Chapter 151: A Difficult Start 1
Li Tangshan and Zhao Tuo led 100,000 to the Longchuan territory, Longchuan County, Boluo County and Jieyang County are still Hakka gathering areas today, which makes Li Tangshan feel very cordial, and it is a difficult challenge to wait for Li Tangshan and Zhao Tuo in front.
In the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the woods, a dissolute young man lies on a tree, biting a branch in his mouth, and humming a little song leisurely.
The continuous campaign can finally come to an end, people have changed from teenagers to young people, young people who are in a particularly good mood today, and they came to the border of Longchuan Fangguo alone for a walk.
Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, provoking the interest of this unruly young man, "There is another good show!" The young man spat out the branch from his mouth, patted the dust on his buttocks, and ran to the source of the sound, only to see a "swish" sound, and the man disappeared, raising the surrounding leaves.
"You still honestly hand over the token, we can spare you from dying! A man in black said. There were also two men in black who formed a triangle to surround an older man and prevent him from escaping.
"Don't think about it, I won't give the token to you scumbags." The old man said angrily.
"Then don't blame us for being rude," the three men in black exchanged glances with each other and attacked the old man at the same time.
"Cut, to bully more and less, it's really boring! , how are the Japanese ninjas again, what are they doing here" The unruly youth looked at the three ninjas with disdain from a distance.
The old man drew his sword and confronted the three of them, slashing and slashing, simply decisively, and fought with the three ninjas for dozens of rounds, and then because of his age and lack of physical strength, one was inattentive and was slashed in the back by a black-clothed ninja on the opposite side, and the situation turned around in an instant, the old man retreated, and the three men in black pressed step by step, not giving the old man a chance to breathe.
Li Tangshan shouted in his heart: "It's not good! ”
At this moment, a man in black wanted to stab the old man to death with a sword when he was not paying attention, and the old man used all his strength to shake away the other two men in black, wanting to defend the sword, but it was too late, at this moment, the unruly young man not far away made a move, grabbed a branch casually, the speed was like lightning, and hit the sword of the sneak attack man at the last moment, and the other two men in black next to him looked at the young man who came out of nowhere, his strength was unfathomable, and he suddenly scolded in his heart, "Damn, the kid from there, It's really in the way," and then quickly took out three needles and darts from his bosom and threw them at the old man. "Withdraw" The three men in black quickly ran into the bushes.
The unruly youth quickly swung the branch and struck the needle, but one of the needles still hit the old man in the chest.
The unruly young man pouted, "It's better to use a knife." ”
The old man, who had just recovered from the ghost gate, was hit again, and then quickly sat on the ground, sealing the meridians with both hands.
The unruly youth nodded to the old man, who smiled.
Just as the unruly young man was about to say goodbye, the old man's face suddenly turned dark, and he shouted: "Poisonous" The young man quickly clicked behind the old man a few times, trying to seal the toxins in the old man's body, but the effect was not good, and the toxins had already entered the old man's body.
The old man knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, and suddenly laughed, "Well, it seems that the sky is going to kill me!" Come here, young man. ”
The young man walked up to the old man.
"What's your name, young man?" The old man asked kindly.
"My name is Li Tangshan"
The old man took out a token from his arms, "Come, this is for you, thank you for helping me just now, you will be the lord of Longchuan City in the future, I hope you will manage Longchuan Country well and let the people live and work in peace and contentment." Then he fell.
Li Tangshan took the token, with joy and melancholy, buried the old man's body on the spot, and said softly in front of the tomb, "Old man, you can go with confidence, I, Li Tangshan, will avenge you." ”
Then he walked to Longchuan City, a hundred miles away.
The narrow mountain road, the steep cliffs, looking up, became very narrow that day, even narrower than this road, occasionally a crow swept over it, but the chilling cry echoed in the unknown valley surrounded by the mountains, as if death was calling to itself.
The procession was advancing, and people were falling down and then being picked up by those around them or getting up on their own to continue walking, but others died silently.
The corpses would soon be moved to the side, and some of the passers-by would stop and say a few words, but many more seemed to be accustomed to this, and only changed the direction of their heading slightly, mechanically dragging their already unconscious legs on the muddy mountain road.
Ever since leaving the old camp, people have been dying all the time, and everyone has become numb to the dead. In order to quickly reach the rich Lingnan land, Zhao Zhong led the people to bump on the road for more than half a year, eating and sleeping in the open air, coupled with the harassment of hundreds of Yue people along the way, the team has been sharply reduced from more than 30,000 people at the time of departure to more than 20,000 now. Looking at the people who kept dying, Zhao Zhong sometimes wondered if his father Zhao Tuo's decision was correct.
The blizzard from the north, compared to the many plateau countries that still had to go out to find food in the bitter cold and lived in the ice and snow, the Central Plains where Daqin was located was already living in heaven. It's just that Qin Shi Huang is not a man who is easily satisfied with the status quo, and he and his people should live better than they are now, and must eliminate the threat from the south and the north, if they can live in that fabled rich Lingnan land.
However, that place was too far away from the Central Plains, and Zhao Zhong led everyone to walk south, crossing the Yangtze River, crossing Wuling, and seeing a place surrounded by rivers. There are four seasons like spring, abundant rain, abundant vegetation, the Pearl River Delta Taiping Plain, the woods are everywhere food, and more importantly, it is suitable for planting.
Therefore, after Qin Shi Huang received a letter from Ren Huan, at the Spring Festival of this year, Qin Shi Huang put forward the idea of immigrating to the rich Lingnan land. Naturally, the proposal was opposed by many, because no one knew how far to go and what kind of difficulties would be encountered on the way, and the important thing was that now the place still had enough food to offer, and there was no need to take this huge risk.
Qin Shi Huang was not a person who gave up easily. Since the ministers of Xianyang did not agree to his proposal, Qin Shi Huang simply allowed the original immigrants to be from some of the disadvantaged groups in Xianyang, either women who had lost their men, or elderly people who were no longer fit to go out hunting, or children who had lost their parents but were still minors. These people are in the lowest stratum of Great Qin, and their survival is not guaranteed, so instead of waiting for death here, it is better to go out and break through. And the ministers of the empire also seemed happy to see Zhao Zhong take away these people, who in their opinion would only waste food, and would be no different from waste. So, after some arduous discussions, Qin Shi Huang obtained two months' worth of food for them, and on a sunny day set out on a journey to the rich land of Lingnan.