Chapter 19 Yangzhou
Time is in a hurry, in the blink of an eye, a year later, at this time, beacons are everywhere in the country, and Yang Guang is still immersed in the dream of immortality, unable to extricate himself, anyone can see that the Sui Dynasty is exhausted, and all forces are secretly making preparations, and when the time comes, they will compete for the supreme throne.
Although the heroes did not move at this time, they were still in trouble in various places, and small-scale frictions continued to occur, but those ordinary people were suffering, one by one, they left their hometowns, wandered and lost their places, and they lost their lives if they were not careful, and countless people died in military disasters and famines.
However, at this time, Yangzhou under the governance of Mo Wen is a different scenery.
I saw that the city was full of traffic, crowds of people, all of them were full of happy smiles, and the sound of children playing could be heard everywhere.
Occasionally, there would be some soldiers dressed in Taoist costumes or wearing red scarves on the road, and the people would all praise and greet them cordially.
Then I saw a young man dressed in white, seventeen or eighteen years old, strolling down the long street, with a graceful posture and a smile, just like a real immortal, and where the boy passed, those people all respectfully moved out of the way, and even many people knelt down in the street, weeping bitterly.
Looking at the scene that was completely different from a year ago, Mo Wen greeted the people of Yangzhou cordially, and was secretly complacent in his heart.
Yangzhou has a superior geographical location, a pleasant climate, and goes down the Yangtze River in the east, and can go to sea to the Wa Kingdom, Ryukyu and Nanyang places, so Yangzhou has become one of the most important transfer stations in the country at this time, and it is busier and more intense than any city.
Since Yang Guang ascended the throne, he served as the governor of Yangzhou City. It was officially renamed Jiangdu. Not only expand the city outline, Guangxing palace, and build gardens. In the north of the city by the mountains and rivers, there are "Shugang Ten Palaces" such as Guiyan, Huiliu, and pine forests, which have become a scene in the south of the Yangtze River.
But also because of the large-scale construction, Yangzhou can be described as the most in the country.
Therefore, when Mo Wen arrived, Yangzhou was already extremely prosperous, but the people's livelihood was withered, and it can be said that there were frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat.
And I heard that Yangzhou was given to Mo Wen in its entirety. The people's reactions are also different, and those big families are either currying favor with Mo Wen, or secretly doing tricks. Trying to override it and control Yangzhou, the civilians have expectations and fears. Looking forward to Mo Wen is known as the immortal coming to the world. Anyway, he should be a compassionate person, but what he is afraid of is that Mo Wen is doing a mission, in case he builds a lot of construction and temples, so that they can be good as civilians.
Those big families also secretly stared at this place, wanting to try the level of Mo Wen.
As a result, Mo Wen did two big things in Yangzhou in less than a month.
The first is to make his subordinates Shen Luoyan, the current Qiao military division and femme fatale with recruited good hands, slaughtered more than a dozen Yangzhou big families who disobeyed their orders overnight. For a time, the whole city was shaken, and no one dared to disobey the decree of the city lord's mansion from then on.
Another thing is the reconstruction of the Wudou Rice Sect during the Han Dynasty. The Taoist temple was not built, but it was stipulated that all those who entered the Tao must produce five buckets of rice, and after joining the church, everyone was a brother and a relative, and they supported each other, so that people would not starve to death or die of disease.
At first, those ordinary people still had doubts in their hearts, but after some good people paid five buckets of rice to join the church, or because of illness, or because of the loss of harvest in the fields, the city lord's mansion actually personally funded and supported it, and those people believed that in just one year, there were 300,000 people to join the five bucket rice sect, and the city lord's mansion was also in accordance with the promise, all those who joined the religion were taken care of, and for a time Yangzhou became a paradise for all civilians, refugees from all over the country flocked to it, and hundreds of thousands of people have gathered around Yangzhou. And it's counting.
However, Mo Wen's series of actions were not favored by those family members, and those who were originally worried about what Mo Wen, the immortal master, would do, did one after another.
Without it, at this time it is the world of the family, most of the wealth of the country is in the hands of those families, although the slaughter has established its own status in a short period of time, but it has also hated those who belong to the same family, and will never get the support of the other party again, and it is difficult.
Although the move of the Five Dou Mi Sect has won over the hearts of those people, there is neither food and grass nor weapons, even if there are more people, what is the use, and this move is very costly, even if the entire Yangzhou tax is not supported, once the promise can not be fulfilled, then the people's hearts will be lost faster.
Therefore, there are those who laugh at it, and there are those who disdain it, and most people think that Mo Wen is just a charlatan, or a fool who has become an idiot in cultivating the Tao, and he doesn't know about government affairs at all, so he doesn't care about it anymore.
But how did those people know the true situation of Mo Wen now.
Sitting in the most famous restaurant in Yangzhou, Mo Wen ordered a few side dishes and tasted them slowly, and after a while, a beautiful woman wearing a yellow dress, her skin was better than snow, and her eyebrows were picturesque.
After a year of hard work, Shen Luoyan not only has a plump body, but her delicate figure has amazing ups and downs, and there is more mature temperament between her eyebrows, which makes her more charming and charming.
She walked upstairs, came to Mo Wen's side, sat down at the table, and then said angrily: "My lord of the city, you just threw all those official duties to the little girl and me, and came here for entertainment by yourself, is it true that I am also a fairy?" ”
Mo Wen smiled, "Do you work hard!" Luo Yan also knows that I am not good at official duties, and I can't compare to you when I give advice, and the name of the pretty military division is not for nothing! ”
Shen Luoyan glanced at him charmingly, "You are lazy, looking at the things you did before, saying that you are not good at planning, but the little woman doesn't believe it." ”
said with a sigh, "That day you said that you were going to slaughter those Yangzhou families, I really thought it was going to be over, but I didn't expect it to be the current situation." ”
That day, Mo Wen wanted to slaughter the Yangzhou family, but Shen Luoyan strongly opposed it, so he did not hesitate to quarrel with Mo Wen, but now it seems that Mo Wen is right.
Mo Wen smiled faintly, "Those families have many talents, but it does not mean that there are no well-educated people in the poor family, on the contrary, there are more talents in the poor family, and the reason why those forces competing for the world are attracted to the family is actually only because of the wealth and resources in the hands of the family, and for us, there is no prominent background behind it, and there is no shortage of wealth in the hands, those families are not all the way with us, not only will not support us, but will become the biggest stumbling block." ”
After thinking about it, Mo Wen asked again: "How about that void line?" ”
Shen Luoyan picked up the wine glass on Mo Wen's table and took a shallow sip, "Good talents, internal affairs and military advisors are all good hands, I really don't know what Ren Shaoming thinks, he would let go of such a talent." ”
Mo Wen looked at the red mark on the wine glass and smiled, and without hesitation, he poured another glass of wine into it, picked it up and drank it all.
"Ren Shaoming is just a martial artist, relying on the cooperation of his father Qu Ao and the Yin Sect, and mixing with Lin Shihong, he can get mixed up, and our Mr. Xu is from a poor family, he is decent, and his martial arts are low, so it's strange that Ren Shaoming can be looked at by him, and he is a hall master because he is too good!"
Shen Luoyan looked at Mo Wen and picked up her wine glass, her face turned red, and then nodded casually, although she had been taken advantage of by Mo Wen a lot over the past year, but she stubbornly guarded the last line of defense and did not let Mo Wen break through, so it was a big shame to watch Mo Wen make such a shameful move in front of the public, and both of them are now celebrities in Yangzhou City, and their every move is concerned, and they glanced left and right, and then they put their minds at ease, but under the table, they gently kicked Mo Wen with their embroidered feet.
But when it comes to kicking, it's completely powerless, and it's more like teasing.
Looking at Shen Luoyan's coquettish face, Mo Wen's heart fluttered, and he was about to say some light words again, but there was a low sobbing sound from next door.
Mo Wen looked back and saw that his eyes lit up.
I saw a girl in coarse linen clothes standing there on the table next door, her eyes slightly red, crying sadly.
But it looks like a flower and a moon, not inferior to Shen Luoyan, but the style between the eyebrows is a little insufficient.
And there were two middle-aged men sitting at the table, one with a rough face and a rude demeanor, and the other with hanging eyes, and at first glance he was a snarky person.
At this time, I heard one of them slap the table and say: "Old man Wei, although your daughter is good-looking, she is worth twenty taels of silver, send her to me as a concubine, and you and I will pay off the debt, are you willing or not!" (To be continued......)