If they were just pretending to be good people, would they be so impatient?
It’s not like Earth Dragon has never turned over in the past! However, those chieftains were busy with their own families, and even ordered them to save their families first...
Thinking of these, listening to the ruins, hearing the cries and moans of their wives, children, and children, and the coming heavy rain, in the end, these people could not resist the objective factors, and followed them out of the city in twos and threes.
At the beginning, they still held the few belongings, no matter how heavy they were, firmly in their hands. Some officers and soldiers from the imperial court wanted to help them, but they immediately refused, as if they were afraid of being robbed.
However, later, when some people finally asked for help because they couldn't help it, they found that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court did not covet their property at all, and more people had to ask for help.
When they arrived at the military camp, the children first became familiar with the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Unless a relative is killed or injured, children are most likely to forget their sorrow.
Seeing all this, many people began to doubt, was the chief toastman right?
Also because of Earth Dragon's transformation, the original local bosses had placed administrators among them, but at this time they were also disrupted and dispersed. Even if these administrators wanted to exert influence on them, it would be very difficult.
In this way, especially under the heavy rain, when they were hiding in their tents to take shelter from the rain, it was obvious that they were looking at the imperial officers and soldiers on duty outside, and even the figures of the imperial officers and soldiers who were helping them in the rain. , the attitude is obviously different.
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Earthquakes obviously do not differentiate between forces. As long as they are within the scope of the earthquake, they will all be treated equally.
The Changzhou Division was also hit by an earthquake, and many houses collapsed. It was almost the same as the one in Jianchang City.
Both Hou Xun and Zuo Liangyu were fine, but they were a little embarrassed. They escaped from the house and stood on a flat ground, watching the scene after the earthquake with lingering fear.
As the owner, the chieftain of Changzhou was okay, but his house had collapsed a lot. He was shouting at his serfs to quickly clean up the collapsed houses, rescue people from inside, and move out the belongings. If there were not enough manpower, more serfs would be ordered to come over.
Seeing that the heavy rain was coming, those houses that were still intact, whether they belonged to the chieftain himself or not, were all cleared out and occupied by the chieftain and his family. In addition, all his belongings and other things that he thought were valuable were moved into the house.
"Hurry up, it's going to rain soon. Do you want to get these silks wet? Do you want to die?"
"This set of furniture was custom-made from Chengdu. Be careful and move it into the house. Be gentle. Be gentle. Do you dare to break it?"
"Ah Huang, my dear, come out quickly, it's going to rain soon, don't get wet!"
"..."
In the midst of the commotion, when the heavy rain poured down, the chieftain, his family, and all his subordinates, including their cats and dogs, all hid in the house.
Zuo Liangyu, Hou Xun and others naturally have houses to take shelter from the rain.
As for the serfs at the bottom and ordinary rebel soldiers, they either had to rush to a shelter before the heavy rain came. If someone occupies it, then it depends on who is stronger with fists.
In short, the ones that end up in the rain are the weakest ones. A considerable number of them were holding the corpses of their relatives in the heavy rain, or were still crying and picking up their relatives under the rubble. Others were looking for their own belongings or the belongings of others.
Regarding this scene in the rain, no matter whether it was the chieftain or Hou Xun and others, they turned a blind eye except to curse God.
The situation here in Changzhou Division is actually very common. At least this is the case in several other chieftain territories. Even these low-spirited serfs have become accustomed to it and are numb.
The heavy rain comes and goes quickly!
However, the collapsed ruins were washed away by heavy rain and could no longer be inhabited. Not only do I need to find a new place to live in the coming days, but also have food to eat, which is also a problem.
There was nothing to say, the serfs had no choice but to go find the chieftain.
In this case, whatever material is in short supply will definitely be the most expensive. The chieftain is not a good person. If he doesn't want to die, he can only agree to whatever conditions he offers. The serfs were naturally used to this, and thought it was just and fair, that's how it was.
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Of course, they are not the only ones who have this idea, but also the common people in Jianchang City.
They hid in the rescue shelter temporarily vacated from the military camp, feeling a little uneasy. When they were thinking about how to speak to the imperial officers and soldiers, they saw the fire-headed soldiers in the army coming with burdens.
While still far away, I could smell the fragrance. The children were the first to jump and cheer. There were no worries from the adults, and they were all happy.
Seeing this situation, people were poor and had short ambitions, so these local people tried to exchange their belongings.
These actions of theirs made the Fire-headed Army stunned.
When he came back to his senses and understood what they meant, he immediately smiled and shook his head. Those art soldiers who knew the local language explained it to the local people.
"When Jianchang City was hit by a disaster, the imperial court had the responsibility to provide rescue services, and the government had the responsibility to do so. These are all free of charge."
"You are also citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and the court will never sit idly by. Don't worry, take care of your belongings. These foods will be distributed free of charge per capita!"
"..."
Human hearts are made of flesh. When these people understood this, many of them had mixed feelings.
Starting from the moment when Earth Dragon turned around, because of the presence of the imperial army, this situation was really different from what we had encountered before. If we say that such imperial troops are here to harm them, who would believe it?
Just by simply comparing it with the past, we can know whether it is better to live under the jurisdiction of the chieftain, or to belong to the imperial court?
This night, it can be said that many people were filled with emotions and even had no sleep.
However, what they didn't expect was that the court's help went far beyond that.
On the next day, someone came to notify each household that those who were not injured were asked to work together.
Not doing other work, but sorting out the ruins of their homes. Groups of imperial officers and soldiers helped them clean up.
In the meantime, they were also told that Duke Xingguo had ordered that they would build a new house and move back to their home as soon as possible.
After hearing this and looking at the figures of the imperial officers and soldiers in the city, some people finally couldn't help it, and they pulled the imperial officers and soldiers one after another to tell them what they knew and express their thoughts.
Soon, this information was gathered to Duke Xingguo.
There wasn't even much time, and at least fifty or sixty people were escorted to the front of the military camp by the imperial guards and soldiers to wait for the Duke's fate.
"My lord, I didn't expect that those chieftains had already planted so many people to manage Jianchang City behind their backs and encouraged them to go against the imperial court!" Bai Guangen came with him and said to Zhang Mingwei with emotion, "No wonder , I said why are the unruly people here so difficult to control!"
Zhang Mingwei smiled after hearing this. This kind of thing must have happened if he thought about it with his toes.
Liu Jin followed Bai Guangen and said with the same emotion: "Thanks to the kindness of the Duke, who inspired these people, we were able to catch these traitors!"
After hearing this, Bai Guangen immediately clasped his fists to Zhang Mingwei and asked for instructions: "My lord, please give these people to the generals. We must make them regret being such traitors and daring to go against the imperial court!"
Zhang Mingwei heard this, but did not agree immediately. He just stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look!"
If he said this, other people would naturally not have any objections.
Soon, they arrived outside the military camp and saw a group of moles who had been kidnapped by the Ming army soldiers and under centralized surveillance.
Outside the Ming army officers who were in charge of custody, there was a group of men, women, old and children gathered, all of whom were frightened. It was obvious at a glance that they must be the children of these moles.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Mingwei frowned slightly and said, "These people all live in the city and have families?"
Liu Jin was the officer in charge of the arrest. When he heard this, he immediately nodded and replied: "Yes, sir. Most of the people here were rescued by us yesterday, but unexpectedly they turned out to be moles!"
Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei stopped talking and walked over.
Seeing Duke Xingguo coming, the Ming army officers and soldiers in charge of his custody immediately saluted.
This movement also made these ghosts realize that Duke Xingguo was coming.
Most of them immediately lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at Duke Xingguo.
The family members around them immediately knelt down one after another. Because of the language barrier, they just kowtowed. The meaning was obvious, they should be begging for mercy.
Zhang Mingwei stood in front of these traitors, glanced at them slowly, then turned to look at the children, and finally said: "I believe you were also bewitched by the rebels and have not done anything particularly harmful now. The natural disaster has already punished you, so be it! Let them go!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Guangen was surprised at first, and quickly confirmed: "My lord, let... let them go?"
Zhang Mingwei nodded and said to the literary soldier in charge of translating: "Tell them that they can stay in Jianchang City or leave Jianchang City. Although they will not be held accountable this time, if there is another time, they will be severely punished. !”
After hearing these words clearly, Bai Guangen was helpless, thinking in his heart, the Duke is really too kind!
When these insiders heard the translation by the literary soldiers, they were all very surprised. They thought that the fate waiting for them was to be beheaded in public!
Thinking of escaping, looking at their relatives outside, many people knelt there and kowtowed. Zhang Mingwei couldn't understand the gibbering.
However, the art soldier translated for him, probably because he was grateful and would never dare to work for the chieftain again.
In response, Zhang Mingwei asked the art soldiers to tell them: "I brought the imperial army here to destroy the rebels and chieftains. Believe me, you will live a better life under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. If you don't believe it, , you can go out and see how the people in other chieftain territories are doing now and you will know!"
