Chapter 268: Saturnalia
In the eyes of those who are high up, the people in these grain-producing areas seem to have only one value, and that is to produce more food. This snowstorm, which lasted for more than ten days, not only buried many innocent and poor people, but also made everyone feel a little more inexplicable anger.
Obviously, they kept to themselves and did their best to live, but the food taxes they usually paid did not know whose stomachs they usually paid in the end, and when they needed help, the court did not send officials to come. It turned out to be a group of young people who didn't know each other who saved them, and from these young people's mouths, they learned that they had been given such an existence like a fairy cave.
They are all a group of laypeople, and the life's wish of the layman is to be able to live well. Although it is difficult to leave the homeland, if you can leave the homeland and reach a place where you can eat and clothe warmly, such a choice is not difficult for anyone to make.
So before the court was aware, those low-level people quietly left their homeland where they had lived for many years when the weather gradually warmed. At first, the imperial court did not find any clues, until the beginning of spring ploughing, those officials and officials who came down to count suddenly found that most of the people in the villages were gone, but the inquiry was fruitless. The rest of the villagers only heard them leave in a trance, but they didn't know where they had gone. Of course, this result is not necessarily true, but it can also reflect a certain problem, that is, people in this area no longer believe in the so-called imperial court.
And this situation is not only in the Central Plains, there are similar situations all over the country. And if you trace it carefully, you will find that although these people come from all directions, their destinations are all in the same direction, that is, Northern Xinjiang.
Northern Xinjiang, a fabled cold and remote place, has now become a lifesaver for most people.
Ning Ning looked at the large number of people pouring in, happy and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little worried. It seems that there are natural and man-made disasters all over the country, otherwise these people would not have left their homeland and embarked on the road of exile with an unknown future. If others don't say it, they just say that their grandparents wouldn't have brought the whole family here if it wasn't for special circumstances. Even if I have a comfortable life in northern Xinjiang, I sometimes miss my hometown. Ning Ning knew that they still had a constant emotion for the land they had lived on for decades.
It is precisely because of this that we can get a glimpse of how bad the situation is now in various parts of the country.
Moreover, after this snow disaster, Ning Ning gradually couldn't hide it. But these days, Ning Ning has also been mentally prepared. Especially after the spring ploughing began, the reputation of the Saturnalia Niangniang spread farther and farther. Of course, these are only circulated among the people at the bottom. And the other rebels are still fighting like dogs. It's just that when everyone started to fight, they finally realized the importance of food, so many people were looking for good seeds in private, and at this time, Ning Ning gradually appeared in the eyes of the upper class.
Qizhou.
"What Saturnalia Niang? Isn't this the little god that the farmer himself worships in private? Is there really such a person? Why do I feel so unbelieving? ”
"Big brother, don't believe it, I've inquired, there are really such people in Northern Xinjiang. It is said that she is a little girl, and if she is timid, she will farm, and she has also found food that can produce high yields. It is said that the yield per mu of that kind of grain is much higher than that of ordinary food! ”
"Really? It can't be hearsay, right? ”
"Of course it's true, and I also inquired that now a lot of dealers from other places are going to the northern Xinjiang, because there is a rumor that as long as they go to the northern Xinjiang, they can be fed and clothed. It's not that you don't know that those who farm the land below are trying to have a full stomach, how can you not be in a hurry when you hear such news? Didn't you just run to someone's territory like a headless fly? It's not that I said, these guys from poor backgrounds don't think about it, how can there be such a good place in this world? I'm afraid I didn't deliberately deceive them, and I want to use these people as slaves. ”
"Wait, you said that the crops in many places have run away, so what about us? Wouldn't there be people going too? ”
"Uh, big brother, this one is really ......"
"What? The people who were so hard to raise on our territory were actually sent to other people's land? Isn't that funny to you? And how did I hear that the northern part of Xinjiang is under the control of General Xie? No one can do these nonsense things under General Xie's nose, right? You hurry up and check it out for me, I don't think it's like hearsay! ”
Linzhou.
"Saturnalia? So there are high-yielding seeds in northern Xinjiang? Hurry up and send someone to investigate, if there is, take advantage of the opportunity to bring back a batch of spring ploughing, I want to see with my own eyes whether these seeds are as powerful as the legend. ”
Quzhou.
"How could there be such a Shinto thing on General Xie's territory? No, is it related to General Xie? I have to guard against it, you hurry up and check it, does this so-called Saturnalia Niangniang have anything to do with General Xie? ”
Even the eldest prince who learned the news couldn't help but start conspiring. Could it be that this so-called Saturnalia Niangniang was made by General Xie? The purpose is to add a layer of mysterious aura to his Northern Desert Army, so that those low-level fools and fools can be tempted?
That sounds like a real possibility.
"Sir, do you think General Xie would do this?"
"How do I know this? I don't know him. If you ask, I might as well ask those who have a good relationship with Xie Yongzhao. ”
The eldest prince laughed twice with some embarrassment, if he could really find such a person, would he still come to ask Mr.? The main reason is that Xie Yongzhao is too cautious. In the past 30 years that the Northern Desert Army has been stationed, he has been cautious in his words and deeds, and even if he wants to find his fault, he can't find it. At the beginning, the emperor's grandfather wanted to marry General Xie, but in the end he was refused, didn't he do nothing?
He is now weak, and even his father is not on his side. You can only rely on yourself, of course, you have to be careful in your words and deeds.
It's just that he always feels a little weird here, all in all, General Xie must have a lot to do with the so-called Saturnalia Niangniang. Otherwise, there would not have been such a message on his territory, and the displaced people who gathered from all over the world were also a big problem. At least I have to write to General Xie and ask what is going on, and at least I have to ask the other party to give me a reasonable explanation.
(End of chapter)