Chapter 116: Life Will Find Its Way
Du Chengfeng, who was riding on a horse, was quite embarrassed.
I think that when he first came to this world, he was a homeless person with no followers, and finally had a family business in Yangjiabao, but after a big war, he became a homeless person - of course, the previous time in Yanzhou was still good, he not only had a job, a house, and even had the opportunity to study with retired old cadres.
And under the next big war, he is still a homeless.
Fortunately, this time, not only him, but also not only those villagers in Yangjiabao, but even more than 100,000 people in Yanzhou, like them, left their hometowns and took up this promising career.
"Is that really a good thing?"
Carpenter Li, who was driving the cart, became more and more uncomfortable, and he always felt that his life was becoming more and more promising.
Why are you a homeless again? Why did he say it again?
"That's a good thing indeed."
On the big car, the old man Yang Xuanyang, who had not appeared for a long time, opened his mouth to explain.
It is true that there are still some people who are unwilling to leave their hometown and choose to stay in the countryside of Yanzhou, but soon these people will have to bear the consequences of their choice - Jizhou and Yanzhou have been broken, the entire Shanbei Province has almost been destroyed, and the Southern Chen court will inevitably send troops to the front line to resist the enemy army.
As for the position of the front line, it is naturally this Jizhou and Yanzhou.
Sandwiched between the two armies, the lives of these people left behind will only be more difficult, and when the displaced people can at least survive, it is difficult for these people who stay to save their lives.
"But being an outcast, it's not so easy."
In the corner of the car, Liu Bolun, who came to sit in the car, was gulping wine, just looking at the sparse forehead, you can know that he was under a lot of pressure during this time.
As the real organizer of this retreat, Liu Bolun worked hard during this time, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to realize what kind of huge project a major retreat involving more than 100,000 people was.
How to appease the people, how to arrange an orderly evacuation, how to achieve the fastest retreat, and take care of the people along the way...... It was at this time that he realized what Ruan Shantao's more than ten years of education meant.
If it weren't for the literate people who had been taught by Old Man Ruan to take the initiative to stand up and cooperate with the evacuation, his work this time would have been a hundred times more difficult.
Although the old man failed to let the benevolence and righteousness in his heart spread all over the world in the end, the more than ten years of education have really saved the lives of those people in Yanzhou City.
"Hiccup."
Thinking of this, Liu Bolun raised his hand and saluted Ziyang Mountain in the distance.
And then move on to some of the more difficult questions.
Like what......
"Where are we going? What do we eat? ”
Du Chengfeng, who was riding on a horse, was stunned.
"Do you still need to think about this kind of thing...... Yo. ”
Only halfway through the words, Du Chengfeng realized that this may really be a problem that needs to be considered.
After all, this time, the number of displaced people is not the hundreds of people from the villagers, but a huge team of more than 100,000 people. Although Liu Bolun almost emptied the warehouse in Yanzhou before leaving, it was distributed to everyone's head, and that amount still couldn't last long.
As for where to go...... Where can such a large number of displaced people be accommodated?
"But this kind of thing is not something to think about."
When he realized what Liu Bolun was thinking, Du Chengfeng didn't care.
"Or rather, it's not something you need to think about."
Maybe for novice refugees like Liu Bolun, this is an extremely serious problem, but for Du Chengfeng and the villagers of Yangjiabao, this kind of thing has already been experienced - wasn't Jizhou also broken at the beginning, and the people in the countryside of Jizhen were even frightened by Su Xiqing's raid, but when they came to their senses, they still scattered and disappeared without a trace.
The population of a state sounds like a lot, but when these people choose to go to their relatives or go to distant places to find a place to return, these more than 100,000 people will disperse in a short time.
In fact, it has already started now, perhaps in Liu Bolun's impression, the number of displaced people is still more than 100,000, but according to Du Chengfeng's observation, when he just came back from Yanzhou City, most of the people in the team had already left, and after leaving the Yanzhou boundary, the number was getting smaller and smaller, and as the team advanced, people were left behind almost every moment, taking relatives and friends, or wives and children, to the direction they wanted to go.
And now, it's hard to say whether this team can add up to 10,000 people.
Like the flow of water, people themselves flow to the places where they can live, without any guidance.
Guided by the survival instinct, life will find its way.
"So what are you doing here? Can't you find a way out for yourselves? ”
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng turned around and took out the grassland general in the team.
This group of grassland people was rescued by him in Yanzhou City at that time, and he didn't think much about it when he did it, just to block Xiang Rong, and it happened that he also wanted to practice the feeling of "doing whatever he wanted" at that time, so he did it casually - but who would have thought that after a battle, these more than 300 grassland armor soldiers relied on him, followed him all the way, and refused to leave.
This may be the flip side of doing what you want, people always have to pay the consequences for their actions.
Of course, Du Chengfeng is not without the courage to bear the consequences, but the question is why do these people have to rely on him?
"Because...... We don't have anywhere to go. ”
was taken out by Du Chengfeng, the grassland general named Erhuo, couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.
There was really nowhere to go, after all, the grassland vanguard army that entered Yanzhou City had been divided into three parts because of their different circumstances-the first part was unlucky, under the pursuit of Du Chengfeng and Xiang Rong, they all turned into corpses. In the second part, they were lucky, they found out that the national teacher had gone mad, so they escaped before the city gate was sealed.
As for the third part, it is their more than 300 captives.
Get back? Impossible. During the time they were captive, they were offered good wine and meat, and they couldn't tell clearly. What's more, as captives, even if they return to the grassland, they will only be laughed at by others. If one of them is in a bad mood when they meet the Great Khan, they are afraid that they will all have their heads cut off.
As for not going back......
Where can they go?
It seems that only following this fireblade warrior is the best choice, after all, this fireblade warrior is really good to them, and even spared their lives.
What's more, those Yanzhou people may not know what happened in the city because they escaped relatively early, but these grassland warriors who have personally experienced everything in the city know how powerful this fireblade warrior is.
It is almost the instinct of a warrior to follow such a strong man.
Life will find its own way, and they all know very well who they have to follow in order to live longer.
"So it's a big deal to die in battle, anyway, we all owe you a life...... Say, who are we going to fight? ”
“……”
Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time.
Okay, as the first and only anti-thief in Nan Chen's territory, he can now be regarded as the first team that can fight in his hands.
But the question is, who does he need to hit?
"Save some food when you eat it, and go back and find something to make a living by yourself when you have time."
This is Du Chengfeng's greatest expectation for this grassland armor.
Maybe this is also the reason why those Yanzhou people are in such a hurry to leave, after all, not everyone can accept that there are more than 300 grassland armorers of unknown origin in the team, even if these grassland armorers take off their armor. And after adding more than 300 mouths to eat, Liu Bolun, who stared at the ledger every day, had even more headaches - the only happy person might be Yang Xuanyang, who felt that this was more than 300 strong laborers, with so many strong men to help work, Yang Jiabao would be revived in another place sooner or later.
Of course, it may not be called Yangjiabao now, after all, it will be the common hometown of all the villagers.
"Why don't you call it Dujiabao?"
Looking up at Du Chengfeng in front of him, Yang Xuan shook his head.
It's not that he doesn't want to, but it's not good, after all, they've been together for a while, and he also knows the character of this strong man, if he really wants to use the name Du Jiabao, the other party is likely to say no because of the shame on his face.
I still have to think of something better to say, at least to give everyone a sense of home......
"That's right."
Just when Yang Xuan was still thinking about it, Du Chengfeng, who was riding on the horse, turned around.
"Uncle, what did you just say about Shanbei Dao and Shannan Dao or something, what's going on?"
"Uh, don't you know?"
Yang Xuan was stunned by the question.
How can anyone not know such a common-sense thing?
But it was obvious that Du Chengfeng was the one who lacked common sense, and he really didn't know about such things as mountains and rivers geography - so Yang Xuan could only try to recall it and try to tell what he knew.
If it is said that on the Mobei grassland, everyone divides the region by tribe and divides the large and small tribes, then the division of Nanchen is more refined. Above the villages, the smallest territorial unit is the county, and above the county, the local counties are a state, and above this state, the one who rules the local states is the Tao.
In words that Du Chengfeng can understand, the province is about equal to the province, and the state is about equal to the prefecture-level city.
"No wonder I always feel like this state is a little ......"
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but scratch his head.
When he first heard the term state, he once thought that this was a provincial-level unit, and the co-author was actually a prefecture-level city - he said that the population of a province could not be just over 100,000, and it turned out that the problem was actually here.
"So what about the county? Why haven't I seen the county? ”
"This ......"
This time it was Yang Xuan's turn to scratch his head.
"In the south, the prefectures and counties should still be relatively complete, and as for the northland border, ......"
Yang Xuan smiled awkwardly.
That's really not easy to say, after all, this kind of thing is more subtle to say - strictly speaking, the county system is actually still there, but because the people on the border of the Northland are fierce, each village Wubao can also casually pull up hundreds of people, so in fact, this county system is about the same as not there.
If you can't even control people, who cares about this?
Of course, at the state level, there is still weight in the words, after all, the chief official at the state level is the governor of the army, and even if those villages and forts are strong, it is not easy to say that they will show their fists in front of the real soldiers - so at the border of the north, the situation of the commanders of the troops directly under the jurisdiction of the governors of various villages and towns, and the county restrictions are equal to non-existent.
It's a bit like those steppe people, the big tribes will directly govern the small tribes, and then these big tribes will be responsible to the royal court in the depths of Mobei.
Perhaps in the years of attacking and killing each other with the Hu people in the north, these border people have gradually become infected with some of the habits of the Hu people.
"This is understandable."
Du Chengfeng nodded, he can still understand this kind of truth that is close to ink. What's more, as a first-hand witness, he can be regarded as knowing what the border of Nanchen has become like in ruins. can still maintain state-level jurisdiction, which is already very good in Du Chengfeng's opinion.
"So this kind of thing is normal, what are you embarrassed about?"
"Uh......"
Glancing at Liu Bolun, who had already turned around, Yang Xuan scratched his head even more.
"Let's ...... it."
"There's nothing bad to say about this, anyway, I'm not a court official now."
Liu Bolun looked indifferent.
"Isn't it just a matter of setting up the county officials? The Yang family also did it. ”
As soon as these words came out, Yang Xuan lowered his head in shame.
It's one thing to do, and it's another thing to be pointed out, not to mention that it was a former court official, a former Tai student - in the final analysis, as the descendants of the former famous generals, the Yang family still wants to have face, but it is precisely because of this that as a descendant of the former famous generals, he participated in the overhead county system and dug up the corners of Da Chen, which is really a bit ......
But there is no way to do this kind of thing, after all, all the families on the Northland border have done it, and his Yang family can only be regarded as participating, and it can even be said that he is the one who eats the least.
"Hey, don't think so much, it's all gone, it's all gone."
Du Chengfeng waved his hand, signaling that this topic could be settled here.
It's really all in the past, whether it's Jizhou, or Yanzhou, or those past days, a war has come down, but all of them have become a thing of the past - no matter what the Yang family has done, it has finally become a promising profession for displaced people at this moment, I don't know what to eat in the future, I don't know where to go in the future.
"Wait, do I have something to do when I go to Yanzhou?"
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng's face also froze.
Glancing over the saddle bag and seeing the handle of the long knife with a broken horse, Du Chengfeng immediately withdrew his gaze.
"Let's take a look at my halberd!"
In order to ease the atmosphere, Du Chengfeng simply untied the cloth bag on the side of the saddle and took out the exaggerated halberd.
Originally, Du Chengfeng still felt that what kind of wealth does not return to his hometown, such as brocade night walking, is not very easy to use, after all, making a lot of money in a muffled voice is the real last word, but it was not until he got this halberd that he knew that he was not exempt from vulgarity after all - after all, this kind of fierce halberd is just like a newly bought legendary skin in the game, who wouldn't want to show off two operations after getting it, and taste it?
"I've tasted too much!"
This time, not only the villagers in Yangjiabao shook their heads, but even Cui Yuan, who was self-conscious and enlightened in the back, was a little unbearable.
There is no other reason, it is really that Du Chengfeng has shown too many halberds in the past few days. Take out the halberd at every turn, let people see, let the character - at the beginning, everyone was still very surprised, after all, the shape of this halberd is too exaggerated and fierce, and the fierce momentum is even more terrifying.
But for a few days, they had seen it no less than fifty or sixty times, and when they saw it again, they just wanted to break the halberd and try to see if the two skulls on top could be unscrewed.
"Well, you really are."
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head, these people really don't know what violent aesthetics are.
Fortunately, there is finally a newcomer who has not seen this halberd and comes out.
"Why are you again?"
Seeing that the grassland army general was only open-minded, he didn't know when he brought someone to catch some bandits who blocked the road and came back, but Du Chengfeng was directly happy.
There is no other reason, among these people who were captured alive, there are still old acquaintances.
"What a robber is! I haven't robbed it yet! Why are you arresting me? ”
The person who looked like a hunter was thrown to the ground, and when he looked up, he saw Du Chengfeng's big face.
"Why are you again? Why are you everywhere? ”
"Why did you start again?"
Looking at the tattered clothes on the other party's body, as well as the sharpened sticks that were captured by the grassland armor soldiers, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.
Obviously, he had persuaded this hunter to be kind several times, and even found a job for the other party to eat and live, but the other party still picked up the stick again and started the business of robbers with no future.
Du Chengfeng is kind-hearted, where can he see this.
So after Du Chengfeng waved his hand and was influenced by a few steppe armor soldiers with their fists, the hunter and the rest of the robbers finally decided to change their minds and become guides instead.
"In Yiyang County in front, there are people who are being collected over there, and we also want to get some food, and then go over to beg for a living."
Orion, who had a blue nose and swollen face, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Du Chengfeng repeatedly.
"It's really not that we have the intention to be thieves, we've been hungry for days, so you have a lot of adults, let us go."
But Du Chengfeng didn't mean to let them go at all.
"If you want to eat, I'll have it here, but I'll have to trouble you for a few days."
Saying this, Du Chengfeng pointed in the direction of the guide.
Although the food reserves in the team can last for a while, people can't last long after all, not to mention that some of the homeless people in the team really need to be resettled - not everyone really wants to be homeless. Or, except for those villagers in Yangjiabao, there is really nowhere to go, and many people in the team actually want to find a place to live quickly.
"So let's go check it out, and buy some food by the way."
After summing up with everyone, Du Chengfeng let the head of the hunter lead the way.
A large team of nearly 10,000 people, as well as Du Chengfeng and more than 300 grassland armor soldiers were staring, and there were no unsightly robbers who were uncomfortable along the way, so it only took a few days for the team of displaced people to arrive in Yiyang County.
It's just that it's different from what Du Chengfeng thought, but it's not the county government that gathers the displaced people here.
Rather, it is a mountain temple.
The first update is coming, 5,000 words, considering that the information of the small chapter of 2,000 words is really a bit less, this kind of long chapter may be more in the future, and rounding is also considered to be a plus.
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(End of chapter)