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Chapter 36 "Ghost Town" Broken Gold

All the migrant workers who had heard the rumors about Suijin Town panicked and frightened, only the three brothers and sister Song Zhenping were at a loss and didn't know why.

Song Liyun held onto Song Dekui, whose expression changed from joy to sorrow, "Uncle Kui, what happened in Suijin Town that made everyone so afraid?"

Before Song Dekui could answer, a thick voice sounded behind Song Liyun, startling them all.

"Boys, drive all those cowards here, and I will put them in jail."

Song Liyun turned her head sharply, and saw the bearded general commanding the convoy standing behind her.

And the other soldiers were shouting to drive the peasants who were hiding far away.

"Master, this place, this place is uninhabitable! We are willing to work in other places." A man came out from the group of civilian husbands and begged boldly.

"Can't live in people! Whoever said it can't live in people, don't we who eat military rations not be human.

I want you to come to build a barracks, and you should be paid a lot of money.

Since you have already come, don't even think about leaving. When you can leave, someone will take you back.If you escape, don't blame the military law. "The bearded man shouted sharply like Hong Zhong.

Song Liyun frowned slightly: What kind of place is this?How can you force people to come so hard?Can you make it clear in advance.

She wanted to repair the border village, but she didn't want to bring her brother to die.

Before Song Liyun could go to question him, Song Dekui pulled her aside and said in a low voice, "This is Mr. Luo Baihu from Zhenbei Army, he has a very bad temper, please don't provoke him.

I heard that there is a gold mine in Suijin Town. Anyway, there are so many people, we are not afraid to go in and have a look. "

Song Liyun was stunned: "Gold mine? Real or fake? Uncle Kui, what are they afraid of if there is a gold mine?"

Song Dekui: "...!"

In front of Luo Baihu and his sergeants, he couldn't even say some things in a few words!

At this time, everyone was silent, and even the crying was suppressed in their throats.

Under the urging of the surrounding sergeants, they could only get together, huddled and passed the boundary marker step by step, and stepped into Suijin Town like moths flying to the flame to seek their own death.

After Song Dekui was frightened, he became excited again.

He even told people who didn't know the specifics, including the three brothers and sisters of the Song family, about the events of the year.

Of course, he is also hearsay.

In his narration, Song Liyun finally knew the reason for Suijin Town.

Suijin Town is a very popular "ghost town" in Yunzhou.

It is two hundred miles away from Qingping Town and one hundred miles away from Dilu Grassland. It is a remote mountain town with a population of less than five hundred.

But since someone found gold sand in the Huangsha River outside Suijin Town more than ten years ago, this town has become famous far and wide.

The alluvial gold here is carried by mountain torrents and deposited in a section of river outside the town. The output is not large, not even a gold mine.

It is also located in the mountains, and management is difficult. The local government did not collect it, but let others collect it. The county government only collects high taxes every year.

As a result, the news that there was an unowned gold mine here disappeared, and those who wanted to make a fortune from all directions sneaked in quietly.

In its heyday, a small town of 500 people lived in a small town with 5000 people, and the miles-long river was full of gold diggers.

Houses were also built in the town, and there was a lot of people everywhere.

Where there is gold, there are casinos, and where there are kilns, there are restaurants.

Suijin Town is full of feasting and feasting. In terms of bustle, even the Qili County to which it belongs can't compare.

Some people get rich overnight, while others work hard for nothing.

Panning for gold is an adventure, and no one knows whether there is any attractive gold in his handful of sand, or whether he can get out of Broken Gold Town when he gets the gold sand.

There is only so much alluvial gold, and every grain of sand in the Huangsha River has been sieved countless times. The gold production is declining day by day, and even when the income is insufficient, the gold diggers lose their jobs.

Some people are not convinced and just leave like this, wanting to make a big one at the end.

So, on a certain night in late autumn five years ago, a group of red-eyed sand workers, together with bandits and Dilu grassland cavalry, sneaked into Suijin Town by evading the frontier defense post.

Killing, looting, five full days of bloody plunder, Suijin Town became A Bi Hell.

When the escaped person reported to Qili County, no one believed that Di Lu would come to take people away, and even beat the reporter as a lunatic.

It took more than ten days for the government to realize that Suijin Town had already been covered in blood, and the town was deserted, leaving only a hundred or so residents who escaped into the mountains and forests to recover their lives.

This tragedy caused the Wu Dynasty to lose as many as [-] people. For a country where population is wealth, it was more casualties than a major battle.

Moreover, what was involved was the collusion between the Dilu cavalry and the bandits, and the frontier defense was useless.

The whole country was shocked, and the emperor was furious. He ordered the Zhenbei Army to launch a war against Dilu, and punished the government to arrest the exiles.

The border is not strict, allowing Dilu cavalry to enter, and the government's poor management is not good for suppressing bandits, so the bandits are allowed to communicate with foreign enemies.

The top and bottom officials beheaded several people, and the Marquis of Zhenbei, who was the commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Army, was also decreed to reduce his salary.

The Zhenbei Army has guarded Yunzhou for [-] years. Although it can't be said to be watertight, it is also a back and forth with Dilu Wangting, and each other wins and loses.

Zhenbei Marquis Zhao Yanjiao personally led troops into the Dilu Grassland and fought several times with the Dilu Royal Court. Hundreds of soldiers were killed and wounded on both sides, and some people were also brought back.

It's a pity that those Wu Dynasty people who were robbed either died in the middle of the way, or were sold to various tribal pastures in the grassland, and very few of them were found back.

After several battles, the Zhenbei Army had an explanation to the imperial court, but it also became more and more deeply connected with Liang Zi of the local government.

These things are all official battles, no matter how impeachment memorials are like snowflakes, it will not save Suijin Town from the tragic fate of becoming a "ghost town".

It has been five years now, and walking in the sunny town of Broken Gold is still creepy.

Song Liyun calmly looked at the situation in the town.

The area of ​​the town is actually not big, except for the decent and neat buildings in the center, the edges are almost all wooden houses and earth walls built by sand workers at will.

No one took care of it for five years, and the wooden house that had a bloody experience was falling apart.

The weeds growing above the knees on the ruined walls, now with withered and yellow leaves and rustling in the wind, look particularly creepy.

In broad daylight, a wild dog sprang out from time to time between the houses, baring its fangs at the group of strangers who broke in suddenly.

The tragedy in Suijin Town was caused by gamblers and rogues. In the final analysis, it was the Dilu people who crossed the border.

What the rogue gamblers want is money, what the Dilu people want is slaves, and taking away thousands of strong laborers at once is a huge fortune.

There is no wrongdoing for the Zhenbei Army's mistakes and fines.

This is indeed a flaw in the entire Yunzhou defense line.

There are many mountains in Yunzhou, and the defenders are mainly stationed at various mountain passes and intersections, and they only roughly take care of the natural rivers flowing into the grassland.

In particular, the Huangsha River, which is a hundred miles away from the border, did not appear within the detection range of the border guards.

Under the leadership of the bandits, the Dilu people chose the dry season, followed the complicated river course of the Huangsha River, and easily entered the Wu Dynasty.

It was such an inconspicuous ordinary river that disgraced the Zhenbei army.

Now the Zhenbei Army is building a garrison post at the mountain pass outside Suijin Town, with a hundred people stationed there.

With the river route, the Zhenbei Army can also enter the grassland along the Huangsha River.

This ordinary river, originally flowing with golden sand, has become a steel knife that can be drawn straight into the hinterland on the other side of the Dilu grassland as long as it is unsheathed.

Suijin Town, with a strong reputation, suddenly became an important military fortress.

Of course, ordinary people like Song Liyun cannot know this information. They only know that people need people to repair houses and build camps here.

(End of this chapter)