And just when the land of Qilu was reaping a piece of joy, on the other side of the Nigu Village in Cangzhou, the surging refugees made the officials of the north and south very sad.

At this time, it is already September, although there is no snow in Nanjing Road, but the cold wind is coming, which is the breath of winter.

Sixty or seventy miles north of Nigu Village, on the bank of the Lushui River, a dilapidated small temple stands alone on a small bare mound.

Beneath the mound were scattered horses and disheveled soldiers, and even large groups of civilians. The former numbered about four or five hundred, and the latter was perhaps four or five times as many. crowded next to each other against the flickering bonfire, scolding his mother while stretching out his hand to warm up on the fire. It was raining lightly, very little, but it was very wet and cold.

A burly general, dressed in Wenshan armor and wearing a burqa outside the armor, stood under the eaves of a small temple, like a stone sculpture, looking at the south without moving. In the night, the cold wind blew on his face, but it could not make him feel the slightest emotion.

As one of the eight divisions of the resentful army, Guo Yaoshi has appeared on the changing stage of Liao, Song and Jin for a long time, although he is still only an inconspicuous small role.

The Khitan formed a resentful army, with the original intention of using these Liao people who had left their homeland to resist the Jurchens. It's like the Beifu Army in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It's a pity that the performance of this resentful army was not as brilliant as the Khitans expected when they formed them, on the contrary, since the battle of Tribulus Mountain, the resentful army has become a problem for the Khitan. Its leader, Dong Clown, led the army to plunder Qianzhou, and it can be said that if it were not for the help of Dong Clown, the Jin army would not have been so easy to take advantage of the victory to occupy Cheng, Yi, Hao, Wei, Xian, Qian, and other prefectures. That is, the latter is now occupied by the Jurchens, otherwise, the matter will never stop.

The Liao State then broke up the resentful army, but did not give enough food to the various departments of the resentful army, so that there were many rebels in the battalions under it.

Emperor Tianzuo took the general Jin Wuwei, the Eastern Road Commander Yelu Yujian and the King of Xi to return to Bao and forcefully conquered and suppressed, during which Dong Xiaoclown was executed because of the unfavorable rebellion, so his subordinates Luo Qinghan and Dong Zhongsun led the resentment army to rebel. After Yelu Yu saw and returned to Baoping to quell the rebellion, he said angrily: "A few years ago, the Dong army rebelled, plundered Qianzhou, and has been from Zhao'an; Before he could see the rebellion, he attacked the county. If our army does not come, the city will be shattered, and tens of thousands of residents will be killed. The so-called resentment of the army failed to repay the grievances of the Jin people, and repeatedly complained against my family. Now, if you take advantage of it to disarm and send troops to cover up and kill all of them, you will never be in trouble. However, Hui Libao disagreed, believing that "there are also those who are loyal and righteous for a while, how can they be killed?" ”

Guo Yaoshi was one of the few people in the resentful army who occupied the right team, so not only was he not punished, but he got some benefits, he gained a certain trust from the Khitan, and was transferred from Zhongjing Road to Nanjing Road.

Compared with the Jurchens in Liaodong and the rebellious people and rebels in Zhongjing Province, the refugees in Nanjing Province are simply a good opponent. He even found a good way to get rich.

Guo Yaoshi had a dark face and rough skin, and if he put him in front of the old man five years ago, no one would recognize him. Born in a family in Tiezhou, Liaodong, he is not a rude military man who does not understand current affairs, in fact, the eight battalions of the resentful army are all from a Liaodong family, but just looking at the appearance, the pain of leaving his hometown and fighting again and again have made him look different.

At this moment, Pharmacist Guo's face was shrouded in a layer of cold expressions of experienced human beings, which was a look that regarded human life as a mustard. Because along the way, he has seen too many deaths.

Behind him was a flag. The flag was soaked in the rain and hung limply under the eaves. A cold wind blew, and I could barely tell that it was a "Guo" character on it.

The water is the Jizhou Canal of later generations, which stretches from Jizhou to the sea. Although there are twists and turns along the way, the water surface is far from being as shallow and short as that of later generations, and it has not been affected by the Tangshan earthquake and land subsidence in 76 years, and its flow capacity is still good.

At least, this is already a good place for Pharmacist Guo to find.

Because of the meandering of the muddy water, the swamp harbor along the way is dotted with branches, the water gathers and replenishes, the water veins are connected, and there are countless Hubo water lakes, attracting gulls and birds to fly and sing one after another; It is also rich in lake fish, shrimp and crabs, and even if they wear nets on the ice in winter, they also have a lot of income; In addition, the thousands of lush reeds on both sides of the river, tightly guarding the banks of the river with nine bends and eighteen bends, resisting the wind and rain, is an excellent haven. When a group of them entered here, water, food, and warmth could be guaranteed to the greatest extent, and Pharmacist Guo did his best.

Now he was worried about whether the man would come as promised.

Compared with the last time they suddenly appeared and bought the thousands of captives in the hands of Guo Yaoshi, this time he brought tens of thousands of people. There were five other camps within a radius of twenty miles. So many people are stationed in one place, and the harm is too great.

Drinking water, defecating, and even eating fish, shrimp, and pugen are all problems. It's better to spread it out.

But the people here were the most valuable among the tens of thousands of refugees, including scholars and officials, as well as blacksmiths, coppersmiths, leathermen, carpenters, etc. According to the price of the last 'sale', the price of these people is very high, even if those scholars and officials are the sons of small families and petty officials, but they are afraid that they can exchange it for two or three hundred stone of grain. These tens of thousands of people are in one place, as long as the price remains the same, you can exchange for hundreds of armor clothes, as well as spears, swords, axes and shields with thousands of handles/faces. Of course, you can also get valuable grain, canned food, dried fish, etc.

This number has been calculated and calculated by Pharmacist Guo in the past few days.

Although for Guo Yaoshi, he would rather not have iron armor, not spears and heavy axes, but would rather get more food, and even more expensive canned food, dried fish and other things, he is not willing to ask for it.

Pharmacist Guo, who has tasted what hunger is like, clearly knows a truth - as long as there is a bite to eat, an army can be maintained, and as long as the army is there, everything is possible.

On that day, he used his own wealth to buy food from the city, so that he pacified the people and led his men to stand in the right line, so that he could meet the good life now.

Although his men are still in tatters, and although they are still hungry, they are able to maintain the team with supplies from the Liao State. Compared with the hard days in Nakakyo Province, the present is happiness.

If Pharmacist Guo, who was hungry and scared, wanted to get food more, only when he had enough food in his hands would he consider swords, guns and armor. But unfortunately, he could only exchange half of the points of the transaction amount for food, which was the man's rule.

It was drizzling in the sky, and a cold wind was blowing on the already soaked burqa, which was particularly cold and made people shiver. Both the cavalrymen and the refugees, most of them were thinly dressed, dirty and torn, and they were huddled in groups of three or five, wrapped tightly in their tattered clothes. Someone was whispering, someone was staggering, and he had fallen asleep.

At this time, several fast horses came all the way from the north. The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence up and down the hills, and when Guo Yaoshi heard the sound of horses' hooves, he gasped heavily, and spewed out a puff of white mist.

In a moment, the sound of horses' hooves got closer, and then in the middle of the sparse bushes, a small group of people appeared.

There were only six cavalrymen in this group, and the young man led by it was Guo Chang, the nephew of Guo Yaoshi. "Uncle, they've arrived, they've arrived. There are a lot of big ships on the sea. This Mr. Shi was sent by them to approach. ”

Hearing the exact answer, Pharmacist Guo's eyebrows stretched. The surrounding guards also showed joy on their faces, and the pain of the long march dissipated in an instant.

Once born, twice matured, and three times friends. They are in Nanjing, they don't dare to say anything else, and quietly collect some refugees to buy each other, so they are not hand-to-hand?

The price given by the other party is certainly low, even very low, and that little money is placed in the peaceful years, even the most humble slave can only buy a thigh, but their cost is lower, isn't it? The state and county governments of Nanjing Province did not pay any attention to them when they saw them taking in refugees. Guo Yaoshi led the team to take tens of thousands of refugees to Jizhou to the south, but he didn't see the Khitan people questioning.

Shi Xiu had already jumped off his horse, and the soldiers around him did not put it in his eyes, there were two battalions of sailors led by Ruan Xiaowu on the sea, one of which was a newly formed marine battalion. Don't look at the number of people, but when it comes to fighting, it must be the victory of the Liangshan army. Guo Yaoshi's department was not a threat in his eyes. Shi Xiu's eyes were more focused on the people around him, looking around from the dirt mountain, and numb faces could be seen under the dim fires everywhere.

Perhaps this place is near the sea, and the wind blows a lot, so many people gather here, Shi Xiu didn't even smell the smell.

"This is General Guo. In Shimoshixiu, Tim was the deputy leader of this transaction and met the general. ”

"Mr. Shi." A gleam flashed in Guo Yaoshi's eyes, Shi Xiu's posture of getting off the horse before he got off the horse can be seen, and the temperament of the desperate San Lang is too leaky, and he doesn't look like a businessman in a robe.

But this is not important, what matters is the next transaction.

Hearing that Pharmacist Guo was so camped, there were five more within a short distance of him, and he really brought tens of thousands of refugees, which made Shi Xiu's face show surprise. "There are only 20,000 people in Nigu Village so far, and the Khitan people are not happy. And General Guo brought in tens of thousands of people at one time, which was really smaller than the group of birds, which made Shi Xiu happy. ”

The sedan chair carries people. Shi Xiuhao has gone through many transactions in the north and south, even if his personality is straightforward, it is not that he does not know the slightest bit of human affection. Guo Yaoshi was happy to hand over people, he didn't drag the mud and water at all, and he didn't shout for money and food for the soldiers first, Shi Xiu's face was naturally good-looking. There are nearly 2,000 men and women, among whom there are inevitable patients, but the proportion is not high, which shows that people are not cruel, and Shi Xiu is even more happy.

"The Khitan people don't regard Liaodong Han'er as a person, I, Guo Yaoshi, was born in Liaodong, if I look at it again, how can I be a person?" Pharmacist Guo asked someone to bring wine and meat to entertain Shi Xiu. Holding a bowl of wine, he said: "Where is Mr., I don't know." Guo has heard the name of King Qi for a long time, and benevolence spreads Haiyu, who dares to be disrespectful. I don't want to start this person's tooth work today, so I have to meet Mr. Shi, get to know the Central Plains heroes, and the pharmacist is very lucky! ”

"Qilu is rich, and now there are no people in the north who don't know. These tens of thousands of men and women stayed in the northland, and this year's cold winter has passed, and they have gone seven or eight times out of ten. And when they arrived in the south, even if they had to endure some hardships, Guo also thought that with the kindness of the king of Qi, he would definitely show them a way to live. Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, the pharmacist fought on the battlefield, and there were countless unjust souls under his hands, and he came to atone for his sins. Besides, a certain can also get the group of the Central Plains, so that his brothers can also be happy, this is a three-way victory, nothing more than that. ”

Shi Xiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and sent such words to Ruan Xiaowu's ears, telling him to secretly instruct in his heart: "My brother has specially made an order to take a cold look at this guy, I thought he was a pickled bird, and if I don't want to, I look like a man." ”

Lu Qian didn't say it thoroughly, because he couldn't say it to Ruan Xiaowu with empty teeth and white teeth, this Guo Yaoshi had a backbone in the back of his head, and he was another living 'three-surnamed house slave'.