Return of the Swallow

When the people heard the words, some young and strong minds became alive.Rebuilding homes after the disaster is a long process. If you stay at home, when will you be able to regain self-sufficiency in the past?

They are all men of the right years. In today’s famine, they are simply "one full of food and the whole family starving." They can’t remember how long they haven’t eaten a full meal. They followed the prince to beat the tarts and were able to eat. , Maybe you can still make contributions and give your family a chance to stand up, why not do it?

Those who lost their relatives due to the famine, "one person feeds and the whole family is not hungry", even more hope to follow Pang Xiao, stay here, farming for a lifetime, it is safe and stable, but natural disasters and man-made disasters do not know when they will come, it is better to follow the prince. Go around.The prince is a kind person, and will not use their lives to lay up his own credit. Following such a person has a great chance of winning, and safety is guaranteed.

Many men immediately signed up with Pang Xiao, hoping to join the army.

There are also family members, so they go back to discuss with their families.

Qin Yining heard what was said outside through a tent, and couldn't help but smile.It seems that doing good deeds for people is still beneficial. I don't know when the good deeds done before will bring good effects.

If anyone can join the army now, they are all sincerely following Pang Xiao. Such people are better than those who are reluctant to come.Moreover, when the armaments are inadequate and the war is tense, the fight is the number of people.

While Pang Xiao and Qin Yining were taking people to rest outside the city, apart from many people in Jiuhe County who wanted to follow Pang Xiao, there was a rumor that spread like wildfire.

"What? The Lord wants to punish us?"

In the main hall of Xie's family room, Mrs. Xie brought the elderly and seniors of the tribe together and announced the "inside information" he had just received.

Several people were already stunned.Someone who was impatient had already said loudly, "Why, why should we be punished? Where did we do something wrong!"

Grandpa Xie frowned and shook his head and said, "What did you do wrong? The Holy Master wants to liquidate, who can question? Who can ask why? The Holy Master asked for food before, but we did not respond. Instead, we sold the food to Prince Zhongshun. Now Zhongshun The prince’s relief work went smoothly, but the saint was unable to feed the army, and it was almost impossible for the Tatar to drive straight. You said, as long as the saint catches his breath, can he not settle accounts with all the people who sell the high prices of food to the prince Zhongshun ?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

Regardless of their wealthy wealth, but they are ordinary people, where can they guess what they want?But if you stand from that perspective, when the foreign enemy invades, the imperial court wants to feed the fighting tiger army, and it wants to "requisition" grain and grass, but it can't requisition it. The reason is that these merchants sold the grain to a person whom he had been afraid of. people.

If it were them, I'm afraid I can't wait to take off these people's heads!

"How can this be good!"

"Yeah, how can we be good! Since this word reaches our ears, it must be that the sage is really angry. Maybe some people have been punished nearby, and we can't bear the wrath of the emperor!"

Everyone was sad and bleak.

Some people even stood up and complained: "I said at the beginning that we should not sell food, but donate it directly to the army and it would be done. In such a big famine, the people have starved to death so many, but we hold the food at high prices. Look what happened, just follow what I said, and then the trouble will not come!"

"What's the use for you to say this now! How can you escape the anger of the saint right now! We have already sold the food to Prince Zhongshun, we can't ask for the food again!"

Someone who was a little more clever, immediately thought of a way: "It is impossible to get the grain back. The grain has already been eaten. But we can return the silver!"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Mrs. Xie said: "This is reasonable. If we are not selling food, but funding the relief of the Prince Zhongshun, we are the family of benevolence and righteousness. Even if the Lord is angry, we can't handle us in this way. This silver is hot, we can't keep it."

They sold so much food, and they actually got a lot of money.At this time, everyone felt a little resistance to take out the silver, but when the emperor's wrath, their entire clan might be destroyed, the silver was nothing.

Thinking of this, everyone got together to discuss it, and finally decided that Grandpa Xie would take the grain and money to meet Pang Xiao outside the city in person.

Here, Huzi and others who went to the city to spread the news in advance have returned. After hearing about the situation in the city, Pang Xiao ordered Huzi to arrange for people to continue the arrangement according to the address of the large households who had sold their food on the account book.

Early the next morning, Qin Yining woke up in Pang Xiao's arms. As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard footsteps outside the tent.

Qin Yining was completely awake with Ji Ling, and looked up at Pang Xiao.

Pang Xiao smiled and said, "Are you awake?"

"Yeah." Qin Yining nodded, half propped up, slender hair draped behind him, and looked out suspiciously, "Did someone come outside?"

"Xu is from the Xie family." Pang Xiao sat up and put the big cloak on Qin Yining's shoulders. "They came early in the morning before dawn."

"Why don't you go out to meet?" Qin Yining tightened his neckline, "What if they are impatient?"

"No, as soon as they ignited, they really believed that the Holy Supreme would liquidate them. Compared with money, the lives of the whole family are naturally more important now." A big hand stroked Qin Yining's cheek, "You have to treat yourself With confidence, when will the strategy you come up with won't work?"

Qin Yining was amused by him with a chuckle and shook his head and said, "You will coax me. I feel that my brain is not bright in recent days. When I was pregnant with brothers Zhao and Han, I didn't think I would become so stupid. . Sometimes I am afraid of giving you the wrong trick."

Pang Xiao laughed, touched Qin Yining's white face again, and smiled: "If you are willing to be stupid, maybe other women in the world will feel better, at least you won't be inferior."

"Spoken words." Qin Yining scolded lightly.

Pang Xiao smiled and asked Bingtang and Jiyun to serve Qin Yining and got up and went outside by himself.

The old lady of the Xie family brought food before dawn. He never thought that Pang Xiaohui would immediately agree to see him, but since it is for the whole family to live, he must show sincerity and never let the prince feel unhappy.

When the sky finally looked around, the rest of the tents in the camp were all walking, but the prince did not come out, and the old lady Xie was a little anxious.

The prince must have known that he had brought people here but avoided seeing him. Could it be that the sage has given the prince an imperial decree, and he is determined to want their lives?

The more he thought about it, the more terrible it became.

Just when he was too nervous, someone finally came to spread the word, "Thank you, grandpa, please."

Grandpa Xie took a long sigh of relief, straightened his expression, and went to the tent where Pang Xiao was in. When he met, he didn't get as big as when Pang Xiao came to buy food last time. He respectfully saluted, "The grassroots see the prince."

"Mr. Xie," Pang Xiao said with a smile, "I don't know if the old man is here this time, but what can I do?"

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." The old man Xie remembered the arrogance in his words last time, and he felt regretful, and his posture became more and more humble and respectful. "I heard that the lord led the army to the King Qin in Beijing, and the old man specially prepared some food and silver. , Please be sure to follow him."

"Oh?" Pang Xiao raised an eyebrow. "What does Mr. Xie mean?"

Grandpa Xie said sternly: "As a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the country is facing the crisis, and we should do our best. Please do not dislike it."

He took out a stack of silver bills from his arms and offered them with both hands, even his fingers were shaking.

Pang Xiao took the bank note with a solemn expression, and said solemnly: "Mr. Xie is really kind-hearted, worried about the country and the people. This king really admires the Xie family, it's the home of kindness!"

Grandpa Xie repeatedly said, "Don't dare to be", and then said: "The prince is here to go to the capital and the mountains are high and far away. Please also ask the prince to cherish it. You are the God of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you are tired and sick, how can you resist Tatar? "

This kind of compliment was very simple, and Pang Xiao smiled, and then gossiping with the old man Xie, seemingly inadvertently said: "If Mr. Xie is such a kind person who cares about the people's home and country, this king will definitely report to Ming Sheng. It's also good to be rewarded in the future."

Grandpa Xie was overjoyed, but his expression remained the same. He didn't dare to let Pang Xiao see his pride and excitement. He only said, "This is what the old man should do."

Old Mrs. Xie left a few carts of food and grass, and then left with his servants.

Pang Xiao returned to Qin Yining, counted the bank note, and smiled: "I remember what was written on the palm. These are exactly what he took us back. Sister Yi, you are really a female Zhuge! Things are really according to you. As said, these people have come to'pay back the money' for the sake of their families."

"You can spread rumors, but it's not bright."

Pang Xiao smiled and said: "In order to achieve the goal, these people who have made the country difficult to make money have not known how many people have been harmed. Now they are regarded as small punishments and great warnings. Besides, I think you have thoroughly contemplated the saint’s heart. The understanding of the sage, his hatred and jealous temperament, in the future will definitely liquidate these people who sold the silver to us but refused to donate it to him, you let people say this outside, it can be said that it is right in his mind ."

Qin Yining slowly nodded, patted her cheek and said, "You are right. At this time, life and death are at stake, and it is not a time for women to be kind."

Pang Xiao felt that since Qin Yining became pregnant, he became sentimental again and his mind became more sensitive. He hugged the person and shook him, "You are a great way. If it weren't for you, I still don't know how to feed 100,000 people. With the treasures returned by them, I can buy food. Only when the southern army is full can I fight the tartare. Only when the tartare is driven away can the people live a stable life. So your approach is not wrong, you help Most people."

Qin Yining leaned in Pang Xiao's arms and sighed and nodded gently.