Chapter 111 Set up a block card and wait for it (seeking a monthly ticket)
Chapter 111 Set up a blockade and wait for it (please vote for me)
Half of the bandits were wiped out. As for those who fled to Yingcheng, it was the matter of the magistrate of Yingcheng and it was not their turn to worry about it. The remaining problem was the nearly ten thousand refugees heading north.
Who knows whether there are rogue bandits included in it. Counting the time, if they keep rushing, they will arrive in Anlu tomorrow afternoon; if they delay, it will be almost tomorrow night.
Lu Song thought for a while, then looked back at Dao Chi and said: "You and Lu Bing will take two people back to the city to report to the prince, please tell me how to deal with the refugees..." At this point, he paused and said
: "If Your Highness has no idea, please ask Master Yuan."
Dao Chi agreed, and went to the forest with Lu Bing to get his mount.
Hutou and Chen Chizhongbing came out at some point and were still standing behind Xing Baihu.
Chen Chizhong's arm seemed to be injured and was wrapped in cotton, and his face looked a little ugly. The tiger head was still the same as before. When Dao Chi looked at him, he grinned, and his eyes were still pure.
Such a tiger's head does not mean that his hands are bloodless, but he does not take them to heart. Children are the most innocent, and children are sometimes the cruelest.
The Taoist idiot glanced at Xing Baihu again. The evil aura on Xing Baihu's body was even heavier, and he became more and more satisfied when he looked at the tiger's head.
Dao Chi breathed a sigh of relief, told Lu Bing to mount his horse, and took the two captains back to the city.
The forty miles were all official roads, and the mounts of several people were all good horses, so it took less than an hour to return to Anlu City.
The gates of Anlu City are still open, but judging from the flashing figures on the gate tower, troops have been added here.
After returning to the palace, Lu Bing and Dao Chi strode straight to the Hall of Destiny.
When the prince heard the news that the two men were back, he quickly called in.
Dao Chi briefly and concisely talked about the ambush of more than a hundred bandits. He also passed on Lu Song's words and asked the prince for instructions on how to deal with the refugees.
The prince was happy at first, but then frowned and hesitated, so he ordered the housekeeper to invite Yuan Zonggao.
Yuan Zonggao came over and got the news from Lu Song first, twirling his beard and frowning. Of course it would be better to keep these refugees away from Anlu, but in that case, the good reputation of the palace for loving the people would be lost. We really want to let these people go
Entering Anlu, there is a mixture of fish and dragons, and we don't know what trouble will happen.
Yuan Zonggao thought for a long time, and finally came up with a way to tell the prince. That was to set up a checkpoint at the boundary between Anlu Prefecture and Yunmeng County, and slowly "verify" the identities of these refugees in the name of chasing down the big bandits.
identity, temporarily blocking the refugees outside Anlu Prefecture.
The Hubei Dusi should have almost decided on the follow-up, and the palace should also urge them. They have the responsibility to defend the land, and they cannot allow refugees to wander around and affect stability.
Of course, in order to appease these refugees, food needs to be transported there.
Most of the refugees just want a bite to eat. As long as they are given a way to survive, few dare to fight against the government.
If after a few days of delay, there is still no news from the Huguang Dusi, then these people will have no choice but to enter Anlu. On the palace side, the Zhizhou Yamen can be asked to lead these refugees to the river valley plains in the name of repairing the river dam and put them under unified supervision.
Being far away from the city will reduce many security risks.
After hearing this, the prince's face turned dark. Of course he understood that with the faces of the people in Hubei Dusi, even if they were urged, it would be just a formality and they would step forward to take over the trouble. It is strange that the resettlement of these refugees will most likely end up in Anlu.
state.
But there was no other way. The prince gave some vague instructions to Dao Chi, and then thought of sending them back to the border of Anyun. However, when he saw Lu Bing with a dull look on his face, he said again: "You just keep tossing around for a day, and then you'll be fine."
Stay in the palace."
Lu Bing shook his head without hesitation: "Your Highness, I can do it!"
Thinking that these people would be sleeping outside tonight in order to deal with the refugees coming tomorrow, the Crown Prince looked at Lu Bing with a little heartache. He ordered Lu Fang to wrap up the two plates of snacks in the palace and handed them to Lu Bing.
Only then did they allow the two of them to leave.
"Da Lang has grown up." In the prince's heart, he felt the melancholy of having a younger brother in my family who has just grown up.
It was already dusk when Dao Chi and Lu Bing returned to the border of Anyun.
Lu Song couldn't help but frown when he heard that the prince wanted to set up a border checkpoint.
Dao Chi said: "His Highness said that five hundred palace guards will be sent tonight to follow the grain truck as soon as it arrives. They will arrive almost before the third watch."
After Lu Song heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
There are nearly 10,000 refugees. If there is something wrong, it cannot be stopped by 500 people. Of course, the more people, the better.
Seeing that Dao Chi and Lu Bing were tired, Lu Song waved his hand and sent them to rest.
Although everyone only brought dry food for one day, they were definitely not worried about lack of food at the moment because of the dead horses.
Lu Song had early arranged for spies to go to the nearby Zhuangzi to buy salt. A few open spaces were cleared on both sides of the official road, and dozens of gas-fired bonfires were built. Everyone gathered together to roast horse meat and eat it.
Seeing Dao Chi and Lu Bing coming over, Hutou held up a piece of horse meat and handed it to Lu Bing. Lu Bing looked at the faint red bloodshot on it, couldn't help but retched, and hurriedly turned aside to avoid it.
There was a bit of confusion on Hutou's face.
The Taoist idiot said: "He bumped his horse and was feeling uncomfortable in his stomach. He ate the tiger's head first."
Hutou nodded, no longer looking at Lu Bing, but pulled Dao Chi to sit in front of him.
Chen Chizhong was also there, biting into a piece of horse meat and chewing it slowly. When he saw the Taoist idiot coming over, he nodded.
Hu Tou waited for the Taoist idiot to sit down, then dug a hole beside the campfire with a knife, pulled out two black charcoal balls as big as fists, and presented them to the Taoist idiot like a treasure.
Sitting next to him was a small flag, one of Xing Baihu's subordinates, and Dao Chi had also seen him.
Seeing Hutou's move, Xiaoqi smiled and said: "It turns out it was left for Wang Erlang. Boss Xing was just happy for a long time before he got over it."
Dao smiled foolishly and picked up a tuber that looked like something. In this era, there were neither potatoes nor sweet potatoes. There were only taro tubers with such a large size and round shape.
Breaking one open, the white and soft taro meat inside was revealed.
Lu Bing had been hungry for a long time. He had just seen the roasted horse meat and lost his appetite. He smelled the aroma of taro and couldn't help but come over. The prince asked someone to pack the two plates of snacks for him. Before leaving the city, he went with the Taoist Chi and others.
The two captains shared the food and ate it up.
Hutou was not as talkative as usual. He stretched out his arms to block the Taoist idiot and looked at Lu Bing warily.
Lu Bing was surprised when he saw this and said with a smile: "Brother Hutou, if you don't leave something delicious for me, why don't you allow me to ask for a share with my second brother?"
Hutou said seriously: "Erlang... is not meaty... has a lot of meat, but you are meaty..."
When Lu Bing heard the word "meat" kept coming, his stomach tumbled again. But he also understood what Hu Tou meant. Dao Chi was a vegetarian and didn't eat meat, so Hu Tou specially left taro for him. As for himself, he could tell others
Like, eating horse meat for food.
Lu Bing sat down with a wry smile. Not to mention horse meat, even chicken and fish were placed in front of him, and he couldn't eat them.
The Taoist idiot pulled the tiger's head and said, "Give him one first. After eating, let's find three or four more."
Hutou hesitated for a while, then nodded.
Dao Chi then handed Lu Bing a taro.
Lu Bing was just growing up, so even if he had worries, it would not affect his appetite at all.
After swallowing three or five fistfuls of taro, he felt more and more hungry and said pitifully: "Second brother, ask Brother Hutou where you got this. Let's go get some more."
While talking, both of them looked at the tiger's head.
Hutou raised his arm and pointed to the southwest.
The Xiaoqi who spoke earlier saw this and added: "There is a village five miles to the southwest. The salt and pepper that the brothers just got were supplied from that village."
When Lu Bing heard this, he couldn't help but Xiaoqi smiled and said: "But you don't have to go there specially. Mr. Lu has just arranged for people to go there. Many brothers in the Yiwei Department have seen blood for the first time today, and they can't eat meat."
Lu Bing laughed twice, feeling that he had been seen through, and sat down with a burning face.
After a while, a dozen riders came back from the southwest with a few bags of taro. Hu Tou and Lu Bing went over and snatched a dozen of them back, buried them in the ground again, and put a bonfire on top.
When the taro was almost ripe, the sky became darker and darker.
Lu Song saw that everyone had about the same amount of food, so he gathered them together and started cutting down trees to set up checkpoints.
Lu Song also arranged for those who were killed and captured. The corpses of those bandits were all hung up as a deterrent. Those who were alive were tied tightly and divided into two groups to guard. One group was Jiang's.
The five brothers are fierce bandits, and some are rebellious people among the refugees.
The refugees will arrive tomorrow. This new level did not scare the refugees, but it scared everyone.
In the dense forest in the wild, the wind howled and the shadows of the trees swayed. Since it was the end of the month, the moon only appeared in the second half of the night, making it look even darker and gloomier.
Even adults felt cautious and panicked, let alone a half-year-old child like Lu Bing.
Lu Bing stuck to Dao Chi's side and never left. Dao Chi frowned and looked at the set level, thinking about tomorrow.
Neither the prince nor Yuan Zonggao had much hope in Huguang Dusi. They had already made the final plan in their hearts to accept this group of refugees.
Taking in the refugees and providing them with work-relief is indeed the most appropriate way.
But is this appropriate, a good thing for the prince?
If it spreads out, when everyone talks about the prince's kindness, will they also think that the prince is a shrewd person?
After the death of Zhengde, the big bosses in the capital would certainly not choose the crown prince as their successor according to the ancestral family law of "brothers eventually descend to younger brothers." The advantage of choosing the crown prince as the heir is that the crown prince has no father, no brothers, and no brothers.
, even if King Xing's lineage becomes the imperial line, it will not have much influence on the clan and the court; the second advantage is that King Xing was loyal to morality during his lifetime and was indifferent to fame, wealth and power. Most of the sons taught by such Laozi will not hold on to power.
of quiet temperament.
Except for the support of the courtiers, the gentle young man who has no help is the most suitable candidate for emperor in the eyes of those in power.
Dao Chi planned to hug the prince's lap, and of course he didn't want any changes.
If the crown prince cannot succeed to the throne, his former crown prince will hardly achieve great success even if he takes the imperial examination and becomes an official because his relationship with the feudal king is too close.
Thinking of this, Dao Chi knew that this was not the time to hide his clumsiness. He called Hutou, handed Lu Bing to Hutou, and strode off to find Lu Song...