Chapter 176 Caichen

"...I heard that another caravan has been lost in the mountains. This world is getting harder and harder."

"Don't talk about the caravan. I heard that there was another locust plague in the east a few days ago. I don't know if there is still a harvest in summer."

"I'm talking too far, you're afraid you don't know? It's Linguo County under our county government. Yes, it's the most remote county seat. It seems that people will not come back after going there. I heard that there may be evil inside, but the men in the county town don't care."

"Hey, no one in the county town is in charge of this now. The county magistrate was removed from his head in the middle of the night. I don't know which thief or those servants did it."

"Speak softly, do you want to die?!"

In a restaurant in Yunguo County, Yang Chu sat in a window on the street, listening to the sounds of various drinkers and diners talking to him around him, constantly analyzing the information in these words.

Since entering this county town, Yang Chu has been listening to various news around him.

After walking through the streets and alleys for a while, he came to this restaurant called "Food First".

The restaurant looks a little broken, but there are many people eating and drinking in the store, and it looks quite lively.

In fact, after Yang Chu entered the surrounding area of ​​Yunguo County, he saw everything along the way and found that it was much better than he expected.

Although there are a lot of chaos, fights, quarrels, murders, etc., it seems that most people have adapted to this situation.

When he was in Baiyao Mountain and Linguo County, what Yang Chu saw, heard and learned was almost the same. He felt that this so-called Chen Chao was already a complete world of demons.

But after leaving Baiyao Mountain and Linguo County, Yang Chu gradually realized that although the world was unstable and the order was at a certain rhythm of about to collapse, it could barely be maintained.

There are many rumors about some mountain spirits and ghosts, and there are even many people who see them, but most people don’t seem to care about that much in order to make a living.

This world does look like it was in the late dynasty, with chaos everywhere, but it also has many deviations from what Yang Chu knew about it.

After Yang Chu entered the city, he learned what he learned and what he heard in this restaurant with his extraordinary perception and psychic energy.

The people in Yunguo County were just talking about some thieves, bandits and bullies, or disasters and strange things, and there was no separatist force or rebels or rebels.

This is completely different from the situation where most dynasties competed for the throne and the princes were separatist.

Yunguo County is already a county town. Even if it is located in a remote place, if there is such news, it will not be completely unknown.

But no one mentioned this in the city. On the contrary, occasionally someone would talk about the court and hold a Dharma assembly.

Although most people don’t care where the so-called court is, there will always be some news about the business trips and the walking rangers.

"The reason for this is probably due to the empty nine-tenths of the ten families caused by civil strife in the Chen Dynasty in the past."

Yang Chu whispered to himself, and based on more and more information, he was analyzing his current situation and the Chen Chao.

The death of a large number of people has led to ghostly affairs and disasters among the people. In fact, the people cannot survive, but the government has lost control at the bottom, so the entire humanitarian society is in a state of disorder and chaos.

Of course, in Yang Chu's opinion, there are probably many demons and other people who are behind the scenes and deliberately do it.

but--

Yang Chu looked at the dishes on the table in front of him. He ordered a total of ten cold and hot dishes, and six were served on the table.

There is no shortage of poultry, beef and mutton, and there are also vegetable snacks.

In his perception, even if the diners at other tables were not as rich as he ordered, they were considered decent.

Judging from Yang Chu's experience in Yunguo County, the living conditions of the people are not bad.

Yang Chu felt that this should be the reason why there was no large-scale rebellion or uprising.

In the history he has learned, this has happened many times. Most of the time, the old dynasty collapsed, and after rounds of war, the new dynasty was established.

That is, the so-called dynasty law. After breaking the annexation and monopoly of land, a new dynasty was established and the people were able to rest and recuperate.

The current situation in the Chen Dynasty is that several consecutive rebellions and civil wars in the past have led to a large loss of population and an imbalance in the government order.

This has led to the rapid development of many demons and ghosts that may not have appeared in the past, or only a little bit, in the years of war, whether they devour a large amount of human flesh and blood or large areas without human habitation.

But on the other hand, those who barely survived are not under the control of the government and have not completely collapsed. The livelihoods of the people at the end of the year are actually not difficult.

A large amount of land is unowned, and as long as someone is willing to plant it, the people at the bottom can still get some rest.

Of course, this also leads to another problem, that is, the imbalance of order, which makes the people at the bottom seem to have improved in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but they have lost the most important protection of the right to life.

Without a strong order from the court and government to maintain, the population at the bottom would either join forces to warm up and form order. Or face exploitation and killing of more powerful forces.

So from this point of view, such a life may not be well discussed.

Most of the people who fled to Bai Yao Mountain are probably because of this.

"Oh, I've told you that I won't recruit workers here."

Just as Yang Chu analyzed the current situation based on the information he captured, suddenly a noise sounded in the restaurant lobby.

Yang Chu glanced slightly and saw a young man dressed in a scholar standing in front of the counter with a sad face.

This young scholar had beautiful eyebrows and extremely handsome eyes. However, his clothes were washed white and white, which could be seen to be quite depressed.

At this moment, the scholar was standing timidly at the counter and said to the middle-aged shopkeeper who was planning to do it: "Shopkeeper, I am really capable. Whether it is to run the hall or wash dishes, I can do it. I have also studied books, and even if I write a calculating job, I can do it. I really need a job to support myself."

"Ning Caichen, you are a scholar, you can't pick your shoulders and lift your hands. You can't do the work of my restaurant."

Behind the counter of the restaurant, the middle-aged shopkeeper with a mustache waved his hand impatiently, "As for saying that you can write and calculate, if you do this, are you the shopkeeper or I the shopkeeper?"

"This...this..."

The young scholar was squeezed and seemed to have no idea what to say. Suddenly, he saw the waiter who was running away next to him served a few side dishes on a tray, and rushed up in a few steps, "I'll do it, I'll do it, brother, let me do it..."

"Ahh, what are you doing?!"

The waiter who came out of the kitchen with wine and food was shocked by the sudden movement of the young scholar and shouted quickly.

"I'll do it, I'll do it..."

However, the young scholar ignored the waiter's obstruction and had already picked up the tray with both hands. He lowered his head slightly and asked the waiter with a little embarrassed look, "Brother, please ask which table of guests is?"

"The table at the bottom of the window."

The waiter saw the young scholar snatching the pallet, but he did not continue to fight, so as not to overturn the side dishes in the pallet. However, he had seen this scholar Ning before, and knew that the other party was here to grab his job, so he put a white towel on his shoulder and said angrily.

"Okay, I'll send it here."

The young scholar showed a grateful smile on his face, held the dish with both hands and walked towards the innermost seat next to the window of the restaurant.

The seat was Yang Chu.

However, just as the scholar was about to walk to Yang Chu's table with a few dishes on the tray, he suddenly passed by a guest table, a middle-aged man with a plaster on his face suddenly stretched out his feet and tripped.

"Oh--"

The young scholar suddenly stood unsteadily and fell towards the table where Yang Chu was.
Chapter completed!