Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Li Xu's prayer did not get God's blessing. After thinking about it afterwards, he felt that it was probably the reason why he didn't go to offer incense. If his heart is sincere, it will work. If his heart is not sincere, it will not be effective.

But this kind of thought was just a flash, Li Xu never expected that praying to gods and worshiping Buddha would be useful, otherwise there would be so many disputes in this world.

"The group of refugees consisted of more than fifty people, all of whom were young and middle-aged. They should have fled from the west. They killed all the villagers in Baicun, took their houses and belongings, and planned to take Baicun as their own. The guards on the road did not receive a letter from Bai Village for three days, so they took a special look, only to find that there were corpses piled up at the entrance of the village, including men, women and children, and white smoke was curling up in the village, and there were still people cooking. , Hurry back and report to the town officials."

Li Xu sat motionless for a long time, feeling that the blood in his body was cold. The villagers of a whole village were slaughtered, and no one was left alive. All these were done by the victims who fled from other places.

Probably because his expression was too cold, the officials who came to report knelt on the ground and did not dare to breathe. It took a long time for the prince to say, "Have all the prisoners been caught?"

"Thirty or so people were caught, and more than ten people escaped."

"Then issue a warrant to arrest the fugitive, and capture him alive no matter what!" Li Xu jumped up at the case, strode up to the official, and pulled him up. The attitude of the refugees will definitely change, but this is the evil they have committed, and all the refugees must bear it together. If you spread the word, this king will not let the people suffer in vain. Anyone who kills will be beheaded for public display!"

The official heard the chill in his words, hurriedly agreed, and then left the palace after confirming that he had no other orders. He thought, the prince actually didn't rule the world with a kind heart, but he didn't know that people were sinister. Kind people are bullied instead.

It's not that Li Xu didn't think that the refugees would take the risk and take over the mountain as king, so he sent an order very early on to treat the disaster victims from other places with caution and precautions, but also to give some assistance appropriately, otherwise they would be hungry if they Very well, really anything can be done.

He just didn't expect such a thing to happen, he shouted loudly: "Come here... pass on an order to arrest the most important criminals in South Vietnam, and then tell the public what they have done, and call General Kou back."

Kou Xiao received the news one step earlier, knowing that Li Xu must be in a bad mood, he came back first.

Li Xu just went out and was about to get into the carriage when he saw Kou Xiao waving at him, "It's just right, let's go to Ruijin Temple together."

Kou Xiao jumped off the horse and got into the carriage, pulled Li Xu up, let him sit in his arms, patted him on the back and comforted him: "Don't worry, there are always good and evil in human nature, none of us expected that." arrive."

Li Xu pushed him away and said with a sneer, "Yeah, I didn't expect it, but it doesn't matter, the Skynet is not missing, there will always be times when they pay their lives!"

This incident was like a tornado, and soon spread throughout South Vietnam, and most of the people who were still kind to the victims from other places became indifferent. Every village set up a card at the entrance of the village, and no outsiders were allowed to enter. village, but some villagers couldn't bear to see them starve to death, so they would throw some food out for them.

Even so, the victims did not dare to complain, because they all knew the reason, and no one dared to expect to be rescued by the people after such a thing happened.

The thousands of disaster victims who were taken in by Ruijin Temple also fell silent collectively. They only drank a minimum of porridge every day, offered to help the monks with chores, and tried their best to tell the locals that they were different from those murderous monsters.

Li Xu didn't ignore them, except for some of the victims who were sick, all the others were sent to the new military camp, and asked them to exchange their labor for food. As for whether they can settle here in the future, it depends on their performance.

There were also quite a few people who expressed their willingness to sell themselves as slaves, and just begged not to drive them away. Li Xu never agreed. The deed of selling one's body does not mean loyalty. A person's loyalty cannot be bound by a piece of paper. The refugees will only regard this as a fashion.

He is short of people, but not short of slaves.

After returning from Ruijin Temple, groups of Kou’s troops went out and rushed towards the border of South Vietnam. Except for the coastline and natural barriers on the east side, the other three sides of South Vietnam are bordered by other places, but there are not many passes that need to be guarded. After all There are uncultivated mountain roads everywhere, and it is not easy to gather a large number of refugees to cross the mountains.

With the help of the army, the people of South Vietnam no longer have to worry about being afraid. The victims who passed the inspection by Kou's army will also be temporarily resettled in nearby villages and towns, and they will be brought back to Fujian together after their mission is completed.

There are also many people who want to go back to their hometown in the future, so they choose to live there temporarily and do odd jobs. It is not difficult to support themselves, but more disaster victims are willing to seek refuge with King Shun and get a long-term and stable job.

In August, the number of victims who fled from the disaster gradually decreased, and the people Li Xu sent out sent back the news, writing what they saw and heard along the way, only then did Li Xu realize that the disaster situation in other places was much more serious than he imagined.

"Several typhoons and continuous torrential rain for half a month have affected four or five counties, tens of thousands of civilian casualties, property losses that cannot be estimated, and tens of thousands of refugees, fleeing in all directions. Some local officials will open the city with kindness. The door took them in and gave them food, while some closed their doors and ignored them. Some officials even ordered to shoot and kill the refugees who gathered outside the city. ...All beings are in a variety of ways!" Li Xu's hand holding the report trembled a little, purely out of anger.

Ji Hanyu and the officials present bowed their heads one after another. If King Shun did not sit in Nanyue, who knows if such a thing would happen in Nanyue?In the past years, have there been fewer tragedies due to disasters?

A young civil official stood up and said: "Your Highness is only one person, but there are more than a hundred officials in this world. Even if the imperial court inspects every year, there are still a bunch of officials with bad character among them. Your Highness does not need to worry about this. The safety and security of our South Vietnam is the biggest thing." luck."

Someone immediately retorted: "Zhang Yao, don't talk nonsense, Your Highness cares about all the people in the world, but anyone who still has a heart will be furious when they hear such news."

Li Xu waved his hand and said, "You don't need to put a high hat on this king. This king is angry, but he doesn't intend to care about the common people in the world. If he is in his position to seek his own government, it's enough for this king to manage the one-third of an acre of land in Nanyue."

Zhang Yao arched his hands and echoed: "My lord, you are only the king of South Vietnam. Even if the world is in chaos, you can't go out of South Vietnam without the emperor's will. You really shouldn't sympathize with them, and it will only increase your troubles."

Many old officials pointed at Zhang Yao and began to scold. Although the reasoning is the same, how can such outrageous words be said in public?What will the people think of them?

The corner of Zhang Yao's mouth raised slightly, he didn't care about other people's scolding at him, and he didn't say anything outrageous, so what's wrong with self-preservation?

Li Xu raised his hand to stop their voices, and said loudly: "Let's not talk about this, we don't care about what happens in other places, let's start the post-disaster reconstruction work, I don't ask you to restore South Vietnam to its original state, but we must never let a commoner Displaced, without three meals."

Ji Hanyu stood up and said: "This time the typhoon passed through the border, the people in the inland are fine, and there are a lot of houses blown down by the typhoon along the coast. The official asked to send the engineering team of the palace to rebuild the houses for the affected people, and all of them were built with bricks and tiles. It doesn't matter if it's small, as long as it's strong enough."

Lei Yang was the first to disagree, "Master Ji, your intentions are good, but Nanyue's finances are not rich, so they cannot contribute so much financial and material resources."

Mr. Ji made some calculations in his heart, and said: "You can let the people exchange other things for the materials needed to build houses. For example, if you need 1 yuan of bricks to build a house, let them dig [-] truckloads of soil in exchange. If you want a bag of cement, let them exchange it with stones or lime, and it is not completely free for them.

After all the materials have been exchanged, they also have to contribute their own efforts to build the house. If ten families in a village are affected by the disaster, the whole village will be asked to help. Anyone who helps can be recorded. When lending farm tools in the future, they will be given priority. Using it, in the future, whenever you encounter things like conscription and schooling, you can also give priority to recruiting the children of their family. With such convenience, I believe the villagers will be happy to help. "

Lei Yang still disagreed, "Master Ji's conditions are too good. Neighbors should help each other. This is the case when building a house, and it is also the same during the busy farming season. I have never heard of so many conditions for doing a favor. If things go on like this , Is it true that no one is willing to help if there is no discount?"

Ji Hanyu was stunned when he heard the words. Indeed, if you do something good in everything, you have to give sweetness, then in the future, no one will do good things if there is no sweetness?

He felt that he was not thoughtful enough, and bowed his head to admit his mistake: "Master Lei is right, but I didn't think carefully."

Li Xu silently wrote a few lines, tapped his fingers under the conditions Ji Hanyu said, looked up and said: "It is possible to change the material, and don't force it. It's up to them to build whatever house they want. If there is a need to build a brick-and-tiled house, let the head of the village report it. The king will send people to teach on the spot. Anyone who wants to learn can learn. As for how to build the house, let them complete it by themselves. The government only guarantees that their house will be completed. As long as there is a shelter from the wind and rain in front."

When everyone heard this, Qiqi retorted: "My lord, no, how can this house-building technology be given to ordinary people at will, and anyone can learn it. If they spread it, this technology will be lost."

Li Xu doesn't care about this technology, "It's useless to build a house without bricks and tiles and cement, but don't think too much about it. As long as these things are first-rate, someone will soon understand them. Don't underestimate the public's attention." Wisdom, or the same sentence, any technology can’t be covered, only continuous improvement and growth, so that others will always follow your footsteps, is the foundation of profitability.”

After dismissing these officials, Li Xu left Ji Hanyu alone and said, "Although Lei Yang's words are straightforward, they are not selfish. Don't worry about it."

Ji Hanyu blinked and suddenly laughed, "Did the lord think that the officials would care about Mr. Lei's outspoken words? We are all officials in the same court, and we just discuss things normally, and it doesn't even count as differences in political opinions. What's wrong with you? How much do you care?" Think about it."

Li Xu is also worried that he is young and vigorous, and Lei Yang is a businessman who has been transferred to an official with a special status, and he is afraid that he will not be able to bear it if he is contradicted.

Ji Hanyu sighed softly, "My lord's words are really sad. In your eyes, am I such a narrow-minded person?"

Li Xu joked with a smile: "Then who was angry for several days because Jiang Qiuming didn't reply to your letter for half a month?"

"This... the lord just heard the rumors, it's nothing!" Ji Hanyu raised his hands to cover his face, got up and said goodbye, "My lord, I'm off to work, so I leave."

"Haha..." Li Xu looked at him running away, and thought to himself: He's just a young man, look at this thin-skinned.