Chapter 022 snatched it

In the middle of summer in June, the sun is blazing.

"Alas, God really doesn't give you a way to live. Fortunately, we were caught here by the county lord, not only can we eat enough every day, but the water can also be drunk openly. ”

On Xiaoyao Island, a group of shirtless strong men in shorts sat in the shade of a tree to eat, one of them was a man in his twenties, not tall, with a yellowish face, I saw him drink a bowl of sweet mountain spring water, wiped his chin vigorously, and said with emotion.

"But no, at the beginning, I scolded Yang Zhixian for being a dumb official, and arrested people indiscriminately, but now that I think about it, I really want to thank people," the speaker was a man about thirty years old, with dark cheeks and a beard on his chin. After listening to the yellow-faced man's words, he took a big bite of the white-flour steamed bun, sandwiched a large piece of oily sliced meat, ate it with a satisfied face, and said: "Not only do you eat and drink enough every day, but you also get paid." It's a pity that this job is about to be done, so what can we do in the future. ”

When it comes to the future, all the strong men are a little gloomy.

They are all peasants from all prefectures and counties in Qidi, and last month there was a drought in their homes, followed by a locust plague, and all the crops in the fields died, and there was really no way to live.

Who would have thought that as soon as they came to Xihai County, before they could sit down and take a breath, they were quickly locked up by a group of Tsing Yi arresters, saying that they entered the city without authorization, and there was no way to guide them, and their identities were unknown, and they might be spies of the enemy country.

When they entered the prison, they found that the entire cell was full of people, and judging by their clothes and faces, almost all of them were refugees.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, the jailers pulled them out of the cell, tied up ten people, and rushed to the beach.

"What are they doing here, they don't want to throw us into the sea and destroy our corpses."

The refugees began to be scared, crying out 'wronged', 'I don't want to die', 'Mother'......

For a while, there was a cry on the dock.

The dock overseers seemed to be accustomed to this kind of scene, and no one cared at all, and some of the dock workers even quietly came over to the crying refugees and said, "Brother, you will have food and drink soon, what are you crying about?" ”

Eat and drink? Woo, I'm afraid it's the big fish in the sea that eat and drink, right?

They're fish food for the fish!

It's a pity that no matter how they cry and scream, the guards don't care about catching them. After a quarter of an hour, a large house-like ship sailed into the dock, and then a beautiful little lady stepped down from the boat, and the catchers stood up in high spirits at once, with a smile on their faces, and nodded and said something to the little lady.

The refugees were far away and couldn't hear what they were saying, but they just watched the little lady take a booklet from the catcher's hand, raised her eyes and glanced at them, took out a purse from her sleeve pocket and threw it to the catcher, and explained a few words.

After receiving the purse, the attitude of the little lady was more humble, every time the little lady said a word, they nodded their heads, and when they finished explaining, the catchers ran to the refugees, pulled out their waist knives, and drove the refugees on the boat.

After getting on the boat, the big guys shrank together in fear, surrounded by guards with big shoulders and round waists, all with serious expressions and sharp eyes, and they were not easy to mess with at first glance. Seeing this situation, the refugees were full of fear of what they were going to face.

Finally the boat stopped, and they were taken to a small island, and when they came up, the beautiful little lady appeared again, and first introduced the situation here, and then asked everyone in detail.

After registering the documents, they were taken to several wooden houses, bathed, and changed into clean clothes, and the dirty clothes were gathered together by the group leader.

After all the people changed their clothes, the little lady, oh no, the leader of the team said, this is the housekeeper on the island, everyone should call her the housekeeper, and the housekeeper ordered someone to bring a few large baskets of steamed buns and a few buckets of hot soup, so that the big guy was full of food and drink, and then they made it clear what they were going to do.

Thinking back to what happened in the past month, the beard also felt a little emotional, but he was more concerned about whether this kind of life could continue.

Three or two mouthfuls stuffed the white-flour steamed buns in their hands into their mouths, poured another mouthful of vegetable soup, and asked in a low voice: "You say, does Mrs. Wang still need tenant farmers here?" I heard from my fellow villagers on Peach Blossom Island that Mrs. Wang is kind to the tenant farmers on Peach Blossom Island, the rent is low, and there is no need to pay agricultural taxes, and there are rewards for doing a good job. ”

"Hey, do you still need to say that? None of us want to stay here as tenant farmers, but I don't know if Mrs. Wang will accept it. ”

It was a handsome young man who spoke, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and after drinking all the vegetable soup in the bowl, he said with some uncertainty.

"Hey, I heard my lady say, the housekeeper has counted, let's add the people on the island over there, a total of more than 700 acres of land have been filled, and after all these lands are filled with soil, they will be reclaimed into farmland. Brothers, think about it, more than 700 acres, how many tenant farmers do you need? Moreover, we are still starting construction, and when all the work is completed, the two islands can reclaim more than 1,000 acres of land, to say the least, and at that time, Mrs. Wang will definitely have to find tenant farmers. As long as we work hard, Mrs. Wang will definitely give priority to us when she wants to be a tenant farmer. ”

The yellow-faced man looked left and right, and when he saw that they were all his brothers, he lowered his voice and said.

"Really? If that's the case, let's hurry up and work and fill in one more acre of land, so that we can have more hope. ”

When he heard this, his face was happy, and he said eagerly.

"Let's go, let's work, didn't Mrs. Wang say it, as long as we work hard, she will never treat us badly."

When the big guy heard that there was hope, he couldn't take a break, so he patted his buttocks, put on his crowbar, and went to work.

Because they have fled from outside, they know the hardships of life outside the island, especially when natural disasters occur.

……

Jeju, Jeongfu-mae-gil.

"Oh, why is there no one in the porridge shed today?"

After nearly half a year of drought, the grain in the field was almost extinct, and there were more and more refugees in Qidi, and the refugees who fled to the sea were all arrested and imprisoned by Yang Zhixian, and some were attracted to Jeju by the news of King Qi's disaster relief.

When he arrived in Jeju, he found that the king of Qi was really in disaster relief, and sent dozens of families to set up a porridge shed in the front street of the palace every day to give porridge.

In addition, the governor of Jeju and the governor of Qidi did not watch it, and sent a lot of arresters to divert the refugees and organize them to dig deep wells to rob the crops around the state. It's a pity that there is free porridge to drink, and there are not many people who are willing to respond to the government's call.

Every day, hundreds of people sit around the front street of Wangfu, doing nothing, waiting for the porridge shed to give porridge.

However, it's time for dinner today, why haven't you seen the people in the palace boiling porridge?

"yes, what's going on?"

Holding a broken bowl in his hand, refugee A tiptoed into the porridge shack, but it was empty, except for a makeshift stove, there was nothing, not even the big black pot.

"Hey, it's coming."

Refugee B stood at the corner of the street and saw the corner door of the Qi Wang's Mansion open, and several people walked out of it, led by Steward Zhang, who came to give porridge every day.

When the refugees heard this, Hula stood up, took the bowl, and automatically lined up in several lines, waiting to drink porridge.

However, the people of the palace did not make a fire to boil porridge as usual, but stood straight in the porridge shed, and after everyone lined up, the steward Zhang cleared his throat and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am the steward of the Qi Palace, everyone knows that this year's drought in Qidi, our King Qi loves the people like sons, and does not want the fathers and elders in his hometown to be affected by the disaster and starve, so he took out food from his own private treasury to help the victims." It's just that the disaster is getting worse and worse, and there are more and more refugees, but our Qi Wangfu is also limited in its capacity, and the porridge has been given for a month, and no matter how much food is stored, it will be empty. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Why do you still speak first and then cook porridge today?"

The refugees were hungry and impatient, chattering.

"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet," Steward Zhang found that they didn't seem to understand what he said, so he simply said: "From now on, there will be no porridge!" ”

This sentence is simple and clear, and the refugees understand it.

As soon as the words fell, everyone erupted in a coaxing and shouted loudly, "Why? ”

"Oh, fathers and fellow villagers, our King Qi can't help it," Steward Zhang finally rushed out of the crowd under the escort of his family, but when he came out, he was a little embarrassed, his hat fell off, and he was scratched with a few blood marks on his face.

Touching his hot cheeks, Steward Zhang no longer persuaded him, and yelled impatiently, "Our prince is not Zhizhou, and it is benevolent enough to care about your food for a month, if you don't have anything to eat, go to the government!" ”

"That's right, let's go to the county magistrate, the court can't ignore us."

Listening to Steward Zhang's words, someone in the crowd responded quickly and rushed out of the crowd with a wave of his hand.

The other refugees, seeing that someone was coming forward, also hurriedly followed, and hundreds of people rushed to the Jeju County Office.

What is the way of the county, at first I listened to the words of the county and arranged for these refugees to work for relief, but they didn't do it, and saw that the crops in the field were completely dead, and now they just want to provide disaster relief, and he, he has no food.

There is no food in the county government, so the refugees need to eat.

"Brothers, there is food in the grain store, let's go to the grain store to ask for food!"

After shouting around the county government for a long time, the magistrate did not show his head, and someone in the refugee group shouted again.

"Yes, go to the grain store!"

The crowd rushed out after the brother who had taken the lead.

Like the county government, the door of the grain store is locked, and the refugees are allowed to shout outside, but the people inside just don't open the door.

"Damn, these profiteers, hoarding Juqi, taking advantage of natural disasters to make black money, watching us starve to death, and refusing to give us food, smashing his mother!"

"Yes, there must be food in the shop, smash open the door, let's grab the food!"

The eldest brother in the lead is courageous, raised his fist, rushed to the front, and the people behind were not able to hear his words clearly, so they were coerced and squeezed up, 'Bang Dang', the door of the grain store opened, a stick poked into the sack, and the rice flowed out......

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