Change the Tang Dynasty Li Yuanba

Chapter 4
"Mr. Li, what are you talking about? How can this be considered starvation? We are already very content."

"Now the people all over the world are thanking the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I have lived for 53 years, old man, and I have experienced too many things. I have dug grass roots, gnawed bark, and even changed children to eat. Yes. Do you know why our village is called Cunliu Village?"

"This is a village made up of the survivors of the six surrounding villages, and there are only 43 households in this way. It is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who gave us a stable living environment, and it is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who kept us suffering people from starving to death. .”

"Now we can live a stable life. We don't have to worry about our descendants being dragged into war, and we don't have to worry about starving to death. What else can we be dissatisfied with? This is all brought to us by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Village magistrate Cao Deshan said to Li Cha solemnly.

"What Cao Cunzheng said is true." Li Cha could only accept it humbly.He really doesn't know what is going on with Datang now.

"Besides, not long ago our Tang army was still fighting against Tuyuhun. The soldiers in front couldn't get enough to eat. How dare we waste it?"

"Datang is not rich now, if we can eat less, the soldiers in front can eat more. It's not easy. Who knows when those foreigners will come to invade our Datang again."

Cao Cunzheng said with a sigh.

Hearing what Cao Cunzheng said, a sense of sadness rose in Li Cha's heart.

What a kind and honest group of people, they would rather go hungry than save a ration and contribute to the Great Tang.

Although I said a lot, in the end, the dinner was not finished.

At the suggestion of the village official Cao Deshan, a pig-killing feast for the whole village will be held in the square of the village at noon tomorrow to entertain Li Cha, who came from afar.

The crowd finally broke up bustling, and each went back to their own homes, looking forward to tomorrow's pig-killing feast.

Li Cha stayed at Xiao Zhi's house.

Lying on the bed, watching the clear night sky full of stars through the window.

There are no chimneys that tower into the clouds and emit black smoke, the air here is fresh, and the sky is full of stars when you look up.

There is no intrigue here, only hospitality and mutual help.

There is no desire to be filled here, only contentment and happiness.

It's good here, and it's the kind of life that people in the 21st century can only dream of.

It's just that it's too poor here.

In many cases, poverty is the real original sin.

After a sleepless night, Li Cha, who was thinking wildly, didn't know when he fell asleep.

When the warm sunlight gently sprinkled on Li Cha's frowning face.

Li Cha was woken up by the sound of gongs and drums.

In the huge square, children are chasing each other.

A vigorous pig-killing banquet kicked off amidst everyone's laughter and laughter.

The whole village is happily waiting to eat pork, with expressions of joy, excitement, and hope on their faces.

Only Li Cha felt more and more uncomfortable.

Especially watching those children's eyes fixed on the wild pork in the pot, their small mouths clicking from time to time, swallowing hard.

Li Cha, who has always been emotional, showed a wry smile at the corner of his mouth, the people of the Tang Dynasty are too bitter.

Li Cha, who had eaten wild pork before, knew that wild pork was not tasty, it was old and fishy, ​​and it was hard to swallow.

But what does this scene in front of you mean?

It can only show that in the current Datang, everyone is still hungry and cannot eat meat.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Cha secretly decided that since he came to Datang, he should do something for the simple people in this country.

After a joyful pig-killing feast, the days returned to the calmness of the past.

Li Cha only stayed in Cunliu Village for one day.

After the pig-killing banquet, with the reluctance of everyone, he bid farewell to the group of people he had come into contact with for the first time after coming to Datang.

After leaving Cunliu Village, Li Cha had nowhere to go, so he planned to make a stop in the Tang Dynasty to truly experience the human suffering in this country for himself.

In the next period of time, Li Cha's footsteps traveled almost all the northern areas of Datang.

Everything in the book is a lie.

I've seen sandstorms.

Encountered mudslides.

I also met wolves.

It turns out that sandstorms and mudslides not only occurred in the 21st century, but also occurred in the Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago.

These are nothing to Li Cha who has Li Yuanba's physical fitness.

What Li Cha couldn't accept was the suffering of human beings living in this era.

The rule of Zhenguan, the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people, all recorded in the history books are deceptive.

Years of wars have brought great trauma to the people living in this land.

Now it has been the ninth year of Zhenguan, and the war has ended for more than ten years.

But wherever Li Cha went, there were dilapidated places with broken walls and broken tiles, and the common people were still living in dire straits.

There is still not enough to eat and not to wear warm clothes here.

This is an era when there is no one to support the old and no one to rely on for the young.

In the previous life, the ten-year-old child was still acting like a baby to his mother to buy a toy.

Ten-year-old children here have fully supported a family.

Passed countless towns, passed countless villages.

I met countless beggars who kept kowtowing to passers-by for a bite to eat.

I met a lot of filial sons and daughters who knelt on the ground and sold themselves to bereavement.

I also met many children who snatched food from wild dogs.

There are also countless corpses that froze to death on the side of the road, already stiff but left unattended.

Too much land is lying idle, but no one is planting it.

It's not that the people here are lazy, but that they really can't grow.

Especially after going to the land of Hebei
There was no one in sight for dozens of miles.

There are only patches of barren fields, waiting to be plowed in the wilderness.

Isolated villages are waiting in the wind for the return of their original owners.

When he met a child who snatched food from the wild dog's mouth, was bitten by the wild dog and was bruised all over, and finally swallowed his last breath in Li Cha's arms.

Li Cha couldn't bear it anymore.Holding the scrawny corpse in his arms, Li Cha felt extremely uncomfortable, and his heart was full of pity for the people living in the Tang Dynasty.

"Swear to sweep the Xiongnu regardless of his body, five thousand mint brocades mourn the dust. Poor Wuding riverside bone, still the person in the spring girl's dream."

"Zeguo Jiangshan's battle plan, what is the life of the people? Leqiaosu. With Jun Mo's words, the title of the marquis will be dead."

"The Xiongnu who swept away his X, bah! The marquis who sealed him X, bah! What kind of **** world are they all."

In the deserted wilderness, Li Cha released the annoyance and anger in his heart to his heart's content.

Li Cha knew very well in his heart that there is only one reason for the current suffering in the world, and that was caused by years of wars in the last years of the previous dynasty to fight for the world.And this also includes the Longyou Li family where Li Yuanba lives.

God seemed to understand Li Cha's mood, and suddenly there was heavy snow.

Silver catkins are flying in the sky, Qiong Yao is all over the ground, and there is a vast expanse of whiteness all around.

Buried the poor child's body.Li Cha left, in this snowstorm.

After passing through Hebei, Li Cha walked northeast along the road.

Li Cha didn't know where to go, he only knew that there was an inexplicable voice in his heart telling him to go northeast.

Li Cha walked all the way, observing the lives of the Tang people.

His face was dusty and his clothes were ragged.

The silk and satin that represented the rich and noble family has now become a strip of cloth, but he doesn't care too much.

Until one day, Li Cha stopped in front of a village, looking for someone to ask for something to eat.He has not eaten for more than two days.

Li Cha casually knocked on the door of a thatched cottage, and a white-haired old man opened the door.

After hearing Li Cha's request, the old man welcomed Li Cha into the house.

"This is the only porridge in the house, as long as my brother doesn't dislike it."

The old man said to Li Cha.

Looking at this thatched hut, the so-called barren four walls can't be more appropriate.

There was a bed beside the wall, and a table with three legs next to the bed, which would fall if touched.

There is a charcoal basin next to the table, with a thick flame burning in it to dispel the cold air in the room.

In the distance is a stove, and the pot is still steaming.

Next to the stove is a rice jar with the lid open.

Other than that, there was nothing left in the house.

Seeing this, Li Cha couldn't help feeling sad.

Li Cha has an unparalleled physical fitness of ordinary people, and he can't feel the cold.

But he really couldn't figure out how the old man in front of him survived in the shabby thatched hut at minus ten degrees in the cold winter months.

Is it just relying on the charcoal fire burning in the basin in front of me?

"Old man, where is this place?"

"This place belongs to the Anbei Protectorate's Mansion. After crossing the mountain to the east, it belongs to the boundary of Shiwei, not Datang."

The old man replied.

It was only then that Li Cha knew that he had already reached the most northeastern edge of the Tang Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)