Mi Han

Chapter 372
Hanzhong County, Mianyang County.

Since the establishment of Hanzhong County, Mianyang has always been the second largest county in Hanzhong County except Nanzheng, the county seat.

At that time, under the advice of his ministers, Cao Cao migrated a large number of people from several counties near Nanzheng to Guanzhong.

Under Cao Cao's move, the population of Nanzheng and its surrounding counties dropped sharply, and the aristocratic and powerful forces in these counties also suffered a heavy blow.

However, Mianyang County is closer to Yizhou, and Cao Cao's move to relocate the population from Hanzhong was a bit hasty.

Therefore, the population in Mianyang County did not drop too much.

Under the same ebb and flow, Mianyang County surpassed Nanzheng County and became the most powerful base of the aristocratic family in Hanzhong County.

It was precisely because of this reason that Liu Bei specially placed the place where he became king in Mianyang County.

His purpose is to deter those powerful local families and powerful forces inside and outside Mianyang County.

Several years have passed since Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor.

Perhaps tens of thousands of troops gathered and hundreds of ministers gathered in the grand event of proclaiming the king, which to a large extent deterred the evil-minded powerful forces inside and outside Mianyang County.

It's just that as time goes by, that deterrent effect is slowly dissipating.

The aristocratic and powerful families inside and outside Mianyang County are also slowly returning to their old ways.

For example, the Xiao family can dominate in Mianyang County.

This Xiao family is the family that dared to openly question Xiao Pu who threatened Mi Yang.

It is autumn, which is the time when the ears of wheat in the fields are ripe.

There is Mian River near Mianyang. This superior water conservancy condition has made the agricultural production outside Mianyang County the leader among the counties in Hanzhong County.

A large stretch of endless wheat fields stretches outside Mianyang City. Under the sunshine, the patches of wheat fields exude a golden light.

When a gust of breeze blows, the unique aroma of wheat ears immediately fills the world outside Mianyang County.

Looking at the wheat field full of wheat ears in front of him, when he thought of how much food he would get if he harvested all the ears in the wheat field in front of him, a member of the Xiao family could not hide his expression on his face. smile.

There are at least a hundred acres of fertile land in front of him.

Although these hundreds of acres of fertile land are nominally listed on the household registrations of many common people, they are actually all owned by his Xiao family.

Moreover, the land belonging to the Xiao family is far more than the hundred acres. The hundred acres of fertile land in front of him is just the tip of the iceberg of the Xiao family's property.

With such a vast family business, as a member of the Xiao clan, how could he not feel happy?
And in the hundred acres of fertile land in front of this Xiao clansman, there are at least a thousand disheveled, sallow and emaciated farmers who are constantly harvesting ears of wheat in the wheat field.

These thousands of farmers who are working hard are all shadow households belonging to the Xiao family, or it is more appropriate to say that they are servants of the Xiao family.

Although from the outside, these thousands of farmers are all malnourished and exhausted.

But even so, they must also be exposed to the scorching sun and cannot stop their work for a moment.

Because their lives do not belong to them.

As for what will happen if you accidentally stop it?

A gray-haired, skinny old farmer verified this point with his personal experience.

The old farmer was so skinny that his arms were not even as thick as the handle of the sickle in his hand.

This is enough to reflect that his whole person is in a state of extreme hunger.

But despite this, he still has to endure the scorching sun and work for the fertile land that does not belong to him, quickly wasting his few remaining lives.

Under old age and frailty, the old farmer fainted as expected.

But when the old farmer fell directly into the wheat field because of lack of energy.

There are many common people around him who have the same experience as him, but they seem to see snakes and scorpions, and they are afraid that it will be too late to avoid him.

They were afraid that the old farmer would implicate themselves.

As expected by these common people, the Xiao clan member who had been supervising the labor of thousands of slaves disappeared instantly after seeing the old farmer fall down.

But what appeared on his face was not a look of concern or nervousness, but a kind of anger.

Holding the whip in his hand, this member of the Xiao clan cautiously jumped into the wheat field with a few followers behind him.

When heading to the old farmer's place, the Xiao clansman and his entourage were very careful in their actions.

They are worried that if they are not careful, they will crush the ears of wheat that have not been harvested.

But when that Xiao clansman came to the place where the old farmer fell to the ground, he looked at the old farmer who was lying on the ground, and the cautious look in his eyes disappeared immediately.

Instead, there was an extremely indifferent and cold expression.

Especially when seeing the old farmer fall to the ground, he also overwhelmed a lot of ears of wheat.

This made the eyes of the Xiao clansman even more ruthless.

He raised the whip in his hand without hesitation, and kept whipping at the old farmer lying in the wheat field.

The old farmer didn't wear much clothes at all, and his skinny body was almost full of bones.

So when the horsewhip was swung vigorously by this member of the Xiao clan, he was whipped on his body, and he who was originally in a coma was immediately awakened by the huge pain from his body.

But when he was awakened by great pain, what awaited him was continuous torture.

The horsewhip was in the hands of members of the Xiao clan, and it was whipped vigorously on the old farmer's body.

Since the old farmer's body was full of bones, the sound of the horsewhip hitting his body was very similar to the sound of hitting a stone.

Although the voice is similar, the old farmer is not a dead thing without feeling pain, he is a person with flesh and blood who knows what pain is!

Under the continuous whipping by the Xiao clan members, the old farmer's body was already covered in bloodstains that could be seen to the bones.

The hoarse but extremely miserable cry of the old farmer resounded in the golden wheat field.

Anyone who heard the old farmer's helpless cries for mercy would feel unbearable, but this member of the Xiao clan did not stop his movements at all.

In his mind, how could the poor life of the old farmer compare to those ears of wheat crushed by him.

When the old farmer's cry for mercy reached the ears of the farmers nearby, the most shocking scene occurred.

There was no fear, panic, or even a little bit of sympathy on the faces of those farmers.

From the beginning to the end, there was only numbness hanging on their faces.

All people have emotions, and they have this expression, not because they are born with a hard heart.

It's just that in the past years, such incidents have happened too many times.

The more you see it, the more numb you will become.

Countless wheat ears are still fluttering under the breeze, and the fragrance of wheat ears is still floating in the air of the wheat field.

However, in this venue that originally represented hope and beauty, a human tragedy is being staged, embodying despair and numbness everywhere.

With the continuous whipping of the Xiao clansman, the old farmer's originally stern cry of pain gradually became weaker, and soon after, it completely disappeared in this field.

Seeing the old farmer being whipped to death by himself, the Xiao clansman showed no fear at all on his face.

In the past, he flogged dozens of people to death, so why would he care about one more?

After Han Taizu entered Guanzhong, he made three agreements with the people of Guanzhong, one of which was death to the murderer.

Since then, the death of the murderer has become an insurmountable red line in the Han law.

It's just that as the authority of the Han Dynasty court declined in localities, this insurmountable red line has already become nonsense.

Perhaps it can be said that in the eyes of this Xiao clansman, is the old farmer under him who was whipped to death by him considered to have the same status as him?

Nature is unworthy.

Looking at the corpse of the old farmer under his feet, the member of the Xiao clan kicked him hard a few times to prove that he was dead, then he spat on the old farmer's body, and then said dissatisfiedly:
"It's really useless.

unlucky! "

After saying this, the Xiao clansman handed over the whip in his hand to the entourage behind him, and then he ordered to the other entourages:
"Bring it back to the mansion.

It just so happens that the mighty general raised in my yard has not tasted human flesh for a long time. "

After saying this, the Xiao clansman looked at the skinny old farmer's body with disgust.

His disgusted eyes seemed to be saying: Why don't you gain some more flesh, you are so thin, you don't know if you can feed his mighty general.

As soon as the Xiao clansman's words fell, those followers with flattering faces immediately stepped forward to carry the old farmer's body.

They are not members of the Xiao clan, they were born in the family of middle peasants in Mianyang County.

Logically speaking, the living conditions of the middle peasant families in the Han Dynasty should be good, at least they would not be reduced to the point of being servants.

But once upon a time, this old farmer was also born in a family of middle peasants.

It's a pity that a drought and an official protection made this old farmer sell all his fields to the Xiao family at a low price.

Even himself and his family have become Xiao family slaves who have completely lost their personal freedom.

However, what happened to this old farmer is not known in Mianyang.

Could it be that the hundreds of acres of fertile land under their feet belonged to the Mianyang Xiao family from the beginning?
These hundreds of acres of fertile land belonged to thousands of farmers who were working hard at first.

But now, thousands of farmers are still working hard in the fields, but the fields they cultivate are no longer their own.

The reason for the current situation is that in the past few decades, too many dirty things happened in Mianyang.

The reason why they are willing to follow this Xiao family disciple day and night is nothing more than to please him, so that those dirty things will not fall on their own family.

Because of the common family background with the old farmer, one of these attendants knew the old farmer.

In his memory, the old farmer in the past was kind and amiable. Although his family was not a wealthy family, it was considered a happy family, and there were dozens of acres of Susukida in the family for him to live comfortably.

But I didn't expect that in just a few years, the old farmer who originally owned tens of acres of Susukida would lose his wife and son.

That is, after he died, he didn't even have a place to stand for his body, but instead had to enter the belly of a vicious dog.

This tragic situation with strong contrast made the follower feel inexplicable.

It's sadness, it's fear.

But no matter what thoughts he had in his mind, now he dared not disobey the orders of the Xiao clansman he followed.

Even though this member of the Xiao clan was not a direct son of the Xiao clan, otherwise he would not have been assigned the task of supervising the labor of the servants at home.

But he is also a descendant of Xiao Pu, the patriarch of the contemporary Xiao clan, who does not come out of five clothes.

The Xiao family has multiplied in Mianyang for hundreds of years, and members of his family have served as officials in counties and counties for generations.

Not to mention that in Hanzhong County, even in the entire Liangzhou, the Mianyang Xiao family is also a well-known aristocratic family.

What's more, according to this Xiao Clan son, his patriarch Xiao Pu was appointed as a meritorious officer by Liangzhou Mu not long ago.

With the limited knowledge of this entourage, although he didn't know exactly what kind of authority Liangzhou Mu had, he did know that Liang Zhoumu was the ruler of Liangzhou.

If Xiao Pu could be favored by such a prominent figure, then his power in Liangzhou would definitely grow stronger in the future.

How could ordinary people like him provoke such a powerful clan?

Since I can't afford to offend him, I can only serve him well.

While thinking about this, the attendant and his companions carried the old farmer's body to the field and placed it on a donkey cart.

Xiao's mansion is still some distance away from this field, so it is inappropriate to carry it back with bare hands.

After carrying the old farmer's body into the donkey cart, these attendants drove the donkey cart and walked towards Xiao's mansion along the dirt road in the wheat field.

But after they drove for a few miles, the follower who had thought of leading the way just now found a large cloud of dust in front of the road.

And in the dust that filled the sky, he also heard the chilling sound of marching.

After realizing this scene, the attendant was so frightened that his companion pushed the donkey cart containing the old farmer's body to the side of the road.

Then he asked his companion to kneel on the ground with him, not to look up.

In troubled times, soldiers are sometimes worse than tigers.

Although he didn't know what Liangzhou's soldiers were like, but under the warning of his father's generation, this follower felt that it was always right to be careful.

There is only one road, and it is too late to retreat at this time, so I can only kneel respectfully beside the road.

I hope that the soldiers who are passing here quickly will let them live because of their respect.

Not long after this entourage led his companions to kneel beside the road, thousands of soldiers who had been hidden in the dust had already arrived not far from them.

After the distance got closer, the figures of thousands of soldiers hidden in the dust appeared on the field road outside Mianyang City.

The fine armor is shining, and the spears stand everywhere. These thousands of soldiers are the elite Liang Jun who just came to Mianyang from Nanzheng.

And it was Shi Bao, who had just been promoted by Mi Yang, who was leading the army of thousands of beams.

Because she knew the mission in her heart, Shi Bao kept urging the soldiers behind her to hurry.

In the distance, sitting on his horse, he noticed several pedestrians pushing a donkey cart forward.

It's just that he didn't care about this, and it was impossible for Liang Jun with strict military discipline to rob them.

But when Shi Bao led thousands of Liang troops closer to the location of the donkey cart, Shi Bao saw a corpse on the donkey cart.

Most importantly, he saw the flag of Mianyang Xiao clan planted on the donkey cart.

Seeing this, Shi Bao waved his hand to stop the advance of Qianliang Army behind him.

When Shi Bao got off his horse and approached the donkey cart, he saw more clearly that the corpse of an old farmer was placed on the donkey cart.

At the same time, the dense and horrific welts on the old farmer's body also fell into his eyes.

This scene undoubtedly made Shi Bao, who was also from a farming family, subconsciously clenched his fists!

　This chapter has been written for a long time.

　　Also changed a lot, so delayed a lot of time.

　　Maybe the novel is fictitious, but I really hope that in that era, there will be people like the protagonist who will come out to do something.

　　The significance of reform does not lie entirely in striving for hegemony, but also in bringing well-being to the people.

　　I am also a farmer.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)