Chapter 355 Mobilization of the Whole People
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Five days later, Su Jin, who was waiting for Yangzhou Mansion to mobilize livestock to pull the surplus grain, did not wait for a single livestock, but was awakened by the uproar early in the morning. ”
Su Jin was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Rioters? Where did the rebels come from, and how many are there? ”
"I don't know where it came from, it came from the east, and there was a large area of black pressing, and I don't know how many there were, and it was only seven or eight miles away from the camp."
Su Jin hurriedly washed up and ordered: "Pass my order, all the officers and soldiers will rush to the bottom of the mountain to protect the grain cart, and order the horse army Zhao Dutou to send the horse army sentry to investigate. ”
Mahan agreed, turned and ran out, and after a while, the sound of people neighing and horses was everywhere, and the whole camp was in chaos, and the soldiers gathered one after another, trotted to the clearing under the hill where the grain cart was, and formed a formation to guard it.
Su Jin hurriedly walked out of the big tent, and happened to meet the worried Li Chong, Li Chong said when he saw Su Jin: "What's the matter?" How can it be said that there are displaced people approaching, and this is where there is chaos in the state capital. ”
Su Jin said: "I don't know very well, just look at it." ”
The two hurriedly climbed up to the height of the camp and looked to the east, and as Mahan said, five or six miles away, there was a crowd of people in the dark, not to mention thousands, and they were striding towards this side.
Su Jin frowned and said: "It doesn't look like a homeless person, there are no women and children in it, and it looks like all men." ”
Li Chong also looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "It's not like that." Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Could it be another group of bandits?" It's all men, and you see there's people with sticks and so on. ”
Su Jin shook his head and said: "How can the bandits be so blatant, besides, it's not a stick, it's ...... Carrying pole! There are also cloth pockets...... I know, it must be the people of Yangzhou who come to pick up the grain. ”
Li Chongdao: "Didn't you ask them to raise the cattle to pull the cart away?" ”
Su Jin smiled: "How can there be livestock? People are dying of hunger, and there are still animals pulling carts? I forgot about this stubble that day, but fortunately, Song Zhen was not too confused, and it was not bad to mobilize the young and strong people of Yangzhou to come and use manpower to transport grain. ”
Li Chongchang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, it scared me." ”
Su Jin pulled Li Chong's arm and laughed, and sent someone to confirm it; The Ma Jun sentinel reported that it was indeed a human-powered cart team from Yangzhou, and a big stone fell to the ground in Su Jin's heart, and he immediately ordered someone to lead the people to the grain cart to distribute the vehicle, waiting for the order to leave.
Li Zhong was silent beside him, watching Su Jin give orders and being busy, until Su Jin finished assigning everything, then pulled Su Jin's sleeve and said: "Brother Su, I have successfully completed the task this time, and I will say goodbye to Tianchang later, and I will come out for more than ten days, and I don't know what happened to the people in the county." ”
Su Jin was stunned and said, "Are you going to leave so soon?" I also plan to go to Yangzhou Panhuan with you for a few days, but I haven't talked to you deeply these days when I have been taking care of the bandits. ”
Li Zhong said with a smile: "The coming day is long, you are very different from when you were in Luzhou at this moment, Shibei is impressed in three days, Brother Su's future is limitless." ”
Su Jin held Li Chong's hand and said solemnly: "Brother Zhaoting, you should know me best, I Su Jin don't have much ambition, but do what should be done, do what should be done, Brother Zhaoting is my Su Jin's biggest harvest this time, from now on, I Su Jin will treat Zhaoting as a brother in my lifetime, but if I am sent, I will not hesitate." ”
Li Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Su can speak like this, and it is not in vain that I came to help on this trip, but the burden on your shoulders is really not light, everything must be careful, a small matter of transporting grain has caused such a big disaster, it is conceivable that you are not good as a food envoy." ”
Su Jin said with a smile: "After a long and wise thing, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, I have written down Brother Zhaoting's words." ”
Li Chong arched his hand and said: "Then I'll go back to pack my things and take people back, we'll have a date later." ”
Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Don't be busy, I have something to give you." ”
Li Chongdao: "What is it?" ”
"Do you want to give you twenty carts of food?" Su Jin smiled.
Li Chong's eyes widened and said, "This ...... But...... This is the relief food of Yangzhou, how dare I accept it. ”
Su Jin said: "I am the special envoy of food affairs, and I will give it to whoever I say, unless you are not short of food." ”
"Missing! How is there no shortage, I am worried to death. ”
Su Jin smiled: "Then what are you refusing?" Twenty carts of grain is only 10,000 stones, which is a drop in the bucket for you, and you can use it to save the emergency, but you must use thunderous means to dig out the big grain profiteers in the county to survive this crisis; Today is November 26, and the deadline for the imperial court has long passed, don't be soft, you must make up your mind, otherwise it will be you and the people of Tianchang who are unlucky. ”
Li Chong said solemnly: "I know this, I won't let you go to Tianchang to fight the fire, if you go, you will go with me to talk about poetry and wine, not for the displacement of the people to go to disaster relief." ”
Su Jin smiled: "Do you want food?" ”
Li Chong smiled and said, "In this way, the county will thank the envoy for his grace on behalf of the people of Tianchang." ”
Su Jin laughed and said: "Yes, the food belongs to the people, as for Brother Zhaoting, I have another gift, I have ordered someone to send a box to your account, but you have to get Tianchang to open it, I also mentioned your name on this performance, as for whether you can win a glory for Brother Zhaoting, it can only rely on the grace of heaven." ”
Li Chong thanked him for his kindness, and went back to order the soldiers to pack up their things, Su Jin personally pulled the reins of Li Chong's little donkey and sent Li Chong outside the camp, Yan Biyun and others also came out to see each other, and everyone watched Li Chong's figure go away with a grain cart full of twenty grains escorted by more than 100 government officials.
In this compartment, the grain carts had already been distributed, and Su Jin ordered the soldiers to pull out the camp, and after cleaning up and stopping, he waved his hand, and the team of 6,000 people stretched for seven or eight miles and slowly marched towards Yangzhou.
The people of Yangzhou have become accustomed to calling Su Jin Su Qingtian, Su Jin was not suitable at first, but after several dissuasions, everyone just did not change their words, so it was okay, and in the end, they were complacent.
On the last day of November, the grain transport team arrived outside the west gate of Yangzhou City.
Song Zhen and Gou Dasheng, who had already gotten the news, opened the city gate and led the people of Yangzhou to greet each other, Gou Dasheng almost shed tears when he saw Su Jin, Su Jin knew that he was worried, but what he was worried about was not his own life and death, but if the food could not be snatched back, his own head would be moved, and he was in a desperate situation to cry.
Song Zhen also admired it very much, all the previous dissatisfaction and complaints about Su Jin were thrown out of the clouds, although the envoy acted frizzily, but he really had the ability, he poked such a big hole, and made up for it in a blink of an eye, for Song Zhen, this is an impossible task, but the young man in front of him made all this impossible possible.
Su Jin rode a tall horse into the city gate, and the streets of Yangzhou City were clean and spotless; The shops on both sides were open, but the streets were empty.
Su Jin asked Song Zhen and Gou Dasheng beside him a little strangely, both of them smiled mysteriously, but they smiled and did not answer.
When everyone walked to the Ximen school field at the end of West Street, Su Jin was suddenly surprised to find that the entire school field was full of men, women, and children, young and old, and people were standing on the school field with their children and children, and several streets, alleys, and alleys near the left were also full of people.
Su Jin stood still and asked, "What's going on?" ”
A white-haired old man walked out of the crowd, handed over a bowl of wine, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Excellency, please drink a bowl of triumphant wine sent by the people of Yangzhou." ”
Su Jin hurriedly got off the horse and took the wine bowl and said, "Thank you, uncle, I drank this wine." With that, he craned his neck and drank all the bowls of spirits.
The old man took the empty bowl, raised his hand and shouted: "Please Su Qingtian accept my Yangzhou people's worship." ”
As soon as his words fell, tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Su Jin, and people were in tears and shouted loudly: "Su Qingtian, please bow to the grass people." ”
"Lord Qingtian, may you live a long life, be blessed and live a long life."
"Lord Qingtian, you are the savior of our Yangzhou people."
“……”
Su Jin stood there, unable to speak, only to feel that something slipped off his face and fell into his mouth, salty and astringent.