One Piece of Song Dynasty

Sun Xiancheng and Master Qian left the county government together. Master Qian asked: "Master Sun, do you think the peasant riots on these two Zhejiang roads will affect us? Although our Quanzhou Prefecture belongs to Fujian Road, we are far away from each other. The road between Zhejiang and Zhejiang is hundreds of miles long, and we have Fuzhou and Xinghua armies in the north. Net"

Sun Xiancheng shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, there are many Manichaeans, and don't forget that we also have Manichaeans in Fujian. There is no guarantee that they will not follow suit."

Master Qian nodded and said, "Yes, I just hope that the imperial court will send troops to suppress the riot as soon as possible so that it doesn't affect us."

Sun Xiancheng continued: "Even if there are no riots in Fujian, they will be affected by the refugees caused by the riots. The number of refugees caused by the peasant riots is not tens of thousands, but may be hundreds of thousands or even millions. Quanzhou alone Fuzhou and Xinghuajun in the north cannot handle so many refugees. The refugees will definitely come to us. Mr. Qian, the burden on you is not small. If the refugees have no food, they will also riot, but I think we are here. There shouldn't be any problems. Our magistrate is very tolerant to the people. The magistrate himself should be able to use part of the food to help the refugees."

Master Qian nodded and said: "Thank you, Mr. Sun, for reminding me. Qian knows about it, but I don't know how many refugees will come and whether the food in the county granary is enough."

Sun Xiancheng frowned and asked, "Master Qian, you wouldn't have tampered with the food in the granary, would you?"

Master Qian quickly waved his hand: "No, no, Qian doesn't dare to do such a thing as beheading. Qian has not touched a grain of the shi of grain in the granary."

Sun Xian Cheng was surprised and said: "Eighty thousand dan, this is a lot more food than the previous magistrates in the granary."

Master Qian replied: "No, it's thanks to the county magistrate that he eliminated those powerful landlords, which deterred other powerful landlords in the county, so that they didn't dare to be as short-changed as before when they turned in food."

Sun Xian Cheng nodded and said: "Our magistrate has nothing to say in his eyes. He would rather raise our salary privately than let us compete with the people for profit." Li Xin would definitely say this if he heard Sun Xian Cheng's words. Aren't you talking nonsense? Only by not competing with the people for profit can the long-term stability of the county be ensured, so that Li Xin can rest assured and go all out to build Xinghan Island.

Li Xin came to the Xiang Barracks for a tour and found Zhang Hu: "Zhang Hu, from today onwards, the whole city will be under martial law. There will be a curfew at night. All soldiers in the Xiang Barracks will stop training. Please arrange the city defense and patrol matters."

Zhang Hu asked: "Lang Jun, what happened?"

Li Xin nodded and said: "A peasant uprising broke out on Liangzhe Road. I did this to prevent our place from being affected. In addition, this is also a good time to attract refugees. I will organize this in Hui'an during this time, but you and Xiang Bingying We must ensure the stability of the county."

Zhang Hu cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lang Jun, I understand."

After arranging everything in the county, Li Xin returned home.

In the following period, Fang La's rebel army began to grow explosively, and the momentum of the uprising gradually expanded. Within ten days of Fang La's announcement of the uprising, tens of thousands of people joined the rebel army, and defeated and killed Song general Cai Zun in Xikeng.

As the scale of the uprising expanded, a large number of refugees began to appear on Liangzhe Road. The housekeeper took some escorts to spread some words at the junction of Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road, informing those refugees who did not want to participate in the uprising that they could survive as long as they went south to Quanzhou. Not all farmers are willing to risk their families’ lives to participate in the uprising. After all, the success rate of peasant uprisings is too low. Except for the last peasant uprising in Chinese history, all other peasant uprisings failed. Moreover, peasant uprisings also caused great damage to local areas. Seriously, to be honest, the peasant rebels are just a bunch of mobs without discipline. Everywhere they go, they are swept away like locusts passing by. Burning, killing and looting are commonplace, so many civilians are also victims of the peasant uprising. Or, as long as you show them a way to survive, they will not be coerced into participating in the uprising.

The message that there is a way to survive in Quanzhou gradually spread among the refugees, like a bright light guiding some refugees to start going to Quanzhou, and Li Xin also set up porridge shacks at several intersections leading to Hui'an to guide The direction in which the refugees are heading.

With the arrival of the refugees, Ruan Xiaowu's fleet also became busy. In the past, it usually transported hundreds of refugees, but now it is at least a thousand people. Later, as the scale of the uprising expanded, the number of refugees increased. It also grew rapidly, with , , people, and the largest fleet transported as many as people.

Seeing the number of refugees increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, Li Xin began to feel a little strenuous. Xinghan Island also felt strenuous. With the arrival of a large number of refugees, the entire Xinghan City and Jilong City became busy. The Confucian scholars were all mobilized and were busy every day, explaining policies, allocating money, land, and houses to the refugees. Those who had no houses to divide had to arrange tent accommodation. The most important thing was food, but it was okay. In the past two years since the development of Xinghan Island, Li Xin has been transporting food to the island a lot. In addition, part of the land on Xinghan Island has begun to produce food after a round of mung bean farming, so the food is still enough for the time being, not to mention that it can be eaten by the refugees. It is still possible to be full and not hungry. With food, the help of the existing residents on the island, and the strong maintenance of the army led by Liu Fa and other generals, Xinghan Island is generally stable, and there are no major troubles. .

Compared with the stability of Xinghan Island, Li Xin now begins to become anxious when facing more and more refugees every day. The imperial court's response to the Fangla Uprising was really slow. According to the news Li Xin received, just seven days ago in November On the nd, Fang La's army wiped out officers and soldiers stationed on the two Zhejiang roads in Xikeng, Qingxi County. Yan Tan, who was supervised by soldiers and horses, was killed. Then, taking advantage of the victory, they entered Qingxi County and captured the county captain Weng Kai. At this time, it had been a month and a half since Fang La announced the uprising. It is estimated that the court would not react until Hangzhou was captured.

For the sake of food supply and the stability of Xinghan Island, Li Xin decided to limit the flow of refugees. In addition to receiving a designated number of refugees every day, the rest were directed to other cities.

As anxious as Li Xin were Sun Xian Cheng and Master Qian. Since Li Xin gave them the order, in addition to doing their work, the two would also climb the city wall from time to time to observe the situation outside the city, for fear that one day the rebels would The attack on the city affected them and their families. Seeing more and more refugees gathering outside the city, the two of them became more and more anxious. At the same time, they also hoped that the court could quickly deal with the rebels. However, the court did not hear the two voices. The voice of the people, the number of refugees continues to increase.