Time Travel: Remarrying a Little Wolf Dog

Mobilizing such a large number of troops was not the result that the county magistrate wanted.

But he also knew that it was impossible to confront the victims head-on.

no one.

But if he really asked everyone to hide in the mountains, he really couldn't make up his mind for a while.

These are not just one or two villages, but a whole county under its jurisdiction.

There are dozens of them, and one move can affect the whole body.

If everyone can't move properly and just turn around and run to the county, will he open the door or not?

Obviously everyone has considered this aspect, but there is really no way to solve this problem.

Under normal circumstances, they could send troops to keep an eye on the situation, but now, who would dare to send out the garrison to do this when disaster victims are approaching the city?

Neither the left nor the right.

Everyone proposed several methods one after another, but they were all rejected by others.

Finally, a compromise was worked out. On the one hand, the county lieutenant sent soldiers to pacify and drive away the victims, and not let them go in.

On the other hand, the county magistrate sent three letters a day to the provincial capital and the capital, hoping that troops would be sent over.

Next, the county magistrate will organize the wealthy families in the city to donate some money and grain. At the critical moment, he may also have to provide disaster relief and appeasement to delay time.

But this is not a long-term solution. With so many victims, even if all the rich families in the county were emptied out, they would not be able to be accommodated for long.

But there is no other way, we can only take one step at a time.

The chief clerk was in the county to appease the people of the entire county, otherwise the people inside would panic and rebel because of the panic if no one came in. That would be a joke.

Everything that needed to be arranged had been arranged, everything that needed to be said had been said, and everyone took their tasks and left.

The county lieutenant selected a thousand soldiers and led them out of the city in a mighty procession.

On the way, He An met a soldier passing by and quickly hid aside to observe for a while.

He waited until he saw the city gate open and then closed before returning with his servants.

He went to look for Su Yan first, but he looked around the house and didn't see anyone.

I knew she was going to the main courtyard and just turned around and walked past.

At this time, Su Yan was indeed sitting with his grandparents and talking about what happened today. As they were talking, He An came in.

Seeing that everyone was there, He An told everything he had just seen, "...The county lieutenant took a lot of people out, probably to the disaster victims."

Su Yan: "Is the city gate open now?"

He An sat down and answered, "It was opened for a while, and then closed again. I think people will not be allowed to enter or leave until this matter is dealt with."

Su Yan lowered his head and said nothing, his brows furrowed.

Everyone else knew her concerns, but this was not something that ordinary people like them could have the final say on.

In troubled times, people are like dogs and can only go with the flow.

Although it is not a time of chaos, no one can say for sure whether the current situation in the county will become like that.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and then Grandfather He asked He An, "How many people did the county lieutenant bring just now? Did you count them?"

He An shook his head. "No, but I estimate it's about a thousand people."

Grandfather He: "We don't know how many disaster victims there are outside. Are these soldiers enough?"

He An: "It's not enough, but there's nothing we can do. We only have a few troops stationed in the county, and we have to take at least half of them away at once."

"You can't take the rest with you. You have to stay in the county."

Grandfather He nodded and said, "We will just go to negotiate with these few people. I hope we can appease them."

"If not, we can just donate some food and send the people away!"

Su Yan and Grandmother He also thought so. Donating food was better than fighting a war, but they didn't know whether the victims would agree or not.

The victims naturally disagreed.

Although the county lieutenant brought half of the county's troops, the victims were not afraid at all.

On the one hand, there were few cavalrymen here, only about twenty or so, and the rest were infantrymen. The weapons they held were crudely made, and it was obvious that they had not been used for a long time and were rusty.

On the other hand, there were so many of them that it would be enough to surround them several times.

In fact, if the county lieutenant had not been experienced, he would not have noticed when he first arrived that the victims were slowly forming a circle, and would not have immediately taken the people and retreated to a safe distance.

Otherwise, they might have been made into dumplings by now.

However, even if he had not been surrounded, the county lieutenant would still feel heavy-hearted.

With such tacit understanding, they were not afraid of officers and soldiers and acted in an orderly manner.

This is definitely not something that the disaster victims can do on their own.

It seems that there is someone in charge among the victims.

This is too bad!

The county lieutenant winked, and his personal soldiers nodded, then rode forward and shouted to the disaster victims in the distance, "Our county lieutenant has been ordered to come here to check. Do you have any consuls? Step forward, the lord has something to say."

The victims in the front row looked at each other and did nothing.

The soldier looked back at the county lieutenant and shook his head.

The personal soldier could only ignore this matter and continued, "The county magistrate and the county lieutenant already know about your affairs."

"They feel very sorry for your situation and know that you did it just to survive and it was not your intention."

"The county magistrate has already written to the court, requesting disaster relief. You just need to wait a while. In a few days, the relief grain will arrive, and you can all survive."

"As long as you lay down your weapons now and stop resisting, the county lieutenant promises to forgive you for what happened!"

This time there was movement among the victims, but the leader still did not come out. He just sent someone out to pass on the message.

And his attitude was very impolite, "None of you high-ranking officials keep your word!"

"We won't listen to those empty words. If you want us to stop making trouble, send us 100 dan of grain today."

"We have to eat our fill before we can wait for news from the court. If we don't have enough to eat, we can go to our fellow villagers' homes and eat as guests!"

The guard got angry and pointed his weapon at him, "You..."

"Aren't you afraid that the imperial court will send troops to suppress you?"

The disaster victim pouted and said disdainfully, "Our lives are gone, why should we think so much?"

Then he said viciously, "Don't disbelieve us. We have done everything to survive along the way."

"If there's no food, we'll go and steal it. Even if we die, we'll die well-fed!"

The soldier was so shocked by the man's cold eyes that he leaned back. Only when he came to his senses did he realize what he had done.

He was so angry that he was about to turn hostile, but the victims on the opposite side seemed to realize it and immediately turned around and ran back to the group of victims.

Then, together with other victims, they all stared at the bodyguards viciously.

The anger of the personal soldier was immediately extinguished by a bucket of cold water poured over his head.

There was no choice but to look back at the county lieutenant.

There is nothing the county lieutenant can do.

These people are obviously stubborn and will not act until they see the rabbit.

The county lieutenant glanced at the expressions of the victims in front of him and felt like a huge stone was pressing on his heart.

These disaster victims were definitely not the first to come to their county. They probably went to other places before and were then cheated by local officials.

That's why I'm so alert now.

But even though they were on guard, the county lieutenant could still feel that they did not want to fall out with the government.