I am engaged in construction in ancient times

Chapter 140 ...

During these three days, Duan Shubai did not waste time and secretly made many small moves.

Because he was the person in charge of transporting grain, he could take advantage of many opportunities to move the materials in the system space and mix them into the prepared grain. At the same time, he also pretended to be a merchant in Xuanzhou and created several batches of grain and seeds out of thin air and filled them into the warehouse in Xinyang City.

When Duan Shubai left this time, he chose to leave secretly in the early morning. This time he finally successfully avoided the scene of parting.

Xiao Yuhe took the medicine and slept soundly.

Last night, Xiao Tuantuan slept in the same bed with them. When Duan Shubai got up, he kissed Xiao Yuhe's sleeping face, picked up the little fat boy, pinched his little fat face, and put him down again. He got out of bed lightly and put on his clothes.

After getting dressed, Duan Shubai returned to the bedside and couldn't help touching Xiao Yuhe's face again. His eyes stayed on the gray and white spots on his face for a while, and he leaned over to kiss the other's bright red cinnabar mole. He turned his face away and finally made up his mind not to look at Xiao Yuhe again.

Duan Shubai picked up Xiao Tuantuan on the bed and left the room with Xiao Pangdun.

Xiao Pangdun slept very soundly. When he was in bed, he slept in a "surrender" posture. Duan Shubai picked him up and changed the position of his hands, which made Xiao Pangdun a little dissatisfied. He smacked his lips, but still slept very sweetly.

After sending Xiao Pangdun back to his own room and letting the women who took care of Xiao Tuantuan to watch over him, Duan Shubai left with peace of mind.

The autumn wind was even more fierce on the day of departure. On the return journey, they were carrying a large amount of grain and seeds, and adding many carriages and soldiers to transport grain and grass, so their marching speed was not fast.

The further south you go, the higher the temperature becomes. You have to take off your heavy clothes and put on simple, light clothes.

"The weather here is so strange, hot one moment, cold the next. It's almost late autumn, why is the sun still so scorching?"

"I was sweating all over, and I thought I was back in summer."

The soldiers who had never been to Lanqian lamented the impermanence of the seasons. There are very few four seasons in areas near the sea, such as Lanqian.

Arriving at the camp, Duan Shubai jumped off his horse and asked someone to guard the food and grass. At this time, Zhang Changle hurried over. Duan Shubai smiled and asked him, "Why do you look so bad? What happened?"

Zhang Changle looked serious, "General, a lot of things happened after you left."

Seeing that his face was not fake, Duan Shubai withdrew his smile and returned to a cold face, "Go back and tell me in detail."

Zhang Changle nodded heavily.

Duan Shubai and Zhang Changle returned to the newly built council hall together. Zhang Changle handed Duan Shubai documents and evidence. Duan Shubai read the documents and listened to Zhang Changle's narration, and his expression became more and more solemn.

The bandits ruled the place and it was very difficult to manage.

After Duan Shubai left, some people took advantage of the situation and some foreigners tried to rebel, but they were suppressed by Zhang Changle and others. Suppression inevitably leads to bloodshed. People in the southern part of Yangzhou saw these situations. Rumors spread among the crowd that Duan Shubai was tyrannical, just like the pirates, and they even felt that they were not as good as when the pirates were there.

People's hearts are changeable.

Good and evil only change in an instant.

When the pirates oppressed them, although they lived a miserable life and were exploited, these people also saw a different way.

They didn't have to work hard to grow crops on the ground, and they didn't have to work as long-term laborers for others. They could live a rich life by stealing, robbing and killing people.

Duan Shubai's people asked them to build houses and villages, reclaim wasteland to plant trees, and sweat every day. They looked up to the sun and looked down to the land, which caused dissatisfaction among some people.

These dissatisfactions gradually accumulated, and a group of people gathered together to make trouble.

Duan Shubai took Zhang Changle to the place where the trouble was.

A group of black people surrounded there. They threw the hoes and sticks in their hands on the ground and started to quarrel with Duan Shubai's soldiers. There were a group of women holding children watching the fun.

Duan Shubai squeezed into the crowd, and the soldiers took the initiative to make way for him.

When Zhu Lian, the leader of the troublemakers, saw the suspected leader coming, his eyes flashed with joy, and he shouted even more:

"Why do you want us to grow corn? It's a bullshit that we have never heard of. We have worked hard for you for a year, but who will be responsible for the harvest?"

"We are not your slaves, bah!"

"One robber left, and another one came."

"If you hadn't come, we would have been fine under their hands."

Although Zhu Lian was a citizen of Yangzhou, he got along very well with the group of pirates. Although the pirates were vicious, Zhu Lian was envious of them when he saw them eating and drinking well. He tried hard to please a small leader and he could get a good job soon. Who knew that Duan Shubai would come with his men at this time.

The pirates were driven away, and the good job he had been thinking about was gone.

This made Zhu Lian extremely dissatisfied.

He was about to change from a slave to a slave, and he would soon receive the money from the pirates. However, it was all because of Duan Shubai. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't be digging the ground and building roads with a hoe.

Zhu Lian was resentful. He could have enjoyed the fruits of his labor, but Duan Shubai deprived him of everything.

Most of the people who followed him to make trouble had the same fate as Zhu Lian. They were all doing well under the rule of the pirates. They only cared about their vested interests, and the lives of others had nothing to do with them.

Zhang Changle stood up and said, "The pirates have harmed so many people. Yongning City was massacred and burned to ashes. You still speak for them. Are you still human?"

Duan Shubai said, "We just let you cultivate the land, build roads and houses, but we have never treated you as unhuman. If you cultivate the land well and harvest food in a few months, you will gradually live a prosperous life."

Zhu Lian sneered, "If you don't come, we can still live a prosperous life. Although those pirates eat well, they will not lack food for us."

Duan Shubai also sneered, "But the food you mentioned is also robbed from others."

"Have you ever thought about the people who were robbed?"

Zhu Lian said, "The strong prey on the weak, and they deserve to be robbed."

Duan Shubai shook his head, "They are my people of Yangzhou. I will never let their property be robbed by foreign enemies. The food, jewelry and gold in the hands of the pirates were all taken from the people of Yangzhou."

"As a Yangzhou native, you don't care about the people of Yangzhou, but instead favor the pirates everywhere. You deserve the dead people of Yangzhou."

The people behind Zhu Lian hesitated slightly when they heard it, and the crowd watching the excitement also talked about it: "The pirates don't treat us as human beings at all. They enslave this one today and enslave that one tomorrow. Fortunately, General Duan rescued us from the pirates."

"My dead daughter was killed by that damn bandit leader."

"What's there to be dissatisfied about? We are farmers. Planting crops is the right thing to do. Zhu Lian, I think you should pick up your hoes and work together."