Chapter 19: Reality ()

The black smoke dissipated, and it was broken, but there was still a scent of unpleasant smell floating in the wind. Xu Yunfeng, the former county magistrate of Chongxian, was considered a capable official. After Chongxian was destroyed, he did not leave the people behind and fled, but led a large number of people to escape into the mountains. When the barbarian soldiers retreated, they returned from the mountains, buried the dead people in tears, and then comforted the helpless people. After Xu Yunfeng's mind, he thought that the barbarian soldiers had gone, he would probably have relief food and other supplies to the city soon. But what he never expected was that after the barbarian soldiers invaded, the big men in the city thought about how to shirk responsibility, keep their official positions, and waited for everything to settle, but they were busy allocating rights. These people who were burned, killed, and plundered were

After waiting for a month, the only little patience was polished. There was no grain or grain of rice in the broken Chongxian County. Even the rats were swept away. The air was filled with a dangerous aura, which could explode at any time. If Xu Yunfeng had not accumulated a lot of prestige in this invasion, he would have been unable to suppress it. Just when Xu Yunfeng was also beginning to despair, he could not watch the people starve to death here. Li Qing came and said nothing, but just a word that would not let Chongxian kill another person, made Xu Yunfeng cry and wished he could kneel on the ground and knock him a few times. For a month, although it would not make him so sad that his hair was covered in white, his long black hair was now mixed with a hint of whiteness.

Around the Changsheng Military Camp, simple shacks began to be built one by one. Chongxian began to have some business. After drinking a few bowls of porridge, the surviving children had the strength to start laughing and playing among the shanty towns. Compared to adults who were still worried and sad, the happiness of children always came simple.

"Sir, it has been counted." Xu Yunfeng respectfully handed over a stack of lists to Li Qing. "There were originally 20,000 households in Chongxian, totaling 113,158 people. After the barbarians invaded, in addition to being killed, captured, or fled into the mountains, there are still more than 50,000 people left. About 30,000 people gathered here in the county town. After receiving the news from four towns and eight miles, there are estimated that nearly 20,000 people gathered here. It is estimated that in some time, people who receive the news will go down the mountain."

"What? More than 50,000 people?" Everyone in the tent gasped. To be honest, Chongxian's losses were huge. More than half of the population was lost, and almost all property was plundered. Every household had dead or missing people. Although more than a month had passed, the heart-wrenching sadness was gone, but the heavy atmosphere that was pressing on the entire camp was still unscathed. But now the remaining 50,000 people have become a huge burden for Changshengying. Changshengying itself has insufficient food. How can we support these many people?

"Sir, we can't let these villagers gather in the county town. There are more and more people. Even if we drink porridge, we can't last many days?" Shang Haibo said heavingly.

"Yes, sir, the county town can no longer gather in Dingkou, otherwise the food will crush us." The generals agreed.

Hearing everyone's words, Xu Yunfeng couldn't help but be anxious, "Sir, no, if these people don't come here, they will only starve to death. After all, there is still a bit of porridge here!"

Shang Haibo said: "Mr. Xu, you love the people with a sincere heart. Haibo admires you very much, but even if you drink porridge, how much food is needed in a day? In order not to starve people to death, we have to consume 100 stones of food a day. With our current food storage, it will only last for a month. In December, we will have to lose food. What should we do at that time?"

Xu Yunfeng struggled his eyes and said, "General, we can ask the city to make an emergency. Please allocate food again!"

Li Qing and others looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Xu Yunfeng didn't know the inside story. Of course, he could say this, but they knew it well. I'm afraid that Zhoucheng would not give it to him.

"Mr. Xu, I think we don't have to count on the state city for the time being."

"Why?" Xu Yunfeng opened his eyes wide and said angrily: "Chongxian is not the people of Dingzhou, nor is it the people of Da Chu? How dare the governor of the state sit down and watch the people of Chongxian starve to death and refuse to save him? He dares to invite General Li Gan."

Li Qing looked at the guy who was glaring in front of him and said, "Please speak with him by Lord Xu!"

"Please allow me to go to the state city to ask for food."

"I'm afraid of hard work but no results. Besides, you, Lord Xu, are indispensable in Chong County now!" Li Qing's words were not cute. Xu Yunfeng is now the blue sky in the eyes of the people of Chong County. He said a word that is much stronger than Li Qing now. Besides, Li Qing and others are not familiar with civil affairs. Once Xu Yunfeng left, the remaining Shang Haibo was three heads and six arms, and he was too busy.

"It's okay. Chongxian County is now initially stable. As long as there are living food, the people will not cause trouble. Even if there are some sluts, the adults can easily deal with it. Besides, the officials have already divided the people and governed them. If there are villagers and old people, the villagers will help manage it, and they will not expect that there will be any trouble." Xu Yunfeng said: "The most important thing now is food. If you dare to ask the adults to borrow a horse, the officials will set off to the prefecture city. If the governor doesn't give me food, I will hang a rope in his lobby." Xu Yunfeng opened his eyes wide, his beard was raised, and his qilinoline was authentic.

Everyone was Yan'er. Xu Yunfeng was really an official who dared to plead for the people. Li Qing thought for a moment, but Xu Yunfeng was not bad. If he could get food, no matter how much it was, it would be good. Even if he couldn't get it, it would be nice to be disgusted by Fang Wenshan. Judging from his aura, if Fang Wenshan really didn't give food, this guy would really take a rope to hang himself in the lobby of the prefect. Of course, Fang Wenshan would not let him succeed, otherwise the crime of forcing his subordinates to death would be confirmed.

"Since County Magistrate Xu is so sure, I will certainly support him. Tang Hu, prepare a horse for Lord Xu and send two guards." Li Qing ordered.

"Thank you, sir!" Xu Yunfeng bowed and came out with his head raised.

"Everyone, everyone has seen the current situation. The situation is really bad. The people who are gathering in the county cannot stop them. Let them come. Otherwise, it is very likely to stir up civil unrest. If a conflict arises, it will be very unfavorable to us. You must know that Chongxian is not big, and most of the people here are related to their relatives and not let those people come in, I am afraid that we will be unstable here."

"But sir, it is already a great embarrassment to support these people. How can we support another 10,000 or 20,000 people?" Wang Qinian said anxiously, "Now my soldiers can only eat one meal a day, and they are so hungry that they are exhausted!"

Li Qing said: "I know, this is impossible. Tell the soldiers that after a while, everything will be fine. Our top priority now is to get food."

"Mr. Shang!"

Shang Haibo stood up.

"You are familiar with civil affairs. After you go down, you organize the villagers and villages to group the people, young and middle-aged people, women and children, and elderly people. Since we rely on the mountain, we have to find ways to eat the mountain. Wang Qinian, you use the sentry as a unit, and each unit leads a group of young and strong people from Mr. Shang to hunt in the mountains."

"Feng Guo, your subordinates also use whistle as a unit. Where can Mr. Shang get strong women and elderly and children who can still do things? I don't care whether you are digging rat holes, snake nests, bird nests, squirrel holes, or finding wild vegetables that can be eaten. In short, as long as you can eat, you will get them back."

"Yes!" The two of them answered loudly.

"Remember one thing!" Li Qingsenran said, "Tell your soldiers that everyone here is our people and our elders. If the rules are broken, I, Li Qing, recognize him, and the knife in my waist will not recognize him."

"Don't worry, sir!" The two of them received the order with stern awesomeness. Li Qing repeatedly warned them about the importance of military discipline and military-civilian relations when training troops. At this critical moment, if military discipline is not strict, an army can transform into a group of bandits. If they have a quarrel with the people, it will become a source of no water.

"No one is allowed to keep all the gains privately. All of them are handed over to the camp department and will be distributed uniformly by Mr. Shang." Li Qing glanced at everyone.

"Jiang Kui, your troops can't be idle either. You have 300 people under your command, and you can eat two meals a day."

"Ah!" Everyone was surprised. Now even Li Qing was doing everything in one go. Why did Jiang Kui's subordinates do it twice a day? "They have something to do, but they don't have the strength to do it."

Li Qing glanced at the confused people, "From tomorrow, your department will start to go up the mountain to cut trees and transport the trees back, and prepare to build a house. If there is not enough manpower, I will go to Mr. Shang to ask for it. In less than two months, the first snow will be coming. If there is no warm house built before the snow, then people will freeze to death this winter."

Everyone was shocked and then they remembered this fatal problem. They had been thinking about why not starve to death, but now they remembered that they might even freeze to death if they were not done well.

"Mr. Shang, after you go down, you can listen to the opinions of the villagers and villagers, and see if they can find food?" Li Qing sat down and said tiredly.

"It's an adult, let's do it right away!" Everyone withdrew one by one.
Chapter completed!