Datang: Integrate three times the combat power of Lv Bu at the beginning

Under the leadership of the black-faced man, several people came to Liujia Village.

The village is not small, with nearly three hundred families.

He took Li Chengqian and the others around the village and came to an inconspicuous courtyard.

"That's right here." The black-faced man pointed to the small courtyard and said.

"You go in first." Li Chengqian said with downcast eyes.

Hearing the words, the black-faced man pushed open the courtyard door without hesitation.

Creaking, the dilapidated wooden door made a harsh sound.

As soon as the door was opened, Li Chengqian smelled a faint smell of blood in the courtyard.

Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Go, let's go in."

Several people walked into the courtyard, and the smell of blood became stronger.

"Cousin?" The black-faced man shouted at the top of his voice.

But there was no sound from inside the house.

Xue Rengui strode into the house.At the same time, his voice came from the room, "Your Highness, it's not good."

Hearing this, they hurried into the house.

The moment he stepped into the house, a strong smell of blood came to his face.

Li Chengqian looked to the ground, a man was lying in a pool of blood.

"Cousin!" The black-faced man screamed in shock and rushed over.

Li Chengqian stepped forward, the man's eyes were full of fear.

He frowned, "People were killed so quickly, the clues were interrupted."

Soon...

After packing up his cousin's body, the black-faced man sat next to Li Chengqian and told him everything he knew.

To Li Chengqian's regret, what he said was exactly the same as what he said in the tavern, and there were no other important clues.

However, judging from the current situation, Li Chengqian also has a general understanding of this matter.

Li Chengqian, who had nothing to gain, didn't want to delay any longer, so he got up and wanted to leave.

The black-faced man looked at Li Chengqian who was about to leave, and said anxiously: "Benefactor, you can't leave. If you leave, they will definitely send someone to kill me. They will."

At this time, he was still in shock.

The halfway interception left a great shadow on him.

Li Chengqian thought about it, and took him to the nearest government office.

After revealing his identity, he told the county government to take the black-faced man in for a few days until the case was solved.

The cousin of the black-faced man was killed, he lived in the government, and those people would not take the risk to come to the government to kill him.

After all, he is not an important person.

Chapter 269 You are so downcast, how can there be Mingjun

After settling down the black-faced man, several people continued eastward, heading straight for Xuzhou.

Halfway, Xue Rengui looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Your Highness, where are we going now?"

After pondering for a moment, Li Chengqian said: "Feng County, Xuzhou, let's go to the county government office where Liu Sanlin works."

Liu Sanlin was the cousin of the black-faced man, but he had already been killed.

As a small county government official, he can understand the tricks in disaster relief so clearly.

The degree of corruption of Xuzhou officials can be imagined.

Speechless all the way.

The three traveled day and night, trekking long distances, and finally entered the border of Henan Province.

The disasters in Huaizhou, Bianzhou and other places were not too serious, but there were not a few officers and soldiers on the road.

In Xuzhou and other places, refugees from the hardest-hit areas are migrating here in large numbers.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, people cannot move freely on a large scale.

But the famine was severe and they couldn't get enough to eat, so they no longer cared about these things, and went wherever there was food.

With more victims, the law and order in the surrounding states will be extremely unstable, and people who are extremely hungry will be able to do anything.

Seeing these poor refugees, Li Chengqian could deeply feel the root cause of the dynasty's demise.

If so many disaster victims cannot be properly resettled, how can the country be stable and the country be stable.

Entering the border of Songzhou, the disaster victims can be seen everywhere, in groups, in ragged clothes, with sallow complexions.

In his mouth, he gnawed on the weeds he had pulled out from nowhere.

If the three of them hadn't been full of blood and held knives in their hands, Li Chengqian would have been afraid that they would rush to snatch the horse.

He did not expect that the drought here would be so severe.

The ground is cracked, without a trace of moisture, and the surroundings are barren, without a trace of life.

The trees that I saw occasionally were bare, and even the bark was eaten away.

Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance looked at the devastated land full of corpses of victims, their eyes were scarlet, and the veins on their foreheads were bulging.

Now they hate these corrupt officials.

It is one thing for the court to have no food relief, but it is another thing for the relief food allocated by the court to not reach the people.

Not far away.

Several people stopped beside a dead tree.

There are two people under the tree, a man and a woman. The woman is holding a child about four years old in her hands.

The children cried endlessly, heart-piercing.

The man looked at Li Chengqian and the others who had stopped, hurried forward, and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Masters, please do me a favor. My child is about to starve to death. Please give us something to eat. I beg you."

The man burst into tears, knocked his head on the ground uncontrollably, and blood came out after only a few knocks.

Xue Rengui hurried forward and helped him up, "My fellow, what are you doing?"

Wang Xuance at the side hurriedly took out dry food and water and handed them over, "My fellow, give the child something to eat first."

When the man saw the food and water, he just stretched out his hand, then retracted it, and knelt down on the ground again, "The great kindness of the grandpas, I, Zhang Sheng, have to repay the grandpas."

The woman on the side knelt down with the children.

Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance felt their noses sore, and tears welled up in their eyes.

The blood-stained battlefield, the two unparalleled generals who killed countless enemies, couldn't stand this scene.

Wang Xuance stepped forward to help them up, and said softly: "My fellow, get up quickly, and let the children eat first."

Xue Rengui stood aside, gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists with veins bulging, "These gang of dog officials are really inhuman, how dare they do that!"

Li Chengqian stood aside, silent.Now arresting corrupt officials is a small matter, but solving the food and clothing of these people is a major matter.

If the matter is not resolved for a day, the people will be hungry for a day.

A family of three, squatting on the ground, began to gobble up regardless of the image.

While stuffing the flatbread into his mouth, the man tore the flatbread and jerky for the children.

The man chewed and swallowed hard until there was no more food in his mouth, for fear that the dry food would fly away.

Seeing them like this, Li Chengqian felt uncomfortable.

These are the people of their Great Tang, and this is his incompetence as the prince of the Great Tang.

When the three of them ate almost enough.

Li Chengqian stepped forward and asked, "Fellow townspeople, Songzhou hasn't distributed food for you for a few days."

The man respectfully said: "Go back to my lord, it has been three days since the food was distributed, and some bran was distributed before, but now even the bran is gone."

He could tell that Li Chengqian was the person in charge of these people, and he was very disappointed in his words.

Li Chengqian continued: "Do you know why?"

The man shook his head and said: "But I heard that the inspector sent by the emperor died. Many officials in Songzhou were afraid of being implicated, so they ran away with the disaster relief funds."

Li Chengqian nodded, and continued: "Then where did you come from?"

The man said helplessly: "We came from Ning County, where more and more disaster victims gathered, but the government couldn't distribute relief food. There was no other way, so they started sending troops to drive away the victims."

Hearing this, Xue Rengui was filled with righteous indignation: "Send troops to drive away the victims, will they be able to do it?"

"Alas..." Wang Xuance sighed from the side: "They are worse than the man-eating Turks, and they are really hateful!"

Li Chengqian frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said softly: "Then where are you going?"

"Where?" The man chuckled, shook his head and laughed at himself: "We don't know, let's take one step at a time. Hey, I have pity on my child. He has just caught up with Ming Jun's position. How could he end up like this, following us to eat and sleep without food? Fulfill your hunger."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian snorted and said: "Mingjun? You have been so downcast, how can there be Mingjun."

Hearing his words, the man suddenly regained his spirits, "My lord, you can't say that. The current emperor is a wise king who cares about the world, and the current crown prince is also a holy lord who takes the people of the world as his own responsibility. How many victories did the Tang Dynasty win?"

"It's not that Songzhou didn't have relief food, and it's not that His Majesty didn't distribute it. It's just...it's just that they were deceived by villains."

"But I believe that the imperial court will know about the situation here and send people to help us."

As the man spoke, his eyes gradually filled with luster and hope.

Li Chengqian patted him on the shoulder, got up and said, "Brother, take your wife and children to Songzhou City, where relief food will be distributed soon."

"En?" The man stood up immediately, "My lord, is what you said true? But I heard that Songzhou City is also driving away the victims."

Li Chengqian got on his horse, "It won't happen soon, you just go and tell all the victims you see by the way."

Then he said to Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance: "Leave them the dry food and water, and let's go."

Wang Xuance threw a burden to him, "My fellow, it's right to listen to our young master, go to Songzhou City."

After the words fell, several people rode away.

The man hurriedly caught up and said loudly: "My lords, I thank you, my villain. Your great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by this villain."

At this moment, he felt a little guilty, and even forgot to ask their names.

Chapter 270 Attacked Halfway

On the way, Li Chengqian pondered for a moment, stopped his horse, and said in a deep voice, "Let's not go to Xuzhou for now."

"Your Highness, why didn't you go?" Xue Rengui wondered, "Aren't we going to arrest those corrupt officials?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "I really don't feel relieved about these victims. We should solve the problem of food and clothing for the victims first."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head and said to Wang Xuance: "Xuance, you take the prince's order and go to Bianzhou, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou to collect some grain and grass, and then let the Chenzhou army transport the grain and grass to the capitals of the states, and then distribute them to the cities of the states. For disaster relief in the county, remember that Chen Zhoujun is responsible for every link."

Gu Liuyun, commander of the Chenzhou army, and Li Chengqian had several support.

He is upright and cares about the common people. Li Chengqian has a good impression of him, and he should be very easy to use.

Wang Xuance cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Highness, the last general will go now."

"By the way, there must not be enough food and grass in these three states." Li Chengqian stopped him suddenly, "In addition, write a letter to Su Dingfang, let him lead the White Robe Army and the Modao Army, escort enough food and grass to come to support, and let the Zheng family raise tents Deliver it together with some necessary supplies."

"It's a waste of time to go to the Ministry of Households to approve food and grass. All the money and food this time will be borne by me. Tell him that no matter the cost, what I want is time."

"The sooner he comes, the sooner the hardships of the people in these four states will end."

His tone was decisive and unquestionable.

This is the advantage of being rich. For such a big matter, you don't need to ask the Ministry of Finance for approval.

Wang Xuance got on his horse, "Yes, the last general takes orders."

After saying that, he galloped towards Chenzhou.