stubborn thief

Chapter 52

Cao Yao was naturally wanted, and was wanted many times, and the sea arrest documents were passed from Shanxi to Shaanxi.

But this thing was useless to him.

Because Du Wu, the leader of Cao’s team, was proficient in disguise, he could draw Han Chinese as Mongolians and women as men.

But this is not the point. In this era, arresting wanted criminals is almost meaningless by simply blocking the front and chasing them back. Mainly in strict civil organizations, the Baojia system is the most important part of chasing criminals.

Cao Yao rarely scattered with his subordinates, and this group of veterans was the most crucial condition for him to escape from the pursuit.

Only when they walked to the mountain pass, my uncle Cai Zhongpan didn't know how long he had been waiting here, but when he walked over to them, he was just a nagging.

He complained that Liu Chengzong did not send someone home to inform him that something had happened. The family thought that something had happened on the road.

But the uncle hadn't even said a word, and when he saw Liu Chengzong behind him, he stared straight at him. Cao Yao led a group of people on the dark official road to Heilong Mountain, rubbing shoulders to support the old and the young.

On the way into the mountain, Liu Chengzong first told about the refugees, and then he took out the sea capture documents full of anxiety and told his uncle.

Unexpectedly, Cai Zhongpan laughed when he saw the document, like a big stone in his heart, and clapped his hands: "It's good, don't worry about what this book office wants to do, there's nothing about Ruji, and if it's not about him, my uncle didn't give it. Your aunt's family is causing trouble."

Cai Zhongpan was talking about his brother-in-law, Chen Ruji, who fled with him.

Thinking of this, Cai Zhongpan was very relaxed, and said, "Tomorrow Ru Ji will go to the county seat to see this book office and see what he wants to do."

Cai Zhongpan's only dissatisfaction with this sea arrest document is that the above guilt against him is basically equivalent to writing nonsense.

He remembered the events of that day clearly, and the small army leader who was robbing the credit was shot and killed by him in a fit of anger. He may have injured a few when he rushed out, but it was not fatal.

Carrying two lives at most, it is absolutely impossible for eight people to die.

Besides, he didn't rob money.

Officials who write documents have to think about how much 200 taels is.

Wearing winter clothes, carrying weapons, carrying a suitcase, carrying a dozen catties of silver to assassinate the officers, killing eight of the officers and troops, and still fled calmly under the siege and interception.

To be honest, Cai Zhongpan felt that it was not him that was mentioned in the document, but a god of war.

And this thing shouldn't be called a sea arrest document, it is to inform the Yan'an government to be careful, a god of war is going to you.

Which commoner, who ate the guts of a bear and a leopard, dared to provoke this person on the document for five coins?
Anyway, Cai Zhongpan didn't dare.

Back in Xingpingli, these villagers still had to find a way to take a rest from the old temple at the village head. They also found a few other old cave dwellings, asked a few tenants to help burn the kang, and put them in temporarily, leaving two households left. There was really no place to live, and he was taken home by Liu Chengzong.

Originally, the Liu family in Xingping was living just fine, not luxury and comfort, and it was enough to be able to keep food and clothing in a disaster year.

The moment when the change comes is when the two sons return home. With outsiders, there are more sources of information. The unrest outside also affects the people in the valley.

Everyone tightened their belts and built a fortress on the mao. Officials came to ask for food, and the old temple village in Changpingli was slaughtered. Accidents came one after another too quickly and too quickly, which was unacceptable and had to learn to accept. .

Just like this time, Liu Chengzong brought strangers into Xingping, the neighbors and elders of the same clan were not surprised at all, and got up with a smile to report to Liu Chengzong's mother: "Sister-in-law, the little lion is back, and brought a few foreigners."

The family is also used to it.

Brother Chengzu didn't know what was going on, but he had already packed up the luggage carried in the wing and brought it into the brothers' room.

Master Liu leaned on a small cane and took up the posture and sat in the middle hall, quietly waiting for his son to explain the reason.

This world has made people's ability to withstand surprises increase rapidly, and there is nothing to surprise them.

As soon as Liu Chengzong entered the yard, he unbuttoned his armor and brought Tige into the hall to meet his father. He heard Liu Xiangyu smile and say, "Go to a city, you look like you are fighting, and Tian Qi has been detained by the government?"

"Go back to my father, I've finished painting. I don't want to wear armor. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. The cotton coat and armor can cover people to death. The horse is really weak, and I can't get enough to eat in the side fort. It's hard to get home. When it is full, practice its strength, so that it will not be dragged down in the future.

And if you don't go to Fucheng, you don't know that there are illegal men running around everywhere outside the city. "

Liu Xiangyu nodded slowly. At this moment, he couldn't help smiling when he saw the fine sweat on Liu Chengzong's forehead. He waved his hand and said, "It's fine. You drink water first. I heard from your mother that you brought an outsider back. What's going on?"

"It's not just these few."

Liu Chengzong drank from the cool tea bowl on the table, swallowed it, and said, "Eighty mouthfuls, the city's new regulations for dealing with hungry people, whoever buys a hundred acres of land must resettle a homeless household for the government, the original intention is to Ask the big family to contribute, and our small family with a swollen face and a fat man is also regarded as a big family, adding a family to Liujiazhuang."

After speaking, he carefully looked at his father's face.

Facing Cao Yao, he can confide his worries, but facing his father, obedience and reverence have long been engraved in his bones.

In the past two days, he had become accustomed to seeing other people's sad faces when they heard this, not to mention the fact that there were a lot of family affairs, and the pressure on his father's shoulders was not small, for fear that he would be furious when he heard this.

"Um……"

Master Liu let out a long sigh, but did not complain like others, and said slowly: "Good governance, work together to overcome difficulties, the government should be like this."

The old man got up and took Liu Chengzong to the study. As he walked, he asked, "When you come, you have to take care of the mouth. How many strong men are there in these [-] people?"

"Thirty-four strong men, sixteen healthy women, six old men and women, and 34 children."

"34, 46, follow me."

As he spoke, Liu Chengzong walked into the study with his father, and seeing the old man, he picked up a pen and said: "Our Shaanxi land is barren, and hard work is hard work. The farm work is non-stop for a year, and the strong man has to eat enough, and the monthly grain is sixty catties; The remaining 46 people will have a monthly eclipse of [-] to [-] catties, so it will last until July, at least [-] catties."

"There is still a frontier army to support, and it's another expense. The old temple village asked the thieves to take the empty space. The family can give you seven or eight stone, but it's not enough. What are you going to do?"

His father's enlightenment was beyond Liu Chengzong's expectations.

And the support of seven or eight stone grains is particularly strong given the limited financial resources of Heilong Mountain today.

This gave Liu Chengzong courage, he said: "My boy wants to donate to the villages forty miles north and south of Panlongchuan in the name of being strong in the northern village, and each village will donate three or five stone, seven or eight stones according to the monthly household. , each repairing the beacon fire, when the police..."

Liu Xiangyu's face was calm, and he sat behind the desk with a chuckle: "Crazy? What nonsense are you talking about?"

There are two points that the court does not restrict the armed forces of local militia, one is money and food, the other is equipment, and the third is that the power to unify the army is vested in the public.

It doesn't matter how many people's strength groups Liu Xiangyu has compiled, but when the imperial court can't pay the salary, it is completely nonsense to ask other villages for food donations.

Liu Chengzong was not discouraged, and continued: "When a thief calls the police, I will lead the side riders to gallop. Liujiazhuang is 25 miles to the north and [-] miles to the south. It takes an hour for the police to arrive, which can ensure that the villages will no longer be invaded by thieves." Butcher."

Hearing this, Liu Xiangyu shook his head and said, "It's not impossible, but I can only ask others to talk in private, and I can't even mention Beixiang Minzhuang's name.

Unless you can go to Fucheng and ask the prefect to agree to this matter, you can ask to see which yamen will agree?

If the parents and officials don’t speak, even if the thieves pass by the official road in Yamaguchi, the father has no authority to lead the people to attack, let alone seek donations in the village in private. I know that you and your brother are not afraid of anything. "

Master Liu sighed, raised his finger and pointed at Liu Chengzong, and said, "If you go back, you have to tell Cao Guan team that there are other ways to get food, so don't make trouble. , Hundreds of people up and down Heilong Mountain can't escape here."

(End of this chapter)