Chapter 367: Do your best
Daimyo's house.
It has been more than ten years since the Handan Revolution ten years ago, and there are still traces of the original battle on the city wall, so that the city can remember a little bit of a story that once happened here.
But to the people of the city, these are only the stories of the old people, because those who had gone through that war before had moved from here to the kingdom of heaven that was preached by the people.
Today, they are still hunched up, as if nothing has changed.
"I said Wang Zhongchen, what are you doing here?" Looking at the people on the street, Shi Quan felt a little repulsed in his heart.
Wang Zhongchen replied: "Ha." Don't forget our former imprisoned brothers because we are saved. Don't forget, they're locked up by those dog officers right now. ”
"That's just as well. Shi Quan muttered.
He still remembered what happened a few years ago, of course, it was not as long as ten years, otherwise he was afraid that he would have rebelled with the Huaxia Army a long time ago, instead of having to travel a long way to Luzhou.
At that time, he had just moved here, because he had heard that there was farmland to be cultivated, and this was naturally the most desirable for farmers in troubled times. However, the good times did not last long, and their farmland was expropriated by the Mongol soldiers, saying that they were going to be converted into pastures. In this way, how can they accept it, and naturally there will be a conflict with those Mongol soldiers.
Those Mongol soldiers were nobles, how could they fight against them, so they were naturally arrested as spies of the Huaxia Army.
In a fit of rage, Shi Quan and Wang Zhongchen had no choice but to flee from here and run to Luzhou, but their partners were arrested by local officials and have not been released.
"I just hope that after all these years, they are still safe and sound. Wang Zhongchen's eyes were full of worry, and he walked in front of the Xuanwei Division.
Seeing the two of them coming, the director of the Propaganda Department suddenly felt strange and asked in a low voice, "Who are you, and what are you here for?"
"Lord Qiqi, we are here to ask to see someone, I wonder if you can help, let us meet?" Wang Zhongchen stepped forward, took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, and delivered it to the man.
The man touched the silver in his hand, his face was naturally happy, and he smiled: "I see." Please come inside. ”
Since ancient times, it has been difficult to deal with ghosts, and these officials at the lowest level are like this, even if they are scholars, it is difficult to rectify. But if they are given corresponding benefits, these people will also completely ignore the state regulations and open the door to convenience.
Obviously, the little official in front of him is such a person.
The two walked into it together, and then saw the three detainees coming.
"Wang Li, Zhang Da, Diao Jun, you have nothing to do!"
Seeing the three people in prison, Wang Zhongchen was overjoyed and hurriedly walked up.
The three of them looked slightly stunned, their eyes condensed slightly, and after seeing that it was Wang Zhongchen and Shi Quan, they only felt extremely surprised: "It turned out to be the two of you? I didn't expect you two to be alive." I thought you two were beaten to death by that guy. ”
"Huh. I just encountered some things, so I didn't die by luck. Wang Zhongchen replied, he looked at the cell, and saw that the three of them were all wearing coarse cloth clothes, and immediately felt annoyed: "It's just that I have suffered you and made you suffer so many crimes." ”
"Alas. So what?" Wang Li smiled bitterly: "We are just ordinary people, where can we fight with those people?"
"Fortunately, it is Guo Shoujing and Guo Governor who manage this place now, if it were someone else, I am afraid that we would have died a long time ago. Zhang Da was also full of helplessness.
Diao Jun also replied: "It's lucky that he didn't die, it's already lucky, otherwise what else can he do?"
"Is that so?"
Wang Zhongchen thought about it and had a little good impression of Guo Shoujing, but after thinking about it, he didn't forget his mission, so he said, "Then do you plan to continue to stay here?"
"How is that possible?"
Wang Li shook his head and complained, "Don't you know, the environment here is so bad that there will be mosquito bites every night. It's hard for us. Then he looked at Wang Zhongchen with envy in his eyes and asked, "By the way, how did you get in? If you can, can you rescue us?"
"Alas. It's not bribing the officials who guard the door. Wang Zhongchen replied: "It's good to be able to come in, but if I want to rescue you, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome." ”
"Sure enough. I knew it wasn't that easy. ”
Wang Li drooped his head, looking a little lost.
When he saw the two of them, he thought that he could really be saved, but in front of him, it was obviously impossible.
Wang Zhongchen saw that the three of them were disappointed, and immediately raised his voice and said: "Don't worry, no matter what the price is, I will save you." ”
"Perhaps. ”
The three of them had gloomy faces, and they didn't have any hope for this, after all, judging from the current situation, Wang Zhongchen was just an ordinary person, how could he save them?
"Alas. Maybe there's still a chance? After all, you're still alive, and there's always hope, isn't it?" Wang Zhongchen encouraged, but the three of them responded with very few people, obviously not expecting anything from him.
Faced with such a situation, Wang Zhongchen was annoyed and had no choice but to turn around and leave this place.
When he got out of the prison, the director of the Propaganda Department suddenly smiled and said, "You two, do you want to rescue them?"
"Do you have a way?"
Wang Zhongchen was slightly surprised, and looked the person in front of him up and down.
The director of the Propaganda Department smiled: "Of course. Well, what's in it for me to get the three of them out?" rubbed his thumb and forefinger together, his face full of greed.
"Is it a benefit?" Wang Zhongchen thought for a moment, then took out a piece of silver from his bosom, sent it to the other party, and then said, "This is a deposit." If you can get them out, I'll give you three times as much when it's done. ”
"Naturally!"
The man laughed, feeling only happy in his heart.
Before, he felt that business was coming when he saw the generous appearance of the two of them, but now he tried it a little, and sure enough.
"Three days. Give me three days, and naturally bring the three of them to you. ”
Raising three fingers, the director of the Xuan Comfort Department replied, and he was also very happy in his heart, just a little operation, he got so much money, which naturally made people happy.
"Well, I'll be here in three days. If you don't finish it then, don't blame me for being unkind. Wang Zhongchen replied.
Na said with a hot smile: "Please rest assured that this will never disappoint you." ”
Now that they have been promised, Wang Zhongchen and Shi Quan have also left, they have other things to do, but they can't waste their time here.
On the other side, in the official mansion of the Daimyo.
Guo Shoujing looked at the documents sent to him, and suddenly felt extremely solemn: "Alas. It's only been a long time, and I'm going to make a big fight again, when will this day end? ”
"Master Guo, what's going on again?" Li Pei asked.
People in the world, who don't know that Guo Shoujing knows about water conservancy projects, and every time he arrives in a place, he will build water conservancy projects, so that the local people will naturally love it, and because of this reason, after the Handan Change, Ali Buge transferred Guo Shoujing to the Daimyo Mansion and made him responsible for the governance of this place.
After several years of governance, it has returned to its former state, and although it is not as prosperous as usual, it is still better than peace and harmony.
"It's not that the Khan wants to build up his troops, so let me dredge the river in advance and restore the water conservancy in the past. Guo Shoujing replied angrily.
"Your Excellency. Isn't that a good thing, why are you complaining like this?" Li Pei was a little puzzled and continued to ask.
"Alas!"
Guo Shoujing sighed and replied: "You don't know that if you want to dredge the river and restore the canal hub, you need to at least ask hundreds of thousands of people, otherwise you can't complete this matter." And you don't know that because of the conquest of the Song Dynasty, the people here have already been exhausted. If you have to levy people's husbands, I don't know how many things will happen. And the Huaxia army is eyeing the tiger, if they incite the people at this time, it is really scary. ”
"That's worrying. It's just Khan, doesn't he know?" Li Pei was also afraid.
Hundreds of thousands of people are unusual, if so many people are instigated, the destructive power will be amazing, and then the entire Central Plains will be completely thrown into chaos. They had already experienced the turmoil of the previous decades, but they didn't want to let this kind of human purgatory reappear.
Guo Shoujing said helplessly: "What do you know? Do you think someone will be able to persuade the Khan? You must know that Prime Minister Boyan is besieged by that Xiao Feng's reunion, and there is a possibility of destruction at any time." If it weren't for the support of Boyan, how could the Khan need to do this?"
"That's just as well. And given the current situation, it is impossible for the khan to sit back and watch the Huaxia army annex the territory of the Song Dynasty. Li Pei replied.
So much has happened in one year.
The Battle of Xiangyang The Yuan Army was defeated and occupied by the Huaxia Army, Lin'an was destroyed by Boyan, the Song Dynasty officially announced its destruction, the Huaxia Army went south, Xiao Feng announced the establishment of the Huaxia Dynasty as the prime minister, and even the Jiankang War, all things are closely linked, here a little moved, there will be involved in moving together, and elsewhere it is a storm.
There is no escape from all things, and you can only passively bear all this.
Guo Shoujing replied: "That's right. And for now, we can only go through it. With worry in his eyes, he also prayed silently in his heart: "I hope those people won't make trouble because of this." ”
"Do your best?"
Li Peinian muttered, and then asked: "Then I don't know what the adults are going to do? After all, to dredge the river, the people it needs are amazing. ”
"For now, we may have to release the prisoners. If these prisoners can be used, it may be possible to reduce the oppression of the common people a little. Guo Shoujing said helplessly, he didn't know that those criminals had bad deeds, but in order to get labor, he could only do this.
Li Pei replied: "My subordinates understand. ”
Now, they can only do their best to make up for everything in front of them.