From Lu County to the west, there is a village without going out of Qili Road, and there are not as many fertile fields as villages. There are a large number of people migrating to Pengcheng on the road, Tao Ying rode in front, there were already soldiers in the town driving the people in front, Tao Ying dismounted and walked alone, and heard a group of people in front of him began to make noise.

"The second prince let us migrate, why don't you let us pass!"

A woman with a child in her arms and two boys in her hands was crying.

But the soldiers in the town blocked the way with their spears and shouted: "Our county is full, and Pengcheng is also full, so you should go to other counties!" ”

There was an argument everywhere, Tao Yingfu turned around and rode around the road towards Pengcheng. Driving the war horse to run more than ten miles outside Pengcheng, there were people everywhere, and many villages rose from the ground, which was not at all the chaotic villages planned by Tao Ying, which completely changed the appearance of Pengcheng.

Tens of thousands of troops arrived outside Pengcheng, the walls of Pengcheng had not yet been built, tens of thousands of people were constantly transporting wood and stones, many people died of exhaustion under the city, and the soldiers lifted them up and threw them into the pits dug to bury them alive, and those were captured by the Cao soldiers.

In just half a year, a thirteen-story main palace was built, and nearly 5,000 prisoners died of exhaustion, and the remaining more than 10,000 prisoners were also struggling on the verge of death, and more and more people began to join in the construction of the city.

It was already ten o'clock at noon when I arrived at the east gate of Pengcheng, and porridge was being distributed outside the east gate, and many people lined up to come to make porridge with broken bowls, and those were the people who participated in the construction of the city wall.

Tao Ying rode to the edge of the city alone, and found that many sturdy men had received a bowl of porridge and ran towards the outside of the city with two steamed buns with mixed noodles.

The foreman behind him was still there shouting: "Hurry up, don't run far, eat well and start work immediately!" ”

The young men in tattered clothes responded while running under the big tree, and more people gathered under the big tree, all of them were old and weak women and children, and those men handed the mixed noodles steamed buns to the children, and the children bit them away, and the women around them snatched the steamed buns and handed them to the younger children, and the big children still wanted to eat, and they didn't want the women to slap him on the head, and the little boy cried.

The porridge that the young man had exchanged for his physical strength was handed to the old men lying on the ground, whose faces were full of wrinkles, and each one was as dry as a scarecrow.

Seeing all this in front of him, Tao Ying lowered his head and two lines of tears slid down his cheeks to the saddle, and a big man just lay on the saddle and sobbed.

Outside the east gate, a soldier captain and a man snatched a wooden spoon, and the tug-of-war between the two seemed to be going on all the time.

"Girl, girl, you can't play so many ......"

"They still have to build walls and feed their families, so what's the matter with giving more?"

The person with the hat next to him was wearing men's clothes, but at first glance he was a woman. In Pengcheng, the soldiers had never feared anyone, let alone a lowly woman.

But the woman soldier was obviously a little afraid of her, so he hurriedly grabbed the spoon in one hand and blocked her with the other, but the girl scooped up a large bowl of porridge and put it all into a broken bowl, which was full of rice.

The ragged young man looked at the rice in the bowl, and suddenly put the rice on the ground and kowtowed to the girl, and the head banged. After a while, a man dressed as a general came on horseback, and the soldier in charge of the food hurriedly said: "General Li, take the girl back quickly, if she goes on like this, I'm afraid the people behind will not have anything to eat!" ”

The General Li looked at the large group of old and young women and children gathered under the tree, sighed and said, "Forget it, let Miss Gan fight!" After Li Dian finished speaking, he turned his head and wanted to leave, only the sergeant chief was left over there and talked about this and this for a long time, and finally sighed and sat down next to him.

"I thought I was a hero, I defeated Cao Cao, I caught the bully who oppressed the people, but my people still have nothing to wear and nothing to eat. I'm not even as good as the fugitive who honors his parents......"

Tao Ying cried for a while, Li Dian saw that a horse came here and hurriedly urged the horse to come, and saw that it was Tao Ying's war horse, Li Dian hurriedly got off the horse and knelt down and said: "Li Dian greets the lord!" ”

Hearing that someone recognized him, Tao Ying was afraid that seeing him crying would affect his morale, so he hurriedly wiped away his tears and straightened up. Seeing Li Dian kneeling on the ground, the surrounding officers and soldiers hurriedly put down the food distributed in their hands and knelt on the ground, seeing the officers and soldiers kneeling, those refugees with porridge did not know what to do with the porridge in their hands, but it seemed that kneeling had long become their habit, and they also knelt on the ground with a poof.

The porridge in the bowl was scattered on the ground, and the young man was extremely distressed and licked it on the ground. Miss Gan took the spoon in her hand, looked at Tao Ying here, and saw that Tao Ying was really here, so Miss Gan hurriedly dropped the spoon and knelt down.

Tao Ying dismounted and shouted at Li Dian and the people: "Get up, Wu Chang listens to the order, two bowls of porridge for each craftsman, and four mixed noodles and steamed buns!" ”

After listening to Tao Ying's words, those craftsmen and the family members under the tree all knelt on the ground and burst into tears, and a burst of kowtowing sounded, their heads were broken, and blood stained the ground.

The soldier kowtowed and said, "Lord Minister, this, this, if it is sent like this, there will not be enough food!" ”

Tao Ying pointed behind him and said, "Despite the hair, the grain and grass I brought is enough for them to eat for five years!" ”

The soldier commander got up and went to make porridge in person, Tao Ying turned over his horse again, walked to Miss Gan's side and said, "It's windy outside the city, so the girl should go back!" ”

After speaking, Tao Ying rode his horse and called Li Dian towards the city.

On the way, he encountered the hungry people lying on the ground one by one, Tao Ying pointed to the hungry people and asked Li Dian: "Everyone says that although Li Dian is young, he has a good demeanor, if there are so many hungry people here, you turn a blind eye?" ”

Li Dian hurriedly dismounted and asked for guilt, Tao Ying waved his hand and said: "Don't get off the horse, I'm not asking you for guilt today, but I have a question in my heart, you can help me answer it!" ”

Li Dianfang immediately said: "The lord has an order to distribute the people to the village, but the land outside the city has been distributed, and these refugees have fled from Guangling!" ”

"Guangling?"

Tao Ying was a little curious, how did the people of Guangling escape here?

"Yes, my lord, Guangling was looted by Zhenrong, and the people had nowhere to go, I heard that there were two sons in Pengcheng who distributed land, so they came here! However, there was no surplus land in several counties of Pengcheng, and in accordance with Gongzi's order, the army grain and grass in Pengcheng had been distributed to the people who had been allocated land. These refugees stayed in Pengcheng and refused to retreat. ”

Li Dian said as he pointed to the distance, it turned out that there were already a lot of porridge places outside the city, and those places were all for a man to support a family. Some of the children were older, and the older children also followed their fathers to work in the city, and divided the food of the two to feed the family.

Li Dian pointed to the city again and said: "There are enough craftsmen in the city, Gongzi used to order that anyone who gets a share of land must send one person to Pengcheng and various county towns to build walls and houses, so these people are no longer used up." It was Miss Gan who couldn't bear to let so many people starve to death on the streets, so she asked her subordinates to let them also go into the city to build a palace, saying that this could be completed as soon as possible, and by the way, they could barely survive, but her subordinates didn't follow, Miss Gan forced her to die, and her subordinates ......"

Li Dian lowered his head and didn't say anything, but Tao Ying sighed and said, "Miss Gan has such a good heart, it is my blessing in Pengcheng." Go down and pass on my orders, the refugees from Guangling, let them cut down the forests outside the city, and fill the ravines for cultivation. Farmland can also be cultivated at the foot of the mountain, but if 500 people are gathered, they will be resettled in a village, cut down trees and transport them to Pengcheng to build a city, and the land will be distributed to the refugees in Guangling, and grain and grass will be distributed to them! ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, Li Diannuo said and took the order to retreat.