427. Just cause
Ugly late at night.
The bald flower is already asleep, and is dominating the world in a sweet dream.
The streets were still filled with people and torches, but more and more people were tired and dozing off, cooling the blazing atmosphere.
If there are no accidents, the irritability will gradually subside and slide to the bottom of calm.
Just as the bald flower expected, at least it will stop until the sun rises tomorrow.
However, the houses and shops of many officials and wealthy gentry have been closed for many days, and they have been closed almost at the same time, and crowds of different sizes have quietly appeared on the streets.
These people carried all kinds of food, wine, and even raw and cold ingredients on their shoulders and flocked into those places where people gathered.
Soon after, as if a national feast, countless banquets were spread out in the open air everywhere.
Piles of people sat around the campfire, whole fish and meat were roasted by the fire, and food and fruits were piled up on the ground. xь.
In the past five or six days, the people who gathered to protest forgot to sleep and eat, and when they were tired and sleepy, they would just find a place to lie down under the eaves of the wall, and if they were thirsty and hungry, they could only go home to solve the problem if they had no food or water to carry with them.
In the past, there were also enthusiastic officials and people who donated some food and drink, but it was scattered and scattered, and it was better than nothing.
Therefore, on the whole, the tens of thousands of people who insisted on the front line of the anti-Song Dynasty and the protection of the country were mainly supported by indignation, and in fact most of them were tired and hungry.
When a large amount of free food arrives in front of them, few people think about the abnormality and only think about eating it first.
So at first, everyone just cared about eating hard, grabbing the food in their hands, stuffing their mouths to the brim, naturally not caring about the noise, but seemed quieter.
After filling his stomach with three points of goods, he grabbed the bottles and cans and poured the wine into his stomach.
The wind fuels the fire, the wine fuels the spirit, and the people are getting more and more emotional.
I don't know which way the gods are gracious, and they have made up their minds to be generous to the end.
Seeing that before the food is about to be eaten, there will always be new raw and cooked ingredients to replenish it, so that people can just open their bellies and stuff them.
There are also wooden barrels and pottery jars and other colorful containers, whether it is fine wine or coarse sauce, anyway, it has not been broken like flowing water.
The vast majority of these people belonged to the 'Vaishyas, who were mainly engaged in industry and commerce, and were ordinary people who were in the city, and who lived better than the 'Shudras', who were untouchables, but not much better.
Usually it is common to be hungry and have a full meal, but when I encounter today's once-in-a-century opportunity, where will I be willing to let it go.
When you have eaten enough, you get up, walk around, eliminate your food, and wait a while before you continue eating.
When you get drunk, you find a corner and clasp your throat, spit it out, go along with it, and go back and continue to pour it.
Some clever ones went home to wake up their wives and children, brought them over for a full meal, and even called the neighbors who didn't come, and no one would care anyway.
In addition to the deliberate tranquility around the bald mansion, most of the Buddha Oath City woke up, and more and more people rushed to the nearby area centered on Zhang's house.
This increasingly lively scene will naturally be noticed by the officers and soldiers in charge of the night watch.
Speaking of which, don't expect the military discipline of the Champa army to be strict, after Bao Bao Bald himself left, most of the generals in the army began to be lazy. xь.
However, General Nokan, who was supposed to recuperate from his injuries, ran out to do something, but instead provoked the ridicule of the generals, thinking that he was eager to make up for his mistakes and wanted to save his image in Shangqing's heart.
And Nokan's position was not low, so the generals simply threw him the responsibility of night watch, and then left their posts one by one.
Some just go to lazy sleep, while others can't find anyone and don't know where to go to be happy.
When the situation was reported to Nokan, he thought seriously for a while before he said to the people below, "Probably there are many nobles who are not used to the Song envoys, so I will treat those people tonight, and I don't have to be nervous to wait for these people."
When he is full of wine and food, his emotions are not so excited, but he will not think about making trouble, and our pressure will be less, so we will leave him alone for the time being, of course, this will also inform Mr. Wang later, and he will decide how to deal with it, and if necessary, Mr. Wang will also report to Shangqing......
The highest generals on duty have said so, and even if the officers and soldiers below muttered in their hearts, they could only obey.
Later, as the movement became bigger and bigger, the officers and soldiers on the periphery reported it several times, but Nokan still said that he didn't care.
Then, some soldiers could not resist the temptation of wine and meat, so they dropped their swords and guns and went up, and the soldiers and civilians had fun.
Even when wine and meat were directly delivered to the outlying posts, the officers and soldiers of the guards did not refuse, and they ate and drank happily.
Eating well and drinking beautifully, everyone's interest is getting higher and higher, and those who are getting together are naturally chatting and complaining about current affairs.
"Hiccup...... Comfortable! In other words, let's leave our livelihood behind and toss here for five or six days, what is it for? We are so noisy that our voices are almost hoarse, but the plagued Song envoy is hiding in the big house, and he is comfortable, and he will not lose a single hair."
"Who doesn't want to cut that Song envoy with a thousand knives, but isn't this protected by officers and soldiers, besides, let's surround here with great fanfare, even if we can't scare him to death, they will be terrified, and they don't dare to underestimate our occupation of the city anymore."
"That's it, if you don't teach them a lesson, you still think that we are obedient, after such a show, if you want to bully us with the shelf of the sect master in the future, you have to weigh it in your heart first."
"It makes sense, we are all part of the city, we have worked hard for a few days, we can do our best for the city, and we can have a clear conscience in the future, and we will eat and drink a lot, so we won't lose anything."
"No loss! Absolutely no loss! Speaking of which, this feast is really bloody, and I don't know who is so generous."
"Come to think of it, you know that this massive amount of expenses is not something that one or two people can afford, and I'm afraid that the official treasury can't come up with so much money, so it can only be done by many nobles together."
"Yikes! These days, we ordinary people are fighting here, and I don't see half of the nobles coming forward, and I thought that they would either love the stinky feet of the Song people, or be willing to be turtles with shrunken heads, but I didn't expect them to support us in this way."
"Actually, it can be understood, after all, we occupy the city or a vassal of the Song Dynasty, and the nobles always have to be careful, and they can't be caught by the Song Dynasty in the official face......
Relying on drunkenness, the people did not have a door on their lips, and they dared to say anything.
If you let it go, most of them will be a mess of people talking about each other, and they can talk nonsense to the edge of the sky.
It's just that many well-intentioned people mixed in the crowd, deliberately leading the direction of the topic with a rhythm and purpose.
"Even those nobles have a little conscience, but it's not easy to make such a big show today, someone should take the lead, and I don't know which one it is."
"Think about it, there are only three or two people who can have such influence, and the king has been away from the city for many days, it seems that it is either the left or the right."
"It's definitely not Zuo Shangqing, who doesn't know that he is bent on welcoming the Song Dynasty, and even scraping the official treasury to buy good Song people, with an ugly face that can't recognize the Song envoy as a father, it makes people's hearts burn when they look at it......
"That won't be the right Shangqing, that is, he has been sending troops to protect the Song envoys, and he has also set troops to drive us away during the day, Lao Tzu just walked a little slower, and he ate several whips, and now his back is still hot......
"I think it's much more likely that the right Shangqing is much more likely, the navy under his command all rely on the sea to make a fortune, and he has been full of money in the past six months, isn't it the merchant ships of the Song Kingdom? Now that the Song Dynasty has sent people to put pressure on the looting of merchant ships, how can you be happy in your heart?"
"Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, so the one who is the least to see the Song envoy among those must be the right Shangqing, but the king just shoehorned him in the errand of defending the Song envoy, and he has the duty to do something, at least not to be found fault on the bright side......
"In this way, the big nobleman behind it may really be the right Shangqing, no wonder, we are making such a big move now, those officers and soldiers not only don't care, but also join in the fun."
Every crowd is pierced
Everywhere in the pile, they are all so gossiping, but the content is roughly the same.
Driven by well-intentioned people, more and more people began to believe that most of the dignitaries and nobles in Champa were against the Song Dynasty.
And at present, the highest power in the city, one of the three giants, Bao Bao Bald, is also secretly supporting the anti-Song Dynasty.
In other words, the anti-Song Dynasty is just, the desire of the people, and a great cause that conforms to the interests of all the officials and people of Zhancheng!
After coming to such a conclusion, the people became more and more excited, and their chests were surging, and they couldn't help but want to do more to contribute to the just cause.