Twilight falls, the sun is like blood, the west is dyed a crimson, like the God of the heavens blood spilled on the ground.
East Lake project area is about to be completed, Zhu Pingan official robe tucked in the waist, rolled up his sleeves, with the people to lift the green stone, reinforcing the lake embankment. This is the last three hundred metres of the lake embankment, after reinforcing this section of the lake embankment, the East Lake Engineering Area will be completed.
“Report ！！！！！！！ County honourable! Something bad has happened!”
An errand boy with dishevelled hair and blood-stained body desperately kicked the horse’s belly, shouting as he galloped.
The speed was fast! The sound of the horse’s hooves was like a raging storm, and dust flew behind him, raising a yellow sandy dust.
“Duke be careful.”Liu Dazhou, Liu Dazhun and the others instinctively blocked in front of Zhu Pingan to prevent any accidents.
“It’s He Xiao Er!”
When Zhu Pingan saw the person coming, he could not help but have his pupils shrink, He Xiao Er was a young strong man who was brave enough to defend the city against the Japanese and later signed up to be hired as an errand boy at the county office, he was honest and hardworking, Zhu Pingan had a very good impression of him, just how could He Xiao Er be covered in blood at the moment? The so-called big bad thing, and what happened?
“Your Honour!”When He Xiao Er saw Zhu Ping An, he pulled the reins with force, the speed of the horse came down, but he himself fell off the horse with exhaustion and fell heavily on the ground, tumbling all the way down the newly built lake embankment.
Right in the direction where He Xiao Er tumbled there was a piece of green stone that hadn’t been treated yet, if he had hit it, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“Quickly save the people.”Zhu Pingan hurriedly shouted.
Liu Dazhou answered and quickly stepped forward, his feet were like flying, tumbling over the boulder and saving He Xiao Er in the nick of time.
“He Xiao Er, how are you? What happened?!”Zhu Pingan quickly stepped forward and squatted down to ask.
“Cough cough ……”
He Xiao Er wanted to report in a hurry, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood, his face suffocating in a reddish purple colour.
“No rush! No rush!”Zhu Pingan used his hand to help He Xiao Er smooth out his breath, turned his head and shouted to the bottom, “Water, bring water.”
Someone darted up from below and handed over a water bag. Zhu Pingan took it and fed He Xiao Er a mouthful of water.
He Xiao Er drank a mouthful of water, forcefully swallowed the bloody phlegm stuck in his throat, and just as he was able to catch his breath, he hurriedly reported to Zhu Ping An, “County Duke ……Something bad has happened, the southern barbarians in the southeastern mountains of the Miao rebellion, they broke through the southeastern flood avoidance area, robbed the flood avoidance area of three thousand stones of stored grain, and also robbed a large number of refugee people ……”
“What? The southern barbarians are rebelling again? What can we do?!”
“Oh my god, why are these thousand-killing barbarians coming down the mountain again! These barbarians are ten thousand times more terrifying than the Japanese invaders! They drink human blood and eat human flesh! There’s no way for the refugees to survive!”
“My dear mother, these goddamned southern barbarians are rebelling again! What can we do? Do you remember five years ago when the southern barbarians rebelled? The governor invited the guards to bring 5,000 soldiers to quell the rebellion, but the rebellion was not quelled, the people were killed by the southern barbarians, and half of the guards were also killed or injured.”
“Don’t talk about it, think about it is afraid ah, that time the southern barbarians down the mountain rebellion, like a locust plague, wherever they passed by, not an inch of grass, a lot of villages have suffered, but also almost to the county to break through.”
When the people in the East Lake Food-for-Work Project Area heard about the Southern Barbarians Hmong Rebellion, they all turned pale with fear, and when they heard about the Southern Barbarians Hmong Rebellion, they were more than several times more afraid than when they heard about the Japanese siege of the city.
Southern Barbarian Hmong Rebellion!
Zhu Pingan was shaken after hearing He Xiao Er’s report. When he entered the government of Jingnan, he had heard that there were five major evils in Jingnan, the first evil was the corrupt officials, the collusion between the government and the bandits, the collusion between the government and the businessmen, the collusion between the government and the mines, and the fish and meat of the people; the second evil was the rebel of the southern barbarians and Miao people, and the people suffered; the third evil was the invasion of the mountain thieves, the fourth evil was the invasion of the sea thieves, and the fifth evil was the massacre by the Japanese invaders. This southern barbarian Miao rebellion is the second most harmful, more harmful than mountain bandits and Japanese invaders!
Just their own main Jingnan time is still short, and busy with the Japanese, flood resistance, etc., the southern barbarians and Miao has not been quiet, they also ignored. Unexpectedly, at this juncture, the southern barbarians Miao actually rebelled! They broke through the southeast flood avoidance area and robbed the grain and grass, not to mention a large number of refugee people!
Good!
Good timing! Just before I leave for my appointment, I will get rid of this evil for Jingnan! Zhu Pingan fixed his gaze.
“He Xiao Er, you’ve done a good job, the news is already known to this official. You take care of your injuries and leave the rest to this official.”
Zhu Pingan patted He Xiao Er’s arm approvingly, and instructed the people below him, ordering them to take good care of He Xiao Er.
“There is no need for you folks to worry, as long as this official is here, I will ensure that you folks are safe and sound!”
Zhu Pingan was calm and composed as he stood up and shouted to the panicked people below with a confident face.
Zhu Pingan’s confidence and calmness infected the people below, and the people quieted down from their panic.
Yes, we have County Honour, if County Honour can drive away the Japanese invaders, he can definitely pacify the rebellious southern barbarian Miao descendants!
“Officer Liu, I’ll leave this place to you, everything will be done as before. Wang Lizheng, Zhang Lizheng, Xia Lizheng, Tao Lizheng, you assist Liu. After building the lake embankment, gather the people to return to the flood shelter area, set up a fence and camp, and do a good job of guarding and protecting the area. Big Sword, Big Gun, you gather the officers and return to the county town with me quickly.”
Zhu Pingan was unperturbed by the change, and after arranging the affairs of the project area one by one, he explained a few words to Liu Dianliang and the others, and then led Liu Dazhou, Liu Dazhun, and the dozens of assembled servants, to quickly return to the county town.
On the way back, Zhu Pingan sent several agents to different engineering areas and flood avoidance areas, ordering them to gather all the officials and agents to the Jingnan County Office without fail.
As the sun set like blood, Zhu Pingan, Liu Dazhou and his group returned to Jingnan County in a blood-red afterglow.
The county government office had already received the news, and Han Dianliang and other officials were as anxious as ants on a hot pan at the county government office.
“County Duke, the southern barbarian Miao people have rebelled ……”
After Zhu Pingan rushed to the county office, Han Dianli and the others were like they had found their backbone and quickly greeted them.
“This official already knows.”Zhu Pingan ordered as he walked, “Zhang Dianliang, you take people to open the government storehouse and take out all the armour and equipment; Qian Dianliang, you take people to open the warehouse and count 30,000 stones of grain and grass and load them onto the wagon for backup; Liu Dianliang, Han Dianliang, you two take people to quickly go to gather 1,000 young and strong people; Sun Dianliang, you draft an official document in the name of this official and announce it to the people of the whole county ……”
Zhu Pingan’s orders were issued one after another, strategising and methodical, Zhang Dianli and the others were infected by Zhu Pingan’s composure, and calmed down in the midst of Zhu Pingan’s strategising orders, one by one, they answered and led the orders.
After Zhu Pingan’s return, the county office looked like it had a brain. Soon, the entire county office was mobilised by Zhu Pingan, each in their own way, and prepared quickly.
