Zhu Nao

At the front of the line, Jun Nao sat in the carriage and looked at the ledger.Wei Yue and Jing Zhe were riding horses, one on the left and the other on the right of the carriage.

After a while, Jun Nao's heavy sigh came from the carriage.

Jing Zhe quickly asked: "What's wrong, Young Master?"

Wei Yue had a lot of them, hehe said: "I'm afraid it's because of food relief in the past few days, and the money spent is too much?"

"That's right." Zhu Nao lifted the curtain of the car, "After staying in the Central Plains for several months, and having distributed so much food, I have already put in all the money I earned earlier."

Wei Yue winked and teased: "Who told you to think hard to invite back a Buddha that burned money?"

Anyone who is able to work under Zhu Nao knows that the Buddha Wei Yue refers to is Xie Wuji.The reason why the Shu army stayed in the Central Plains for so long and then entered the capital was because Zhu Nao wanted to win over Xie Wuji.Wasn't the money spent just for Xie Wuji?

Zhu Nao heard him mention Xie Wuji, and turned his face to smile again: "Well... I still made the deal."

Wei Yue made a face.

Indeed, how can Xie Wuji's great Buddha be measured by money?Although he also led the troops, but seeing the appearance of the Yanzhou Army and the momentum of the Yanzhou Army rushing into the imperial city that day, Wei Yue was convinced of Xie Wuji in his heart.If there is a chance, I have to learn more from him.

Wei Yue said again: "But Liu Song asked you to hand over the war profit, and you really handed it over. I looked at them all intending to fill their own pockets, but we are the most honest."

Zhu Nao didn't take it seriously: "I've already got what I want, and I'll save a lot of trouble by handing over the rest to them."

This time what Zhu Nao said he wanted was not Xie Wuji.That day they broke into the capital with the Yanzhou army, and the Yanzhou army went directly to the imperial city to find the little emperor, but Zhu Nao let the Shu army go to the official treasury first, and snatched all the official documents of household registration and taxation from all over the country. up.

In the next few days, he ordered someone to quickly copy a copy, and only then returned the rest.

In fact, just for the official documents he got, he made a good trip to Beijing this time.These official documents record the people's livelihood conditions all over the world. Even if he stays at home, he can understand the situation in various places with those official documents alone.In the future, whether it is fighting other places or governing new territories, those official documents can play a vital role.

Zhu Nao then ordered: "Send some people along the way to register the people who follow us."

Wei Yue said, "Oh... I'll make arrangements."

Tens of thousands of people in the capital followed them and left the capital. Although the consumption of food and grass along the way was a huge expense, they had to cut down on food and clothing on the way back.Fortunately, they had made a lot of money before, and they could use coins and goods along the way to buy food and grass after eating. Roughly calculating, it would probably be enough to last until they returned to Shu.However, the value of these tens of thousands of people should not be underestimated.

Although the capital city has been in chaos in the past few years, it is a treasure land that has been prosperous for a hundred years.Compared with other places, there are a lot of people in central Beijing who can read and write, and those unkempt and skinny people may not come from a scholarly family.And many of them may have served in the government or worked in various institutions.These people went to the Shu region later, and they have their own place to use.

Wei Yue turned his horse's head around and went to the rear to arrange people.

……

In the morning two days later, the farmers were working hard in the fields.

Several people were pushing the plow cart to plow the land. It hadn't rained for several months, and the land was dry and hard. Even if they tried their best, the plow cart could only move forward with difficulty.

"Pull harder!"

"You push hard too!"

The skinny farmers were sweating and grunting hard.

All of a sudden, there was a sound of "咵", and the new plow truck they had just set up a few days ago fell apart.

The farmers looked at each other.

The oldest old man bent down to look at the broken pieces of wood, and determined that this thing could not be repaired and could only be remade.However, their family no longer has copper and iron that can be used to make nails, so they can only use wood and rope to make new farm tools, which are always easy to fall apart.To make matters worse, if there is a few more days of delay, it will be too late for spring plowing this year.

The old man sighed.

A young man kicked the fallen logs fiercely, cursing and saying: "Why do you want to plant, anyway, when autumn comes, the robbers will come to grab the food, we worked so hard to plant for the robbers, I quit !"

He kicked the broken agricultural implements again and again, completely tearing them apart.Then his emotions suddenly collapsed, first he beat his chest and screamed "ahhh", and finally squatted on the ground and cried.

Some of the remaining people comforted him, while others secretly wiped away their tears.

The north has been in chaos for several years. Since the rebel army invaded the capital, the imperial court was occupied, and the Central Plains has been completely in dire straits.The ability of the government is getting weaker and weaker. It is good for each government to defend its own city. The order in the countryside has almost completely collapsed.Bandits and bandits are rampant, and people are displaced.

These people had just finished a hungry winter, and the original agricultural tools were robbed or destroyed by bandits. They just regained their mood and built new agricultural tools, which broke down again in a blink of an eye.They were completely exhausted.

Anyway, it is not certain whether they can live to harvest this year.Maybe in a few days, they will starve to death...

A few people were depressed when they suddenly heard a faint voice coming from afar.Someone with sharp eyes was the first to see the dark approaching army in the distance, and was startled: "Look over there!"

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads away, and they were also startled when they saw the army.

"The bandit army is here, run!" Someone yelled first, and everyone quickly ran to the dense bushes and hid among the trees.

Not long after, the army approached, and the black team slowly walked across the field ridge.

The farmers were stunned and whispered: "Why does this army have so many people? It's so long. You can't even see the tail."

"Where did they come from? What's written on the flag?"

"do not know……"

Most of these farmers could not read, they only knew that the flags and the uniforms of the soldiers looked strange, they had never seen them before.But no matter what kind of army it is, they are not good people anyway, so don't go out.

After a long time, the people in military uniforms had almost left, but the line was still very long and dark, with men and women, old people and children, people carrying burdens and pushing carts, which looked nothing like It's the army, but it looks like the fleeing civilians.

Those few farmers were stunned by this situation, you looked at me, I looked at you, they didn't understand what was going on.

"Why are there so many civilians following the army? Where are they going?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

"Could it be that some place was occupied by the rebels again, so the officers and soldiers took the people out to flee?"

"But the army that just walked over looks so majestic, it doesn't look like they have lost a battle?"

"This……"

"How about we go out and ask?"

Facing a group of unarmed people, old and young, the farmers were obviously much less wary.

Finally, a man plucked up the courage and ran out, approaching the fleeing civilians.The rest of the people continued to wait in the bushes.

After a while, the person who went out finally came back with a face full of excitement.

"What's going on?" Everyone hurriedly surrounded him and asked.

"It was the Shu army and the Yanzhou army who walked past just now!" said the farmer, "Following behind are the people of the capital. The Shu army and the Yanzhou army defeated the rebels in the capital. These people are going to follow them back to Shu. of!"

Everyone was dumbfounded.What is this mess?Shu army and Yanzhou army defeated the rebels?Isn't that great?But why do the people in the capital leave their homes and go to Shu?

Facing everyone's confused faces, the farmer told everyone what happened in the capital during the period he had just heard.

It took everyone a while to digest these contents, and they immediately started talking about it.

"So, then the Zhu Fu Yin and General Xie are very good people!"

"Yeah, the other armies are too much, right?"

"Isn't that normal? On the contrary, the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army, there are such good troops in the world..."

Everyone was silent for a while, and suddenly someone said: "How about, let's go with them. I heard that the middle of Shu is a land of abundance. Not to mention the fertile land, the most important thing is peace. Let's go with Zhufu Yin and the others, don't worry stay here okay?"

Everyone was stunned.Some people immediately shook their heads in objection, some hesitated, and some were thoughtful.

"We were born here and grew up here. This is our hometown. The mountains in Chengdu are high and the rivers are far away. We only heard that it is good there. How could we decide to go with them? Too hasty, too hasty!"

"But if we stay here, can we still survive? How many days can we survive?"

"Yes. So many people in the capital are willing to leave home and follow them, which means that it is better to leave than to stay."

"No, no. I'm not going with them anyway."

Several people talked for a long time, because the line of the people in the capital was too long, they hadn't finished walking until now.But it was coming soon, they could already see the tail of the team.

Someone gritted his teeth, stood up first and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll go back to pack my things now, bring my family with me, and I'll go with them!" After speaking, he ran towards the village.

The rest of the people hesitated for a while, and made up their minds one after another. Some people came out of the bushes and went back to pack their bags.Some people waited and watched again and again, but finally gave up the impulse and chose to stay in their hometown...

……

When it was getting dark, the army was stationed by a river.

The soldiers first went to help the people who followed them to settle down, and gave the people a drier and warmer place, and then started their own camp.

Wei Yue came to Zhu Nao's side and said, "We have a few more people from villages walking with us today. If this continues, we may have 8 or [-] more people when we return to Chengdu."

"Oh?" Junao was not surprised, he tilted his head in thought, as if he was thinking about how to accommodate so many people when he went back.

Wei Yue said: "There are so many people, have we settled down after we go back?"

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "Yes. It's just that the road will inevitably be more difficult."

Whether it is the food brought by the Shu Army or the Yanzhou Army, it is impossible to feed the stomachs of so many people.However, the common people left with them, and they all brought all their wealth with them, and they had more or less dry food on them.Therefore, it is not necessary for them to help unless it is absolutely necessary.In addition, picking wild fruits along the road, digging grass roots and beating wild animals can last for a period of time.

Zhu Nao roughly calculated, and ordered: "Send a small team back to Shu... After this, we may be able to catch up in the Weinan area... Let them transport [-] shi of grain."

"Yes." Wei Yue received the order and was about to make arrangements when she suddenly remembered something and stopped, "...When we pass by the Jiangling Mansion in a few days, do you want to send someone to Jiangling?"

Before Huang Dongxuan led people to attack the capital overnight, Zhu Nao showed some interest in this person, but at that time he was concerned about serving the king with Xie Wuji, Huang Dongxuan led people away early, so he didn't have time to do anything.Wei Yue said that he would go to Jiangling, so he asked Zhu Nao if he wanted to take the opportunity to contact Huang Dongxuan.

But Zhu Nao smiled and said, "I can't afford to give him gifts right now. Let's not be in a hurry, let's talk about it later."

Wei Yue thought to himself that Huang Dongxuan did have some skills. Although the princes from all walks of life at the King Qin Conference were hostile to him on the surface, in fact, I don't know how many people would try to win him over secretly.Zhu Nao is not in a hurry, isn't he afraid of being caught by others first?What's the rush to give gifts, why don't you send someone to talk to them first?

It can be seen that Zhu Nao has a determined look. He probably just said casually because he has no money to give gifts, and he has other ideas in his mind.Therefore, Wei Yue didn't say any more, and turned around to arrange for the messengers to go back to Shu.