Chapter 694: Immigration (Part II)
Although the cavalryman at the head was dressed exactly like the cavalry next to him, he did not carry the long fire gun on his back.
Moreover, the surrounding people and Jia Ming's officers also felt that the momentum of this cavalry was completely different from the surrounding cavalry, and the cavalry next to him revealed indifference, ruthlessness and iron blood.
And in addition to the iron and blood revealed by this body, there is also a strong majesty of the superior, and the momentum of not being angry and arrogant makes people feel palpitations at a glance.
After so many years of errand service in the Yamen, these errand servants have long been trained to have a pair of perceptive faces, and they can recognize this familiar momentum at a glance as their common official authority, but compared to their prefect, this official authority is much greater.
Needless to say, this must be an amazing big shot.
The horse-faced officer had already put away the whip in his hand, and the vicious and arrogant appearance of the mother and daughter had long since disappeared.
I saw him with a smile on his face and said: "So that this adult knows that these two mud-legged people are lazy and refuse to walk, so the villain will punish them a little and teach them some rules." ”
"A little punishment?" The corners of the visitor's mouth moved, and there was suddenly an indescribable coldness: "If we don't come, your so-called slight punishment will probably kill them, and if it is severely punished, won't it be to divide their five horses?" ”
Hearing the other party's tone of dissatisfaction, the horse-faced officer secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and his eyes swept around, only to find that the colleagues around him were either pretending to be busy or turning their heads to look away.
He also knew that in addition to the fact that he did not have a good relationship with his colleagues on weekdays, his behavior just now must have made many people unaccustomed to it, so he deliberately wanted to make himself suffer a little.
The smile on his face, which was secretly hated in his heart, did not weaken at all, but became stronger.
"Adults, it's not that the villains are ruthless, but that these mud-legged people are by nature. If you whip one or two from time to time, they will definitely help you get out of the moth, so the villain also wants to make an example. ”
"Hahaha...... Good, good......"
The people who came laughed and said a few good things.
"You're right, kill a hundred people, this reason is really good!"
Listening to the angry laughter of the visitor, the difference in the horse's face immediately secretly said that it was not good, and just wanted to beg for mercy, but unexpectedly heard the person who came shouting.
"Someone ...... coming"
"In ......"
Immediately, several knights dismounted and agreed in unison.
"Grab this vicious guy and tie him to a nearby tree."
"Whoa!"
Several knights responded in an uproar, and immediately rushed over, and one of the leaders kicked down the crook of the horse-faced officer's knee, and before the horse-faced officer could react, the whole person knelt down.
Then the two horsemen stepped forward and twisted his arm, carried him to the next tree, and untied the belt of the horse-faced officer and tied him to the tree.
The horse-faced servant who was tied to the tree was shocked and frightened, and cried out loudly, "My lord, my lord, what has done wrong to the little one, and you should treat the villain like this." The small one is an errand officer in Shanxi, and it is not under the jurisdiction of your Fujian government, why should you deal with the villain, the villain is not satisfied! ”
"Not convinced!"
The visitor sneered.
"Lao Tzu's surname is Yang Mingfeng, and he is the governor of Zhengnan ordered by His Majesty, do you think Lao Tzu has the right to deal with you, an evil official?"
"What...... Is it Jiang Ninghou? ”
"Is Jiang Ninghou in time?"
Whether it was the people on the road or the surrounding errand officers, they were all stunned when they heard Yang Feng's name, you must know that Yang Feng's name is already known to everyone in Daming.
For the first time, the people on the road who had been numb showed a look of emotion on their faces, and the servants were all stunned.
As people who eat the emperor's food, they certainly know better than ordinary people how much energy the person standing in front of them has.
With Yang Feng's power, let alone dealing with the horse-faced servants, even if they kill all of them, no one will say a word for them.
Don't look at these people who are powerful and prosperous in front of these migrants who have been escorted by them all the way, but in front of those officials and masters, they are a group of officials who do not enter the stream, and it is a matter of one sentence to kill.
Even a county order can dispose of them at will, let alone the top important minister of the Ming Dynasty like Xiang Yang Feng, who has a heavy army.
Yang Feng glanced at these servants coldly, and then walked to the mother and daughter who were still lying on the ground and moaning, and helped the mother and daughter up first.
At this time, the mother and daughter were already dying due to hunger and cold along the way, and they were whipped all the way, and there was a sour smell that went straight to his nose.
But at this time, he couldn't care about so much, looking at the two people who were breathing weakly, Yang Feng's thick eyebrows were furrowed.
He could see that in addition to the injuries on the mother and daughter, the weakness of the mother and daughter was also an important reason.
The mother and daughter who were helped up by Yang Feng also slowly sobered up at this time, looking at Yang Feng who helped them up, the mother struggled to sit up, her face was ashamed and frightened, and she said continuously: "The people don't dare to have the support of Lord Lao, please stay away from the people's daughters, otherwise I am afraid that the adults will pollute the noble body." ”
Seeing her struggling again and again, Yang Feng reluctantly let go of his hand and asked in a friendly voice, "What is the name of this eldest sister, where are you from?" How long have you been on the road? ”
The mother said in a low voice: "I don't dare to ask Lord Lao, the people's daughter Zhang Liang is the Shanxi Datongren clan." A few days ago, the government said that the imperial court was going to relocate a group of people to Taiwan.
The husband and mother-in-law of the folk girl were originally unwilling, and most of the neighbors around were also unwilling. After all, after the imperial court issued drought-tolerant crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in recent years, the lives of the people have been much better, at least they can have food and clothing, after all, who wants to leave their homeland if they have a stutter.
But when the government saw that no one wanted to go, it sent people to draw lots for the village, but all the families who were drawn had to be included in the ranks of the migrants. The Minnu's family was unlucky, but they were drawn.
So the husband of the folk girl sold the family's two acres of thin fields and houses, and then followed the villagers who were drawn to Fujian. But along the way, these evil officials kept looting the villagers' belongings under clever pretenses, and after walking for more than a month, all the belongings of the people's daughter and her family were looted by these evil officials.
What's more, after the people's belongings were looted, these evil officials never gave the people's daughter's family anything to eat. Occasionally, when I am in a good mood, I will send one or two wild vegetable dumplings, and this is how I often eat a hungry meal.
The folk girl could only dig the roots and turf all the way, and the husband and mother-in-law of the folk girl were tired and hungry along the way, and finally contracted the disease again. The folk girl thought that she was going to go underground with her daughter to see her husband and mother-in-law today, but she never thought that she was still alive......"
Speaking of this, tears slowly flowed from Zhang Liang's thin face.
Yang Feng turned his head and asked the people around him, "What Zhang Liang said is true?" ”
The surrounding people looked at each other and nodded.
"Hou Ye Mingjian, what Zhang Liang said is true, the grass people and others came all the way, and they were constantly exploited by these evil officials, and after the silver on their bodies was used up, they no longer paid attention to the grass people and others, and they didn't even give food, if it were a few more days, the grass people and others would probably starve to death on the road."
"Good good ......"
Yang Feng's eyes showed a terrifying history, and the migration of people from Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places to Taiwan was his proposal to the imperial court.
Because with the continuation of the climate of the Xiaoice River, the grain production in the north of Daming continues to decrease, coupled with the exploitation of landlords and gentry in various places, the life of the common people is becoming more and more difficult.
Although in recent years, with the influx of high-yield seeds from modern society, the great famine in the history of the Ming Dynasty has been alleviated.
But the strong inertia of history still played a role, such as Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues still appeared, so in order to prevent trouble, Yang Feng still proposed that the imperial court move about 300,000 immigrants from Shaanxi and Shaanxi to Taiwan.
Zhu Youxiao also agreed to this proposal after discussing with the cabinet, and allocated 1 million taels of silver from the Inner Treasury and the Household Department as relocation expenses, but he did not expect such an appalling thing to happen.
Yang Feng thought that this was only the first batch of immigrants, and if he hadn't discovered it in time, he didn't know how many more tragic things would happen next.
Holding back the murderous intent in his heart, Yang Feng took out two pieces of black chocolate from his arms, peeled off the wrapper, stuffed the two pieces of chocolate into the hands of the two of them and whispered: "Big sister, little girl, don't be afraid, that wicked man has been arrested by me, he will never beat you again, now you eat this thing, it will be good for your body." ”
Zhang Liang and the eldest girl looked at the black chocolate in their hands, the eldest girl tried to lick it with her tongue, and a bitter and sweet taste suddenly entered the tongue coating, and her eyes, which were originally so painful that she couldn't open her eyes, suddenly lit up, holding the chocolate and said to Zhang Liang...... It's so sweet, you can taste it too, and your body won't hurt if you eat it. ”
Zhang Liang looked at the daughter in his arms, and his distressed expression flashed.
I saw her reluctantly smiled and said, "Big girl, you can eat it yourself, my mother doesn't want to eat it now." ”
The eldest girl was young, and she didn't know that Zhang Liang was lying to herself, so she ate the chocolate deliciously. It's just that it's the first time in her life that she eats such delicious food, and she is reluctant to eat it all at once.
I saw her break this piece of chocolate in two and put half of it in her pocket, then she stretched out her tongue and slowly licked the remaining half, with a smile on her face that couldn't be hidden.
Yang Feng looked at the thin little face of the eldest girl, and a sour feeling surged in his heart inexplicably, but what followed was a killing intent that could not be concealed.
I saw him say coldly: "Song Ye! ”
"Whoa!"
Song Ye answered on the side.
Yang Feng pointed to the horse-faced servant who was tied to the tree and said: "Give me a hard beating, doesn't he like to beat people with a whip, you let me give me a hundred whips, I want to see if he can survive." ”
"Understood!"
Soon, with the sound of loud whipping, a burst of screams was also heard.
Yang Feng shouted viciously again: "All the rest of the people, arrest these servants for me." Don't they like silver, Lao Tzu wants them to spit out all the silver they eat! ”
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