There are many riots in this world not because the people above are living and drinking, nor because of how good their lives are, but because of how bad the lives of the people below are.

When you have no clothes, you can still bear it, but if you don't have food, you absolutely cannot tolerate it, because you can still be embarrassed when you don't have clothes, but when you don't have food, you will lose your life. Between people and their lives,

Our ancestors clearly chose their fate.

Many people pay attention to backbone most of the time. Of course, backbone is very meaningful, but if our predecessors had such backbone and did not bow their heads when they needed to, then we would still be here today.

? So, sometimes, bowing your head is really not a kind of cowardice, but a kind of helplessness.

As soon as Shi Laiwen finished speaking, the people below were shocked. If there was no food to eat, they would starve to death. Such a blow could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences. Watching the emotions of the people below slowly slowly

The ground rose, and a trace of panic flashed across Shi Laiwen's face.

Ye Tan suddenly pinched Han Biejia's arm and asked him to come up. This guy stood there in a daze.

"Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet, I have something to say." Han Biejia is a local. Sometimes his prestige exceeds that of Shi Laiwen, so after his voice appeared, the voices below became slightly quieter, but then immediately

A local old man stood up and said, "Bie Han, you can't be like this. If you act like this, everyone will starve to death."

As he spoke, he began to cry, and the tears on his face were particularly dazzling.

Han Biejia took a deep breath and let his mind solidify for a moment, and then said, "Everyone be quiet, listen to me, the governor is not ignoring everyone, but has other ways. Is it okay for everyone to eat gruel recently?

Are you not full?"

His words made everyone quiet for a moment, and then they started shouting loudly, "Yes, that's right, the porridge is not enough to eat at all, and we don't have the energy to do anything else every day..."

At that time, everything was said, especially the people who had been hiding in the dark started shouting because they all knew that the governor had food, but there was no news about how long this food would last.

"Don't you have a house to live in, and are you very uncomfortable?" Han Biejia's second sentence directly made everyone excited. No one can guarantee peace and quiet at this time, because many of them do not have a house.

Yes, but, not having a house does not mean that there is no household registration. The current household registration is relatively chaotic, but it does not mean that there is no household registration. It is just that sometimes it is chaotic, because of the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty and many people had already moved their houses

It was mortgaged out.

"Yes, hello, we can only live in the open air now. It's fine during the day, but there are a lot of mosquitoes at night." A thin man in a long gown said softly, as if he was the victim.

"Hey, it's Mr. Lu, why are you here?" Han Biejia asked suspiciously. This Mr. Lu's original name was Lu Haoran, and he was a local scholar. He remembered that this man still had a house at home, but why did it look like this?

Woolen cloth?

"I'm homeless." Lu Haoran was crying as soon as he said these words, and there were two children and a woman standing next to him. They were all dirty. You could tell by looking at the children's faces that they were eating.

He doesn't have enough to eat, but he should be able to have enough to eat. Moreover, this person doesn't gamble or play, he just likes to read. I heard that he can become an official in the future. How could this be so?

"Don't you have a house? You also have some ancestral calligraphy and paintings at home, and you can also write. How could it be like this?" Han Biejia asked strangely, even if you were a prodigal, you wouldn't have lost your fortune so quickly, right?

"The family ran out of food, and the children screamed with hunger, so the students pawned the calligraphy and paintings passed down from their families. Unfortunately, they only pawned two guan. Later, they pawned the house, but it only cost 20 guan. Later, there was no money left at home.

Things have been pawned, so we can only come out to beg for food." Lu Haoran's words made Han Biejia stunned, no, although your house is not particularly high-end, it has more than a hundred guan, how can it only have 20 guan?

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"Which pawn shop did you pawn at?" Han Biejia continued to ask.

"Liu's Pawn Shop." Lu Haoran thought that his ancestral home was gone. He was also depressed. The Liu family was really not a thing. They deliberately raised the price of food so that they could not buy much. Thinking about being kicked out

At that time, except for some shabby quilts and clothes at home, everything else was gone. Alas, such tragedies may just be normal in history.

"Okay, I get it. Now everyone is concerned about why they don't give out porridge, right?" Han Biejia remembered this in his mind. At the same time, it can be considered a good thing and will be good for future development.

"Yes, sir, why don't you give out porridge? Do you really not care about the life and death of the people like me?" Wang Daniu continued to ask.

"No, the governor thinks it's inappropriate to feed you gruel like this, so I plan to make some thicker porridge for you, so you don't have to worry." Han Biejia's words made the people below stunned for a moment. This farewell

Have you lost your mind? What are you thinking about letting us eat good porridge? How is this possible?

Looking at everyone's doubtful eyes, Han Biejia continued, "From today on, the Tongzhou government is going to spend time cleaning up the rivers and carrying out large-scale self-rescue. If anyone is willing to participate, there will be food and rice. If not,

There will be no force, and at the same time, if anyone dares to cause trouble in the same state, he will be punished as treason."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was dumbfounded. They had to work to be able to eat these things, but now they can say that they have nothing. How can they work, and where can they start working?

"Now select thirty people among you, each of whom is required to be literate or basically literate, and then find a group of people to follow us out of the city. Anyone who makes a noise will be strictly followed by military law."

After Han Biejia finished speaking, he followed Shi Laiwen and others towards the city gate. As for the selection of people, they didn't care.

The geographical location of Tongzhou is very advantageous. Once you leave the city, you can see rivers and thousands of miles of plains everywhere. Most of everything here used to be fertile farmland. Unfortunately, now it is only overgrown with weeds and the speed of a nightingale.

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Ye Tan followed them out. As soon as he came out of the city gate, he saw thousands of miles of orioles flying and grass growing. He felt very comfortable. Unfortunately, he didn't have the time to do these things now. Instead, he followed Shi Laiwen and started to check the surroundings.

Look at the direction of the Wei River.

Finally, the locations were determined at the thirty points agreed on the night before, and then the people from the governor's office began to knock wooden stakes on them in order to build a house here as a temporary residence.

After Ye Tan chose the location, the thirty people appeared quickly, but there were not many people following them.

Looking at the thirty people standing in front of him, Ye Tan took out something from the bamboo basket on one side and said, "This is called oyster mushroom. It is delicious. If you eat more, you can live longer. There is a group of people among you."

I'm going to look for this today. I can get as much as I want. At the same time, this thing is called green celery. It's a vegetable. I saw it everywhere here. It tastes good or bad. You have to pick the top parts of these things and bring them over.

And this one is eel. Some of you may have eaten it before. This thing tastes very fishy, ​​but when it’s done, it’s delicious. And I don’t need to say this. It’s a bastard. You don’t know how to prepare it. After a while

Someone will teach you, let’s get started now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was confused. What was he doing? If he wasn't working, how could he go out to look for food? Moreover, some of the food was stuffed with pigweed, so how could he eat it?

But Shi Laiwen's next words made them run out directly, "The food will be here in a moment. If you can't bring the things back, you will all have nothing to eat. If no one in the team gets it, there will be nothing to eat."

After the people around him dispersed, Shi Laiwen came to sit in front of Li Chengqian and Ye Tan and said, "Ye Hou, are these things really delicious?"

Ye Tan did not answer, but asked, "How are you doing with the things I asked you to prepare before?"

Hearing Ye Tan's words, Shi Laiwen said with a bitter look on his face, "It will be delivered in a moment, but it is a pity that so much good iron has been turned into cooking utensils. It is really a sin."

In the Tang Dynasty, the first thing to do when there was iron was to make weapons. Without weapons, there was no sense of security. But last night, Shi Laiwen mobilized almost all the blacksmiths in the same state and the generals in the army to work all night.

, he may not be the only one feeling distressed and scolding me now.

"Without cooking utensils, there is no food. Without food, do you think those people can stay here? If they are not happy with the meal at noon today, then you will see, if there is no chaos in the same state,

, it's impossible." Ye Tan didn't care at all. This kind of thing itself is also a scary thing, because sometimes some things are very difficult in themselves. If you want to cover everything, it's impossible.

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Soon, Mo Xiaoyu brought dozens of people he had trained overnight, followed by more than a dozen large cars. However, this kind of car is just like this in the eyes of outsiders, but in Ye Tan's eyes, it is just a big car.

It's just a small car.

As soon as dozens of people arrived here, under the guidance of Mo Xiaoyu, they began to pile up temporary earth stoves. There was a lot of land and some mud around. This was very easy. As for firewood, there was no shortage at all now.

Because there were many dead trees during the drought, of course, the main people responsible were some people in the army, and these people can be used. As for the local police officers, almost all of them can be said to be maintaining

The one who brings order.

After the earthen stoves and other things here were finished, almost all the people who collected things came back. When they looked at the stoves, they felt a little relieved. Of course, the most relieved ones were the cars on the ground.

It's full of food.

Although those who studied with Mo Xiaoyu were average, as long as they could master it, it was not an easy task.

With a simple knife in her hand, Mo Xiaoyu started to pack the things they found. While packing, she pointed out which of the vegetables and meats were edible, and what should be done if there was no salt at home.

Yes, it’s just that he doesn’t know whether they can hear this, and he doesn’t expect everyone to understand it all at once.

A Huangshan piece of about one meter, about the thickness of a thumb, was taken out directly from the bamboo house by Mo Xiaoyu. Then, without any movement, he disemboweled it, then cut it into sections and put it aside in the bamboo house.

The technique is extremely skillful, and then there are some crabs, black fish and other items. As for vegetables and the like, they have been cleaned long ago. The requirement is just two words, clean.

After some of the detectives brought over several large wild boars, Mo Xiaoyu began to explain how to do it in front of everyone. However, wild boars had less oil, so in the end Shi Laiwen had someone buy a dozen old ones.

Although the sow is not delicious, it is still good for refining oil. The strong aroma soon attracted the people standing around.

Han Biejia shouted angrily, "Everyone, go wash your hands and prepare your chopsticks. The food is not ready yet, so you can use this time to build a shed. Otherwise, where will you sleep at night?"

Just as the thirty leaders were about to speak, they saw the sergeant on one side taking out the long knife from his waist. They immediately shut up and began to organize the area, because it was still very painful when the knife was cut on the neck.

After Mo Xiaoyu got all these things, he started to take out almost thirty tortoises from a basket and began to cut them into pieces. But this thing needs to be done quickly, otherwise it will become very fishy very quickly.

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After everything was done, he started cooking. He didn't explain the steps, but the aroma made those who were working look over from time to time. Shi Laiwen looked at Ye Tan and asked, "Ye Hou

, is it really possible?”

"What do you mean, you can try some after a while. I'm worried that you won't have so many aquatic products here in the future. However, if everyone likes these things by then, the land here is good.

It is very fertile, and there is a lot of water, which can be used to grow rice and wheat. Rice and fish together are a land of plenty, and wheat can be made into big cakes. In the future, not only you here can enjoy it, but the common people can also enjoy some benefits. It cannot always be

Taxation, taxation, the people have no money, so what kind of land tax is there? If there is no tax, how can you secure this position?"

Ye Tan's words made Shi Laiwen feel that he was a little unable to turn around, but Mr. Sun on the side couldn't help but asked with a smile, "Ye Hou means that taxes can be increased?"

Since ancient times, there have not been many ways to increase taxes, but there are also many. The most terrifying thing is to ask for money directly. In this case, the final result is often not good, because no one has extra things.

"Marquis Ye, can this really be like this?" Han Biejia asked tremblingly. This is the first time I have heard of such a thing. It has been the result of my inaction since ancient times. Everyone did nothing and let the people

You can revive and then you can get the benefits.

"What do you think?" Ye Tan took a deep breath, and then suddenly disappeared from the front of Shi Laiwen, and arrived in front of a man who was talking to another refugee with his head lowered, and sneered, "Are you quite happy?"

"You? Ah?" Before the other party could react, Ye Tan's hands hit the other party's chest directly like a rock hitting a tree. Then he saw this person flying directly up, and fell down after almost twenty meters.

On the ground, motionless.
Chapter completed!