Chapter 1,469: Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (16)
Chapter 1472: Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (16)
"Bold and unruly!"
When Wang Chen cut off the second head, a group of heavily armed soldiers rushed over and started killing the refugees around Ye Dai and others, killing more than a dozen people in an instant.
Ye Dai is Ye Xiangming's daughter. Although she is from another house, the county magistrate's love for her has long been an open secret in Qing'an County, and not many people are unaware of it.
The soldiers responsible for maintaining law and order outside the city are all Ye Xiangming's subordinates.
When a group of disaster victims came around just now, these soldiers were on strong alert, so they responded very quickly.
They were even more cruel and ruthless than Wang Chen. Even those who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy were killed without mercy, and they used heads and dripping blood to warn other refugees.
It's not that these soldiers like to kill people, but if they don't use such cruel methods to kill chickens and scare monkeys, then nearly ten thousand refugees will be unable to control them, and the consequences of rebellion will be disastrous.
A small commotion was quickly put down.
"Let's go back."
Wang Chen sheathed his sword and said softly to his wife and concubines: "Let others handle the relief work in the future."
Ye Dai nodded with a pale face.
She has been raised in a boudoir, unaware of the cruelty of the human world, and today she was taught a good lesson.
All three perspectives were severely impacted.
Not long after Wang Chen returned home with his wife and concubines, his father-in-law Ye Xiangming hurried to the door.
The county magistrate obviously got the news, came over to inquire about the situation, and then told Ye Dai with a straight face.
Ye Dai was scolded to the point where she was in tears.
Ye Xiangming also complained about Wang Chen: "Don't spoil her too much. Everything depends on her temper."
Wang Chen smiled bitterly: "My son-in-law knows."
"This is none of your husband's business."
Ye Dai quickly wiped her tears and defended Wang Chen: "It's all my fault."
"You, you!"
Ye Xiangming actually loved his daughter very much. He waved his hands feebly and said, "Go and reflect on yourself. Wang Chen and I have something to discuss. We will have dinner here tonight."
After Ye Dai left, Ye Xiangming said seriously to Wang Chen: "The situation is not good now..."
First, Qing'an County asked for help from the prefectural city above. As a result, the prefectural city expressed its inability to allocate half of the grain of relief grain. Instead, it asked the county government to allocate part of the grain from the official warehouse to support the prefectural city.
Because all seven counties in Changyi Prefecture were hit by disasters, the drought in several counties was particularly severe.
The situation in Qing'an County is considered good.
At present, tens of thousands of victims have gathered outside Fucheng, and the number is still increasing.
The price of rice in Fucheng has risen to twenty cents per catty, and rice shops have even been robbed. The grain stored in the government treasury can only last for two or three months at most.
If no new rice is put into storage by then, the consequences will be disastrous.
As the saying goes, when the house leaks and it rains all night, the refugees in Santai County, where the drought is the worst, started a rebellion and almost brought down the county seat.
"There is probably a drought demon in Santai County."
Ye Xiangming's face was extremely ugly: "When the drought demon comes out, the red land will be thousands of miles away. We, Qing'an County, can't be alone!"
For the mortal world, drought is undoubtedly one of the most terrible disasters.
Drought is often accompanied by natural disasters. Where it appears, rivers dry up and lakes dry up, and the wilderness is barren of grass. It can also bring fires.
It is normal for a drought demon to become a climate monster and destroy an entire country!
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In order to deal with this drought monster, Changyi Mansion has recruited martial arts masters and elite soldiers, and has also asked the wizards of Baiyun Temple to help, and is preparing to kill it.
Although it is said that the sooner the drought demon is killed, the better, but as a natural disaster, the drought demon is not so easy to deal with.
I don’t know how many people will die to solve it!
But that's not the most troublesome thing.
The biggest problem lies in the court of Nanli Kingdom. Since King Nanli became seriously ill six months ago, the overt and covert fighting between several princes has entered a fierce state, which has greatly affected the country's situation.
Taken together, these circumstances give people the feeling that the country is about to lose its kingdom and that troubled times are approaching.
And once the sky falls, Ye Xiangming, who has always been strong in Qing'an County, dare not say that he can guarantee the safety of his wife, children, and children.
"To be prepared for a rainy day, you still have to make plans early."
The county magistrate finally said to Wang Chen: "Both you and I need a way out."
Ye Xiangming was not making false threats. In less than half a month, the situation in Changyi Mansion deteriorated sharply.
With no way to survive, the refugees in Santai County finally captured the county seat through desperate efforts at all costs.
They looted all the big households in the city, killed the gentry, and then took a large number of civilians in the city to organize an army of rogue bandits and launched a raid on the adjacent areas of Santai County.
As the news spread, the entire Changyi Mansion fell into panic.
These bandits grew rapidly like a snowball, sweeping across Changyi Mansion like locusts, with their number exceeding 50,000.
This huge army of rogue bandits did not attack the city, which had strong defenses. Instead, they moved down the river, taking more victims with them, while attacking local county towns.
Just one month later, Yongping County, located in the upper reaches of Qingshui River, was captured.
Yongping County is adjacent to Qing'an County, and its fall means that Qing'an County will face the frontline of the rogue army!
When the news came, all the gentry and merchants in the county panicked.
Many people hurriedly fled the city with their families and went further south to escape the disaster.
People from the countryside poured into the county in large numbers, causing the security of the county to deteriorate rapidly. Ye Xiangming led soldiers to patrol the streets every day, killing batch after batch of troublemakers.
By early July, the county town was overcrowded and the city gates were completely closed.
Because the rogue army is coming.
Woo~
The desolate sound of horns spread throughout the countryside, and outside Qing'an City, large numbers of bandits came from all over the mountains and fields.
Once the number of people exceeds 10,000, it is boundless, and the number of bandits surrounding Qing'an County is at least 50,000 to 60,000, covering a large area of wilderness with a black mass that makes people feel numb just looking at it.
You must know that the population of Qing'an County is not that large. There are only three hundred soldiers under Ye Xiangming's command. Even if the county government's police officers are included, the armed force does not exceed 500.
What they faced was a hundred times more powerful enemies!
Under such circumstances, the county magistrate Yu Heqian and the county prime minister Ye Xiangming united in an unprecedented way. They not only used strong methods to recruit the servants of the wealthy gentry families in the city to protect the courtyard, but also organized all the members of the local gangs and distributed weapons to serve as soldiers.
In addition, a group of strong men were temporarily recruited, and finally a garrison strength of 3,500 people was assembled.
In fact, if there is a critical moment, the old, weak, women and children in the city will have to go to the city wall to fight, otherwise they will be destroyed and slaughtered.
The ferocity of the bandits is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!