Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

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Autumn of the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

All business in San Salvador came to an end after leaving some guards behind.

On the second day after the end, Qin Hao set off from Keelung on horseback and headed south to the Hsinchu territory.

This was a new route. It wasn’t fast along the way, but it took half the time compared to when we came here. It only took three days, and we were there in a blink of an eye.

After crossing the few hills ahead, you can see the village.

Qin Hao's mood at this time was similar to that of the poem "Being close to hometown makes you more timid!", so he slowly dismounted his horse, handed the reins to the guard, and wanted to walk back and take a look at the situation nearby.

Not long after, I saw that not far away, there was originally a road into the village. Now there was a bamboo fence about 2 meters high and 4,500 meters long. It crossed the two hills beside the road and blocked the road into the village. Blocked.

At this time, there was still a large group of people gathered outside the bamboo fence. From a distance, it looked densely packed. There were at least 1 or 200 people. They were also in tatters. They seemed to be people who had fled here. They wanted to enter the village, but they were blocked. Outside.

"Sir, please be kind and give us a chance." A young man with a yellow face outside the fence kept begging to the soldiers inside. They finally got here, but many people starved to death along the way.

"Yes, you have such a bodhisattva heart, just let us go. Look, the child is really hungry and can't bear it."

The middle-aged woman on the side handed the child in her arms to the soldiers, only to see a 4 or 5-year-old little girl with empty eyes and hungry eyes, and she kept smacking her lips.

"Please, sir, have mercy on me."

For a moment, the emotions of the refugees outside the fence began to get out of control, and they kept attacking the bamboo fence in front of them.

"Shut up, everyone." A soldier wearing bamboo armor scolded the group of refugees while glaring at them.

This is not the first time he has encountered this kind of thing. During the half month he has been working here, a group of refugees come here every two days and want to enter the village. He was once a refugee. If it weren't for Mr. Chen Hu's relief, He had long since starved to death on the roadside.

He also sympathized with these people, but Master Chen Hu ordered that they not be allowed to enter from here. Just in case there are some gangsters among them who deliberately cause damage under the guise of refugees.

"Didn't I tell you to go to the east side? There is a porridge shack there. If you go there, you will have food. Don't make any noise here. Go quickly, otherwise you will be late and gone. Don't blame me for not reminding you." After saying that, he raised his hand and raised his hand. He picked up the bamboo spear in his hand and stabbed the refugees demonstratively to stop them from tearing up the fence.

The refugees looked at the sharp bamboo spears in the hands of the soldiers and did not dare to do anything wrong. They all took a few steps back and began to murmur in a low voice.

"If you don't listen to them, go east and try."

"I think these government officials have bad intentions. What should we do if they go to the east and ask us to go to the south?"

"That's right, I've been eating weeds and chewing tree bark every day along the way. I'm so hungry that I'm going to starve to death."

These refugees communicated in different dialects. Most of them understood each other's meanings and kept complaining.

At this moment, Qin Hao also led the team behind these refugees and heard their complaints word for word.

He just didn't know where so many refugees came from. He remembered that when he first went out, not many people fled here.

Could it be that something big happened recently?

At this time, the refugees also saw soldiers appearing behind them, and they were suddenly frightened and panicked. Some ran away, and some knelt on the ground and shouted for mercy.

Qin Hao ignored them and only asked the soldiers to drive them away. He had also heard what the soldiers inside had said before. If this was a place for refugees to enter, he would not let them waste time here. Go earlier and go earlier. There is food to eat.

After driving away the refugees, Qin Hao brought Han Xian and Zhao Chang forward to inquire.

The soldiers inside the bamboo fence looked at the elite troops that suddenly appeared. They were all wearing iron armor and had a majestic appearance. Their legs were shaking with fear, thinking that they were coming to attack.

"Captain, what should we do?"

One of the soldiers walked up to the captain who had just scolded the refugees and asked in a low voice, "How about we run away?"

The captain glanced at him, then gave him a dunk and cursed angrily: "What are you thinking about? Why don't you go and ask for help? Why are you just standing here?"

"oh oh"

The soldier responded twice and ran away. As he left, he did not forget to tell him: Captain, wait for me when I come back.

The team leader was also frightened at this time. He didn't know what the team that appeared was going to do, so he had the courage to step forward and ask, but before he could speak, the other party started asking.

"What's going on? How come roadblocks are built here?"

This sentence seemed to have magic power, and the captain replied subconsciously: "This is arranged by Mr. Chen Hu."

After saying this, he realized his mistake and quickly changed his words and asked: "Who are you? Don't you know you can't pass here? Leave quickly."

He didn't know how he said it. He originally wanted to be tactful, but he didn't expect it to be so direct. Suddenly a chill came to his heart: It seems that he is going to die here today.

"Are you new here?" Han Xian stood aside and asked coldly.

"Yes what's the matter."

After the captain finished speaking, he slapped himself again and cursed, "Why are you so inattentive today?"

His move made Qin Hao smile slightly, not wanting to argue with him, and said: "Okay, I won't tell you, you call Chen Hu.".

After hearing this, the captain was shocked at first, and then calmed down a little.

Just not the enemy.

Now that I know Mr. Chen Hu, I am not afraid of their attack, which is a good thing.

Just like that, about ten minutes later, two people hurriedly ran from a distance, one was Chen Hu, and the other was a soldier who had just ran to ask for help.

Chen Hu walked quickly and saw a familiar figure. He immediately ordered the defending soldiers to open the fence and walked outside to salute.

"Sir, you are back."

"Um"

Qin Hao nodded in response, pulled him up, and asked, "How is the village lately?"

"Thanks to my lord's blessing, everything is fine."

"Since everything is fine, what's going on?" Qin Hao pointed to the bamboo fence in front of him and asked in a cold tone.

Chen Hu felt a chill in his back. He knew that these soldiers might have acted out of line, so he immediately apologized. When the defensive soldiers saw this scene, they also knelt down to apologize.

There was silence for a moment.

Qin Hao was secretly satisfied. He just wanted to test Chen Hu's attitude, not that he thought they were doing something wrong.

"Get up and tell me all these things in detail."

"promise!"

After getting up, Chen Hu glared at the soldiers behind him, and then led Qin Hao and others into the village.

"After you left, my lord, a few days later, a large number of refugees suddenly came from the south, numbering 4 to 500 people. Lord Zhuge accepted this group of people as planned, but within a few days, another group came. After that, 2,300 people came one after another every day. I was afraid that they would be in trouble if they entered the village, so I had people build a fence to block them."

Chen Hu looked at Qin Hao's face as he spoke, fearing that he would think he was taking human life lightly, so he added: "We have set up a temporary settlement in the east. There are porridge shacks there to provide food for these refugees. We also built shacks to ensure that There’s a place for everyone.”

There will be heavy rains from time to time in the autumn of Taiwan. If there is no place to live, these refugees will probably get sick if they get caught in the rain. Chen Hu deserves praise for what he did.

"Isn't Zheng Zhilong's territory in the south? I remember he was recruiting refugees. How could he let so many people go north?" Qin Hao asked curiously.

"Sir, I heard from the refugees that Zheng Zhilong was fighting with the Dutch."

"I see."

Historically, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch have always had conflicts, and it is not surprising that a conflict occurred at this time.

On the contrary, when they fought, they gave themselves a lot of people, which was a good thing.

Qin Hao really wanted to give them a thumbs up for supporting his career so much.

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