Chapter 479 [The People's Hearts Are Scattered] (II)
But everyone just glanced at this side, and then what should they do, as if they hadn't heard Hu Xiaotian's identity at all. However, Xiong Tianba's roar still had some effect, at least the warriors of these escort teams no longer demanded that they be searched.
Hu Xiaotian and his entourage suddenly fell into the point where no one cared, and Visa whispered to Hu Xiaotian: "Master, what's the matter?" They don't seem to want to talk to us? ”
Hu Xiaotian looked at the group of warriors who were far away, and smiled: "It seems that we are not popular. ”
Tang Tiehan said: "Master Hu, isn't the local government coming to greet you?" "The emperor has given Dongliang County to Princess Yongyang as a fief, and personally ordered Hu Xiaotian to be in charge of a qiē here, which means that from today onwards, Hu Xiaotian is the supreme administrator here, why don't these people give any face?
Hu Xiaotian smiled: "Interesting! Before coming here, Zhao Wusheng reminded him that the people of Dongliang County have no sense of belonging at all, most people think that they are still the people of Dayong, they are very depressed about the current embarrassing situation, and they are full of resistance and resistance to the Dakang side, and Dakang has not played a good management role, and the recent influx of disaster victims Yan zhòng has interfered with the normal life of the local people in Dongliang County, so most of the people of Dongliang County have resentment in their hearts, thinking that they are grandma who does not love grandma and grandma. Dayong ceded them to Dakang without saying anything, but Dakang didn't have the ability to manage this place, so he had to rely on himself.
There was a sudden commotion in the distance, but it was the group of refugees who had just disembarked that clashed with the samurai in the port, and one refugee said: "We just want to borrow the road to Dayong, why don't you let me wait to go ashore." ”
The group of samurai just coughed and forced the group of refugees to return to the boat, and someone at the scene shouted: "Damn, it's all the land of Dakang." Why do you want to drive us away? Folks, fight with them! For a while, there were nearly 1,000 refugees in the port, and these more than 1,000 refugees were all displaced and starved to this day, and they finally set foot on the land on the north bank of the Yongjiang River, thinking that hope was in front of them. However, when they came here, they were stopped by the local escorts, who forcibly forced them to return to the south shore by boat, and when they returned, they either starved to death or froze to death, and there was still a glimmer of hope for them to rush forward, and people could do anything crazy when they were desperate, and the refugees rushed up, although there were more than 200 escort warriors on the scene, they were still very small compared to the nearly 1,000 victims.
In addition, these samurai tried to maintain restraint as much as possible, and did not dare to use weapons lightly. There was a wail at the scene, but a samurai was forced to be helpless, and a shot knocked down a victim, which was like a hornet's nest, and the victim saw that his companion was injured, and immediately turned red-eyed, and launched a crazy attack regardless of it, and the scene was in chaos. Screams, shouts and curses. Mixed with the cries of women and babies.
Hu Xiaoangel gave a look, Xiong Tianba grabbed a pair of sledgehammers, lifted the reins, and the big black horse under his crotch carried him like a black hurricane to the melee camp, shouting: "Grandma, who dares to fight again." Lao Tzu coaxed his head first! A pair of sledgehammers swung left and right, frightening both sides of the scuffle to dodge to both sides, and forcibly tore out a passage from the crowd, one of them slashed at Xiong Tianba, and was scored by Xiong Tianba's sledgehammer. The shock made the opponent's mouth bleed, and the long knife flew far away.
Everyone saw that Xiong Tianba was so powerful, and no one dared to approach lightly.
Xiong Tianba jumped in the crowd and raised his hammer, shouting: "Listen to me, from today on, this Dongliang County is my third uncle, when the court horse, Hu Xiaotian and Lord Hu are in charge, everyone must obey Lord Hu's orders, and those who dare to disrespect are like ......" He looked around, saw the towering wooden arrow tower on the side, urged the horse to run over, and smashed on the arrow tower, the pillar of the thickness of the arrow tower was broken by him with a hammer, and the arrow tower slowly fell into the water, and there was a warrior in charge of lookout on the arrow tower, The warrior screamed in fright and jumped from the tower into the water.
Everyone was shocked by Xiong Tianba's bravery, and the scene was silent for a while.
One of the refugees was an old man holding a yellow-skinned child in one hand, the eldest of the two children was no more than five years old, and the old man said in a trembling voice: "Ya'er, kneel down for Master Hu!" The two children looked at their grandfather, knelt down obediently, and the old man also knelt down, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Lord Hu, please do well, just take us in these ordinary people, if there is a way, I will not risk wading here, I am not sorry to die, but my two grandchildren are not yet five years old, if they go back, they can only starve to death......" The two children saw their grandfather crying, one was busy wiping his tears for his grandfather, and the other was busy kowtowing to Hu Xiaotian.
Hu Xiaotian's eyes were hot, and when Wei and Tang Qingxuan saw this situation, both of them had already left tears of sympathy, they turned over and dismounted, and came to the child to persuade them to get up, but the two children were quite stubborn and didn't want to get up anything.
Nearly 1,000 refugees knelt down one by one, and Xiasha Port fell to their knees, crying gloomily.
Those samurai guarding the port also showed a dilemma, not because they were ruthless, but because if this situation was not controlled, it would inevitably become out of control, and it would not be long before the entire Dongliang County would be in chaos due to the arrival of refugees, and even the survival of the residents of Dongliang County itself would not be guaranteed.
Hu Xiaotian turned over and dismounted, slowly came to the old man's side, and said softly: "Old man, you get up first!" ”
The old man said with tears in his eyes: "If Master Hu doesn't agree to let my two little grandsons enter the city, I will kneel and die here." ”
Hu Xiaotian nodded, and he looked around at everyone: "In Xia Hu Xiaotian, I came to govern Dongliang County in the name of His Majesty." Dongliang County has been the land of Dakang since ancient times, although it was once occupied by Dayong, but now it has returned to Dakang, every inch of land in Dongliang County belongs to Dakang, and every person in Dongliang County is a child of Dakang. ”
The group of escort warriors bowed their heads in shame one by one, in fact, most of them knew the history of Dongliang County, and also knew the fact that they had always been Kang people, but in the current embarrassment of Dakang, it was inevitable that they would have the idea of self-preservation, and it was also a helpless way to protect themselves by not letting these refugees enter the city.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Dakang famine for many years, the people are displaced, if it is not forced to the last resort, no one will leave their hometown, no one will abandon their wives, I also know, you have worked hard all the way north to escape, in order to have a way to live, but a city in Dongliang County can not save a Dakang, if the gate of Dongliang County is wide open, let everyone enter, I am afraid that in a few days, this city will be overcrowded, food and grass will be exhausted, and then there is no way to live, everyone can only seek other ways to live." ”
One of the people in the crowd said: "We're just borrowing the road to Dayong, can't we do this?" ”
Hu Xiaotian said: "Dayong has blocked the border and deployed heavy troops, but anyone who trespasses into its territory will be killed!" Do you think they will be kind to the people of Dakang? ”
The scene was quiet again, in fact, they had heard the news before, but they still wanted to go there to confirm it with their own eyes, and now Hu Xiaotian should not be wrong to say so.
Someone in the crowd cried, "This can't do that, that's not good, are we just starving to death here......"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Don't worry, I arrived in Dongliang County on the first day today, and I don't know the specific situation here, I Hu Xiaotian swear to the sky, if there is a glimmer of possibility, I will definitely do my best to help everyone, and please don't be impatient, don't do anything radical." He said to the old man, "Old man, you better get up, it's freezing, don't freeze your grandson." He took off his sable fur and draped it over the child beside him.
The old man nodded tearfully and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hu, you must help us!" ”
Hu Xiaotian nodded, at this time, two carriages came quickly in the direction of Xiasha Port, and it was Li Chengming, the Taishou of Dongliang County, who came, and Li Chengming also heard that Hu Xiaotian had arrived at Xiasha Port, so he hurriedly came over to meet him.
He is forty-three years old, black and thin, and the official uniform on his body has also been patched a lot, Hu Xiaotian has seen a lot of officials, this Li Chengming can be regarded as the most shabby one of them, Li Chengming came to Hu Xiaotian with a sad face, and said respectfully: "Xiaguan Li Chengming see Master Hu!" ”
Hu Xiaotian nodded, turned around and walked to the side where no one was, and Li Chengming hurriedly followed.
Hu Xiaotian said: "What's the matter? ”
Li Chengming sighed and said: "Lord Hu, the first day you came, you didn't know the situation here, in the past three months, the number of refugees who smuggled Yongjiang to Dongliang County has increased day by day, there were only dozens of people a day, then hundreds of people, and now there are thousands of people, at the beginning of Dongliang County also accepted some, but who would have thought that these refugees are endless, endless, some say that they want to borrow the road to Dayong, but the border of Dayong is strictly guarded to prevent any refugees from entering, and those refugees who can't enter turn back, They are unwilling to return to Jiangnan, and they are all detained in Dongliang County, and now there are nearly 30,000 refugees in Dongliang County, and Yan zhòng interferes with the normal life of the local people, and they rob and steal in order to eat and clothe, and murder and arson are also endless. ”
Hu Xiaotian knew that what Li Chengming said was everything, and with the increase in refugees, this kind of thing must be inevitable, and people can do anything crazy in order to survive.
Li Chengming said: "The imperial court did not pay attention to Dongliang County from the beginning, I am a civil official, a total of six assistants were brought here, only to find that not only did the soldiers who defend the city withdraw to Dayong, but even the officials followed, Dongliang County is an empty shelf, the court does not send troops, what do I take to manage people's homes, I speak has no effect, these guard warriors, or the rich merchants in the city want to protect their own rights and interests, funded by themselves, even I can't command them." Speaking of this, Li Chengming smiled wryly.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Go back to the city first!" (To be continued......)