Start With Lifting The Restrictions

Start With Lifting The Restrictions Chapter 176

2021-12-09

Chapter 176 Caichen

"...I heard that another caravan was lost in the mountains. In this world, It's getting more and more difficult."

"Not to mention the caravan, I heard that there was another locust plague in the east a few days ago, and I don't know if there is any harvest in summer."

" It's too far, you probably don't know, right? It's Linguo County under our county government, yes, the most remote county seat. It seems that people don't come back when they go there. I heard people say that there may be evil inside. Monster, but the gentlemen of County City don't care."

"Hey, there is no one in County City who cares about this now. The last county guard was taken off in the middle of the night, and I don't know which Jiangyang thief or the Those officers did it."

"Be quiet, you brat want to die?!"

Yang Chu is sitting on the street in a restaurant in County City, Yunguo County In a position by the window, I listened to the voices of various drinkers and diners talking to my ears, and constantly analyzed the information in these words.

From the moment he entered this County City, Yang Chu was listening to all kinds of news around him.

After walking through the streets and alleys for a while, he came to this restaurant called "Food First".

The restaurant looks a little dilapidated, but there are a lot of people eating and drinking in the restaurant, and it looks quite lively.

Actually, what he saw all the way from Yang Chu to Yunguo County was much better than he expected.

Although there is some confusion, there are many fights, quarrels, killings and the like, but generally speaking, it seems that most people have adapted to such a situation.

When Yang Chu was in Baiyao Mountain and Linguo County, Yang Chu almost felt that the so-called Chen Dynasty was a complete Demon World.

But after leaving the Baiyao Mountain and Linguo County, Yang Chu gradually realized that although the world is unstable and the order is in a rhythm that is about to collapse, it is still barely maintained. Living.

There are many rumors about mountain spirits and ghosts, and many people even see them, but most people don't seem to care about that much in order to make a living.

This world does look like the end of the dynasty, with chaos everywhere, but there are many deviations from what Yang Chu knows.

After entering the city from Yang Chu, he relied on the information captured by his extraordinary perception and psychic power, what he learned, and what he heard in this restaurant.

The common people in the County City of Yunguo County are talking about some gangsters from Jiangyang, or tyrants of mountain bandits, or disasters and strange things. There is no separatist force, rebellion or the like.

This is completely different from the situation where most of the dynasties are at the end of the dynasties, when the heroes compete and the feudal lords are separated.

Yunguo County is already a County City, even if it is located in a remote place, if there is such news, it is impossible that no one knows about it.

But it's true in this city, no one mentions this. On the contrary, occasionally people will talk about the Imperial Court, and what kind of pujas are held.

Although most people don't care where the so-called Imperial Court is, there will always be some news about the business trip and the walking knight-errant.

"The reason for this is probably due to the ten rooms and nine empty spaces caused by the civil strife of the Chen Dynasty in the past."

Yang Chu whispered to himself, he was based on more and more The more information, the analysis of the current situation of itself and this Chen Dynasty.

The death of a large number of people has led to many ghosts and disasters among the people. In fact, the people cannot live, but the government has lost its control at the bottom, so the entire humanitarian society is in some kind of disorder. in chaos.

This kind of confusion, of course, in Yang Chu's view, I am afraid there is no lack of those ghosts and the like who are behind the scenes and deliberately.

But——

Yang Chu looked at the dishes on the table in front of him. He ordered ten hot and cold dishes in total, and six were already on the table.

There is no shortage of poultry, beef and mutton, as well as vegetable snacks.

In his perception, the diners at other tables, even if not as rich as what he ordered, were still acceptable.

Judging from Yang Chu's experience in Yunguo County, the living conditions of the people are not bad.

Yang Chu believes that this should be the reason for the absence of large-scale rebellions and uprisings.

In the history he has known, there have been many such situations. Most of the time, the old dynasty collapsed, and after rounds of wars, a new dynasty was established.

This is the so-called dynastic cycle law. After breaking the annexation and monopoly of land, a new dynasty was established and the people were able to recuperate.

The current situation of the Chen Dynasty lies in the fact that several successive rebellions and civil wars in the past resulted in the loss of a large number of people and the imbalance of government order.

As a result, many demon ghosts that may not have appeared in the past, or only have little bits, have developed rapidly in the years of war, whether they devoured a large amount of human flesh or a large area of uninhabited people.

But on the other hand, for those who barely survived, under the government's insufficient strength control, but not completely collapsed, the livelihood of the people at the bottom of these years is actually not difficult.

A lot of land is unowned, as long as someone is willing to plant it, the people at the bottom can still get some respite.

Of course, this also leads to another problem, that is, the imbalance of order, so that although the people at the bottom seem to have improved in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, they have lost the most important protection of the right to life.

Without a strong Imperial Court and government order to maintain, the population at the bottom either hugs each other for warmth and forms order. Or face the exploitation and slaughter of a more powerful force.

So from this point of view, this kind of life may not be a good one.

Those people who fled to Baiyao Mountain are probably mostly for this reason.

"Aiya, I have told you that I am not recruiting here."

Just as Yang Chu analyzed the current situation based on the information he captured, he suddenly found himself in the restaurant lobby. , a commotion sounded.

Yang Chu glanced sideways and saw a young man dressed as a scholar standing in front of the counter with a sad face.

This young scholar is delicate and pretty, very handsome. It's just that the clothes on his body have been starched and washed white, and it can be seen that he is quite desolate.

At this moment, the scholar has several points of timidly standing in front of the counter, and said to the middle-aged shopkeeper who is calculating: "Shopkeeper, I'm really capable. Whether it's running the hall, Or washing dishes, I can do it. I have also studied, and I can do a job of writing and calculating. I really need a job to support myself."

"Ning Cai Chen, you are a scholar, you can't lift your shoulders, you can't lift your hands, you can't do my restaurant work."

Behind the restaurant counter, the middle-aged shopkeeper with a mustache is full of disbelief. He waved his hand patiently, "As for your ability to write and calculate, if you do this, are you a shopkeeper or am I a shopkeeper?"

"This...this..."

The young scholar was run on a lot, and he didn't seem to know what to say. Suddenly, he saw the little Er who was running next to the hall with a tray carrying a few small dishes, and rushed up after a few steps, "I'm here. I'll come, little second brother, let me come..."

"Alas, what are you doing?!"

The shop assistant who came out of the back kitchen with wine and vegetables, was caught by this The young scholar's sudden action was startled, and he hurriedly shouted.

"I'll come, I'll come..."

The young scholar ignored the shop assistant's obstruction, his hands were already connected to the tray, and he bowed his head slightly, looking a bit sorry for the shop assistant. Asked, "Little second brother, could you please ask which table is the guest?"

"The table at the far end by the window."

The shop boy saw the young scholar grabbing After passing the tray, they did not continue to fight, so as not to knock over the side dishes in the tray. It's just that he had seen this scholar Ning before, and knowing that the other party was here to rob him of his work, he put a white towel on his shoulder and said angrily.

"Okay, I'll send it over here."

The young scholar showed a grateful smile, held the dish in both hands, and moved towards the restaurant's innermost seat by the window. .

That seat is Yang Chu.

Just when the scholar was carrying a few dishes on the tray and was about to walk not far from Yang Chu's table, he suddenly passed a guest table when a man with a plaster on his face appeared. middle age person, suddenly stumbled.

"Oh—"

The young scholar was suddenly unsteady, and the whole person moved towards the table where Yang Chu was standing.

(end of this chapter)