Chapter 1 The Food Crisis

Looking at the dilapidated Pingliang City, the subordinates who followed Yun Yue to Pingliang were a little sad. They are from Handan and have lived in the bustling city of Xianyang. I was really not used to Pingliang City, which had been ravaged by the Huns, and some timid women cried out loud. Grief for your uncertain future!

Having just been sacked by the Huns, Pingliang has a large area of land available. Each family was given a large plot of land, which was twice as large as in Xianyang. Looking at the vast expanse of land, the women immediately stopped crying.

The Chinese people have a natural desire for the land, because what they eat and wear comes from the land. As long as there is land, people will not starve to death. As long as this autumn passes, everyone can live a well-fed and warm life.

"Master Hou, you're back!" The fisherman bowed to Yun Yue.

"Who are those?" Yun Yue found that there were many more slaves in Pingliang City, and most of them were women and children. The total number is afraid that there are tens of thousands, which is much more than the people I brought from Xianyang.

"Master Hou, this is Ao Canghai from the Qiang people. It's all a strong tribe! When the old man saw that the Hou Ye had not returned, he assigned them some work within his ability. You can't keep them for dinner, can't you! ”

There was no old man in sight, and there was very little gray hair. Ao Canghai is not a good person, although he is not like Qi Qi who can eat people. But it's definitely not a good man or a woman!

"How many are there?"

"There are forty or fifty thousand people in total, and the old man is also worried that these people need food. But our food storage ......" Yun Yue saw a trace of coldness in the eyes of the old fisherman.

He knew what that meant, eating more and eating less. Then it's good to reduce the number of people who eat, and kill the children who can't work and eat too much. Woman, weak physique is useless except to give birth to children, kill it! This is the standard procedure for dealing with similar issues in this era. It looks like the problem is a bit tricky. Even the fisherman, who has always been kind and kind, has the intention of killing.

"How long will it take to store enough food?" Yun Yue glanced at the hard-working Qiang people in the distance. Each of them worked so hard, no whip or scold. As long as they see the living, they will do it with all their might, and they also know that the slaughter of the population must start with those who are the most incapable of doing it.

"It is estimated that I can eat it until summer, but I will never be able to hold the wheat to ripen."

"Let's go and have a look." Yun Yue walked towards the Qiang slaves.

A wooden stick. The woman lifted the two children on the other. It was clear that the basket of rubble was too heavy for them. A family of four, it seems that they are drunk and walking and shaking.

The mother was working with three children, two older ones were six or seven years old, and the other was about ten years old. The youngest was only about three or four years old, with a pair of bare little heels behind his two older brothers. The little hand struggled to carry the soil in the frame, as if he wanted to help the brothers who were swaying from side to side.

Seeing that the child seemed to be about to fall, he reached out and helped him. This time it was broken, and the woman kowtowed when she lay on the ground. The two big ones howled and cried. Only the little one looked at Yun Yue with timid eyes.

The woman spoke a foreign language in her mouth, and pulled the children to kowtow to Yun Yue together. The children were very serious, and their heads were covered with a lot of mud.

"What did she say?" Yun Yue asked about the killer who came in a hurry, and at the same time stopped the whip that was drawn.

"Back to the Hou Ye, this woman said that they can work and don't kill them." The killers have guarded the Qiang people for so long, and they already know some Qiang language.

The three children have yellow faces and thin muscles, and they all have a pair of big-bellied naan, which is definitely not a beer belly. Definitely not!. Yun Yue took out a scallion pancake from the leather bag, and the three children saw that the cake's eyes shone brightly.

The hand just reached out. The scallion pancake disappeared in an instant. Yun Yue turned her head, not wanting to look at the children's eating appearance. But he was wrong, and what he heard was more sad than what he saw. Behind him came a sound similar to a wild dog snatching food, and no one would believe it was a human voice. As he swallowed, he made a whimpering and threatening sound.

Sadness is a fucking torture, even back in the General's Mansion. There seems to be a sadness that can't be shaken off all over the body. The entire Pingliang City is a killing talent. As long as a military order is issued, these 40,000 or 50,000 people will become 40,000 or 50,000 corpses overnight. It is the best fertilizer for seeds and helps the crops in the field to grow quickly.

If that were the case, Yun Yue thought that she would definitely starve to death. When you eat noodles or cakes again, you will definitely feel like eating people. Poor Qi probably won't care. Yun Yue cares. He didn't want to throw up while eating.

Born and raised in New China under the red flag, there is still a bottom line for this.

Food, food is a big problem! asked King Zhuang Xiang for it, obviously asking for fish from the cat. If you don't get a claw, it's good.

I had some money on hand, but I could never buy enough food for 50,000 or 60,000 people to eat for two or three months. So much grain is pulled by trains, and it takes several wagons.

No way, not enough money. It's a daunting task to find that much money in two or three months. It's not that there is no way, there is another way. That's robbing, the vast Western Regions are so rich! The gems that I picked out from the strong bar have a big market in Xianyang. If you get another highly radioactive night pearl, it is estimated that the grain of the cool year will be lost.

You have to do this yourself. Ao Canghai is a fucking idiot, I heard that there are a lot of transparent stones in the strong tribe. Ao Canghai didn't even look at it, so he threw it away. Crystals are not worth much these years, but Yun Yue knows the value of this thing. In today's absence of glass, crystal can be regarded as a treasure.

Wait a minute...... Crystal...... Glass! Yun Yue's eyes lit up, this glass thing is a good thing with no price in the market. With coke as a weapon, glass can be burned. There is a large desert less than a hundred miles north of Pingliang, and the raw materials can be said to be inexhaustible.

After making up her mind, Yun Yue immediately called someone.

After sending away Zhang Han, who was happy in his heart, he discussed with Master Geng if he could make some glass products. Just said a few words, and saw Master Geng's eyes shine.

"Master Hou, are you talking about this thing?" Master Geng took out a black object from his arms.

Somewhat dark, but definitely glass. It may be that the temperature is not enough, the vitrification is not completely formed, and there are still some traces of stone on the back.

"A few days ago, there was little coke in the kiln, and I accidentally picked up this thing. I put it away when I felt it was fresh, and I was about to ask Master Hou what it was......" Master Geng ignored Yun Yue's surprise. babbling.

It's a big yawn, so I'll send a pillow! I didn't expect to be able to make this thing, and there will be some incomplete coalized fossils at the edge of some coal mines. Professionally it is called lignite, but in fact, there is still a gap between that thing and coal. The piece in hand is probably the lignite mixed in when firing.

Yun Yue was wrapped in a sense of happiness, haha! Lao Tzu is a genius, and the sand in the desert is about to turn into gold. I dreamed of making my own glassware. In exchange for a cart of food, Yun Yue was so happy that the snot bubble almost came out.

"Old Geng, if you use sand and clean sand as raw materials. It is sure that it can be fired into crystal clear glass, and if there is a pottery fan, it can be formed into various shapes. Yun Yue decided not to make a move, with such a capable subordinate, and then playing with the sand in person, it was a kind of destruction to herself. Just let Master Geng play, and he will tire himself to death.

Besides, Pingliang still has a lot of things to deal with by himself.

Xianyang City has been very unpeaceful recently, and bizarre cases often occur. And every murder is related to the Xiangbang Mansion. The guards of the Xiangbang Mansion were stoned to death by a stone lion that fell from the sky. What prison cell boss threw himself headlong into a puddle and drowned......

Lü Buwei was so angry that he fainted, and his mother's stone lion was five or six hundred gold. Even if you are afraid of lifting Ding Lishi, you can't get together, could it be that the stone lion at the door of your house has become a spirit and comes out to bite in the middle of the night? Even more bizarre was the drowning of the man in a puddle the size of a basin. This bastard could have drowned in it, if it weren't for the fact that a fellow colleague had confirmed it himself. Lü Buwei will strangle Xianyang Ling and Qi Zuo to death!

"Tell your family, don't go out and mess around when it's not peaceful lately!" Lü Buwei issued the most severe grounding order to his family, and the Lu family was in turmoil for a while. Grains, fruits and vegetables that enter the door. Let the person who sent it eat first. It's okay, and then people will go. So much so that Lü Buwei was on the table. The apples are all gnawed, and the yellow ones in the notches make people unappetizing.

When I got up in the morning, the water actually smelled fishy. When I asked, I learned that the guards were afraid of being poisoned in the water. The wells were stocked with fish as a precaution. As for the fishy smell, it is inevitable.

"Oh no. Oh no! Lord Xiangbang, our family's guard Lao Cui is dead, and the murderer is ......"

Hearing that, there was another death in Xiangbang's mansion. Xianyang Ling was almost pumped, and rushed over with the style of a messenger. There were no murderers in the first few times. But this time, the murderer is obvious to all, and the evidence is conclusive.

Zuichun Building, a famous official brothel in Xianyang City. Lu Xiongzheng looked at the corpse of his own guard in wonder, no! I stumbled on the stairs and didn't have that much strength when I fell to the ground. Why did you sit your own guards alive?

The front chest was deflated, and a piece of internal organs spit out of his mouth. was indeed sat to death, and Lu Xiong patted his ass very innocently. Could it be that he has already practiced to become an iron ass?

"Lord Lingyin, people are already out of gas." He probed the snort of the guard Lao Cui, and he was already out of breath. Even the corpses have become cold and cold, and there is a tendency to harden.

"Come on, take Lu Xiong up." After the Qin people changed the law through the Shang Dynasty, the concept that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people was deeply rooted. At the beginning, even the prince could be tortured, but now he is just detaining Lu Xiong in front of Lü Buwei.

"Who dare!" Lu Xiong shouted violently, and with a wave of his hand, there were three or four guards with big shoulders and round waists, protecting Lu Xiong in the middle. The sound of "choking" continued to sound, and a bronze sword pointed at the servants in the distance.

These are all sword masters hired by Lü Buwei in the Six Kingdoms, and where are their opponents. Two of the officers who rushed to the front were immediately stabbed. On the arms and thighs, blood burst out. Screaming loudly, he stepped back.

"Xianyang Ling, you are an official the size of a sesame mung bean. Dare to catch Lao Tzu, who gave you the guts. Tell you, Lao Tzu is the third brother of today's Lu Xiang. Get acquainted and get out of the way. Otherwise, Lao Tzu wants you to look good. As soon as Lu Xiong saw that his subordinates were in power, he immediately became arrogant. shouted at Xianyang Ling, not afraid of those indignant servants.

"Someone, the suspect resisted arrest. Shoot Ben Ling Yin in the legs! Xianyang Ling's face was red and white, and he didn't want to offend Lu Buwei. However, the third brother of Lord Xiangbang was too arrogant, not only resisting arrest in public, but also daring to draw his sword and hurt people. If you let go of all these things, how will you manage the place in the future?

If he lets go of Lu Xiong today, it is estimated that he will be played into a sieve by the Imperial Doctor tomorrow. When the time comes, it is certain to ask for an official to be dismissed. Instead of being a turtle with a shrunken head, it is better to fuck his mother vigorously, which can be regarded as earning face.

"No!" The servants shouted in unison, all of them were Guanzhong men. They were filled with righteous indignation at the injuries of their colleagues, and some of those close to them even took off their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot.

The officers in Xianyang City were not armies, they did not have crossbow arrows. Even if it is a bow and arrow, it is pitiful. But a few people brought it today, which can be regarded as prescient.

As soon as Lu Xiong saw that there were archers, he immediately felt that something was wrong. The guard next to him immediately copied the desk on the ground and blocked it in front of him.

"Kill it!" Lu Xiong began to feel unsafe, and within days of his son being shot dead. Now facing the bow and arrow, Lu Xiong instinctively felt scared. Fortunately, there are many guards with me today, and there are seven people in addition to the dead Lao Cui. These guys are all good swordsmen, and it won't be a problem to protect yourself and rush out.

As for the future, Lü Buwei is the prime minister of Great Qin, and it is estimated that it will not be a problem to settle down.

The head of the house spoke, and the guards immediately came to their senses. With a wave of his hand, he smashed the table in his hand at the archers, and then three or four people pounced on them, fighting with the messengers. The rest of the people escorted Lu Xiong to break out.

Those messengers were the opponents of Lü Buwei's hired swordsmen, and they were defeated for a while. Several people were stabbed in the chest, and the blood flowed like a note, and they didn't live when they saw it.

"Lord Xiangbang, it's not good! Oh no! The third master led the guards to kill the messenger, and Xianyang Ling blocked the gate of the mansion with the messenger and let ...... Let Lord Xiangbang hand over the three masters. ”

A servant hurriedly rushed in and saw Lü Buwei's stumbling report.

"What?" Lü Buwei was so shocked that he almost jumped up, the laws of Great Qin are strict. Blatantly resisting arrest, this is a fucking sin of splitting up the corpses of five horses. Is Lu Xiong crazy!

It wasn't just Lu Buwei who was surprised, but King Zhuang Xiang, who was eating breakfast, heard this, and his jaw almost dropped. He had never heard of such a thing in Xianyang, and someone dared to resist arrest and kill the soldiers. Fuck there's no royal law!

"Order Xiangbang to hand over that Lu Xiong and hand it over to the Yamen for trial! Make no mistake! (To be continued......)