Chapter 235: Talk
Yesterday, the bandits shouted, and the middle school students in the city gathered around the county government office. They had originally agreed to continue gathering around the government office today to force the county government to expel the criminal prince from the city. However, the students usually study and most likely lack exercise.
Scholars are precious at home and are rarely used to do work.
They are all delicate and tender.
I can be passionate when reciting poems and writing couplets to discuss state affairs, but I can sit quietly for half a night and be blown by the northwest wind...
Half of the people fell ill.
Not only the students fell ill, even the teacher fell ill.
In addition, Zhao Ji and his staff came to the door in person last night and explained the situation to the people with both reason and emotion, so the large-scale demonstration around the county government office early this morning did not happen.
When the students started making a commotion yesterday, those who were recruited to dig the canal stopped working.
The students were not seen making trouble this morning, so those people asked around quietly and found that although the students' attitudes did not change 180 degrees, they did not seem as intense as last night.
If these educated people don't demonstrate, what will happen to those who are asked to do the hard labor?
Yesterday, I gave up halfway through a good job. How can I go back today?
The shovels from yesterday have been returned to the county government!
Are you still working today?
If I don't work, and the city can't be unsealed for a while, the family's savings and food will be exhausted sooner or later.
These coolies have turned green in the intestines.
They don't want to do good work, but want to follow the scholars who are good at talking and don't do any mundane things.
Now that the scholars have returned home unharmed and are continuing their studies, what should they do?
Early in the morning, the canal diggers walked in groups of three or four, carrying their own hoes and shovels and heading towards the canal.
They are so stupid.
This canal was dug for the common people, not for the prince. If they give up their efforts, wouldn't it be the same as lifting their own burden?
Whether the prince leaves or not, the canal has to be dug.
I used to earn dozens of cents a day for digging, which also included a lunch. Now I don’t know if they will still pay me.
Everyone worked hard to dig the canal while talking anxiously. After about half an hour, people from the government office arrived.
Just like yesterday, they carried large buckets of water to the side of the channel, and anyone who wanted to drink could bring their own bowl.
After the buckets were set up, the yamen runner in charge of signing in began to call out the names of the people according to the names written in the book. After calling out the names one by one, he put a check mark on those who came, and interrupted those who didn't come. "Please inform each other. If you haven't come for more than three days, it will be considered as absenteeism and you don't need to come.
Yesterday was considered a collective absence from work, and everyone will be marked with a cross. "
Not a word about what happened yesterday.
After saying this, the bailiff closed the head book and turned away.
As soon as he left, countless canal diggers over there breathed a sigh of relief. But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the sound of horse hooves and the whistling of killing were heard outside.
The bandits are here again.
The canal diggers were suddenly alert and started working hard.
The gatekeepers at the city gate concentrated on defense, while the messenger rushed to the Dama County Yamen.
Su Qingqing had just finished her breakfast and was about to go to the craftsmen to check on the progress. When she heard this, she put down her bowl and chopsticks and went to the city gate with Rong Que, Zhao Ji and others.
Outside, a thousand soldiers were stirring up yellow dust and roaring with murderous aura. With more than a hundred veterans in the lead, there was really a bit of the momentum of a battlefield.
Su Qingqing stood on the city wall and looked down.
Although these people were a ragtag army, they actually had some military tactics. With the one hundred or so people as the core, they formed a formation with three in front and four in the back.
This formation is quite effective in siege warfare.
If the city wall of Datong County had been in disrepair for a long time or the enemy was really a powerful brigade, the wall would have been captured long ago.
Although Rong Que had soldiers, he had never led them to fight and knew very little about military tactics. He saw Su Qingqing's expression change slightly, "What's wrong?"
Su Qingqing pointed down and said, "Either there is a master of military deployment among them, perhaps the kind who can talk about military deployment on paper, or the kind who can actually do it, or, Marquis Rong'an has a famous general in Qibei's private army."
As they were talking, the people below were shocked when they saw the people at the city gate.
Didn’t they reveal the prince’s identity and background yesterday?
Are the scholars in this city stupid?
How come the Crown Prince and Crown Princess are still standing here safe and sound today?
The Marshal confirmed with Erdan three times that the three people above were the same three who arrested him yesterday, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Su Qingqing lay on the city gate tower, "What? You are a private soldier who escaped from Qibei, and you still think that we can be beaten to death? You are the escaped private soldiers, and we are the traitors who have let the tiger go back to the mountain. We are the same, so why don't we be friendly to each other? It must be a life-and-death battle!
Now it’s really a life-and-death fight.
What, are you coming up? If you come up, we will treat you to good food and wine in the city? To be honest, we just had roasted lamb legs and Shaodaozi last night, which was so delicious!
Is your barley grain delicious? "
Su Qingqing has been marching and fighting for many years, and has faced many strange and bizarre enemies, so she is good at attacking people's minds.
As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
"What a pity! Yesterday I gave you the opportunity to come to the city to sleep in bed, eat lamb legs and drink some wine, but you didn't want to. Now, your opportunity is gone.
However, I am a magnanimous person and I did not completely kill your chance.
How about this, as long as you can bring me the Marshal's head, I will open the gate myself immediately and serve you ready-made roasted lamb legs to welcome you into the city and become a member of the people of Datong County.
We will register your household registration, grant you land, and find you a job. We will ensure that you can live a stable life in the future without having to run around in fear. "
The Marshal cursed inwardly, "Women have the most vicious hearts."
He fell into the trap!
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had no real intention of recruiting him from the beginning to the end. They were just waiting for such an opportunity to stir up internal strife among them!
This obviously worked.
Didn’t they escape from Qibei just because they didn’t want to fight?
But after escaping, I had no money, no household registration...
Everyone had been suffering in the cold outside for a long time, and now everything the Crown Princess said had become their weaknesses.
Fearing that the Crown Princess might say something hurtful and add fuel to the flames, the Marshal did not dare to delay and turned away without even attacking the city.
The yamen runners on the city gate tower were all stunned.
I had only heard before that the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess and a maidservant alone made the bandits afraid to attack the city. But what just happened?
They watched helplessly as the Crown Princess only said a few words and the other party fled in panic?
this……
Are you possessed by a ghost?
The Marshal didn't know whether he was possessed by a ghost, but after returning from the gate of Datong County, he immediately convened a mobilization meeting and painted a big pie for all the brothers who followed him to stabilize their hearts.
But even so, he dared not close his eyes at night.
I was afraid that as soon as I closed my eyes, some bastard would chop off my head.
