Chapter 46 The dilapidated Taishan County
After entering Taishan County, the desolation is visible to the naked eye, the land is abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and no one is cultivating it.
In the village I passed by on the way to Fenggao, not even a single person could be seen. Maybe there was really no one, maybe they didn’t dare to come out, so they could only hide in the shabby thatched house.
On the road, it is rare to encounter ordinary people who are out doing business. They either ran away directly or were frightened by the army.
The middle-aged man in front of him was like this. He couldn't say any words. He held the broken wooden tools in his arms and lowered his head with a pale face, full of fear.
With a look of persecution and paranoia on his face, he really couldn't bear to let him be stimulated any more, so Liu Bei personally took some food and gave it to him.
But the look of resistance on his face made Liu Bei's hand freeze. Fortunately, Chen Xi pulled him away from the army's surroundings before accepting this thing.
"Zichuan, why are the people so afraid of us? The people of the Han Dynasty should not be like this." Liu Bei said in a low tone, although he knew that the people were deceived and afraid, so they were like this. .
However, the people under the rule of the Han Dynasty should not be like this. This is the Han Dynasty people recorded in the history books.
Why did the common people become so distrustful of the Han Dynasty when even Emperor Xiaowu dared to kidnap them to see the officials? He doesn't understand.
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Chen Xi sighed, those guys at the top who claimed to be rulers would not think that they were in the same group as the Mudlegs.
".No." Liu Bei's voice was very low, so low that you couldn't hear clearly unless you listened carefully.
“Also, even the person at the top no longer cares about the people. How can he still ask officials to care about the people?”
“ This is what the saying goes. ”
Chen Xi stabbed Liu Bei with a knife again and sprinkled a handful of salt on him.
Chen Xi's purpose is very clear, to deepen the people's weight in Liu Bei. After all, in this era, Liu Bei has this kind of awareness.
After hearing this, Liu Bei did not refute, but remained silent.
At this time, an idea has emerged in his mind. He does not want to be separated from the people. He has witnessed the life of the lower class people with his own eyes and knows how to pretend.
"Let's go, Feng Gao is in front of us." Liu Bei's tone was calm, and the forced smile just now was no longer visible.
——The dilapidated Fenggao City.
“It’s really unreasonable. Even the rabbits know not to eat the grass beside their nests. Why don’t these bandits know that?”
“This is also Taishan’s administrative center after all. The benefits from operating it well will be much greater than robbing it directly.”
After Chen Xi saw several officials from Fenggao coming out to greet him, he kept thinking about it. I don’t know what stimulated me.
But Chen Xi is right. Looking around, there is not a single fat person, which means these officials are relatively normal.
But the common people were different. They looked very skinny and had not had a full meal for an unknown amount of time.
"Sooner or later, we must arrest them for labor reform, make them disrespect the fruits of other people's labor, and let them try the feeling of having their labor fruits taken away by others." Chen Xi was still talking there, with a look. The angry look seemed to be a little emotional.
"Zichuan, stop nagging, wait until the situation is settled before leading troops to destroy them." Liu Bei greeted Chen Xi and asked him to follow quickly.
Ragged houses can be seen everywhere on the road, but people still live in them, even if they are about to collapse.
There are still blood stains on the walls of the house. I don’t know when it was left. Even the people I met on the road looked scared
Fenggao’s Yamen also looked dilapidated. I always felt It looked like it was about to collapse. A gust of wind blew through the room, and a layer of dust was blown up from the beams.
Even the official warehouse looks empty, and mice will starve to death if they come.
"Zichuan, the whole Taishan is basically in this situation. Is there any way to solve it?" Liu Bei's eyes were bright and he looked at Chen Xi expectantly.
Although he knew that Taishan would be very poor, he did not expect to be so poor. In Fenggao City, Taishan's administrative center, he did not see even a bright and beautiful person.
"You are really poor, but that's fine. You don't have to worry about anything. There are no local snakes to hinder you. If you just feed the people, it will be easy to solve it."
"I just don't know Zhang When can Shiping and Su Shuang deliver the food I want?"
Chen Xi looked at Liu Bei and asked him about the arrival time of these two people. After all, they are Liu Bei's friends, and Chen Xi didn't. Too intrusive.
However, Chen Xi gave the salt-making recipe to the two of them at the beginning. If they could not get what Chen Xi needed, their future with Chen Xi would be like that.
"They were delayed due to some things. It will probably take a few days to transport the food to Mount Tai."
Liu Bei said a little cautiously. After all, it was he who recommended Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to Chen Xi in the first place. Now that they are unable to deliver what Chen Xi wants on time, he is also a little embarrassed.
Chen Xi calculated in his mind that the food and grass they brought now can probably last for a while.
"Then please ask Xuande to preside over the opening of granaries and grain distribution. By the way, tell the people that in three days, we will build water conservancy projects and renovate the city. If the people are willing to participate, they can give them food. Of course, "It's for calculating wages."
Although Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang have not yet transported the grain that Chen Xi asked for to Mount Tai, Chen Xi doesn't want to wait for them now. The reconstruction work has been going on for a while.
“Since you have already made a plan, and I don’t know much about it, I will leave the political aspect to you.”
"I will deal with the matter of opening a position first, as well as Yun Chang and the others. Zichuan, please come and give them tasks. After all, I don't know how to sort out Taishan's affairs, alas!"
When Liu Bei saw Guan Yu and the others begging, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, then threw them to Chen Xi and ran away. After all, he really didn't know how to sort out the entire Taishan County.
After watching Liu Bei leave, the generals present looked neatly at Chen Xi, with expectations on their faces.
"Zichuan, leave those bandits entrenched throughout Mount Tai to us to deal with, and make sure it is completed beautifully."
After Liu Bei left, Zhang Fei's voice They got louder and clamored to kill the bandits who had robbed them.
(End of this chapter)