Chapter 54: The Suffering of the Liao People
The people who watched the excitement applauded, and some people said loudly:
"If you kill it, you will kill it, how many villagers have this Liao dog harmed, you are eliminating harm for the people, and the master of the yamen will not be embarrassed!"
"Kill this dog!"
"Kill ......"
This scene is really exciting, but Li Meng is secretly frowning, Kong Youde and those rebellious soldiers under his command went to sea by boat in February, even if there are Liao people at this time, they may not be those rebellious soldiers, not to mention that since the Manchurian Tatars raised troops, the Liao people either entered the customs, or crossed the sea to Shandong, which can be all chaotic soldiers.
I really have this passionate thought, why don't I kill the Tartars, these people in front of me are beating happily, but the people who are beaten are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, they are flesh and blood compatriots, if the chaotic soldiers who plague the people in Dengzhou, who dares to stay in Shandong, let alone meet the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and they will be beaten to death when they meet the people.
Seeing that Wang Hai was about to clench his fists and rush inside, Li Meng grabbed him and said with a frown:
"What are you doing with this excitement, you disperse the people for me."
Wang Hai was stunned for a moment, saw Li Meng's stern gaze, and didn't dare to speak, and hurriedly turned around to call someone, those blacksmiths couldn't enjoy the fight, and returned to the blacksmith shop and picked up a hammer, about to smash it, and a loud shout sounded next to Leng Buding:
"Stop, you can't kill people in broad daylight!"
The blacksmith was so frightened by this shout that his hands trembled, and the hammer almost hit his apprentice, and he was about to turn around and scold angrily, but he saw that the person who shouted was Li Meng, and the people around him may not know him, but when Li Meng came to build the short thorn, because civilians are more taboo in building weapons, the blacksmith has to inquire clearly, and naturally knows that the person who looks like a civilian in front of him is Li Meng, the inspector of Yanzheng.
The expression of righteous indignation quickly turned into a sneer, and the blacksmith said in a loud voice:
"Master Li's lesson is that he was a little reckless for a while, and he almost made a big mistake."
If the military households in the guard were taught such a lesson by Li Meng, they might have to say a few words, but the merchants who do business in this city are much more sleek, and these people who are watching the excitement are originally excited, and they are very unhappy to be disturbed by Li Meng.
"Wouldn't it be cheaper for these Liao sinners to be killed, it is better to let them be cattle and horses, and be slaves for a lifetime, and they will not be able to turn over for the rest of their lives."
Li Meng was also full of "righteous indignation", where he pointed to the Liao people lying on the ground and shouted loudly, originally he wanted to persuade him, but suddenly thought that the chaos in Dengzhou had just subsided, if he rashly saved people, if he was accused of "sheltering Liao people and harboring bad intentions", it would be troublesome.
In all dynasties, the government was most sensitive to this rebellion and rebellion.
Hearing Li Meng say that he wanted to sell this Liao people as slaves, everyone in the field was stunned, and then they didn't know who started, everyone cheered, and at this time, Wang Hai led those salts and rushed over, and shouted coldly outside the crowd:
"In broad daylight, what are you doing here, it's all scattered!!"
Looking at more than 20 young people with staring eyes standing there, watching the lively crowd suddenly scattered, no one dared to say much, these people walked halfway, or when they came home, they felt that something was wrong, and sold themselves to a large family as a slave, that is a good thing!
didn't talk much to the blacksmith, Li Meng asked Wang Hai and them to set up the people and take them away directly, and the blacksmith and his apprentice bent down and watched with a smile.
After this incident, Li Meng's good mood for a walk was gone, and he returned directly to the house, the adjacent inspection office house was already lively, and those salt merchants and salt sellers who were eating wine at noon were discussing various details there, and the Liao man brought back by Li Meng was already beaten and couldn't stand up, Wang Hai arranged for Yan Ding to find Langzhong who was beaten up.
The Liao Min was put on the bed, he covered his head just now, there was no scar on his face, for Li Meng who saved him, this Liao Min had no words of thanks, he looked at the ceiling with a blank expression, Li Meng opened his mouth and said:
"What's your name? Where is home? ”
The Liao Min didn't react, Li Meng thought he didn't hear it, and asked again, and suddenly, the Liao Min cried loudly, not so much crying, more accurately howling, maybe he had been pretending to be dumb, suppressed for a long time, and cried and said:
"There is still a home there, the outside of the gate is occupied by the Tartars, come to Dengzhou Mansion, Kong Youde is doing this kind of thing this day, Dengzhou can't stay, you can only come here, but ...... I'm also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, where can I go? ”
While crying, Li Meng felt uncomfortable when he heard it, the Laizhou Mansion where he was located seemed to be peaceful, but there was chaos in the world, and it was these innocent people who suffered.
While crying, Liao Min suddenly got up from the bed despite his serious injuries, but his arms couldn't support the pain, so he fell directly under the bed, kowtowed to Li Meng desperately, and begged:
"Adult, even if I, Guo Dong, make cattle and horses for you, it's nothing, there are wives and children outside the small city, waiting for the little ones to give them food, beg the adults to give them a bite to eat, my child is not yet a year old, don't starve him."
Li Meng stepped forward and helped him, seeing that Guo Dong was seriously injured, he didn't dare to make too much movement for them, just let him lie flat on the ground, and asked again:
"Don't worry about your family outside the city, let me ask you, what will you do?"
Hearing Li Meng's promise, Liaomin Guo Dong suddenly had the spirit and wanted to turn over and kowtow, but Li Meng held him there and didn't let him move, and forced himself to speak:
"The small one is a craftsman in Liaodong, who has been manufacturing weapons for the military town for generations, and has ancestral craftsmanship."
Li Meng already had a smile on his face, turned around and called a salt ding, asked where Guo Dong's wife and children were outside the city, and let this salt ding go to settle himself, seeing that his family members were resettled, Guo Dong, who had always been nervous and desperate, relaxed all over his body, and only then did he feel the pain of being beaten up and down his body.
Coincidentally, the bone-setting Langzhong invited by Wang Hai arrived at this time, and began to diagnose and treat after entering the house, but Wang Hai was a little strange that Li Meng, who was in the house, was obviously even more excited, and regardless of Guo Dong's treatment over there, he asked again:
"How many craftsmen like you fled to Jiaozhou City with you?"
"Back to my lord, we are all military households and artisan households of the right guard of Dingliao in Liaodong, and there are more than 20 families in Dengzhou who came together four years ago, and when Kong Youde made trouble, we lived in Haiyang, and we couldn't stay there last year......
"How many artisan blacksmiths are there who can craft weapons like you?"