Chapter 1625 Food
Zero County.
Located in a dangerous place in the southwest of Dayan.
But for ordinary soldiers, this danger is just a higher hillside for martial arts masters.
It is still Kaicheng without injury.
And in its corresponding Xiawang, a group of scholars who came from the south of the Yangtze River were visiting.
Among the literati, there are quite a few people who have traveled thousands of miles, and this group of people is that.
"See, after the Holy Army opened the city today, they did not massacre the city, did not take captives, and did not commit adultery. This is very different from what Li Wencai said. In his words, a massacre must be carried out. Only when ten rooms and nine are empty can the contradiction between man and earth be resolved," an old scholar said doubtfully.
"The Holy Army today is just a group of demon sect members. If you don't read the books of sages, you can't understand this truth." Another scholar lamented.
"Humph, on the contrary, they have read too many books by sages. They have been blinded by the benevolence, righteousness and morality mentioned by the sages. They think that the one who wins the hearts of the people will win the world. They have no idea how to solve the most important problem in the world. The method of doing difficult things is exactly the opposite of benevolence and morality: kill, kill, kill, kill!" Another scholar gritted his teeth.
His tone was full of anger that he had been deceived.
He thought that if he studied the books of the sages well, the Four Books, the Five Classics, the Book of Songs, the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Book of Documents, he could cultivate his virtues, be benevolent and righteous and love the people, he would be able to assist the king and revive the Great Yan... In fact, the whole world It's fake, it's all wrong!
What can really solve the problem is the knife in the hands of the barbarian whom he despises the most!
Kill all the people and free up the land. Alas, all these problems will disappear!
The world is at peace again, and there will be another hundred years of prosperity!
"Everything in ancient and modern times is based on killing people."
"Killing one is a sin, killing ten thousand is a virtue!"
"Kill ten thousand out of ten thousand, and the year of peace will come again!"
The scholar groaned sadly and indignantly.
"This, this, Brother Liu, you are crazy and don't want your life. How dare you say this?" Another scholar quickly held his hand.
"What are you afraid of? This is Xiawang. I am wearing a mask."
"You are wearing a mask, but be careful of the villains around you."
"Oh."
The sad and indignant Liu Xiucai immediately gave up. He fully demonstrated his style as a keyboard warrior and walked to the side dejectedly, pretending to look at groceries, as if he was not the one reciting the poem.
The group continued walking in the city.
They quickly saw the difference.
A few old ladies who looked like matchmakers were walking from house to house carrying baskets.
"What's in your basket?" Liu Xiucai asked.
The old woman didn't answer as if she hadn't seen them.
"Hey, Brother Liu, why are you still not familiar with this Divine Network? These old people are working in reality. They are not idlers who dreamed of the Divine Network. Of course, they cannot reply to you." Someone. smiled.
"No, no, there is also a way, that is, an expert who is proficient in the divine net can pass the words into their ears in reality through the divine net, and they can reply." Someone else said.
"I see, I am ignorant and ignorant." Liu Xiucai bowed, not at all cynical as before.
At this time, an idle man came over: "Hey, fellow scholars, do you want to know what is in here?"
"I think, brother, you know ?" Liu Xiucai asked quickly.
Ordinary idle men would not dare to rashly provoke the team of scholars and candidates, but this man is definitely not ordinary.
"It's easy to know, but you have to answer my five questions. Of course, it must be within the scope of your knowledge, and I won't embarrass you. If you are embarrassed, you don't have to say anything."
"Okay. Liu Xiucai replied directly.
Then Xianhan asked them five questions, all of which were about information about where they were.
The latest prices, household registration number, whether there are any riots, etc...
"Then let me tell you, it contains salted sheep intestines, hehe." The idle man showed a wretched expression smile.
"That's it." Lao Juren suddenly said.
Others were also thoughtful. Only Liu Xiucai was still confused: "What do you all understand?"
"This is a good thing." Lao Juren sighed, "There is nothing to explain, sheep intestines and those feces Pregnancy medicine has the same effect, but it’s hard for poor families to get it.”
“But more children mean more work, so how can they take the initiative to avoid pregnancy?” Liu Xiucai wondered.
"What you said is wrong. The poor also know that there are too many children to raise, and many of them will drown when they are born. Since they know they will drown, why should they be born? Isn't it because of ignorance, coveting that thing, and not knowing how to avoid it? Fetus?" Lao Juren shook his head.
"That's it. It seems that there are capable people in the Holy Army today. They are indeed merciful. If you can't afford to give birth, you can stop giving birth. You can do what you can." Liu Xiucai nodded.
"In fact, the imperial court also knew that at the beginning of the founding of the country, it encouraged childbirth and advocated widows to remarry; but in the prosperous times, it was no longer mentioned and advocating widows to observe chastity was nothing more than reducing the population. How could it be controlled with the power of the imperial court? Ten thousand people?" Lao Juren sighed.
Everyone nodded.
Wen Rensheng has noticed this strange group of visitors.
He listened to a few words and couldn't help but slightly approve.
After all, they are the most savvy group of people. They can fight through thousands of troops and have the courage to travel thousands of miles. They naturally understand many social principles at a glance.
In fact, the ancients were also aware of the contradiction between population and land, and tried to reduce population growth. It was indeed an attempt to promote widows to observe festivals.
It is absolutely impossible to control the growth of population with the execution power of feudal society.
"This alone is probably not enough. What should those landless people do?" Liu Xiucai asked again.
"Let's go forward and take a look."
Soon everyone saw a large number of recruitment notices posted on the government office notice board.
“Work-for-relief? This is a good idea, but is there so much food?” someone asked doubtfully.
"Yes, the land is fixed, and the food is also fixed. There is not enough for everyone to eat. Could they make magic out of thin air?"
"They didn't attack big households, they just relied on purchasing. How much grain can I buy? I know that large households rarely sell much grain in good years, but wait to sell money in bad years.”
"Yes, the imperial court has also done things like liquidating positions, buying at low prices in good years, and selling at low prices in bad years. It sounds good, right? But it has never done personnel affairs. They colluded with big investors to buy at low prices in good years and sell at low prices in bad years. Sell them at high prices!”
“Where do they get their food from?”
Everyone was immediately curious.
These people all understand that the core, the key, lies in food!
With enough food, all problems can be easily solved. There is a shortage of food, and no matter how benevolent and wise the Holy Army is today, they will eventually collapse.
Soon they discovered that the food was transported from several warehouses in the mountains of the Demon Sect.
“Alas, it turns out that we are just resting on our laurels. This is not possible!”
“Yes, the land of ten counties can still be maintained. There are 150 counties in Dayan. They can persist. How long?”
“We have to kill in the end, kill them all!”
“I understand, if you surrender early, you can become a knife. They use their own savings first. Feed them with knives, and then take these knives to kill the people behind you!" Liu Xiucai suddenly said.
"Oh, I see, shrewd, this is the path of the Tatars. The knives of the Tatars are the savages they captured from the deep mountains and old forests, and the objects they killed and robbed of food were us, Dayan. "
"The world is as dark as crows, and all the heroes in the world are ruthless." Liu Xiucai let out a long sigh.
Wen Rensheng smiled.
These people can see clearly.
Indeed, food is the key.
Talents can be made do, and they have been promoted from the previous dynasty. Although there are many disadvantages, they can always be used; food can't be made do.
If one-tenth of the food is lacking, half of the people will die in the end, because the one-tenth of the people will not starve to death, but will harm more people, eventually causing chaos and no one. If you don't cultivate the land and harvest food, you will starve to death together.
(End of this chapter)