Chapter 3 Zhenqiang Office!
The center of Yulin Wei-Youqianhushou is located in Zhenqiang City on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Kuye River, so it is also known as the "Zhenqiang Suo!"
Zhenqiang City was built in the 26th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It is a solid fortress with a circumference of eight miles and a wall of one or eight feet high. It has four city gates, east, west, south and north, and four arrow towers and two trenches, with extremely perfect defense!
There is a small school military field outside the city, covering an area of dozens of acres and built a dot-general platform more than 1 meter high. There are hundreds of soldiers surrounded by them. On the platform, three generals with helmets and long swords hanging on their waists!
Sitting in the middle was a young man of 27 or 28 years old. He was of medium figure, thin body, and his facial features were pretty straight. He was just blushing his eyes and kept breathing, looking like he had no rest. He was Huang Youren, a thousand households in the Qiangsou City!
Sitting on the left is his younger brother Huang Youyi, who is also the deputy Qianghuo Office of Zhenqiang!
Sitting on the right is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a burly body and a simple appearance. He is named Wang Dalong and is another deputy Qianhu!
"Haha, God bless you, so many people have come here at once, now our brothers are developed!"
"Brother, how do you deal with these people?"
"Pick a few handsome girls and young wives to serve you and my brothers. The rest of them settled in each fort to enrich the population. Starting next year, these people will be in labor service and pay taxes!"
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The Huang brothers kept talking, their eyes full of excitement and greed, like hungry wolf!
Not far away, there were about a thousand people who had just arrived, with fear in their eyes and trembling as if they were lambs to be slaughtered!
It is not an exaggeration to use the metaphor of the wolf and the sheep, but it is very appropriate!
Unlike the military and political divisions in the Central Plains, there are no ordinary people in the areas of the Jiubian Thirteen Towns. Everyone is a military household, regardless of gender, age or age!
Therefore, senior officers, both in charge of military power and administrative power, can beat, scold, work, exploit the lower-level military households, or even kill people, and will not be punished!
Because of this, the lower-level military households fled in large numbers, resulting in a serious shortage of troops in each garrison. Zhen Qiang District was no exception. According to the organization, there should have been 1,120 households, but in fact, less than 40% of them all fled.
The number of sheep has decreased, and the most anxious thing is the wolf, because they are going to go hungry!
Unexpectedly, a drought occurred in the mainland. In order to prevent civil unrest, the court forced a large number of victims to move, which was equivalent to sending a large number of fat sheep to the hungry wolves, so they were naturally extremely happy.
Next, there is a bloody feast.
"Have all the households come?"
"Report to Lord Qianhu, all the hundreds of households have arrived, and only the Song Baihu of Baihu, which is the White Sand Castle, has not arrived yet. Should I wait?"
"Let's start dividing people!"
"Abide by the order!"
According to the rules, one official, two deputy, three thousand households led their personal soldiers to station in Zhenqiang City. The other ten hundred households each led a team of troops stationed in the surrounding fortresses, forming a guard against Zhenqiang City. They were Lijia Fort, Berlin Fort, Da Tarmac Fort, Gushan Fort, Papaya Fort,... Yongxing Fort, Baisha Castle!
Among the ten fortresses, the white sand castle is the farthest and the road is the most difficult to walk, so the officials guarding the households have not appeared for a long time!
"Come on, I'm picking up fat sheep!"
"As for orders, Lord Qianhu!"
With the order of the Huang brothers, dozens of soldiers rushed into the crowd and opened their eyes wide to choose. Their selection criteria were very simple, which was a young and beautiful girl and wife!
The Huang brothers were all drunk and miserable. They were still not satisfied with taking more than a dozen concubines. They often messed with each other everywhere, and even forced the daughter of a military household. If they refused, they would kill dozens of people and forced to kill them.
But their uncle was the commander of Yulin Guard. With this nepotism, no one could do anything to him, so he was lawless and extremely extravagant!
"Girl, let's go and enjoy the happiness with us, the Thousand Houses!"
"There is another one. I'm a little younger, but I'm quite smart. I can take it back to be a maid!"
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"Dad, mom, help me, I won't go!"
The soldiers were like wolves and tigers. When they encountered someone who was disobedient, they immediately punched and kicked, causing the victims to cry loudly and mess up!
"Boss, what should I do?"
"Don't panic, let everyone gather!"
"yes!"
Xue Yu and others were also on the small school military field. Looking at the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, the children were a little scared, especially those girls, who were so scared that they cried, afraid of being stolen!
Xue Yu directed the children and gathered together tightly, with the boy outside and the girl inside, thus protecting the latter, and at the same time ordered everyone to wipe their faces with the sludge from the ground!
The children came here for a long distance, and their little faces were already dirty. If they used a sludge, they would be difficult to tell the difference between men and women!
This trick really worked. A soldier rushed over and grabbed a few children and looked at them. He found that they were all boys, so he threw them back and continued to search elsewhere.
And none of the girls hiding inside were caught!
"Don't act rashly. Now is not the time. When we have firmly established our feet, we will deal with this pair of 'weasels!'"
Monk Wuyan was also in the crowd, his eyes full of anger. He wanted to rush out several times, but was stopped by Xue Yu.
If there are too many evil people in the world, they can't control them with one person's strength!
The only way is to control the world, so that we can eliminate violence and maintain good fortune and restore the people to a peaceful and prosperous era!
If you want to control the world, you must first join the army and integrate into the Qiang Site!
As for the Huang brothers who show off their power on the stage, they have already been on Xue Yu's list of kills, but it will take some time to accomplish this!
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"Previous Mr. Wang, I'll leave the rest to you. My brothers are tired, go back and have some rest!"
"Yes, I'll send you the Lord Qianhu!"
The Huang brothers happily returned to the city with more than a dozen girls they stolen. Deputy Wang Qianhu and other low-level officers hurriedly accompanied him to see him off with a smile.
But when the two of them walked away, the officers put away their smiles and all showed disgust. Some even spit on the ground. The people in Yulin are tough and they advocate men who value loyalty, commit suicide, and are chivalrous and righteous. People like this who are drunk and slutty are despised in their hearts!
It’s just that due to the situation, I have to be silly.
Next, under the auspices of Deputy Qianhu Wang, the hundreds of households began to select people, and their attitude became much more harmonious. The standards for selecting people were also very practical. Don’t look good, just be able to do it!
First of all, people with craftsmanship, such as blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, etc., Hu Daichi and his group were quickly picked out.
The second is an adult man who is strong, able to farm and work!
Finally, there are strong young women, no matter how ugly and handsome they look, they can give birth to children!
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After an hour, after several rounds of selection, most of the victims had their homes, and there were still 108 people left on the small school military field!
Without counting, Xue Yu also knew that the rest was their group!
This is not surprising. The children's bodies have not yet developed, and when they do physical work, they are not as good as one adult!
But when you eat, the children who are growing up can beat two adults. This is called half-birth, I will die!
The conditions in Yulin are arduous, and everyone has tightened their belts to live. Naturally, no one wants to ask for these children who can eat but cannot do it, and there is no food to support them if they ask for it!
As for the silent monk, no one wants a monk who can’t speak or recite scriptures!
On the high platform, Wang Dalong frowned, knowing that no one wants the child, but he has already sent him to Zhenqiang City, so he can't go back, right?
Just as he was thinking about dividing these children into several parts and forcibly letting the hundred households take them away, another team came on the avenue not far away!
Three ox carts and more than a dozen soldiers, the leader was an old man, who was in his fifties, gray hair, slightly hunched spine, a vicissitudes of life, and a long sword around his waist!
Besides, the old man's right leg was slightly sloped and limped, and soon came to the audience!
"Sir, please see the Deputy Lord Qianhu!"
"Song Cute, why are you late?"
"It's too late to know the news, and the distance is long, so I'm one step late!"
"Well, it's better to come than to come by. You can take all the rest of the people!"
"ah?"
The gray-haired old man was the long-awaited white sand castle - the official of Baihu, named Song Baisui!
When I was young, I fought with the Mongols in the north and got an arrow on my right thigh. Later, although it was cured, it left a little root of the disease, which made me feel a little unnatural when walking, so I got the nickname of "Song Crook"!
In fact, the veterans of the nine border thirteen towns were not covered with scars, and there were countless disabled people. Let’s talk about the other nine hundred households. Some were blinded by one eye, some lost an ear, and some lost their noses. Their nicknames were not as good as Song Cutezi!
"Sir, you know that among the surrounding fortresses, our white sand castle is the most poor. You can at least divide some strong men. Otherwise, if there are so many children, my subordinates will not be able to support them even if they sell their kids!"
Looking at the remaining children, Song Baihu frowned and begged bitterly!
I know it's not easy for you, but these children are also very pitiful. You can't ignore them and let them starve to death, right?
Let’s do this. I will allocate ten stone grains to you and report you a few more places for the regular soldiers. At least I have money and food. If you think of a way, how many people can live!”
"Thank you sir!"
In order to resettle the immigrants, the superiors allocated some money and food to the Qiang Office in Zhen, but unfortunately they all went into the pockets of the Huang brothers!
Chapter completed!