EBE Chapter 223: Don't Be a Good Slave
Chapter 223: Don't Be a Good Slave
There was an uproar below, and people were talking in low voices.
At the same time, there are also those who endure hardships and want to gain something without working.
“What if you don’t want to farm?”
Lin Yinan could see clearly from the city wall, so how could he not understand what these people were thinking.
She was just trying to attract more people for the future development of Longtan, not doing charity. She sneered and said, "Those who don't want to farm can stand aside first, and we will make arrangements later."
"Can we go into the city?" asked those who didn't want to farm.
Longtan is so rich, it should not be difficult to fill your stomach by begging in Longtan, so why bother to suffer.
Lin Yinan's smile deepened, "Of course!"
"Anan, once you open your mouth, many people will want to go into the city. How will we arrange it then?" The clan leader next to her was a little anxious and wanted to stop her.
Pan Qingfeng was also puzzled, but the city lord had her reasons for doing so, so he did not ask. After listening to the clan leader expressing his doubts, he turned his head and looked at Lin Yinan.
"You forgot about Xihe County. Yunmo should be very short of people."
Only then did everyone suddenly realize.
Lin Yinan continued, "Rather than keeping these troublemakers and making them difficult to manage in the future, it is better to send them to mine."
"Yes! Anyone who disobeys the rules will be sent to mine."
The refugees under the city wall received a clear answer and showed off to the people around them with some pride, and the crowd behind them began to surge.
It seems that there are many people who have the same idea as that person.
Seeing this, Lin Yinan said to Lin Yiheng and Pan Qingfeng beside him, "Go and ask them to split into two teams, one team is willing to obey the assignment and go to farm, and the other team is unwilling to farm and wants to go to the city."
Pan Qingfeng quickly told the refugees below what Lin Yinan had said, and the bustling crowd quickly formed into two columns.
Lin Yinan looked down and was surprised to see that there were hundreds of people who didn't want to farm.
"Qianwu, go to the canteen and ask Second Aunt to arrange for someone to cook some porridge. It doesn't have to be as thick as usual, but it shouldn't be too watery either."
"Okay. I'll go right away." Qianwu walked down the city wall briskly.
Lin Yiheng asked, "An Nan, the teams have been divided. Should Qingfeng and I go and register them now?"
Lin Yinan said, "No, let's wait and register tomorrow morning. Maybe we can screen out some people by then."
The people below on the city wall naturally had no idea what Lin Yinan and others were thinking.
"Mr. Zhou, what do you think they mean?" Zhou Linzhao was the most knowledgeable person they knew, and it was always right to ask him if they didn't understand something.
Zhou Linzhao shook his head, "Aunt, regardless of the above, if you want to have enough food, you still have to rely on the food in the fields. Look at the conditions offered by Longtan, aren't they better than being a good slave in the Yu family of Nanzhou Prefecture?"
The aunt suddenly realized, "That's right, as long as we don't become slaves, we can do anything."
Suddenly, a rumbling sound was heard behind everyone.
Everyone turned their heads to see what was happening, and saw Yun Ye and Yun Yi, each leading a fully armed team of thousands of people, rushing towards the city gate from a distance.
"What? Are the Japanese pirates attacking?" Along the way, the aunt heard that there were Japanese pirates here.
Zhou Linzhao looked at the word "Yun" embroidered on the flag with shining eyes. Was it the Yun family he knew?
"No, it's the Yun family army." Zhou Linzhao said in a low voice.
Judging from the momentum, it is definitely the Yun family army.
How could they be here? Wasn't it said that all the Yun family soldiers died in Yanmen Pass, and the Yun family members were strangled by the Hu people during their exile?
The aunt didn't hear clearly, "What?"
"They are not Japanese pirates, they should be the palace soldiers in Longtan City." Zhou Linzhao said.
As Yunye and others approached, the crowd automatically made way for them.
Yunye and Yunyi sat on tall horses, with upright postures, and their sharp eyes swept over everyone one by one.
Behind them followed two thousand soldiers in uniform, armed with sharp weapons, forming several neat infantry squares. They marched towards Longtan in unison, making a dull sound of footsteps. The majestic aura could be felt from afar, and the earth was shaking.
Lin Yinan and others who were standing on the city wall were even more shocked. In such a short period of time, they were able to train up the momentum of these two thousand people.
"Open the city gate, General Yun, return to the city!" Lin Yiheng shouted.
The city gate opened and the soldiers slowly entered the city.
As the city gate was about to close, most of the people in front saw the houses and streets that had been renovated.
Everyone stared for a long time, unable to come back to their senses. Everything in this city was so different.
Hearing that they had to cook porridge for so many refugees, Zhang and others were already familiar with the process and started cooking in dozens of large pots at the same time.
It was all cooked in less than two hours and the villagers helped carry it to the city gate.
The refugees lined up with their bowls in their hands. The momentum of the soldiers who had just returned to the city was still there, and no one dared to act rashly at this time.
Looking at the porridge in the bowl, Zhou Linzhao did not finish it in one breath. The porridge was very thick and more filling than the plain porridge with only a few rice grains distributed by the Yu family in Nanzhou Prefecture.
Because he was the last in line, he didn't walk far after getting the porridge. He just stood by the table and drank it in small sips.
Seeing that he was eating in a polite manner, Zhang took the initiative to talk to him and try to get close to him.
"Does the young man look like a scholar?"
Zhou Linzhao nodded and said modestly, "I studied for a few years, but I only know a few words."
"Where are you from? You must have suffered a lot on the way. You are half a year later than us." Zhang sighed.
"Are you also from the North?" Zhou Linzhao didn't expect that they were also fleeing.
Speaking of this, Zhang did not hide it, "We moved the whole village from Pingcheng, and we have harvested one season's crops in the fields. You have to settle down quickly in the next two days so that you can plant the second season's crops."
Zhou Linzhao was so excited that he almost cried. He had lived a very difficult life for the past six months, from Jiancheng to Shangjing, and then from Shangjing all the way south. Some of his family members died, and some were scattered.
When he was in Nanzhou Prefecture, he originally thought that the end of his life would be to be trapped as a slave in Yu Family Manor, but he did not expect to meet someone who had already settled down there.
He hesitated and said, "I am from Jiancheng."
Hearing the name Jiancheng again, Zhang was a little dazed. After a while, she slapped her thigh and said with a smile, "I was wondering why this place sounds so familiar. My nephew and several young men in the village have studied in Jiancheng Academy."
Zhou Linzhao's eyes lit up, "Aunt, I am also a student of Jiancheng Academy."
"What's your name?"
"Photo of student Zhou Lin."
Zhang didn't rush to announce the names of Lin Yiheng and Master Dao, but said inconspicuously, "Wait here for a moment, I'll call someone out."
She found a fast-footed secret guard and whispered a few words in his ear, and the secret guard started running into the city.
After coming back, Zhang saw that he had finished the porridge in his bowl and was licking it carefully, so she scraped the porridge at the bottom of the bucket for him.
When Zhang took people to collect the buckets and went back, they saw Lin Yiheng, Lin Yuanzhi and others supporting Taoist priests and walking towards the gate.
Lin Yiheng asked, "Second Aunt, where is Zhou Linzhao?"
"He's just outside the city gate. Don't go out. There are too many people outside and it's noisy. Just call him in." Zhang suggested.
"Second Aunt is right."
So, Lin Yiheng gave an order to the secret guards guarding the gate, and then he and everyone else stood inside the city gate and waited.