Chapter 140 always has a way to live

The only thing that can be relocated near Longzhong is along the yellow line.

Speaking of which, the Yellow River flows for more than 500 miles in Longzhong, but it does not bring much benefit to this land, the canyon here is deep, the water flow is turbulent, the Yellow River is turbulent and rushing under the valley, the valley is still bare, occasionally there will be one or two dwarf trees under the blue sky, making this place more desolate.

People can only cultivate a little water in the deep canyon, and this broken river, every once in a while, although the violent water cannot wash out the valley, it is enough to wash away the little land that people have worked so hard to cultivate in the valley.

The land here is broken, as if God had raked it with a rake.

In such an environment, even the songs sung by the shepherds are sadder and more mournful than those in other places.

Such an environment is not suitable for human settlement, but because of factors such as the government and war, the people chose this place where even bandits could not survive.

The first element of peace in the world is not to let the people fear the officials.

In many places, people are afraid to meet officials, and seeing officials is equivalent to paying taxes.

Fortunately, the new official didn't seem to be urging to pay taxes, and even gave his clothes to the local people, although a big girl wore a blue robe of the county order, but after the wind blew, the light green shirt would stick to the body, and people still found that the girl had grown up.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chuyu couldn't help himself with grief.

It's been a great drought here for three years.

Many times, people stand on the mountain beams to guard the scorched seedlings, watching the heavy rain pouring in the distance, but unfortunately, the clouds go to the terraces, but soon the clouds stop and the rain is harvested, and a round of red sun hangs in the sky, scorching the earth, only the wind can bring a trace of moisture.

It's July, and the bud valley is only knee-high, but it has already pumped flowers and raised ears, but the place where the bud valley should grow, even a child's arm is not as good.

The buckwheat also has pale pink flowers, which are sparse and sparse, and if they bloom all over the hillside, it will be a sight to behold.

"Uncle, you're leaving......"

Zhang Chuyu put a pinch of tea leaves he brought into the old man's pitch-black fist-sized black clay pot.

The old man poured a little water into the teapot, and then looked at the fire and licked the bottom of the clay pot, and soon, the tea boiled, Zhang Chuyu refused the old man's persuasion to drink, and the old man was not polite, so he poured the brown tea into a pottery bowl while it was hot, and pursed his lips a little bit.

"The water here is not good."

The old man quickly drank the sip of tea and looked at Zhang Chuyu with a pair of cloudy eyes.

"The water of the Yellow River is delicious."

Zhang Chuyu squatted on the ground and hugged his knees, shaking back and forth.

"Let's go, what should our ancestors do?"

"The ancestors did not drink water, but the living drank water."

"This Zhuangzi has been a jinshi."

"Well, I've been out, I've been out of six, but I've left after I became a jinshi and never came back."

Zhang Chuyu was fascinated by a bird squatting on his kettle and stretching out its long beak to drink water.

The bird was stupid and didn't know a good way to throw pebbles into the kettle to make the water overflow the spout.

He took the kettle and poured a little water into the palm of his hand, and the black bird actually came over and drank the water in Zhang Chuyu's hand, and kept screaming to Zhang Chuyu......

"There is not enough water in the cellar for anyone to drink...... The old cows were thirsty and knelt on the ground begging for help...... If you don't go, there will be no way to live, and you have been praying to God for thirty days, and God has given a little drizzle...... Come with me. ”

The old man looked at Zhang Chuyu and smiled, waved his hand and said, "Can you live when you go out?" ”

Zhang Chuyu lowered his head and looked at the ground and said, "I'll take you to beg for food." ”

The old man laughed even more, looked at Zhang Chuyu and said, "The food begged there can feed more than 20,000 people?" ”

Zhang Chuyu said: "The silver factory is very rich there, they don't grow grain when they have a lot of land, they grow tobacco instead, and the silver factory is very rich when they hear the name." ”

The old man laughed more and more when he heard this, and grabbed Zhang Chuyu's white hand with his dry and rough hand and said: "Doll, eight years ago, the silver factory killed Monk Liang and a group of more than 700 people in one go.

Monk Liang can kill a cow with one punch, you don't have this ability, right? ”

Zhang Chuyu smiled: "I am an official." ”

The old man shook his head and said, "There are a few princes in the court who grow tobacco in Tiaocheng, and you can't afford to mess with them." ”

Zhang Chuyu said with a smile: "Coincidentally, in my Lantian, the people can't afford to mess with it, and it's not a big problem to provoke the prince." ”

The old man finally glanced at Zhang Chuyu and said, "There is no way, I can only follow you to rebel." ”

Zhang Chuyu laughed and said, "You will find that following me down this dry plain is the most right thing you have done." ”

The old man shook his head and said, "Monk Liang also said the same thing back then, if he followed him down the mountain back then, there would be more people who might be able to beat the officers and soldiers of the silver factory." ”

Zhang Chuyu did not comment on the evaluation of the most prestigious squire of the guards of the Silver Factory, which was a place where copper, silver, and gold were produced, of which the output of copper and silver accounted for forty percent of the income of the Lantian Treasury, where a battalion of eight hundred lieutenants was stationed.

It was these 800 people who put down the heavily armed rebellion in the snow area in 20 days, and dealt with more than 20,000 women and children in Huining County......

If Zhang Chuyu himself went to persuade the people to move and let him go, it would be almost impossible, but it would be easy to do it if the local poor squires said it.

After three years of drought, even this squire could only use a little tea leaves and elm leaves to boil his favorite cans of tea on weekdays, which shows how bad the situation here has become.

I can't wait for the permission issued by the imperial court, and if I wait any longer, people will start to die here, not by starvation, but by thirst, and it is impossible to walk thirty miles of mountain roads to get a little water.

Everyone was waiting for the rainy season to come in July to replenish the cellars, but unfortunately this year's July has passed for ten days, and there have been two rains, none of which can completely soak the ground.

People should live in pursuit of water and grass, not only for herders, but also for farmers.

When I was studying at Yushan Academy, the gentlemen in the academy had already begun to systematically teach the significance of the two great rivers of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River to the Han nationality.

Therefore, Zhang Chuyu felt that there was nothing wrong with moving closer to the water.

As for begging, it was just one of his words, and he didn't believe that the silver factory, as well as the tobacco manors near Tiaocheng, would watch their group of people starve to death?

If those people of the Yun clan who grew tobacco and grew fat and oily dared to ignore the victims, Zhang Chuyu would dare to take the officials of Huining County to attack their manor and open the grain depot to find food to eat.

Isn't the worst outcome to being grabbed and beheaded?

It's not a big deal.

Yun Changfeng, the chief steward of the silver factory, rubbed his eyebrows and sighed.

Zhang Chuyu has already come to borrow grain twice, and he has lent it all in full, and now, this guy is so hateful, he actually wants to bring more than 20,000 people to eat near the silver factory.

This is a threat, this is a goddamn rebellion.

Liu Da, the captain of Tiaocheng, sat next to him and drank tea quietly, he also heard the news, but he was not in a hurry at all, and sat steadily, it seemed that he already had his own opinion.

"Captain Liu, tell me what you think."

Liu Da blew the foam on the teacup and said, "I haven't heard that my Lantian officials rebelled with a full team and all the people unarmed." In order to ensure that the people there have drunk water, the pack horse team I sent out has not returned.

If it's the rebellion you are talking about, are my subordinates and the people in the Ministry of Supervision all dead?

I can't live anymore.

Let's hurry up and figure out how to settle these victims, Your Majesty does not allow me to starve to death in the Ming Dynasty, I will squeeze out some military rations, and Tiaocheng will also produce some food, and the big head will still fall on you.

This year, you don't have to worry about any cost issues, and I believe that Your Majesty will not consider this issue, first save people, and then consider the question of whether your silver factory makes money or not.

After drinking tea, I will leave, from Huining to the silver factory is a full four hundred miles, the old and weak women and children can not go so far, I came to find you, I came to borrow a carriage. ”

As the supreme governor of the land of Tiaocheng, Yun Changfeng thought about it for a long time, and finally sent eight hundred miles to Tianshui and Lantian to expedite it, and after filing with the prefect of Tianshui Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion, just as Liu Da said, he began to prepare food and clothes.

With this sudden incident, it is impossible for the silver factory to show its face above the imperial court this year.

However, it would not be a bad thing if there were more than 20,000 people on the side of the silver factory, after all, there were always not enough miners to mine in the six mines...... In addition, the more than 4,000 miners are all strong men, and if they don't marry wives, there will be a big mess.

Previously, there were already miners who went to the Qinglou in Huizhou in groups to find women, and they all fucking got their lives, causing these sturdy guys to go to the Qinglou, and the old bustards did not allow them to enter.

"Master, you can build a textile workshop here, as long as you collect all the wool here, you can arrange a lot of girls to come in to work, and the concubine can do this well."

Yun Changfeng glanced at his wife and said, "Don't go to the factory to wander around on weekdays, I can't see those bastards looking at you like wolves." ”

Yun Liu said with a smile: "Wool weaving is a secret that Yushan Academy does not pass on, and our family wants to touch this thing on weekdays, but it is too far away, this time, the concubine feels that she can find Queen Duoduo to open the back door once." ”

Yun Changfeng coughed and said, "Don't bother me with family matters." ”

Yun Liu smiled slightly, pinched Yun Changfeng's sour shoulders and said: "I know that you are a big man who is as honest as water, and I also know that your Yun family has many rules, but since it is a great thing, we might as well open a crack in the door a little, and save those poor people by leaking a little money and food." ”

Yun Changfeng looked back at his wife and said: "When you return to Zhuangzi, you must remember to go to the big mansion to kowtow to the ancestors first, and explain the things here clearly to the ancestors of the family.

The ancestors allowed our family to open this textile workshop, and we opened it, but if we were not allowed to open it, you should shut up immediately, go home and see your father and mother and the child live for two months and come back in the autumn. ”