sbdcsierra Chapter 589: Love The People Like Children?
Chapter 589: Love The People Like Children?
next day
Open warehouses in the new city to release grain, no matter the people in the new city or the people in the villages around the new city that have been controlled by Chu State can come to receive the grain.
There was a long queue in front of the granary, and the people of Chu State were maintaining order.
The order of the queues is also adjusted and arranged by the army. The widows and lonely people are at the front, followed by poor farmers. As for those who have no shortage of food at home and join in the fun and are greedy for petty gains, they can only be at the bottom.
The scene of Xiao Ye standing in front of the granary not far away did not make these people happy for long. If no one set fire to it, the food in these three granaries could indeed be distributed to every household, but what would the thieves of Zhou do? Even Xiao Ye didn't know.
Last night, the shadow guards personally guarded the granary, strictly forbidding other people to approach, naturally there will be no mistakes, but now they have been replaced by ordinary soldiers, and the defense is not so strict, it looks like I am waiting for you to burn it .
Therefore, they are likely to set fire to food today.
The fire prevention measures in the new city are very limited. During the last siege, the food and grass were ignited, and in the end only the third warehouse was saved. The food and grass that could have supported Zhou's 400,000 troops for half a month were only burned. It is estimated that even if the food is extinguished, there will not be much left after being ignited by the fire.
Fortunately, the surrounding areas of the granary are all managed by the government, and there are no private houses, so even if you light a fire, you don't have to worry about burning civilians.
Xiao Ye looked at these ordinary people and sighed.
Presumably, these people must still be full of joy and wait in a long line for the food that belongs to own, but they don't even know that the gift that seems to be today has long been reduced to a game between two countries, and he didn't feel it at all. People can receive food.
How can the ruler really empathize with these people?
Although Xiao Ye has no pretensions except for fighting, it is undeniable that his blood is still the blood of the royal family of Chu State. .
It is also difficult for such a person to maintain the equality he deserves, unless he can listen to him when he needs it the most, give him advice, and help him cheat like Xu Qing, my sister likes it...
Just when Xiao Ye was distracted, he suddenly saw smoke from the two granaries behind, and it became thicker and thicker, and then a big fire spread.
Xiao Ye noticed this scene, and couldn't help but murmured: "The one who should come has come."
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At the granary, thick smoke diffused from the granary, turning into an open flame, and because the granary was kept dry all year round, the wind would multiply after a while.
Seeing this scene, the Chu soldiers who were still distributing food immediately said: "No! It's flooded! Evacuate the people who came to get the food first! Cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth!"
Although Zhou Guo's army moved quickly and evacuated the crowd in an orderly manner, some people were still reluctant to leave when they saw the ignited fire. It was food, life-saving food!
Just like that, it was set on fire...
One of the old women had tears in her eyes, and said resentfully: "Good food... God damn it, why is God so closed..."
But soon he was dragged away by two Chu soldiers. The smoke here was getting thicker and thicker, and it would be fatal to stay here.
The armored soldiers who came to fight the fire covered their faces with masks wetted with water, and brought up the utensils used by the firefighters.
In addition to the water contained in wooden barrels, there is also a large water bag for fire fighting, which is sewn from the inner bag of a large animal and has an opening. When people step on it, the large water bag can spray water out when it is under pressure. Height is used to extinguish fire.
One team, watching the crowds of people pouring water on them to no avail, shouted: "The fire is not abating!"
Another armored soldier said: "Fire oil! It's fire oil! Someone set fire to the barn! Burned the food!"
The team immediately shouted: "Quickly report and investigate the murderer!"
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The people in the new city were gathered in a square at this time, and they were investigated one by one. Of course, the most important thing was not to find out the real murderer.
Xiao Ye, who was in armor, led his troops to these common people, calming down their emotions.
An old woman in ragged clothes asked pitifully: "This general, why did he catch fire when he was doing well? Good food, all of it was ruined... God is not open..."
Xiao Ye shook his head and said, "The fire just now couldn't be extinguished by water. It was caused by the use of kerosene. This should not be a natural disaster, but arson."
As soon as Xiao Ye finished speaking, the common people began to discuss, and the voices of cursing mothers spread. They all took a tender green plant as the center and the eighteenth generation of their ancestors as the radius, and greeted the arsonist kindly. man of.
The old woman mourned: "God damn it, who would have such a cruel heart!"
Xiao Ye shook his head and said: "The murderer has not been found yet, but there are speculations."
A man next to the old woman gritted his teeth and asked, "I don't know what the general's guess is?"
Xiao Ye said: "Any army that was defeated and retreated would set fire to the warehouses because they fled in a hurry and did not have time to carry food and supplies. Although the three warehouses of grain can't last long for the army, they are still a big share. What's more, if the genius of the fire happens, especially when it comes to food, it is easy for the common people to think that the superiors are immoral."
"Nowadays, the court of the Zhou Kingdom broke their promises and provoked wars, but they don't want to be defeated by our army. It is not impossible for them to take advantage of their familiarity with the local terrain and culture to take personal revenge!"
When the people around heard this, they were all furious, they didn't expect that it was the imperial court who sent someone to make things bad!
How can it not make them angry that the imperial court wantonly collects exorbitant taxes and miscellaneously wastes the grain taken from them?
In the place of war, no matter who is the winner, the flames of war will always burn some people's homes, causing them to be displaced without food and clothing. This time the opening of warehouses to release food is also the hope of many people, but now they are sent by Zhou Ting The spies were burned...
Baihuahua's food is ruined like this, how can this not make them feel sad?
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Xiao Ye was stained with the anger and sorrow of too many people today, and returned to his residence in the city exhausted. In the eyes of those in power, it was just a few warehouses of grain destroyed, but in the hearts of the people, what was destroyed was a living thing. Hope to go down.
Sitting in the main house, King Xian looked at the sullen Xiao Ye and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why do you have such an expression after making such a great contribution?"
Xiao Ye looked at the virtuous king and said: "Father, today I opened a warehouse to release grain. I knew that the enemy's spies would come to set the fire, but because of a game of winning people's hearts, I let it go and even deliberately facilitated it... We won people's hearts, but It made some displaced people in the new city lose their hope that they had just rekindled, and they originally wanted to survive by opening granaries this time."
The Xian Wang looked at Xiao Ye in surprise and said, "I never thought that you still have a heart that loves the people like a child."
Hearing this, Xiao Ye sighed: "Love the people like a son? Let's forget it, you should know how much you loved your son..."