After letting go of Li Zicheng, the failed man of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Dalun was called by Fang Wenjin, it turned out that it was because a large number of displaced people gathered in Yan'an Mansion, and Yan'an Mansion felt that it was a headache, so he hurriedly urged Fang Wenjin to go to Yan'an Mansion for disaster relief.

Because of Zhang Mingchen's cooperation, Fang Wenjin still left him alive after the most reluctance, but just raided his home, of course, it is necessary to gnaw on old rice in prison for a few years, but this is also an unfortunate luck!

Before leaving, Fang Wenjin visited Zhang Mingchen once, and said to him earnestly: "Good deeds are rewarded, you saved your own life, you have to believe that Da Ming is still saved, you wait and see, I will not be a numb person." ”

"Lord Xie's grace not to kill, I will wait, I also hope that I am wrong!" Zhang Mingchen said.

After handing over the formalities to the county, Fang Wenjin and Wang Dalun set off, and on the way, Wang Dalun, who felt very bored, asked, "Father-in-law, why didn't you kill Zhang Mingchen?" ”

"Hey, it's a poor man, there are so many such people, why should I kill him, and if it weren't for his help, we wouldn't have so much food at all." Fang Wenjin said slowly.

"Father-in-law, I'm worried that our food is not enough, the news from Yan'an Mansion is that more than 50,000 displaced people have gathered, basically most of the displaced people in Yan'an Mansion are there, we only have a few thousand stones of grain in our hands now, and Li Jiang's 30,000 stone of grain is still on the way, and the distant water can't quench the thirst of the near!" Wang Dalun said worriedly.

"Just do your best! Save as much as you can! Moreover, Yan'an Prefecture, as the state capital, should have a large number of households, so we can consider mobilizing them to participate in disaster relief. Fang Wenjin said slowly.

"Big family?" Wang Dalun frowned, he didn't believe that those big families could be so kind to the disaster victims, people said "no business, no treachery", these people usually dig out their hearts to take advantage of the imperial court, will they be so kind to disaster relief? Wang Dalun is not optimistic about this.

And through the encounter in Mizhi, Wang Dalun saw the faces of these big families clearly, this kind of catastrophe is a disaster for ordinary people. But for these big families, it's a feast, a feast of abundance.

Why? Because taking advantage of the catastrophe, it is a good opportunity for large households to annex land and attract population, not to mention others, just say Wang Dalun himself, although most of his money is used for disaster relief, he still bought a lot of land, because now the land price wants to be cheap.

And the most important population, in the prime of life, you might need ten taels of silver to buy a slave, but now? Sometimes it's outrageously cheap, maybe two steamed buns will attract a strong man, do you say that such a good thing can be let go?

Therefore, it is quite unrealistic to let large households come out for disaster relief, and large households will not have trouble with their own money! Of course, it doesn't mean that all big families are black-hearted, there will always be people who will come out for disaster relief, but no one will be fools, some are scholarly families, and they provide disaster relief for the sake of hope.

When Wang Dalun was beating the drum in his heart, Fang Wenjin suddenly said: "I am going to play the imperial court, and the people who can provide 100 stone grain will be rewarded by the imperial court." Those who can provide 500 stone of grain will be given grace by the imperial court, and one person will be allowed to enter the Guozijian to study, and will be awarded a false title, and he can see the official without kneeling! ”

"Father-in-law, this proposal is very good, but I am worried that there may be criticism in the imperial court!" Wang Dalun frowned and said, after all, the people in charge of the court are still those "Donglin Party" who do not eat fireworks in the world.

"Hehe, you don't know those Donglin Party people! My proposal is for them, after all, how many people rely on the official imperial examination to become officials, and the imperial examination is a single-plank bridge. With this proposal, it is the right time to strengthen themselves, most of those Donglin Party are from businessmen and big families, they need this thing. ”

"Father-in-law, aren't you afraid that the tail will not fall off? Now that the court is like this, if the court is full of such people, then we will be more troublesome in the future. Wang Dalun said worriedly.

"Hehe, how can you look ahead and look backwards, you have to show the determination and will to overcome obstacles, if there is no difficulty, isn't it very boring?" Fang Wenjin comforted optimistically.

"Taught!" Wang Dalun humbly accepted it, he thought in his heart, let these people be proud for a few days, hehe, Chongzhen is not a vegetarian, and the whole person is also very fierce. Besides, isn't there still me, if not, I'll raise the price of the pill, haluha, and loot their money.

Two days later, everyone was slowly approaching Yan'an Mansion, and a small group of displaced people could be seen on the road, because the previous batch of displaced people had eaten all the leaves on the trees, and all that was left for the later displaced people was bare branches, so they were all very weak.

They are now hungry people, they attack everyone they see, and sometimes two groups of people can clash, they compete with each other for food, and they have progressed to the point of cannibalism.

When Wang Dalun and others appeared, the two groups of homeless people were fighting, and women could be heard shouting everywhere: "Put down my child, don't eat my child!" ”

There are also people shouting: "Give me back my daughter, please, everyone is a villager, the child is still young, and there is no marriage yet!" ”

When the first few horses appeared, the hungry people stopped fighting with each other, and they looked at the horses, their eyes glowed green, and they cried out, "Horses! Arima! Come on, everyone, there's horse meat to eat today! ”

The hungry people all slowly surrounded them with green eyes, but slowly, the carriage began to appear in front of them, and they looked at the grain on the carriage and began to get excited, "Grain, grain!" "As for the regimental soldiers with knives and guns, they ignored them.

The regiments were also startled by the sudden appearance of the hungry people, looking at their posture, they were preparing to rob the grain truck, so the regiments quickly spread the news to the back, and they were nervously preparing and posing for an attack.

The scene in front of him, Wang Dalun had already known the Tao, but he didn't make a sound, he wanted to see the reaction speed of the group, after all, the flowers in the greenhouse can't grow in nature, and it is impossible for him to follow them all the time in the future, they still have to improve themselves.

The regimental members moved quickly, received the warning from the front, and the regimental soldiers in the back hurriedly picked up the weapons in their hands, ran and rushed forward, and the captains of each team were directing their teammates to line up.

Wang Dalun nodded, they are still doing very well at present, which makes him feel very gratified. Fang Wenjin asked on the side, "What happened ahead?" ”

Sun Liu replied from the side: "My lord, there are two groups of hungry people in front of you, and they are going to rob the grain truck!" ”

"If you can not hurt people, try not to hurt people! It's all poor people!" Fang Wenjin didn't speak after he confessed, he was not a pedantic person, he knew that these hungry people could do anything when they were in a hurry.

"Sun Liu, you lead the horse team up and scatter them! When you're done, surround me, don't let one go!" Wang Dalun suddenly commanded.

"No!" Sun Liu nodded, began to shout at his teammates, and rushed out of the war horse.

Two hundred horsemen suddenly rushed out of the formation, holding sticks in their hands, imagining that the hungry people who had a big meal tonight were startled, and the sound of hooves of the two hundred horsemen rolled, rolling up bursts of yellow dust, like a giant dragon, directly inserted into the junction of the two groups of hungry people.

The hungry people were scared, and at this moment, what food, what big meal was gone, reason began to appear in their minds, and they sobered up. "Run!" The hungry people began to flee in all directions.

Sun Liu led the crowd to rush directly to the back of the hungry people's ranks, and then he shouted: "Fence up, don't let one go!" ”

With his order, the horse team divided into two parts and began to outflank. Sun Liuda shouted: "All the hungry people listen! Put down your arms, squat on the ground and surrender, you can't run away! If you resist, you can't kill them! ”

As soon as he had finished speaking, the knights on his horse shouted as well, and at the sound of their shouts, many of them immediately put down their clubs and crouched down in surrender, but many of them were still scurrying about like headless flies.

Sun Liuda was furious, he originally wanted to kill directly, but thinking about Fang Wenjin's order, he just picked up the horse whip, controlled the horse forward, and whipped the hungry people who were still fleeing everywhere, the hungry people were attacked, and they rolled on the ground in pain, and the other hungry people saw this, they were frightened, and slowly stopped and squatted on the ground.

At this time, only to hear a cry of earth-shattering, the infantry team waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed forward with a shout, under this coercion, the hungry people were frightened, they did not dare to run anymore, they found that their feet did not obey, and their whole body stiffened.

The regimental members of the infantry team moved quickly, they rushed into the ranks, and when they saw the hungry people who were still standing stupidly, they rushed forward without saying anything, and kicked them to the ground with punches and kicks, and those who dared to resist were smashed to the ground by them with the back of their knives or shields.

In a short time the battle was over, and the men were grouped together and guarded in groups, with the men in one group and the women and the old and children in another. When the women were with the children, the women hugged their children and cried, "My son! I'm scared to death! ”

Wang Dalun walked over slowly, he saw a big cauldron on the side, and saw that the pot was steaming. He slowly stepped forward and scooped the pot with a branch,

Asked, "What's in this pot?" ”

No one answered, and the group member on the side kicked a person who was obviously a cook and asked, "What did our young master ask you about?" What is it? ”

"Here's some leaves, and some grass roots!" The cook hurriedly replied.

"And what kind of meat is this?" Wang Dalun asked urgently.

"Yes... Yes... Human flesh! The cook was stared at fiercely by Wang Dalun and said tremblingly.

"You cannibalism!" Wang Dalun said angrily.

"Spare your life! This is the flesh of the dead, we did not kill the living! The cook hurriedly explained.