Chapter 67:

Tongzhou, the prefectural government office, Lu Hui was sitting in the government office chatting with others.
"Tell those big households to take out enough food, not to mention eating until the beginning of spring, and eating until this time next year." Tongzhi said.
Lu Hui: "You speak lightly."
He, who knows the state, can now live without worry, sitting on gold and silver jewels to enjoy, and has inseparable news with the big families in Tongzhou, people? Those are all untouchables, even if you starve to death, you can save some food next year.
But if people die too much, the court will send someone to ask again, and he will have to spend money up and down.
Those who are born with no ass
eyes can only get in and can't get out, their mouths are wider than anyone, and they are easily dissatisfied.
Earlier, he had the idea of ​​Taizhou. If he could capture Taizhou, not to mention the rewards of the court, Xinghua Yantian alone would be enough for him to make a lot of money-by then killing some people for consumption, It is also very common.
Tongzhi suddenly said: "There are still too many untouchables, sir, I heard that Nan Bodhisattva has been collecting people? Didn't you ask for anyone? The subordinates think that he is just a swollen face to fill up a fat man, and we just want Tell those untouchables to rule the Nan Bodhisattva, without us, those untouchables will surely drag down Nan Bodhisattva."
"To put it bluntly, the South Bodhisattva is just a young master of the landlord's background. If he occupies a lot of land, he doesn't know how many catties he is.
"Since he accepts people, we will send the untouchables."
"When he was eaten up, we didn't kill many people, and we got the credit. We won Taizhou without a sword."
Tongzhi squinted and smiled, as if the scene was already in front of him.
Lu Hui touched her chin: "This is a way, I will ask."
They think there are too many people in Tongzhou, and they are all untouchables. Even if they are conscripts, they can't recruit them. Although they just build sheds outside the city, their numbers increase, and the big households in the city begin to worry. Worried, they gathered together to put pressure on him and told him to find a way.
What can he do? Killed all? If you can't explain it to the court, you may also ask them to break the jar, and the trouble will not be worth the loss.
Lu Hui also knew that the areas under the Nan Bodhisattva's rule were originally selling grain, but the Nan Bodhisattva ordered the killing of a group of merchants to contain them. However, it can also be seen that their food is definitely not much.
After thinking about it, Lu Hui went to meet the big households in Tongzhou. These big households are people who have lived in Tongzhou for generations. From a certain point of view, the sum of these people is heavier than his weight. That said, big households all agreed.
They don't care what family, country, and world they are. They only care about one acre of land in front of them, and care about their own interests and safety in Tongzhou.
After the two parties reached an agreement, Lu Hui sent people to drive out the "untouchables". Those people were all wandering from different places, also called "vagrants", but the people and big households in Tongzhou regarded them as "untouchables." , If they didn’t make a mistake, how could they not stay in their hometown? Natural disasters are God’s warning and punishment.
These refugees did not live well in Tongzhou. They could not enter the city, and there was only wasteland outside the city. They tried hard to fill their stomachs, but despite the wasteland, they did not have seeds and could not even cultivate them by themselves.
There are also people who want to continue walking, but they no longer have the courage to travel a long distance from their hometown to Tongzhou. Many of them have lost their families on the road. Although Tongzhou will not give them asylum or food, But they have a gathering place, and the refugees get together and feel much safer.
When the soldiers came to drive them, the refugee group burst into loud screams and crying.
"Don't touch my mother! Don't touch her!"
"Master Bing, I kowtow to you! Don't drive us! Don't drive us!"
"Master Bing! Please, please, please..."
The soldiers just obeyed the order to drive them away.
But some people said: "You go to Taizhou. There is a South Bodhisattva in Taizhou, who can give you food and a place to live. Go to him. Tongzhou can't support you. Taizhou can. Go."
But most people can't listen to such words.
They were abandoned!
Abandoned by the court!
The court does not want them!
The refugees had no strength and no weapons to resist. They were expelled like beasts. After the soldiers drove them outside the Taizhou city wall, their way back was blocked by the soldiers.
They gathered together with tears on their flustered and distressed faces. In the end, they decided to head towards Taizhou.
Their only thought-to live.
Jiang Gui learned that when a large number of refugees were under the gate of Taizhou City, the whole person was bad. He didn't know how to deal with these people. They were huge in number, but if you don't care, who knows when they will cause trouble, if you take over, They have to pay a lot of food.
In this era when food is capital, Jiang Gui is in a dilemma.
Fortunately, before he reported it to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan had already led the people over.
These people are all scholars or can read characters. They either have a heart to make contributions and take the initiative to follow Lin Yuan, or they are coerced by Lin Yuan. In short, it doesn't matter what the reason is, Lin Yuan is now a strong man.
Lin Yuan went to see Jiang Gui, and Jiang Gui handed over management.
"Prepare the grain." Lin Yuan said, "You don't need fine grains, just use old coarse grains from previous years and boil them into a paste.
Lin Yuan's prestige is huge now. As soon as he uttered his words, no one was lazy and compromised. He had arrived in Taizhou the afternoon before, and everything that should be prepared was prepared early the next morning.
The refugees can’t easily settle down, they don’t have time to set up sheds and sleep directly on the ground in the wild. Fortunately, it’s not yet winter, and the temperature in autumn won’t kill people. Several people huddled together to get a good night’s sleep. After all, they Already used to such a living environment.
"Do you smell the aroma? It looks like someone is cooking."
"I can smell it too."
"Maybe the people in the city have cooked and ate."
"I don't know if we can go into the city in the future."
"Stop dreaming, as long as you don't drive us away from here."
While they were talking in a low voice, they saw that the side door beside the city wall suddenly opened.
There were more than one stools and tables, and huge iron buckets.
The smell of food is coming from there.
The refugees swallowed, but did not dare to act rashly. Sure enough, many soldiers followed.
They didn't even dare to move.
Someone whispered: "Will the food be for us?"
The person next to him laughed at him: "What dream are you doing?"
But that's what they said, but they still have hope.
As they looked at the side of the city wall eagerly, suddenly a soldier rang the gong and shouted: "Come here to line up and get the food! Enter the city after registration!"
What is "registration"? No one understands, but everyone understands the word jincheng.
Suddenly they walked with their arms, but they were controlled by the soldiers. They could only line up in small groups. Dozens of wooden tables were laid out. Behind each wooden table was a scholar sitting. They had their own tasks. "Archive" these refugees and give them household registration.
Everyone who has registered can receive a bowl of glutinous rice next to him.
There are sweet potatoes, beans, and some grains, as well as a little salt and oil.
But for the refugees, this bowl of mush may be the most delicious meal they have eaten in so many years.
The registered person received a bamboo tube of paste, he went straight to dig it, and then stuffed it into his mouth. Fortunately, the paste was almost cold, otherwise he would definitely burn his tongue and maybe his throat.
Lin Yuan stood on the city wall, looking at the head below, Jiang Gui stood beside him.
"So many people..." Jiang Gui was worried, "Just look at it roughly, there are thousands of people."
There are not tens of thousands, but people are still coming in continuously, this is just the first batch.
In the end, the number of people they accept is likely to exceed 20,000 or even more.
Twenty thousand people are the population of a small city.
Lin Yuan: "Not too much."
Jiang Gui's eyes widened.
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Even if there are 200,000 people, it can't crush me now. What's more, the more people, doesn't it mean that we have more popular support? When the refugees come, people from other places will also come."
Jiang Gui: "But we...our food..."
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "If you don't have food, you can still grab it. There are not many big households in Tongzhou? If you search them out, you will have food to feed them.
He is not without food, his food can also feed these people.
What Tongzhou has done, in his view, is just not looking at the consequences.
Now Tongzhou still has food, so they drove away the refugees.
When there is less food, they will drive away the people who have no property.
As long as you taste the sweetness, Tongzhou will fall into a vicious circle.
Then he forced himself to the dead end.
The people are different from the refugees. They have family assets, and some wealthy people have domestic servants.
If they come and go, they can inject new market vitality into the place under Lin Yuan's rule.
Lin Yuan is not too much money or too many people.
People are also capital.
Many people are powerful.
"It's the South Bodhisattva."
I don't know who glanced at the wall and saw Lin Yuan standing on the wall.
The soldiers looked up one after another, and the refugees also looked up.
"South Bodhisattva!"
"It is the South Bodhisattva who came to see us!"
"South Bodhisattva pity us!"
I don’t know who knelt first. The soldiers and refugees looked up at Lin Yuan, and then bowed their knees. Lin Yuan looked at the person below. They knelt down on their knees with pious eyes, and then crouched on their upper bodies, doing the most solemn thing in the world. Big gift.
No one spoke, only the wind could be heard in Lin Yuan's ears.
He couldn't say what it was like in his heart.
But at this moment, he suddenly understood what it felt like to be over the world.
As if he had everything, everyone took his will as the will and his ideal as the ideal.
This is the taste of "the emperor".
Enough to dazzle anyone.
Including him.
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Thanks to Ju Ziyi, the reckless demon, the mine that comes true