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It is located on the border of Chu State, from the capital to Lizhou, and the official road is renovated every year. The straight and wide road makes it possible for cars and horses to travel as fast as possible. The goods from the south, such as silk, grain, rice, cloth, tea, etc., can all go north along the official road, and at the exit of Lizhou, they can be transported to the northern grasslands to trade with Rongdi. It's a mutually beneficial deal. The Rongdi tribe produces cattle, sheep and horses at surprisingly low prices. A tea brick weighing half a kilogram is only 15 to 20 wen to buy here in Suzhou in the south. But if it is transported to the northern grasslands, the herdsmen need to pay at least 30 sheep for tea. Moreover, as the trade routes became longer and longer, leaving the border of Chu State farther and farther, the price of goods naturally became higher. If the caravan is bold enough, equipped with weapons and manpower, and is not afraid of horse thieves who come and go on the grassland, and can do business to the north of Qilian Mountain, then the price of a mere tea brick can even buy fifty sheep.

What is the concept of fifty sheep?

Not to mention far away, take the capital of Chu as an example, five live sheep can be sold for one or two silver. Fifty is a full ten taels.

Don't think it's cheap. The price of money in all countries in the world is the same, and a thousand dollars is consistent, and consistent money is equal to two pieces of silver. The kind of commercial goods transactions that can easily cost 100,000, million, or even 10 million are usually only carried out between powerful and wealthy families. As far as ordinary people are concerned, having assets of one hundred taels of silver is already considered a large family. It often takes two or three generations of hard work for many people to accumulate this number.

The goods transported from the grasslands in the north were very popular in the territory of Chu. In addition to cattle, sheep and horses, leather, beef tendon, horns, jerky and other items are also major items of goods between the north and the south. However, the state of Chu had strict control over the trade routes out of the customs, which also fundamentally ensured the rights and interests of the merchants. In Lizhou. Whether it is a large or small official or a military general, they are all businessmen, and everyone has their own freight channels. The northern Rongdi is both an enemy and the best trading partner. It is precisely because of the stable trade routes in Lizhou and the ability to import a large number of iron metals that Tuyuhun alone attaches great importance to Lizhou. Every year, troops are sent south to plunder. They all attack other border state capitals, and they never harass Lizhou's side.

That's the real reason. It's just that these things were only said by Hu Yingtong after he joined Yang Tianhong, and he was promoted to the capital 1510. The princes in the court of the Chu State, and even Emperor Shunming himself, did not know anything about the joints. This is a big secret that can make a fortune, and the people of Lizhou will never say it, let alone let outsiders know about it, or even participate in it.

After Yang Tianhong heard these secrets from Hu Yingtong's mouth. He was silent in his chair for nearly five minutes before he said slowly: "I didn't expect that the northland border defense has been eroded so far." Fortunately, Changhu waited for Cui Yangguang's mind to be confused and brought about his own destruction. Otherwise, if it continues like this, the damned one will become my Da Chu. ”

The comprehensive rectification of the Lizhou Army was also carried out by colleagues.

On the surface, it is said that it is 300,000 Lizhou troops. In fact, there are only 200,000 at most. Even among these people, a considerable number of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. He can't hold a weapon, and he can't talk about a strong farmer. Although Yang Tianhong was already mentally prepared for the difficulties that might be encountered in the reorganization of the Lizhou Army, when it was really implemented, he felt that the problems were not ordinarily serious.

The Xuanhuo Army was fully stationed in all battalions of the Lizhou Army, and Hu Yingtong also sent shrewd and capable men to support all logistical affairs. Say it's a reorganization. In fact, according to the standards of the Xuanhuo Army, all the officers and soldiers of Lizhou were selected one by one. Because similar things have been done in Anzhou and Beijing, it is also handy to implement it in Lizhou, without the slightest delay.

Camp Wasion. The number of soldiers is more than 13,000.

When Yang Hu walked into the Weisheng camp with hundreds of Xuanhuo officers and soldiers, he smelled a smell of feces from afar.

That's right, it's. On both sides of the barracks entrance, there were piles of dried or fresh human feces. God knows why these guys use this place as a toilet? Yang Hu frowned, covered his mouth and nose and walked forward, and behind the wooden parapet, he saw several soldiers wearing Lizhou military uniforms. They obviously didn't care about Yang Hu and these outsiders, took off their pants and squatted there, and there was a small pile of small pebbles prepared in advance to wipe their buttocks in front of them. When the wind blows, the strong stench is instantly diffuse, and it is disgusting, so you can only avoid it from afar.

"Bastards, why are these guys here convenient?"

Yang Hu was very angry, roared and rushed over, and kicked the soldiers of the Lizhou Army who were heartily relieving their hands. Suddenly, the scene was full of wailing, and all kinds of filth made people feel disgusting when they saw it.

The Lizhou Army apparently did not have the concept of setting up public toilets. When Yang Hu came, he looked at the roster, and in the Lizhou Army, the Weisheng Battalion can be regarded as a first-class battalion with considerable combat effectiveness. It's just that when he saw this with his own eyes, Yang Hu's heart suddenly rose with an indescribable sense of superiority. There are no toilets, no special sanitation facilities, and even the wells are surrounded by guardrails to keep dust out. Speaking of which, the concept that raw water must be boiled before it can be drunk is still forcibly promoted by Yang Tianhong in the Xuanhuo Army. By now, it has become a habit that Xuanhuo officers and soldiers must abide by.

After venting, Yang Hu finally felt that the disgust in his heart was not as strong as before. He turned around, ran to the upper hand, and took several deep breaths before leading the person towards the selection site that had been set up in the distance.

The Wasion camp was full of chickens and dogs, and about 2,000 officers and soldiers from Lizhou lined up on the school grounds. The rest, still under the shouting of the officers, were being kicked out of their barracks. These people have no concept of military discipline at all, and they don't know what it means to be in a queue. Even those who were already standing on the school grounds were crowded together. On the surface, it is lined up, but in fact it is piled up. The Lizhou officer next to him didn't care about this, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Yang Hu felt that there was a nameless ghost fire in his heart, which went straight up. His face was pale, and he held a short stick and walked up to the Lizhou officer who was standing at the front. looked at the number uniform on the other party, it was still a hundred households.

"Tell you to line up as a team, what are you doing here?

Yang Hu spoke mercilessly. The people who followed Yang Tianhong in the Xuanhuo Army all had an indescribable arrogance and majesty. After all, Lao Tzu had fought in southern Xinjiang and killed barbarians. Changed the army of other state capitals. What have you done?

Yang Hu's official position is also 100 households. The hundred households in Lizhou felt that everyone was at the same level, and there was not much difference in identity, although they were a little dissatisfied with Yang Hu's shouting, they still replied with a smile on their faces: "Isn't this to choose people, everyone is here." Speaking of which, to be able to stand up to the way it is now. It's already the best time for our soldiers in many years. If it weren't for the oily meal this morning, everyone ate well, I'm afraid no one would be stupid standing here. The sun is shining, and there is no place to cool down, and I am also suffering!"

Yang Tianhong fully took over the Lizhou Army, and the food supply was naturally much better than before. Although the 300,000 Lizhou Army has been reorganized, at least two-thirds of it will be cut, but Yang Tianhong has also tried his best to be benevolent and righteous in terms of diet after taking charge. Camp Wasion's breakfast today is two multigrain cakes per person. Compared to the usual sparse bowl of soup. It's pretty good.

If it weren't for the family, it would be impossible to eat enough, let alone see meat. It is said that a good man is not a soldier, and that's exactly what happened.

In the face of the hundreds of households of the Lizhou army, it was impossible for Yang Hu to give him a good face. Immediately, he picked up a stick and slashed his head and face. Qi cultivators are already the most basic cultivators, and Yang Hu has also left his hands in strength. How could the hundred households resist, they were beaten on the spot and cried wolves, lying on the ground and rolling desperately. The mouth kept shouting: "Killed! The Xuanhuo Army has killed someone!"

Yang Hu poked it with another stick viciously, and scolded loudly in his mouth: "What if Lao Tzu kills you? told you to control the bottom, but you yourself are oily. Even if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you today, he will have to peel off a layer of skin from your ****. ”

There can be no democracy here, let alone personal rights. If Yang Tianhong wants to reorganize the Lizhou army in the shortest possible time, he naturally needs fierce and tough means. In the process, someone is bound to die. But as long as the person who is selected, he is the best team of the Xinli State Army.

The Wasion Camp was under the full control of the Xuanhuo Army inside and out. There are as many as 1,000 Xuanhuo soldiers and soldiers in the surrounding area to maintain order. Hu Yingtong is indeed a shrewd and capable official, and he also has a group of officials and officials who are willing to obey his orders. With these people by their side, the Xuanhuo Army will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. Yang Tianhong's order was very straightforward -- if anyone dared to oppose it, there was no need to report it. Lawfully kill on sight.

......

According to Yang Tianhong's order, Yang Yi left 1,000 veterans of the Xuanhuo Army on the side of the old camp of the Beijing Division, and he took 8,000 trained recruits and more than 600 veterans who were promoted to officers to Yinzhou in the north of Chu State.

The drought is getting worse. Most of Yinzhou is almost empty. In this situation, it is not bad in the north. If you go further north, Pizhou, Zaozhou, Huzhou and other places, there are thousands of miles of uninhabited, and there is no rooster crow for hundreds of miles. The victims could not survive in the local area, and God did not rain, so they had to leave their hometowns and go elsewhere to escape the famine.

Yang Yi rode on the back of the mad blood green wolf, looking at the dry and dry water in the distance, and the world where even the wild grass could not grow, and sighed uncontrollably.

Next to him, a veteran also sighed incessantly: "This life is alive, it is best for my wife to live peacefully to old age! Looking at the troubles in this disaster year, I can't even see a human figure." ”

Yang Yi was silent for a moment and said, "If you want to be peaceful, how can it be so easy?"

"The Yellow River has been flooding every year, and the prefectures and counties on both sides of the river have also suffered. I heard that Suzhou and Zhejiang in the south were hit by a tsunami again, and tens of thousands of families near the sea were homeless. In fact, the most terrible thing is the most persecution of the people, and it is the state officials. In all fairness, the taxes of our Dachu are not high, but there are too many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes added by various states and counties, and the officials and servants are also urging to the death in order to make a fortune. The people are really struggling to make a living! The world is suffering like this, that is, our Anzhou is a paradise. Have you heard? The state capital north of the Lushan Mountains is really miserable! The fine fertile land, which is a little more expensive, can buy 100 mu for only eight taels of silver. At that time, a little bit could buy a hundred acres for a maximum of five taels of silver. There are so many abandoned fields that are uncultivated, and all kinds of messy taxes come from these fields. The officials who collect taxes and collect grain go to the countryside to the bazaar, and they ask for dozens of dollars at a time. The poor people had no money, and the fields could not be sold at a high price. No one paid any attention at all. What else can the officials do if they are pressing? They can only sell their children first, and then pawn the fields. If you have a good acre of land, you can only get 80 wen in the end. This little money is not enough to buy alcohol and eat for poor people. They are ruthless and have to go down more than a dozen times a year. Dozens of times, it is really to force a living person to death. The official grain tax was not paid evenly, and all the fields of the children were sold, but they still couldn't do well. In order not to go to prison and be in prison, you can only borrow usury. But what is this usury? It's like going to jail at home. As far as the eye can see, the counties are ten rooms and nine empty. In the morning and evening, there is no smoke and fire. And also. What can you do even if you have all kinds of food? The family eats leaves and grass roots, and it is already a blessing to be able to put some bean bran in it. I don't have to wear it, I don't have to eat it. All the money and food were scraped clean by the officials. And then that's not all, the local officials and powerful people will take the opportunity to embezzle and occupy. So you can't have anything left...... In such a situation, in such a great drought year, who can still live? Who cares about ****** bullshit and peace? Who cares about the law of the Great Chu King?"

When the veteran heard this, he couldn't help but tremble, and subconsciously said: "According to what you say, this is the world of the Great Chu State." I'm afraid it's going to be messed up?"

"Even if we don't have it now, it will definitely be chaotic in the future. ”

Yang Yi looked up at the distance with a very melancholy expression: "Speaking of which, it can't be regarded as Your Majesty's fault alone." He was in the palace and didn't know anything about the outside world. Officials only care about their own money bags, who cares about the lives of the people. In such a catastrophic year, as long as someone has a little drive, tens of thousands can be gathered immediately. Hundreds of thousands, millions. Even tens of millions. What is this? This is the flood. If you think about it, the imperial conscription, the Ma Zheng in the north, the mines in the east, and the earthquake and the great drought have left all the northern state capitals full of desperate people. As long as someone stands up. A fire was lit on the ground, and the breathless people were moved. When the time comes, they will be able to clear all the obstacles that stand in their way. That's really releasing an evil dragon out of the cage, and the sky is falling apart!"

The veteran was stunned by what Yang Yi said. It's no wonder, although they are all Xuanhuo Army. But they are different from each other. After all, Yang Yi is a general of the Yang Mansion, and he has an official position in the imperial court, and the things he sees, hears, and sees are not comparable to a mere soldier in any case. From the time Yang Tianhong worshiped the Guiyuan Sect, Yang Yi has always been by his side. Regarding Yang Tianhong's strange theories that came out of nowhere, Yang Yi didn't know how much he had heard. When he was ordered to stay in the capital to recruit new soldiers, Yang Yi received a confidential document from Yang Tianhong, which detailed a series of possible effects of the drought in the northern part of Chu State, and Yang Yi was able to have a clear understanding of the general trend of the world.

"This time, we came from the capital to eliminate this disaster as much as possible. ”

Yang Yi turned around and glanced at the heavily protected baggage carts in the team, which were heavily protected and filled with all kinds of supplies, and his eyes showed a trace of warmth: "As long as there is a bite to eat, the people will not rebel." Whether these people stay here or go elsewhere is a dead end. Our grandfather is benevolent! It can be regarded as having a place in Anzhou, which can be used to resettle the people. Otherwise, even if the grandfather has a heart, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with the victims of the Northland. What's more, Rong Di is in the north, and he may be killed at any time. When the time comes, natural disasters and military rebellion will make it difficult for the world of the Great Chu State not to die. ”

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Wang Fubao is 18 years old this year. Although he was already an adult, he was chronically malnourished, making him look at most fourteen or fifteen years old. Very thin, with little strength, and the bones were large, as if they were just wrapped in a layer of dark and thin skin.

The year before last, the signs of a year of great calamity had already appeared. Speaking of which, the Wang family was lucky that they did not wander with the villagers at that time. I heard that many of the people who fled the famine died in the south, and the rest were also captured by the big families to do hard labor. I don't want to come back in this life, maybe even the bones will be buried in the mine.

Wang Fubao's wife passed away last year. They are all hungry, swollen, and they look very fat, and they sink when they poke their fingers, and they can't bulge for half a day.

The first year was a major drought, and the second year was a major drought. This year, there is still a major drought.

When you can eat enough, you can count them on one hand. Things like sorghum weren't common in the old days. In Wang Fubao's mind, hunger is the norm. It's a pity that he has this name. Wang Fubao's name was given by an elder in the village, saying that he would be blessed in the future and get a treasure. But Wang Fubao has never seen these two things. Seriously, he doesn't ask for any blessings and treasures, as long as he can eat a full meal in peace, death is worth it.

If you can't eat enough, your body will naturally not be too good, and if you get a small illness, it will easily become a major illness, and then you can't survive. Ge Wang Fubao's brother and two younger sisters are like this. In the end, only he and his father were left to rely on each other.

In fact, human life is like this, and there must always be a thought and expectation in mind. Don't think about the white-flour steamed buns, that kind of rare thing I heard that only the emperor can eat. If you change yourself, if you can have a meal of sorghum paste, it will be enough. (To be continued.) )