Chapter 14: The Great Harvest of Bones
Shi Jia, Liu Yuan and others came to a small town, of course, this place has a large number of people, only in this way can it be convenient to find out where Shijiawu is.
Although there are a lot of people coming and going here, Shi Jia still hasn't been able to find out the real situation, so he has to go to a bigger city, but going to a bigger city means that he will have to take a bigger risk.
As soon as Shi Jia said his idea, Liu Yuan and the others also agreed, so they went to the largest city here together and entered it to listen to the news.
What they are going to now is Wenxi County, which is connected to Anyi, which was originally the seat of Hedong County, and moved the seat of Hedong to Pusaka during the Jin Dynasty. Because Wenxi is close to Xie Liang, Xie Liang, Anyi area is famous for Yancheng, which is rich in salt, plus the previous Warring States Seven Heroes Wei Zeng built the capital in Anyi, extending in all directions, it is conducive to exploring the news!
Along the way, they saw newly stacked graves. Liu Yuan said: "After Shi Le became emperor, he ordered the whole country to clean up the remains on the roadside, and there was a great atmosphere of turning from chaos to rule. Moreover, he focused on alleviating the contradictions between Han and Hu, and also issued a large number of policies that were beneficial to the people. I have to admit that Shile is a good emperor, he went from a slave to today's position, which has to be admired! ”
When Shi Jia heard this, he nodded again and again, looking at the newly raised graves, and putting the people who died in the war into the ground, which was also his benevolent and righteous act.
If he could turn a slave into an emperor, why couldn't he succeed in surviving in this world?
On the road, I could see people carrying the remains, and some people were building new graves, although I didn't know who the deceased was, but I just cut a piece of wood to erect a monument, but at least the deceased would not have to be in the wilderness of bones.
Shi Jia looked at the newly raised graves, and several corpses were buried in one grave, and some large graves buried hundreds of people. From this, it can be seen that under the chaos, human life is like a mustard, and how many people have died.
Someone said while carrying it: "Alas! Miserable! The war is terrible! Although he is now the Emperor of the Hu people, he at least understands that the dead are great, which is still good! ”
"What a good! Don't you see the Hu people taking over our homeland? Someone said so. The person who had spoken earlier immediately fell silent.
It can be seen from the conversations of these people that their hearts are very complicated, they think that Shi Le is a good emperor, but at the same time, because they are bullied by the Hu people, they also want to overthrow the rule of Qian Zhao, but when they are in chaos, they will die on the side of the road like these dead, but at the same time, who will help them pack up their bones for burial?
So people want to live and live a carefree life, and they don't want to be in the midst of war.
Shi Jia whispered to himself: "There won't be any more chaos, right?" I don't want to have such a tragic situation again......" Liu Yuan knew that Shi Jia was a noble son, or a noble son hiding in the mountains, and he had amnesia, of course he wouldn't know too much. However, Liu Yuan came into contact with many powerful people because she was a servant girl, and she saw it better than anyone else.
Liu Yuan therefore said: "Don't look at the current Zhao State faintly has the atmosphere of turning from chaos to rule, but there are hidden dangers everywhere in it, and there are signs of imminent chaos. And these, if they were not resolved during Shi Le's lifetime, the Zhao State would still fall into a situation of fragmentation. The Hu people want to rule this land for a long time, but they have never had one, which is also one of the reasons. If the king of Zhongshan ascends the throne, it is impossible for the world not to be chaotic! ”
Shi Jia was silent again, he looked at the carriages carrying bones on the road, and then looked at the unclaimed graves all over the roadside, if there was any more war, he didn't know how many there would be.
There are very few people who farm far away, most of them have been turned into pastures, and there are very few people who can actually farm.
The shouts of driving cattle and sheep came and went, originally fertile fields for thousands of miles, and they were ploughed everywhere, but now most of them have been reduced to pastures, and there are cattle and sheep everywhere.
The Han people were originally agricultural, but now that they have lost their land, the dissatisfaction in their hearts can be imagined. It was only because Shile was still taking care of their feelings that when the Hu people occupied the place to enclose the pasture, he set aside a lot of land for cultivation and tried to ensure that the cultivators had their land.
Shi Le naturally knew that farming was more food than grazing, but if his people wanted to change their thinking, it would be difficult to do it for a while, just step by step.
Although the situation in front of him is like this, Shi Jia and the ordinary people are useless, so let's continue to hurry and go to Wenxi to have a look!
When I arrived in the territory of Wenxi, what was surprising was that Wenxi was different from other places, the corpses actually appeared on the roadside from time to time, and there were very few graves built, so it could be seen that Wenxi did not fully implement Shile's policy. There are many more pastures than in other places, and the situation of enclosures is even more serious.
Just seeing people, Shi Jia and the others were surprised first! Why? Along the way, many people have big necks, but for some reason they are infected with big neck disease!
It doesn't make sense! Wenxi is close to the land of salt production, and there is salt here itself, how can it be sick because of the lack of salt? It's hard to believe, huh?
Along the way, people lived in extreme poverty, and everyone was yellow-skinned and listless.
Looking from behind, Liu Yuan's shadow is indeed very charming, and for this reason, it can't stop some disciples from coming forward to talk, but as soon as they saw Liu Yuan's cheeks, they had to retreat one by one. There are still several harassments like this, so it can be seen that Liu Yuan's figure is very attractive, but it is a pity that face.
After walking for so long, I didn't eat anything, so I naturally had to go to eat. Shi Jia and the others had just entered the tavern, first, they wanted to hear the news, and secondly, they were indeed hungry, so they naturally wanted to sacrifice the five internal organs temple in their abdomen.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper asked them if they wanted to put salt in the dish, and if they put salt in the dish, they had to press the amount of salt to set the price. This surprised Shi Jia and the others! What's going on? Why eat in a tavern, the price depends on how much salt is used in the dish, it's weird!
What the shopkeeper said made people understand, it turned out that there was a tyrant in Wenxi County, and his surname should be Mingmo. He relied on himself to rely on the twists and turns to climb the relationship with Shihu, the king of Zhongshan, and he became a tyrant in Wenxi County!
He had a monopoly on the salt industry, and anyone who wanted to buy salt had to go to his family's salt shop to buy it, and he raised the price of salt so that the price of salt in one place was several times higher than in other places.
He also colluded with the government, and if anyone dared to go to other places to buy salt, he would be caught and executed.
Although after the founding of Shile, he still treated the people a little kindly, but he naturally gave great benefits to their Qian tribe and the mother Xiongnu, as long as they didn't go too far, they would turn a blind eye.