Zhen Qian returned to the private room, and saw Wang Jian and Lu Qingzheng happily discussing poetry, depressed and almost vomited, when it comes to plagiarizing the poems of later generations, one hundred and eighty masterpieces should not be a problem, but when it comes to discussing poetry, he can compare to the two heirlooms of poetry and books.

barely coped with a few words, hurriedly pulled the topic away, pretended to be his first time going out to study, asked the two of them about their experience in studying abroad, and said with envy that he had the opportunity to travel to the famous mountains and scenery in the north and south of the country.

Suddenly, there was a hurried noise downstairs from the drunken fairy, and then I heard the scolding, scolding, and the cry of the baby, and vaguely saw the collision of weapons coming, and soon someone knocked on the gong and shouted loudly: "Yangzhou City is under martial law, idle people are not allowed to go out, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Everyone in the private room was puzzled, stretched out their heads to look out the window, and found that a group of soldiers with spears and armor had just run downstairs, galloping towards the east gate without looking back.

"What happened, why did even the army go out?"

Zhen Qian also wanted to know what happened, and his first thought was that An Lushan had rebelled, but thinking about the time, the Yuan Dynasty had just ended, and An Lushan should not have left the capital at this time, could it be a homeless person?

On the way from Luquan County to Yangzhou, there were quite a few displaced people, as few as five or six people gathered together, and as many as one hundred and eighty people wandered around the wilderness, wanting to enter the city to beg for a living, and were immediately stopped outside the city by the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

"Someone! Go and ask what's going on? ”

Zhen Qian immediately instructed the guys in the store to inquire about the situation outside the door, and after about a cup of tea, the guys reported back: "Zhen Lang, something is wrong, the canal warehouse has been invaded by mobs, I heard that many warehouses have been burned, and many people have died, the governor of Yangzhou has sent troops to suppress it, so that the people in the city should not go out to the streets if they have nothing to do, and there is a curfew at night from the hour to the hour, and the city gate has been completely under martial law, no one is allowed to enter or exit, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

Wang Yingying and Lu Yuan were frightened, and they collapsed in their seats and cried!

"What a good thing this is!" Wang Jian also ran out of ideas and set his eyes on Lu Qingdao.

Lu Qing couldn't see the slightest panic on his face, and continued to look out the window: "Now that there are no officers and soldiers to impose martial law in the whole city, it means that things have not yet reached the point of being out of control, some mobs are just some mobs, it won't take long to suppress them, and I'm afraid it will be fine when I wake up tomorrow!" ”

Zhen Qian also nodded, the city gate was closed to prevent the riot from spreading to the city, if it was no longer safe in the city, I am afraid that the officials would not be visible by now.

"The canal is the transportation channel of money and grain in the capital, especially Yangzhou, which is the top priority, I am afraid that the most urgent thing now is not us, but the officials up and down Yangzhou, as long as the city is safe and sound, why should we worry?"

"Exactly!" Lu Qing arched his hand towards Zhen Qian and said, "Since martial law has begun in Yangzhou City, I should rush back to the mansion as soon as possible now, so as not to be left behind?" ”

Wang Jian also felt that it was safer to go back to his home now, "Thank you Zhen Lang for your hospitality today, and I will have the opportunity to drink with Zhen Lang again in the future!" ”

"Good!" Zhen Qian is not in the mood to continue drinking, if such a big thing happens, it is better to look at the direction of the wind first.

Zhen Qian sent Wang Jian and the four of them to the carriage and left, at this time there were already a lot of servants in the market, under the leadership of the head of the fang, followed by a group of helpers to maintain order in the market, the drunken immortal building had already been empty, Zhen Qian sighed, I didn't expect to see Wang Jian and others in Zhuyu Bay today, it seems that if there is no mob today, Wang Bo will soon appear .......

Zhan He ran into Zhen Qian's room, a little worried about the mob and said, "Zhen Lang! If a mob burns down the warehouse on the canal outside the city, will it affect the drunken immortal building? ”

Zhen Qian didn't have a bottom in his heart, but he still comforted: "Don't worry! It's just a mob, it won't make much of a mess! ”

Zhan He wanted to speak and stopped: "Really nothing will happen?" ”

Seeing that Zhan He was still not at ease, Zhen Qian couldn't cry or laugh, in his memory, there was no major uprising of displaced people before and after the Tang Dynasty, that is to say, this mob incident would not shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and even the riot that did not leave a single trace in the history books can be imagined.

Zhen Qian remembered that in the first year of Guangzhai, after Xu Jingye and others raised troops in Yangzhou, they were defeated and killed, and the rebellion was quelled after two months. It has been almost a hundred years, and there has been no war in the city, at least it shows that Yangzhou City is still safe.

"Do you want something to happen in Yangzhou City?"

Zhan He timidly glanced at the door and said: "Zhen Lang doesn't know, I'm not at ease with the soldiers stationed in Yangzhou, these soldiers have long been abandoned, if you want to say that if you are a good hand, if you really go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I'm afraid you will run away without a fight!" ”

Zhen Qian thought about it and found that what Zhan He said was very reasonable, so he said: "Let people go and investigate, don't be afraid to spend money, the more detailed the better?" ”

Zhan He said yes and walked out of the door, Wang Tianxing stood at the door without the slightest panic on his face, but saw excitement and joy in his eyes, Zhen Qian said angrily: "Are you very happy?" Do you want to help the officers and soldiers to kill the mob, or do you want to assist the mob to kill the officers and soldiers? ”

Wang Tianxing showed two rows of big white teeth and said: "I just want to see it, they all say that the border army is the most powerful, and the local army has long been abandoned if they don't know the war for a hundred years, and they don't know how much combat power they have?" ”

"The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, remember not to underestimate the combat power of the officers and soldiers, otherwise you will suffer!"

"Why?"

Zhen Qian thought that it was necessary for him to pour cold water on this hot-blooded guy to sober up, squinted his eyes and said: "The combat strength of the officers and soldiers is not as bad as you think, maybe not as bad as the border army, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with some mobs, what I'm worried about is the attitude of the officials towards the mob, if the oppression is strong, the resistance will become more and more intense, if the Huairou strategy is adopted, it won't take a day or two to quell the riot!" ”

This reminded Zhen Qian of the Song Dynasty's strategy for the homeless, giving a bite of food to eat, and organizing the homeless into the Xiang army, as long as there is food to eat, the riots of the homeless people will be immediately quelled, and all that is paid is a little rice grain, and there is no big mess at all. Although this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause, it alleviates the contradiction between the military and the people, and the displaced people have something to eat, who is willing to work hard, it seems that they have never heard of such a policy in the Tang Dynasty, which is the origin of Zhen Qian's worries.

"So the mob is nothing to fear?" Wang Tianxing said a little stupidly.

"This is certain, whether it is in terms of organization, equipment and training, the mob will always be a rabble, if someone leads it, they will not directly attack the warehouse on the canal, this will make the government crazy, do you think?" Zhen Qian didn't say a word in his heart, it was too unwise for the mob to choose to make trouble in Yangzhou.

(End of chapter)