Chapter 772: Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger
A group of sixteen riders faced the cold wind and headed toward Jiapigou.
Feng Jiuxiao and Pang Shishi walked in the front, followed closely by Yuan Zishan and Lai Lai. The other four members of the Demon Sect followed behind, keeping a little distance apart. Xiong Mengyan was in front, and Zhang Zilu and the others were behind.
"Brother, you just said that if you take care of it like this, you will be exhausted and you won't be able to finish it. What do you mean? Do you have other ideas?" Pang Shiwu asked.
"You see, this kind of widespread irrationality must be caused by two aspects. On the one hand, it is the traditional bad habits that have been inherited for many years in history. If the previous generation did this, the next generation will naturally do the same. We don't
What do you think is appropriate? On the other hand, it is the acquiescence of those in power. For example, those gold mining slaves were all prisoners of war in all likelihood, and some were prisoners who had committed crimes. These prisoners were very likely to
They are servants who have made mistakes in some big families, and a very small number of them may have been captured. If you want to change this situation, it will not be solved overnight. Either grace comes from above, and the emperor decrees that slavery will be abolished from now on.
The rule is to either reason with all slave owners and let those big landowners, big generals, and big slave owners no longer treat prisoners of war as slaves, and no longer treat prisoners as slaves."
"If you try to reason with those people one by one, it will take you years and years and months to do so?"
"Yes, you want them to free the slaves and abolish the law of slavery. This is like seeking the skin of a tiger. How can they agree? It would be strange if they don't fight with you!"
"What do you mean?"
"It definitely won't make sense to reason with them one by one. Then reason with the most powerful person in the entire dynasty! If he just says a word, who in the entire dynasty would dare not to obey?"
"Do you want to communicate with the Emperor of Liao?"
"What's wrong? You think it's not possible?"
"No, no, I'm just confirming. Don't you always say that everything is possible? I think it is possible."
Feng Jiuxiao looked at Pang Shishi's gradually mature face, but he still had some childishness and was still so old-fashioned and warm-hearted. He said happily: "Did you just think that I was a little cold and didn't want to care about the gold mining slaves?"
Pang Shiwu told the truth, "It's a little bit."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Actually, I'm just a little eager for success and greedy for big gains! I want to go to Beijing immediately to see Emperor Liao directly, explain to him the disadvantages of continuing to use slave laws, and try to get him to cancel this evil policy. But
Your words reminded me that it is indeed hypocritical to only think about saving those who are far away if you don’t save those close to you! And the trip to Beijing may not go smoothly. What if I don’t even meet the Liao Emperor?
No, all the ideas are fantasy! It’s better to save a few people for real!”
Pang Shiwu said: "Brother, everything is possible. Maybe Emperor Liao has been waiting for you?"
Feng Jiuxiao laughed at himself: "Yes! It's possible." He went all the way north from Shanhaiguan. He didn't believe it if the Liao Emperor didn't know his whereabouts.
The road becomes increasingly rough.
Most of Liaodong is located on the Changbai Mountains, with continuous mountains and various peaks everywhere.
Although the mountain road leading to Jiapigou is winding, it is much flatter than the Shuchuan area. There are no ups and downs like that. According to Chili, you have to go around it if you walk a few hundred feet, because
There are hills everywhere. Although the mountains here are not high compared with the famous mountains in the Central Plains, the advantage here is that there are many mountains. As soon as you look up, you will see a hill, forcing people to go back and forth along the foot of the mountain. The original ten-mile journey is not long.
We need to go twenty miles more!
Looking at the occasional thatched house on the mountains on both sides emitting smoke, Chili said: "There are people living in such a remote place? Who would marry here as a wife?"
Pang Shiwu said: "You may not think this place is remote, but life here might actually be easier."
Chili asked: "What do you mean? How can we survive in such a desolate place?"
“Have you ever heard that tyranny is fiercer than a tiger?”
"No."
"What? None of this?"
Pepper's eyes widened, "I don't know what's wrong? Do you know what's so great about it?"
Pang Shiwu was busy and obedient, nodded and bowed and said: "It's nothing special."
Chili said proudly: "Then tell me again!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Haha, because I am ignorant, I am fearless."
Yuan Zishan said coldly: "What's wrong with you? Are your ears itchy?"
Feng Jiuxiao shut up immediately.
Chili rolled her eyes at Feng Jiuxiao and snorted.
Are you not honest in front of the lady? Are you looking for help?
Chili Pepper glanced at Pang Shiwu again and shouted softly: "Why don't you tell me?"
Pang Shishi trembled with fright and said quickly: "A tyrannical government is more fierce than a tiger. This story tells that one day when Confucius and his disciple Zilu passed by Mount Tai, they happened to meet a woman with a miserable life experience crying beside her grave, and asked her why she was crying.
, she said that there was a serious tiger problem in the area. Her father-in-law was eaten by a tiger, then her husband was eaten by a tiger, and now her son was also eaten by a tiger, so she was very sad. Zilu asked why not leave this place, and the woman said that there are no excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes here."
"So this is the story of a harsh government that is stronger than a tiger?"
"Yes, that's what it means."
"Are the people here also in the same situation? Are they also trying to avoid exorbitant taxes?"
"That's not necessarily true, but there must be their reasons. Maybe they feel that they don't have to pay taxes or rent here, so they can grow crops and hunt roe deer at will, and live more comfortably."
"Yes, there are fungus and mushrooms on this mountain. You can grow some vegetables and hunt on the way. You can live better than us!"
"Everyone has his own way of living. If you envy him, he may also envy you, right?"
After going around a few more mountains, we finally reached a fork in the road. There was a wooden pole at the intersection with direction signs nailed on it. The left side leads to the next market town, and eventually Shangjing, and the right side leads to Jiapigou Village.
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Naturally, everyone moved to the right.
The path twists and turns, stretching into the distance between the mountains.
There are weeds on both sides of the road. The weeds here are as tenacious as the trees here, still fighting the cold, and it seems that they will never turn yellow until the mountains are closed by heavy snow!
The mountains on both sides are not steep or high, but the ancient pines on the mountains are very lush.
We walked further and passed through Jiapigou Village, which had about ten households in total. Then we found the way into the mountain based on the tracks on the ground.
The further you go, the fewer people there are.
Just after turning a mountain, I suddenly found a roadblock in front of me, and several officers and soldiers were standing there talking and laughing.
Suddenly they looked here alertly, then their expressions changed, and they immediately pulled out their swords and were on full alert!
When Feng Jiuxiao approached, one of the Liao soldiers looked Feng Jiuxiao up and down. Seeing his extraordinary aura, he said politely: "What do you do? This is a royal forbidden area, and no one is allowed to enter!"
He suddenly noticed that the young man in white's eyes flashed with strange light, then his expression froze, and he bowed and said, "I have met you, sir!"
The other two Liao soldiers were suddenly startled. In the midst of panic, they saw the young man in white looking at them!
The world changes at a glance!
The two Liao soldiers felt that there seemed to be a bottomless abyss in the young man's eyes, and they felt strange that suddenly a bright light shot out from the abyss! Then their eyes went dark, and then they felt that the stars were flying by, and the world was reversed. Suddenly, their eyes lit up again, and they saw
General Sir Li was sitting on a horse with a team of personal followers, staring at him!
The two Liao soldiers quickly bowed and clasped their fists and said, "I've seen the general!"
"Who's on duty here today?"
"It's Liu Yueming, the chieftain!"
"What's the code for today?"
"The first sentence is about the dark grass in the forest frightening the wind, and the second sentence is about the general drawing his bow at night."
"What was the code yesterday?"
"The first sentence is the sound of wind and rain at night, and the second sentence is the sound of falling flowers!"
"What's unusual today?"
"There is nothing abnormal, but I heard that several mines controlled by Lingxiao City are about to be penetrated. They say there are some strange things inside. They are preparing to dig them out. The brothers have been fulfilling their duties and have not gone over to watch the fun."
"Okay! Well done! Tell the brothers that I will reward you heavily if you come back!"
"Thank you General!"
"How far is their mine from here?"
"About one mile!" He seemed to be very afraid of General Li and had no time to think about why General Li asked these questions. He instinctively thought that General Li was testing him!
"I'm going to go in for a patrol. Please guard this place. If anything happens, don't fight to the death. Send a signal to notify me in time! I will arrive in time!" The love is beyond words.
"Yes!" Several Liao soldiers were extremely moved!
Watching "General Li" and his group of sixteen people gradually move away, the three Liao soldiers stood still, their eyes straightened, and they did not regain their composure for a long time.
Anyway, this area is sparsely populated, and the probability of the three Liao soldiers encountering danger is very low, so Feng Jiuxiao did not let them recover quickly. If they come out of Xiaotiandi too quickly, it will be easy to find out that Li Shenjiang is a fake, and it will be inevitable by then.
Kill and bleed!
Killing one person in order to save another person is a bad policy and is not advisable!
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