choke element

Chapter 163

Chapter 163

In the evening of that day, Aluhamuk returned from the deserted village in the south.

In the past few days, Ding Haijun has been busy from top to bottom.The officials who arrived with the boat rushed here and there, driving the thousands of civilians whom Aruhan first recruited to make them run around in circles, doing all kinds of repairs and tidying up.

During the process, Aruhan assisted back and forth.He was quite prestigious among the people, and he was diligent and effective in his work.The common people were fine with it, most of those who escaped said that they had some kind of enmity with the Jurchen, but they were polite to Aruhan and didn't regard him as a villain.

The manpower arrangement around the port and the fort has been fixed, and Aluhan only feels that his family has recovered in scale, so he is inevitably proud.

Unexpectedly, he was notified that day that he had changed to a new job.

He and several Jurchens who were close to him were transferred out of Haicang Town, and instead set up a transfer operation outside the town, responsible for receiving the people who came to Haicang Town intermittently thereafter.

Previously, the news that Aruhan was promoting military service and food distribution slowly spread to the surrounding area, so people continued to gather.Fortunately, the number is not much, thirty or fifty in one day, and over a hundred in another day.Therefore, Guo Ning did not reject it, and gave them a meal, and then said that Haicang Town needed to garrison troops and could not accommodate these many people, so he asked Aluhan to sort out suitable plots for Ben Moke's subordinates to accommodate them.

Since ancient times, Laizhou has been the main grain-producing area along the coast of Shandong, with relatively flat terrain and fertile land.When the Song Dynasty occupied Laizhou, there were a lot of farmland and irrigation projects, so the grain and fodder produced were once an important support for Shuofang's military prosperity.

Later, with the rise of Dajin, the land of Qilu was plagued by soldiers and disasters, and the people were in dire straits.Although Dajin has ruled the world for decades, most of the time, it is inevitable that the country is empty and the people are poor.

In the late Zhangzong Dynasty, the Yellow River burst three times in a row, causing the agricultural economy of the Central Plains to be on the verge of collapse, followed by drought and locust plagues.

In this case, both the Jurchens' Meng'an Mukehu and the Han people's registered household Qimin both suffered.However, the imperial court tried its best to protect the Jurchens, and guaranteed the economic interests of the Jurchens with large-scale land and land.

Regardless of the pros and cons of the Jurchens, this move led to imminent local ethnic conflicts, large-scale bloody conflicts and even massacres continued year after year.

Aluhan's Muke relied on the port and made some profits through smuggling and water transportation, so he was able to make do with it.But Jurchen's harsh treatment of Han'er is real.After several times of squatting the fields, the registered households of Haicang Town, Qimin, rioted again and again and kept fleeing.

The turbulence is day by day, the conflict is day by day, many old hatreds are intertwined, and new hatreds will be triggered anytime and anywhere.Aruhan's father couldn't contain this situation of collapse, and after Aruhan himself took over as the personal manager of Mouk, he could only watch the whole Mouk gradually exist in name only.

Right now, there are several deserted villages and fields in Mouke, and the closest one is the larger Tugang village.Not to mention that the common people come to vote in a scale of thirty, fifty, or hundreds of people, even if there are another 1000 people, it will not be able to fill the stockade.

The land around the village is very flat and irrigated by the river, but there are weeds everywhere, and no one has cultivated them for three to five years.

This kind of land was once defended by the common people one after another with their lives, but later they completely gave up.Now, the new Dinghai Jiedu Envoy is here. He is willing to give food and support himself to gather refugees. Maybe next year, this field will not be barren.

The gate of the village has not yet collapsed, so hurry up to repair it, plant trees on both sides, and it will be very beautiful next year, just like Aruhan remembered.

But many things are different after all.The fields can still be planted when they are barren, and Han'er will come back after leaving, but can the Jurchens' Meng'an and Mouk return to their original appearance?

Aluhan has been busy for several days, seems to have the answer, but also seems to be confused.

In the afternoon of that day, he led a few men to the east of Tugang Village, dredged a spring for water supply, and then set off to return.

When he came to the gate of Tunbao, he suddenly saw a row of human heads hanging high on wooden poles. Aluhan glanced casually, and then was taken aback.

He stood still and took a closer look: "I've seen this white-haired one before."

Beside him was a capable-looking man dressed as an official, passing by with some files.Hearing this, he laughed and said, "This person came to Shandong not long ago, how did you know him?"

The official just said something casually, and went out after finishing speaking.

But Aluhan took it seriously, he changed the direction to look again, and said repeatedly: "I really saw it! This is the governor of Ninghai Prefecture during the Taihe period, Aotun is loyal and filial!"

The official stopped, turned around and looked up with great interest.In the cavity of the head, the blood had dried up, and the outer skin turned grayish white. It was not easy to recognize it: "So Ao Tun Zhongxiao was the governor of Ninghai Prefecture? No wonder, no wonder."

"That's right..." Aluhan thought for a while, "I was also signed to join the army during the Taihe campaign against the Song Dynasty. Marshal Hu Shahu led the troops going south in Shandong, and the deputy general is the current commander Wanyan Sala. In addition, the person in charge of controlling the region and supervising the transportation of food and grass is the governor of Aotun... I heard that he later went to the Central Capital to become a high official!"

Speaking of this, Aruhan asked suspiciously, "How did he die?"

The official looked up to the sky and yelled: "This guy thought he had a deep foundation in the local area, so he came to my family's Jieshuai to talk nonsense, and then he died. In mid-August, we started a massacre in Zhongdu City , The well-known and famous ministers killed seven or eight generals. The Marshal Hu Shahu you mentioned just now died at the hands of Marshal Guo Jie. Now that we are in Shandong, we don’t mind killing a few more short-sighted ones. "

The official said murderously, while looking at Aluhan's expression.

Aruhan was not surprised, he just nodded after listening, and continued to go to the Tunbao.

Guo Ning hung this head outside the gate for a few hours, and the checkpoints from all over the country reported back one after another that they found people rushing to various parts of Laizhou and even Yidu, and they probably reported it.Most of the local Tuntian people or registered household Qimin in Haicang Town didn't know this head at all, so they didn't have any special reaction.

Like Aluhan, knowing that Guo Ning had killed a high-ranking Jurchen official, he didn't change his face, which is interesting.

The official laughed twice, holding the file and hastened two steps: "Aluhan Muke, what do you think?"

"How about what?"

The official raised his finger and pointed to Ao Tun Zhongxiao's head.

Aruhan kept walking: "If you die, you will die."

He walked all the way to the Tunpu, approaching his own courtyard, and sighed deeply: "From the end of Dading, when we conquered Mengwu, Western Xia, and Song Dynasty, every time we had to sign and conscript, every time we These Meng'an Mukehus who have no one in charge are the top bar. In the time between Tai and Fasong, my father signed a hundred households, both of my elder brothers were Jiajun, and the three family members and I were all Alixi. All men went to battle. After a series of vicious battles, father, brother, and Kekou all died on the battlefield. The women and children at home had difficulty in farming, so they would suffer from cold and starvation. In the end, they sold their cattle for some food, barely surviving."

He turned around and stared at the official: "I, Aluhan, am not a fool. I can tell that Guo Jieshuai doesn't like Meng'an Mouke's tricks. I thought too much earlier. However, Dajin Kingdom The benefits of life may not be much in the hands of poor people like me! The wealth is in the hands of powerful families! Those people..."

Hearing what he said, the officer's eyes lit up.

Aruhan was a little depressed.

"Meng'anmouke is also divided into grades, just like among you guys, there are high and low. In the past few years, we have not been the ones who have benefited from inside and outside Laizhou!" He shook his head vigorously: "What I want is just a bite. Food. If you can have good clothes to wear and money to send, that would be even better. Guo Jieshuai doesn’t have to be wary of me.”

The official laughed loudly: "Want to have good clothes to wear? Have money to send? That's easy, come with me!"

At this moment, Aruhan's two children rushed out from the courtyard, the older one biting his finger, and the younger one directly clamored for a hug.

Aruhan hesitated for a moment, took out a cloth bag from his bosom, and handed it to the older child: "Give it to your mother! Don't eat it all at once!"

He quickly followed up with the official: "This...cough cough, what's the name of this master?"

"Who are you talking about inside and outside Laizhou, who is taking advantage of it?" the official asked back.

Aruhan sighed, and talked in a rambling manner while following.

The official's footsteps were flying, and it didn't take long for him to go back to the commander's account, without notifying him, and entered proudly.

Guo Ning was looking at the documents with a bitter face, when he saw the official turn back, he said with a smile, "Boss Xu came back so hastily?"

It turns out that this official is Xu Yu who opened a wild shop in Tangboli, Hebei, and hooked up with water bandits.

Xu Yu and Jing'an are close friends, and Guo Ningchu also helped a lot that day, so he is not restricted in the tent: "Mr. Lang, you need someone who is familiar with the reality of the place, and I have found it for you! "

Guo Ning looked up and saw Aruhan standing by the door with a big smile on his face.

"Is this person... available?"

Xu Yu nodded: "Available!"

Guo Ning grabbed a blank document, wrote a few strokes, and handed it to Xu Yu: "Alright, you can do it with him. The time is very tight, only one day...every house, every place has to be surveyed." Only when you understand, can you uproot them and leave no hidden dangers!"

Xu Yusurong took the document and put it in the file: "Don't worry, sir! One day is enough!"

(End of this chapter)