Chapter 0335 those who hurt the benefactor are all our enemies
Before leaving, the old man hesitated for a while and left two grain trucks to Li Di.
He told Li Di that after eating the food, remember to send him the carriage, horse, and food bags to the Kou Mansion.
Li Di stared at the two lonely grain trucks, not knowing what to say.
I, Li Di, one of the four leaders of the Song Dynasty, was given alms...
In Li Di's eyes, the old man's hesitant behavior when he left the grain truck was very similar to the expressions on the streets of Bianjing City when the wealthy households gave alms to beggars.
Li Di made some sarcastic remarks to himself, walked to the grain truck, opened a grain bag, and looked inside to see a large bag of bean sprouts.
That is beans.
Li Di quickly asked people to remove the grain bags from the car, took them to the city wall, re-erected a porridge shed, and made meals for the refugees.
The refugees also know that the food transported by the convoy is for them to eat. Although it has been taken elsewhere, they must have a share.
They stopped shouting and making trouble. Under the comfort of the officials, they stood guard under the city wall, waiting for the officials to give them food.
With this batch of grain sent from Baozhou, this food crisis has been overcome.
The imperial court's documents to mobilize grain and grass from other places were sent out as early as last night. In three days, grain from all places will be gathered in Bianjing City.
The food and clothing problem of the refugees will be completely solved.
Li Di looked at the refugees who were guarding around the two grain trucks and refused to leave, and then looked at the old people who were killed on the city wall, feeling mixed in his heart.
If the food could arrive a day earlier...
No!
If we arrive a few hours earlier, no one will die because of food.
But he didn't complain about the old man and others.
Not only cannot we complain, but we must also take credit for this group of people.
He didn't owe the court anything, and he didn't promise to do anything for the court.
People were able to transport food all the way to Bianjing City purely to maintain their friendship with Kou Ji.
If they don't give it away, there's no problem.
After Li Di had people unload the grain from the grain truck, he turned around and looked at the Forbidden Army soldiers who were driven out of the grain transport team by the old man.
"I asked you to investigate the matter of escorting grain and grass. How could you be taken over and used as a servant?"
Li Di stared at the Forbidden Army soldiers who had only their leather armor left and asked.
The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army said with a grimace: "I told Xiang Li that Bei Gong and others were ordered to investigate the matter of escorting the grain and grass. They bumped into the thieves when they were escorting them back to Beijing.
The humble officials and others knew that Bianjing City was short of food for the victims, and when they saw that they were escorting a large amount of food, they became interested."
Li Di curled his lips and said, "Have you never beaten anyone? Have you been arrested by someone?"
The Forbidden Army soldiers lowered their heads in shame.
Their fighting ability is not bad, but the old man and others are also not weak in fighting ability, and there are more people than them.
The old man and others cooperated with the cavalry and infantry and forcibly captured the cavalry and light cavalry in their group of forbidden troops alive.
Although they lost, they were convinced that they had lost, so they did not open their mouths to defend themselves.
The average age of the old man and others is around thirty, and they are all veterans who have been trained in the frontier for many years. It is reasonable to defeat them, who have only been in the army for three to five years and have not experienced three or five battles.
Seeing that they had no excuse, Li Di was slightly startled. He guessed what they were thinking and said, "If you lose, you will lose... You also lost because you were trying to help the refugees grab food. It's understandable.
I will inform the supervisors in your army so that they can absolve you of your guilt."
When the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army heard this, they looked at Li Di gratefully and nodded in unison.
Seeing Li Di was about to leave, someone among them spoke up and said, "Prime Minister Li..."
Li Di paused and asked, "Why...you still want me to ask for credit for you?"
The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army quickly shook their heads and said: "Bei Gong and others have no such intention. Bei Gong and others want Li Xiang to talk to the Kou Ministry of Industry and let those people return the weapons and horses of Bei Gong and others..."
Li Di turned around and asked: "Why should I give you back the things I captured in a victorious battle?"
The faces of the Forbidden Army officers and others were a little ugly.
They are not afraid if their weapons are lost.
The horses are the most important thing.
There are only one hundred thousand horses owned by the imperial court, and only about sixty thousand can be selected as war horses.
The imperial court had as many as 300,000 cavalry troops.
In other words, it takes five cavalrymen to equip one horse.
So horses are extremely precious, more precious than them all.
This is why when Kou Ji first obtained horses from Liao, so many people risked being killed and offending Kou Zhun to take the horses away from Kou Ji.
Some soldiers, called cavalry, may never be able to ride a horse in their lifetime.
If they lose their weapons, they only need to go back to the armory to get a new one. But if they lose their horses, they will have to pay the equivalent amount of money or be severely punished.
Li Di knew the importance of horses. When he saw the ugly faces of the Forbidden Army officers, he knew that they were afraid of being severely punished.
He sighed and said, "I'll take care of the horses for you."
The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army were relieved when they heard this.
Li Di stopped paying attention to them. He left some officials to sort out the refugees, and took some officials with him to the north gate of Bianjing City.
Bianjing City, at the North Gate.
After dawn, no smoke was seen rising from the stoves, and no food was shipped out of Bianjing City, so the refugees surrounded Kou Ji's tent.
Peng Yue, holding a short knife he got from nowhere, led the refugees and stared at Kou Ji with red eyes.
Peng Yue regarded Kou Ji as a good person and a trustworthy person, and chose to believe in Kou Ji, but Kou Ji deceived him.
This made him feel very angry.
Liu Heng and Cao Yi, holding swords, stood in front of Kou Ji, one on the left and the other on the right.
The two sides had been facing off like this since dawn, without saying anything.
Just when Peng Yue was about to lead the refugees to tear Kou Ji apart, Li Mansion's entourage arrived in time and said that food had arrived, and Li Di summoned Kou Ji over.
Kou Ji wanted to follow Li Mansion's entourage, but was stopped by Peng Yue and the refugees.
They felt that if Kou Ji deceived them once, he would definitely deceive them a second time.
Li Di summoned Kou Ji over, which was probably a ploy to help Kou Ji escape.
Kou Ji could only fight with Li Mansion's entourage to go back and tell Li Di that he was trapped and could not go back.
After Li Mansion's entourage left, Peng Yue led the refugees and silently approached Kou Ji step by step.
When they were forced to be three feet in front of Kou Ji.
A team of thousands of people, waving knives, rushed towards them from a distance.
After they rushed to the north city gate and saw the refugees surrounding Kou Ji, they chose to charge without any hesitation.
If the leading man hadn't tried his best to restrain his men and not allow them to kill, they would have definitely charged all the way in.
Because in their hearts, Kou Ji's life is far more important than anyone else's.
Not to mention a group of refugees, even the elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, they would kill them without hesitation.
They rushed into the crowd of refugees, opened a gap, rushed in front of Kou Ji, and protected Kou Ji behind them.
When they rode their horses to face the refugees, the handles of their swords turned gracefully, and the blades faced the refugees.
They did not shout any threatening words, but they told all the refugees through their actions that they would not be polite if they dared to offend Kou Ji again.
Although they were not wearing armor, the fierce aura they exuded made the refugees feel that they were not easy to deal with.
Although the refugees were more numerous than them, when facing them, they only felt fear in their hearts.
There are only a few people who can muster up the courage to fight with them.
After they frightened the refugees, they sat on horseback and saluted Kou Ji together, "The villain and others have seen our benefactor. The villain and others are fending off the enemy and cannot salute. Please forgive me."
When Kou Ji saw them, he looked surprised. He saw some impressive figures among them, and asked in astonishment: "Why are you here?"
The leading man grinned and said: "Chen Matou will arrive in a while, you can ask him."
Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "Is there anyone else?"
The leading man nodded.
Not long after, the old man hurried to the north gate with a convoy transporting food.
When the team arrived at the refugees, the old man ignored them and kept walking forward.
The refugees subconsciously gave way to them.
The old man and others are like a group of wolves wandering among the sheep, ignoring the sheep around them.
The old man only has eyes for Kou Ji.
When the old man arrived not far in front of Kou Ji, he jumped off the carriage, ran quickly to Kou Ji, cupped his hands and said, "Young man, I have met my benefactor."
The old man was not as cold as he was when facing Li Di, but when facing Kou Ji, his expression was very eager.
Kou Ji saw the long team transporting food behind the old man, and he felt relieved.
He quickly stepped forward, held up the old man's hands, and asked hurriedly: "Why are you here? And you brought so much food?"
The old man rubbed his hands nervously, and said with a bright smile on his face: "After harvesting the wheat in May, the little old man and others planted bean sprouts in the ground. God was kind to me, and we also got a good harvest of bean sprouts this year.
Everyone had too many beetroots to eat, so they thought of exchanging them for some money.
After Chen Engong's people in Baozhou learned about this, they informed Chen Engong.
Chen Engong wrote a letter telling the little old man to ask the little old man and others to transport the sweet potatoes to Bianjing City to sell them. He would help us sell them, and not only would we not suffer losses, but he would also let us sell the sweet potatoes at a high price.
The little old man originally planned to ask the forwarding department to transport the grain, but the price charged by the forwarding department for transporting the grain was too high.
After much thought, the little old man decided that he might as well send it over himself.
Anyway, winter is coming soon, and the little old man and others are idle.
After Xiao Lao'er and others escorted the grain out of Baozhou, they heard the news of a major flood in Bianjing City.
I was afraid that you would run out of food because of the flood, so I traveled day and night to transport the food here quickly.
When we arrived at the border of Kaifeng Prefecture, we ran into a group of forbidden soldiers who wanted to steal food.
The little old man led people to capture them, and learned from their mouths that you had taken over the disaster relief work and that you had no food in your hands.
The little old man and others will be traveling all night to bring you food to meet your urgent need."
Kou Ji held his hand and said movedly: "Not only did it solve my urgent need, it also saved countless lives."
The old man smiled softly, "I wish I could help my benefactor."
In the minds of the old man and others, they would be satisfied if they could help Kou Ji.
Kou Ji had given them a life-saving grace, so they should repay him with a spring of water.
As for how many lives they have survived, they don't care at all.
If Kou Ji is happy, they are happy, it's that simple.
Kou Ji nodded and ordered Liu Heng beside him: "Quickly take people to unload the grain, and then start cooking."
Liu Heng agreed and started to unload the grain with the government officials and others.
When Liu Heng led people to unload the grain, he also specially asked people to open the grain bags so that the refugees could see the grain inside.
The bags of food were open and placed in front of the refugees, so they could naturally see them.
Some refugees quietly helped the team besieging Koji.
If someone takes the lead, someone will follow.
After a while, most of the refugees had left.
The old man was smiling and chatting with Kou Ji. Suddenly someone came up to him and pulled his sleeves. He was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
The man pointed at Peng Yue, who was holding a knife in his hand.
The old man's eyes fell on Peng Yue. After seeing Peng Yue's burly body, he admired in his heart.
After his eyes fell on the short knife in Peng Yue's hand, his face turned cold.
Kou Ji noticed the old man's expression and didn't say anything.
The old man withdrew his eyes from Peng Yue, a smile appeared on his face again, and said to Kou Ji: "My dear, if I hit someone, please don't blame me."
Kou Ji laughed out loud and shook his head, "No..."
The old man nodded and said with a smile: "That's good."
He cupped his hands to Kou Ji, turned around, and looked at Peng Yue again.
His slightly bent waist straightened instantly, and there was no longer any smile on his old face, only a cold look on his face.
When facing Kou Ji, he looked like an old farmer in the fields, but when facing Peng Yue, he looked like a fierce soldier against the enemy.
The old man walked up to Peng Yue with steady steps.
The men who followed the old man surrounded Peng Yue.
But the refugees who followed Peng Yue to make trouble were hiding far away from him at this moment.
The old man stared at Peng Yue and asked, "Whose life are you going to hurt with a short knife?"
Peng Yue gritted his teeth and said nothing.
The old man shouted coldly: "No one can hurt our benefactor until the soldiers and people of Baozhou are dead. Anyone who dares to hurt our benefactor is the mortal enemy of our soldiers and people of Baozhou."
"Crack!"
The old man slapped Peng Yue hard on the face. A trace of blood seeped out of the corner of Peng Yue's mouth and was submerged in his beard.
But he didn't fight back, not because he didn't have the ability to fight back, but because he couldn't fight back.
"Crack!"
The old man slapped me again.
Three slaps in a row were slapped on Peng Yue's face. Peng Yue's face slowly swelled up, and the short knife in his hand fell to the ground.
The old man snorted coldly and said, "Since you didn't hurt my benefactor, I'll give you three slaps as a lesson. How to deal with you is up to my benefactor."