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"How so?" Shen Miao couldn't help asking.

Monk Gu had already run away, and the steward had to explain: "Zhenhai Jiedu made Zhou Bao deployed by him Liu Hao, Xue Lang besieged Changzhou, and the rest of the generals in Zhejiang West Province also rebelled one after another, going their own way, fighting each other, and after several times the troops were damaged, these people forcibly recruited strong men. At this time, it was the spring ploughing season, and although the people were affected by the war, they did not want to stay away from their homes, so they still went to the fields for spring sowing. These people took advantage of this, and when there were people working in the fields, the men were dragged to join the army, and the women were used as prostitutes, and the people had no choice but to abandon the fields and flee to Zhedong Province. ”

There is such a thing! Shen Miao couldn't help but be angry when she heard this: "Even if you are the king of yourself, you should appease the people, this is the foundation of your foothold, and you don't even want the people to be the root, and self-reliance is a disaster." ”

The steward sighed when he heard this: "Having said that, they are all military generals and rough people, how can they understand this?" ”

"So what are we going to do?" Shen Miao had no choice but to ask.

Guan raised his hand in advance and pointed to the direction of the village to the east: "Most of the displaced people will come from the Taihu Lake area, and there are several other Zhuangzi in front of our Zhuangzi who also belong to the master. The steward pointed to the hills stretching to the west, "The mountains over there stretch very widely, connecting the western Zhejiang and Huainan roads, and there will be displaced people coming over the mountains." If it comes one after another, it is not a troublesome thing to come in groups of three or five, and those who are willing to stay will be settled, and those who are not willing to stay will be given food to let them continue to go. I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll not be seen for a long time. ”

"Why?" Shen Miao was puzzled, in his opinion, doesn't it mean that people haven't come after being seen for a long time?

The steward explained: "The homeless people can't survive in Zhexi Road, they will definitely go over the mountain, if they don't see it for a long time, it means that they occupy the mountain as the king." ”

"I've become a bandit, will I come to rob my house?" Shen Miao understood, and then wondered, "They are also people, why do they come to rob us people?" ”

"If you become a bandit, you are not ordinary people, maybe there are deserters among them, those people have been on the battlefield and stained with human blood, and they are not afraid of things."

Only then did Shen Miao fully understand Monk Gu's advice, so he said: "Since there will be bandits, it is inevitable to organize farmers to patrol the mountains, what about the terraces?" Slowing down? ”

"The young master borrowed so much money to come back from the terraces, and the farmers were not happy. The farmers can be informed of the benefits and disadvantages of the mountain patrol, and they will inevitably choose strong and experienced people to patrol the mountain in order to seek peace in the future. The steward said, and then told Shen Miao, "It's you, Gongzi, remember Gu Gongzi's advice, go out as little as possible, if you really can't stay, you can go to the place where the farmer repairs the terraces, there are many people there, and they are all strong people, so it's safer." ”

"You can rest assured in this matter, I know the pros and cons, and I won't trouble you." Shen Miao said.

The steward smiled and said, "Mr. Xie is considerate. ”

When the farmers learned of the early arrival of the displaced people, they arranged for them to patrol the mountains in batches overnight with firewood knives on their backs, and the steward also provided corresponding tools for them to send signals and warnings.

On the evening of the fourth day, an incident occurred that three or four homeless people suddenly rushed down from the mountain to snatch the dry food carried by the farmers who patrolled the mountain.

More than an hour had passed when the incident was reported back, and the steward was not good when he heard it, so he hurriedly summoned the farmers: "Tonight, all the middle-aged men must always be vigilant, the women should take care of their children, take care of the old people at home, tidy up the money, grain, clothing and quilts at home, and put down the water on the bamboo raft on the river beach at the entrance of the village. ”

"Good, good, good!" The farmers said in unison, hurry up and get ready.

"Childe and the others will also follow them down the stream, just take care of yourself and don't have an accident." The steward advised.

Shen Miao nodded in agreement and hurriedly asked, "What about you?" ”

"I am the steward of this village, so naturally I want to stay in the village, although the bandits are powerful, but all the way to the migration is a no-man's land, may not be able to eat, I wait for work, may not lose."

Shen Miao was still worried when she heard this, although she was waiting for work at ease, but the other party □□ and it was bound to be more vicious.

The steward hurriedly said: "If the prince is really worried, the sooner he gets to the Seventh Prince's Zhuangzi, the sooner he can move to rescue the soldiers." ”

Shen Miao had no choice but to nod.

When approaching Haishi, the entrance of the village suddenly burst into flames, and the villagers who were responsible for warning in advance immediately rang the gong and ran all over the village: "The bandits are coming, go quickly!" ”

For a time, there was chaos in the village, with shouts, shouts, and cries.

Shen Miao was sleeping in her clothes, but as soon as she heard the movement, she immediately got up, called Duo'er and Xiaohua, and went straight to the ferry at the entrance of the village.

The ferry head was already in chaos, and the steward organized the farmers to defend against the bandits in front, leaving a subordinate in the village who usually gave him a hand to arrange at the ferry, and the man usually did things in an orderly manner, but his ability to deal with urgent affairs was insufficient. Everyone was in a hurry, they all wanted to leave early, and rushed to the ferry, the man knew that this would not work, and he did not guide him in time while stopping, and the tongues of both sides escalated, and there was a tendency to get out of control.

Seeing this, Shen Miao snatched the gong in one person's hand and slammed it wildly, and then yelled: "Don't worry, don't squeeze, go on the bamboo rows one after another, don't look for your own bamboo rows, sit full of one and go down to the other, understand?" ”

Shen Miao usually speaks very kindly, and has never roared so angrily in her voice, and the farmers were suddenly frightened and stopped pushing. Shen Miao took the opportunity to say to the person arranged by the steward: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and send the bamboo rows away one by one." ”

The man hurriedly came back to his senses, withdrew the human wall, stood in a row along the ferry, and relayed one after another to help people to send them to the bamboo raft and go down the river.

The bandits soon discovered the abnormal movement on the stream, and hurriedly divided the team, went to the other side of the stream, and chased down along the ridge, Shen Miao knew that it was not good when he saw a row of torches coming, and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up!" Don't mess around! ”

The person who is responsible for helping people immediately changes to hugging, children and the elderly, and the like, directly hugging and passing them down one after another.

Sou! Sou! Sou! The bandits on the opposite bank shot a few arrows, and the team was immediately chaotic, but no one was hit by the arrows. Shen Miao picked up an arrow and saw that there was no iron arrow, only a simple cut of wood, and he immediately understood that the other party's equipment was not very good, so he immediately divided half of the people: "A few of you pick up stones and throw them on the other side, and the rest continue to get on the bamboo raft, quick!" ”

Everyone listened to the order, immediately picked up stones and threw them over, throwing stones on the stream beach is a game that mountain people have played since childhood, how to throw and how accurate they are very clear, the opposite bank was suddenly thrown out of hand, and the torches that were originally upright were also shaken up unevenly.

Shen Miao hurriedly took advantage of the gap to send the last group of people to the bamboo raft, driving a bamboo raft at night on this kind of stream is what the mountain people here are best at, in the past, going out to sell all kinds of bamboo mountain goods are made during the day, transported out at night, and can go down the river to Qiantang County at night. This will make them drive a bamboo row, and the bandits can't catch up with them.

This is also the reason why the steward chose the bamboo row to leave.

When the bandits saw that the bamboo rafts could not catch up, they hit the people who were still in the ferry, and the earthen arrows were shot intensively.

The people who stayed behind to maintain order were relatively strong, and they all picked up pebbles, threw them back, and ran on the bamboo raft on the other hand, and many people were indeed shot by arrows, but the earthen bowstring was not good, even if it was shot, it would not be fatal, at most it would hurt, and it didn't matter how many strong men took a few hits.

As for Shen Miao, the gong he had just knocked was now just blocking his chest, and the arrows were grazing the gong, clanging and clanging, and none of them hit him.

The group got on the bamboo raft, and the bamboo pole went down the stream.

At this moment, one of the thieves shouted: "Just go like this, think beautiful!" Immediately after that, a rope tied with pebbles came into the air, just in front of Shen Miao.

Before Shen Miao could react, because the bamboo raft was moving too fast, he was easily dragged into the water by a rope.