"Finally got to a decent place. []"[***] Star couldn't help but mutter.

As one of the most senior courtiers of the imperial court, in the past, wherever he went, he was greeted by local officials with the most solemn posture. It is essential that all the people go out and meet them at the gates of the city. Some even come to the edge of the realm to greet them as a sign of respect for themselves. Seriously, [***] Star enjoys this feeling very much. The taste of power is so tempting. Even if it is the first auxiliary minister, it is just like this, but here in Xu Xingxia, there is no kind of treatment. Xu Xingxia's current identity, according to the rules, should be the identity of the chief military officer of Ningxia Town. The identity of the chief military officer of Yansui Town and Gansu Town is not ready to be recognized by the imperial court. In the eyes of the second-grade civil official, the chief military officer is simply not an official at all, but he is just an errand, a miscellaneous worker, or a cannon fodder. However, Xu Xingxia not only did not have the slightest respect for him, but also deliberately snubbed him.

Star feels good about himself. Along the way, he felt that if Xu Xingxia disclosed his identity, he would definitely be able to gain the support of many squires. The posture of calling forward and hugging is absolutely indispensable. Delicacies from the mountains and seas, rare treasures and so on, will also be sent in a steady stream. There will also be a beautiful girl waiting for you wholeheartedly. Even those Diao people will desperately slap him. Who wouldn't want to have a good relationship with the ministers of the court? With the help of the important ministers of the court, the rising tide and the leap of the fish into the dragon gate are not just a matter of changing hands?

However, when he arrived at Xu Xingxia's land, he found that his identity was not only popular, but also might bring danger to himself. Don't talk about Hu Jiamu, it's just a Diao people who should be cut with a thousand cuts. Such a person will not only be executed at Ling Chi, but will also be raided and exterminated, leaving no one behind. Even, even an old farmer dared to scold him. If he wasn't older, it is estimated that no one would take him seriously. This is simply too disrespectful to take the important ministers of the court as people.

Of course, Yulin City is not useless. Even if he was very disgusted with Xu Xingxia and wanted to kill him immediately, [***] Xing had to admit a reality, that is, this thief seemed to have some special abilities and could easily coax these people into trouble. There is no doubt that these ordinary people in front of them were definitely lured by Xu Xingxia. Otherwise, how could the small city of Yulin have such a large population?

Xu Xingxia does seem to have some demagogic skills, so that many Diao people have been deceived by him and follow him to mess around. For these bewitched Diao people, [***] Xing felt that he should also take thunderbolt measures to kill them all to prevent future troubles. The more people die like this, the better. If all of them were dead, the world would be peaceful.

At this time, Yulin City was indeed very lively. The population of Yulin City was originally not very large. After all, this is a military fortress on the front line, and in peacetime, apart from military households, there are few civilian households. However, calculated from the population on the streets, the population of Yulin City is almost no less than that of some big cities. The city of Taiyuan he passed by, and the street conditions seemed to be no more than that.

After all, it's already mid-December. The end of the year is approaching, and you can't do it if you want to be lively. New Year, Chinese New Year's Eve, is the most important festival for Chinese. No matter how good or bad things are going on, such a big festival cannot be sloppy. It just so happened that thanks to the blessing of the white-clothed army, the situation in Yansui Town was much better than before. Many ordinary people have surplus money in their hands and can buy a large number of New Year's goods. This year is a good time no matter what.

It is precisely because the people have surplus money in their hands and their purchasing power has been greatly improved that there will be so many merchants who come to Yulin City to set up shops. Merchants are heavy on profits, and if they don't have enough profits, they will definitely not make a move. In the same way, as long as there is enough profit, even if it is a risky thing, they will not hesitate to do it. If you don't know the details, you must not realize that Yulin City is actually blocked.

After the White Army conquered Ningxia Town, the imperial court had already cut off economic exchanges with the areas controlled by the White Army, and ordered to prohibit the outflow of materials from inside and the inflow of materials from outside. However, the vast number of merchants with magical powers still have a way to send all kinds of materials to the control area of the White Army. The materials in the area controlled by the White Army can also be smoothly circulated to other places. As for the reason for this, it is not known to outsiders.

"These greedy fellows." Star suddenly became angry. As soon as he saw the scene in front of him, [***] Xing knew that it must be the official checkpoints in various places, accepting the benefits of merchants and secretly allowing the circulation of materials. Xing decided that after returning to the capital, he must take care of these lawless guys. Most of the officials in Shaanxi Province are centrists, or members of the Kun Party. Just take advantage of this incident and knock them all down.

Sawanna lifted the curtain, looked at the lively street outside with interest, and said in a low voice: "Good sister, it seems that this place is more lively than Taiyuan City!" ”

Zhu Yilan looked outside silently, nodded, and said approvingly: "Yes." ”

When she said these two words, her expression was obviously a little sad, but also deeply touched. The before and after comparison of Yulin City, she is the clearest. Because, just two years ago, she passed through Yulin City and finally arrived in Ningxia Town. Because of the hurry, she also stayed in Yulin City for one night, and her impression of Yulin City was still very deep. This impression is still fresh in my memory.

At that time, Yulin City didn't look like a city at all, it was simply a garbage heap. There is so much garbage that it is piled up in the streets and corners, and it is not a town at all. Streets don't feel like streets, and towns don't feel like towns. The sewers were clogged, and the sewage was flowing sideways, emitting a foul smell. The air is filled with a suffocating smell.

Everyone who lives here is like a beggar living in a garbage heap. Their bodies are dirty. The place where they live is dirty. The place where they move is dirty. What they eat is also dirty. Their eyes are very glazed, and they can't see any color. No matter what happened around them, they barely reacted, and it felt like they were numb.

At that time, Zhu Yilan was most afraid of looking at their eyes. It's so desperate. Seeing such eyes, you can't help but feel that living in this world is really not interesting at all, and it is better to die. What's even more terrifying is that she did see people starving to death in the chaotic garbage heap.

Their corpses don't look like people at all. At most, it's the size of a puppy. If you don't pay attention, you think they are really puppies who have been starved to death. It wasn't until I walked in that I realized it was a person. And when they died, the man who collected the bodies took an iron hook and hooked them to their clothes, if they had them. If there were no clothes, I didn't know where to hook them, so I just dragged them away.

As for where it will be towed, no one knows. Anyway, there is definitely no coffin. There are certainly no grave pits. The deceased was not treated as such. I heard that in the wilderness outside Yulin City, there are often large groups of wild wolves gathering, and their eyes are red and red. The old people said that this was a characteristic of wild wolves eating too many human corpses, and they didn't know whether it was true or not.

At that time, the most active animals in Yulin City were rats. Fat and big rats, not afraid of people at all, passed by the streets in a grand manner. They even dare to jump directly on people. And the person who was jumped on by the rat didn't react at all, as if he couldn't see anything, he couldn't feel anything. Occasionally, someone reacts by grabbing the mouse and stuffing it directly into the mouth. One can imagine how hungry he was.

The worst are the children who are unable to support themselves. Their life and death are just a thought of adults. If adults are starved to death, their fate can be imagined. Zhu Yilan once saw with his own eyes that there were many skinny children, rummaging in the garbage heap, trying to find everything to eat and fill their stomachs. In the cold winter, some children don't even have clothes on their bodies. No one knows if they will live until tomorrow when the sun comes out. Perhaps, the next moment, they were hooked away by iron hooks.

At that time, it was also a big festival that the New Year was approaching, and it should also be celebrated by the whole world. However, what she saw was not the bustling streets, nor the people who had the money to buy New Year's goods, but the fierce and vicious officials, as well as private armed families, who were desperately whipping the people and demanding taxes. Many people were beaten half to death, their skin was open, blood was dripping, and they were dying. If the taxes cannot be paid, it is also common to be beaten to death.

More often than not, it is their children who are snatched away. If they have no money to pay their taxes, they will pay their children's taxes. The boys were sent to work as coolies and slaves. I worked hard, but I didn't have anything to eat. What awaits them is only the whip. until you die of exhaustion. As for the girls, the ones with better looks have raised them and vented their silver desires. If the appearance is not good, it will be sold to others. As for what others do with them, only God knows.

All of this is too great for Zhu Yilan's stimulation. If she hadn't walked out of the Forbidden City and walked around, she couldn't believe that there was such a scene under her grandfather's rule. In the capital, there will always be singing and dancing to promote peace and whitewash the peace. People who spend all day drinking, drunk and dreaming of death, will not know, or do not want to know, or know, and feel that there is nothing. The people at the bottom have been miserable to such a point. Such a tragic situation was even more tragic in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty.

(To be continued)