Beiyang new warlord

Looking as far as the eye can see, this place has already penetrated into the northern end of Tieshan County, but there is no good wheat field to be seen. After crossing, Mao Jue's handsome face suddenly stretched out, and he yelled mournfully.

"My food!"

While talking, a large piece of loess smoke and dust suddenly splashed from the road in the distance, and a large group of cavalry galloped over

Chapter 52. Official characters with two mouths

The cavalry was led by Pang Dahai. At first, Mao Jue thought that this puffy man was born in the navy, and his equestrian skills should not be very good. Otherwise, why didn't this guy usually ride a horse, but this time, he accompanied Mao Jue to inspect Iron Mountain. Mao Jue was hit hard by the servant's equestrian skills.

It's no wonder that equestrian skills are also one of the basic skills of a soldier in an era like him. It's rare to see Mao Jue who can't pull a knife and ride a war horse. No wonder Mao Wenlong doesn't like it.

Fortunately, Mao Jue was not in the mood to argue with him at this moment. He had already looked around with a searching face from a long distance, and rushed to the front after whipping a few times. It was unlucky and shouted.

"General, huh~ The front is no longer used by motherfuckers. Shiliupu, Zhangjiabao, and Hunhezi have all been mowed up, or they will be eaten by horses, these rascals! That's enough!" Cruel!"

Come on, with a loud voice, Pang Dahai shattered Mao Jue's last hope. These three shops are located in the Tieshan Mountain, which is considered remote. I originally hoped that they could escape here, but I didn't expect that the Jurchen Eight Banners were like locusts in transit. No grass was left anywhere, and the [-] mu in the north of the county was considered a complete waste.

There are still about [-] mu of land in the southern part of the Tieshan Peninsula, but the land here is close to the sea, and the land is even more barren than the mountain fields in the north. It is barely enough to reach one-third of the yield, and most of the crops are sorghum, soybeans and millet. In Mao Jue's era, the yield of millet was only three to four hundred kilograms per mu of land. In this era, it was even less, and it was even less when the shells were knocked out to become millet. What troubled Mao Jue especially was that the farmland in the south was still scarce. Most of them are owned by the Zhao family.

The selfishness and greed of the wealthy families in these places has also reached an unbelievable level. In the past two days, the government’s official land was only a few thousand acres, and the remaining grain harvest was almost all owned by Zhao Cheng and the two brothers. Mountain tops are too common, and if you want them to take out food to tide over the difficulties in the whole county, it is better to go to the dog's mouth to beg for meat buns.

How to spend the second half of the year has become a real problem for Mao Jue.

"Forget it, don't fucking leave."

Angrily, he threw the withered wheat stalk on the ground, and Mao Jue got on his horse angrily, and reined in the direction of Tieshan City.

"Back to the city!"

More than 50 people traveled with light clothes, and returned to Tieshan City in one afternoon. At this time, the slaves retreated, their houses and crops were burned, and the villagers under Tieshan did not return. Experienced people who stay in the city may still have a sip of food here, and those who are half-dead can maintain a low life. If you go back to the farming station, the weather will freeze, the ground will freeze, and no one will care about you if you starve to death.

Refugees with dilapidated quilts and shacks on the side of the street almost filled the small streets of Tieshan City. In the city, Zhao, Liu and other wealthy households can give some porridge every day, and the guards distribute some food. One meal barely kept them alive, and there were still people starved to death every day. In order to prevent the plague, a team of ginseng and standard battalion covered their mouths with cloth and walked through the crowd, kicking places one by one, and kicking the hard ones directly. Throw it on a wheelbarrow and push it away.

The edge of life and death is so indifferent, the people around are a little numb, even a father was carried away, the son just glanced at it indifferently, and immediately closed his eyes and closed his eyes against the wall with his hands in his sleeves.

Even if Mao Jue was well-known, when his war horse was walking on the main street, the villagers on the side of the road would consciously back out of the way.

To tell the truth, Mao Jue is not a very responsible man. At one time, he didn't even want to get married to escape the social responsibility of family upbringing, but in such a situation, even his heart was heavy, and his eyes looked aside unnaturally.

After returning to the yamen with difficulty, before entering the door, the sound of fierce quarrels had already spread over the surface, and the rude voices of a group of men made Mao Jue frown.

"Master, you are back!"

It seemed that she had been waiting at the door for a long time, and Su Yi came out in a hurry and surprise, her little face was obviously full of panic and fright, and Mao Jue's expression was even more gloomy.

"what happened?"

Glancing back with watery eyes, Xiaobu moved closer to Mao Jue, and Su Yi whispered to his ear quickly.

"The young master just left this morning, Tian Guerrilla rushed to the door with his own soldiers. Not long after, He Shoubei and Zhao Dusi also arrived. Master Su is here to accompany you."

"It's okay this morning. After noon, a few vulgar men started arguing for some reason, and the quarrel became more and more fierce. Mr. Su tried to persuade him left and right, but he couldn't persuade him. He just drew his knife."

Speaking of this, Su Yi looked back subconsciously again, one hand was still on Mao Jue's arm, her tone became more urgent, and she said in a hurry.

"Master Su asked the servant girl to wait for the young master again, and told the young master not to go back to the mansion, but to go out and hide for a while. Here he will deal with it. The maidservant has already packed up the clothes, let's go!"

Rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times!Su Yi's family suffered from military disasters when she was a child, and she was most afraid of the screams of these soldiers, and this day was really difficult for her.Helplessly patting her pale little face, Mao Jue suddenly grinned, pinched her face and twisted it lightly, stretched out his hand and pulled the stunned girl behind her.

"This is Lao Tzu's yamen, if you insist on something, you can just follow behind, whoever dares to scare my Su Yi, I will chop him off for you!"

"Hey! Young master!"

If you don't pay attention, Mao Jue has already entered the mansion with arrogance, and the huge sea beside him is also smiling proudly, followed by stepping in, stunned for a second, screaming in a hurry, Su Yi doesn't care whether he is afraid of these rough people Han, and then ran in hastily.

If you say that opportunities are created by yourself, this is the case with Su Changmei. He has successfully transitioned from Shang Kexi's confidant to Mao Jue's half-confidant. Under Mao Jue, there is no one who is more sophisticated than him. After all the work, Mao Jue began to honor him with a lot of things in the yamen, and now this shrewd old fat man is nodding his head like Baozifold with a smile on his face.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Tian is right! The imperial court must not let the soldiers loyal to Ming Dynasty starve!"

Tian Tao has been hearing this for a day, and now he doesn't buy it at all, and he really has nothing to do with this steamed bun-shaped old fritter, this fierce man with a leopard beard on his face and two scars on his left cheek. He slapped the knife on the table.

"My subordinates are going to starve soon! The emperor is still sending hungry soldiers. If the hungry soldiers really make trouble, I can't control it!"

"The surname is Tian, ​​do you dare to rebel?"

The white-faced scholar Zhao Cheng folded his arms and snorted coldly, his reckless younger brother Zhao Yong slapped the table, blew his beard and stared, and guard He Momo seemed to have been bought by the Zhao family, and sneered with the same enemy, holding his arms.

"The imperial court has its own rules, and our generals can't tolerate sand in their eyes. You don't have to be annoyed, Mr. Zhao. When the time comes, it's hard to say that everyone's head will be copied and chopped off."

"He Momo, you bastard!"

The same way the lost dog was kicked out of the defense zone, but this guy just refused to stand with him, preferring to be a dog for the Zhao family to eat the leftovers, yelling and cursing in frustration, and Tian Tao growled at Su Changmei anxiously.

"When will Master Shen come back?"

It's a pity that what he returned was still the same sentence, still smiling like a blooming bun, Su Changmei nodded with a charming smile.

"General Shen is coming back soon, Lord Tian, ​​don't worry, as soon as Lord General comes back, the last general will tell him about your difficulties. How about you guys go back and wait for news?"

Tian Tao's leopard face suddenly became twitching like an angry leopard again, as if it was about to bite someone at any time.

But just at this moment, the door was kicked open with a slam, and when she turned her head, Su Changmei's old face suddenly looked like she was showing her breath, and she slapped the elder sadly, while the white-faced scholar Zhao Cheng showed a look of surprise, There was a haze in his eyes.This Tian Tao is full of excitement.

Wearing plain clothes like a little daughter-in-law, Mao Jue walked over defiantly, sat down on the handsome chair in the middle, with one leg still on the table, and then arrogantly glanced over.

"You guys are really brave. I'm not here for a day, and I'm making a fuss in my yamen. What's wrong? I'm not here for a year, and you can still go to heaven?"

"General!"

Full of excitement, Tian Tao shouted out first: "The last general's battalion is about to run out of food! Everyone is a soldier of the Ming Dynasty. His surname is Zhao holding a full storehouse of grain and watching his colleagues starve. Your Majesty is still starving! Brothers have just finished a bloody battle with the Tartars on the front line, you can’t just watch them starve!"

"General!"

With a slap on the face, Su Changmei interrupted Tian Tao abruptly, stepped forward and clasped his fists, and said hastily.

"You are always inspecting Tieshan today, and the journey is tiring. Don't be busy with official business today. What else do we have, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

While speaking, he squeezed his fat eyes as much as possible.

What does Su Changmei mean? It's not that Mao Jue doesn't know the official characters. After eating, he eats at home and eats at home. Now Mao Jue is a balance. There is no food in his Tiantao camp. He wants to take food from Zhao Cheng. Mao Jue had to support him. Similarly, Zhao Cheng didn't want to give Tian Tao his opponent food from his vested interests, so he had to curry favor with Mao Jue. With Mao Jue as a general nodding, and Mao Wenlong as a big crocodile behind him, even if Tian Tao The camp was starving to death, and no one paid any attention to him.

Then the Eight Immortals cross the sea and each show their magical powers. Let’s see who’s money is heavy enough, the girl is flamboyant enough, and what kind of Dongzhu mink is bright enough, then the balance will be on whose side. If you leave home, you will not be offended.

This is also a common method in the officialdom. When Mao Jue takes the big head, Su Changmei will also have some money in his hand.

But Mao Jue didn't come here to dawdle and make a fortune, even if he made a fortune, he didn't dare point out that he wanted to use Tieshan to save his life!Then it doesn't matter what the official rules are or what can make Mao Jue inflate, he will choose whichever one.