Chapter 799 Everyone flees east together
In July, the hot sun burns every corner of the man, making people miss the cool seasons of the spring rain or the bleak autumn wind during the sweaty days.
It seems that I think such days are not enough to stimulate everyone's sleepy nerves. One day, the Xiliang Branch of Jinbao published a trembling news in the newspaper. "A large-scale plague broke out in the Xiliang area!"
This news is indeed scary! Just looking at the string of terrifying numbers in the newspaper can make people feel the wind blowing in the dog days.
"Since the sudden outbreak of the plague for one hundred days, it has caused huge casualties of 1.2 million people and more than 7.3 million livestock in the seven counties of Wuwei, Jincheng, Longxi, Wudu, Hanyang, Zhangye and Anding in the Western Liang region. The plague is now uncontrollable and is spreading rapidly from west to east, only one line away from Gaoping City, the capital of Liang State!
With the emergence of the first official news, various rumors began to spread wildly in the Guanzhong area next to Liangguo!
"In order to ensure the safety of King Liang Liu, Liang State decided to temporarily send troops to escort King Liang to Jin State to avoid the plague!"
"The gods of the Tianshi Cult with great powers went to the plague land to exorcise evil spirits, and most of them died. The plague seemed to be insatiable!"
Just as everyone was still skeptical of these rumors, a large number of panicked refugees suddenly emerged from Liang Kingdom. They didn't dare to turn back and escape from the Guanzhong area toward Jin Kingdom. It seemed that if they ran a little slower, they would be chased by the devil in a crazy way.
"The plague is coming! Everyone, run away!"
Suddenly, people were screaming so wildly everywhere in Guanzhong.
So millions of people who were originally crowded with people living on the Guanzhong Plain began to migrate eastward on a large scale, fearing that after they had to play, the family and the young would die in the tide of the outbreak of the great plague.
"Jinbao" is the first mouthpiece controlled by Zhao Xing, and the Xiliang branch of Jinbao is directly under Jia Xu's management. It is obvious that by July, Liang Kingdom had completely controlled the plague, and even the data reported by epidemic reconnaissance stations in various places reflected that the plague was coming to an end. Why did the Xiliang branch of Jinbao send such false news that was inverted by black and white?
There were only 3,000 people who died, but the data published in the newspapers were as high as 1.2 million. It should be noted that the population of Xiliang was only more than 2 million. Half of this guy was "dead". Isn't that too much?
What Jia Xu wants is this exaggerated effect. If this is not the case, how can everyone in Guanzhong be scared to talk about the epidemic and every household is busy migrating eastward?
Due to the armistice agreement signed with the court, Jin State was not convenient to explicitly capture people from the most densely populated Guanzhong area, but no one stipulated that the people were not allowed to migrate to the people themselves, right?
It seems that it had been discussed long ago. Shortly after the shocking scandal broke out in Xiliang, the Central News Agency of Jin Daily published a signed article "Green Life Channel" by King Zhao Xing of Pingxi. The article focused on the large-scale plague that broke out in Xiliang, calling on all the people of Shanxi to treat all the Guanzhong people who fled into Jin, and work together to open a green life channel for the refugees to go directly to Youzhou. In any case, we must find ways to resettle everyone to avoid contagion and separation of relatives during the escape.
The call of King Pingxi was actually a silent order. Shortly after Zhao Xing's article was published, it led from Diaoyin City north of Guanzhong to Gaonu, then to Jinyang, Jin, and then to Yuyang County, Youzhou. Many people in Jin were wearing masks, holding meals, cold water, and watermelons waiting on both sides of the highway, providing help to the fleeing people, and then loudly told the fleeing people: "My fellow villagers, don't look back, go east, there are many officials there who will arrange you well!"
So, something even more strange happened again.
When the large number of Guanzhong people who fled east through Tongguan and fled southeast through Qingni Pass to Nanyang were mercilessly blocked by the officers and soldiers stationed in these two places, the people who fled north into Shangjun were treated as home-like. Not only could they eat free meals along the road and live in temporary refugee resettlement sites, but there were also troops leading the way forward, accompanying the refugee team to protect everyone.
During the entire migration of refugees, no evil incidents such as robbery, murder, and stampede occurred. Under the protection of the Jin army like a wolf or a tiger, the people of Guanzhong seemed to be on a long-distance trip with their families. Not only was it extremely relaxed, but they also received a lot of free funding from the people along the way.
King Pingxi seemed to think that even if he did this, it would not be enough to express his broad mind of worrying about the world. He even issued another article calling on merchants from Youzhou and Jizhou to organize and find ways to quickly settle down and get rich for the large number of Guanzhong refugees who quickly flocked to the two places.
When the big and small chambers of commerce in Youzhou and Jizhou saw that the "super boss" King Pingxi spoke again. Everyone finally had a great opportunity to repay King Pingxi. So everyone was waiting early outside Yuyang City, the end of the refugee trip. They held big "advertising" signs in their hands, shouting loudly: "Friends, come and register quickly. The Zhao Farm's Farm Development Plan still lacks a thousand strong laborers, and the annual wage is twice that of the mainland!"
"He Ji Agricultural Tools Workshop has recruited craftsmen. The Northeast region is full of gold. Zhao Zhenbang, the eldest son of King Pingxi, personally led everyone to mine. The wages are more than three times that of the mainland!"
"My fellow villagers from Guanzhong, come and have a look! Yuyang official coal mine has obtained the qualification certificate for mining coal mines in the Northeast region. Now it is urgent to recruit 30,000 miners. The wages are four times that of the mainland. As long as you go there for a year, you can earn four years of income in the mainland. What are you still hesitating about!"
One very attractive recruitment plan is placed in front of ordinary households who fled from Guanzhong to Youzhou, which directly made everyone dizzy and didn't know how to choose.
At this moment, a more inflammatory front-page headline on the Jin newspaper, "Developing the Great Northeast, Three Years to Prosperity", was published, which made the local people who originally worked and lived in Youzhou and Jizhou feel relieved.
Three years to achieve a well-off life! This promise is so tempting. As long as it is a little bit bitter and cold, who doesn’t want to get rich quickly and get rid of the shackles of poor destiny as soon as possible?
The most important thing is that the author of this news is Cai Wenji, the seventh wife of King Pingxi. This is the first time that a talented woman has published an article publicly after giving birth.
Meimei Cai said it very clearly in the article. In order to pray for her newly born son, she did not wait for the consent of the King of Pingxi to publish this good news that could benefit millions of families in the Jin newspaper, hoping to provide some help to the people who are still suffering in the world.
They are like protecting the welfare of their newborn son. Is there anything else to doubt?
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