Chapter 136: Empathy
But just when Qin Zhen was self-absorbed, he suddenly heard Shi Xiangyun say: "Hey, there are so many people in this wilderness, what are they doing?" ”
It turned out that at this time, they had already gone out of the city, and they were already dozens of miles away from Chang'an.
Hearing Shi Xiangyun say this, Qin Zhen looked into the distance.
I saw some sparse figures among the mountains and fields, helping the old and the young, swimming between the fields, as if looking for something.
What they were doing...... Qin Zhen seemed to know. He knew it by looking at their movements.
When these people walked, they sometimes bent down and dug something in the ground. This is clearly digging wild vegetables!
And at this time, wars are frequent, and it is a famine year, ordinary people, do not dig wild vegetables to survive, are they waiting to starve to death?
Qin Zhen still had some understanding of the history at this time, and naturally had a guess about what he saw in front of him.
And along the way, the villages they saw were all ruined, and there were ten rooms and nine empty. I am afraid that these people they saw were not like them, they were all people from the vicinity of the capital!
It's just that the land near the capital, wild grasses and wild vegetables, I'm afraid it's all mined for the hungry! So they had to go farther to get food.
Thinking of this, Qin Zhen sighed secretly in his heart.
How should he deal with this kind of thing?
Xue Baochai and them, at this time, their enthusiasm gradually cooled down.
It was difficult to make a trip, but their mood was still very good.
But then they saw that the scenery along the way was not what they imagined. This made their hearts gradually feel very uncomfortable.
At first, all they saw was the scenery. The ancient Chang'an Jing Zhaoyin still has a simple flavor, which is very fascinating.
But while looking at the scenery, of course, they will also see the humanity of the time.
At this time, the Jingzhao area, not long after the war, most of the residents near the capital fled.
At this time, although the fighting has subsided, all the people who have taken refuge have not yet returned to their homes.
Some people have escaped, and they simply don't come back, anyway, in their hometown, there is no one to live in peace, it is better to be outside, to be a homeless, and to be at ease.
So Qin Zhen and the others came all the way, and what Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai saw was a dilapidated countryside and withered human tracks. The population is sparse and there is a depression everywhere.
Such a scene, sandwiched between a lake and mountains, didn't feel anything at first, but after seeing too much, I felt that it was wrong.
At this time, although Shi Xiangyun asked, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu really didn't know what was going on!
Even if they don't understand it at first, they can still recall it if they think about the historical facts.
In the silence, Jia Tanchun asked an old woman to come over and inquire about their situation.
These people in the wilderness, seeing Qin Zhen and their team, had already hidden far away.
But this old woman was still called by Qin Zhen and them. This made her tremble and uneasy.
Qin Zhen Among them, there are a large number of soldiers. At this time, the grass people were afraid of the soldiers. God knows where she provoked these people in front of her?
But when she saw Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu and others, her mood gradually calmed down.
These little girls, one more handsome than the other, are like fairies in the sky. How fierce would such a little girl be?
The old woman didn't believe it!
Thereupon. Her mood gradually calmed down.
When Jia Tanchun saw that the old woman had arrived, she was pale and trembling, and she asked, "Old mother, why are you all ...... What does it look like? ”
In fact, this is simply equivalent to asking in vain, is it not because of poverty and no food?
In their hearts, they all have some foundation.
When the old woman heard Jia Tanchun ask, she made up her mind and recounted what happened to her.
It turned out that the old woman's husband and son had died in the war, leaving them orphans and widows with nothing to live on. The situation is very difficult.
Seeing that there is not much food in the house, they only have to go outside, get some wild grass and wild vegetables, and go back to satisfy their hunger, otherwise, they will starve to death.
And even so, it is still unknown whether they can survive!
Every day, around them, there will be people starving to death, violent corpses in the wilderness, this kind of thing, extremely miserable.
But what? Aren't they struggling to survive every day?
Xue Baochai and the others listened with a heavy heart.
Their original intention was to come out to play, but when they saw such a scene among the people, where would they still be in the mood?
"You have to settle people down, you can't let them wander around anymore and have no home. People would rather be homeless than have a stable home, because they feel that there is no hope for the future, and it is better to be a homeless person, and one day is a day. It's a lot of work! ”
Qin Zhen said to Jia Tanchun.
Jia Tanchun has the heart to do something practical, but now the situation is like this, he has to let her see the difficulties in front of her.
Qin Zhen couldn't do anything about this kind of thing. Qin Zhen's meaning, at this time, there is still a little bit of meaning to make Jia Tanchun retreat!
In the Guogong Mansion before, I didn't know anything, talking on paper, did Jia Tanchun expect such a situation?
People can't live and work in peace, how does her thing unfold?
Jia Tanchun saw the scene in front of her, and she also felt that the situation was worse than she imagined. The war has severely damaged the population and production. What I want to do, I'm afraid it's not so easy.
First of all, the containment of the population is a difficult task, and there are many delicate things to be done.
But although it is difficult, these seem to be difficult for Jia Tanchun.
"I ...... I'm going to settle them down. Jia Tanchun said. If she doesn't want to take revenge, it is the tragic situation of these people in front of her, and she also feels that she wants to save these poor people in front of her.
Although she also knows how difficult it is.
Qin Zhen saw that Jia Tanchun was still like this, and he didn't say anything. The little girl's love is overflowing, and at this time she wants to save the country and save the people, and if he wants to say anything else, they will immediately look down on him. It's important for him to maintain his image.
It's just that at this time, the efficiency of grain production is low, and in the event of natural and man-made disasters and food shortages, it seems that it will cause a catastrophe.
Qin Zhen didn't know much about the history of other eras, but he had a little understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty.
The Three Kingdoms are the easiest period to be understood.
He knew that during this period, there would soon be a famine. The record in the history books is "cannibalism".
People have begun to eat people, which shows how severe the famine is.