Chapter 796 Mysterious Boy

On May 23, Li Zicheng led his army to siege Kaifeng for the third time.

He changed his previous frontal attack and only sieges the city for a long time.

In order to intimidate the guards to surrender, they promised that they would not be in trouble after opening the city, and the original civil and military officials would be hired as usual.

Then we will break the embankment and let the water of the Yellow River engulf the entire city.

Although Li Zicheng's threat is firm, the scale of the water attack of the rebel army has always been very limited.

The officials of the main war faction in Kaifeng City also sternly refused all persuasion to surrender because they were afraid of taking responsibility for the loss.

They were preparing to follow Suiyang during the Tang Dynasty and use the millions of creatures in the city to burn them all.

Without surprise, a terrible disaster came to all Kaifeng people.

As the original 800,000 stones of grain were exhausted, a market of rice and gold appeared in the city.

The hungry officers and soldiers began to rob the city crazily, and even dig three feet into the ground to search for food.

Many people also tortured the people and blackmailed their property and destroyed other buildings in the city except the prince's mansion.

Some greedy officials also took this opportunity to make a fortune in the national crisis.

Knowing that the city's food is expensive, it also collected grain from the wealthy families in the city at a price of 5 taels and 10 s.

If you can't hand over so much food, you have to pay it at a price of 300 taels per stone.

In the end, all the wealthy families in the city went bankrupt, and the ordinary middle-class people fell into extreme poverty.

This is true for the officers and soldiers guarding the city and the wealthy families, and ordinary people even wait for death.

Because the shortage of food in the city is not caused by the hoarding of individual profiteers, they have no way to buy food after spending their life savings.

They had to eat all the birds and animals and began to chew on the bark and roots.

Some people picked out maggots from the septic tank, mixed with rotten cotton, broken leather and paper to eat.

By August of that year, most of the population in Kaifeng had died of hunger and disease.

Soon, someone sold a strange meat on the spot.

Although it is known as horse meat, it is actually mixed with half a pound of corpses.

But the price is extremely high, and it can be sold for a few taels of silver per catty.

Although everyone has doubts about this kind of meat with a very strange color and taste, they are not willing to go deeper due to the situation.

A month later, most of the people in the city, including the King of Zhou or some senior officials, including the officers and soldiers guarding the city, had already been cut off.

At this time, the entire city has completely become a hell on earth.

No one dares to go out alone during the day, so as not to be killed or eaten by robbers hiding in the dark.

At night, the wind and cranes roared, and screams came one after another in the city.

Hungry people and robbers often work together to kill people and cut their lives, but the government is powerless about this.

The officers and soldiers who could not get the rations no longer obeyed the commanders and robbed people for food in groups.

The residents of the city also united to guard the neighbors and often fought openly with the officers and soldiers.

The dead and prisoners in the conflict will naturally become the food rations for both sides that day.

However, Li Zicheng was unable to get involved in Kaifeng in the end.

The crazy Kaifeng Promoter Huang Peng joined forces with the Hebei inspector Yan Yunjing to open the Bian Dike in order to use the water of the Yellow River to remove the city.

Although the rebel army was quickly evacuated due to floods, the potential energy caused by the breaking of the dam exceeded expectations.

Due to the continuous rain in Zhongzhou, the water level of the Yellow River quickly surged from the upstream.

The surging Huang Tang not only drowned tens of thousands of Li Jun who moved to the camp in time, but also poured back into the city in one fell swoop, making many military and civilians a food for fish and turtle.

The King of Zhou and the officials could only leave by boat.

At this point, the second largest city in the north of the Ming Dynasty became ruins in the water.

Li Zicheng didn't have to worry about his side's other resistance in Henan, which would relieve the safety hazards for the later Eastern Expedition to Beijing.

After the Battle of Kaifeng, Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, became a ruin.

After the Battle of the Capital, the imperial army took Kaifeng back from the bandits and began to rebuild the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties.

From that day on, a twelve-year-old boy built Kaifeng with adults.

The originally clean and innocent boy, who had been working with adults all day long, gradually became a genuine country naughty child.

However, they are not like ordinary country children. They are not only sensible but also able to endure hardships.

Because he was a child, adults took great care of him. Later, they found that there was some ink in his stomach, so they asked him to keep accounts, and he would not let him do the heavy work.

No one knew where he came from, nor who he was. The name he only knew later was Wang Shiyuan.

The foreman on the construction site is Yang Chengzhi. He likes this child very much and follows the child to his house after work at night.

After talking to Wang Shiyuan, Yang Zhicheng learned that there was only one uncle in his family.

However, after Kaifeng was recovered by the court, his uncle disappeared for no reason.

Now he is the only one in the child's house, and both houses were bought by my uncle.

Yang Zhichong came here to be a kind person, with only one daughter, Yang Qian, and no son.

So I wanted to take Wang Shiyuan in:

"Child, you are still young and have no one to take care of yourself at home. Why don't you move to my house?"

Wang Shiyuan knew that Yang Zhi was very good at becoming a human being, and that his child was alone at home was indeed a bit isolated, so he nodded and agreed:

"Okay, thank you uncle for taking it in."

In this way, Wang Shiyuan moved to Yang Zhicheng's house.

Yang Zhicheng's wife Yang is also a kind-hearted person. After hearing about Wang Shiyuan, she sympathized with him very much and treated Wang Shiyuan and his biological son.

Her daughter Yang Qian is thirteen years old this year. She looks sweet and handsome and has a good heart. She also treats Wang Shiyuan as her younger brother.

In this way, Wang Shiyuan lived in Yang's house. During the day, he went to the construction site with Yang Zhicheng, and when he came back at night, he taught Yang Qian to read and write.

The two of them soon became siblings talking about everything.

As time goes by, two years pass by, Kaifeng is getting better and better.

Because Wang Shiyuan is educated, Yang Zhicheng often takes him with him when he goes out to buy materials and other things.

Wang Shiyuan also saw the rapid changes in the Great Dawn and his mood was getting better and better.

He knew that he could not continue to take him in Kaifeng and had to return to his father.

But when Wang Shiyuan thought of leaving the Yang family, he felt very reluctant, especially Yang Qian.

In two years, the beautiful and gentle Yang Qian has left a deep impression in Wang Shiyuan's heart.

At the same time, Yang Qian's heart had long been moved by Wang Shiyuan. She felt that she fell in love with this younger brother who was one year younger than her.

At this time, Wang Shiyuan was already fourteen years old and Yang Qian was fifteen years old.

In that era, the girl was fifteen years old and had reached the age of getting married.

Yang Qian is not only sensible, but also becomes more and more beautiful. Many people come to propose marriages.

But Yang Qian refused to agree. She always said that she would never get married for the rest of her life and would just stay by her parents.

Yang Zhicheng and his wife also saw their daughter's concerns. Although Wang Shiyuan was an orphan, he was very sensible.

He is also very talented in management and operation, and manages the construction site in a reasonable and orderly manner. Although he is young, everyone recognizes his ability.

It would be great if my daughter could be with Wang Shiyuan, and she would be a son-in-law.

Tonight, Yang Zhicheng asked his wife to cook a table of good dishes and a pot of good wine, preparing to tell Wang Shiyuan what they thought.

In the eyes of Yang Zhicheng and his wife, this matter is almost certain. An orphan cannot refuse their family and beautiful daughter.

But before Yang Zhicheng could speak, Wang Shiyuan actually led them to a stick.

"Thank you uncles and aunts and sister Qian for their meticulous care and care for me over the past two years. Although I am very reluctant to leave, Wang Shiyuan has important things to leave. Please forgive me..."
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