Since industry and commerce are in a depression and a large number of people are unemployed, let's just toss around and find something to do.

Clearing the underground world seems to be only related to public security, but in fact, it can also be a people's livelihood project.

No matter how powerful Tokyo's sewer system is, it can't withstand human destruction. For example, residents rebuild their houses at will, encroach on rivers, and destroy culverts. Or they are greedy for cheap and throw a lot of garbage down.

Therefore, Kaifeng is often waterlogged, that is, the sewer is blocked!

There is also poor government management, and many sewer entrances and exits are stinking. Coupled with the accumulation of garbage and sediment, many road sections have become stinky ponds, which seriously affects the city's appearance and sanitation.

At Zhu Ming's suggestion, Zhu Guoxiang personally issued an official document ordering Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties to assist the Ministry of Industry in requisitioning 10,000 people, following the buttocks of 10,000 soldiers to dredge and dredge the sewers of the entire Tokyo.

These people were not paid, and they needed to bring their own tools, and the court only had two meals a day.

It is not compulsory, and it is spontaneous to sign up.

Tokyo citizens who don't have a stable job rush to sign up for the two meals a day. There are more than enough people, and in the end, they have to be screened, and those who are too weak are eliminated.

"Kaifeng ditch is divided into two kinds of light and dark, the open channel has eight character water outlets, and the culverts are all connected with the water mouth......"

He Changyan, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, pointed to the ditch drawings and said: "The four rivers and three moats outside Kaifeng City, the canals on both sides of the four avenues outside the Imperial City, and the four major pools of Ningxiang, Qionglin, Jinming and Yujin in the city are the key nodes of the ditch. The general can close the exits of the culvert first, and the fourth group of soldiers will enter the ...... from outside the imperial city."

He Changyan is a native of Jiangxi, because of the impeachment of Cai Jing, he was demoted five times and entered the DPRK five times, and he is familiar with the actual work of the central and local governments.

Zhu Guoxiang felt that this person was good, so he continued to work as a waiter in the Ministry of Works.

It was Guan Sheng who was responsible for leading the troops to clean up, and according to He Changyan's explanation, he stared at the drawings and looked at them.

There are dozens or hundreds of these drawings, each of which has vertical and horizontal lines, and Guan Sheng is dizzy to see, and he doesn't know how to start at all.

He Changyan said: "The general doesn't have to bother, I will mark the entrances and exits everywhere, and divide them into twenty or thirty parts. Each copy was given to an army, and orders were given to those troops, so that the generals who led the troops were familiar with the drawings. In Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties, there are officials responsible for dredging, so that the officials can summon the servants who are familiar with the culverts, and use these servants as guides in the army. ”

"That'll be fine." Guan Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and finally didn't have to think about it.

He's a native of Tokyo himself, but he's really not familiar with the underground world, and he only knows that there are many bad people living there.

The people who were temporarily recruited are already dredging the nullah.

It was a few days before the 10,000-strong army began to enter the culvert.

"The torch is ready, don't go out, a team of 100 people will find an opening to go in......"

Du Ping used to be a small leader who sold illicit salt, and followed the boss to join the army in Bazhou, and now he has commanded 500 troops under Li Bao.

Li Bao took some henchmen and went to Huainan to train sailors, but most of the Kuizhou soldiers stayed in Kaifeng.

The place where Du Pin now stands is a deep pool dug out.

Several open channels flow into the pool, and the wall of the pool is half empty and the entrance to the culvert. At the entrance, there is more than one person tall, and you can jump into it, and you don't need to walk on your waist at all.

At this time, it is the dry season of winter, the bottom of the pond has frozen, and there is no standing water at the entrance of the culvert.

"Tokyo is just not ordinary, even the ditches are built so widely." Deputy Suo Anmin was amazed.

Du Ping said: "There are narrow ones inside, and you can only climb in." ”

Suo Anmin smiled: "But I haven't fought this kind of battle yet." ”

The two of them each chose an entrance to enter, and if they came across a fork, a servant who was familiar with the culvert would show them the way.

Du Ping advanced dozens of meters, and the passage became narrower and narrower.

At first, I walked up straight, but gradually I walked with my waist bent, and finally I could only crawl. The soldiers did not bring large shields and long weapons, only small shields and short weapons, otherwise they would not be able to use them at all.

After half a mile of travel, it suddenly became clear again.

An open area was dug out of front and pillars were built of bricks and stones to support it, and it was a resting place for the dredging servants to work, and the cleared mud was also piled up here and transported out.

Such open spaces are called "districts", and each zone can accommodate anywhere from a few dozen to one or two hundred people.

"It stinks!"

"Someone!"

There are not only people in the open belt, but also simple beds, and even pots and pans.

The guide said to Du Ping: "Master Jun, these are hard-working people. There is no house to live on the ground, and he can't survive the cold winter, so he moves to live in a culvert. ”

Du Ping was curious: "What do they eat?" ”

The guide replied, "Some will come out to do odd jobs, and some will come out to beg for food." The silt in the culvert is also a bit fertile, and they will take it out and sell it to the collectors for a few dollars. If it weren't for them, the underground culvert would have been blocked long ago, and the government would have sent someone to clean up the dredging once in several years. ”

Zhu Ming's original plan was to not allow the people to live in the sewers, and wanted to drive out all the people in the Sanssouci Cave.

But Gao Yu, Zhao Ding and others all euphemistically explained the situation, and this thing couldn't be banned at all.

There will always be those who can't live a life, and they will hide in the sewers to live.

And these people are natural free dredging laborers. If they want to get out, they can't let the passage be blocked, not to mention that the silt can be sold for money.

When the government unclogs the sewers, the workload can be greatly reduced.

Otherwise, how much should the annual maintenance cost of the culvert that extends in all directions?

Du Ping shouted: "Take them all out and hand them over to the officials of the two counties!" ”

I'll talk about it later, anyway, to carry out the task now, we must clean up all the people, so that it is difficult for those who do evil to hide.

Moreover, there are a large number of vacant houses on the outskirts of the city, and the owners of the houses are either dead or fleeing and unclaimed.

If the poor people in the sewers wished, they could move to the outskirts of the city, and the government would register them and give them houses.

One after another, the hard-working people looked at the soldiers blankly.

They didn't dare to resist, they left honestly, their eyes fixed on their belongings, broken bowls, spilled pots, and broken quilts were all belongings.

And they were powerless to resist, and they were all hungry enough.

Those who are still alive now, one is counted as one, and they are all supported by human flesh until now!

……

Deeper down the sewer.

There were twenty or thirty people gathered, all of whom were the underground leaders of the city of Tokyo.

"Underground" in the physical sense!

10,000 soldiers searched from everywhere, and all the entrances and exits were blocked in advance, and they couldn't escape at all.

"My territory is gone, and it has just been copied by officers and soldiers."

"Qi Da ran fast, and fled to the city two days ago."

"People have houses in the city, but they can't compare to our bitterness."

"I just said don't make it too big, it must be Zhang Er who robbed the official, and the government sent more soldiers to suppress it."

"It's all about me! Who hasn't robbed the nobles and the rich these days? ”

“……”

Under normal circumstances, the gangs of the underworld would not dare to go to the ground to make a big noise.

More than 100 years ago, the fugitive Zhang Xing committed repeated crimes and established a gang in the sewers. At that time, the government was in a hurry, and all channels were closed, and the people inside were so hungry that they quickly took the initiative to provide Zhang Xing's whereabouts, and the government sent troops to arrest a quasi-child.

Now is a special period, first besieging the city for a few months, and then restricting the purchase of grain according to the household register.

People in the underground world have eaten human flesh to the point of vomiting, and they can't buy food when they want to, and it's hard to buy even black market food.

Zhu Ming also continued to resettle poor people out of the city to give land for farming, cracked down on the regulated labor market, and declared human trafficking illegal.

These measures all affect the survival of the underground world.

As a result, they frequently went out to commit crimes, and the public security in Kaifeng City deteriorated rapidly, even to the point of alarming Zhu Ming.

"Alas, it's still the scenery of the past few years." The underground leaders began to miss Song Huizong.

When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was emperor, a large number of houses were demolished in the city, resulting in the displacement of the people, and many people were forced to live in the sewers.

Population is a resource, and Sanssouci Cave is rapidly "thriving".

The major gangs took the opportunity to expand their scale, and the business with the outside became more and more prosperous, how could they have thought that Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, would suddenly run away?

"Brother Kong, you can come up with a charter."

"Yes, Brother Kong, give me a word."

“……”

Kong Dayou is a strong man in his forties, and he still has a scar on his cheek, so he is not angry at the moment: "What charter can I have?" The number of soldiers who came in was uncountable, and the intersections were blocked again, so they could only wait here to be caught. ”

"It's better to fight with the officers and soldiers!"

"How?"

"Choose two or three ways, and all the brothers pick up the guys and go out in one go. No matter how many officers and soldiers there are, they have to be scattered everywhere, so that we can have more people and fight fewer people. Tokyo is a big city, as long as you rush out, escape into the streets and alleys, there is a chance to run. ”

"Yes, do it, kill the fuck!"

"Choose some minions first, let them go to other roads, and lure some officers and soldiers away."

"Let the women and children strip naked and cry with the legs of those officers and soldiers, maybe it will be able to delay a little longer."

“……”

These guys, you say a lot of bad ideas.

Du Ping swept a few "districts" on his side, but there was a new discovery, he held a torch and said in disbelief: "This is ...... Casino? ”

The ground was carved out with many patterns and lattices, and there were some gambling equipment scattered around, but all the people had escaped.

In the sewers, there are not only casinos, but also brothels and taverns.

Otherwise, how can it be called a worry-free cave and a ghost fan building?

Those who live in it can even find serious jobs nearby underground, such as washing clothes and cooking!

"Money!"

Du Ping went over with a torch, only to see a lot of copper coins scattered on the ground, and even a silver collar.

It is estimated that the escape was too hasty, and the box containing money in the casino was knocked over.

To be able to amass so much wealth, there must be people who do not want to live underground, but move to the surface to clear their identities.

The real boss is probably hiding in some houses in Kaifeng City!

"Help!"

A group of unclothed women crawled out of the narrow passage in front of them.

The soldiers cautiously stepped forward to check, and the women knelt forward, hugging the soldiers' legs and crying even harder.

The soldier had already drawn his sword from its sheath, but he could not bear to cut it down.

Du Ping smiled: "Lao Tzu used to sell smuggled salt, play this set for grandpa?" Sons, we are almost at the place ahead, and we are all cheering up a hundred times. Tie up all these women, whoever dares to resist will be killed! ”

(I was finally discharged from the hospital today, and the back of my hand was swollen after infusion every day.) The doctor said that there was no cure, and that he would continue to take medicine. There is a medicine that takes six tablets at a time three days before discharge. After eating, I sat down and became sleepy, and I slept all afternoon, and I didn't have much energy in the evening, and I didn't finish writing a chapter until midnight. ）

(End of chapter)