"Food! Received food! ”

A Youzhou citizen shouted excitedly, carrying a bag of rice he had just received behind him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After him, more and more people cried out.

At the same time, some cavalry began to inform the people in the city to go to the granaries to receive food.

They did not believe in the troops who entered the city, but they still believed in their own people, and when they saw some of their neighbors returning with grain on their backs, they could not bear it any longer, and they overcame the fear in their hearts and ran to the granary.

At the same time, more and more people gathered in the granary.

"Slow down, come one by one, don't crowd, everyone can get it." Xiao Ming and Niu Ben stood in front of the granary.

Now that the people are finally willing to come, this is an improvement, and after receiving the food, the people will gradually figure it out.

As the news broke, more and more people flocked to the city, and the soldiers of the Guanning Iron Cavalry maintained order, and some soldiers were responsible for distributing food.

Looking at the people who came and left in batches, everyone's faces were filled with joy, at least now the people in the city are gradually willing to come into contact with them.

The grain was being opened here, and Lei Ming did not forget to continue to extract the news from the slave soldiers in the city.

After a while, Lei Ming came back and said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, the slave soldiers said that the former Kang Wangfu was the place where the barbarians once governed Youzhou City, and some records, account books, etc. are all in the Kang Wang's Mansion. ”

"Oh? In that case, let's take a look. Xiao Ming said.

In Xiao Ming's memory, he only had a vague impression of King Kang, after all, he was still young at that time, and King Kang rarely knew Chang'an, so he basically couldn't see it.

Following Lei Ming, he arrived at a mansion in the center of a city, which was the former King Kang's Mansion, but the plaque of King Kang's Mansion was no longer visible in front of the door, only two stone lions and a vermilion lacquer gate proved the history of this place.

Perhaps a barbarian who loves cleanliness lives here, King Kang's Mansion still retains the original beautiful scenery, the pavilions and pavilions in the palace, the flowers, grasses, mountains and stones are the same, and the downfall of this city is incompatible.

"Your Highness, this Kang Wangfu can be used as a line." Niu Benkang was very satisfied, and he was thinking about how to spend the night here at night.

Lei Ming said seriously at this time: "It is said that King Kang killed himself in the palace, and His Royal Highness is very unlucky to live here. ”

Xiao Ming was originally happy, but when Lei Ming said it, he suddenly got goosebumps all over his body, and he kicked Lei Ming's ass, "You kid is really looking for a pump." ”

Lei Ming was very confused at first, but soon came to his senses, "Your Highness, if King Kang's heroic spirit is here, he will also be grateful to His Highness." ”

"Get out!" Xiao Ming raised his foot and wanted to kick again.

Niu Ben glared at Lei Ming, this kid really can't speak.

This time, Lei Ming brought a slave soldier to identify the way, and under the guidance of the slave soldier, they quickly found the room where the information of Youzhou was stored.

There are all kinds of books piled up here.

"This barbarian official who governs Youzhou City can read and break words." Niu Ben casually opened some account books and said.

Xiao Ming nodded, he looked at the booklet in the population column and flipped it up.

This records the changes in the population of Youzhou over the years, from the peak of 700,000 to this year, the population of Youzhou has been reduced to 200,000, and the latest is the most recent call-up.

In Xiao Ming's opinion, this is probably the slave soldiers in this battle of the barbarians, and some of the slave soldiers are from Youzhou City.

"Two hundred thousand." Xiao Ming gave the population account book to Niu Ben.

Seeing the change in this number, Niu Ben's face was also ugly, if in a few years, it is estimated that the people of this Youzhou will die.

In addition to the population, he also looked at the records of land, grain, etc., and all of them were the work of the barbarians.

"Your Highness, there are a lot of people outside the door."

The three of them were angry when suddenly a soldier came over and said.

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben looked at each other the same, and the two walked out of the door at the same time.

Outside the door, Xiao Ming only saw the people kneeling on the ground outside, these people kept kowtowing and looked sad.

Seeing Xiao Ming come out, an elder raised his head and said to Xiao Ming: "My lord's life-saving grace, I can't repay it, so I can only kowtow to my lord and thank you." ”

As he spoke, the elder burst into tears.

Xiao Ming hurriedly picked up the old man and said: "Everyone get up, the loss of Youzhou is a shame for the Great Yu Kingdom, now that the barbarians have been driven away, you have been freed, you don't have to live on your knees from now on, and there will be no more barbarians to bully you in the future." ”

The old man burst into tears when he heard this, they had lived a life worse than death in the past ten years, and this time they finally woke up from a nightmare, how could they not feel ecstatic.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." The old man said as he wiped his tears.

Lei Ming said proudly at this time: "Uncle, I used to be from Youzhou, and I fled to Cangzhou with my family, and now it is His Royal Highness the King of Qi who drives away the barbarians, and we are also serving under His Royal Highness the King of Qi. ”

Lei Ming said that he was from Youzhou, and everyone immediately looked at him with reverence.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, and came over with Lei Ming at this time to use his identity to ease the relationship with the people in the city.

"King Qi, His Royal Highness King Qi, let's go back and tell you the good news, we will no longer be rootless in the future, we finally have our own king." The old man said excitedly.

Standing up, he and the other people saluted Xiao Ming and went back happily.

"Your Highness, it's done, Your Highness doesn't have to worry about the matter of Youzhou." Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded, with his kindness, the people of Youzhou finally gradually recovered, and I believe that it will not be long before this place will return to its former appearance.

Youzhou was finally not completely destroyed in the hands of the barbarians, and Xiao Ming was also a little fortunate at this time.

However, he can't stay here for long, there are still a lot of things to deal with in the fiefdom, especially when he is about to go to Chang'an.

After resting in Youzhou City for one night, Xiao Ming left Lei Ming behind and waited for Pang Yukun to take over Youzhou City.

He went to Qingzhou with Niu Ben.

Five days later, he arrived in Qingzhou.

At this time, Qingzhou was already in a sea of joy, because the news of the Qingzhou army's breakthrough of Shanhaiguan had spread with the publication of the newspaper.

Niu Ben went to the Qingzhou camp when he returned to Qingzhou, and he also had many affairs in the army.

And Xiao Ming went straight back to the Qi Palace.

Walking towards the palace, before he reached the gate of the palace, Xiao Ming saw carriages parked at the gate of the palace, which simply blocked the palace.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ming suddenly felt excited.

He instantly understood that it was the merchants who had come to collect the debt. (To be continued.) )