Du Chengfeng, who was riding on the horse, was quite sad.
I think that when he first came to this world, he was a refugee without any foothold. He finally got some family business in Yangjiabao, but after a war, he became a refugee again - of course, before The time in Yanzhou was good. Not only did he have a job and a house, he even had the opportunity to study alongside retired cadres.
After a big war, he is still a refugee.
Fortunately, this time, it was not just him, not just the folks in Yangjiabao, but also more than 100,000 people in Yanzhou, like them, left their hometown and started this promising career.
"Is this really a good thing?"
Carpenter Li, who was driving the cart, became increasingly uncomfortable. He always felt that his life was becoming increasingly bleak.
Why did he become a refugee again? Why did he say it again?
"This is indeed a good thing."
On the cart, old man Yang Xuanyang, who had not been seen for a long time, started to explain.
Indeed, there are still some people who are unwilling to leave their hometown and choose to stay in the countryside of Yanzhou, but soon these people will have to bear the consequences of their choices - Jizhou and Yanzhou have been broken, and the entire Shanbei Road Almost beaten to pieces, the Nanchen court will definitely send troops to the front line to resist the enemy.
As for the location of the front line, it is naturally Jizhou and Yanzhou.
Caught between the two armies, the lives of those left behind will only become more difficult. They can at least survive as refugees, but it will be difficult for those left behind to even save their lives.
"But being a refugee is not that easy."
In the corner of the cart, Liu Bolun, who had come to sit on the cart, was drinking heavily. Just looking at his sparse forehead, you could tell that he was under a lot of pressure during this time.
As the real organizer of this great retreat, Liu Bolun worked hard during this period. It was precisely because of this that he could understand what a huge project a great retreat involving more than 100,000 people was.
How to appease the people, how to arrange an orderly evacuation, how to achieve the fastest evacuation, and how to take care of the people along the way... It was at this time that he realized that Ruan Shantao's more than ten years of enlightenment , what exactly does it mean.
If those literate people whom Old Ruan had taught hadn't taken the initiative to step forward and cooperate with the evacuation, his job this time would probably have been a hundred times more difficult.
Although the old man failed to spread the benevolence and righteousness in his heart to the whole world in the end, the education of more than ten years actually saved the lives of the people in Yanzhou City.
"belch."
Thinking of this, Liu Bolun raised his hand and saluted Ziyang Mountain in the distance.
Then continue to think about some more difficult questions.
for example……
"Where are we going? What are we eating?"
Du Chengfeng, who was riding a horse, was stunned by the question.
"Do you still need to think about this kind of thing...?"
Only halfway through speaking, Du Chengfeng realized that this might really be a question that needed to be thought about.
After all, this time, the number of refugees is no longer the few hundred people of the villagers, but a huge team of more than 100,000 people. It is said that there are tens of thousands of people, boundless. Such a huge team, alone every day The food consumption is already an exaggerated figure. Although Liu Bolun almost emptied the warehouse in Yanzhou before leaving, the quantity allocated to everyone still could not last long.
As for where to go... is there any place that can receive such a large number of refugees?
"But this kind of thing is not something that needs to be considered."
When he realized what Liu Bolun was thinking, Du Chengfeng didn't care.
"Or, it's not something you need to think about."
Perhaps for novice refugees like Liu Bolun, this is an extremely serious problem, but for Du Chengfeng and the folks in Yangjiabao, this kind of thing has been experienced before - when Jizhou was not They were also beaten to pieces. The people in the countryside of Ji Town were even frightened by He Xiqing's surprise attack, but when they came to their senses, they still fled in all directions and disappeared without a trace.
The population of one state sounds like a lot, but when these people choose to join their relatives or go to distant places to find a place to return, these more than 100,000 people will be dispersed in a short time.
In fact, it has already started. Perhaps in Liu Bolun's impression, the number of refugees was still more than 100,000, but according to Du Chengfeng's observation, when he just came back from Yanzhou City, the people in the team had already left. More than half of the team has passed, and after leaving Yanzhou, the number became less and less. And as the team moved forward, almost every moment someone fell behind, taking their relatives, friends, or wives and children, and went to their own place. The direction you want to go.
But now, it's hard to say whether this team can total 10,000 people.
Just like water, people will flow to places where they can survive without any guidance.
Guided by the survival instinct, life will find its own way.
"So why are you following here? Can't you find a way out on your own?"
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng turned his horse around and took out the grassland army general in the team.
He had rescued these grassland people in Yanzhou City at that time. He didn't think much about it when he did it, just to add trouble to Xiang Rong. It happened that he also wanted to practice the feeling of "doing whatever he wanted" at that time, so He just did it casually - but who would have thought that after a battle, these more than 300 prairie soldiers would rely on him and follow him all the way, refusing to leave.
This may be the other side of doing whatever you want. People always have to bear the consequences of their actions.
Of course, Du Chengfeng is not without the courage to bear the consequences, but the question is why do these people have to rely on him?
"Because...we don't have anywhere to go."
The grassland general named Zhierhuo who was brought out by Du Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
There really was no place to go. After all, the grassland vanguard army that entered Yanzhou City had been divided into three parts due to different situations - the first part was unlucky. Under the pursuit of Du Chengfeng and Xiang Rong, they All turned into corpses. In the second part, they were lucky. They found out that the Imperial Master had gone crazy, so they escaped before the city gate was sealed.
As for the third part, it was their more than 300 prisoners.
go back? impossible. Just during the period of being held captive, they couldn't explain it. What's more, as prisoners, even if they return to the grassland, they will only be laughed at by others. If one of them was in a bad mood, they might not all have their heads chopped off.
As for not going back...
Where can they go?
It seemed that the best choice was to follow this Fire Blade Warrior. After all, this Fire Blade Warrior was really good to them and even spared their lives.
What's more, the people of Yanzhou may not know what happened in the city because they escaped early, but these prairie warriors who have experienced everything in the city know how powerful this Fire Blade Warrior is. force.
It is almost a warrior's instinct to follow such a strong man.
Life will find its own way out, and they all know who they should be with in order to live longer.
"So the worst case scenario is to die in battle. Anyway, we all owe you a life... Tell me, who should we fight?"
"..."
Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time.
Okay, as the first and only rebel thief in Nanchen territory, he now has the first capable team in his hands.
But the question is, who does he need to fight?
"Be careful when eating food, and find some way to make a living later when you have time."
This is Du Chengfeng's greatest expectation for this grassland soldier.
Perhaps this is why the people of Yanzhou were so eager to leave. After all, not everyone can accept the presence of more than 300 prairie warriors of unknown origin in the team, even if these prairie warriors take off their armor. And with the addition of more than 300 mouths to eat, Liu Bolun, who stares at the ledger every day, has even more headaches - the only one who is happy may be old man Yang Xuanyang. He thinks that these are more than 300 strong laborers. With so many strong men helping with the work, Yangjiabao will be revived in another place sooner or later.
Of course, it may not be called Yangjiabao now. After all, it will be the common hometown of all villagers.
"How about calling it Dujiabao?"
He raised his head and glanced at Du Chengfeng in front of him, but Yang Xuan shook his head.
It's not that he doesn't want to, but it's not good. After all, they have been together for a while, and he knows the temperament of this strong man. If he really wants to use the name Dujiabao, the other party will probably be embarrassed and just say a word. No.
I still have to think of a better name, at least to give everyone a feeling of hometown...
"correct."
While Yang Xuan was still thinking, Du Chengfeng, who was riding a horse, turned around.
"My father-in-law, what did you mean by the North Mountain Road and the South Mountain Road?"
"Uh, warrior, you don't know?"
Yang Xuan was stunned by the question.
How could anyone not know such common sense?
But it was obvious that Du Chengfeng was the one who lacked common sense. He really didn't know anything about mountains and rivers and geography - so Yang Xuan could only try to recall it and try to talk about the parts he knew.
If on the Mobei grassland, everyone divides the area based on tribes and divides into various tribes, then the divisions here in Nanchen are more refined. Above each inhabited village, the smallest regional unit is the county, and above the county, the one who rules the local counties is a state, and above this state, the one who rules the local states is the Tao.
In words that Du Chengfeng can understand, Daoyue is equal to province, and Prefecture is equal to prefecture-level city.
"No wonder I always feel that this state seems a bit small..."
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but scratch his head.
When he first heard the term "zhou", he thought it was a provincial-level unit, but it turned out to be a prefecture-level city - he said that the total population of a province could not be just over 100,000. It turned out that the problem was Out here.
"So what about the county? Why haven't I seen the county?"
"this……"
This time it was Yang Xuan's turn to scratch his head.
"In the south, the prefectures and counties should be relatively complete. As for the northern border..."
Yang Xuan smiled awkwardly.
That's really hard to say. After all, this kind of thing is more subtle - strictly speaking, the county system still exists, but because of the strong folk customs on the border of the North, each village Wubao can easily pull up hundreds of people. The people are strong, so in fact, this county system is almost gone.
If you can't even control people, who will care about this thing?
Of course, when it comes to the state level, words still carry weight. After all, the chief officer at the state level is the military commander. Even if those village forts mobilize the people, it is hard to say that they can show their fists in front of real soldiers - so At the border of the Northland, a situation gradually formed where the commander-in-chief had direct jurisdiction over various villages and towns, and county restrictions were almost non-existent.
It's a bit like those grassland people. The big tribes will directly govern the small tribes, and then these big tribes will be responsible for the royal court deep in Mobei.
Perhaps during the countless years of fighting each other with the Hu people in the north, these border people have gradually acquired some of the habits of the Hu people.
"That's understandable."
Du Chengfeng nodded, he could still understand this principle of being close to the ink and being in trouble. What's more, as a person who has experienced it, he also knows what the border of Nanchen is in ruins. Being able to maintain state-level jurisdiction is already very good in Du Chengfeng's opinion.
"So this kind of thing is considered normal. Why are you embarrassed?"
"Well……"
Glancing at Liu Bolun who had turned around, Yang Xuan scratched his head even more.
"This is about it..."
"There's nothing bad to say about this matter. Anyway, I'm no longer an official of the imperial court."
Liu Bolun looked indifferent.
"Isn't it just a matter of evading the county magistrate? The Yang family also did it."
As soon as these words came out, Yang Xuan lowered his head in shame.
It's one thing to do it, but it's another thing to be singled out. What's more, he is a former imperial official, a former imperial student - after all, as the descendants of former famous generals, the Yang family still has to face it. Yes, but it is precisely because of this that as a descendant of a famous general in the past, he participated in the fabrication of the county system and poached Da Chen. This is really a bit...
But there is nothing we can do about this kind of thing. After all, all the families on the border of the North have done it. The Yang family can only be regarded as a participant, and can even be said to be the one who eats the least.
"Hey, don't think about it so much. It's all in the past. It's all in the past."
Du Chengfeng waved his hand, indicating that the topic should end here.
It is true that everything has passed, whether it is Jizhou, Yanzhou, or the past, after a war, everything has become a passing thing - no matter what the Yang family has done, they have finally become refugees at this moment. This is a promising career, but I don’t know what I will eat in the future or where I will go in the future.
"Wait a minute, do I have something to do when I go to Yanzhou?"
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng's face froze.
Glancing over the saddle bag and seeing the handle of the horse-breaking knife, Du Chengfeng immediately withdrew his gaze.
"Let's take a look at my spurge!"
In order to lighten the atmosphere, Du Chengfeng simply untied the cloth bag on the side of the saddle and took out the exaggerated halberd.
Originally, Du Chengfeng thought that if he did not return his wealth to his hometown, such as walking in brocade at night, it was because he was not very smart. After all, making a fortune silently is the real hard truth, but until he got this euphorbia, Only then did he realize that he was not immune after all - after all, this fierce spurge was just like a newly bought legendary skin in the game. Who wouldn't want to show off the skills and taste the taste after getting it?
“Already tasted too much!”
This time, not only the folks in Yangjiabao shook their heads, but even Cui Yuan, who was autistic and enlightened at the back, couldn't stand it anymore.
There is no other reason than that Du Chengfeng has shown off his spurs too many times in the past few days. He would take out the halberd at every turn for people to see and show his character. At the beginning, everyone was still surprised. After all, the shape of the halberd was too exaggerated and fierce, and its ferocious momentum was even more frightening.
But in the past few days, they had seen it no less than fifty or sixty times. When they saw it again, they just wanted to break the big halberd and try to see if the two skulls on the top could do it. Unscrew it.
"Hey, you really are."
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head. These people really don't know how to appreciate the aesthetics of violence.
Fortunately, finally a newcomer who has never seen this spurge appeared.
"why is it you again?"
Seeing that the grassland army general was so helpless that he brought back some bandits who were blocking the way, Du Chengfeng was overjoyed.
There is no other reason. Among those who were captured alive, there were still old acquaintances.
"What do you mean by robber! I haven't started the robbery yet! Why do you arrest me!"
The man who looked like an Orion was thrown to the ground. When he looked up, he saw Du Chengfeng's big face again.
"Why is it you again? Why are you everywhere?"
"Why did you start again?"
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh after looking at the tattered clothes on the opponent's body and the sharpened sticks captured by the prairie soldiers.
It was obvious that he had tried to persuade this hunter to be kind several times, and even found him a job that provided food and accommodation, but he still picked up the stick again and started a career as a robber with no future.
Du Chengfeng has a kind heart, how could he see this?
So after Du Chengfeng waved his hand and was influenced by several prairie soldiers' fists, the Orion and the other robbers finally decided to change their minds and become guides.
"In Yiyang County ahead, they are recruiting refugees. We also want to get some food and then go there to make a living."
Orion, with a bruised nose and swollen face, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Du Chengfeng repeatedly.
"We really don't mean to be thieves. We have been hungry for several days. If you have a lot of food, please let us go."
But Du Chengfeng had no intention of letting them go.
"If you want to eat, I have it here, but I will have to trouble you for a few more days."
After saying this, Du Chengfeng pointed in the direction of the south.
Although the food reserves in the team can last for a while, people eating horse chews will not last long after all. What's more, some of the refugees in the team really need to be resettled - not everyone really wants to be a refugee. In other words, apart from the folks in Yangjiabao, who really had nowhere to go, many people in the team actually wanted to find a place to stay as soon as possible.
"So go take a look and buy some food on the way."
After thinking it over with everyone else, Du Chengfeng asked the Orion to lead the way.
A large team of nearly ten thousand people, with Du Chengfeng and more than 300 grassland soldiers watching, there were no blind robbers along the way who made trouble, so it only took a few days, The refugee team successfully arrived in Yiyang County.
But unlike what Du Chengfeng thought, it was not the county government that gathered the refugees here.
Rather, it is a mountain temple.
The first update is here, with 5,000 words. Considering that there is really little information in a small chapter of 2,000 words, there may be more such long chapters in the future, so rounding is considered an additional update.
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