Chapter 3: The Tortured Conscience
"Second master, although Tang Jian's strategy is good. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but a little more vicious, if you follow his path. Tens of thousands of people in Ma Yi are unlucky, whether the second master persuades the grandfather of the country. Sent people to bring those people to Jinyang, all of whom were the people of the Great Sui. In the future, the youth and strength there can also be the help of the national government. ”
It's really boring to watch a fat man move bricks like a coolie, Yun Hao asked Li Shentong to find a very powerful supervisor - Li Yuanba!
Li Yuanba was wearing a soap-colored shirt and a small melon skin hat on his head. With a whip in his hand and a mustache on his face, it's a standard dog-legged image. And Li Chengpeng is the persecuted toiling masses.
Li Yuan's dispatch of troops this time is actually no different from tourism. Armed parade in a circle, and then find a few people to cut down casually. reported his head and said that this was an anti-thief, and it is estimated that there would be no blind person who would come to verify. Even if it is verified, it is nothing, according to Li Yuan's character, those guys must be local bullies. Buying people's hearts is the basic skill of an insurrectionist.
Li Er, Li Shentong and the tiger and wolf generals of the Li family all stayed, after all, there was still a Gao Junya here. They didn't dare to give up Jinyang, and Li Yuan naturally wanted to keep people in Jinyang.
"Don't think about it, boy. You can't do this, and you can't save those people. Wang Wei's kid is a thief, this time it's better to let the Turks kill him. Li Er categorically rejected Yun Hao's proposal, and he was another interest animal. Yun Hao sighed helplessly, there is no way that these people have a sense of superiority since they were children, and they have never looked down on people. The people of Ma Yi are just a decoy. And the bait can be sacrificed at any time.
Yun Hao clenched his fists, and he couldn't convince himself to give up these hundreds of thousands of lives after several ruthless attempts. This is not a hundred thousand sheep, but a hundred thousand Chinese people. They are of the same culture, the same species, the same roots, and the same origin as themselves, and they can't do it themselves as they watch them struggle under the iron hooves of the alien race.
took a deep breath, for an animal of interest like Li Er, he could only be impressed by interests. Since ancient times, the founding kings have all been ruthless, and perhaps there are only enough benefits to make him feel a little pity.
"Second Master really thinks that Wang Wei will be killed by the Turks? You also said that he is a thief. This kind of person will definitely not leave himself a way out. And his back road is the hundreds of thousands of people. The Turks are much poorer than us, so if we really break through the city of Mayi. It's too late to rob, who will chase those soldiers who are running for their lives. The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, if it is killed by the guy who is in a hurry, wouldn't it be a loss? ”
"Oh, so you mean, bring those people back? More than 100,000 people! How to pick it up, how many military escorts are needed? Where are so many soldiers now, escorting them? Besides, how to settle them after returning to Jinyang, and how to feed them. It's hard to do it, it has to be raised by the official family. How much food is there, how much ...... is it," Li Er said with a frown.
"Second Master, do you really take these people as a burden? It does take a lot of food to feed them, but think about it. If you really bring back so many people, it will be your Li family's diehards. In the future, there will be a lot of soldiers here to shed blood and sweat for your Li family. At most, they will also become taxpayers and provide your Li family with taxes to dominate the world.
You see, the saints have conquered Liaodong over the years. How much has the population decreased? How much more land is barren? Even if it's your Zhuangzi, there is a shortage of labor now! These are not only people, but also labor, money, and soldiers. There are more than 100,000 people, and there are still 10,000 or 20,000 strong men who can fight a war. To put it bluntly, this is the cornerstone of your competition for the world. You give the kid 500 fine rides, and the kid will bring you back these hundreds of thousands. Yun Hao said that his mouth was dry, and finally said his conditions.
Li Er was silent, indeed. In recent years, the three expeditions to Liaodong have failed, and they are only the strong men who have gone out of Jinyang. Only three or four out of ten returned, and the sharp decline in strong men directly led to a decrease in grain production. And even if it is a conscription, there is no qualified source of soldiers. Shanxi is still good, and the situation in Shandong is even worse. In many places, there are already widow's villages.
In order to weaken the gate lords in Shandong, Yang Guang conquered the soldiers and labored the most in Shandong. Basically, men between the ages of fourteen and forty were conquered and gone. All those left behind are disabled, and now it's good, even a blind and lame man can marry three or two wives.
"Are you sure?" Li Er asked tentatively.
"The soldiers are in danger, this is not a joke. My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a chubby eldest son, and I don't want to die. Don't worry, I'll bring you back more than 100,000 people in 20 days at most. The stock in the treasury must be no problem to feed these people for a winter. As long as we survive this winter, we will divide the land in the spring. They will be able to feed themselves! ”
"I'll give you eight hundred, that's the limit of what I can mobilize. In addition, I asked Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong to help you. Boy, you must come back alive. I'm not a ruthless person, but I'm just bringing back more than 100,000 people, and it's too difficult to do. Even if I do it myself, I'm afraid nine times out of ten it won't be possible. Li Er gritted his teeth and showed the greatest sincerity. I don't know if I was moved by what Yun Hao said, or if I really wanted to get these hundreds of thousands of people back.
"Don't worry, second master, I don't want to die young." Yun Hao smiled and didn't care about Li Chengpeng, who was moving bricks. Back home, start preparing for this long journey.
"What? I said second brother, do you want to discuss this matter with your uncle? More than 100,000 people, that's not 100,000 sheep. Even if it is a hundred thousand sheep, 800 people can't let it go. The Turks are all cavalry, and none of them will be able to run away when they catch up. Li Xiaogong's eyes widened, and he looked at Li Er as if he was looking at an idiot. He would actually believe Yun Hao's little bastard's words, listening to that kid's fooling, he could be at fault for many years.
"Let you go, not to keep the people back. Instead, when necessary, escort Yun Hao's kid back. This kid is a genius, but the road is too smooth, and it is inevitable that some people take it for granted. Let him go through some training and some setbacks. Let him also see that the battlefield is not child's play. Where the heads were rolling and the blood was flying. Seeing blood, maybe he can strengthen his girl-like heart. Li Er looked at Yun Hao who was far away, and said his true words to Li Xiaogong.
With more than 100,000 people, Li Er never thought that he could withdraw safely. He told Yun Hao the truth, even if he did it himself, there was a chance that it would end in failure.
"Second brother, I'm going too." Li Yuanba didn't know when he came over, and when he heard that he was going out to fight, he was so excited that he danced with his hands, and immediately proposed to follow.
"You stay at home well, didn't Brother Hao ask you to help Chengpeng lose weight?" Li Er resolutely rejected Li Yuanba, he didn't dare to risk his brother's life.
"It's very boring to a fat pig." Li Yuanba glanced at the sweaty Li Chengpeng in disgust, he now regretted taking such a job. How interesting it is to go out to fight, the strong genes of the Li family make him yearn for the life of Jin Ge Iron Horse.
Although Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong wanted to take this stupid little brother with superior military value, they refused to speak. Because no one can bear the consequences of Li Yuanba's accident.
"Second brother......!"
"No way!" Li Er's face darkened, and Li Yuanba left helplessly. Since he was a child, he listened to his brother, and this has become a habit.
"It's not a good thing, so I don't want to go. Second brother, leave him alone. Li Yuanji ran to Li Er's side with a smile, Li Jiancheng was not in Jinyang. Li Er has become the de facto Li Da, Li Yuan is also happy to control these children of all sizes on weekdays, and Chai Shao is a brother-in-law who has some things that are difficult to talk about. The responsibility of controlling these Li Xiaosan, Li Xiaosi, and Li XiaoN fell on Li Er.
Therefore, most of the children of the Li family are a little afraid of Li Er. Of course, there is no shortage of stuttering, such as this Li Yuanji.
"Humph! When you grow up, you will naturally go to war. Come out again to be lazy, have you learned riding skills for a few days? Li Er doesn't like this flamboyant brother very much, compared to him prefers the silly Li Yuanba.
"It's a little closer, it's going, it's going......!" When Li Yuanji saw the second brother asking, he collapsed all of a sudden. After running away at a trot, Li Er turned around and explained to Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong about the dispatch of troops this time.
"I really think I'm a big brother, and I'm prestigious." Li Yuanji glanced at Li Er fiercely, and reluctantly walked towards the stable.
Yun Hao got Li Er's general order and immediately ran to the blacksmith's room. Liu San'er, who was in charge of the blacksmith room, saw the head of the family coming and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"The thing I asked you to smelt from scrap iron some time ago, have you ever smelted it?"
Behind the blacksmith's house, there were piles of scrap iron slag. No one cares, and no one asks. Let the wind and rain slowly rot in the sun, Yun Hao accidentally saw it. Come to think of it, the best way to do these things is to refine them into disposables. The triangular nail is good, this thing is said to have been invented by Zhuge Liang, the famous prime minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. Throw it on the ground, no matter how you roll it, always have a point pointing upwards. It is the only weapon to deal with the cavalry, and the Shu State relied on this thing to make the Wei cavalry suffer enough.
Originally, I wanted to build this thing and sell it to Li Yuan, but where did the peasant army have any military uniforms and uniforms in these years. Most of them wear straw sandals on their feet, and this thing is tied to ensure that it can be pierced through. If you get tetanus or something, according to the current level of medical care, the person will die.
"Master, how dare the little one delay what you ordered. You see, there are already two warehouses piled up in the barn over there. ”
"Why are there so many?" Yun Hao asked in surprise.
"Master! You don't know, those waste residues have been accumulated for seven or eight years. The big guys want to get rid of those things as soon as possible, and there isn't much work these days, so it's faster. It's just that......! Liu San'er glanced at Liu San'er without saying anything.
"If you fart, let it go!"
"It's too brittle, and it will break with a lot of force. And the steel mouth is not good, and the small ones are worried about ......! ”
"Worry about it or not, just do it. And this thing can only be used once, what do you want such a good steel mouth for, how much iron is our family? “
No matter how soft the steel is, it is harder than the horse's hooves and big feet. It would be better if it was brittle, and those iron pins were broken inside. Don't kill too well! Yun Hao didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain from using scrap iron slag.
Opening the warehouse, Yun Hao saw a mountain of rusty triangular nails. There are not 100,000 pieces, but there are 80,000 pieces. These things are oxidized scrap iron slag, and now they are more prone to rust. One by one, they are red, and they can stick to a hand of rust when they are touched. If this thing is pierced on a person's body, even if it doesn't get tetanus, the wound will be infected.
"It's all in sacks, and it's loaded tonight. It's very useful! ”
"No!" Liu Xiaosan'er promised and beckoned the guys to get busy.
With these triangular nails, Yun Hao began to have a bottom in his heart. Needless to say, the quality of the Li family's cavalry, most of the guys Li Yuan took away were mixed rice guys. On the contrary, because Jinyang is important, what is left for Li Er is the elite. These guys have a big boxwood bow in the water, and there is a little hanging in a hundred steps through the poplar. But shooting a man in the head from a hundred steps away couldn't be easier.
Now Yun Hao is more worried, how can he fool Wang Wei. If this guy doesn't let people go, and wants to catch hundreds of thousands of people and defend him, then it's fucked up.
"Brother Hao'er......!"
Yun Hao looked up and saw Li Yuanba pouting and unhappy.
"What's wrong?" Yun Hao didn't think that other people had the ability to bully Li Yuanba, and there was no one else who could make him unhappy except Li Er.
"Second brother won't let me go to Mayi with you, but I want to go." Li Yuanba kicked a stone far under his feet.
"Legs are on you, and you won't go if he doesn't let you go?" Yun Hao's eyes lit up, this peerless fierce man wanted to go, it couldn't be better.
"Second brother won't let me go!" Li Yuanba pouted, and he was a cute mess.
This product is Li Yuanba! This product is Li Yuanba! This product is Li Yuanba! Yun Hao shouted three times in his heart before he could be regarded as firming the fact that this product was Li Yuanba. Who can believe that the 2B in front of him is actually the first fierce man in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
"Your second brother won't take you there, Brother Hao will take you. But you can't tell your second brother first, you can't go if you say it. ”
"Really? I don't say, I don't say. Li Yuanba shook his head like a rattle. Yun Hao shouted three times in his heart again, this is Li Yuanba, not 2B ......!
No matter what time it is, the smell of the confinement room will not smell good. Especially the maid of the Yun family, after wiping every corner with alcohol as if she didn't want money, she would be even more unable to treat people.
The alcohol concentration in the house has reached a dangerous level, and Yun Hao is worried that his son, who is not full moon, will go crazy.
Fortunately, my son has just eaten milk. The little blushed and slept in a cradle covered with cotton mattresses.
Zhang Miaoke had just been fed milk, and when he saw Yun Hao coming, he immediately smiled on his face. Since giving birth to a son, Zhang Miaoke has become very angry. Now in the position of the heroine of the Yun family, she is sitting firmly.
"To Mayi? No way......! Yun Hao told Zhang Miaoke about going to Mayi, and Zhang Miaoke instantly jumped up, like a cat with its tail stepped on.