Chapter 127 Incognito Gaoyou City to observe the public sentiment and conquer Li Xiaoci

Author: handsome drunk scholar

Chapter 127 Incognito Gaoyou City to observe the public sentiment and conquer Li Xiaoci

A notice at the south gate of Gaoyou City caused a sensation among the people in Gaoyou City.

Notice content:

The Gaoyou City General's Mansion ordered the general to levy the captives: From now on, the people in Gaoyou City will be exempted from the Yuan Dynasty taxes for a period of three years. Anyone who commits crimes and commits crimes will be severely punished once discovered. If the people of Gaoyou City have any grievances, they will also

You can tell the general's office, and the general's office will ask for orders for the people. I hope the people of Gaoyou will take notice.

They all rushed to tell each other, telling relatives and friends that Gaoyou City was about to usher in good days.

The Yuan army that lorded over the people in Gaoyou City was gone, replaced by the Sizhou army, which was famous for its benevolence and righteousness towards the people.

In particular, the general of the Sizhou army who conquered the captives has been famous far and wide and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for a long time.

Two days have passed since we captured Gaoyou City.

Cheng De was busy until late at night these past two days, with almost no time to rest.

After leaving some trivial official affairs to Yao Guangxiao and Luo Mao to handle today, he took Liu Chongwu and several others to conduct overt and covert visits in Gaoyou City to understand the public sentiment in Gaoyou City.

Behind them, there were guards in uniforms. They were dressed in ordinary people's clothes and were distributed around Cheng De.

Li Ergou looked very excited at this time, thinking that his life could get better in the future.

Especially the heavy taxes imposed by Gongboban on these people, with the appearance of this notice, the burden on them was suddenly lifted.

This also means that they do not have to get up early in the morning before dawn and work until late at night to pay the heavy taxes imposed on them by the Gongbu Ban.

Moreover, Li Ergou's eldest son originally begged Li Ergou to sell him to find a way for the family to survive.

As a seven-foot-tall man, Li Ergou couldn't help crying when he heard his eldest son's prayer.

He couldn't understand why he couldn't support his family even though he was a tall and dignified man, and he didn't cheat or cheat. He got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog every day.

It even got to the point where the sensible eldest son offered to sell him to find a way for the family to survive.

At that moment, Li Ergou's hatred for Gong Buban reached its peak. At that time, he thought that if it were not for the sake of his family, he would have twisted Gong Buban's head off long ago.

When Li Ergou was a child, because his family was poor, he entered a temple and became a monk for more than ten years. During this period, he also practiced some boxing and kicking skills. It can be said that he has a certain degree of courage.

Just then.

Li Ergou noticed that several people were walking towards him. Li Ergou stopped his thoughts and raised his head to look.

These people are none other than Cheng De and his friends.

Seeing Li Ergou's honest and honest look, Cheng De walked towards this person without thinking much.

He felt that someone like Li Ergou should be able to ask a lot about people's feelings that are close to reality.

Especially when Li Ergou was wearing clothes that were patched one after another.

Cheng De looked at Li Ergou and showed a gentle smile: "Brother, I see you have been standing here for a while, and I want to ask you something. Is that okay with you?"

Li Ergou saw several followers following Cheng De and guessed that they might be some powerful person from Gaoyou City.

He thought he couldn't afford to offend this kind of person.

But seeing Cheng De's gentle attitude made him feel respected, and Li Ergou felt that the person in front of him was quite good.

At least the first impression I had on Li Ergou was very good.

Li Ergou didn't hesitate much, nodded and said: "My knowledge is limited, so I may not be able to answer your question."

Cheng De smiled and said: "I just want to ask about trivial matters at home, nothing else. Brother, don't worry too much."

When Li Ergou heard this, he immediately relaxed and said with a smile: "Then you ask, I, Li Ergou, will tell you what I know."

Cheng De looked at Li Ergou and pointed in the direction ahead: "Brother, there is a place to sit over there. Let's go sit there and talk. What do you think, brother?"

Following the direction pointed by Cheng De, Li Ergou took a look and knew that the place was the famous place in Gaoyou City - Zui Ren Jian.

He had heard of at least a dozen of random meals there.

Subconsciously, Li Ergou looked hesitant.

Seeing the embarrassment on Li Ergou's face, Cheng De looked around, and the next moment, his eyes lit up.

"Brother, why don't you sit over there and talk?"

Hearing Cheng De's words, Li Ergou turned his attention to the direction pointed by Cheng De and found that it was a stall selling chaos.

At this time, Li Ergou no longer hesitated and nodded.

Cheng De and Li Ergou sat down on the chairs at this stall.

Liu Chongwu and others stood a few steps behind Cheng De.

At this time, the stall owner came over.

The owner of the stall is a burly man with a dark complexion who looks very honest.

The big man showed a smile and said: "You two, do you need something?"

Cheng De saw Li Ergou swallowing his saliva, then looked at the big man with a smile: "I'll serve four bowls of chaos first for this big brother to eat."

The big man followed the direction Cheng De pointed and looked at Li Ergou.

After hearing this, Li Ergou looked at Cheng De and felt a little embarrassed. He stood up, scratched his head and said, "That's not necessary!"

Cheng De looked at Li Ergou and said, "Brother, just think of it as a reward for asking you some questions. Don't be formal, sit down and talk."

Seeing Cheng De being so polite, Li Ergou had no choice but to sit down obediently.

Seeing this, the big man smiled and said: "Wait a moment, guest, four bowls of Chaos will be here soon!"

After saying that, the big man quickly started to deal with chaos.

"Brother, how many people are there in your family?" Cheng De looked at Li Ergou with a gentle tone.

When Li Ergou heard that Cheng De asked this question, his originally anxious heart immediately relaxed.

Li Ergou didn't hesitate at all and replied hurriedly: "There are eight people in my family. My mother, my father, my wife, two sons, two daughters, plus me."

Cheng De smiled and said: "Brother, you are so lucky. My parents are still alive. Unlike me, my parents left me when I was young."

When Li Ergou heard Cheng De's words, he glanced at Cheng De in surprise.

"Although my parents are still alive, they are already old and can no longer work. I am the only one who supports the family, and eight mouths have to eat. Life is very difficult!" Li Ergou frowned and smiled bitterly, sighing softly.

Cheng De was startled, "My eldest brother can support a large family by himself. It's really amazing. He is a man."

When Li Ergou heard this, he was silent for a while.

Then, Li Ergou said: "I'm not as great as you said. I am a seven-foot tall man, so I should be considered very hardworking. Before dawn, I got up to farm, and didn't go home until it got dark at night.

.This is not over yet. Late at night, I will do some heavy lifting work. I work hard every day, but I can't even support my own family."

"When Gong Buban was here before, I felt like I was overwhelmed by the heavy taxes and the rations I got from working hard in the fields. In the end, I had to turn it over, but I didn't keep any.

One point, I am quite strong and I am still young. My neighbors, who deserve to starve to death because of their old age or other reasons, have recently raised taxes more and more heavily, to the point where even I

I can’t hold on anymore.”

"Just a few days ago, my eldest son knelt on the ground, crying and kowtowing to me, asking me to sell him in exchange for some food and a way for the family to make a living. At that time, I cried. Since I

This was the first time I cried since I became sensible. I even had a knife held to my neck without crying. But when I cried that time, I only blamed my own incompetence and felt that I was so useless."

"This is not the most uncomfortable thing for me. My parents said that they wanted to hang themselves from the rafters for us young people and several grandchildren, just to save some food rations and say that they had enough to live. At that time, I

I hate that God has no eyes, why doesn’t he send down thunder to kill that bastard Gong Buban?”

"Also, my wife is forced by the life without food and wants to sell her daughter. My second son wants to sell herself to exchange food rations for us and his two sisters. Does God still have eyes?

"

"Originally, I thought that since I couldn't survive, I wanted to take Gong Buban's back before I died. I wanted to break into his mansion and kill him. But when I went there, I found that Gong Buban was dead and not even ashes were left.

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At this moment, Li Ergou was like a chatterbox, speaking out everything at once.

His eyes were red, and tears were flowing silently.

Cheng De was extremely shocked. He never expected that the people of Gaoyou City would be living in dire straits.

What's more, he didn't expect that Li Ergou in front of him, who looked like such a loyal and honest man, would be forced by Gong Buban to kill him.

This Gongbu class is really unpopular.

Also, this also made Cheng De very vigilant.

Ordinary people, as long as they can survive, will not be forced to go to extremes.

He kept this in mind.

Listening to Li Ergou talking about his affairs, Cheng De unconsciously thought of Zhang Cun in the past and couldn't help but fell silent.

If Zhangcun wasn't because of him, maybe everyone would be like Li Ergou.
To be continued...