"Is there not enough food in the temporary settlements? How did you send it all gruel? ”

Minchan shrugged helplessly and said: "Originally, this kind of thing would not have happened, but the number of displaced people from the north these two times exceeded our expectations, and the food left in the temporary resettlement site was not very sufficient." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But don't worry, I've already called Xiao Mi, Xiao Mi is already arranging for the grain to be loaded, and she can arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest, so it's just a matter of letting the displaced people drink some porridge first in the past two days. ”

Mi Zhen's voice suddenly came from behind Lu Ren: "Sister Xiu, you too, the grain and rice here are short for a while, you can go to our Mi clan to transfer it, why do you have to transfer it from Mangjia Dacang?" Are you such a stingy person when we are Mi's? ”

When Lu Ren and Minchan looked back, Mi Zhen pointed to the outside of the resettlement point: "I came here to take a look in the morning when I was fine, and found that the food here was a little insufficient, so I temporarily transferred 10,000 Hu from our Mi family's farm to respond to the emergency first, and I will arrive immediately." ”

Lu Ren nodded and smiled at Mi Zhen, and when he looked at the old man again, Lu Ren sighed lightly, asked the attendant next to him to bring two more bowls of porridge, and after taking it, he took it and squatted down in front of the old man and said, "Old man, you can eat some too." Rest assured, you won't be hungry here in Yizhou. ”

Seeing this, the old man hesitated for a moment before taking the porridge, and at the same time took a closer look at the clothes of Lu Ren and the people around Lu Ren, and immediately knew that the identity of the person in front of him was very unusual, so he respectfully opened his mouth to ask, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was the standard northern accent: "Dare to ask Mr. ”

"In the ...... of Shimoriku Ren"

One sentence made the old man panic, and the bowl was hurriedly put aside without saying anything, and he hurriedly pulled the children around him to kneel down to Lu Ren and salute: "Little old man see Lu Yizhou!" ”

It didn't matter if he knelt, as soon as the surrounding homeless people heard that it was Lu Ren, they immediately knelt down. Lu Ren hurriedly asked everyone to get up, and then took the old man and the child to a corner where there were no people.

Mi Zhen carried some pastries and other things by her side and handed them to the child. Everyone looked at the child's gobbling up, and their noses were sour.

Lu Renfu sighed again and asked the old man again: "Where is the old man from?" ”

"Back in Yizhou, Xiao Lao'er is from Liaoxi."

Lu Ren nodded and asked again: "Why did the old man leave his hometown and come to Yizhou by boat?" ”

The old man sighed: "Alas, Wuhu is hateful! I still remember that when Xiao Lao'er was young and strong, those Wuhu rangers would cross the mountains from time to time to plunder the countryside. As soon as the soldiers and horses of the court arrive, they will be more restrained, but as soon as the soldiers and horses of the court leave, they will ......"

Shaking his head and sighing again, the old man continued: "I remember that when Liu Zhijun (referring to Liu Yu) and General Gongsun (referring to Gongsun Zhan) ruled Youzhou together, Liu Yuanjun treated Wuhu Yien, and General Gongsun treated Hu Yiwei. It's a pity that Liu Yuanjun and General Gongsun can't tolerate each other, and Liu Yuanjun finally died at the hands of General Gongsun. However, General Gongsun was in Japan, and his authority over Wuhu was still there, and Wuhu still did not dare to be presumptuous. It wasn't until later ......"

Lu Ren picked up and said: "General Gongsun gathered his army to defend himself, but he was finally broken by the Yuan family. ”

At this time, the old man said hatefully: "What is the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, who is a famous family in the world?" Since the death of General Gongsun, the Wuhu tribe has repeatedly invaded the border and plundered the border people, but the Yuan clan has resigned themselves to the Wuhu, and even blindly only befriended the Wuhu. With hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they did not get rid of external troubles, and they only knew that they were fighting for the Central Plains with Cao Gong, and they were endlessly collecting forced labor and taxes from the people. Therefore, since the battle of Guandu, the people of the counties and counties have disappeared, and when the Wuhu rangers came to plunder, there were few young people in the village, how could they resist these thieves? ”

Lu Ren said: "After Cao Gong swept Hebei, didn't he crusade against Liaoxi Karasuma? ”

The old man said: "I have been beaten, but I only got a few years of peace." Probably since the previous two years, the Karasuma Ranger has been on the border again. The people on the border are miserable, and many of them have moved to other places. Xiao Lao'er's family originally cultivated a few acres of thin fields in western Liaoning, and although they were not rich, they were still able to make a living. However, after being plundered by Hu Qi, the young and strong people in the family either died, or were taken captive as slaves by Hu Qi, leaving only the little old man and his grandson who could not live on the day, and had to leave their homeland and go into exile elsewhere. Later, he followed many displaced people to the area of Youbeiping and came to Yizhou by sea boat. Lu Yizhou, the little old man is old, he can't do work, and it's just a waste of food and rice to keep it, but this grandson ...... Lu Yizhou, can you accept this grandson as a domestic slave? Little Lao'er didn't dare to ask for anything, just to let my grandchildren have something to eat......"

Saying that, the old man knelt down to Lu Ren. Lu Ren's nose was sour, and he quickly helped the old man up and said, "Old man, don't worry, I just said that as long as you are in Yizhou, you will not be hungry." I'll take care of your food, and as for this child, he will be sent to the school hall to study, and when he is successful in his studies, he can serve you for the rest of his life. ”

The old man wanted to kneel down again, and he also wanted to kowtow to Lu Ren: "There is enough food, and I don't dare to expect to go to school." Lu Yizhou is so gracious, but how can he teach the little old man to reciprocate? ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "After the arrangement is made, you can just live a good life, what is not in return?" ”

"But, how can the little old man feel at ease?"

said that the old man was already full of tears, and Lu Ren also saw the simplicity and loyalty typical of the northern people in this old man. There was a sour nose and just wanted to speak, but Minchan next to her picked up the words and said, "Otherwise, let's do it." You can't do heavy things, old man, but you can still do light work like cleaning the streets. It would be better to help clean up the surrounding streets after the arrangements are made, and the government will pay you every month. What do you think of this, old man? ”

"Good, good!!"

Lu Ren looked sideways at Minchan, and Minchan nodded lightly to Lu Ren. Mink Chan still has the position of the commander of the Yizhou female soldiers, and the Yizhou female soldiers can be said to have been formed by Mink Chan, so Mink Chan is far more aware of the details in this regard than Lu Ren. After leaving a few steps, Diao Chan explained to Lu Ren: "There are a lot of old people from the north like this, and if they don't do something, they will be uneasy. Let them do what they can. ”

Lu Ren also nodded, glanced at the surrounding homeless people again, and couldn't help but turn back to the old man and asked, "Old man, do you miss your hometown?" ”

The old man sighed bitterly: "If you are forced to do so, who wants to leave your homeland? ”

"When the old man left his hometown, how many people were still in the village?"

The old man shook his head vigorously: "Where else are there any people?" There were more than 1,000 people in the village of Xiao Lao'er, and over the years, they either moved, or should be forced into labor, or were robbed by Hu Qi, and when Xiao Lao'er left his hometown, there were less than 100 people in the village. ”

"How many have moved?"

"About three or four hundred. They are all young people, and they have come a long way. Instead of sitting at home and waiting for death, it is better to move elsewhere as soon as possible and eat while you are still young. There's nothing you can do if you're like Xiao Lao'er, so let's go wherever you go. ”

Lu Ren's mood became heavy for some reason. Seeing the child's expectant eyes at a glance, Lu Ren sighed again, and when his eyes turned to Mi Zhen, Mi Zhen understood and left all the pastries brought by the attendant in the child's hands.

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Mangjia, Lu Ren's mansion.

"Senior brother, the news from Liaodong has come back. As you guessed before, the Gongsun clan has had close contacts with Rongdi in the north in recent years, and has also provided a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance to Rongdi in the north. Those northern Rongdi were already restless, and now that they have these things, it is normal for them to think about making more profits. Turning back to the Gongsun clan, the emptiness of the northern defense gave him the ambition to expand the territory, and he really wanted to collude with Rongdi in the north. ”

Lu Ren slapped the table and said angrily: "What are you doing? Isn't he luring the wolf in? Collusion with the soldiers and horses of Rongdi in the north to expand their strength? Does he really think that he is Temujin, and has the ability to subdue these northern Rongdi? ”

Shirley was stunned, but reacted immediately, and then said very carefully: "Senior brother, I have a plan for what you are thinking...... Please, I hope you'll calm down! ”

Lu Ren was silent for a moment, then sighed lightly and waved his hand again: "Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a few angry scolding words and complaining, just vent a little." ”

After speaking, Lu Ren shook his head again, and said with a wry smile: "Don't look at the fact that I have been here for more than 20 years, but the things engraved in my mind are still deeply ingrained. Sometimes it's ridiculous when you think about it, how can people in this era have those thoughts that I have? The Gongsun clan has been in Liaodong for many years, and they are following the path of a typical warlord separating one side, so it is actually reasonable to have these things that expand their own strength now, isn't it? ”

Shirley breathed a sigh of relief and slapped her chest a little exaggeratedly: "Senior brother, you scared me, I thought you would send troops to Liaodong in a fit of anger to conquer the Gongsun clan." ”

Lu Ren scoffed: "Am I sick?" What battles can be fought and what battles cannot be fought, will I not know in my own heart? Or when I was more than ten years ago, I would be desperate as soon as my blood came up? Of course, I will definitely fight the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, and I will definitely start with the land in the northeast, but it is definitely not this time...... Shirley, what kind of military and political situation is there in Liaodong? ”

Shirley put a document in front of Lu Ren: "Liaodong now has more than 170,000 households, and the population should be around 720,000. However, this is a fixed number, and it does not take into account the nomadic tribes who have dealings with the Gongsun clan. If this is also included and roughly calculated, the strength of the Liaodong side can be at least about 100,000, and most of them are nomadic cavalry that the northern peoples are good at. In addition, the Gongsun clan also had a certain number of naval configurations because of the way Gongsun Du governed in the early years. Of course, there is no way to compare with us, and we are not inferior to us in terms of economy. (To be continued.) )