At noon the next day, the 50,000 troops temporarily recruited by Yang Fan arrived. These people immediately dispersed into a team of 100 and swept across the entire Shaanxi from north to south.
They rode in steam trucks, or rode horses, or pulled camels, and raided villages one by one. Anyone who had no land or a family with more than five measures of grain would be immediately tied up and taken away.
Even in towns and cities, those without jobs, idlers, scoundrels, and even some craftsmen who needed coats were all taken away without any hesitation.
For a time, the whole of northern Shaanxi was crying loudly. They didn't know what crime they had committed and where they would be taken. They thought they were working as slaves for the Mongols, because many of the people who captured them were mobilized Mongolian militiamen.
"You're all mourning. When you get your coat, you're damn lucky. Marquis Dingyuan will give each of your families fifty acres of irrigated land. No rent will be collected, and there will be no corvee. If you are recruited to work, you will be paid.
Pay wages. Where can you find such a good thing? Isn't it better than waiting here for your whole family to starve to death?" A thief Mongolian in Chinese shouted loudly on a horse.
Fifty acres of land! Did we hear that right? It’s still irrigated land.
The people below were stunned immediately, and then their eyes turned red.
Water irrigates the fields. Harvests are guaranteed despite droughts and floods. If they had water to irrigate the fields, would they still have to flee everywhere?
But is this true? Isn't it just to trick them into selling it on the grassland?
"Bring up the cakes, give each person a piece, and then give each person a pork kidney, kettle and lunch box set." The Mongolian captain shouted loudly.
Soon the cooks came carrying big baskets and buckets.
Seeing the steaming cornmeal cakes and the egg soup in the bucket, these people immediately became red-eyed and rushed to grab them. They overturned a large basket and scattered the cakes all over the floor.
Bang! There was a gunshot, and a rogue fell to the ground, with a big hole in his head.
Suddenly, everyone was so frightened that they shrank back.
"Fuck you, line up for me. Those who don't line up and rob will be shot." The captain cursed loudly.
A large number of soldiers came up, separated them according to family units, and then lined up to receive food.
Seeing that they were handing out food, these people suddenly became quiet. Many of them had not had food for a long time. It was a combination of wild vegetables, grass roots, tree bark, and soil.
As soon as the hot chunks of steamed cake came into their hands, these people, covered in dirt and smelly, ignored the burning of their mouths and swallowed them in big mouthfuls. Fortunately, the steamed cake was soft. If it had been dry food, several of them would have choked to death.
"There are pickles, there are pickle strips wrapped inside." One person shouted in surprise.
When making the cake, pickle slivers are put in it. After all, people cannot stand it for a long time without salt.
Then, the cooking soldier carried a load and poured a large spoonful of egg soup into everyone's lunch box. There were only two eggs in a large iron bucket of these egg soups. They were made by thickening starch and adding some dehydrated vegetables and lard.
Yes. But these people drank so much that they almost swallowed their tongues.
Yang Fan plans to build a chicken farm. As long as it reaches a large scale, eggs and chicken will be super cheap. These things can be fully supplied.
"Okay, after eating, we will create a register according to the family's enthronement. Re-issue the household registration book. Tie up the whole family with thin iron chains to prevent them from getting separated on the road." The captain ordered loudly.
This was decided before departure. A family is locked together with thin iron chains and cuffs. They are stretched into a long string. One is to prevent the family from escaping halfway. The other is to prevent the family from getting separated. These cuffs are all universal keys.
If you need to relieve yourself on the way, the escorting officers and soldiers can open it.
Seeing that they were actually given food, and they really couldn't survive here, they simply didn't resist. Even if they weren't given any land, if they had something to eat, the whole family would not starve to death or be eaten by their neighbors.
It is also a good way out.
In Yulin County, the lobby of the governor's Yamen was noisy inside.
Yang Fan sat on the chair with an unswerving expression. Beneath him were kneeling Shen Yiyuan and other bandit leaders. Many old country squires gathered outside, all here to protest.
Yang He and Hong Chengchou also had ugly expressions. These old coffin-skinned men were all retired scholars, candidates, etc. The reason why they came here to cause trouble for Yang Fan was because Yang Fan wanted to move the poor away. They heard that
, anxious as if his butt was burning, he rushed to stop it.
"Marquis Dingyuan, you have taken away all the people, who will farm the land and do the work for us in the future?" an old man asked angrily, shaking his goatee.
"That is, if you take everyone away, where will my family buy maids and bed-warming girls? There are so many people who still owe me debts. Who will pay me back?"
"Even if we let them starve to death on the land, we can't let them leave. It would be better to starve to death more, and let the farmers and dung collectors see it with their own eyes. We can put pressure on the tenants before they can accept the highland rent. Now
, a carrot for a pit, there are no extra people, what if the tenants get angry and demand a reduction in the tenant rent? Aren't you deceiving others?"
…
Yang Fan was so angry that his orifices were filled with smoke. These old immortals were still thinking about how to knock on the bones and suck out the marrow.
I didn’t see it. When this gang of rioters got up, the first thing they did was to break into your house. They killed you bastards and then raped your women. They robbed your family of food and property and set fire to your house.
House?
The knife was held to his neck, and he was reaching into the coffin to demand money.
But when Yang Fan thought about it, this was the behavior of these people.
I will never see silver in my black eyes for the rest of my life, and I can't control my own hands.
When Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng, the princes showed a rare act of generosity and gave 300,000 taels of silver to the army. They planned to reward the people and soldiers who defended the city, so that everyone could work together to save everyone's lives.
However, as soon as he left the palace, he was first given away 30% by the housekeeper and the servants. Then the civil servants and military officers divided it up. When it was in the hands of the soldiers, each of them was given a few copper coins.
In the end, the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, and everyone became the victim of Li Zicheng.
Shen Yiyuan knelt on the ground with a look of stubbornness and disdain.
At this moment, I saw Yang Fan's face turned livid with anger, and he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahaha, Marquis Dingyuan, you are also a man who dominates the world, but now you are like eating a fly. Hahaha. You just called me a gangster. I won't argue with you. I use the lives of the poor and the rich.
I want to use the money to build my own country. Starting a business is not a shabby thing. But you use the poor’s money and the poor’s life to protect the rich’s country, but the rich don’t support you and even scold you. This
It’s really a long time since I last saw you. How ridiculous you are. How stupid you are, hahahaha..."
Yang Fan had nothing to say, this was a thief, but the thief took one bite and it penetrated three parts to the bone.
That's the fact. Yang Fan is helping them. But these idiots don't even know who they are.
Now the mountains and valleys are full of refugees. If we don't get rid of these time bombs, will they keep causing trouble to you old coffin-skinned people? Actually, you are still scolding yourself. It really makes people speechless.
Yang Fan slapped the table and cursed: "Shut up, everyone."
"You idiots, if you don't get these people away, as soon as my army leaves, they will rush into your house and kill you all. Why do you think that these people, these common people, can always be oppressed by you?
, and don’t resist. Once they resist, they will kill you like killing a dog’s ears.”
