few days later, 10,000 troops began to enter the culvert.

"Light the torches, don't put them out. A team of a hundred people will go in looking for an opening..."

Du Ping used to be a small leader selling illegal salt. He joined the army with his boss in Bazhou. Now he has 500 troops under Li Bao.

Li Bao took some of his confidants and went to Huainan to train the navy, but most of the Kuizhou soldiers stayed in Kaifeng.

The place where Du Ping stands now is a deep dug pool.

Several open channels merge into the pool, and the entrance to the culvert is halfway up the wall of the pool. The entrance is as tall as a person, so you can jump in without having to bend your waist to walk.

This is the winter dry season, the bottom of the pond has frozen, and there is no accumulation of water at the entrance of the culvert.

"Tokyo is extraordinary. Even the ditches are so generously built." Deputy Suo Anmin marveled.

Du Ping said: "There is a narrow place inside, so you can only crawl in."

Suo Anmin smiled and said, "But I have never fought such a battle."

The two of them each choose an entrance to enter. If they encounter a fork in the road, a servant who is familiar with the culvert will guide them.

Du Ping advanced dozens of meters and the passage became narrower and narrower.

At first he stood up straight and walked, then gradually he walked with his waist down, and finally he could only crawl. The soldiers did not carry large shields or long weapons, but only small shields and short weapons, otherwise they would not be able to use them at all.

After walking for half a mile, I suddenly became enlightened again.

An open area was dug out in front, and pillars were built with bricks and stones for support. This was a resting place for the dredging workers while they were working, and the cleaned silt was also piled here for transportation.

This kind of open space is called a "zone", and each zone can accommodate dozens to one or two hundred people.

"It stinks!"

"Someone!"

There are not only people in the open area, but also simple beds and even pots and pans.

The guide said to Du Ping: "Master, these are poor people. They don't have a house to live on the ground. They can't survive the cold winter, so they move to the culverts to live their lives."

Du Ping asked curiously: "What do they eat?"

The guide replied: "Some will come out to do odd jobs, and some will come out to beg for food. The silt in the culvert is also somewhat fertile. They will take it out, transport it, and sell it to the silt collectors for a few small coins. If it weren't for them, there would be nothing underground. The culvert has been blocked for a long time, and it took several years for the government to send people to clear the silt."

Ju Ming's original plan was not to allow people to live in the sewers and to drive out all the people in Wuyou Cave.

But Gao Qiu, Zhao Ding and others all explained the situation tactfully, saying that there was no way to ban this thing.

There are always those who can't survive and will hide in the sewers to live.

And these people are naturally free dredging labor. If they want to get out, they can't let the channel be blocked, not to mention that the silt can still be sold for money.

When the government clears sewers, the workload can be greatly reduced.

Otherwise, how much should the annual maintenance fee be for culverts extending in all directions?

Du Ping ordered: "Take them all out and hand them over to the officials of the two counties!"

We will talk about the future later. Anyway, to carry out the mission now, we must clean up all the people so that it is difficult for those who have done evil to hide.

Moreover, there are a large number of vacant houses on the outskirts of the city, and the owners are either dead or running away and no one can claim them.

If the poor people in the sewers are willing, they can move to the suburbs of the city. The government will register them and give them houses as a gift.

One after another, the miserable people looked at the soldiers blankly.

They didn't dare to resist and left honestly, staring at their belongings. Broken bowls, pots, and quilts were all their belongings.

And they were unable to resist, they were all so hungry.

Every one of those who are still alive today has relied on human flesh to support them until now!

…

Deeper in the sewers.

Twenty or thirty people gathered together, all of them underground leaders in Tokyo City.

"Underground" in the physical sense!

Ten thousand soldiers came from all over, and all the entrances and exits were blocked in advance. They guys couldn't escape at all.

"My territory is gone. It was just raided by officers and soldiers."

"Qi Da is a fast runner. He fled to the city two days ago."

"People have houses in the city, but those of us who are miserable can't compare with them."

"I just said don't make it too big. Zhang Er must have robbed the official, which caused the government to send many soldiers to suppress it."

"It's none of my business! Who hasn't robbed the nobles and rich people these days?"

"..."

Under normal circumstances, gangs in the underground world would not dare to go to the surface and make a big fuss.

More than a hundred years ago, fugitive Zhang Xing committed crimes repeatedly and established a gang in the sewers. At that time, the government was worried and all the exits were closed. The people inside were starving. They quickly provided Zhang Xing's whereabouts, and the government sent troops to catch him.

Now is a special period. First, the city was besieged for several months, and then food purchases were restricted based on household registration.

People in the underground world are eating human flesh until they feel sick. They want to buy food but can't. Even black market food is difficult to buy.

Ju Ming also continued to relocate poor people out of the city to cultivate land, cracked down on regulating the population employment market, and declared human trafficking illegal.

These measures all affect the survival of the underground world.

As a result, they frequently went out to commit crimes, and the security in Kaifeng city rapidly deteriorated, even to the point of alarming Ju Ming.

"Oh, it's still the same as before." The underground leaders began to miss Song Huizong.

When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was emperor, he demolished a large number of houses in the city, causing the people to be displaced. Many people were forced to live in the sewers.

Population is a resource, and Wuyou Cave "prospered" rapidly.

The major gangs took the opportunity to expand their scale, and their business with outsiders became more and more prosperous. Who would have thought that the Holy Emperor Zhao Ji would suddenly run away?

"Brother Kong, please come up with a charter."

"Yes, Brother Kong, please tell me something quickly."

"..."

Kong Dayou was a strong man in his forties with a scar on his cheek. At this moment, he said angrily: "What rules can I have? There are countless soldiers coming in, and the intersections are blocked, so we can only Waiting to be caught here.”

"It's better to fight with the officers and soldiers!"

"How to fight?"

"Choose two or three roads. All the brothers will pick up their weapons and rush out at once. No matter how many officers and soldiers there are, they have to be scattered in all directions. We will be able to defeat the few with more people. The city of Tokyo is so big, as long as we rush out and escape, There are plenty of opportunities to run into the streets.”

"Yes, just do it like this, kill him!"

"Choose some minions first and let them rush to other roads to lure some of the officers and soldiers away."

"Let the women and children take off their clothes and hold the legs of the officers and soldiers while they cry. Maybe we can delay the situation a little longer."

"..."

These guys, just by talking to each other, they come up with many crooked ideas.

Du Ping raided several "areas" but made new discoveries. He held up a torch and said in disbelief: "This is...a casino?"

Many patterns and lines were cut out on the ground, and some gambling equipment was scattered here and there, but all the people had escaped.

In the sewers, there are not only casinos, but also brothels and taverns.

Otherwise, how can it be called Wuyou Cave or Ghost Fan Tower?

People living there can even find serious jobs underground, such as washing clothes, cooking, etc.!

"money!"

Du Ping held a torch and went over. He saw many copper coins scattered on the ground and even a silver collar.

Probably because he ran away too hastily, the box containing money in the casino was knocked over.

To be able to amass so much wealth, there must be some people who do not want to live underground, but move to the surface to clear their identity.

The real boss is probably hiding in some houses in Kaifeng City!

"Help!"

A group of women without clothes crawled out of the narrow passage ahead.

The soldiers cautiously stepped forward to check. The women knelt forward, hugging the soldiers' legs and crying even harder.

The soldier had already drawn his sword out of its sheath, but he couldn't bear to cut it down.

Du Ping chuckled: "I used to be a smuggler in salt. Why do you want to do this to Grandpa? Guys, we're almost there, so get your spirits up. We'll tie up all these women. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot to death." !”

(I was finally discharged from the hospital today. I received infusions every day. The back of my hands was swollen. The doctor said there was no cure and I had to continue taking medicine. I took six pills each time for three days before discharge. After taking it, I felt sleepy when I sat down and slept a lot. I didn’t have much energy to code all afternoon, and I didn’t have much energy to write until midnight.)