Volume 2 The Rivers and Lakes in the Temple and Outside the Temple Chapter 135 There Are Frozen Bones on the Road (II)
There are frozen bones on the road (below)
Xu Changan heard Xue Pan's shout, and immediately stopped cultivating, opened his eyes and stood up with a frown.
"What's going on?" he asked in a deep voice as he looked at Xue Pan.
"I ......" Xue Pan hesitated, swallowed hard and said, "I don't know what's going on." There were a lot of problems, and there were a lot of things that he had seen with his own eyes, but he didn't know why, let alone why.
"What did you just say?" Xu Changan was a little angry.
"The people are in revolt. Xue Pan slowly lowered his head, and his voice became quieter and quieter.
If Xue Pan made trouble about other things, Xu Changan would basically not ask, but such an important thing was handed over to Xue Pan to do, and Xue Pan actually messed up.
"Are you helping the people to repair their houses?" Xu Changan stared at him tightly.
"Yes, I also mobilized some soldiers to help them, and they were basically all done. Xue Pan said, but he could clearly see his uneasiness, occasionally looking around.
"Then let you be responsible for cooperating with the officials to verify the population, and then distribute part of the arable land, did you?"
Xue Pan became more and more anxious, because he honestly completed everything Xu Changan asked. But probably because of his previous sloppy style, it is not surprising that Xu Changan would suspect him of being sluggish.
But Xu Changan wanted to miss a little, Xue Pan came to the battlefield by no means a momentary brain fever, he wanted to do something for the girl named Chunwang, this is Chunwang's hometown, how could he not do his best.
"The amount of work is really large, but it has been done day and night, and some of the cultivated land and the extra treasures of the former Taishou Mansion have been replaced with farm tools and other things. ”
Xu Changan's brows furrowed, since these things have been done, then what are these people not satisfied with? Xu Changan really can't figure it out, let alone give cultivated land and farm tools before, even if someone gives him a basket, he will be very happy, after all, this can be said to be obtained for no reason.
"Then why are they messing up? Do they still have nostalgia for the Han family's rule?"
Xu Changan became more and more puzzled, and his brows became more and more compact.
He could only say, "Let's go, I'll go with you to have a look." ”
As he spoke, he walked out of the door, and Xiao Bai, who was playing with Shen Lang at the door, broke away from Shen Lang's arms when he saw this, jumped up, and landed firmly on Xu Changan's shoulder.
Shen Lang was a child after all, and when he saw his "good friend" and someone running away, he immediately pouted, and followed Xu Changan up.
Out of the house, Xue Pan led the way, looked all the way, and saw a lot of soldiers helping to repair the houses and clean up the traces left by the previous war.
It's not just the soldiers of Shuofang who are doing this, but also the Chu soldiers from Baichuan who are also doing this.
Occasionally, a few children on the road who were dirty and wearing tattered strips of cloth cowered in the corner of the wall with some fear, and then after seeing clearly what fell out of the road, they jumped out, grabbed the ground, and then quickly ran back, and disappeared.
Xu Changan was taken aback by this child, the little white on his shoulder was lying lazily, raising his eyes and glancing at Xu Changan with disdain, while Shen Lang covered his mouth and snickered.
Xue Pan didn't notice this, and he anxiously led the way.
Xu Changan's face changed color, a little embarrassed, thought about it, and glared at Shen Lang fiercely, Shen Lang immediately lowered his head, but he was still snickering.
"What's the matter with these kids?" Xu Changan stopped and asked.
Xue Pan scratched his head and said, "These children are probably street children. Aren't roads and dwellings being built? Occasionally, something strange to them would fall out, and when they saw it, they grabbed it. ”
When Xu Changan heard this explanation, he nodded slightly, he had also seen homeless children in Nanfeng. It's just that those homeless children are even more excessive, picking up the contents of the corpses.
He glanced at the place where the children had disappeared, and secretly made up his mind that when the main business was done, he must build a unified shelter to help the street children.
They continued to walk forward, getting closer and closer to the Taishou Mansion.
Along the way, all the aftermath work is being carried out in an orderly manner, Xu Changan is becoming more and more suspicious, I don't know where the "people's change" Xue Pan said?
The three of them and one cat continued to walk forward, and Xu Changan only saw the black pressure on the periphery of the Taishou Mansion at this time. A group of soldiers stood outside the door with expressionless faces, and the group of people only dared to shout outside, and did not dare to do anything excessive.
Xu Changan glanced at their outfits, they were all poor people, most of them were poor. Xu Changan thought about it, probably some mobs were involved, fanning the flames, and wanted to take the opportunity to knock on some bamboo poles!
Xue Pan led Xu Changan forward, and immediately a soldier helped them separate a way from the crowd.
Xu Changan walked over, stood in front of the group of people, and snorted coldly.
"I am Xu Chang'an, the marshal of the Holy Dynasty West Route Army!"
As soon as these words came out, the people also fell silent.
Xu Changan glanced around and continued: "I don't care if you were bandits or ordinary people, since I have come here, all the miscellaneous taxes will come in accordance with the regulations of the Holy Dynasty, and the land will be cultivated for you, if anyone wants to take the opportunity to stir up trouble and take advantage of the chaos, don't blame Ben Shuai for being ruthless under the sword!"
As he spoke, Xu Changan took out the burner and swiped it into the air, and the branches of a big tree in the distance with the thickness of his small arm immediately fell, and the big tree kept trembling, and the leaves fell in a flutter.
The people looked back and saw the big tree, then looked at the sword in Xu Changan's hand, swallowed their saliva, and unconsciously took half a step back.
Seeing this, Xu Changan shouted: "Don't retreat!"
Those people were frightened by Xu Changan and immediately dispersed.
Xu Changan was a little speechless, and there were people everywhere.
When the people were all gone, Xu Changan looked around, sighed, and prepared to take Shen Lang and Xiaobai back.
But after only two steps, I saw a middle-aged man walking over, holding a folding fan.
Xu Changan naturally recognized that this person was Zhao Jin.
"I don't know what General Zhao is about?" Xu Changan looked at Zhao Jin and asked.
Zhao Jin smiled slightly, and then returned: "If there is something important, then I will come to see the marshal in armor." ”
"Then General Zhao is here to take a stroll?"
Zhao Jin nodded, then shook his head.
"Yes, maybe not, I want to take the marshal for a walk. ”
Xu Changan probably guessed that Zhao Jin wanted to talk to him again, but it was not an official matter.
He nodded and motioned for Zhao Jin to speak.
Zhao Jin looked at the long sword on Xu Chang'an's back, then shook his head and said, "The place I want to take the marshal to can't be recognized." ”
When Xue Pan heard this, he immediately became a little nervous.
Zhao Jin's meaning is obvious, the long sword on Xu Chang'an's back can reveal his identity, but if Xu Changan doesn't have the long sword, how can this Zhao Jin harm Xu Changan?
Zhao Jin seemed to know Xue Pan's thoughts, immediately spread his arms, spun around, and then said: "It's just a simple walk, don't be nervous, and the Chu family is already in Chang'an, and we are all soldiers under the Holy Emperor now." ”
Xu Changan threw the long sword to Xue Pan, he was already traveling in a long shirt, pulled Xiaobai off his shoulder and threw it into Shen Lang's arms, and smiled at Zhao Jin: "Let's go, General Zhao." ”
Xiaobai and Shen Lang followed behind, and Zhao Jin and Xu Changan walked slowly along the way, talking and laughing, as if they were really out for a stroll.
The two walked all the way to the south of the city, went straight out of the city gate, and went out of the city from the south gate to Yuezhou City.
I don't know if it's the customs of Yue Di or the regulations of the Han family, there is a broken temple not far from the city.
This is true of Nanfeng, and so is Chuijiang.
The sun is setting, and at this time, the sunset has given the river a layer of red.
When he was about to approach the broken temple, Zhao Jin stretched out his hand to stop Xu Changan, and signaled to him with his eyes.
Xu Changan was full of suspicion, but he didn't interrupt Zhao Jin.
Zhao Jin was gently pulling away a tile at this time, and the three of them and a cat looked down carefully.
I saw a lot of people staying in the ruined temple, they were in rags, and some people were even lying on the ground, and they were angry and angry.
On the side of the ruined temple, there are a lot of new farm tools, which are distributed by Xue Pan.
But why are these people here?
An old man in the corner of the wall moved with difficulty, and immediately a young man helped him up and leaned on.
He is the oldest man alive and the most prestigious.
As soon as he sat up, the people looked at him and fell silent.
"Folks, we are about to run out of life, all the young ones are heading towards Yuezhou City, I heard that there is food there. ”
Xu Changan, who was on the roof, suddenly changed his face, he could recognize that these were honest people, but he didn't know why these people still ran to Yuezhou.
"This great evil man Xu doesn't give the horse grass, but also wants the horse to run. As he spoke, he glanced at the farm tools piled up in the corner, and smacked fiercely: "Phew, to send these things is to enslave us." He was a little agitated and coughed twice. Someone immediately helped him, and the old man spread out the man's hand and said, "This surnamed Xu is not a good person, although the Han family enslaved us before, they will let us eat." And this Han family has slowly changed for the better recently, they have distributed food on a large scale, and even the taxes have been much lighter!"
Hearing what the old man said, someone immediately chimed in: "Yes, this Xu Changan is a hypocrite, and he scares us with a long sword during the day!"
"Xu Wicked ......" The people immediately began to discuss.
Above the roof.
Xu Changan's face slowly darkened, and his eyes lost their brightness.
Zhao Jin patted him, and the three of them went down to the roof.
Looking at Xu Changan, who was moving forward with his head stuffy, Zhao Jin sighed.
When he was about to reach the south gate, Xu Changan suddenly turned around and asked, "Put down the butcher's knife, can you really become a Buddha on the spot?"
Zhao Jin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
Xu Changan said softly: "I thought so before. ”
"I always thought that if a bad person does 10,000 bad things and does a good thing, he is still a bad person, and a good person does 10,000 good things, and then because he doesn't think it through, he does a bad thing, and he is still a good person. ”
The moonlight slowly rose and shone on Xu Changan's face.
"But I realized I was wrong today. ”
It turns out that a bad person can really become a good person by doing a good deed once in a while, even if he has other intentions when he does it, and a good person can really become a sinner if he does not think it through. ”
His expression was gloomy, and at this time he was no longer Xu Changan standing on a bamboo raft with a long sword, but like a fragile child.
Zhao Jin patted him on the shoulder and pulled him to sit on the grass under the city wall.
"The location is different, and the things you care about should be different. To be honest, it's hard to empathize, so some negligence is inevitable. ”
"Their people, all they care about is the immediate interests, they have no choice but to think about whether they can eat this meal, you just gave them a thousand acres of fertile land, but if they can't eat, it won't help; they are much worse than us, they sometimes have opportunities, but because the problems in front of them have not been solved, they have to give up the opportunity. ”
"Far water can't save near fire, what you give them is far water, you want them to cultivate the land well and live a prosperous life. But the near fire in front of him made this distant water completely useless. ”
Xu Changan buried his head in his knees and did not speak.
"My sister once said that even if everyone scolded our Shen family and scolded my father for sucking their blood, she knew in her heart that she was a good person, and she had been doing what a good person should do. ”
"In life, I don't care so much, just have a clear conscience. If you are wrong, you will change it, and if you are not, you will be encouraged. ”
Shen Lang touched Xiaobai in his arms and said softly. Xiaobai also raised his head and screamed softly.
Xu Changan raised his head, looked at Shen Lang, his eyes rekindled, and nodded heavily at him.
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Three days later.
Chuijiang has come up with a new policy.
All the people in Chuijiang can go and receive a month's ration for free.
Moreover, there are free porridge points at the gate of the city lord's mansion every day, and they have also hired some homeless people to join in the repair and maintenance work of the Chuijiang River. In addition, Xu Changan also sent out half of the military doctors in the army and set up free medical points.
After a series of measures came out, Chuijiang slowly showed its due vitality.
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Weicheng.
Mr. Tsing Yi in the alley sat in front of the desk, looking at the letter and smiling.
"Chang'an, this child, has always grown up. Then he stood up and muttered to himself, "Actually, it's still my fault, I taught him too little in the first place." ”
He looked at the man in the dark, put down the information in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Go and check this Zhao Jin and see if you can pull him to my side!"
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I'm still a little dissatisfied with the chapter name, maybe I'll change it.