Chapter 84 Death for money

In fact, Chu Tianya can also know how difficult it is to forcibly move the people and strengthen the clear field. Those ordinary people who are engaged in agriculture and business, for generations of generations have worked hard to manage the family business and countryside. It is not so easy to say that they should give up. In particular, the founding of the Song Dynasty has been a hundred years, and most of the world is living and working in peace and contentment. I don't know the horror of war.

Chu Tianya has never experienced the war in person, but he learned the horror of this war from all kinds of historical books in later generations. Jingkang's change, the State of Jin went from Yanjing and Yunzhong at the same time. The East Road Army swept Hebei and crossed the Yellow River, burned, killed and killed countless people all the way. The West Road Army went south and took Taiyuan directly. For the first time, it did not fight the city. Taiyuan has been sticking to it for more than 200 days with a lonely city. The city has already been cut out of food and tree bark. In the end, it can only eat each other. It was extremely tragic to kill and eat meat. It was not until the Jin soldiers invaded the south for the second time that the officials and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were unable to rescue them that Taiyuan declared the city was broken. Since then, the old and young people in the city were not left, and they were slaughtered by the Jin soldiers!

In addition, after the downfall of Tokyo, the State of Jin plundered Hui and Emperor Qin of the Song Dynasty and returned to the north together. The Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo was looted, and the nearby towns and villages were uninhabited. Along with the two emperors, there were also thousands of royal clans, eunuchs and gentry, as well as no less than 100,000 civilians.

This is a northbound journey more cruel than exile. Wherever the golden soldiers went, they killed and robbed them all, and the women caught them as prostitutes in the army. In the middle of the journey, countless people died, including many royal officials, most of whom were women - the cause of death was very simple, and they were abused by the Jin people!

It can be said that at the beginning of Jingkang, the land of the Central Plains began a tragic history of blood and tears that is difficult to look back.

Chu Tianya still clearly remembers a period of historical statistics that I read a long time ago: in about three years after Xuanhe (that is, a few years ago), the economic development of the Song Dynasty reached its peak, and the population was also the highest in the history of China's feudal dynasty, as high as 9.47 million; only half a century later, in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, there were only 1.87 million people left in the Central Plains - nearly 91% of the population loss!

Of the 100 people, 91 will die in the war - starting with the shame of Jingkang!

Looking back at today's Taiyuan City, it is still such a popular scene of singing and dancing. The magistrate Zhang Xiaochun and the king of Dutong are still hesitating about the forced relocation of people and the clear field. Chu Tianya's heart is nameless - compared with the slaughter of 91% of the population, the people of several villages temporarily give up farming. Is it a bullshit for Tian Jiayuan to escape? A group of dead bodies, can they keep their farmland?!

Chu Tianya didn't say these words to Wang Xun. However, Wang Xun obviously read the murderous spirit and anger from Chu Tianya's eyes and expressions, so he kept urging him to be calm and not impatient.

"Brother Wang, these things are important in my heart. You don't have to say more." Chu Tianya was ready to send him away. "You'd better take people to build the city defense quickly. Remember to dig the moat deeper and wider.

"I know." Wang Xun breathed a sigh of breath and said, "Yes, by the way, you will patrol the city for days in the future. I will get you a horse from my father's stable to bring it in instead of foot strength!"

Two scenic spot Jie army soldiers brought in a brown-red tall horse. Wang Xun said, "This is a good horse from Yanjing when my father conquered Hebei. Although it is not a peerless horse, it is not a dwarf horse of the Central Plains."

Chu Tianya took the reins and patted the horse on the cheek and said gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Wang! ...If you don't bother the second master, why don't you do me another favor!"

"Brother, just tell me if you have something to do!" Wang Xun said cheerfully.

Chu Tianya smiled and told him that his armor had been given to Meng De, so now there is no hanging.

"Haha! It's a trivial matter!" Wang Xun laughed and said, "At least I'm a vanguard officer. Now my father is in charge of the victory and victory army - and take the pen and ink, I'll write a note, and you go to the military arsenal to get the armor. Just take everything by yourself. You're welcome!"

"Thank you very much!"

When he was young, Wang Xun wrote a note, leaving a lot of room in his words. He only said that Chu Tianya should "go to the arsenal to obtain the weapons and armor needed for the military patrol, which should be fully prepared."

The military patrol shop is a unique institution of the government of the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to a local police station. The military patrol shop usually manages people's households like a police to mediate civil disputes, and patrols around like a patrol police at night. In Taiyuan City, there is a military patrol shop every dozens or more than 100 steps. Each shop is fixed with three to five people, and there is no shortage of people on duty for 12 hours, which is specially responsible for public security in the city.

Now, even if Chu Tianya has taken over all the military patrol shops in Taiyuan City, there are more than 300 mobile personnel outside the house waiting for punishment at any time. They are fully responsible for the public security in the city, and later they will be responsible for collecting and managing the grain and fodder in the whole city.

Although the department of the military patrol shop is not in a good position, it is usually irrelevant. But if it comes to the period of war, it is crucial.

"If you are short of manpower, just tell me, and I'll add more people to you." Wang Xun left this sentence and said goodbye to be busy supervising the construction of the city.

He Bo and Xiao Linglong looked around the big horse for a while and praised the "good horse".

Chu Tianya went out of the door and met the 300 military patrols. Among them, there are also two acquaintances. One is Liu Scar, the catcher of Taiyuan Mansion in the past. This time, he came to Chu Tianya with a hundred government officials to listen to him. The other is Jiang Laosan. Wang Xun thought that he had an old friendship with Chu Tianya, and he called him when he was recruited.

Chu Tianya first asked about some information and learned that these people are now scattered in different families or scattered in other military buildings. So Chu Tianya asked them all to go back to pack up and arrange a unified station, so that they can listen to the punishment at any time. From now on, all the military patrols of all military patrols in other cities will also be ordered to live together. At the stationed place, he was selected to be sent to the compound of the royal palace of Guangyang County, the place where it was burned by a fire.

Later, Chu Tianya is ready to take Liu Scar and Jiang Laosan to go to the arsenal to get the equipment needed to camp and station soldiers. He went back to the courtyard and asked Xiao Linglong, "Do you need any weapons or armor?"

"No." Xiao Linglong replied, "I have my own coat. I brought it all the way from Liao, and I have never dared to lose it. Now all of them are left in the cottage. I have asked the fourth brother to send Ada and Anu to meet me and bring my horses and clothes.

"It's very professional!" Chu Tianya smiled and said, "Then I'll go out and come back right away."

"Young master, wait a minute." Uncle He suddenly stopped him.

"What's wrong with Uncle He?"

He Bo came forward and whispered in his ear, "Since you have the power in your hand, you have to take care of yourself first. You don't need gold and silver treasures, and you can't lack food in your own cellar. Even if the young master doesn't want to think about himself, he still wants to think about these two girls - you don't want to see them hungry or eat human flesh raw, do you?

Chu Tianya was stunned. He subconsciously looked at Xiao Linglong, who was like a fairy face, nodded and strode away.

"Sir, what did you say to him? Why did he look at me so strangely?"

"Oh, it's going to be a war. I told him to make everything simple; so I asked him to go to the street to buy something for marriage. Tonight, let you two get married. Forget the wedding! - Oh, and the girl Xiao Ai, fill the room and press the bed together!"

"..."

Chu Tianya took these 100 yamen and 200 soldiers out of the door and went straight to the arsenal in the city. On the way, many people were shocked to see Chu Tianya swaggering with hundreds of people and passing through the market. Most of them were stunned - a few days ago, he was still locked in a prison car and paraded to show off. How could he turn over today and become a senior official?!

When he arrived at the state arsenal, Chu Tianya showed a strip. The little official guarding the arsenal did not dare to neglect it. He hurriedly opened the arsenal and let Chu Tianya take it at his will.

Chu Tianya was not polite. First, he put a kind of painted gold-rivered iron armor and a thick and warm robe cloak for himself. He chose a fine cast cutting knife for hanging. In addition, he chose two yellow poplar bows and more than ten pots of broken armor arrows, and then there were seven or eight kinds of plain wooden guns, double-hook guns, ring guns and Taining pen guns, etc., a total of a large bundle. - He didn't understand why there were so many kinds of guns, and he didn't know which one to take advantage of them, so he picked them all and took them back. When you learn how to shoot, you can choose the weapons you can take advantage of.

Then, he asked his military patrols to report the equipment they needed, and now they need to be equipped. These military patrols were not polite. In the past, they could only look at the superior armor, knives and all kinds of hangings, all of which were full of lions.

Chu Tianya asked the arsenal officials to complete all these equipment, and none of them are missing. But which army patrolled what equipment, and all of them were registered - if it is lost, the heavy responsibility will not be slackened!

The official in charge of the arsenal wants to tell Chu Tianya that the equipment he is going to go is all high-quality. Not to mention the ordinary military patrol employed by the government, even the commanders in the Forbidden Army may not have such a full set of equipment. In terms of market price, the sale of these equipment is enough to make Chu Tianya rich. But when he saw Chu Tianya entering the arsenal, it was like a robber entering the village. With Wang Xun's note, how dare he talk nonsense?

Chu Tianya doesn't care how much these equipment are worth. In his opinion, except for people and food, everything else is floating clouds. Gold, silver and copper money are not enough and can't be used for war. It's useless! The annual military expenditure of the Song Dynasty accounts for more than half of the national income. Many of the weapons and equipment stored are not used now, but wait for the Jurchens to break the city and take it away, and then use it to arm the Jurchens's army and deal with us Song people?

Therefore, Chu Tianya searched the arsenal with a cruel heart. A minute or two later, Chu Tianya came out of the arsenal with these 300 people, all of whom were refreshed and the birds and guns were replaced - the government pawns who had previously wore soap clothes and cloth armor were all changed into high-quality iron armor and brand-new robes, with waist knives and long guns in their hands, and their majestic momentum rose a little. Wearing those bright armor, I don't know how many pairs of eyes I have shake when walking on the streets of Taiyuan.

The group arrived at the King's Mansion of Guangyang County.

Tong Guan is dead, and the main house has been burned into white ashes. Chu Tianya asked Liu Scar and Jiang Laosan to take people to clean up this place and pull up the camp of the garrison patrol. At first, there were people who wanted to come forward to stop it. As soon as they saw that Chu Tianya led people to do it, they flashed in dismay and didn't dare to fart one more.

Now, the people in Taiyuan City may not know it, but it has long been spread in the victory and victory army: the small military envoy Chu Tianya has joined forces with the people of Xishan and Taihang to achieve great things. Although the people in the army are not very clear about the identity of Chu Tianya, they all know that there are two strong bandits behind him, Xishan and Taihang. Even the new king who has taken charge of military power, is obedient to him and relies on him. Moreover, it is said that Liu Yanqing, the deputy commander who had offended him before, is inexplicable. Most of the "human evaporation" is already broken in his hands!

Such a person is no longer limited by military orders and laws, and is beyond rules and unspoken rules. Who dares to offend?

Just when the army patrol was busy building the barracks, Chu Tianya took all his savings and openly distributed them to the 300 people. He said to them that this was my private meeting gift to my brothers. In the future, you will all follow me to work hard, and you will not be treated unfairly!

People die for money, and birds die for food. Especially at present, the Song Dynasty is "centered on economic construction", so no one loves money, and the value of "everything looks at money" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Three hundred military patrols cheered and rejoiced - "May the Taibao horse take the lead and vow to die!"

Chu Tianya's heart is a little funny. He said that these gold and silver treasures will be worthless in a short time; since they can't fill their stomachs, they are no different from stones.

No need to expire, invalid!