"Hmph, your idea is difficult to say, and simple to say."
Meng Qi was unmoved, and without raising his eyes, he said, "Only take care of the people who follow him, occupy the mountains as kings, stick to natural dangers, cultivate and cultivate by themselves, and guard poverty for a lifetime, but people will not die. Refugees and beggars. I am so grateful to have such a way of life."
Cheng Jingchuan smiled bitterly and did not answer.
Such a day is easy to say, but in fact the hidden dangers are endless.
- With a way to survive, to be able to eat, ask for more.
If you escape into the mountains and take a group of people to open up the mountains and cultivate the fields, after three or five years, some people will be very thoughtful and want to go out and see, not to mention that when they have descendants, they have never seen children who have never seen harsh taxes and strict laws. Will yearn for life outside the mountains.
In addition, there are villages and towns in the relatively flat areas in the south, and the deep mountains and dense forests are inaccessible, and at the same time, it is also a place where there is no way to survive. Going there is more like courting death.
Therefore, it is impossible to be the king of the mountain. Whether it is a water bandit or a mountain bandit, they have to loot for a living.
"...Looking at your expression, you clearly understand the reasoning." Meng Qi stood with his hands behind his back.
"Don't hide it from the national teacher, I even did this."
This answer was beyond Meng Qi's expectations, and even Mo Li looked at Cheng Jingchuan in surprise.
Cheng Jingchuan sighed, perhaps it was too much of a failure, he hurriedly summed up the experience of taking refugees to reclaim the wasteland in Guang'an County.
Mo Li has seen Guang'an County in the local chronicles collected by the Taijing Palace. The prefecture was established in the previous dynasty, but it was too remote and infested with natives, and finally it was abandoned.
There, rice can be grown three times a year, there is no cold winter, it is far away from the disputes in the Central Plains, and there is no aristocratic family.
Mo Li felt that Cheng Jingchuan wanted to bring people to Guang'an County for this reason.
As for the local natives... Cheng Jingchuan, who is familiar with the art of war and is good at combat, brought a hundred soldiers, plus the people from the rivers and lakes in Fengxingge, and thought it was enough to deal with.
But things in the world are not that simple.
As a doctor, Mo Li first thought of being unaccustomed to the soil and water. Even if the medicine was prepared, some people's reactions were still very violent, especially when the people did not have the conditions to drink boiled hot water, many people may die because of it. If the corpses are not burned in time , a plague will soon prevail.
Meng Qi thought of the native tribes. These aborigines are really difficult to educate. They live by hunting and fishing. They are not good at farming, and they are not willing to cultivate. They need to destroy some trees and dig canals, which will inevitably affect the soil. people's interests. Even if nothing is affected, the natives are deeply hostile to outsiders.
These are all hidden dangers left by the Chen Dynasty. Officials are corrupt, oppress the border people, and extort levies. Anyway, they have not done anything good.
The natives don't care about the people of the Chen Dynasty and the Chu Dynasty. Outsiders are outsiders, and hatred has long been carved into their bones.
When Cheng Jingchuan led people to crusade, the natives disappeared into the jungle, slippery than rabbits. Moreover, those natives can practice martial arts and use poison, and the Jianghu forces did not get any advantage, and the Jianghu people were the most impatient. Except for those of Mr. Qiu's subordinates, after the others suffered a few setbacks, they left at night.
On the one hand, it can't be caught, and on the other hand, there is a fixed arable land that cannot be moved. Isn't it a living target
Cheng Jingchuan stayed there for more than two years, losing a lot of weight, and finally succeeded in bringing a hundred people to settle in Guang'an County. This is because their doctor saved the native tribe from sickness. 's leader.
"But I still failed. Those refugees who settled down actually united with the natives to oppress the second group of people who came to reclaim the wasteland."
Even if the land is endless, even if these people have just had enough to eat, they are still full of hostility to the latecomers and try their best to drive them away.
If there are no latecomers, they will fight with each other, and there are only a hundred or so people who are divided into six or seven forces centered on the same villagers and surnames.
Cheng Jingchuan knew that if he forcibly relocated people or forced everyone to obey, then ten years later, the land in Guang'an County would indeed be reclaimed, and a new aristocratic family would be born. They were among several batches of wastelanders. The victors of the struggle will collude with the soldiers and officials under Cheng Jingchuan's command, collude with the native tribes, and fight each other.
- Ordinary people lose their land and become tenants. They are exhausted by sweat and sweat and can barely make ends meet. Once they encounter storms and floods, they have to sell their daughters.
How is this different from their original life
Cheng Jingchuan wondered if he had spent ten years to "bring up" a few emerging local tyrants
Meng Qi couldn't help laughing when he heard it.
It's not a sarcastic smile, it's more like a person who is walking in the dark and wrestling, and when he looks back and sees that the person behind him has fallen worse than himself, there is some kind of meaningful expression on his face.
Mo Li was also thoughtful, mainly because the saying that Zhanshan was the king reminded him of Shimo Shanzhai.
If it is difficult for Chengjingchuan to move homeless people, the master of Shimoshanzhai will catch up with the simple direction.
Yongzhou suffered a severe drought for three years, and the red land was thousands of miles away. People could not survive without entering the mountains. The people in the stockade were either ugly in appearance or suffered from congenital defects. People like Taiping would suffer discrimination and live a difficult life. Now they get together, they also have extreme hatred for the world, and they are unwilling to step out of the mountains and forests to support each other to live.
It can be said that the time and place are right and people are in one place, so there is such a stone mill cottage, and Cheng Jingchuan does not have such good luck.
No, maybe this is his luck.
Mo Li looked at Cheng Jingchuan and thought that if he was lucky, he could save thousands of people, build a peach blossom garden, and be loved by the people like Xue Lingjun of Zhushan County, but it didn't stop there. Cheng Jingchuan, who failed, now has other possibilities.
"It seems that you only need a Mingjun, a unified dynasty." Meng Qi said lightly.
If Cheng Jingchuan picked up on this immediately and climbed up the pole to talk about Qiu Si's chances of winning, Meng Qi would lose all interest in Cheng Jingchuan.
Have ideas, ambitions, and abilities -->>
, but... but that's it.
Because I can't find the right way, everything is empty talk.
Cheng Jingchuan was silent for a long time.
In the distance, fires blazed, and thick smoke billowed.
Mo Li left silently, and he wanted to see the situation over there.
There are many people in the palace of Ning who can't help themselves. They neither know Mr. Qiu nor know the truth of the fire. If they are afraid of being blamed, they foolishly carry water to put out the fire and accidentally put themselves into the fire. disaster.
The closer to the sea of fire, the more the ink carp can feel that the place of the accident is the wine cellar.
The choking smoke also had a peculiar smell of old wine, although it was very small.
There is a long covered bridge between the wine cellar and the Imperial Physician's Office. On one side, lush bamboos are planted, and now it has fallen into a sea of fire. On the other side, it is a cold and hard building without too many plants. The medical officer held a stack of books and cases, and the inner servant rushed out with a frightened expression carrying the herbal medicine.
The Janissaries, who had been led away, scolded other firefighters for digging.
Yes, no fire fighting, dig trenches, the wider the better.
"Throw the sand in the dustpan onto the fire!"
A young man dressed in white waved his sleeves and shouted.
When he got closer, he saw that the young man was not wearing white clothes, but a filial sackcloth over his robe.
The fire was so big that the sand was useless, and people were almost caught in the flames, so they didn't dare to go forward.
"Don't fall down, keep digging!" the boy roared loudly.
This voice was not smoked out by thick smoke, but it happened to be in the period of voice change, and it sounded like a duck from a distance.
Mo Li stopped, and Prince Ning's sons were all arrested. At this age, he can issue orders in the palace, could it be—
"Xiaojun Wang, the south wind is blowing, and the Imperial Physician's Office can't keep it safe, so let's evacuate."
"Nonsense! Go on digging!" The young man stared at him and quacked, just one wing away, no, he slapped the retreating guard to the side with a slap.
The ink carp stared silently at the newly dug ditch. The plants were all destroyed, and the width was almost there. Digging another three feet should be able to prevent the spread of the fire.
However, people's hearts were fluctuating, and even the maid who rescued the herbs dropped things and ran away.
The young man was furious, tore off the jade pendant around his waist, and smashed it at the back of the servant's head.
"Boom!"
The quasi-head was good, and the waiter fell down.
The young man took out the saber of the guard next to him, and said angrily, "Fugitives are killed without mercy!"
After he finished speaking, he picked up a shovel that was lost and took the lead in digging hard.
"Why don't you go soon?" Qiu Si said suddenly, the people around him rushed out and quickly took over the whole situation.
Only then did Mo Li discover Qiu Si. He was among the crowd, hiding in the shadow of the corner. From a distance, he looked like a group of people who were greedy for life and afraid of death. Who could notice
After Qiu Si finished speaking, he took the rest away with satisfaction. Mo Li was in a dilemma for a while, should he stay or follow
After deliberating for a while, Mo Li resolutely followed.
With lightning speed, he sealed everyone's acupuncture points, and then searched them one by one.
No pill bottles were found.
All right, without A Furong.
The ink carp solved the hole in the air, turned around and left.
This has come and gone like the wind, some people still don't know what happened after they wake up, only Qiu Si's face is black and his eyes are cold and piercing.
"What are you doing, let's go!"
Qiu Si's face was slightly distorted, and in just a moment, he burst into laughter and said from a distance, "I don't know what the national teacher and the doctor are trying to find? The two teachers are disappointed. Probably only Qingde, if the two of you don't give up, it's okay to accept them."
Qingde? Sound like a person
Mo Li thought to himself, could it be Cheng Jingchuan's word
The so-called clear distinction between Jing and Wei refers to the marvelous scene when the Jingchuan and Wei waters meet. The two rivers, one clear and one turbid, can still maintain a clear left and right in the same river for a long time after the intersection. Jingchuan is one of the clearer waters, and the word Qingde is good.
What makes Mo Li strange is why Qiu Si rushed to stuff Cheng Jingchuan to them? Is there any conspiracy
Or do you want him and Meng Qi to think that there must be a conspiracy in this matter, and keep away from Cheng Jingchuan, so that Qiu Si "keeps" the heir
The ink carp is very headache, and the tricks of the advisers are too troublesome.
Simply do not want to.
Doctor Mo didn't want to continue to follow Qiu Si.
- When Meng Qi arrives and finds out that he is not there, the gerbil will be anxious to death.
This guy, Qiu Si, is like a hedgehog. If he touches his hand, he might even hit the other side's arms if he kills him. It's not necessary for the time being.
Returning to the fire scene, the fire was blocked by the ditch and did not burn to the Imperial Physician's Office.
The boy was covered in mud, sitting on the ground and continuing to supervise the excavation.
"Where's the imperial doctor? The little prince twisted his waist!"
"Shut up, don't touch!"
The boy clutched his lower back and croaked like a duck.
Ink carp: "… "
People who never work, suddenly dig soil like this.
I don't know how to exert force, thinking that it's enough to exert force with both hands, and it's strange if you don't twist your waist.