Little Zhuangtou and the Great General

030

"How could this be?" Shen Miao couldn't help asking.

Monk Gu had already run away, so the steward had no choice but to explain: "Zhou Bao, the governor of Zhenhai, was deployed by Liu Hao, Xue Lang besieged Changzhou, and the rest of the Zhexi Road also rebelled. It is the season of spring plowing. Although the people are affected by the war, they are unwilling to stay away from their homes, and they still go to the fields to sow in the spring. These people take advantage of this and arrange people on the edge of the plowing fields. Anyone who goes to work in the fields , the men were taken to join the army, the women were used as camp prostitutes, and the people had no choice but to abandon their fields and flee to Zhedong Road."

There is such a thing!Shen Miao couldn't help being angry when she heard this: "Even if you become a king yourself, you should appease the people. This is the foundation of your foothold. You don't even want the people. Self-reliance is a disaster."

Hearing the words, the steward sighed: "Even so, they are all generals, how can they understand this?"

"Then what should we do?" Shen Miao could only ask.

In advance, Guan raised his finger to the direction of entering the village to the east: "Most of the refugees will come from the Taihu Lake area. There are several other villages that belong to the master in front of our village. Once the refugees from the other side flow in, each village will arrange them one by one. The chaos will come to our village immediately, and the trouble will be on the other side." The steward pointed to the continuous hills to the west, "The mountains over there are very wide, connecting the two roads of West Zhejiang and Huainan, and there will be refugees coming over the mountains. If they come one after another , in groups of three or four, it’s not troublesome, those who are willing to stay will be resettled, and those who don’t want to stay will be given food and let them go on. I’m afraid I won’t see you for a long time.”

"Why?" Shen Miao was puzzled. In his opinion, didn't long time no see mean that the person didn't come?

The steward explained: "The refugees can't survive in West Zhejiang Road, and they will definitely climb over the mountains. If they don't see you for a long time, it means that they have taken over the mountains and become kings."

"Became a bandit, will they come to rob houses?" Shen Miao understood, and then wondered, "They are also common people, why did they come to rob us common people?"

"Because they are bandits, they are not ordinary people. There may be deserters among them. Those people have been on the battlefield and have been stained with human blood, so they are not afraid of trouble."

Only then did Shen Miao fully understand Monk Gu's advice, and said, "Since there will be bandits, farmers must be organized to patrol the mountains. What about terraced fields? Slow down the progress?"

"Young Master has borrowed so much money for the terraced fields, and the farmers are not happy about it. You can tell the farmers about the pros and cons of patrolling the mountains. In order to ensure peace in the future, they will definitely choose strong and experienced people to patrol the mountains. " The steward said, and told Shen Miao again, "Young master, please remember Mr. Gu's advice and try to go out as little as possible. If you really can't stay, you can go to the place where the farmers are building terraces. There are many people there and they are all strong. Be safe, man."

"You can rest assured about this matter, I know the pros and cons, and I won't cause you any trouble." Shen Miao said.

The steward smiled and said, "Thank you, Young Master, for your understanding."

When the farmers learned about the early arrival of the refugees, they arranged for people to patrol the mountain in batches overnight with hatchets on their backs. The steward also provided corresponding tools for them to send signals and warnings.

For three days in a row, there was no sign of patrolling the mountain. On the evening of the fourth day, something happened. It was said that three or four refugees suddenly rushed down from the mountain to snatch the dry food carried by the patrolling farmers. repelled them.

It has been more than an hour since this incident was reported back, and the steward felt bad when he heard it, so he hurriedly summoned the farmers: "Tonight, all mature men should be vigilant at all times, women take care of their children, take good care of the elderly at home, and tidy up. Good family money, food, clothing and quilts, put down the bamboo rafts on the stream at the entrance of the village, if something happens, immediately go down the stream and report to Seventh Young Master’s Zhuangzi.”

"Good, good, good!" the farmers said repeatedly, and hurried to prepare.

"Young master will follow them down the stream later, just take care of yourself and don't cause any accidents." The steward urged.

While Shen Miao nodded in agreement, she hurriedly asked, "What about you?"

"I am the steward of this village, so I naturally want to stay in the village. Although the bandits are powerful, they are no-man's land all the way, and they may not be able to eat enough. I wait for work at leisure, and I may not lose."

Shen Miao was still worried when she heard the words. Although she was waiting for work with ease, the other party's rape must be even more vicious.

The steward hurriedly said: "Young Master, if you are really worried, the sooner you can get to Seventh Young Master's Zhuangzi, the sooner you can move to rescue the soldiers."

Shen Miao could only nod her head.

When approaching the time of Haishi, the entrance of the village suddenly burst into flames. The villagers who were in charge of warning in advance immediately beat the gong and ran all over the village: "The bandits are coming, let's go!"

For a while, there was chaos in the village, shouting, shouting, and crying.

Shen Miao slept with her clothes together, and immediately got up when she heard the sound, called Duoer and Xiaohua, and went straight to the ferry at the entrance of the village.

The ferry was already in chaos, and the manager organized the farmers to resist the bandits at the front, and left a servant from the village who usually served him as an assistant to arrange at the ferry.Everyone was in a hurry and wanted to leave early, so they kept rushing towards the ferry. The man knew that this was not going to work, so he stopped and failed to communicate in time, which led to the escalation of the two sides' tongues and a tendency to lose control.

Seeing this, Shen Miao snatched the gong from one person's hand and slammed it wildly, and then roared: "Don't worry, don't crowd, get on the bamboo rafts one by one, don't look for your own bamboo rafts, sit down one by one when it's full." ,understand?"

Shen Miao usually speaks very kindly, and has never yelled in such a deep voice. The farmers were immediately bluffed and stopped shouting.Shen Miao took the opportunity to say to the man arranged by the manager: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and send the bamboo rafts one by one."

The man quickly regained his senses, withdrew from the human barrier, stood in a row along the ferry, and one by one helped people onto the bamboo rafts and went down the river.

The thieves quickly discovered the movement on the stream, and hurriedly divided into teams, went to the other side of the stream, and chased down along the field ridge. Shen Miao knew it was wrong when she saw a row of torches approaching, and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up! Don't mess up!"

Those in charge of helping people immediately changed from helping to hugging, children, old people, etc., just hugged and passed them down one by one.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!The bandits on the other side shot a few arrows, and the team was in chaos, but no one got hit by the arrows.Shen Miao picked up an arrow and looked at it. There was no iron arrowhead, only a simple one made of wood. He immediately understood that the opponent's equipment was not good, so he immediately separated half of them: "You guys pick up stones and throw them to the other side. The rest continue on to the bamboo raft, hurry up!"

Everyone listened to the order, and immediately picked up stones so densely that they threw them over. Throwing stones on the stream beach was a game played by mountain people since childhood. They knew very well how to throw and how accurate they were. The torches were also shaking.

Shen Miao hurriedly took advantage of the gap to send the last group of people to the bamboo rafts. Driving bamboo rafts on this kind of stream at night is what the mountain people here are best at. In the past, when they went out to sell all kinds of bamboo woven mountain products, they were prepared during the day and shipped out at night. , You can go down the stream to Qiantang County in one night.At this time, they were riding a bamboo raft, and the bandits couldn't catch up with them.

This is also the reason why the steward chose bamboo rafts to leave.

Seeing that the bamboo rafts could not catch up, the bandits set their sights on the people who were still in the ferry, and shot at them densely with earthen arrows.

Those who remained were those who had just maintained order, and they were relatively stronger. They all picked up pebbles, threw them back, and ran on the bamboo raft. Many people were indeed shot by arrows, but the earthen bowstrings were not good. , even if you are shot, you will die, at most it will hurt a little, and it doesn't matter how many times the strong men take it.

As for Shen Miao, the bronze gong he knocked just now happened to be in front of his chest, and the arrows rubbed against the bronze gong, clanging chaotically, none of them hit him.

A group of people got on the bamboo raft smoothly, and went down after the bamboo pole was supported along the stream.

At this moment, something happened, and one of the bandits yelled: "Just go like this, it's a good idea!" Then a rope tied with pebbles came in the air, and it happened to catch Shen Miao.

Shen Miao didn't have time to react in the future, but because the bamboo raft moved too fast, she was easily dragged into the water by the rope.

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