Chapter 50: The Mighty Man (1)
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Entering the city of Xuzhou, the situation he saw made Zheng Xunrui's heart even more worried, it is still prosperous, there are many shops, and the life of the people is also leisurely, if it is not for the poor people and a small number of displaced people on the road, no one will believe that there are displaced people in Xuzhou. Compared with the two, it can be felt that the government ignores the homeless people, and it is also strictly guarded, and the homeless people never dare to approach the capital city of Xuzhou, nor do they dare to approach any county seat.
A few days ago, Yang Tingshu asked about the reasons for the emergence of displaced people in Xuzhou, which is nothing more than three aspects, one is that Shandong and Henan and other places, suffered from many years of famine, and the peasants who could not get relief from the imperial court were desperate and left their homes, and the second is that there have been bandits in Henan, and there is a trend of becoming more and more ferocious, bandits kill people without blinking, and farmers are forced to flee, and the third is the responsibility of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, after Mao Wenlong was killed, Sun Yuanhua absorbed a large number of desperate soldiers under the command of Mao Wenlong, most of these people are from the Han people of Liaodong, They are fierce by nature and don't want to die in war, but the biggest flaw of these people is that they have no discipline and poison the people, and the people around them can't survive, and they can only flee for their lives.
In less than two years, there will be the famous Dengzhou Laizhou Mutiny, which is a heavy blow to the imperial court, you must know that in order to train the army of Dengzhou and Laizhou, the imperial court has spent huge financial resources, especially Laizhou, has become the main concentration of firearms in the imperial court, the Ming army resisted the Houjin cavalry, the only reliance is firearms, personal combat effectiveness, is not an opponent at all, in the third year of the Apocalypse, support the Zhejiang Army in Liaodong, this traditional sense of the Qi army, Among the Ming army, it was a fierce and tenacious well-trained army, and the Houjin army was annihilated against the Houjin army on the bank of the Dahun River, and Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin was killed.
Of course, Zheng Xunrui didn't have time to take care of these things, although he had crossed over, his wings didn't have the strength to fann up, and it was impossible to change a lot of things that were about to happen.
The only thing that can be done is to become stronger, and try to become strong in every way.
Zheng Xunrui kept telling himself that he couldn't be in a hurry, he had to take his time, if he couldn't think about maturity and acted too quickly, he would face a fiasco, and there would be no chance of coming out.
On November 15, everyone left Xuzhou and went to Fengyang Mansion.
Xuzhou City is 440 miles away from Fengyang Mansion City, and it takes two days to reach it.
Yang He still made arrangements, all of them were carried out according to the previous arrangement, there was no adjustment, and he set off after dawn, and Shen Shi had to find a place to rest, and hurried along the official road, and he must not take a small road or a mountain road.
The climate has long become cold, but this is beneficial to the people who speed up the march, when starting from Nanjing, it is late autumn, the climate is very suitable, now it is the middle of winter, the climate can not be compared.
Zheng Xunrui's method of adjusting the body has long been instilled in the minds of Yang Tingshu, Yang He, Zheng Jinhong, Yang Zhong and others, and even Yang Yi and Gu Menglin also know a little about it, this kind of four-step activity of the shins, bathing, eating and walking, does have an excellent effect on the recovery of the body.
After more than a month of travel and travel, Zheng Xunrui has grown taller, his body appears more robust, and his physique is many times stronger than before, even Yang He was amazed, I don't know why Zheng Xunrui is so able to endure hardships, needless to say, the horseback riding technique has long been skilled, even more than Yang Tingshu, the ability to bear hardships and stand hard work is no less than Zheng Jinhong.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, it was time for the third rest.
Yang He and Zheng Jinhong were busy feeding the horses oats, soybeans and water, while the rest of the people slowly moved their shin bones and paced slowly beside the official road.
Not far from the official road, a group of people walked over slowly, this group of people Zheng Xunrui had seen, at that time on horseback, very fast, so he didn't notice it at all, and when this group of people approached, he found that these people were dressed in rags, all of them were wearing vegetables, there were men and women in the team, a total of more than a dozen people, there should be no way to leave their hometown.
It is said that Zheng Xunrui has seen a lot of such people, and he also knows that he has no way to help, the big tomorrow has begun to be chaotic, and this kind of situation will be more in the future, relying on his personal strength, he is powerless to change it.
But when these people walked by, Zheng Xunrui's eyes narrowed, and he felt an unusual momentum.
Although these people were down, but their eyes were very firm, seeing them these brightly dressed people, there was no fear and fear of the look, let alone the meaning of begging, this was the first time he had seen, the homeless people he had seen before, when he saw them, many of them stood aside and did not dare to move, and even waited until they left before continuing to hurry.
There is a young man in the team, carrying an old woman on his back, probably because he can't eat enough, and he seems to be a little struggling.
Zheng Xunrui thought for a moment, walked quickly to the young man's side, and took a closer look at the old woman's situation.
The old woman's face was a little chubby and pale.
Zheng Xunrui understood that this was because of the swelling of hunger, and if he couldn't eat quickly, his life would be in danger.
"Zheng Jinhong, come here."
Although the young man stopped, he didn't look at Zheng Xunrui with his eyes, and as the young man stopped, the rest of the people also stopped.
After Zheng Jinhong came over, he understood the meaning, and hurriedly took out rice balls, steamed buns and cooked meat from the package.
Zheng Xunrui took out a handkerchief, carefully wiped the dust off the old woman's face, picked up a steamed bun, carefully tore it into small pieces, and slowly fed it to the old woman.
The old woman opened her eyes, hesitated a little, opened her mouth and began to eat.
The old woman was probably hungry, and she was in a hurry to eat, and she was about to cough.
Zheng Xunrui hurriedly patted the old woman's back.
"The elderly don't need to be in a hurry, eat slowly, and when the body is weak, eat slowly and digest slowly, so that they can recover."
Everyone watched Zheng Xunrui slowly feed his wife steamed buns, but no one stepped forward to ask for it, and two of the young children swallowed hard and did not come forward.
Half an hour later, the old woman ate three steamed buns and a piece of cooked meat.
"Okay, the elderly don't eat too much at a time, they are hungry for a long time, and if they eat too much at one time, their body can't bear it, but it's not good."
"Childe, thank you, alas......"
The old woman's face was bloody, and after eating half full, her spirit must be different.
Zheng Xunrui turned his head to Zheng Jinhong and spoke.
"All the food was taken out and distributed to everyone......"
"Young master, it's all divided, what are you eating......
"If you take it out, you can take it out, what are the words, I won't starve to death if I don't eat a meal."
Zheng Jinhong hurriedly took out all the food in the package, wrapped it in a small package, and handed it to Zheng Xunrui.
Zheng Xunrui handed the package to the old woman.
"There is only so much food, the old man beckoned everyone to eat some, and the body can't bear it without eating."
Just when Zheng Xunrui handed the package to the old woman, Li Zhong also came over and handed Zheng Xunrui a small package, which was also food, but Yang Tingshu and others were ready to eat it immediately, Zheng Xunrui took out all the food for him and Zheng Jinhong, but don't ask others to take it out.
The food prepared every day is doubled, which is also to avoid having trouble finding a place to eat in the afternoon.
So much food is enough for these dozen or so people to eat a full meal.
"Childe, how dare you do this, you don't have anything to eat."
"Take it, you need this food even more."
The old woman took the two packages and looked at Zheng Xunrui, with an unusual light in her eyes.
Just when everyone began to eat, Zheng Xunrui took out an ingot of gold from the package, which was ten taels, equivalent to more than a hundred taels of silver.
"Old man, this is a little bit of my heart, take my family home, the days of wandering around are not easy, after these months, when the spring ploughing next year, there is a way."
The old woman looked at the gold in Zheng Xunrui's hand and didn't take it immediately.
"Childe, the old body doesn't dare to ask for such a big property, the old body is a good person, let the old body and the family have a full meal, it is a great grace, this gold, or please ask the son to collect it, it is not safe along the way, the son must be careful."
"Thank you for the reminder, this ingot of gold is not a big deal for me, but to be able to let the old man and his family return to their hometown, it really plays a role, the old man please accept it."
Zheng Xunrui put the gold on the ground in front of the old woman, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Childe is such a great kindness, the old body can't repay it, and he never dares to accept it."
Zheng Xunrui turned his head, looked at the old woman, and spoke word by word.
"Old man, if a favor is in return, it is not a favor."
It was at this time that Yang Tingshu also stepped forward and put together a large ingot of silver and gold in his hand.
"Old man, when you go out, gold is not easy to exchange, accept this silver, and hurry home."
The old woman looked at Zheng Xunrui and was speechless, and Zheng Xunrui's last words shocked her.
The horse had already eaten well, and Zheng Xunrui saluted the old woman with a fist.
"Take care of the old man, I have to hurry up next, and I say goodbye."
The group got on their horses and galloped away, raising bursts of yellow sand......
The old woman, whose face had long been bloody, bent down and picked up the gold and silver on the ground and looked at it for a long time.
Soon, the old woman's face changed, and there was a faint undoubted aura, and she spoke to the young man who had carried him before.
"Little San'er, no matter what you think, you have to follow this son, if you can't follow the son, don't go home......"