Ye Qing looked at Dong Chao's worried face, and smiled without saying a word.

When Lao Liu Tou was in Sizhou, he had already told himself all about Dong Chao's situation at the first time, so now seeing Dong Chao crying poor in front of him, it is obvious that Dong Chao regards himself as a rich man like Li Qingzhao, a Yi'an resident, hoping to get some benefits.

As for the young people and children that Dong Chao said, Lao Liu Tou also told him more than once that the combat strength of Dong Chao and these people was completely supported by the first batch of people who followed him into the grass and became a coward.

The remaining more than 2,000 people, like the guys and maids in the slanting wind and drizzle building, are all young, the oldest is only seventeen or eighteen, and the youngest is no more than fifteen or sixteen, either when the Jin soldiers were defeated, they became orphans after killing their parents and were carried up the mountain, or they ran to Dong Chao's mountain with their parents.

Most of the women were secretly sent to the south by Dong Chao, and Li Qingzhao took over to take care of them, and the remaining men also had a large number, so they naturally followed Dong Chao and grew up in the mountains or in the water.

But in any case, in Ye Qing's view, Dong Chao is definitely a great good person, the displacement caused by the war between the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty, and the consequences of hurting nature and reason, made Dong Chao, a simple and simple man, accumulate a lot of real merits for the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty without regrets.

If it weren't for the existence of true and kind people like Dong Chao and Yi'an monk Li Qingzhao, I am afraid that on the vast land of the Northland, more than ten years ago, thousands or even tens of thousands of young male and female bones would have been buried.

History will only remember the cruelty of the war, but it will never remember the post-war cruelty after the iron cavalry retreated and the shouts of killing dissipated.

If the scars formed by the wounds after the war are not dealt with in a timely and effective manner, the festering scars are even more festering than the war dead, and they are even more cruel.

And the existence of people like Dong Chao is like a scavenger, who cleans up the mess after the war without regrets and works hard, treats the scars that are about to fester, and minimizes the pain and harm caused by the war.

The sweat that walked all the way gradually subsided, sitting in the woods, with the sound of gurgling water in his ears, if it weren't for the camp of the Najin caravan not far ahead, if it weren't for them carrying errands, in Ye Qing's opinion, if he could catch a few game from the woods for a barbecue, he would be really happy like a fairy.

After listening to Dong Chao's continued crying, Ye Qing tilted his head and smiled casually and said: "I have a way to make money, but I don't know if these people led by Dong Da are determined to leave their homeland and go on a journey." ”

"Oh? I don't know what Commander Ye can do? Seeing that Ye Qing finally spoke, Dong Chao immediately sat up straight under the tree, looked at Ye Qing and asked.

"Where is the loess that doesn't bury people? Dong Da is so old, in fact, if I, even if I don't think about myself, I should consider those children who are like wild people in the mountains, they can't stay in the mountains all their lives and hide in Tibet for the rest of their lives, right? After all, we still have to go down the mountain, and we have to live like a human being. The tacit understanding between Lao Liu Tou and Ye Qing was very deep, just now Ye Qing glanced at him inadvertently, this old thing immediately knew what Ye Qing was thinking, so he began to beat the side drum to bewitch Dong Chao.

Dong Chao turned his head to look at the relaxed old Liu Tou next to him, then looked at Ye Qing again, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Please also ask Commander Ye for advice, I don't know if there is any way to solve the dilemma of Jiugang Mountain." ”

"If the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team. Now that the Song Dynasty is peaceful in Phnom Penh, it seems that there will be no war in the past few years, and the Great Song Dynasty has always valued peace, and he never thought that he would be able to recover the Central Plains in a short period of time, so your existence has become dispensable. The Jin people can ignore you, and my Great Song Dynasty has no obligation to take care of you, so after falling into the grass, after losing the motivation to resist the Jin and recover the Central Plains and wait for the king to go north, your prospects will become more and more difficult, right? Ye Qing plucked a weed and chewed it in his mouth, and the slightly bitter taste made his tongue feel uncomfortable.

"With the funding of Yi'an Jushi, your life is not so tight, but if it goes on like this for a long time, even if the Jin people don't kill you, you can starve yourself to death." Old Liu Tou said again from the side.

Dong Chao squinted at Ye Qing, then at the relaxed old Liu Tou, and asked tentatively: "Commander Ye is going north this time, he won't be drunk, not for the Jin State caravan over there, but for me Dong Chao, right?" Even if Commander Ye wants to recruit us for the Song court, we ....... ”

"If you think too much, the court won't recruit you. Maybe you can cross the river to inquire, how heavy the annual tax on Huainan East Road, most of this money is to be used to raise soldiers, Huainan East Road and Jin across the Huai River, the Huai River is not as difficult to cross as the Yangtze River. It can even be said that the Jin people want to cross the river and cross the river, and if they want to go back, they will go back, and the Great Song Dynasty is also the most heavily defended place on Huainan East Road, so many soldiers and the court are already extremely difficult and overstretched, and it is too late to remove, how can they think of recruiting hundreds of you, and they are still old. The remaining 2,000 or so people are some fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys with low combat power and weak physique? Ye Qing looked at Dong Chao's squinted eyes and said with a relaxed expression.

"Then Commander Ye has another way?"

"Of course there is a way, but it depends on whether you are willing or not."

"It depends on whether you are willing to leave your homeland, if you are willing, although you cannot guarantee your glory and wealth in the future, but to ensure that everyone can live in peace and security, for our commander, it is not a problem." Lao Liu Tou said with a bluff: "The biggest merchant in Lin'an City is a close friend with our commander, and now the caravan leads to Sizhou in the north, Xia in the west, Quanzhou in the south, and Fusang in the east...... Something that can be trusted. ”

"What does Commander Ye mean?" Dong Chao glanced at Old Liu Tou, and then asked Ye Qing solemnly.

Originally, he shouldn't have talked to Ye Qing about this at this time, but now that he is talking about it, plus the three thousand people under his hands now, there is indeed something wrong, and the funding of Yi'an Jushi alone is no longer enough.

This area is now becoming more and more peaceful, and even the common people no longer have anti-gold sentiments, and only think about living a down-to-earth life and how to pay the annual taxes.

As for the urgency of looking at the king across the river, with the indisputability of the Southern Song Dynasty court in the past few decades, the urgency of the people in the Huaishui area has gradually withered, and there are not many people who still hope that the imperial court can recover the Central Plains.

Heroes are born in troubled times, and only troubled times are the best soil for those who fall into the grass, but now as the taste of peace becomes stronger and stronger, they have fallen into a dilemma.

If you go down to the mountains to farm, then you have to be naturalized, and if you are naturalized, they don't know the cruelty of the Jin people, and they have to shed their skin if they don't die.

But if they continue to stay in the mountains, there are no Jin people for them to rob, and even if they are scattered, they are not enough to feed this huge 3,000 people.

"Think about it, what Lao Liu Tou said is what I want to say. But if you don't make up your mind, I really can't tell you my way, although even if I tell you now, it will be of no use to you, because there are so many of you, and it will not be easy for me to eat in one bite. Ye Qing watched the sky in the woods gradually darken, but outside the woods in the distance, there was still a bright light, got up and washed his hands by the river and said.

"We hundreds of people are easy to say, even if we die, we can now be regarded as earning. But....... Dong Chao's face was embarrassed, the teenagers of nearly 2,000 people, but they were all themselves and others, and they had worked hard for more than ten years to get bigger.

Although few of them are their biological children, they have all raised them, and compared with their own biological children, there is no other difference except for blood relationship.

"I can guarantee that most of them will be better off than you in the future, but I can't guarantee that you will be able to see the light of day in the future." Ye Qing squatted by the river, the ease on his face disappeared, replaced by a dignified and serious face.

After Lao Liu heard Ye Qing's words, he didn't know why, he suddenly swallowed nervously in his heart, and suddenly realized that Ye Qing seemed to have a bigger plan, which was slowly being realized according to his steps.

Even in Lao Liutou's opinion, Ye Qing should have been planning everything today since he told him everything about Dong Chao in Sizhou for the first time.

"Life and death are destined for wealth in the sky, you should be familiar with this sentence, right? If you want to win wealth in troubled times, it is impossible not to have a life-threatening situation, but what I can do is that in the future, they can become real warriors, and they can become upright anti-gold heroes, just like Yue Wumu. And as for your ....... ”

"Do you want to serve Commander Ye, or do you serve the Imperial City Division?" As the leader of three thousand people, Dong Chao naturally knew how to be obedient and listen, so looking at Ye Qing's solemn eyes, he asked in the same serious tone.

"Serve the Imperial City Division of the Great Song Dynasty." Ye Qing's expression was extremely serious, and he looked directly at Dong Chao's gaze and said.

Dong Chao didn't answer immediately, but continued to look at Ye Qing's deep gaze quietly, and after a long time, he sighed heavily, glanced at his subordinates next to him and said, "I have to discuss this matter, and Commander Ye also said that you are coming north today for the Jin people, not us." ”

"That's right, you're just piggybacking on it. Yi Anju is someone I admire, and if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have thought of piggybacking on you, because I'm taking a great risk. After Ye Qing finished speaking, he got up with Dong Chao, and then slowly continued to walk east along the river.

Following the river, according to Ye Qing's estimate, after walking less than three or four miles, he heard some noisy voices and neighing horses in front of him.

"More than 500 Jin people, catching up with half of the people in Zhongmiao Town." Lao Liu Tou lay on the grass, looked at Ye Qing's strange direction of Chongjin Camp and gave a thumbs up, and then closed one eye, connecting with his thumb, I don't know what he was looking at, could it be that he could see farther away?

"Zhongmiao Town may be bigger in the future, but it has been delayed by the Jin people over the years, if it can be as stable as Sizhou, it is estimated that it will also become an important commercial town." Ye Qing retracted his arm, as a sniper's professional habit, the first time he saw the target, he always estimated the distance between each other first.