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Chapter 363

Shaanxi in August.

There is one kind of business that is booming all over the country, and that is the business of selling livestock.

The news came out from the government that 20 animals would be slaughtered to make sheepskin rafts. On the one hand, it was exciting news. Not to mention that a large number of victims had a way to survive, it also stimulated the livestock trading in Shaanxi and the livestock slaughtering industry.At least [-] heads have to be slaughtered in every state and county. For a while, buyers of sheep and livestock are everywhere. The business of selling livestock has exploded in an instant. , was also sold out.

There is one person who benefited a lot from the court's frenzied "sprinkling of money".

Gao Yingxiang is the head of a horse dealer. He has a special horse dealer team under his command. There are many people who can fight and kill. Ability, that is unreliable.

Gao Yingxiang has been in Yan'an Mansion all year round. He is very familiar with the situation in northern Shaanxi, and even more familiar with the rumors in the "Jianghu". It is said that on July 23, someone in northern Shaanxi will raise a flag to rebel. I thought about it, thinking maybe I could do something about it, people really can't live in this land of Shaanxi, and I don't want to do anything, except to wait for death, there is no other way.

But not long after, it was clear that the rumors were not right, and the 23rd had already passed, even if it was climbing, the news of the rebellion should have reached Ansai, and Ansai was not far from Fugu.

At the end of July, his livestock business was booming immediately. The old, weak, sick and disabled, crooked melons and bad dates, and unwanted livestock, especially sheep, were all gone in one go.

The news that came with it was that the imperial court wanted to slaughter 20 animals to help the victims. Each state and county needs to slaughter at least [-] animals, and it must be done as soon as possible. Recently, they are engaged in the business of selling animals, slaughtering animals, especially sheep , too good to be good.

Outside Ansai City, a huge livestock slaughterhouse has spontaneously formed. There are too many animals that need to be slaughtered here. In the past, the entire Ansai County was able to slaughter a few or a dozen animals every day, which was amazing. Now, the increase is several times a day, and the livestock will never be enough to slaughter, so the immigration officers take the money and buy the livestock on the spot, especially the sheep, without bargaining.Once purchased, they will be sent to this slaughterhouse, where the skin will be skinned by a dedicated butcher, and then the sheepskin tires will be dried in the wide area outside Ansai City, and prepared to be used as sheepskin rafts to transport disaster victims.

Gao Yingxiang's life has been quite "prosperous" recently.He is well-known in the livestock business throughout Yan'an Mansion, so the government had to look for him, so he himself sat in Ansai, set up a large slaughterhouse outside the city, and even the brothers under his command , disciples and grandchildren sent to various valleys to catch sheep, not only this Ansai Fortress, but also other prefectures and counties, everyone is in a hurry. It is said that Xu Bodhisattva, the imperial envoy of the Secretary of Agriculture, ordered that enough sheep must be slaughtered in the fastest time , to make enough sheepskin tires to make leather rafts, so, for a while, sheep everywhere were in a hurry.

Gao Yingxiang calculated that 20 animals would be slaughtered in the whole of Shaanxi. In total, there might be more than 2 animals in his Yan'an Mansion, and he would account for more than half of the slaughtered animals in the entire Yan'an Mansion. Therefore, this time, [-] animals will be slaughtered. One animal is not a problem at all. The price of each animal varies. The price of a sheep is three taels of silver, and it costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. This is a lot of money.

Gao Yingxiang looked at those disciples and grandchildren who were working in full swing, looked at this lively scene, and then looked back at the immigration officer there "fairly" spending money to buy animals. Gao Yingxiang felt emotional, now there is a holy emperor who is rare in a thousand years , was willing to spend money, and took 1000 million taels of silver to invest in Shaanxi. In such a severe drought in Shaanxi, the year of almost no harvest, it was about to catch fire, and it was about to bloom everywhere. Now there is no shadow, and I have never heard of it. Where there is any news, if there is news, it is just some bandits, bandits, robbers, etc. that have existed before. These are common in Shaanxi, so it is not a big deal.

Gao Yingxiang was thinking about whether he should tell his brothers about his incident. If he said it before, he was still very sure that when there were many victims, he would take tens of thousands of victims with his disciples and grandchildren. If it is said that it is possible to attack the county seat, even if the attack on the county seat fails, the officers and soldiers would not dare to chase him, but now, his brothers, disciples and grandchildren, are slaughtering animals one by one, their faces are full of oil, and eating meat is delicious I feel like throwing up when I get the meat, and I'm afraid that my brothers won't have the heart to rebel if I say it now.

Many victims heard early in the morning that they could find settlements along the river, immigrate to the south, have someone to eat, and could avoid the torment of the natural disaster in Shaanxi. All of them went downstream with their families. In the year of the catastrophe, there were not many beggars in Ansai County... Thinking of this, Gao Yingxiang didn't know whether to praise the emperor, the court, or the emperor and the court. He also intended to rebel, and he also had contacts Yes, he was also involved in the cascading incident. Now, if he is said to be a rebel, it is okay. If the officers and soldiers really investigate, he will not be able to escape a crime of rebellion... Gao Yingxiang was agitated again, and the officers and soldiers went up Yue also suddenly seemed to get the news, and became vigilant, and closed the city gate during the day, and only relaxed a little in the past few days, but it was obvious that there were more soldiers patrolling the city wall, and the weapons looked much brighter. Fearing that there is little chance of success, Gao Yingxiang sat in the shade, looking at the bustling slaughterhouse, drying the sheepskin tires, and looking at the tall city wall in the distance, his thoughts were full of emotion.

Yang Reform would never have expected that Xu Guangqi's bold decision to buy livestock would have such an impact on history, and the money spent would not be in vain.

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Fugu in Shaanxi in August.

Shi Kefa was cheerful all day long. Originally there was news that the 23rd would be the rebellion day. However, it was already August and there was no news of rebellion. The news he received earlier made Shi Kefa I broke out in a cold sweat. The Fugu County where he lived was the first place where the victims rebelled. This is not the most important thing. The key point is that some people are watching to see if the immigration is strong and if there is really food. If there is food, they emigrate. Shi Kefa was terrified to rebel without food, and sighed secretly that he insisted on going out of the city on the 23rd, otherwise, the civil uprising would have started in his own Fugu County.

Fugu County is on the bank of the Yellow River, opposite to Baode Prefecture. Immigrants are resettled in the open area outside the city, and many victims of the disaster have gathered here.

The emotions of the victims now relieved Shi Kefa a lot. Originally, the victims were rather numb, panicked, and even had deep resentment. Now, their emotions have stabilized a lot. The reason is strange to say.

In the past two days, some people have come, saying that they came from the capital city, and they came to Shaanxi to perform condolence performances. The emperor sent them down. Shi Kefa thought it was strange at first. what?Sing to those disaster victims?This is strange, don't the victims feel hungry after listening to the opera?Shi Kefajue's emperor is really naive. What should be sent here is food, not a few people to sing.But since the emperor wanted to do it, Shi Kefa didn't stop him, and asked those people from the capital to teach singing among the victims.

However, later, Shi Kefa greatly appreciated the emperor's approach. After these people taught singing for a few days, the mood of the victims changed greatly, and they became more cheerful. Among the victims, It is no longer moans and sighs, numbness mixed with despair, but also some laughter.

Standing on the river beach, Shi Kefa looked at the people from the "choir" in the capital in the distance who were arranging for those children to sing, and felt very warm. The audience was the adults of those children, there were men and women, Some are old, some are young, some are old and have lost their teeth, grinning from ear to ear, and there are mothers who silently smile and watch their children sing.

The person from the "choir" was quite friendly, with a smile on his face, and directed the children to stand in a few rows. The younger ones squatted in front, the taller ones stood, and the taller ones stood on the ground. Pile up, so that there are several rows.

The "choir" person smiled and said: "Okay, 'All of yesterday...' Get ready...sing..."

The group of children had already mastered the song, and when they heard the order, they immediately sang with their immature voices.

"All of yesterday... has become a distant memory..."

"I've spent half my life working hard..., tonight it's raining again..."

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"No matter how hard it is, you must be strong, just for the look in your expectant eyes..."

Singing together, the mothers and grandpas who watched those children singing, their smiles were still there, but there were more tears in their eyes, it was clearly they who sang.

"If the heart is there, the dream is there, and there is true love between heaven and earth..."

"Looking at success or failure, life is heroic, but it's just starting all over again..."

After singing here, some elders couldn't bear it anymore, and began to sing and hum along with the children.The whole scene is deeply touching and moving.

By the time it was sung for the second time, countless disaster victims had spontaneously sung along with the children on the entire river beach.

The scene became magnificent.

"If the heart is there, the dream is there, and there is true love between heaven and earth..."

"Look at success or failure, life is heroic, just start all over again..." The singing voice has changed from immature children's voices to a thick chorus.

Shi Kefa has long been familiar with the lives of the victims, and when he heard the victims singing emotionally, he also roared. Fortunately, this song does not pay attention to any rhythm, as long as the inner voice is yelled out.

"If the heart is there, the dream is there, it's just starting from the beginning..." These two sentences were sung by the victims over and over again. This song written in their hearts can only be sung continuously to relieve the sourness in their hearts. Express it.

The members of the "choir" saw that the victims sang these two lines over and over again, and seemed reluctant to stop. They knew that the victims were emotional. Although it is a good thing to vent their emotions, the time should not be too long, so they thought One way is to clap your hands immediately to interrupt the singing of the victims.

"Papa papa..." After several applause, the victims recovered from their bitter mood and followed suit. Although this rule is strange, but on the river beach, a burst of "violent" noises quickly came to mind. applause.Some secretly wiped their tears, some had red eyes, some blinked and squeezed the tears down...

Seeing Shi Kefa approaching, the leader of the choir hurriedly shouted: "Folks, can we ask our Mr. Shi to say a few words?" Already emotional, it was a good time to be sensational, so Shi Kefa, who was trusted by the victims, was immediately pulled out.

When the disaster victims heard that Shi Kefa, a good official, was going to speak, they all shouted, "Okay, okay..."

Shi Kefa felt emotional, these people really have a few brushes, a few simple songs, a few simple words can mobilize people's emotions, really powerful.Hearing that he was going to speak by himself, he was not ambiguous, so he stepped forward and prepared to speak.

"Folks, this song has sung to my heart, and it has also sung to everyone's heart. His Majesty said, 'Don't abandon, don't give up'. As long as everyone believes in His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely save everyone. , This point, everyone has no doubts, now, His Majesty has prepared 1000 million taels of silver to help Shaanxi, in order to transport everyone to the south, where to start life again, which is sung in this song, "If the heart is there, the dream is there...it's just starting from scratch", as long as everyone firmly believes that there is a future, as long as everyone sings in the song, no matter how hard or tired they are, they must be strong, then the good days will definitely belong to you... ..., as you can see, those sheepskin tires over there are specially prepared for you. When these sheepskin tires are dry, you can sit on these sheepskin tires and go down the river at a speed of [-] miles per day. God, you can go out of Shaanxi, go out of Shaanxi and go to Henan. Over there, His Majesty has prepared a big boat to pick you up. You will be divided into Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. These lakes are quite large and can be surrounded by countless people. You will never worry about the drought again in the land of fish and rice... Remember, if the heart is there, the dream is there, between the heaven and the earth, there is also your majesty's true love; success or failure, life is heroic, everything depends on it It's just starting from scratch..." Shi Kefa became more and more excited as he spoke loudly for the victims, pointing to the place where the skins were sunned not far away, where all the sheepskins were used to make rafts Well, with the raft, Shi Kefa is not afraid that the disaster and the people will not be transported away. This is the source of his confidence.

"Start all over again! Start all over again!" Suddenly one of the victims shouted loudly, and the victims shouted together.

"Start again, start again." The shouts could not be subdued for a long time. This impassioned and passionate voice from outside the city of Fugu County shook Fugu County, the ditches and ridges in Fugu County, and the people from Fugu County. The Yellow River flowing through the county.

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"Okay, children, you sang very well today, and you all have rewards... Come on, line up, and come to uncle to receive the prizes..." A member of the "choir" announced something in front of the children , and then the group of children happily lined up to receive prizes from several "choirs", some of which were candy, and some were a piece of jerky.

Watching the children's "crazy and happy" play, the adults on one side watched with relief, and some loudly scolded the children not to grab it, and the scene was warm.

Shi Kefa sighed once again, the members of these "choirs" are really powerful, a song can calm down these victims, a few words, a little thing can draw the hearts of the victims to the emperor's side The mood of the disaster victims has become very stable now. Even if some people call these people to rebel, I am afraid that these people will not follow. Now, these people are all focused on going to the south to start their new life. Really Powerful, Shi Kefa can only deeply admire the emperor.

Shi Kefa bowed deeply to the east alone.

There is still a distance between officials and ordinary people. Although Shi Kefa is already very "close to the people", the victims still have a sense of distance from him. When they see him, they can't help but keep a certain distance.

An old man watched his grandson get a small piece of candy, and smiled from ear to ear. Seeing that Shi Kefa was beside him, he bowed deeply and asked awkwardly: "Master Shi,... The little old man has a question I want to ask my lord, are there really so many fields in the south waiting for us to divide them?" Then

An old man was embarrassed and asked himself embarrassedly. Shi Kefa bowed slightly in return and said, "Old man, are you asking about the fields in the south?"

The old man who asked the question was very embarrassed. He had never had such a thing in his life when he talked to such an official. Seeing this official talking to him kindly, he felt even more cramped. His dry, black face was flushed, and said : "Going back to the adults, yes, the little old man wants to ask, is there really so many fields in the south for us to cultivate?" As soon as the old man asked this question, the people around him automatically gathered around. Great relationship, naturally very concerned.

Shi Kefa smiled slightly. This is a question he has heard countless times among the victims, and almost every wave of victims will ask him these questions.

"Don't worry, old man, there will definitely be fields, but you still need to cultivate them yourself. Have you ever heard the phrase 'eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake'?" Shi Kefa took the trouble to spread knowledge to wave after wave of victims.

"Responding to my lord's words, the little old man has lived a long time. I have heard this sentence before. It is about Dongting Lake University." The old man replied awkwardly.

"That's right, old man, this time His Majesty is going to transport you to Dongting Lake by boat. Dongting Lake is [-] miles away, and it can reclaim millions of fertile fields. There will be no drought in Dongting Lake. Sufficient, two crops a year is no problem, be diligent, three crops is not impossible, in addition to Dongting Lake, there is also Poyang Lake, hehe, old man, the song is still good, if the heart is there, the dream is there! ~Everything is just starting from scratch, it depends on whether you are willing to follow His Majesty!" Shi Kefa explained with a smile.

"My lord said so, the little old man has a solid foundation in his heart. We farmers have nothing but strength. As long as there is land for us to plant, we farmers are not afraid to work hard." Although the old man was cramped, he was also very satisfied. This time, he was completely relieved.

The disaster victims who "observed" around were also satisfied. This time, they heard what the official said with their own ears, so it shouldn't be a lie.

If the heart is there, the dream is there, just start all over again!With dreams in mind, the victims are ready to start a beautiful new life.

(End of this chapter)