, Chapter 1 Zhangnan Village

Time flies, the time comes to August of the sixth year of the Great Cause, the wheel of the Great Sui Dynasty has gone through the strongest Great Cause for five years, this year, the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty drove the imperial expedition to Tuyuhun, defeated Tuyuhun in the covering Yuan River, expanded the territory for thousands of miles, and placed Xihai County, Heyuan County, Shanshan County, and the end of the county, Yiwu County, and Beiting County to the west.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty then held a trade meeting in Zhangye, and kings from dozens of countries in the Western Regions came to make a pilgrimage to the heavenly pilgrimage to the Khan, which made the Great Sui Dynasty reach the peak of its strength.

But as if it is God's hint to the prosperity and decline of the Great Sui Dynasty, when the emperor's car was passing through the Great Dou Tu Valley, a sudden snowstorm fell in the midsummer of July, and the blizzard hit the emperor's team, freezing to death tens of thousands of people overnight, horses and donkeys were frozen to death, and the weak Princess Yang Lihua of Leping was also unfortunately infected with a serious illness in this blizzard, and finally failed to return to the Central Plains, and died of illness by Qinghai Lake.

The Great Sui Dynasty has gone through the apex of its strength, began to rapidly turn from prosperity to decline, six years of great cause, an unprecedented spring and summer drought hit dozens of counties in Shandong, the disaster spread all over the Yellow River and the land of Hebei, this is a hundred years of unprecedented drought, severe disaster test of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Zhangnan County, Qinghe County also suffered from this great drought that had not been encountered in a century, the land dried up, the small river was cut off, the grass and trees died, the wells were dug for several feet but there was no water, and people and animals encountered serious difficulties in drinking water, and people could only go to the Yongji Canal dozens of miles away to get water.

In a village called Liujiatun in the south of Zhangnan County, many people's oil lamps were lit at the third watch, which was because the villagers had to go to the Yongji Canal 20 miles away to get water.

There is a medium-sized family at the east end of the village, with more than a dozen brick houses, which seems to be in a good situation, and like other families in the village, the lights of this family are also lit at the third watch.

"Da Lang, are you going to fetch water? Or, let Shun'er go today! The mistress of the house said with concern.

"Forget it, he fell yesterday and his leg is not good, so I'd better go!"

The man's voice was a little urn-like, and then the light reflected a tall and burly figure on the wall, and he asked again: "Shun'er Niang, how many meters are there at home?" ”

"The rice is long gone, but there are still more than 100 catties of wheat and more than 200 catties of black beans."

"Hmmm! Today, Aunt Zhang wants to borrow rice, so you lend her 20 catties of wheat, and Liu Yu's family in the west of the village, orphans and widows, heard that they have also run out of food, so send 10 catties of beans to his family. ”

"Hey! Although it is borrowed, but no one has ever repaid, if it is a bumper harvest year, it doesn't matter, but this year is a catastrophe, wheat will not be harvested in summer, now count on a little beans, it is estimated that the autumn will be harvested at most dozens of catties, you send it like this, what should we do in winter? ”

"I know, but we can't watch people starve to death! Just this time, if you don't take it as an example, you can send it! ”

"What is not an example, which is not an example!" The woman muttered to her feet.

At this time, the door opened, and the man pushed a wheelbarrow out of it, and put a dozen jugs on it, and this man was six feet two, tall and tall, and was thirty-six or seventeen years old.

This person's name is Dou Jiande, who claims to be the descendant of Dou Chong, the father of the Empress Dowager of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and has nothing to do with the Dou family in the Guanlong aristocracy.

He has a son and a daughter, all of whom have grown up, his daughter got married last year, and his son Dou Tianshun also married his daughter-in-law last year.

He glanced at the moonlight, and saw that the moon was red, which was a little weird, and he remembered a proverb, 'The moon is red, and the disaster is coming.' As the saying goes, if there is a great drought and a great flood, what if there is a big flood this autumn?

He sighed, and just as he was about to push the cart away, he heard someone calling him from behind, "Brother Dou, I estimated that you were going today, and I specially waited for you here!" ”

As soon as Dou Jiande turned around, he saw that he was a famous scoundrel in the village, named Liu Heimin, who was a few years younger than Dou Jiande, and he had been stealing chickens and dogs since he was a teenager, and he was not doing his job, because he was tall and strong, he practiced martial arts with Dou Jiande since he was a child, and he also practiced a good kung fu, but unfortunately the kung fu was not used on the right path, and he left his hometown at the age of twenty to wander around, and made a lot of fox friends and dog friends for more than ten years, and he came back empty-handed.

As he grew older, he gradually became more receptive, returned to his hometown to marry a wife and have children, but he had no family business, and supported his family by renting more than ten acres of land from Dou Jiande, and Dou Jiande simply exempted him from rent, so that Liu Heimin has always been grateful to him.

Liu Heimin also pushed a wheelbarrow, and there were a few large clay pots holding water on the car, and he walked forward quickly and smiled: "Brother Dou, are Shunzi's legs better!" ”

"It's a little red and swollen, I've given him medicine, I guess he'll be fine after a few days of rest, alas! This kid has refused to practice martial arts since he was a child, and now he knows how to endure hardships. ”

Dou Jiande smiled and asked him with concern: "How much food is there at home?" ”

Liu Heimin said with a smile: "There are still twenty or thirty catties of wheat, it is estimated that this year's beans can still be harvested, but it is really not good in winter, I will borrow some from my eldest brother!" ”

"Don't say borrow your brother, I always have a mouthful, so you are indispensable, let's go!"

The two pushed the wheelbarrow, by the dim red moonlight, to the Yongji Canal more than ten miles away, and they fetched water with dozens of people in the same village, all pushing the wheelbarrow in the same way, Dou Jiande was highly respected, and everyone greeted him one after another.

"Jiande, I heard that you are going to the county government tomorrow to discuss the repair of the canal, right?"

"Hmmm! I went there during the spring drought, but the county order refused, and I went again in the summer, but I still refused, and I will go again tomorrow to see if he is willing or not! ”

When it came to repairing the canal, Dou Jiande was slightly angry, in the spring, he knew that there would be a big drought this year, so he went to the county order and proposed to lead a canal from the Yongji Canal to their townships, which can solve the problem of grain irrigation and drinking water for people and livestock, benefiting tens of thousands of households, he is willing to take the lead in mobilizing the villagers to contribute money to repair the canal, but the county order actually refused, and went again in the summer, or refused, seeing that there would be a tragedy of starvation this year, it made him a little annoyed.

Liu Heimin snorted and said: "This county lord is not unwilling, but he doesn't dare, he dares to dig Yongji Canal, and if the court knows about it, he can't keep his official hat." ”

The villagers all sighed, how did you spend this winter! Liu Heimin smiled and said: "Don't be stupid, we can't get over here, so we go to the south to ask for food, there is no drought over there, or go to Wuyuan County, I heard that there are recruiting displaced people over there, giving food and land, and they will definitely not starve to death." ”

Someone muttered: "Even if you don't die of hunger, when the Turks come, they won't live either, so I won't go there." ”

Dou Jiande was quite interested in Wuyuan County, so he asked with a smile: "Hei Min, you have a wide range of knowledge, and you have been to the capital, have you seen Yang Yuanqing?" ”

"Ahem! That year, I accompanied Sun Anzu to the capital to participate in the martial arts, about six years ago! I didn't see Yang Yuanqing, but Sun Anzu did, he said that Yang Yuanqing's archery is unparalleled in the world, one hundred and fifty steps away, shoot a thin rope like a hair, and another arrow to break the golden bell, this kind of archery, he never dreamed. ”

"One hundred and fifty paces away, how is it possible to shoot a strand of hair?" Someone shouted.

"It's really a dirt bun, it doesn't make sense with you, forget it, I won't talk about it!"

Liu Heimin waved his hand unhappily and refused to say any more, Dou Jiande smiled slightly, although he could shoot copper coins a hundred steps away, but he would never be able to shoot a thin rope one hundred and fifty steps away, and the hair must be a little exaggerated, and a thought surged in his heart, if he had the opportunity, he would like to see Yang Yuanqing's archery.

Soon, they went to the official road, and the farmers who gathered from all over the world also flocked to the official road, forming a mighty army of water fetching.

But at this moment, there was a faint sound of muffled thunder in the eastern sky, and Dou Jiande looked east in surprise, only to see the black clouds rolling in the distant sky, black as lacquer, spreading overwhelmingly to this side.

A cheer erupted all around, and this black cloud was simply a cloud of life for the farmers who had been in drought for most of the year.

Dou Jiande suddenly looked back at the western sky, and the moon was even redder, shrouded in a layer of mist, as if it was stained with blood.

He yelled, 'Oh no! He shouted to the crowd: "Fellow villagers, the great drought will be flooded, and there will be a great flood, so hurry home and pack your things!" ”

Many of the old farmers in the team had experience, and when they saw that the moon was strangely red, they knew that a catastrophe was coming, and many of them didn't even want a wheelbarrow, so they turned around and ran home.

An hour later, dark clouds covered the sky, and the white pouring rain fell all over the sky, this heavy rain fell for three days and three nights, the river swelled, the Zhangshui burst the embankment, and the raging river swept towards Zhangnan County, swallowing up the fertile land, drowning the last ray of hope of the farmers in the surging flood.

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At this time, thousands of miles away in Loufu County, a team of 300,000 troops, guarding the dragon drive of the Great Sui Emperor, left the Fenyang Palace, and went to the north to inspect the outside of the Saiwai.

On the chariot carried by the three thousand soldiers, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui, sat on the high dragon platform, through a thin layer of light veil, looking down at the army that could not be seen at a glance, his kind of arrogant imperial heart began to expand rapidly, and his eyes were full of arrogance and pride.

Yang Guang has been on the throne for six years, and his control of power has reached the peak of his life, the power of the world has been firmly in his hands, he has completely secured the throne, and he began to implement a series of decrees, ordering that civil iron forks, hooks, knives and the like are contraband, and it is strictly forbidden for the people to hold them.

At the same time, an edict was also promulgated, stipulating that the people's uniforms should be set up according to grades, and officials above the fifth rank should wear purple robes, officials below the sixth rank should wear crimson green robes, officials should wear green clothes, ordinary people should wear white clothes, butchers and merchants should wear black clothes, and soldiers should wear yellow clothes.

At this time, Yang Guang thought more about the Guanlong nobles, after his nearly two years of division and disintegration, the Guanlong nobles have been scattered, with the Yuan clan and the Dugu clan as the center, divided into two factions, hostile and antagonistic serious, now, the time to completely solve the Guanlong nobles has come.

Yang Guang pondered for a long time, and made an order to the Fengde Yi tribe, who was waiting by his side: "Spread my will, Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Xuanfeng Prefecture, will come to the outer saint." ”

Dealing with the Guanlong nobles, Yang Yuanqing has always been his quick knife.

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