my wonderful zoo

Chapter 25
Le Zhi's horse had been ridden for two days before. He had no rest during the day today and was seriously lacking in physical strength. He only galloped for more than ten miles before he began to pant. He had to dismount and walk. Finally, he was chased by Chen Xun when it was dark. superior.

"Lieutenant Le County, what should we do now?" In order to pretend to be miserable, Chen Xun had already ordered people to throw all the food to Ke Lei when he separated from the battlefield, and he was traveling lightly.

"Do you have anything to eat?" Lezhi and others had not eaten for most of the day, and had gone through fierce fighting and escaping. Now their mouths were dry and their stomachs were unbearably hungry.

"There is a rice ball." Chen Xun took out a rice ball wrapped in oil paper from his arms. It looked like it had been squashed and looked very shabby.

"Bring it here." Lezhi didn't mind it either. He took the rice ball, quickly peeled off the oil paper, and swallowed a fist-sized rice ball in his stomach in two or two mouthfuls. It tasted pretty good.

Seeing the way he was devouring his food, Chen Xun swallowed unconsciously.

"Is there any more?" Le Zhi looked at Chen Xun again after finishing the meal, with a slight embarrassment on his face: "Your rice balls are quite delicious, but there seems to be some meat in them?"

"There are some fish pellets and dried vegetable pellets, which are not worth much." Chen Xun looked like he was afraid of being misunderstood as 'very rich': "But this is the only one I have, and I didn't expect that this would happen today. Kind of something."

"Lu Hui, are you there?"

"I'm the only one." Lu Hui also felt hungry and reluctantly took out his rice ball.

"Take out all yours." Chen Xun ordered to the others.

A few people timidly started to take out rice balls, some had one, some had two, and one even brought three.

A total of eleven rice balls were placed in front of Le Zhi.

Le Zhi directly picked up one of them, and then said to the soldiers who were following him: "You can divide it up and you will have something to eat when you get to the villages and towns ahead."

The villagers of Chenjiazhuang, who took out the rice balls without caring at all, were also hungry.

Lu Hui and others were so angry that they gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, trying their best to control their anger.

Seeing that the rice balls were being taken care of by the soldiers, Chen Xun was about to ask again, but unexpectedly Le Zhi asked again: "Is there water?"

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Helpless, Chen Xun took off the bamboo tube from his waist and handed it to him, and asked again: "Lieutenant Le County, what should we do next?"

Chen Xun mentioned the headache again, and Le Zhi also felt worried and frowned.

"I feel that since I came into contact with your Chenjiazhuang, I haven't encountered a single satisfactory thing."

This is called stealing the chicken but losing the rice. Chen Xun secretly complained in his heart.

"This is all a coincidence. We in Chenjiazhuang don't want to encounter these things. Counting the villagers at the rear today, nearly 200 people have been killed by pirates." Chen Xun clicked on the situation where his own side also suffered losses today.

"I will report all these to County Magistrate Wang." Lezhi did not answer the question, not having a word of comfort for Chenjiazhuang's loss.

Dog officer!

"Then, can we go back?" Chen Xun said.

"Well, go back. The state government will definitely clean up this wave of pirates later. Are you ready?" Lezhi waved his hand and said a little impatiently.

"Our Chenjiazhuang has already lost so much, do we still need to prepare?" Chen Xun was a little itchy. With his more than 40 years of cultivation skills, he wanted to stab the guy in front of him immediately. "Everything happened because of your Chenjiazhuang, how can you get away with it?" Le Zhi pursed his lips, took another sip of water, and then said: "Besides, if this wave of rampant pirates is not wiped out, your Chenjiazhuang will not be safe either. , since you have benefited, how can you not pay?"

"Based on this alone, you should go all out to support the actions of the state capital."

Chen Xun had already sentenced this county captain to death in his heart. If he had not been required to go back and report the situation to the Dongguan County Magistrate and the Guangzhou Prefecture, he would never have seen the sunrise tomorrow.

He had already made a decision in his heart and simply said no more: "Thank you, Mr. Officer, we will go back and prepare now."

"You are sensible. Once this wave of pirates is wiped out, forget about what happened in Chenjiazhuang." Lezhi finally knew not to press too hard, so he gave him a small sweet date.

"Thank you, sir, for your mercy."

"However, from now on, the population and land of Chenjiazhuang must be reported truthfully and there can be no more tax evasion. The imperial court is in a critical period and needs our financial support from Guangnan. At this time, we cannot only care about personal gain and disregard the righteousness." .”

Le Zhi's words were so righteous and there was some truth in them.

If Chen Xun didn't know Zhao Gou's names as "Zhao Paopao" and "Wanyan Gou", he might have really recognized him.But Chen Xun, who came from later generations, knew very well how soft the Song court was at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, and how miserable the Han people in the north and even the Han people in the Yangtze River Basin were.

If the money is given to them, it is better to give it to the rebels in Hebei. After all, those rebels are really fighting against the Jin and can cause losses to the Jin army.

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The night in early spring was still very cold. It was late at night, and everyone was running in a hurry just now, without carrying any camping equipment.You will definitely be exposed to wind and cold when camping in the open air. In this era, wind and cold can be fatal.

Therefore, neither party made any extra stops at the resting place.

Le Zhi took people to a nearby village, planning to stay there for the night or borrow a boat to return directly to Dongguan.Chen Xun led the people back to Chenjiazhuang by land in the dark.

"That county captain is really not a human being. He eats our dry food and doesn't leave any for us." Lu Hui cursed, stroking his growling stomach.

Although starving himself wouldn't kill him, his stomach was burning with hunger and felt uncomfortably tight.

"Yeah, look at the tone of his words. He completely despises our Chenjiazhuang and takes everything away. It's outrageous." Another guard also followed suit.

"You all know 'give and take'." Another guard joked.

From the incident to the present, although Chenjiazhuang looks ugly compared to Dongguan County, the actual losses are relatively small, so the chat atmosphere among the few people is still relatively relaxed.It's such a cold day, and it will be hard to pass the time if we don't chat if we drive all night.

"The emperors replaced the herdsmen, while the Song Dynasty officials and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together. As a county captain, Le Zhi was also a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination, a standard scholar-bureaucrat class." Chen Xun also felt a little bored, so he took the opportunity to teach a few people some knowledge Popularity: "So in Le Zhi's view, the world belongs to the officials and their scholar-bureaucrats, and even the officials are in a secondary position. Because no matter who is the emperor, they need these scholar-officials to govern the people and protect the world."

Seeing that some people were confused, Chen Xun continued to explain: "So in his opinion, we are just grass. The weeds on the roadside will grow even if they are cut. No matter how many people die, they will not feel bad. As long as their own interests are not damaged, The interests of us mere mortals are nothing."

"No wonder they want to take over our property and seem to think highly of us." Lu Hui suddenly realized. "In his eyes, we are just cattle, sheep, and crops. You farm your own land, and a small piece of your crops is overrun by wild boars. You may be angry, but you won't think it's serious." This is a metaphor for Chenjiazhuang being robbed by pirates. Looting, Lezhi also brought people over to continue the extortion.

"For another example, this crop field is shared by everyone in the field. During the harvest season, you see a field of crops growing best, and you still have the opportunity to harvest it secretly in the middle of the night. Will you do it?" It is a metaphor that Wang Si, Le Zhi and others have taken a fancy to Chenjiazhuang's assets and want to take them for themselves.

(End of this chapter)