Chapter 125 [Two Human Traffickers in Datang]... 1 more(1/2)
Time flies like a shuttle and like running water, as if half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Hebei is no longer a land of ice and snow, but life has not changed very well...
The reason is very simple. May and June are the periods of drought, and there is no harvest of new grains in the fields. Last year’s old grains have already been eaten up. Therefore, this season is the most tiring, and it is also the easiest time for people to starve to death in large numbers.
However, Miyun County is different.
No one will starve to death this year.
The common people divided their fields and had land, and according to the number of people, three families could share one cow. The widows did not have to use themselves as livestock to pull pears, and they could still cultivate countless wastelands.
After planting the food, we are waiting for the harvest in autumn. It is a kind of expectation that stretches the neck, with deep happiness and yearning.
As for the shortage of food, there is certainly no shortage in Miyun County. The reason is very simple. The Miyun Sun family does not want to die...
All the grain comes from the Miyun Sun family.
If there was a poor family in need of emergency help, Mrs. Sun would immediately come to their door and pay for it.
In addition to weddings and funerals, as well as people's illness, as long as it is related to money, Mrs. Sun will definitely get involved.
His family didn't suddenly become cheap.
His family just wants to live well...
Previously, the Tianxia family and the royal family had mutually agreed to return 20% of Tianxia's acres and granaries as a concession, but this agreement did not include the Miyun Sun family, and both parties deliberately ignored this family during the negotiations.
Ignoring is not about protection.
Instead, he was specially brought out to use as a punching bag.
Although the family was tyrannical, they had their own ways of doing things. They successfully intimidated the Tang Dynasty royal family to make concessions, and even set a restriction that Gu Tianya would not be allowed to hold power for the rest of his life. If this matter were left to anyone, they would probably get angry.
It would be fine if ordinary people were angry, but Gu Tianya's wife is Princess Pingyang.
Therefore, the aristocratic family had to give Gu Tianya a chance to vent his anger.
It just so happens that the Miyun Sun family has been bullying Gu Tianya for eighteen years, wouldn't it be the best target to vent their anger on?
The Miyun Sun family is also very well-behaved. They have been doing good deeds and virtues for the past six months. They kept spending money to express themselves. The family's strength continued to collapse, and the people finally let go of their hatred.
His family almost single-handedly helped the entire Miyun County survive the recession. Now, looking at the 78 villages in the county, you can hear praises from the people everywhere.
This is a life-saving talisman as hard as iron, which can prevent Gu Tianya's fierce wife from being able to lift a butcher's knife.
The Miyun Sun family can finally live.
…
Miyun County has developed very well in the past six months.
Many widows reclaimed wasteland, and later their families had property. However, due to the disaster in Shandong, many people fled from famine, mostly to the wealthy places in Guanzhong, and some chose Hebei.
To be precise, it is Miyun County, Hebei Province.
To be more precise, they were not willing.
Gu Tianya owned 30% of the iron industry shares in Li Shimin, and he converted all this year's income into population. Li Shimin was naturally overjoyed and almost rushed to help him intercept some of the refugees.
"Want to go to Guanzhong? Want to go to Chang'an? There is no way! My brother-in-law has given me a big price. You refugees can just go to Hebei..." These were Li Shimin's exact words.
Gu Tianya, on the other hand, is like an old bustard who is looking forward to her. From time to time, he will say one or two scary words: "Come on, be happy, our Hebei women are very exciting, and they can eat any number of men who come."
…”
In this way, my uncle and brother-in-law collaborated to commit a dirty business of human trafficking.
They brought more than 2,000 men who had fled famine in Shandong directly to Miyun County to work as studs.
At the beginning, men were allowed to choose their wives and children, but later on, some of the remaining widows were in bad condition, almost all of them had several children, and those men felt that the pressure was too heavy.
Gu Tianya was furious and yelled almost every day, roaring: "I gave your wife for free, and also brought a baby along with me. Where can I find such a good thing? Who dares to pick and choose again? Damn it,
Do you look down on me as a matchmaker? It’s okay to look down on me, I have plenty of ways to deal with you..."
With a wave of his hand, the Detachment of Women appeared with a ferocious smile, and all the men fleeing from famine in Shandong were forcibly taken to the widow's home to get married. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, they were forced to sleep on the bed for three nights.
You want to escape, right? The windows won’t even leave a crack for you!
Moreover, there were two soldiers of the Detachment of Women standing guard at the door like door gods for three days. It was not until the Shandong man's legs were made weak by the widows that the tough man of the Detachment of Detachment opened the door with a wink.
First, he asked the hostess, very enthusiastically: "Sister-in-law, are you satisfied?"
If the hostess nods shyly and shyly, then this is a more serious matter.
But as long as the hostess's eyes turn red...
hehe!
She immediately pushed the Shandong man back onto the bed, and the two burly men continued to stand at the door until the hostess put the man into bed. From then on, he 'willingly' stayed to start a family.
As for whether he will escape?
Why don't you try running away at this time?
"Do you have a guide?"
"Is it possible to clear the level?"
Just go home and live your life.
Gu Tianya has the final say in the entire Miyun County. Although the county government has appointed a new magistrate, the magistrate only treats himself as a clay sculpture and does nothing and only receives a salary.
The county magistrate does nothing, but Cheng Chumo was promoted to the county magistrate. As Gu Tianya's disciple, he naturally has to help his master improve people's livelihood. However, this guy has a stupid temper, and he is the kind of person who cares about his head rather than his body when doing things.
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As a result, a strange thing happened in Miyun County.
The county magistrate led a group of government officials back and forth throughout the county every day. The government officials held brochures in their hands and shouted and shouted. Whenever they arrived at a house, they would first stare at each other when they entered, and then they would pull the Shandong man and yell.
Those who do evil things will be interrogated.
"We've been married for a month, why don't we have any children yet?"
"What? Are you busy reclaiming wasteland?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it's important to open up wasteland, but it's also important to have children. Look at you, you're so tall and useless. You go to open up wasteland during the day, are you also going to open up wasteland at night?"
"Remember, there is an official assessment. You must have a baby by the end of the month at the latest. We will come again then. Don't force our county magistrate to fall out. Once our county magistrate falls out, he will be afraid of going crazy...
…”
At this time, Cheng Chumo, who acted as a threat in the room, drew out his horizontal sword and sighed: "My sword is already hungry and thirsty."
The Shandong man was so frightened that his two legs started fighting.
This routine is a tactic of coercion and intimidation.
After singing the white face, the red face will appear.
The government servants who came forward at this time were basically kind-faced people, and they usually asked the Shandong men to greet them.
Then!
Here comes the rhetoric...
"Brother, you have to work harder. Our county magistrate's master has made a rule that as long as a baby is born, you will receive three hundred catties of grain, and five feet of cloth will be given to the baby to make clothes."
"We also know that we can't force this kind of thing, but brother, if you work harder, won't you succeed? Work harder, don't make it difficult for everyone, we will come again at the end of the month, remember there will be three hundred kilograms of grain and five feet
A reward for cloth."
"Hahahaha, you agreed, okay, okay, I'll record it in the book for you, and at the end of the month I'll bring the midwife to check on your wife, big brother, great..."
After the red-faced singing and comforting, a group of government servants followed Cheng Chu, silently shouting and drinking, and went to another house again to engage in the same intimidation and inducement.
In this way, the weather in Miyun County was shaken up.
In just five months, thousands of widows became pregnant. Poor men fleeing from famine in Shandong had made great contributions to the development of Miyun County.
At this time, Gu Tianya was about to leave.
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The morning light was very good that day. A red sun rose in the east, and the vast golden light smeared the earth. Gu Tianya put on his official uniform for the first time and rode a horse slowly away from Gujia Village.
At the entrance of the village, Zhao Ning looked at each other from a distance. Six months had passed and Zhao Ning's belly had swelled. However, because she had been leading the army for many years, her physical fitness was stronger than that of ordinary women, so she did not appear weak. Instead, she looked better than before she was pregnant.
good.
She stood at the entrance of the village to say goodbye, with Xiaoqing and Xiaorou by her side. Suddenly, Zhaoning's eyes turned red and she shouted to Gu Tianya, "I come home every half month. If you dare not not come back, I will
I’ll go find you with a big belly..."
Gu Tianya looked back while riding on the horse, with a different kind of tenderness on his face. He suddenly waved to her and said: "Although I am going to the southernmost county, a horse can gallop back in a day, but how can I go back in half a month?"
Go home, I will come back to see you every seven days..."
Zhao Ning was immediately overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "It's settled, just seven days."
Gu Tianya nodded solemnly, waved to her again, and said, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going."
The circles in Zhaoning's eyes became even redder, and she suddenly turned around to go back to the village. Before she had taken a few steps, she was already crying loudly and said, "You have your ambitions, and I, as your wife, will not stop you. I will take good care of the house and help you."
To be continued...