Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 7 Refugee Upheaval
Because of Zhao Xin's inattentiveness, something happened to the refugees in the 18th century, and the reason for the confusion was that there was not enough food.

This fellow told Sheng Saburo and Liji before that he would leave for seven to ten days, but it turned out that he left for more than 20 days.

Zhao Xin bought food for the first time. He bought a total of [-] catties of rice, some eight-treasure porridge and instant noodles. When he left, he still had [-] catties of rice, a few boxes of eight-treasure porridge, and ten boxes of instant noodles.

Let’s talk about ten boxes of instant noodles first. It looks like a lot, but it’s not enough to feed 300 people.

Besides rice, you must know that this era is not ten taels per catty, but "16 taels per catty". If converted according to the metric system, a catty at this time weighs more than a catty in later generations, and a catty is 590 grams.Therefore, the rice left by Zhao Xin before he left was actually only 762 catties and 7 taels according to the measurement of this era.

And those boxes of eight-treasure porridge, with a total of only a few dozen cans, were not enough to fill the gaps between the teeth.

More than 300 people, [-] catties of rice porridge a day, two meals a day, can eat for fifteen days.Katsusaburo had already checked the amount of rice after Zhao Xin left, so he was quite relieved at the time.

As a result, ten days later, before Zhao Xin came back, Sheng Saburo was a little confused.

"Will you not come back?" Katsuzaburō quietly asked Riyoshi and Shino when there was no one around.

"No." Li Ji actually began to panic in his heart. It has only been more than 20 days since his husband and wife went to Zhao Xin.If you really don't come back, what can you do?

By the way, "Sir Immortal", why didn't you leave a hundred and ten stones of grain before you left?
"If Mr. Zhao is delayed by something, if he comes back late, the food will not be enough." Katsu Saburo decided to explain the seriousness of the matter to Liji and his wife. After all, these two are Zhao Xin's servants.

"That, that..." Li Ji and Zhi Nai didn't know what to do. In the eyes of his husband and wife, Lord Zhao Xin was a god.But what if this immortal returns to the sky and doesn't come back, what should I do?

So, after discussing with Liji, Katsuzaburō and Likichi decided to cut the amount of rice for porridge by half from fifty kilograms every day, so that the remaining rice could last for some days.

You must know that when there are too many people, and there is nothing to do when you are idle, it is inevitable that people with ulterior motives will appear.

Both Katsuzaburo and Liji and their husbands stood up and explained to everyone that there was not enough food, and the food supply was halved every day.In the first two days, although some people were dissatisfied, they didn't say anything for the time being.

This year, it is really good to have someone to keep stuttering.Many people have seen the starving people who collapsed on the side of the road, some peasants who escaped, and even the entire village is empty, and the old people all starved to death.

Although I don't know what the grown-up wants to do to take us in, at least the food is white rice porridge for everyone.In the whole world, which landlord or samurai master gives his servants white rice porridge!

However, rumors began to spread.

Someone described it with seriousness, and that adult probably won't come back.Think about it too, which master would give farmers rice for nothing in these years?Even if there are really good-hearted people who come up with so much food, it is estimated that they will be poor and have nothing left.Can he come back?impossible!

Others said that Katsuzaburo and Liji and his wife were secretly eating white rice behind everyone's back, saying that they had noses and eyes.

The rumor started with only two or three people talking, and after two days, almost everyone was talking in private.

When it reached Li Ji's ears, he was so angry that he wanted to punch someone, but Shino held him tightly.

Of course, he and Shino did secretly drink a few cans of eight-treasure porridge.Ke Liji believes that as the personal servant of Lord Zhao Xin, the treatment must be different from that of other people.Although the food supply has decreased, it is white rice porridge!These poor ghosts may not have eaten once since they were young.

Liji also gave Katsuzaburo a few cans of eight-treasure porridge. After Katsuzaburo ate it once, he felt that it was a supreme delicacy.And the rest was reluctant to eat, and he secretly hid it in a tree hole for emergencies.

On the 20th day, the rice was finally eaten, and Zhao Xin hadn't come back yet.

This time, everyone thought that Zhao Xin had abandoned them.

As a result, some people began to plan to leave and continue to go south; those who were restless were just around the corner.

Rikichi and Shino didn't leave.Although the rice is gone, there are still ten boxes of instant noodles and the last two boxes of porridge. Moreover, the pots and bowls that Zhao Xin gave are still there, these are rare things that have never been seen before.

Some people want to leave, but they like these things and want to take them away.For Liji, this is absolutely not allowed.

The things belonged to Lord Zhao Xin, and as Lord Zhao's servant, Li Ji naturally thought that he had the natural right to inherit these things, why should others take them away.

At this time, Katsu Saburo only had a wooden stick in his hand. If he had a samurai sword, it would be better to say that these farmers would not dare to be presumptuous.

But a wooden stick, who doesn't have it yet...

The conflict happened one night on No.20.

So when Zhao Xin finally returned to the camp in the morning, what he saw was such a scene.

Katsuzaburō was beaten with a wooden club and his head was bleeding, and a rib was broken.His head was wrapped in a rag that had been torn from someone's clothes.

Rikichi and Shino's nose and face are bruised.Li Ji had a big bag on his forehead, his nose was still bleeding, his stomach was kicked several times, and he was lying beside Katsu Saburo humming; Shino's face was also swollen, and his clothes were torn.

And the Wanzao family.This family are honest farmers, because they helped Li Ji and the others to protect those pots and pans, Wan Zao was beaten badly, and then started a fire.Wan Zao's youngest son was crying beside him with a big snot, while Wan Zao's wife was feeding Wan Zao with water from a bowl, also crying and wiping tears from time to time.

There are more than 100 people left in the camp, most of them are women and orphans with nowhere to go, and there are only about [-] adult men left.These people all gathered together and sighed.

"Fuck!!!" Zhao Xin was stunned when he got closer, why was he robbed?who did it?

When this fellow came back, he was holding a samurai sword in his left hand and a samurai sword in his right hand on his shoulders.

"Sir! You're back!" The sharp-eyed Shino turned around and saw Zhao Xin approaching, crying and screaming at Zhao Xin's feet, crying.

At this time, everyone also discovered Zhao Xin, so they all knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

"Oops!" After listening to Katsuzaburo and Shino's separate remarks, and looking at a large group of people sitting on the ground around him, Zhao Xin understood, and it was too late.

This is so self-inflicted.

What bike do you want!Uh, no, what kind of RV.

However, it seems that the RV still needs...

Zhao Xin asked everyone to leave this open space, and they all went to the woods first, and then ordered all of them to turn their backs to him, and they were not allowed to look back without his order.

Everyone was uneasy, not knowing what the grown-up was going to do.

After waiting for a while, a rustling voice came from behind.After a while, Zhao Xin shouted, "Okay, let's all turn around."

Leaning on a wooden stick, Katsuzaburō, who was supported by Shino, was stunned.

Shino was stunned.

Wan Zao's wife was stunned.

Wan Zao's son, who was sucking his snot, was also stunned.

General Tokugawa was stunned.

Well, General Tokugawa didn't know about it at all.

"This this……"

There was nothing in the open space just now, but now it is full of clothes and food.

Did this change?

Master Zhao is an immortal?

No, Master Zhao must have been sent by the Buddha to save us, that must be the case.

Everyone, except Li Ji and Wan Zao who were lying down, knelt down.

In the open space, the densely packed bales were piled up like a hill, with a pile of iron rod-like things next to them, as well as several large green cloth-like things stacked on top of each other.

"Food, clothes, tents. They're all here, but there's not enough." Zhao Xin looked at these supplies with a smile, and pointed at each with his finger.

"You're all hungry. Eat first, then do other things... Hey, why are you kneeling, get up, get up."

"Bodhisattva, no, Master Zhao Bodhisattva..." Zhi Nai stammered and said cautiously.

"It's all a mess, get up first."

"My lord, I would like to follow your lord in the future. I implore your lord to agree to your request and become your retainer."

Sheng Saburo raised his head and looked straight at Zhao Xin with hope in his eyes.In this era, how many people can care about the life and death of farmers?Generals, old middle schoolers, businessmen, and even ordinary warriors... Only Zhao Xin in front of him is trying to save these people.Katsu Saburo decided to follow this mysterious Lord Zhao and contribute his own strength.

"This counts as subduing one? Then should I agree or agree?" Zhao Xin kept muttering in his heart.

At this time, Li Ji, who was lying on the side, also woke up, sat up, and saw Zhao Xin, who was surrounded by everyone, and cried loudly.

"Why are you crying?" Zhao Xin saw that everyone was still motionless, so he pointed at a few women. "You, you, you and a few of you, make a fire and cook."

Several women hurriedly kowtowed before standing up.

"I don't cook porridge today, I eat white rice." Zhao Xin added another sentence.

The crowd immediately cheered and laughed.

(End of this chapter)