Chapter 169: Everything is Difficult at the Beginning
Zhou Zhong is very busy, and he is very busy. The cleaned-up cottage personnel were all concentrated in Chasing Cloud Mountain. The mountain bandits have no rules, they only believe in their fists. Whoever has the biggest fist has the absolute right to speak. It had not been an hour since he had been here, and more than a dozen people had come to complain, all accusing others of being rude. Zhou Zhong is also a person who has been a county official, if he is placed in Handi, it will be easy for him to govern a county, but these people are a little powerless.
I finally finished taking care of things, and it was already the middle of the night when I was ready to go to bed. My whole body hurts, and I don't want to move when I lie down on the couch. The door was suddenly pushed open, and Su Ren came in with a tray. In the tray is a bowl of rice and two dough cakes.
Smiled and put it on a few cases: "Get up quickly, go to bed without eating, it's only the first day, and you'll be over in a few days!" I can't get your hands on it. ”
Zhou Zhong hurriedly got up and saluted Su Ren: "There is Mr. Lao." ”
"What's that? You're helping me, and thank me, if you get it wrong, hurry up and eat! ”
Zhou Zhong has been getting along with Su Ren these days, and he thinks that this person is not bad, as long as you don't have two hearts, he will be ten out of ten with you. is not pretentious, and takes a big gulp of the rice bowl.
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, get through this hurdle, I want to find a way to get you some helpers, these people have no rules, you should train well." ”
Zhou Chong nodded again and again: "I know, I was Mu Qingyun's staff back then." ”
"Hehe, that's the same, when my craftsmen come, these people should be better when they have a job, and in addition, you pick out those young people and prepare to form a guard, and when Chasing Cloud Mountain gets better, I think the rest of Yuanshan will be blushing."
"Wouldn't it? I don't think Master Sun Zhai is that kind of person. ”
"Sun Er Mazi won't, don't guarantee that other people won't, just in case it's always good, in case we don't prepare, when the time comes, there is not even a strategy to deal with it, from tomorrow, these people can't be idle, and the cloud chasing mountain will be repaired again, those abandoned passes have to be repaired, since we want to use this place as the base of the Qiangdi trade route, then it must be foolproof."
Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it!" ”
Su Ren smiled and pulled Zhou Zhong back: "It's so late, who are you looking for, get a good night's sleep, take your time tomorrow, you're busy with everything." ”
Zhou Chong also smiled awkwardly, and the two talked again. Su Ren came out of the room at this time. Today's sky is good, the sky is full of stars, and the moon is hanging in the sky. The surrounding fires add to the tranquility of Wonsan. The occasional howl of the beast, after echoing through the valley, sounded very creepy.
Su Ren stood at the mountain pass, looking at the dark mountain forest. Against the backdrop of skylight, the mountains are undulating, layer by layer, stretching into the distance. took a few breaths of wet air, and said to the cold beside him: "This is the country of the Han Dynasty, it looks magnificent, but in fact it is just like that!" ”
Leng Jun's heart was shocked, he glanced at Su Ren, and did not answer.
Su Ren continued: "Although the country is good, there must be someone who can rule, the great rivers and mountains that have been laid down by dozens of generations of the Qin State have been wiped out in just a few years in the hands of Hu Hai, and I don't know how many generations this Liu family can last?" ”
"Do you have any ideas?" looked at Su Ren coldly and vigilantly, his voice was not loud, and he asked a little timidly.
Su Ren glanced back at Leng Jun and smiled: "Scared by me, right?" ”
Leng Jun just looked at him like that, waiting for Su Ren to answer his question. Su Ren was a little helpless, knowing that Leng Jun had misunderstood what he meant. was meant to express his nostalgia for history, but Leng Jun felt that he had intentions. Without explaining, he turned around and walked back.
Leng Jun grabbed Su Ren: "Although I have never experienced the dispute between the destruction of Qin and Chu Han, I have also heard the master say that the people who suffered the most at that time were actually the people, if you have other attempts, I will never agree!" ”
"What do I mean?"
"You!" A pair of cold eyes sparkled in the dark night: "If you have no other intentions, what do those words mean just now?" ”
Su Ren saw that Leng Jun had become serious, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Okay, okay, look at you nervous, I really have no other intentions, I have no interest in the country, I am very lazy, my biggest goal is to live a life like a pig, this life is good to eat and drink, carefree is the best, do you know how tired it is to be an emperor?" I feel tired of taking care of our people, let alone the people in this world. ”
"That's what you really think?" Leng Jun still didn't believe it.
Su Ren raised a hand: "I swear, if I have the kind of thoughts you said, I will be hit by five thunders, and I will not die well!" ”
Su Ren had already sworn that it would be difficult for Leng Jun to say anything more. In this age of ignorance, a person's oath is very worthy of belief, even if the person has done many evils, since he has sworn an oath, it must be true. Leng Jun didn't think about it at all, people who have been cultivated in the 21st century, let alone swear the same as eating and sleeping, even if you call yourself a brother, there will be times when you will be stabbed in the back.
The night wind blew and scattered the campfires in the camp. Tens of thousands of people were crowded on Aoping Mountain, and the original houses were simply not enough to live in. Su Ren arranged the old and weak to go in, and the others could only settle temporarily. Fortunately, it was already summer, and the night was not too cold. Zhou Zhong has also sent people to build thatched huts, and I believe that it will not take long to solve the problem of accommodation.
In addition to living, it is to eat. That's an astronomical amount of food for tens of thousands of people every day. Chaiping Mountain was originally Li Jun's cottage. Li Jun left, and the mountain was scattered like birds and beasts, and everything that could be eaten was looted. The food problems of these tens of thousands of people are all pressed on the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce. Every day, a large amount of food comes in from outside the mountain, and it is digested in an instant.
As the saying goes, food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Clothes come first, whether you can eat or not, or live in the house. Dressing must not be reduced. This is the difference between people and animals, you can only be called a person when you wear clothes, and basic shame still needs to be taken into account. However, in the current Pingping Mountain, not to mention children and men, even those women may not be able to wrap themselves in their clothes.
All this needs to be solved by Su Ren.
When Su Ren first went up the mountain, he had seen the hardships of Yuanshan. This time, he came to catch up with the mountain again, so that his ideological understanding could be raised to a higher level. Pointing to the thieves who were sleeping in the open air, naked and shivering, he said to Leng Jun: "These people should also be the people of our Han, right?" Why can't the emperor take care of them? ”
"They are bandits, and from the day they became bandits, they are not the people of the Han Dynasty."
Su Ren smiled: "People are not born to want to be bandits, let me tell you a story, once upon a time there was a beggar gang, that is, a gang composed of beggars, the leader of the beggar gang was summoned by the emperor, the emperor wanted him to dissolve the beggar gang, and the leader of the beggar gang disagreed!" The emperor said, you beggars help tens of millions of disciples, and if you don't disband for a day, I have always been worried about your rebellion, and I don't have any other thoughts to do anything else! Guess what the leader of the beggar gang said? ”
"What does he have to say?" Said coldly and disdainfully: "The emperor did the right thing, if a person with no ambition would take in tens of millions of disciples, what would he do?" I think this man is the root of the scourge of the world, and he should be killed! ”
Su Ren stopped, and carefully looked at Leng Jun for a long time: "Why are you so supportive of the emperor now, why didn't you find out before?" ”
Leng Jun stiffened his neck: "The Han Dynasty was established, the war in the world was extinguished, and the people lived a few comfortable days, I am not loyal to the emperor, but for the sake of the people of the world." ”
"Oh! Well, I'll take your word for it! ”
After thinking for a while, Leng Jun asked again, "What did the leader of the beggar gang say?" ”
Su Ren said with a smile: "He said that the number of disciples of the Beggar Gang is not decided by him, but by the emperor!" If the emperor can really make everyone in the world fed and clothed, and the ghost is willing to be a beggar, just like this Yuanshan, it can't be said that everyone is willing to be a bandit and a thief, if the Han is really like you said, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the ghost is willing to go up the mountain to be a bandit! ”
After saying this, Su Ren ignored the coldness that stood in place and left on his own. Hawking and Huang Shisan, who followed behind him, both looked at Su Ren's back with admiration, and then turned their faces and stared at Leng Jun for a long time before chasing Su Ren.
The construction of Cloud Chasing Mountain was put on the agenda, and the reorganization of the escort team also began. There is nothing else in this place, but there is a lot of wood. The mountains were full of people, and wood was cut down to build houses and passes. Because of the lack of food, women and children are looking for wild vegetables, and everyone is working hard for a new life, and it seems that they are thriving.
The craftsmen transferred by Su Ren finally arrived, mainly boiling salt and making weapons. There is brine for boiling salt, there is no iron ore for making weapons, and shields and armor made of wood are not bad. Chasing the flat mountain is changing day by day. Su Ren specially planned the construction of Aoping Mountain, and everyone must live according to the plan. In order to prevent the conflict between the dozen or so cottages, Su Ren divided the Pingping Mountain into ten pieces, each of which was distributed according to the number of people in the original cottages.
A barracks was established at the foot of the mountain, and the top of the mountain was planned as a hall for the chief, and each cottage elected an elder to jointly manage the affairs of the entire cottage. Usually Zhou Zhong is responsible for dealing with specific matters, and when encountering major events, it must be discussed by the Council of Elders, as long as it is a matter that is voted on, even if you don't want to, you have to implement it unconditionally. Su Ren wanted to build a utopian group here, and bring these mountain bandits into a higher society according to work in advance.
Zhou Zhong has been mentioned by Su Ren several times, and he has been doing well recently. When everything was on track, he was much more relaxed. While drinking tea with Su Ren, he said with a smile: "Mr. is talented, I am knowledgeable, both in terms of soldiers and strategies, I am outstanding, and I am also a good hand at governing the place, I am not as good as myself!" It's a pity that the imperial court only let Mr. be a marketman, if Mr. is willing, I think ......"
Su Ren hurriedly stopped Zhou Zhong and said with a smile: "I'm too lazy, it's good not to do things." ”
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