Li Chengqian didn't need to look at it to know where these more than 100,000 people came from, the people who came to sabotage as Shangguan Yi said.

Wang Fangyi said with a solemn expression: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, we can't lure wolves into the room. ”

"You bring people over to live with them, and order them to go to Youzhou!" Li Chengqian ordered directly.

"Obey the order!" Wang Fangyi bowed and retreated.

After Wang Fangyi left, Li Chengqian was no longer in the mood to participate in labor and fitness, and slowly walked out of the construction site under the protection of a group of guards.

When some of the poor people who were working saw Li Chengqian leave, they were not at all dissatisfied, but felt relieved.

But there are three other people who don't think so, one of them is Duan Shaolong, who was just let go by Li Chengqian, and at this time, I saw Duan Shaolong standing with two other men.

One is a muscular young man named Hu Xiaotian, who is only in his early twenties and a few years younger than Duan Shaolong. Hu Xiaotian's reputation in Hebei Province is greater than Duan Shaolong, and he is known as Hu Xiaotian, a knight of Qinghe.

Another middle-aged man is Duan Shaolong's cousin Duan Feilong, who is also a famous chivalrous warrior in Hebei Province.

At this time, the three of them saw Li Chengqian leaving the polder, and they couldn't help but look at Duan Shaolong, who had just met Li Chengqian.

Duan Shaolong was recounting how Li Chengqian observed the people's feelings, was not afraid of hardships, and blisters appeared in the palms of his hands, but still insisted on throwing the soil.

Facing the puzzled gazes of the two, Duan Shaolong felt a little hot on his face.

After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a holy lord who has never been seen for thousands of years, and there must be something important before leaving." ”

Hu Xiaotian, who was full of muscles, thought for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and analyzed: "I always feel that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty must have encountered difficulties in cultivating fields here. ”

When Duan Shaolong heard that he was pregnant with Li Chengqian, he was immediately unhappy, and retorted loudly: "Hu Xiaotian, what do you mean? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and virtuous, and he shares the joys and hardships with the people, so he works with the people. ”

Seeing this, Hu Xiaotian knew that Duan Shaolong had committed a leftist offense, so he patiently analyzed him: "Brother Shaolong, think about it, what did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince do in Hebei Province?"

He wants to build Yandu, and he also has to preside over Li Bing's expedition to Liao, how can he have time to spend here?

And you can also see, the arrangement here is already very good, if there is nothing to do, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will still use it to shake the mud here?"

Duan Shaolong saw that Hu Xiaotian's young face was flashing with wisdom, and said in disbelief: "I know that you Hu Shaotian has a good brain, and he is not as stupid as he looks. But you say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has wrong intentions, I don't believe it. ”

"Shaolong, Brother Hu didn't say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had bad intentions, he said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in trouble now." Duan Feilong, who was standing next to him, said helplessly to Duan Shaolong.

"What's so difficult about him being the crown prince? I think he's very happy, he's in a good mood, and he doesn't care about me. Duan Shaolong was even more puzzled.

Hu Xiaotian said with a straight face when he heard this: "Let's go and see it from afar, won't we?" If there is anything we can help with, we will serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

The three of them sneaked out of the polder construction site, went to the place where they hid their weapons, took out their respective weapons, and followed Li Chengqian and his party from a distance.

Li Chengqian did not go back to where he lived, but found a hill at random, ordered his guards to clean up a piece, and led the crowd to sit in the hay to rest, waiting for news from Wang Fangyi.

At the same time, he ordered someone to send an order to Hao Chujun and Ren Yaxiang, ordering them to stabilize the poor people here no matter what happened.

Not long after Li Chengqian sat down, he saw a guard who had gone with Wang Fangyi running under the hill on a fast horse, and the guards around Li Chengqian hurriedly went out to summon him back.

"The last general, Tu Shan, will see His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Tu Shan flat!"

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

"How's going on General Wang?"

Seeing Tu Shan stand up, Li Chengqian asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the last general and General Wang led hundreds of soldiers to intercept those people and ordered them to go to Youzhou. But those people only said that they were poor people who had come to seek refuge with His Royal Highness the Prince, saying that they knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was here and refused to leave. ”

Li Chengqian's eyes narrowed when he heard this, knowing that these people had come prepared.

He said in a deep voice: "Pass on the order of King Lone, order Wang Fang Yi to release a signal, gather the nearby East Palace guards to the west, and be sure to drive these ill-intentioned people to Youzhou." ”

"The last will obey." That Tu Shan hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted and retreated.

Li Chengqian sat in the grass and waited for news.

It didn't take long to hear three explosions in the western sky, and Li Chengqian knew that it was a signal released by Wang Fangyi, and the nearby hunting guards should have gathered there.

After about an hour but still did not see the news from Wang Fangyi, Li Chengqian and the others were impatient, and were about to send someone to investigate, but they heard a sound of horses' hooves from the east.

"Go out and have a look!" Li Chengqian said.

A guard hurriedly walked out of the grass, and saw a guard from the East Palace riding on a war horse running from the east, and hurriedly waved the flag to bring the guard in.

"The last general, Song Biao, see His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Flat."

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

"Why did Song Biao come to see King Lone?" Li Chengqian asked with a solemn expression.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Hao Shangshu is destined to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future, and there are more than 10,000 poor people on the eastern coast who are coming to the polder. Hao Shangshu asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to leave first. ”

"How far is it from the polder?" Li Chengqian hurriedly asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it's only three or four miles away."

"It seems that they want to attack the west, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always had boats on the river to the north, let's cross the Haihe River first." Liu Kui's face changed greatly.

"Presumptuous!"

Li Chengqian shouted in a deep voice.

Liu Kui bowed his head in fright and didn't dare to say anything.

Li Chengqian took two steps forward slowly, secretly thinking that there was no doubt that these people were sent by the Hebei Taoist clan to sabotage his policy, but they really dared to rebel openly?

If I leave now, my previous efforts may be in vain, and if something happens on the way back to Youzhou in a hurry......

Thinking about these clearly, Li Chengqian said in a deep voice: "Song Biao is leading the way, and I want to see who it seems." ”

With that, Li Chengqian limped out of the grass.

……

Li Chengqian and his entourage rode their war horses to the east of the polders that were newly enclosed yesterday, and they saw that the black pressure was all human heads, and they were spreading out along the Haihe River to the east, several miles away.

Li Chengqian and his entourage walked around the south side of the crowd, and after walking about three or four miles, they saw a no-man's land more than ten zhang wide in the middle of the crowd.

The people on the east and west sides of the no-man's land were dressed as poor people, and they were looking at each other face to face.

Li Chengqian didn't know what was going on, and saw Hao Chujun, who was wearing a purple official robe, standing on the west side of the no-man's land from a distance, gesturing to the east, obviously where the two sides were negotiating.

Li Chengqian turned his horse's head and went directly to the place where Hao Chujun was.

Hao Chujun saw that Li Chengqian came in person on a war horse, and hurriedly hurried to meet him.

"Minister Hao Chujun see His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Hao Qing is flat!"

Li Chengqian helped Liu Kui jump off the horse.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, why are you here in person!" Hao Chujun complained.

Li Chengqian's face was expressionless, and he asked as he walked forward, "What's the situation here?"

"These poor people say nothing and refuse to leave." Hao Chujun said helplessly.

"These are not paupers." Li Chengqian said lightly.

Hao Chujun sighed when he heard this, and knew in his heart that these people were here to make trouble. But the other party has more than 10,000 people, and they can't catch it; Killing, you can't finish killing for a while, and the slightest negligence may cause civil unrest.

Zhang Zhao, Cui Rafter and others on the opposite side also saw Li Chengqian coming, and when they saw Hao Chujun saluting a lame young man in a linen short robe, they guessed that it was Li Chengqian.

"Is this Li Chengqian?" Zhang Zhao could hardly believe it.

Cui Rafter nodded solemnly and said, "Fortunately, we came in time and didn't let Li Chengqian buy the hearts of the people here." ”

"Yes, I didn't expect Li Chengqian to be so cunning and cunning, and in order to buy people's hearts, he actually started working as a coolie regardless of his face." Zhang Zhao continued.

"Since he is shameless and works with these shitty things, then we don't have to save his face, let Mrs. Wang and Fang Gouzi go out and scold him fiercely, see if he can smoke in seven tricks." Li Ying said with a gloomy expression.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the strategy discussed by Cui Rin and Zhang Zhao has long been detected by other Hebei Taoist clans, and these principals of the scholar clan in Fanyang invariably blended into the so-called poor people to make trouble for Li Chengqian.

Cui Rafter nodded solemnly when he heard this, and a man beside him immediately left to arrange for Wang Pozi and Fang Gouzi to appear.

When Li Chengqian came to the middle, it turned out that standing behind Hao Chujun were some armor guards elected from among the poor, and these people hurriedly bowed and saluted when they saw Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian waved them all to excuse themselves, and then stood in the middle of the guards, signaling Hao Chujun to continue persuading those on the other side to leave.

Hao Chujun turned around and walked to the middle of the no-man's land, and said loudly to the opposite person:

"Fathers and elders, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the land that can be reclaimed here can only feed more than 300,000 people here, and those who come today will go to Youzhou first, and in two days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will personally return to Youzhou to arrange a livelihood for your fathers and elders."

The armor guards behind him all cooperated: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted, and he can still ignore you." ”

"Let's go!"

"You can't feed that many people here."

……

The reason why these people spoke out was obviously because they were afraid that the people who came after them would rob their fields.

As he was talking, he saw a short and thin old man walk out on the opposite side.

Li Chengqian saw that the old man was dressed in neat linen clothes, his dry face was also cleanly washed, a handful of gray hair was meticulously combed, and a walnut-sized ball was tied on the back of his head. At this time, the old man pinched a few yellowed beards under his chin, and walked out with a serious face, which he felt very funny.

Li Chengqian was about to ask when he heard an old man standing on their left, and asked in surprise, "Mr. Fang, why is your old man here?"

"Yes, Mr. Fang, you also came here to cultivate fields?" Someone in the crowd asked again.

……

Li Chengqian heard that there were many people here who knew this old man, so he said in a low voice: "Go and bring one over and ask." ”

One of the guards was ordered to go out to find someone.

Li Chengqian looked at the Mr. Fang again at these people who greeted him enthusiastically, disdainful of them, and stood there with a proud face.

The more he was like this, the more people came forward to talk to him with a smiley face.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought it." The guards who had gone out earlier walked in and said.

Li Chengqian looked back and saw that it was a sixteen or seventeen boy, so he asked, "Do you know this old man?"

"I know, Mr. Fang is a well-known fortune teller in our Qinghe, I heard that he has seen Western immortals, and he knows everything...... "The young man poured beans into a bamboo tube, and told all the rumors about this Mr. Fang.

Li Chengqian knew a rough idea when he heard the two sentences, so he turned his head to look at the field, only to see that the old man seemed to be annoyed by the noise of several old men, and snorted coldly.

When the people around him stopped talking, he said arrogantly: "How can the old man have no way to live, I came here to save a small life for you people." ”

"Save them, why do you save them?" Hao Chujun had long been annoyed by Old Man Fang's pretentiousness, and asked in a cold voice when he heard this.

Old man Fang didn't care, and he didn't even look at Hao Chujun. Just looked at the old men around him, and scolded loudly: "You have also lived for dozens of years, and you have lived to be dogs?" Don't you open your good eyes and see, this place where birds don't, can be reclaimed in the Year of the Monkey?"

Not to mention that these people who are on the rod eat him like this, and when he is pointed at his nose and scolded, he not only does not get angry, but also humbly asks for advice.

A few old men who came out and those who didn't come out behind them were shocked when they heard the words.

An old man said with an ugly face: "Mr. Fang, what do you say!" ”

Hao Chujun next to him was furious when he saw this, pointed at Old Man Fang and scolded loudly: "Bold demon, dare to bewitch the crowd, come and take down this demon." ”

The guards who followed behind Hao Chujun stepped forward to get someone, but they were stopped by the poor people who were originally on Li Chengqian's side.

Old man Fang glanced at Hao Chujun proudly, and said lightly to the old men around him: "See, if the old man tells the truth, this official will kill me." ”

Hao's handsome face turned red, but he saw that Li Chengqian behind him did not say anything, nor did he order to forcibly take people.

Li Chengqian has no choice now, if he forcibly takes people now, he really doesn't have an advantage in numbers.

Seeing that the guards did not come forward, the old men bowed to Old Man Fang again and begged: "Mr. Fang, if you know anything, just say it, and save us who are suffering from it." ”

Old Man Fang looked at these old men, sighed with a complicated expression on his face, and said, "This ghost place can't be cultivated at all, and the reason why I brought you here is just to exhaust you." ”

There was a lot of anger in his tone, and he mourned his misfortune.

At this time, a voice sounded from the periphery: "You said that this place can't be turned into good land, so it can't be turned into good land?"

Li Chengqian looked for a sound and saw Duan Shaolong slowly walking towards Old Man Fang, looking at Old Man Fang with burning eyes.

Old man Fang raised his head when he saw that it was a young junior, and said very proudly: "What does the young doll know." What did the old man learn from the Western immortals, but he didn't know? Where can the old be cultivated, the husband can see at a glance. ”

Speaking of this, the old man lowered his head again, looked at the few old men around him and reprimanded: "Don't pee on your poor and sour look, 'reclaim hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land and distribute it to you', is there green smoke coming out of your ancestral grave?" Is this good thing waiting for you?"

One by one, those who felt that there was no green smoke coming out of their ancestral graves lowered their heads one after another.

When Duan Shaolong's eyes turned red when he saw this, he was about to pull out the short knife in his arms and slaughter this old man Fang, but he heard Hao Chujun retort loudly: "What nonsense, what kind of Western old immortal, I think you made it up."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince of my Tang Dynasty, the son of the Son of Heaven, protected by the gods, he personally digs the mud and throws the soil, what kind of land can't grow crops?"

The poor people also felt that it made sense, and if they could not reclaim the fertile land here, they would have no other way to live, so they unconsciously took two steps back.

When Li Chengqian saw this, he was about to order someone to take down the old man above, when he saw an old woman wearing an old red coat and combing her oily hair running out from the opposite side.

Li Chengqian looked at the old woman's bucket waist of three feet eight, a big yellow and crooked face, and the flesh was falling down, like a boiled old gourd.

The old woman slapped her slap and shouted as she ran out:

"Oops...... it's terrible, it's scared to death......"

"It's scared to death."

Everyone looked at her in amazement.

The woman saw that she attracted everyone's attention, so she looked up at the poor man standing on Li Chengqian's side and said, "Guess what my wife saw when she came from the east?"

Without waiting for everyone to ask her, she praised herself, pouted and snorted: "I know you can't guess, I see-"

When she said this, she showed a look of fear in her eyes, and stroked her chest with one hand and said to everyone: "The old woman saw that on the north bank of the river, there were countless ragged clothes and pants and rotten straw sandals thrown into a mess......"

Duan Shaolong said disdainfully when he heard this: "What is there to be afraid of when you see this?"

When the old woman heard this, she smiled and asked, "Not afraid?" Why don't you want to think about where the people are left by the river and where the clothes and shoes are?"

Someone next to him asked, "Mrs. Wanghua, where have those people gone?"

When the woman heard this, she looked frightened again, quietly glanced at Hao Chujun's side, and waved her hands at the poor people: "I can't understand this, I was killed and thrown into the river and rushed to the sea to feed the fish." ”

As soon as Wang Huapo said this, the poor people who heard it all gasped.

didn't want to, but angered Duan Shaolong, so he saw him scolding: "The old pig and dog are shameless, how dare you slander His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this!" ”

Duan Shaolong immediately took out the sharp blade in his arms, and with a flash of white light, he cut off Wang Huapo's oily head and melon-like old face from her neck.