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Hou Guoxing sat on the chair, Zou Mei pondered for a long time, and asked Yang Ba beside him:

"Yang Ba. There is no news from Chenjiazhuang yet? ”

Returning to the inn yesterday, Hou Guoxing explained the suspicious situation of Chenjiazhuang to the secret agent left by Xu Xianchun, and could only wait for the news of Yang Wu and Yang Liu.

However, tens of thousands of disaster victims in Chenjiazhuang gathered, if Chen Dashan had other plans, the possible consequences, Hou Guoxing was afraid when he thought about it now.

And Yang Wu. Yang Liu went deep into the tiger's den, in case there was a good one, how could he explain to Yang Feng.

Yang Ba looked at Hou Guoxing, who had been fidgeting, sorted out his emotions, bowed to Hou Guoxing and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, adults, yesterday Yang Wu. Yang Liucai entered Chenjiazhuang, so maybe this piece will find out the situation. The two of them followed their father-in-law on the battlefield for many years and were able to cope with it. ”

Hou Guoxing nodded and was about to speak, when Yang Qi's knock sounded outside the door.

After Hou Guoxing's permission, Yang Qi pushed the door in, bowed to Hou Guoxing, and said:

"My lord, the rice shops in the city have been checked, there are a total of thirty-eight grain stores, and the four largest grain stores are all ...... from the very beginning.

According to the news that Yang Qi heard when he went out yesterday, the four largest rice shops in Yanzhou City are "Chen Da Rice Shop", and the owner behind it is the brother-in-law of Xie You'an, the prefect of Yanzhou.

"Fan Ji Mi Xing", the owner is the richest man in the Jin Dynasty who has been doing business for generations, and I heard that although the Fan family is only a businessman, it has a lot of prestige in the north, and it is a recognized leader of the Jin merchants.

"Zhao Ji Mixing", the owner is a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, Mr. Zhao, who said that the backer behind this Mr. Zhao is not small, and even the mansion of the prefect Lord Xie comes and goes freely.

Of course, the largest "rich rice shop" in Yanzhou City, its owner is Zhu Huiyan's proud family, "Zhu Shouhong, King of Luxian." ”

These four rice shops acted in cahoots, controlling the price of grain in Yanzhou City, and taking the opportunity to make a windfall. Yesterday's grain had risen to four taels and one stone, and today it has risen to four grains and three cents.

Listening to Yang Qi's narration, Hou Guoxing's brows slowly furrowed, and he said to himself:

"Prefect. King Lu. The two big businessmen in the north and south are not small! ”

"My lord, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that as the shopkeeper said, it won't be long before the farmers of Yanzhou City will become refugees." After Yang Qi finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Hou Guoxing.

Hou Guosheng stood up and helped Yang Qi up, and after a moment of silence, he said:

Hasn't the princess been clamoring to go to Yanzhou City today? In the afternoon, we went to Fugui Rice Walk.

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At noon, Chenjiazhuang.

The victims were lying in the shade in groups, chatting with their parents.

However, in Yang Wu. In Yang Liu's ears, he always felt that something was wrong, because the topic of the victims would always lead to the mediocrity of the government, forcing them to sell their sons and daughters, and leave their hometowns.

Or it is the demon of King Lu, who drinks with people's hearts. made the gods angry, and the drought fell in Shandong. As time passed, the grievances of the victims grew.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and the victims looked for prestige, only to see a team of armored cavalry rushing directly into Zhuangzi from the entrance of Chenjiazhuang.

Outside the Zhuangzi, there were dozens of carriages, each of which contained two hardcover men.

After rushing into Zhuangzi, a thousand households in the lead, holding a horsewhip, pointed at the victims and shouted:

"Where's the sex Chen, let him come out to see me!"

The victims looked at the hundreds of fierce soldiers, one by one shrunk to the ground, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads, let alone answer Qianhu's words.

"I wonder what the general has to say?" Chen Dashanren, who hurried over, asked with a smile at Qianhu on the horse.

As soon as the words fell, Qianhu immediately took out a brocade book with the appearance of an order from his arms, threw it to Chen Dashanren, and said:

"His Royal Highness King Lu and the prefect have an order, the war in Liaodong is tight, and the soldiers cannot be starved, and now 100,000 stone grain and grass in Chenjiazhuang are requisitioned." After speaking, he waved his hand and waved his hand to the cavalry behind him, and said:

"Come with me, brethren, and see the grain."

"No, General, these grains are life-saving food for the victims!" Chen Dashan stopped in front of the cavalry and burst into tears.

"You don't understand people, do you? The war in Liaodong is tight, His Royal Highness King Lu and the prefect asked Lao Tzu to move, you can't afford the sin of delaying the military plane......" Looking at Chen Dashan who stopped in front of the horse, Qianhu scolded.

"General, if you don't use this food, the victims will starve to death, you can do it!" Chen Dashan knelt in front of the horse and cried bitterly.

"Get out of here!" Qianhu violently urged his war horse towards the place where the grain was stored, and when he came to Chen Dashanren's side, he kicked it away, and the cavalry behind him roared past.

"The food is here, move it immediately."

With the shouting of thousands of households, the coachmen waiting outside the Zhuangzi drove the carriage into the village and began to carry grain to the carriage.

"No, General, these grains are life-saving food for the victims!" Chen Dashan rushed over with the victims. He knelt on the ground and pleaded bitterly.

"Master Jun, if you take the food, we will starve to death......"

"Master Jun, give us a way to live......"

The victims who reacted rushed over and knelt on the ground, hoping that the soldiers would leave food.

No one paid any attention to them, and the crying of the victims on their knees was only a burst of punches and kicks that dragged them away. Chen Dashan, who knelt at the front, also received several horse whips on his body.

The victims seemed to have an innate fear of being a soldier, and after a flurry of punches and kicks, they instinctively retreated to the side, kneeling on the ground and pleading.

Soon, horse-drawn carts full of grain departed one after another along the exit.

Looking at the dwindling food, the cries of the victims became louder and louder:

"Master Jun, you can't move, leave some for us."

"God, you don't want people to live."

There was no one to pay attention to them, and the cavalry whipped at the victims who dared to block the carriage.

"Damn, there's no food, it's all a death anyway, fight with them!" The crowd didn't know who it was.

"Don't steal our food."

"Keep the food."

The emotions of the victims slowly became excited, it was their life-saving food, and without food, all that was left for them was death.

"Tuk Tuk!" A burst of arrows flew by, and a desolate scream rang out from the place where the sound had just erupted.

The anger of the victims was about to erupt, and under a rain of arrows without warning, it was deeply extinguished.

"Whoever dares to make trouble, they will do." Qianhe's sweaty hands, holding the reins of the horse, stared at the victims who were full of hatred in front of them. Secretly swallowed.

"Don't kill, don't kill!" At the critical moment, Chen Dashan dragged his scarred body and led dozens of hardcover men from Chenjiazhuang to block between the victims and the cavalry, and continued to speak:

"General, if you want food, take it, don't kill people, they are all poor people."

Seeing that Chen Dashan led people to stop in the middle, the victims seemed to have found the backbone, and they gathered around Chen Dashan and cried:

"Chen Yuanwai, no, you can't let them take the food."

"Without food, everyone will starve to death."

Chen Dashan turned around, wiped his tears, and shouted:

"Folks, the war in Liaodong is tight, they want food, just give it to them. Human life is more important than anything else, and we are trying to find a way to ...... without food."

Amid the cries of the victims, the wagons loaded with food also drove away one by one.

"Alright, leave a little for them." Seeing that Chen Dashan couldn't calm the victims, Qianhu stopped the last few carriages, looked at the victims and continued to speak:

"Ben Jiang doesn't want to embarrass you, it's just that King Lu and the prefect have an order, and Ben Jiang has to carry it out." After finishing speaking, the cavalry Qianhu waved his hand and led the cavalry to leave quickly.

Looking at the bottoming storehouse and the few packets of food left, the victims sat on the ground and wept. They finally saw the hope of life, but now they let King Lu and the prefect take away their lives.

What could be more cruel than giving you hope and then watching it disappear little by little before your own eyes.

They know very well that this long drought awaits them without any path but death.

Suddenly, there was a shout from the crowd:

"Chen Yuanwai, don't!"

The victims searched for prestige, only to see that under a big tree, a man grabbed Chen Dashan, who was scarred all over his body and bleeding from his head.

"Don't pull me, don't pull me, you let me die, I didn't keep the food, I'm sorry folks!" Chen Yuanwai hugged the big tree and cried, and his forehead hit the big tree hard.

"Chen Yuanwai, Chen Yuanwai! You're not sorry for everyone, you're everyone's reborn parent. Without you, we would all have starved to death. The man held Chen Dashanren's head, yelling and crying.

"Oh my God, how can you let the victims live without food! I, Chen, have scattered all my wealth, but I still can't stop this mediocre world......"

Chen Dashan pushed the man away, ran to the high platform like crazy, and shouted with his head up.

At this moment, Chen Dashan is like a pillar of gods, he scattered all his family wealth and rescued the people like fire and water. In order to keep the food, let the soldiers fight with scars. In order to save the victims, he saw that all the food he had bought in exchange for his family wealth was dragged away. Without food, he felt sorry for the victims, his heart was like ashes, he raised his head and scolded, but begged for death.

The victims spontaneously knelt around the high platform, kowtowing to Chen Dashanren, and they cried with Chen Dashanren, cursing God together, and cursing this mediocre world.

"Fifth brother, something is wrong?" Yang Liu accompanied the crying victims while kowtowing and whispered.

"Don't speak, be careful of your stuffing. I know that the group of cavalry just now was not sent by King Lu. Yang Wu reminded Yang Liu while kowtowing.

Now there are raging victims all around, and if one is not careful, this group of victims may split the two of them into five horses.

What can be done now is to pass on the news as soon as possible, if it is too late, it will be a big disaster waiting for the whole of Shandong. Yang Wu kowtowed, holding the grass roots on the ground with both hands, suppressing the fear in his heart.