Gou Becomes a Boss in the Fairy World

Chapter 1472: Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (16)

"Bold and unruly!"

When Wang Chen cut off the second head, a group of heavily armed soldiers rushed over and started killing the refugees around Ye Dai and others, killing more than a dozen people in an instant.

Ye Dai is Ye Xiangming's daughter. Although she is from another house, the county magistrate's love for her has long been an open secret in Qing'an County, and not many people are unaware of it.

The soldiers responsible for maintaining law and order outside the city are all Ye Xiangming's men.

When a group of disaster victims came around just now, these soldiers were on strong alert, so they responded quickly.

They were even more cruel and ruthless than Wang Chen. Even those who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy were killed without fail, and they used heads and dripping blood as a warning to other refugees.

It's not that these soldiers like to kill people, but if they don't use such cruel methods to kill chickens and scare monkeys, then nearly ten thousand refugees will be unable to control them, and the consequences of rebellion will be disastrous.

A small disturbance was quickly put down.

"Let's go back."

Wang Chen sheathed his sword and said softly to his wife and concubine: "Let others handle the relief work in the future."

Ye Dai nodded with a pale face.

She had been raised in a boudoir and didn't know the cruelty of the world. Today she was taught a good lesson.

All three perspectives were severely impacted.

Not long after Wang Chen returned home with his wife and concubines, his father-in-law Ye Xiangming hurried to the door.

The county magistrate obviously got the news, came over to ask about the situation, and then told Ye Dai with a straight face.

Ye Dai was scolded to the point of being devastated.

Ye Xiangming also complained about Wang Chen: "Don't spoil her too much. Everything depends on her temper."

Wang Chen smiled bitterly: "My son-in-law knows."

"This is none of your husband's business."

Ye Dai quickly wiped her tears and defended Wang Chen: "It's all my fault."

"You, you!"

Ye Xiangming actually loved his daughter very much. He waved his hand feebly and said, "Go and reflect on yourself. Wang Chen and I have something to discuss. We will have dinner here tonight."

After Ye Dai left, Ye Xiangming said seriously to Wang Chen: "The situation is not good now..."

First, Qing'an County asked the prefectural city above for help. As a result, the prefectural city expressed its inability to allocate half a grain of relief grain. Instead, it asked the county government to allocate part of the grain from the official warehouse to support the prefectural city.

Because all seven counties in Changyi Prefecture were hit by disasters, the drought in several counties was particularly severe.

The situation in Qing'an County is considered good.

At present, tens of thousands of victims have gathered outside Fucheng, and the number is still increasing.

The price of rice in Fucheng has risen to twenty cents per catty, and rice shops have even been robbed. The grain stored in the government treasury can only last for two or three months at most.

If no new rice is put into storage by then, the consequences will be disastrous.

As the saying goes, when the house leaks and it rains all night, the refugees in Santai County, where the drought is the worst, started a rebellion and almost brought down the county seat.

"There is probably a drought demon in Santai County."

Ye Xiangming's face was extremely ugly: "When the drought demon comes out, the red land will be thousands of miles away. We in Qing'an County can't be alone!"

For the mortal world, drought is undoubtedly one of the most terrible disasters.

Drought is often accompanied by natural disasters. Where it appears, rivers dry up and lakes dry up, and the wilderness is barren of grass. It can also bring fires.

It is normal for a drought demon to become a climate monster and destroy an entire country!

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In order to deal with this drought demon, Changyi Mansion has recruited martial arts masters and elite soldiers, and has also enlisted the help of the mage from Baiyunguan to prepare to kill it.

Although it is said that the sooner the drought demon is killed, the better, but as a natural disaster, the drought demon is not so easy to deal with.

I don’t know how many people have to die to solve it!

But that's not the most troublesome thing.

The biggest problem lies in the court of Nanli Kingdom. Since King Nanli became seriously ill half a year ago, the overt and covert fighting between several princes has entered a fierce state, which has greatly affected the country's situation.

Taken together, these circumstances give people the feeling that the country is about to lose its kingdom and that troubled times are approaching.

And once the sky falls, Ye Xiangming, who has always been strong in Qing'an County, dare not say that he can guarantee the safety of his wife, children, and children.

“To be prepared for a rainy day, you still have to make plans early.”

The county magistrate finally said to Wang Chen: "Both you and I need a way out."

Ye Xiangming was not making false threats. In less than half a month, the situation in Changyi Mansion deteriorated sharply.

With no way to survive, the refugees in Santai County finally captured the county seat after desperate efforts at all costs.

They looted all the big households in the city, killed the gentry, and then took a large number of civilians in the city to organize an army of rogue bandits and launched a raid on the adjacent areas of Santai County.

The news spread, and the entire Changyi Mansion fell into panic.

These bandits grew rapidly like a snowball, sweeping across Changyi Mansion like locusts, with their number exceeding 50,000.

This huge army of rogue bandits did not attack the city, which had strong defenses. Instead, they moved down the river, carrying more victims while attacking local counties.

Just one month later, Yongping County, located in the upper reaches of Qingshui River, was captured.

Yongping County is adjacent to Qing'an County, and its fall means that Qing'an County will face the frontline of the rogue army!

When the news came, all the gentry and merchants in the county panicked.

Many people hurriedly fled the city with their families to avoid the disaster in the south.

And a large number of people from the countryside poured into the county, causing the county's public security to deteriorate rapidly. Ye Xiangming patrolled the streets with soldiers every day and killed batches of rioters.

By the beginning of July, the county was overcrowded and the city gates were completely closed.

Because the bandits were coming.

Woo~

The desolate sound of the horn spread all over the fields. Outside Qing'an City, a large number of bandits came from all over the mountains and fields.

There were more than ten thousand people, and there was no end in sight. The bandits who surrounded Qing'an County were at least fifty or sixty thousand, covering a large area of ​​wilderness in black mass, which made people's scalps numb.

You should know that the population of Qing'an County was not so large. Ye Xiangming had only three hundred soldiers under his command. Even if the county government's constables were included, the armed force did not exceed five hundred.

They were facing an enemy a hundred times more numerous!

Under such circumstances, the county magistrate Yu Heqian and the county chancellor Ye Xiangming united as never before. They not only used tough means to recruit the servants of the gentry and wealthy families in the city to guard the house, but also organized all the members of the local gangs and distributed weapons to serve as soldiers.

In addition, a group of strong men were temporarily recruited, and finally a garrison force of 3,500 people was gathered.

In fact, if it really came to a critical moment, the old, weak, women and children in the city would have to fight on the city wall, otherwise they would be slaughtered.

The cruelty of the bandits is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!

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The first update is here.