Chapter 18 The Benevolent Guard
With a "poof", the dagger instantly pierced the man's head. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info moment Ziren pulled out the dagger, a stream of hot blood spurted out more than three feet high. The man fell to the ground and struggled a few times before he stopped moving.
The man and his accomplices were all sent by the Tong family to secretly stir up the situation, and no one expected that Ziren would kill the killer as soon as he found out. The rest of the people panicked, hurriedly pulled out the dagger hidden in their bodies, and rushed towards Ziren together.
Ziren had already taken precautions, and brandished the blade in his hand to slash at the incoming enemy. After a few sounds of metal clashing in their ears, the Tong family was forced to retreat by Ziren.
Ding Youcai also led his soldiers to rush to the road at this time, and rushed up to this group of Jurchen Tartars to take it. In the presence of all the people, a lot of silver taels were found from them, which is enough to prove that these people are not hungry people but have come here for purpose.
Now Li Chengliang's attitude towards himself is unclear, and Ziren does not want to make more troubles. He ordered Ding Youcai to hand over these tartars to the yamen and accuse them of the crime of inciting the hungry people.
After disposing of this gang of Tartars, Ziren inevitably misunderstood the people, and while sending people to continue to give porridge, he shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, the Tong family took the opportunity of the spring famine to deliberately settle high and strange, and these grains were all confiscated from the Tong family's store. I didn't expect this group of Tartars to take the opportunity to make trouble and frighten everyone, and I hope everyone won't be surprised. ”
However, a series of changes came too suddenly, and although the people felt that Ziren did not look like this treacherous person, they were still a little wary. Coupled with Li Ruliu's previous trouble, many parents of girls have held their children firmly in their arms, worried that Ziren is trying to do wrong.
Ziren saw some clues from the expressions of the people, and was thinking hard about how to dispel the concerns of the people, when he suddenly heard a gong behind him.
I saw that many people were beating gongs and drums to rush over, saying that they wanted to thank Master Ding, and the crowd was holding a plaque covered with red cloth.
Ziren couldn't help but wonder, thinking to himself that this kid who was rich was opened by Li Ruliu's ears? Paid to hire this group of people to build momentum for themselves.
After a short time, the people came to him, and many of the women immediately ran forward when they saw Ziren, knelt down on their knees and said "Engong" and kowtowed to Ziren again and again.
Only then did Ziren recognize that these women were all women in distress that he had rescued from Tong's house, and he didn't dare to accept this big gift, so he immediately stepped forward to help them up one by one.
After Ziren rescued the women, because it was getting late and the women's homes were not in the city, he asked them to go back to the fort for a night for fear of accidents. The next morning, he sent someone to escort them home, and seeing that most of these women were from poor families, they gave each of them five taels of silver as travel expenses before leaving.
After the woman told her family about this, everyone was always grateful to this Ziren, and when they heard that Ziren was going to recruit troops in the city, they decided to come together to build momentum for Ziren.
In this way, it is a great favor to Shangziren, after the women uncovered the red cloth, they saw that there were four golden characters written on it, "Benevolent Shouming", and then presented a military flag embroidered by the women overnight, eight feet five inches long, with a red sun and a yellow moon lined with a blue background.
Ziren was overjoyed when he saw that everyone was well-intentioned, and thanked the women repeatedly, and asked people to take care of the plaques and military flags on the other hand. I didn't want everyone to spend too much, so I privately sent someone to buy a lot of good fabrics as a return gift.
Right and wrong have their own merits, and justice is at ease in the hearts of the people. A living example is right in front of them, and most of the hungry people saw this scene and were convinced that Ziren was not a villain, so they settled down and stepped forward to receive the porridge.
Ziren saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and he had an idea to climb high and shouted: "You fellow villagers are Ding Shouming, the guard of Changning Fort, and the girl before is my unfinished lady, Li Chengcai, the daughter of Master Li, Miss Li Ruliu, and Miss Li. At this time, he shook his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "This little girl thinks that I am a loser in soup porridge, and I hope everyone will not be surprised when I come to stir up the situation." "
Li Ruliu is famous, and the people heard Ziren say this, combined with what the two of them said and did just now, they felt that there was indeed a nine-point similarity, and the remaining few people also dispelled their doubts.
At this time, Ziren changed the conversation, and said with a sad face: "Fellow villagers, I also know that this bowl of porridge with salt can't last long. It's not that the official is stingy, it's just that the food retrieved from the Tong family is really limited, and the small people in Changning Fort under my rule are poor, and even if the family goes bankrupt, I am afraid that it will not be able to survive the autumn harvest. After saying that, Ziren deliberately glanced at the male among the hungry people, and continued: "However, I am about to build a large number of buildings in Changning Fort recently, and a lot of labor is required, so everyone can come to my Fort to work for relief. Two meals a day, one thin and one dry, Zhuang Ding sends more rice and two pieces of rice every day, copper coins and five texts, and one knot a day. Elderly and infirm women and children can also participate, but only two meals of white porridge are provided each day. "
Ziren now has a little family background, even if the old and weak women and children are counted, those able-bodied men are not willing to let them eat and drink for nothing. And after returning to the fort, he was thinking about building a large number of buildings, so he decided to work for relief.
Knowing that the price of grain and salt was expensive, the people listened to Ziren's initial tone, and thought that this person was going to give up relief, and there was a panic in their hearts. It wasn't until I listened to the last few sentences that I made up my mind.
Seeing that there was rice and money, many hungry people came forward to apply for the recruitment in order to support their families. Seeing that this plan worked, Ziren sent the ancestor to lead people to register them, so that the money and food could be approved at that time.
As a result of this hard work, more than 500 men were recruited from among the hungry people, and the number of their families was about 2,000. It was impossible to accommodate so many hungry people in the fort, so Ziren asked these hungry people to wait for two days, and then let them take everyone to Changning Fort after they had set up temporary shacks.
He also promised that he would still send people to give porridge here for the next two days, so that everyone would not starve. Seeing that the people were no different from this, Ziren led people to buy some materials needed to build shacks and returned with the troops.
When he returned to the fort, he couldn't take a break, and immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter. After discussing with everyone, it was decided that all the recruits who were not good at equestrography were incorporated into Ding Bi and Zhou Daqi, and the original men and horses in the fort were just full. A total of more than 260 people.
A small number of recruits who are good at riding, plus some men who are good at riding from the fort, are assigned to Wang Mingjian and Ma Shinan, and the current number remains at about 60 people, and the shortage of forty percent will be recruited in the future.
After the expansion of Changning Fort, there are still many empty houses, and the newly recruited men and recruits who come to Tuntian can live even if they bring their families.
In order to deal with the large number of hungry people who were about to pour into the fort, Ziren listened to the advice of Choi Desheng and Han Seyong. All the piers that were abandoned some time ago were activated, and they were re-expanded into hollow enemy platforms, and then they were suitable for both sides of the border and Tuntian.
When everyone was looking forward to the prospect of Changning Fort, Ding Youcai, who was on duty at the head of the city, suddenly ran in with a panicked expression, and said breathlessly: "Young master, it's not good, your mother-in-law brought a lot of people here, it seems that she is here to help her daughter avenge her, you should find a place to hide." "
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