Nongmen Shuxiangzhi returns to ancient writing books

Chapter 177 Abnormal Protrusion (2 more)
The two countries are at war, this kind of thing is beyond the scope of Chu Chu's interference, but these are just her speculations, whether it will happen or not, she is not sure, but she will still make the necessary preparations.

For example, weapons.

Therefore, even though Ye Yixiao had left and the visit to the Tao family in Andong City had been suspended, Chu Chu still went to the town.

There are three blacksmith shops in Yunshui Town. For the sake of confidentiality and efficiency, Chu Chu split Xiujian into different parts, and distributed the required parts to three different blacksmith shops.

Of course, this time she hit the arrows the most. Now she is not sure what might happen in the future. Each sleeve arrow can only shoot three arrows. If she wants to save her life in a critical situation, she may only have three arrows or not enough.

Chu Chu has been busy in such a big circle, and one-third of her silver has been lost. There is no way, iron is really too difficult to get in this era, even if the level of smelting is not high, the price is too expensive.

Afterwards, she bought some rice and noodles. If the situation is really bad, their village is so remote, it may not be so miserable, and people from Xiliang will break into it. No matter what, the food at home still needs to be stored .

Chu Chu is really inexperienced in such things as evacuation, she can only think of what to do, for a few days, Chu Chu will go to the town to buy every day, and buy whatever she thinks of.

After voting for three days, she still had some doubts in her heart. She felt that she might have thought too much. Although Ye Yixiao left because of an emergency, the emergency may not necessarily be related to the war at the border. There is something urgent.

After all, she doesn't know much about this person, and she can't be sure that he has no relatives except Ye Yiming. It's normal for him to call urgently for something at home.

However, on the fourth day, when she went to the town again, she could already feel that something was wrong.

By the side of the tea stand resting on the side of the road, the conversation is no longer about the waterlogging caused by the heavy rain for days, but about the policy of the DPRK and China.

Chu Chu listened carefully with her ears pricked up.

"I heard that the imperial court wants to recruit soldiers? It seems that people from Xiliang are coming to fight!"

"Conscription? Isn't it? Didn't you already conscript once last year? Logically speaking, there shouldn't be another conscription this year!"

"Originally, it is true that there is no need for conscription anymore, but I heard that we are going to fight with Xiliang people? There are not enough troops at the border, so we need to conscript!"

"Don't worry about it here, Xiliang doesn't always like to harass the small villages here every time of this season, grabbing food and so on. In detail, we fight them every year. In previous years, there was no annual levy. How could there be an exception this year for one soldier?"

"Hey, you don't know that, do you? I heard that Xiliang's army is overwhelming, and we don't have enough troops. That's why we need to recruit troops!"

"Tch, why haven't I heard the news? Xiliang is such a small place with such a small population, where did they get the army?"

"You don't know that. My uncle is a cook in the army. He sent news that Xiliang had assembled an army of 20 to attack us at Hongyan Pass. Our strength is only [-]. Yesterday, the two armies fought, and we suffered heavy losses, so we are in a hurry to recruit troops!"

"God, 20 troops, if the Xiliang people invade the city, then we..."

"Hush!" The man who broke the news looked around vigilantly, tugged on the other party's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "This news can't be said nonsense, I'm just notifying you for the sake of our friendship. of."

"Because the official conscription notice hasn't come yet, hurry up and pack up your things and go. We've already packed up our things. We're going to take refuge in the east, and we'll come back when things are more stable here."

After the two talked, they put the tea money on the tea table, and then quickly left the tea stall. Like Chu Chu, the faces of the people who were secretly listening to the news were also dark. Obviously, this news was like a clear sky to them. thunderbolt.

Chu Chu watched a few people get together, discussed a few words, some said to wait and see first, some said to inquire first, some said they wanted to move, and then they also left quickly.

After a while, Chu Chu was the only one left in the tea stall.

Chu Chu frowned, turned her head to look at the market, and suddenly found that the people in the market were also in a hurry, with panic and anxiety on their faces, which made her feel that there seemed to be something wrong.

"Ma'am, we are going to close the stall." The old man at the tea stall said shyly.

Chu Chu looked at the sun that was still high above, and said doubtfully, "It's still early!"

The old man said in a low voice, "It's better to stay at home honestly at this time, the town is not peaceful."

Chu Chu was slightly stunned, very puzzled, "Why?"

As soon as Chu Chu finished speaking, he saw six beggar-like people rushing out from nowhere on the road, rushing into the rice store opposite, beating them up, and then looting them randomly.

"Who are you? How dare you even rob our Li family's rice shop? Have you eaten something so bold? Don't you know that the county magistrate is also from the Li family?"

The shopkeeper stood inside the counter, shouting at the top of his voice, but the other four only knew how to put their heads down and filled the rice, while the other two beat up the resisting guys in the store.

The two people who were in charge of beating people didn't have time to greet the shopkeeper. Fortunately, he didn't resist and get in the way. However, after hearing his loud questioning, the two of them didn't care about the guy who had been beaten down by them, and held the wooden box in their hands. stick, greeted the shopkeeper.

"It was your Li family who robbed! Isn't it great to have a county magistrate as the backstage? Don't think we don't know that the imperial court has allocated the money for disaster relief, but the dog official has not released it for a long time. He must be greedy for the money for disaster relief!"

As he said that, he swung the stick towards the shopkeeper's shoulder.

"There is no hope for the crops in the field, and that dog official even black-heartedly greedy for the money for disaster relief, not robbing their house to steal someone else's!" As he spoke, the other person also swung a stick towards him.

The shopkeeper was immediately beaten and lay on the counter.

During the period, some courageous people came to watch. Four bags of rice were already filled here, and the man with the wooden stick in his hand didn't do anything to the crowd.

He said loudly, "That dog official surnamed Li corrupted the government's disaster relief money, and the family's fields suffered disasters, and the government didn't come forward to take care of it. The rice will be used as that dog official to pay back the money that should belong to us!"

After the man finished speaking, he took the people who came with him and ran away. When the onlookers heard this, they couldn't stay still, and rushed into the rice store one after another. , Some people didn't snatch the bag in the store, but directly took off the clothes on the guy and used it to pocket rice.

For a time, the street was very chaotic.

Chu Chu looked at this scene in shock. At this time, she had been dragged by the old man to the tea making place behind the tea stall. The location was still hidden, "Aren't these people too courageous?"

"Last year's situation was already very bad. Every household didn't have much food in stock. This year, it rained continuously for days, and the waterlogging was fatal. Seeing that this year's crops could not be counted on, and there was no hope. If I didn't want to starve to death, I had to be bold. up."

The old man said while packing his things.

"However, how do those six people know that the money for the disaster relief from the imperial court has come down? They can't know the news, right? Besides, our place is so far away from the capital, how long has it been since the disaster happened? Do you know the news in Beijing? In other words, how could the money for disaster relief come down so quickly?"

Chu Chu couldn't understand more and more. In this era, the news is tight, and she is very skeptical about the efficiency of the work here. Even if Beijing already knows that the waterlogging here is serious, I'm afraid it hasn't decided how much money will be allocated for disaster relief.

It doesn't matter whether the money is transferred, or who will provide disaster relief, all of which need to be discussed. Even if the current emperor is decisive and decisive, and decides these things in a short period of time, the money will still be transported here from the capital. Well, it will take ten days and a half months on the road, it is impossible to arrive so soon.

Fangcai and those six people were clearly lying.

"Well, it's a pity that not everyone is as clear-headed as Madam. The old man has lived in the town for decades. At this time of year, the town is restless. It seems that this tea stall will also stop for a while It's day, madam, don't come to town often, it's not safe."

The old man reminded very kindly.

Chu Chu responded with a smile, then took out five copper coins and put them on the table, "Thank you."

Seeing that the rice store opposite has become quiet, the surrounding shops have quickly packed up and closed after seeing this situation, and the vendors on both sides of the street are also quickly packing up their things and preparing to leave immediately.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Hong, who was wearing a government official, rode a steed, followed by two teams of police from the Yamen, and rushed over from the street.

"The magistrate of the county has an order. Everyone should stay where they are and wait for questioning. Anyone who violates the order will be regarded as an accomplice of robbers!"

All the people who wanted to leave were left behind, even Chuchu was no exception.

(End of this chapter)