Chapter 879: The Miserable World of Military Households
"The big thing is settled!"
After Wang Duwei left, Yang Rong, who had been in the inner room, came out and smiled and said, "With Wang Duwei here, the other two guards are weak, so there is no need to be afraid."
Fang Xing sighed and said, "I thought it was just a deduction, but I didn't expect that I could eat half of the empty salary. If an enemy army landed in Tianjin, I could get a shot!"
Zhu Gaoxu said with a breath of breath: "The three guards in Tianjin have rotted two guards, how about Xuanfu?"
"The Xuanfu won't do it."
Fang Xing said confidently: "Xuanfu is an important town. Your Majesty will recruit me every time he goes north. At most, he will deduct it and embezzle the military camp."
"This wind cannot last!"
Yang Rong shook his head and said, "The garrisons in the south are almost rotten. It is because the north is facing the grasslands and the emperor often fights in person, so he restrained it. According to His Majesty's will, we should use the power of thunder to destroy this evil spirit in one fell swoop!"
Fang Xing stood up and said, "The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow will be clear."
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The next day, Fang Xing took a few servants and Yang Rong to wander around Tianjin City.
Depressed, dead!
Walking slowly along the street, the scattered shops on both sides were dirty and there were very few customers.
The shopkeeper looked dull and didn't care about the quality of the business.
The customers hesitated and tried their best to fight, bringing a touch of freshness to this morning.
Although the city was dead, there was no beggar, nor could it see the person who was not covered in clothes.
After walking a while, Xin Laoqi behind him said, "Master, someone is following us."
Fang Xing kept smiling and said, "Call him out."
So the two people behind were in trouble. They followed him less than fifty meters away and were caught in the alley.
Fang Xing and Yang Rong also successfully turned into an alley. Looking at the same wooden house, Fang Xing felt that this was a slum.
Yang Rong pointed to the family that was not even closed tightly and said, "Go in and ask."
Fang Xing didn't knock on the door and pushed it open.
"Who?"
The light in the room was not very good. Fang Xing pushed open the door and saw a woman covering her eyes with her hands and looking at herself blankly.
"Sister-in-law, we are from Jinling, I want to see your situation."
The woman is wearing a gray dress, and looks like a men's clothing. She is a big piece and has multiple patches.
"you……"
The woman put down her hand, Fang Xing saw a hole in her armpit, and turned her head and said, "Sister-in-law, is your husband a soldier?"
The woman looked at Fang Xing blankly, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Go out! Catch the thief! Help!"
Fang Xing said coldly: "I am Fang Xing, Da Mingxing and Bo, the one behind me is Lord Yang next to His Majesty. He is ordered to come and inspect the Northern Warriors. At least a bunch of people will die in Tianjin Warriors!"
The woman stopped shouting and looked at Fang Xing with a dull look.
"No matter Zhu Xian or anyone, as long as corruption is found, they will be finished. Do you understand? I am Xinghe Bo, he is Yang Rong, and ten Zhu Xian will die!"
Yang Rong also said in a gentle voice: "I am Yang Rong guaranteeing you that His Highness the King of Han is also in the city. No matter who it is, as long as this case is involved, he will not be able to escape."
The woman gradually became a little angry in her dull eyes. Just when Fang Xing thought she was going to appeal, she saw her covering her face with her hands and crying loudly with the sound of... coming from her throat.
“Ah…ah…!”
The depressed cry made Fang Xing feel stuffy in his chest. He gritted his teeth and said to Xin Laoqi: "Call someone, if anyone stops me today, I will start a killing kill!"
"Xinghe Bo!"
Yang Rong said seriously: "If you force too much, today's Tianjin City may be destroyed!"
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Fang Xing cursed like a trapped beast until he heard the crying of a child in the inner room. The crying sounded subtle, and it sounded like a cat's meow.
The woman's suppressed howling was immediately interrupted. She stood up and rushed in, and then the sound of slapping the child came.
"Sister-in-law, there is some food here."
Fang Xing’s family had two children, so when he heard the crying, he knew that the child was probably weak.
The woman coaxed the child to sleep inside, and then came out, and said with a pale face: "The civilian woman has met two adults."
Fang Xing saw the woman panic and said, "No, you boldly say that after a while, Tianjin City will be controlled by our department. My uncle will send someone to guard the alley in your house until the end of the case."
The woman calmed down, so Xin Laoqi came over with a bag and opened it for her to show it.
"This is a powder made of milk, brewed with boiled water, which can be drunk by adults and children. Also, this is compressed dry food. If you eat a small piece of it, you will be full..."
Xin Laoqi opened the large porcelain bottle containing milk powder. A scent of milk lit up the woman's eyes and begged: "Sir, may the civilian woman go to feed the child first?"
Fang Xing felt heavy in his heart and nodded, "Go, be sure to boil the water and then brew it."
This should be the family of three. The inner room is the bedroom, and the outer room is the kitchen and living room. In addition to the earth stove on the right, it is a wooden table and three low stools that you can make yourself.
The family is barely covered with walls!
Yang Rong had already seen the earthen stove, and he whispered in a little unbearable way: "Xinghe Bo, I want to send someone to the warehouse to transfer some food."
Tianjin/Tianjin is an important canal transportation distribution center. The Ministry of Revenue has a branch here, which specializes in managing warehouses and counting goods.
Fang Xing shook his head and said, "There is a warehouse in the city. When we take down a group of people tomorrow, we will open the warehouse."
At this time, the woman attracted firewood and the room was filled with smoke.
After the firewood is ignited, the smoke goes out through a secret passage, which is convenient.
After the woman brewed a bowl of milk with milk powder and fed the child, Fang Xing and Yang Rong finally heard the real situation of the Three Guards in Tianjin.
"...The food rations are all on Shangguan's hands, and they are given once every three days. If you are disobedient, you will be halved or not..."
The woman licked her lips that had tasted milk powder just now, felt the sweetness, and then continued, "Someone went to question the food and wages, and was beaten to death that night, the corpse was hung at the gate of the city, and all the family were driven to the canal to work hard labor. She was tortured to death after not long after."
Yang Rongjiu's hand was trembling, and he raised his eyes and asked, "Did no one report it?"
"Report?"
The woman sneered, "All of them were beaten to death, and the whole family disappeared, so the remaining people, the bravest ones, ran away, and the timid ones, were like my family, suffering every day, and I don't know if they could survive until the child grew up."
"brute!"
Yang Rong scolded.
Fang Xing looked at him with a smile and asked the woman: "Is there any labor?"
"Yes." The woman's eyes were full of hatred: "The local officials shouted, Zhu Xian and they asked people to work happily, doing everything, including building houses, farming for those officials' families, doing everything, just like official slaves."
Fang Xing closed his eyes and breathed for a long time: "Sister-in-law, be at ease, this matter will last for these two days."
The woman's face returned to death and said blessedly: "Thank you for your food, and saved the lives of the women and children."
After leaving the gate, Fang Xing saw that a general flag headquarters of Jubaoshan Guard was already patrolling the alley, and said, "No one is allowed to enter if you are not here. If anyone breaks through, sends a signal, you will be killed without mercy!"
Yang Rong said in a daze: "Why is that woman so sad again? Can't she trust us?"
Chapter completed!