If you want to say which place in the entire Ming Dynasty had the worst life, it was not the poor mountainous area of GX, but the SD in the Central Plains When Zhu Di was martyred, other magistrates felt that this was a family affair of your old Zhu family uncle and nephew, so they didn't resist much, but SD was an exception, Zhu Di experienced a painful blow here, and he was here several times when he almost died. www.biquge.info Therefore, Zhu Di was very hostile to SD after becoming the emperor, and everything that could be apportioned, whether it was taxes or forced labor, was pushed to SD so that SD became poorer and poorer. But the SD people have been fierce since ancient times, so they resolutely rebelled under the flickering of the White Lotus Sect, and of course the imperial court quickly suppressed it, and the Ming army of the Zhu Di Dynasty really didn't fear anyone, so they were exterminated before they got out of SD.

This toss, SD is even poorer, the poor are not afraid of death, as soon as there is a big natural disaster, there will be a rebellion, but it has never been a big trouble. As a result, SD fell into a dead circle: poverty -- the common people could not afford to live -- as soon as there was a little disaster or difficulty, they would rebel, and the rebellion would not become a climate -- it would soon be suppressed -- but because the rebellion was suppressed it would become poorer -- the next time it encountered some disaster, it would still not be able to survive -- it could only continue to rebel -- continue to be suppressed -- even poorer.

Xiaotian's team was stunned when they came to SD, most of them are Jiangnan people, the land of fish and rice in Jiangnan, no matter what life looks like, it is always not difficult to survive, but SD at this time is a real hell on earth. The so-called thieves are like combing soldiers like sieves, SD has suffered a disaster this year, thieves come to a soldier, the people have no way to live, every household is easy to eat, a cake for a yellow flower girl, two can be exchanged for a half-sized child, if it is not a virgin, sorry can only be changed for half a sheet.

That's right, Xiao Tian is here to take advantage of this ****** to recruit soldiers, two pieces of bread can be exchanged for half a child, so how much combat power can a whole four boats of grain be exchanged for? The people of SD can be said to be the people who have the least affection for the imperial court, how can such a place not come? A few days ago, because of the SD conscription, Xiao Tian forcibly set off regardless of Li Jin's order, and there were more than 200 brothers who volunteered to follow Xiao Tian, Xiao Tian knew that he and Li Jin were not far from turning their faces, but Xiao Tian was not afraid, and when this recruitment was over, he Li Jin would never think about moving Xiao Tian again.

At the same time, He Dong, the governor of Suliao, looked at the newly recruited 1,500 township soldiers in front of him with cold eyes, and the eyes of these township soldiers stared at the basket of steamed buns in front of him.

"Today's steamed buns are unlimited, but they can be eaten vigorously, eat until you can't eat them, kill the thief with me tomorrow, if you lose, you won't have to eat in the future, if you win, you will be a soldier of the court in the future, and you can eat white flour steamed buns as you like." Now, eat!"

I saw more than a thousand people rushing to the basket of steamed buns swarming, in a blink of an eye all the baskets were squeezed down, the snow-white steamed buns rolled down to the ground and turned into black and white colors, but after a while, they were grabbed by the darker big hands and stuffed into their mouths, for these steamed buns, they will go to the battlefield tomorrow, and their lives may only be worth these steamed buns in these years.

At the same time, Li Bangzhen was also doing the same thing, these people in front of him were all disaster victims, in order to stutter and raise the flag to rebel with him, tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle with the officers and soldiers, if you win, you can eat a few more days to eat, and if you lose, you have to lose your head.

The next day, outside the city of Haozhou, the officers and men of the two armies faced each other as a whole, no one encouraged morale, no one rectified the formation, both armies were peasants who had just put down their hoes, and too complicated orders could not be executed, there was no point in motivating morale, they were fighting for survival, they had food to eat if they were victorious, and they could only starve to death if they were defeated.

While the two groups of men and horses are fighting for survival on the Haozhou side, Qingdao, which is not too far away, is indeed a different scene.

"This big brother, you are asking me to try, I can lift it when I was full before, I will definitely be able to lift it." A young man who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old knelt down and begged a strong man beside him. This strong man was Li Gouzi, a subordinate who had followed Xiaotian to Suzhou, and I saw Li Gouzi say in a cold tone: Next. The young man wanted to ask for more, but he angered the people in line behind him, and for a while foul language came to his face, and there was no doubt that as long as he dared to say more, the villagers behind him would tear him alive. It's not that Li Gouzi is cold-blooded and ruthless, it's just that he has become numb to too many things like this in the past few days.

In the past few days, several huge sea ships have come to the sea, the first one is more than 100 meters long, and a handsome young man came down from the boat, moving countless grains from the boat, opening up porridge sheds, and giving relief to the victims.

Of course, Xiaotian is not here to be kind, disaster relief is a matter for the imperial court, Xiaotian is not a saint, there is a recruiting office next to each porridge shed, as long as you can lift a small grinding stone, you can go with him, and you are allowed to bring a family member, so you don't have to worry about starvation from now on. Fools know that this group of people is coming from the wrong way, but now that the government of SD Province has been completely paralyzed, naturally no one cares about them, and there are many people who sell their children and daughters for the sake of stuttering, and they are all starving to death anyway, who cares if you are officials or thieves. In a few days, Xiaotian has gained a lot, recruiting more than 100 refugees, don't look at all of them with yellow and thin muscles, but they can lift huge stones, eat well for a few days, and all of them are good men.

As for those who can't lift it, I'm sorry, just like the old and weak women and children queuing up on the side, they will receive a bowl of gruel, where will they come from. It's not that Xiaotian is ruthless, it's really powerless, even if these boats of grain are all unloaded, it won't be enough for the hungry people in SD land.

Of course, a bowl of gruel is naturally not full, let's have a famine, food is more valuable than life, but if you can't eat, it becomes worthless, Xiaotian is still relatively righteous, one or two silver can be exchanged for three steamed buns, a gold jewelry can be exchanged for ten flatbreads, porcelain and antiques can be exchanged, if you don't even have this, the iron pot at home can be used, and you can change a flatbread, anyway, you have nothing to cook, what? You say you're a fisherman and have a boat? Then what else to say, you take away this big basket of steamed buns. Not to mention, SD is worthy of being the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, it really makes Xiaotian collect a lot of treasures, if the landlord can't enter the city when there is a famine, he can be torn alive by the hungry and crazy villagers, and the things he eats are eaten, and what he can't eat finally falls into Xiaotian's hands.

In this way, Xiao Tian stayed in each place for three days, walked around the SD coastline, exchanged all four boats of grain for various commodities, and recruited more than 800 big men, which has exceeded the number of original soldiers in Lijiadao.

At this time, Li Bangzhen and his fleeing subordinates were already desperate, a few days ago, they were beaten by He Dong, although their number is large, but the weapons and equipment are a little far behind, most of them can only take a wooden stick to fight, helpless can only start a big rout, stuck to the back by He Dong can not get rid of it, a few days down there are only more than 800 people left, the most terrible thing is that all the baggage food was lost in the process of escaping, this way to escape can only run while robbing, but now how much food can be robbed for you outside SD City? No one had eaten a full meal for a few days, and the eyes of the brothers in the team were green, and even he could not run if he continued like this, let alone where he could run.

At this time, I saw the scout boy Lang Lang staggering back, shouting, "Big boss, big boss, I heard that there are people in a small town thirty miles away from the sea who are opening a porridge shed to relieve disasters and release grain."

Hearing this, everyone in the team felt that the lost strength had returned, and screamed and killed the wronged leader.

Xiao Tian naturally didn't know that someone had wronged him at this time, and Xiao Tian was doing the final ideological work for those new comrades at this time. In the past few days, those new refugees feel like a dream, the food is not limited at all, when there is nothing to do, play a game called fighting the landlord with the partners around them, and at night the little leader also tells a story called the Legend of the Condor Heroes, and the good performance can also lead two or two wines to drink, to say that this little leader is really not a mortal The words in the mouth are reasonable, what a collective sense of honor, defending the fruits of victory, life and death are small and righteous, unity and love help each other, but a few days, Xiaotian has completed the initial brainwashing of these victims, and it is estimated that even if SD suddenly has a bumper harvest, they will not leave.

Li Bangzhen and they screamed and rushed over when they were directly blindfolded, what is the situation, I saw more than two hundred small people standing on the left and right of the porridge shed that are not easy to mess with at first glance (Jiangnan people are generally a little shorter than SD people), everyone has a musket on their backs, and a standard long knife is pinned to their waists. There are hundreds of big men standing on both sides of the queue to receive porridge, and they are also holding messy blades in their hands, what the hell is going on?

Xiaotian and they were also stunned for a moment, but Xiaotian was the first to reflect, "Yo! You're here to rob it? Why don't you come with me?"