The silence of the people made the atmosphere of the scene suddenly stiff. There are two roads ahead. The first road has a bright future, with fertile land and three levels of taxes. This kind of life is simply hope, but the reality is You may starve to death before that time, the second is that there is no good land and heavy taxes, but you will not be starved to death, you can survive, I believe most people will definitely choose the second instead of To choose the first one, this is the common people, this is the ordinary big man.
"Food, grass!" Xu Shu was also talking to himself slowly. To be honest, he didn't want the people of Shouchun to be buried with him. He lowered his head gradually.
"Why, I'm speechless! Contradict me again! Let me tell you, Duke Xuande's army is just outside the city gate. You'd better let me go and surrender early, otherwise you will be killed when the city breaks down." The day you die!" The Liu Beijun spy who was surrounded by two personal guards was still very arrogant.
"Hehe, who told you that our army is short of food?!" Xu Shu suddenly raised his head, his face was full of self-confidence, this kind of self-confidence can easily infect others, let the people below It's like a spring breeze.
"Shouchun still has food and grass?!" Even Liu Beijun's spy began to hesitate a bit. The food and grass in Shouchun City have been used up. After all, there is a population base of one million, so how could there be any surplus, but Seeing Xu Shu's self-confidence, the spy became unconfident!
"Of course!" Xu Shu replied directly and affirmatively, "We not only have grain and grass, but also a lot of stock, which is enough to last until next year's harvest."
"Hehe, it sounds good. If there is still food and grass in Shouchun City, why do you want to reduce the supply to the people? Obviously there is not enough food and grass. You want to sacrifice the people. To guard this city, or to let these people and You can just be buried together!" The spy sneered, he was almost deceived by Xu Shu, if Shouchun really had food and grass, then why did Liu Mang's army break into Yuzhou? If there is really food and grass, why would Lu Bu's mobilization in Lujiang be so slow? If there is really food and grass, why should he reduce the food supply of the people? This will bring great panic to Shouchun!
"Yes, yes. If there is enough food and grass, how about reducing our grain! Four measures can make you full and there is still some left over, three measures is just enough to eat, and two measures may cause you to suffer. If you are hungry, two buckets of food can only fill you up to half full, plus the energy consumption of doing things, so you will be hungry. Although the people don’t care about being hungry, as long as they don’t starve to death, it’s fine. But It's better to be full than to be hungry!
"Our Shouchun grain and grass are in the tens of thousands. They are enough for the people to use in the next spring. But we need to plan ahead, not only to see the present, but also to see the future. What if tomorrow is a drought year! What if tomorrow What if there is a flood! What’s more, your army besieged me in Shouchun, and I had better resist the vacancy of fertile land, and even destroyed some of the fields that had already been planted! How do you let us eat in the coming year! You want to kill us We!" Xu Shu's mouth was like a sharp sword, even stronger than his martial arts. He directly added the reason for the reduction of food to Liu Beijun, telling the people that the people who make you hungry are the city. Liu Beijun outside, they not only besieged the city, but also destroyed the cultivation, so that we will not be able to eat food in the coming year. We are planning for a rainy day.
The anger of the people was ignited again. This damn Liu Beijun destroyed our cultivated land to starve us to death!
"Prepare for a rainy day, once is enough, why do you want to reduce it twice?!" If it is a rainy day, then three buckets per person per day is enough, at least let people have enough to eat! If they don't even give them enough food, what is it if it's not a lack of food!
"The first time was indeed to prepare for a rainy day, and the second time, folks, Xu Shu is here to apologize to you!" Xu Shu suddenly knelt down, directly at the entrance of the vegetable market, and knelt down with Xie Wen.
"Apologize? Haha, was the grain and grass burned or robbed? I know you have an excuse, but it can't change the fact that there is a shortage of grain and grass in Shouchun City!" No matter what the excuse is, in Shouchun City, there is indeed There is no food and grass, and the problem everyone faces is that they may starve to death at any time.
"It was not burned, nor was it hijacked by someone, but it was corrupted by this person, the food delivery officer Xie Wen!" Xu Shu suddenly pointed at Xie Wen and cursed loudly, "The plan of being besieged by rebels , when Shouchun City was in danger, but this person was single-minded, corrupt and corrupt, not only dereliction of duty, but also tampered with military orders, obviously did not issue an order to change to two fights, but this person was full of selfish pockets, but abruptly Concealing the superiors, bullying the people, deducting the rations of the people, and making two fights! Fortunately, the officials accidentally discovered this person's retrograde behavior, so that it would not cause serious consequences. Today, it is especially pressing at the entrance of the Fachang vegetable market. Let everyone judge how to deal with this person!" Xu Shu pointed at Xie Wen and cursed, and the matter of changing three fights to two fights was all on Xie Wen's head, Xu Shu was also helpless, Zhao Yun had good intentions and wanted to Saving food made everyone last longer, but Pang Tong came up with a scheming plan. Zhao Yun’s saving food was in the hands of the enemy. Xu Shu had no choice but to raise the ration again, but just by increasing the ration, you still can’t cover up the lack of food. , It will even make others think too much, so someone must bear the consequences. The people don't know who has the decision-making power to distribute rations. Zhao Yun is a general, even if Xu Shu kills Zhao Yun, it will not help. What's more, without Zhao Yun, a fierce general, who can't keep Shouchun in Xu Shu, then there is only one person who can be trusted by the common people and can take the blame!
This person is Xie Wen. Xu Shu cried as he spoke. His tears were not because of Xie Wen's corruption, but because he was really helpless. In order to appease the hearts of the army and the people, he had to sacrifice Xie Wen. Xie Wen cried, but also cried because of his own incompetence.
"Kill him, kill him, kill him!" The people below were furious. It turned out that it was not because of the lack of food in the city, but because of this corrupt official, who made everyone hungry. Doesn't this make everyone have a bad day! This kind of person shouldn't be killed!
"I won't. I won't!" Xu Shu was full of sadness. The people below are also the time to be excited. A voice full of panic and disbelief came over. The owner of this voice was a weak woman. With the help of two men, she managed to get to the execution ground, but was stopped by the guards, "No way." , Wen is not such a person, Xie Wen, you talk, you talk!"
"Who is she?!" Xu Shu frowned. Who is this woman, and Xie Wen, who had been expressionless and silent, finally spoke.
"Wan'er! Why did you come here? Go back. Go back!" Xie Wen shouted with a hint of excitement.
"Wan'er?!" Looking at Xie Wen's expression, Xu Shu naturally knew who it was, it should be the woman Xie Wen entrusted to him!
"Let her in!" Xu Shu said with a sigh. Killing Xie Wen was helpless, so Xu Shu would not treat Xie Wen in the same way as a prisoner. Seeing his wife once was all Xu Shu could do.
"Wan'er, Wan'er!" Xie Wen's hands were tied, Wu Wan'er went up and hugged Xie Wen.
"Wen, tell them that you are not such a person, you are not such a person!" Others don't know Xie Wen, but Wu Wan'er knows that Xie Wen is a real man. Let alone a man who is indomitable and upright, if there is less rice and grain in the granary. This person may even include his own salary. If he is corrupt, how can it be possible that Xie Wen's own family only has four buckets of food a day! That's why Xie Wengen couldn't be corrupt, "Master, our family's husband can't possibly be corrupt, please be careful!" Wu Wan'er knelt down in front of Xu Shu and kowtowed to Xu Shu, all at once. Hitting the ground hard also hit Xu Shu's heart hard.
"My lord, I can testify that this sister-in-law of the Xie family is right. Brother Wen can't be corrupt!" Wen Dang is really like the hero sung in the drama, he values loyalty and principles, how could he embezzle corrupt officials
"Speak, Wen, speak!" Wu Wan'er shook Xie Wen and shouted, kowtowing to Xu Shu while shouting.
"Haha, so it's just a scapegoat!" Liu Beijun's spies are worthy of being able to break into Shouchun City, and they can see the truth at a glance. People's hearts, such a person who pulls hatred. "Brother Xie, speak out, the big guy is here, tell everyone that you were just framed, tell everyone that there is no more food in this granary! With so many people like us, he dare not take you Like that!"
Xu Shu didn't speak, but looked at Xie Wen. If Xie Wen really said that he was wronged, then everything would be over. Xu Shu brought out a total of dozens of white horses for righteousness, but now there are tens of thousands of people Yes, once it emerges, there is no second choice but to be killed.
"Me!" Xie Wen's face was very tangled. Looking at his wife next to him, his teeth bit his lips. Meeting her was the greatest happiness in his life. He told her that he would Accompanying her until she was old, they even imagined that their children would be named Xie Qian for the boy and Xie Yu for the girl! If he was killed, it would really be a world apart! Not even seeing their unborn child.
"Xie Wen, tell me!" Xu Shu was also very indifferent. He really felt that he owed Xie Wen. This man was in the camp of the Bingzhou Army. It was also lost. These are all owed by Lu Bujun to him, and it will be difficult to repay them, but now they are sacrificed because of Shouchun. Xu Shu once thought that he was very cold-blooded, but now he really can't bear it. Come on down! If Xie Wen really said it was a wish, Xu Shu wouldn't blame him, if he wanted to blame, he could only blame Xu Shu for not being good at learning!
Xie Wen suddenly raised his head, this action made Liu Beijun's spies smile, but Liu Mangjun's intelligence personnel in the dark sighed deeply, it's over, it's over, this Shouchun City is over, come to the common people I am very annoyed about the military rations, and now if I break my trust with the people, everything will really be over.
"Let's go!" Liu Mangjun's intelligence captain shouted to his subordinates with a sigh.
"Huh? Captain? Where are we going?!" The teammates didn't understand.
"Let's go? I'll go to Lujiang, let's go to Guangzhou to find the lord! Shouchun can't hold it anymore!" The intelligence captain shook his head seeing the prosperity of the whole Shouchun. invested in it. Hundreds of thousands of gold back and forth. Hundreds of thousands of food and grass are all here. There used to be an industrial area here, and there used to be a night market here! There are also rows of houses that are said to be made of a kind of cement, but all of these are about to end, Shouchun City is broken, and all of these are either destroyed or left to the enemy.
When the intelligence personnel seemed to understand, and were about to leave with their captain, Xie Wen over there suddenly shouted loudly, "I am the one who embezzled. It is I who cut off your rations. I am the one who keeps you hungry. Then So what! Why can you gang of untouchables get fertile land and enjoy 30% of the tax, just to let you gang of untouchables starve to death, haha, haha, haha!" Xie Wen laughed wildly, laughing wildly, But only Xu Shu saw the tears falling from the corners of his eyes.
"No, it won't. You are not Wen, you are not such a person!" Wu Wan'er wanted to say something else. But he was stopped by the guard. Xu Shu promised Xie Wen to take good care of Wu Wan'er, so naturally he would not break his promise, and Wu Wan'er was pregnant, so naturally he couldn't make such a large-scale action. So Xu Shu asked two personal guards to isolate Wu Wan'er.
"Wan'er, I'm sorry!" Xie Wen took a deep look at his wife, "Maybe, maybe I won't be able to grow old with you, maybe, maybe I won't be able to see our child born, I'm sorry! If there is an afterlife , I am willing to spend my whole life to repay it!" Xie Wen said these words to Wu Wan'er in his heart, as for whether she could hear her, Xie Wen couldn't care so much anymore.
"Impossible, how is it possible?!" Another person couldn't believe it, and that was Liu Beijun's spies.
"This damn thing says we are untouchables, so what is he! It's him, it's him who makes us hungry, it's him, it's him who makes us wrong Mr. Xu, everyone hit him, beat him, beat him!" The following The common people discussed and turned their eyebrows at Xie Wen coldly. All people blamed him. They couldn't hit Xie Wen because of the white horse Congyi blocking him, but they were able to pick up small stones and throw them at him.
Hearing Xie Wen's words, Xu Shu felt happy in his heart, but more of it was a sense of powerlessness and self-blame, but he immediately rose up. The great cause of the family and the country has sacrifices and dedications. It's not him. Xu Shu is ruthless, but this world is ruthless, this world is eating people, if the world is peaceful, if the world is peaceful and prosperous, such scenes will still appear! Now Xu Shu's determination to help Liu Mang unify the world has become more and more firm.
"Boldly thank you, you eat the king's salary, but you don't take care of the king, and even self-interested, so that millions of people don't care about life and death. This is a heinous crime. The crime is heinous. You will be beheaded if you come here, and Xie Wen will be beheaded for me!" Xu Shu threw down the command arrow as he spoke, and an executioner came to the entrance of the vegetable market. With a big knife in his hand, he aimed at Xie Wen's head. Facing such a life and death situation, Xie Wen seemed to have seen everything. He closed his eyes calmly, brothers, here I come!
"No!" Accompanied by Wu Wan'er's desolate cry, a splash of blood splashed up, a large head fell on the ground, and Xie Wen's headless body lost control and fell to the ground. Along with Xie Wen's fall, Wu Wan'er passed out.
"Help Mrs. Xie down!" Xu Shu owed Xie Wen a lot, so he could only help Wu Wan'er to get over the guilt in his heart.
"Everyone, everyone, the chief evil has been eliminated, what else do you have to say?!" Xu Shu clasped his fists towards the people below. Naturally, the people below have nothing to say. Although they complained about the reduction in rations, but now that the chief villain, Xie Wen, has been beheaded, the complaints have disappeared, and the blood splashing from the head just now really scared many people. Now in the arena, the sound can be heard even when a needle is dropped.
"If not, then I have something to say here, Xie Wen is dead, the original three buckets have been changed to two buckets, and now they have become three buckets again. Those who have already taken rations can get another one bucket, and those who have not taken it can receive three buckets "
"Military division, you!" The guards on the side didn't understand. They were really short of food. They came to Zhao Yun to reduce the food supply to persist for a longer time. Killing Xie Wen was also to delay time and stabilize the morale of the army. , but Xie Wen has already been blamed, and you still have to give this food to the people! Didn't Xie Wen die in vain
Xu Shu didn't explain on the spot, Xu Shu didn't do this because Xie Wen died in vain, but because he had to do it. Although the people are poor. Because the people have always been the target of oppression, no matter the rise of the dynasty. It is still the destruction of the dynasty. The unlucky ones are the common people, but there is another name among the common people, which is called the unscrupulous people, and the foolish people. Poor people must have something to hate. Read less. The ability to distinguish right from wrong is poor! And there is a benefit that can completely stabilize their hearts! What you can see and touch is what really moves the people. Tell him how much you will harvest next year, how much, I only need 30% of the tax, how much more food you can get and so on! He might just smile and feel nothing after laughing, just like Xie Wen's death, although it scares them now. Stabilized them too!
But this stability is not long-lasting, and you may forget it after sleeping tomorrow. Even tomorrow, people will continue to be fooled, thinking that two buckets of rice is because there is not enough food and grass in the spring, and they will starve to death! But now Xu Shu is giving real benefits. In this way, what they can see and touch, even if they forget, seeing the food in hand and their full stomach, will remind them of what they have today. Such a food delivery officer was beheaded at Caishikou, and Shouchun would not starve them to death.
"Good calculation, good calculation!" Now that Liu Beijun's spy is finally a little convinced, he can see that this is completely a play to transfer hatred and conflict, but these people can't see it.
"It's not easy to calculate, I really have food and grass in my city!" Xu Shu said to the Liu Beijun spy.
"Report!" A messenger suddenly rode forward, "Report to the military division, our army has arrived at the water village with a new crop, what should I do with it!"
"How to dispose of it? Let's put it in storage! Oh yes, let's pull it over to see, show it to the common people, and also show this strong man from Yuzhou, whether there is really a shortage of food in my birthday.
"Yes!" The messenger led the order and left, followed by cartloads of grain and grass, followed by a large cartload, counting tens of thousands of stones in detail.
"How could it be! How could it be!" Liu Beijun's spy was really speechless at the moment. Those grains and good cars would not deceive people. These are enough for Shouchun to last for half a month.
Yes, it can only be eaten for half a month! These grains and grasses are already all the grains and grasses in Shouchun. Xu Shu pulled them all out. The purpose is to let the common people have a look, and also let the spies of Liu Beijun in the city have a look, and tell them that I still have grains and grasses in Shouchun. a lot of. Don't waste your time trying to implement anti-indirect schemes or something, you will be stolen after a thousand days, so it's better to get rid of the thief's thoughts.
"Impossible, impossible!" This spy of Liu Bei's army is not half of them. He has long followed Liu Bei and entered Shouchun. Bian Pangtong sent spies to join Shouchun.
It can be said that this spy can detect every move in Shouchun. The information he found out is that there is not much food and grass in Shouchun City, only half a month is enough, and all signs show that this is true, but now there is half a month more food and grass. Woolen cloth.
"Half moon, half moon!" This spy is not an idiot, his eyes are sharp and he is easy to think. If he has no brains and good eyesight, how could he be the person in charge of Liu Beijun in Shouchun? These two are too coincidental up! He turned his eyes to those grain trucks, and suddenly he realized, "Haha, haha. I got it, I got it! Xu Shu, Xu Shu! As expected of Mr. Shui Jing's sect, the strategy is really linked together One ring, but it’s a pity, you’re superfluous!” The spy sneered again and again, and his reaction made the people below pay attention again.
"What do you want to say?!" Xu Shu's heart tightened. Who is this spy, and what did he see
"What I want to say is that there is only half a month's food and grass left in your Shouchun City!" Liu Bei's spies sneered.
"Half a month's food and grass? Hehe, are you crazy! Didn't you see that we have tens of thousands of stones here, enough for half a month!" The guard on the side retorted! Now the grain and grass in the grain trucks on these official roads are enough to last Shouchun City for more than half a month, how could there be a shortage of grain.
"Hehe, here is all the grain and grass in your Shouchun City!" Liu Beijun's spies pointed to the grain trucks and said.
"Huh?!" Xu Shu's eyes became sharper, he really didn't expect that Liu Beijun's spies could see it, and a murderous intent arose!
"What? Do you want to kill people and silence them?!" The spies shouted, "Everyone, come and see. The majestic Yangzhou military division is going to kill people and silence them!" Liu Beijun's spies successfully diverted most of the people's attention come.
"Do you want a military advisor?!" The captain of the personal guards asked Xu Shu. As long as he moves forward with a knife, he can directly shut up Liu Beijun's spies forever. This also saves him from making noise here.
"No need!" Xu Shu shook his head. It's not that he doesn't want to kill this person, but he can't kill him now because most of the people are watching! If you kill the people now, you will definitely become suspicious, and Xu Shu is not sure whether this spy of Liu Beijun really saw something, or if he is lying to himself, and his purpose is to make himself simulate the chaos.
"Let's talk! I, Xu Shu, want to see if you have any advice, sir!" Although Xu Shu called this person, Mr. But all the words were meant to be teasing.
"Military Master Xu Shu, it's really a good way to raise one's energy, it really makes someone feel ashamed!" Liu Beijun's spy cupped his hands at Xu Shu, and said that if it wasn't for each other, he really wanted to make friends with Xu Shu. But maybe not now!
"Mr. Xu Shu, just now your messenger, where did the rations come from?!" Liu Beijun's spies asked very indifferently.
"You lost your ear. I didn't hear the messenger saying that it was transported from the Shouchun water village!" The captain of the personal guards on the side scolded Liu Bei's spies very rudely.
"Of course there is nothing wrong with my ears, but you are the ones who have problems!" Liu Beijun's spy sneered coldly.
"Not good!" Xu Shu's heart rose when he heard his question. This person really saw it, and Xu Shu regretted that it was really unnecessary. Xu Shu's arm has already touched the long sword beside him. Xu Shu's fencing skills are very fast. Even if he makes the people suspicious, it is better than being exposed now, so he will step forward and kill the spy.
"But I didn't expect, Xu Shu is fast, this spy is even faster, when Xu Shu made a move, he just turned around." If you don't come out now, when will you wait? ! "Following the loud shout of Liu Beijun's spies, many Liu Beijun spies came out from among the common people. Although they were dressed in civilian clothes, they held sharp knives in their hands.
"Protect the military division, protect the military division!" Baima Congyi immediately formed an army formation and shouted loudly!
"Okay, now, Military Advisor Xu Shu, you don't want to kill me!" Liu Beijun's spy smiled coldly, "Fathers and elders, the batch of grain and grass that your Military Advisor Xu Shu mentioned was not taken from the Shouchun Water Village. It was taken from his Shouchun storage warehouse. If it came from the water village, these grain trucks would have been stained with water or mud, but these grain trucks had nothing but dust , then these grain trucks have never taken the water village at all!" This Liu Beijun spy is really sharp-eyed, he can see such a small difference, and he can tell that this grain truck is not transported from the water village of.
"Yes, yes, there is a section of road to the water village. It is very muddy and difficult to walk. Although it has been repaired several times, it has become silt due to the soaking of rainwater, so if the grain truck comes from the water village It must have been stained by mud, but these grain trucks are so clean!" It can't be true that there is no grain and grass in Shouchun! The people became confused again.
If Shouchun really has no food and grass, these people may be violent and open Shouchun City to welcome Liu Bei's army into the city!
"Folks, what are you waiting for! These grains are enough for you for a few days? Don't you want to starve to death after eating! Open the city gate quickly, the army of Duke Xuande is waiting for everyone with abundant grains!" Liu Beijun's spies really can confuse people's hearts, so the way the common people look at Baima Congyi has changed.
"Whoever can win Xu Shu, Duke Xuande said, not only will he reward you with a hundred gold, but he will even give you a high official to do it. The prefect of Shouchun is yours!"
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Money can make ghosts turn the millstone. This spy of Liu Beijun really knows how to use people's hearts. In this way, some of the people who used to be in Shanyue and those who are full of bandits have ideas , Shouchun prefect ah! This is a big official position! Just take down that Xu Shu! Although Xu Shu has Baima Congyi under his command, there are only a few dozen people. As for them, they have thousands of people here. Such a ratio can definitely win Xu Shu.
Just when Xu Shu was about to fall into a life-and-death juncture, suddenly a war horse rushed over, "Report, report to the military commander, someone from my Shouchun Shui Army Dazhai sent 100,000 stones of grain and grass. May I ask the military commander how to arrange it?"
"One hundred thousand grain and grass?!" The spy Liu Beijun over there was stunned and then sneered, "What! Military Master Xu Shu, do you still want to play the real thing?!"
"One hundred thousand grains?!" Xu Shu was also stunned. When did he make such a move? Moreover, the previous messenger was disguised by Bai Ma Congyi, and this person is really a soldier of Shuizhai. "Let them bring them here!" Xu Shu said such a sentence by accident! The orderly led the way.
"Perhaps there is really food and grass in Shouchun!" The people below also began to discuss. The reason they looked at Xu Shu unkindly just now was because Xu Shu lied to them. It is better to arrest Xu Shu than to die. But now it seems that there are really, they naturally won't take risks!
"Hehe food and grass? So what if I wait for you to climb up for a while, I have decided on this Shouchun city!" Xu Shu, who is protected by a white horse from righteousness without the common people, and Liu Beijun's spies can't do anything about him!
"Boom boom boom!" If Xu Shu's fake grain truck was just perfunctory, now this wave is real grain! Hundreds of mighty grain trucks rushed directly to Shouchun Joint! (to be continued..)
ps: Although there are only four updates! But twenty-six thousand is a lot! The weak ask for a reward!