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Chapter 332 Dead City

Outside the city of Qingzhou, a large number of civilians are being summoned.

Wang Qin was mixed with the civil servants and looked at the outer wall of Qingzhou not far away, but still felt scared. Fortunately, he fled from Qingzhou City early at that time, otherwise he would have been trapped inside and had no idea of ​​his life or death.

This just proves the old saying, good fortune is hidden by misfortune, misfortune depends on good fortune, misfortune is unpredictable. Although most of the property was confiscated by the Qingzhou master who was killed thousands of times, it was better than life. Moreover, there was no hope for doing things under the hands of the Ming people.

People like them who were summoned were responsible for food and wages. If they performed well, they could immigrate to relatively better provinces, such as Shandong Province, Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, etc. If it was Shangjing Prefecture, it would be a blessing that would be cultivated in several lifetimes.

But this is a luxury after all!

According to the tone from above, the most likely thing they were moved to Mazhou, which had just been established in Jiangnan Province. Originally, the island was dominated by the Japanese, but now it is the world of Ming people.

Wang Qin is a businessman and has a relatively flexible mind. He knows that although Mazhou is an island, it is similar to Jeju. In terms of area alone, it is larger than Jeju Island. The local area is on a route connecting the island of Japan, and it has always been a transit for maritime trade.

When I went to Mazhou to start a new life, I didn’t have the opportunity to make a career.

He still wants to do his job! After all, this man Yazi's business was his business, and he was familiar with it. However, there was no way to do it in Qingzhou because most of the people were arranged by Ming Dynasty and moved to other places to settle.

Moreover, Qingzhou was also the Qingzhou of the Ming Dynasty in the future. This population transaction violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty in China. Therefore, if you want to continue working in this industry, you can only find other sources of goods.

Mazhou is close to Japan. The Japanese are not from Ming, so they can only be considered foreign workers when sold to Ming, and it is not illegal. Moreover, Japan has a large population, so the cost of buying and selling is also cost-effective.

When thinking about this, the centurion of the Ming Kingdom who summoned them also expressed his purpose.

It turned out that they were not anything else, but to transport things in the city. To avoid epidemics, the Ming army would not enter. These civilians were tool people. If someone got sick, they would be isolated and died directly, and would not bring any risks to the army.

So under the nose of the Ming army, Wang Qin and others changed into a set of coarse cloth clothes prepared by the army. Without pockets, they could not hide anything. When they came out, they had to take off all of these clothes.

It is not only to prevent their clothes from being stained with unclean things, but also to prevent these civil servants who have never seen anything good.

Then he put on a special cloth bag hat on his head and his mouth and nose covered his mouth. Under the escort of the army, a group of hundreds of people slowly came to the city gate.

Compared with the tall city wall, the city gate is only more than one person tall and three feet wide, and the smaller ones cannot be smaller. It is difficult to pass the carriage. It was also the Ming army that was ready to seal Qingzhou, so there was only such a small gate left.

The sun is just right now, and as the city gate opens, the scene inside gradually comes into Wang Qin's eyes.

The familiar grasslands, inns, and wine shops almost no longer exist. Clusters of tender buds emerged from the black and gray earth. This was the result of burning the wasteland some time ago.

A series of burnt black corpses that remained in human form mixed in the ashes and weeds, and unknown wild flowers bloomed on some corpses.

Especially behind the city gate, the wild flowers and weeds grew particularly lush. It seemed that the corpses left here nourished the land with their own flesh and blood.

Considering that they would pass here later, the civilians immediately began to clean up the bodies and wild grasses and wild flowers near the city gate under the instructions of the soldiers outside the gate. During this process, Wang Qin and the others were ordered to wear wool-woven gloves. Although the size was not so appropriate, they were mandatory.

According to the soldiers, this is to prevent being infected with the disease.

Soon, after the city gate was cleaned up, the villagers set off on their way again.

There is a large open space between Qingzhou City and the outer wall. Although corpses can still be seen on the road, as long as they are not blocking the road, they will not pay attention to it.

When we arrived outside the familiar Qingzhou City, the desolate scene made Wang Qin feel a little unbelievable. It was only one month later, but Qingzhou City was no different from the dead city.

The city gate, which was originally tightly closed from the inside, was opened with a gap. At the bottom, there was a human elbow. However, it was rotten and smelly, and flies hovered around the rotten meat, as if enjoying a delicious food feast.

People who are not very determined will immediately change their faces. After all, they are all ordinary people. Although war has not yet been far from their lives, they still don’t see many people fighting and killing in normal times. As for the dead, they will not see so many people except for the disaster year.

"No, I can't do this job!" Someone felt like there was a man-eating beast in the city and was unwilling to take a step forward. So he turned around and ran towards the outer city gate. Several timid people were also frightened, and under the guidance of this person, they also ran out.

Wang Qin actually wanted to leave, but how could it be so easy for the Ming army to gather them together like this? So although he didn't go in, just like most people, he looked at the direction of the outer city gate and saw what the outcome would be for those who wanted to leave.

So not long after, several corpses were nailed to the city wall. At the same time, the Ming army's warning came that if there was no valuable thing found from the city, then they would not think of leaving the city.

Seeing this, Wang Qin and others had no intention of taking chances, and could only slowly push the city gate that had not been covered for a long time with caution and resistance.

It was so quiet inside!

It turns out that there are often carriages and pedestrians coming and going, with weeds with calves. The shops on both sides are mostly robbed, with signs skewed or falling straight to the ground, and the furnishings inside are pushed into a mess. Bodies are scattered in shops, in front of shop doors, on the streets, and even behind the city gates.

From the clothes, there were ordinary people, nobles and soldiers guarding the city. Several carriages were either overturned or leaned against, or completely disintegrated and piled up not far behind the city gate. Some people saw that they actually found the remaining bracelets on the carriage.

Everyone who was afraid of it was also very afraid was immediately aroused by the money and began to look for valuable items around the carriage, and they really found a lot.

According to the agreement before coming in, the valuable items you find can be rewarded with certain rewards. Of course, more work is also to increase their enthusiasm.

Wang Qin was still thinking about doing business. Although it was a bit unlucky to find things among the dead, it was a way to make a fortune. So he searched around the carriage and hurried to rummage the nearby shops.

He didn't know that every move of his group of people had actually been in the eyes of the Ming army. On a certain outer city wall, Ulutus was holding a high-powered thousand-mile mirror and observing the situation in the city.

As reported, after experiencing the crisis of water cuts, Qingzhou City quickly fell into a crisis of water shortage. The chaos caused by this led to the destruction of the entire Qingzhou City. In the end, the epidemic appeared and directly wiped out more than 90% of the people in the city.

The lucky ones who are still alive are almost unable to find them even with lanterns.

However, the outer city of Qingzhou City cannot be demolished. Since it is used as a negative teaching material to warn those who are dissatisfied with the king's transformation, then more people will come to visit one or two in the future. And Ulutus also thinks that this place can be used as a special prison of some kind.

Some people who are inconvenient to kill but cannot let the other party live an annoying life can be thrown into this city directly. After living like a wilderness for a few years, I guess even the strongest will will be almost wiped out.

As for the garrison, they can all be withdrawn.
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