"Jingcheng, silly brother, keep talking too much. If you do this, you will offend others."

After listening to Chen Kai's request, Chen Qice was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face changed slightly. Then he sighed and said these words from the bottom of his heart.

Of course Chen Kai understood, understood what Chen Qice was referring to, and even more understood that Chen Qice was able to say this without hesitation. In this regard, he also nodded and expressed his sincere gratitude for this. Then,

He said bluntly: "Brother Hongshi, in the current situation, what is the difference between me offending those guys and not offending them?"

"this……"

As Chen Kai said, there are already issues of interest involved here, and they cannot be solved by talking. Chen Qice is a figure caught between these two parties, and he is inextricably linked to both parties.

Relationship.

Chen Kai naturally thought of this, and simply told Chen Qice that he did not need to come forward. He only said that it was an agreement made back then, and now it is enough to fulfill the agreement, and he did not need to do anything else.

"So..." Having said this, Chen Qice pondered for a moment, with the word "but" clearly written on his face, obviously hesitating for this. But in a flash, before Chen Kai could speak, he already had

He made a decision: "It's done. If there is anything else you need from Brother Yu, just tell me!"

This was a statement. When Chen Kai heard it, he nodded heavily, and then said: "Maybe in a few days, Brother Hongshi will need to attend a ceremony."

In the restaurant here, two people were having a drink. The restaurant had been emptied in advance, and there were two guards and soldiers guarding it. This is the cleanest place on Henan Island - Guangzhou City has always been closed since the recovery.

Only the military can enter each gate. The new city is still the same, but the old city has been cleared out early, just waiting for the people to return to the city to avoid any disputes or public security incidents caused by letting people into the city early.

Under such circumstances, the people who originally lived in Guangzhou City were naturally waiting eagerly, especially as the people who returned from Chaozhou in the past two days entered the city one after another, and the news quickly spread on the ground of Guangzhou Mansion.

The news spread, and large numbers of people flocked to Guangzhou every day, demanding to return to their hometown. However, because there was inevitably a mixture of good and bad, all the doors were simply kept closed, and screening points were set up here on Henan Island.

Those who want to muddle through are eliminated, and the people who have passed the verification can enter the city.

The reason why it is so troublesome is, on the one hand, to reduce subsequent disputes, and on the other hand, many people have been in exile for four years, and their house deeds, land deeds, etc. have long been lost. This is not uncommon among people who have returned from Chaozhou, and even more so.

Not to mention falling into the area controlled by the Qing army. After entering the city and confirming the location of the family home, the government also had to re-make the house deeds and land deeds to restore normal order. In this way, it is natural to screen more carefully to prevent anyone.

They falsely obtained valuable real estate such as house deeds and title deeds.

There are large camps at the screening points, and people are admitted according to batches. When it comes to identification and verification, representatives from the common people who have already entered the city, including Li, will be sent to conduct the screening. At the same time, the government will verify based on records to ensure that nothing is missed.

Scenes of reunions are constantly being staged at the screening points on the island, and occasionally a few people who pretend to be fake will be beaten out by the Ming army with sticks. At this stage, it is only the few lanes that have entered the city, and the others still need to continue.

Waiting. However, when Chen Kai decided to do this, he was actually showing an attitude, that is, the people of Guangzhou who can return to the city are not only those who went to Chaozhou, but those who were able to escape alive also enjoy this treatment.

With this attitude, the people of Guangzhou who had been displaced by the war naturally cheered. The island and the city were full of words of praise for Chen Kai's good governance.

A few days later, Chen Qice's fleet arrived at the south dock of Guangzhou. These ships escorted the more than 10,000 Guangzhou people who were rescued by Chen Kai and came to Hong Kong, but who stayed with Chen Qice because they did not want to leave their homes.

The ship slowly sailed into the dock, and the boatman pulled the rope and tied it firmly to the cable pile. The pallets were placed, and the officer took the lead in getting off the ship with his soldiers. Then with a shout, a group of ragged people came out of the ship. The people looked at the towering city wall in front of them and were silent for a long time.

Tears flowed down along the ravines and traces on the face. Before they could cry out, there were Ming soldiers behind them, shouting and urging, and these people hurriedly walked off the pallet. But they really stepped on the Guangzhou Pier. On the ground, the cries that seemed like something from another world could no longer be suppressed, and some even fell down directly on the ground, crying uncontrollably.

No better than those who went to Chaozhou. Although they had left their hometown for several years, there was land in Chaozhou and the care of the government. The Ming army believed that they had a deep hatred with the Qing army and recruited a large number of soldiers among them, so they would have more influence on them. However, those who followed Chen Qice went to Shangxiachuan Island, which was just two small islands in the Guangdong Sea. There were people on them, and Chen Qice's navy had also been stationed there for a long time. Suddenly they went there. With more than 10,000 people, in such a resource-poor place, starvation and cold would have been inevitable even without the exploitation of the officers.

The common people who fell to the ground crying were soon whipped by the Ming army. It is said that this was discussed between Marshal Chen and Chen Fujun, but these guys were embarrassed here. I don’t know. They thought he had been so badly treated, so where should their commander-in-chief put his face?

After accumulating prestige for a long time, these common people heard the sound of whips and stood up quickly, supporting each other. This time, Chen Kai was not in the city. Only some officials at Yongqing Gate led the Ming army. Both sides After the handover was completed, the fleet began to return, and the people followed the officials' instructions.

After four years of hunger and cold, the tattered clothes are hung on the skinny body. When the wind moves, large areas of skin will be exposed. If you look closely, the grayish white may be unwashed soil; the purple may be There were whip marks, and perhaps prominent veins. The staggering steps carried the stooped waist, and the hands were swinging tiredly, but he had nothing on his body, and he rarely carried any baggage or belongings.

This kind of situation is not uncommon in many areas controlled by the Ming army. Since the Qing army entered the customs, it has occupied a large area of ​​sacred land. The Ming army and the rebel army were mostly squeezed into remote areas such as islands and mountainous areas. The hospital is located in the hospital and continues to persevere by taking advantage of the geographical location. Under such circumstances, the harvested resources are very few. For future counterattacks, it is necessary to maximize the investment of limited resources into those elite troops. As for Ordinary people worked hard but gained very little, and poverty was inevitable. Some of them who couldn't bear it simply managed to escape to the areas controlled by the Qing army, left their pigtails and became good citizens.

The reality is so understandable. However, at this moment, they are undoubtedly the lucky ones. When they passed through the Yongqing Gate, the streets and alleys in the city came into view, and the past came to their hearts, and they burst into tears. They fell, but they no longer felt sad, but cried with joy because they were already in this city.

"Those who used to live in the south of the city, stand on the edge, and someone will take you home in units of lanes and lanes. Those who live in the old city, continue to follow me, and then divide into lanes after passing the main south gate."

The city wall is a natural barrier. After a burst of shouts from the officials, the team of tens of thousands of people also shrank to a certain extent. Those who lived in the old city continued to move forward with the officials, heading straight to the south.

Door. Those who lived in the new city stood by the road and watched others continue walking.

"Don't look at it. When you return to the city, you will have time to communicate with acquaintances. You will be sleeping together every day. No one will care about you when you live together. Now, gather them all together for me, hurry up!"

After the seemingly endless brigade passed, the officials gathered the crowd and began to call the names of the lanes. They asked the remaining people to stand with an official and wait for them to be sorted out. Then they took them to each lane.

lane.

This kind of work seems simple, but four years have passed. Some people can't remember it clearly. They are shouting and shouting. Some suddenly remember that they actually live in the old city, and occasionally there are people in the old city.

Those who came back from the south gate were in a mess, but they wasted no time.

Gradually, teams began to walk towards various streets and alleys. One of the teams came closer, and there was a soup kitchen in the distance where a queue was waiting. They had not eaten much when they came, and they had been struggling for so long.

, I was already hungry, and as soon as I smelled the smell of rice porridge, a young man rushed over.

"oops."

Before the young man could rush forward, a tall Ming soldier pushed him two or three meters away, and he fell heavily onto the bluestone road. He screamed out in pain.

At this time, accompanied by the scolding of the Ming army, a small official in the queue rushed forward and said that he was new and did not understand the rules. With the acquiescence of the Ming army, he grabbed the young man's wrist.

The ears will move forward.

"You guys, you don't want to die. In the army, rushing into the queue is the death penalty!"

This place is not in the army, but intimidation is indispensable. People who can be small officials are all grassroots people, who have their own ability to see people and things. This group of people got off the boat, and they saw

At first glance, you can tell that they are a group of people who will let themselves go without a whip and have no regard for discipline.

After all, it is one thing to be disciplined by whips in the army. Without the suppression of power, there is no restraint. And for those like them who went to Chaozhou in the past, just talking about the time they were on Hong Kong Island, receiving food was

Anyone who has to wait in line or wants to get stuck will be dragged out and beaten up by the Ming army. Anyone who dares to make a mistake casually. A few days ago, when those people returned to Guangzhou, they were in order from beginning to end. How can they be like now?

situation.

"When you return to your respective alleys, I will only tell you where to go to get the porridge. If you dare to run out casually, be careful!"

………………

In Guangzhou City, the population in the city is increasing day by day. It is already impossible to return to the scale of more than 700,000 before the massacre, because most of them have already been transformed into common graves outside the east gate.

Skeletons. However, the people who survived are constantly returning to this homeland to rejuvenate it.

"The side of the Bamboo Camp is left to the high-ranking commanders. At this stage, everything is focused on stability. We will wait until we completely control Guangzhou City."

After giving instructions here, Chen Kai continued to walk towards the camp outside the city. The news that Chen Qice returned the more than 10,000 Guangzhou people quickly spread among the Ming and rebel troops in Zhaoqing Prefecture.

According to rumors, it is said that Chen Qice made an agreement with Chen Kai back then, and once the city of Guangzhou is recovered, the people of Guangzhou will be returned so that they can return to their homeland. Many people believe this statement, because many people believe it.

Everyone knows that Chen Qice was born as a small official in Panyu County in his early years. He is a native of his hometown and always leaves some leeway in doing things to avoid being scolded in the spine by fellow villagers in the future.

However, in addition to the return, it also mentioned that Chen Kai gave Chen Qice a considerable amount of subsidies on a per-person basis. It is said that these subsidies were grain. Now, after a year of war in western Guangdong, last summer and autumn

Grain production in Guangdong has basically been abolished, and there is no hope of autumn taxes. By this year, Guangzhou has been recovered, but there will inevitably be a grain shortage in western Guangdong. This is like the Lu Jianguo Dynasty.

In Fujian, the Qing army launched efforts to suppress it in the next year, but the food shortage was inevitable, which caused the Tongan bloody ditch in history. Compared with Fujian, Guangdong is a grain-producing province and is always better.

There are many, but short-term hunger phenomena are inevitable.

This phenomenon is true for them here, but it is completely different for the prefectures and counties controlled by Chen Kai - Chaozhou and Qiongzhou have been in business for many years, and they were not affected by military disasters last year. However, Huizhou Prefecture and the eastern part of Guangzhou Prefecture are

In those counties, the intensity of the battles between the Ming and Qing armies was also very low. Large-scale wars broke out in Xinhui County in the west of Guangzhou. As for Dongguan and other places, even the production of fragrant wood was not affected, let alone

Food.

Earlier, these generals had not thought of seeking some assistance from Chen Kai. However, on the one hand, due to the quarrel between the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group and Chen Kai, on the other hand, Chen Kai has also been talking about the food shortage in Fujian recently.

He made it clear that he did not intend to give them a chance to speak. But this time, their army included more or less Guangzhou people who had fled to a foreign land after the First World War, which was a great opportunity.

"The subsidy is okay, but it is impossible for one person to get one stone of grain. If you don't believe me, you can ask Chen Linghai. The subsidy I gave Chen Linghai is twenty kilograms of grain for each Guangzhou citizen. If you ask for such a price, I agree. In the future, I will

I want to supplement Chen Linghai's share. To put it bluntly, my food is not conjured up. The warehouses in Chaozhou and Qiongzhou have been exhausted in recent years..."

Chen Kai talked eloquently, and it was nothing more than one sentence: twenty kilograms of grain per person, this is a fixed price, and he will never return it. However, unlike Chen Qice, who has more than 10,000 Guangzhou people in his hands, these obvious

There are not that many soldiers in hand at all. The largest number is Wang Xing, who has two to three thousand people, which is already a huge number. And the others, as many as three or four hundred, and as few as only ten or so

There is nothing to share at all.

"Chen Fujun, how much does it cost to support those people for four years? We have to speak with our conscience."

"That's right, isn't it money to eat, drink, and have sex? On weekdays, we are kings, and it is our duty to take care of the people in distress. But isn't there a food shortage now? Everyone in Guangdong knows that you have enough food in your hands now. Is it possible?

If we don’t succeed, will we watch us starve to death?”

People were chattering here to vent their dissatisfaction, and some of them were secretly scolding Chen Qice for not asking for an exorbitant price, which put them at such a disadvantage in the negotiations. However, most of them also knew that Chen Qice had led Chen Kai's navy in these years.

Those who live under the help of subsidies, even if there is no friendship between the two of them, are typical examples of short-handed people. How can they ask for too much subsidies?

The generals of the Ming Army were still clamoring, but Chen Kai had no patience anymore. He slapped the table and shouted sternly at the generals of the Ming Army: "Twenty kilograms of grain per person, just this amount, one mouthful."
Chapter completed!