Chapter 152 Ingratitude
The next day, Dongfang Ming was woken up by the noise.
There were endless noises in the camp, and Dongfang Ming walked out of the camp with his sleepy eyes rubbed his sleepy eyes.
A soldier immediately saw Dongfang Ming awake and came up to explain the situation to him.
Yesterday, the group of refugees who took the lead in trying to grab food gathered more people today, and they wanted to grab the small amount of food left in the army.
There were a total of thousands of people, and many of them were holding strange-shaped "weapons" that they had pulled from somewhere.
The sickle, axe, and hoe are quite decent. Some people hold a spoon in their hands and even can't tell what it is. It looks ridiculous and has no deterrent power that a weapon should have. Rather than intimidating others, it is better to say that it is holding it in your hands to give yourself more courage.
Yesterday, the refugees saw Dongfang Ming giving them food so easily, thinking that Dongfang Ming was afraid that they were too many and did not want to cause trouble.
The grain was carried back, and several supplies were loaded with grains of 100 packs of large and small. However, there were so many refugees and they were hungry for a long time. Such grain was just a drop in the bucket and was quickly divided.
This is how people are. After eating a full meal, they will start thinking about the next meal.
These refugees gathered together to calculate that when they moved the food yesterday, there were still many supplies trucks that were not empty, and Dongfang Ming was so afraid of them. It would be better to call more people to scare Dongfang Ming and rob Dongfang Ming of the remaining food.
Anyway, Dongfang Ming has so much food, and they will not starve to death if they snatch some. These officers and soldiers are blood-sucking locusts, and they will go wherever they go. Even if they snatched all Dongfang Ming's food, they will have a way to get more food.
Thinking of this, the refugees felt it was reasonable. So they spread the news overnight, gathering almost all the refugees around the town together. They greeted friends and greeted almost a thousand people, and rushed into the camp where the army was stationed.
The refugees were not stupid either. They observed the location of the baggage camp early and broke into the baggage camp with clear purpose.
The soldiers were scruples and did not dare to attack the people, but the refugees did not have so many scruples.
The refugees were arrogant and forced to break into the soldiers' blockade line. They had no eyes during the conflict, and many soldiers were injured.
Most of the refugees are ordinary people, and they have never seen blood. When they first see someone injured, they are a little panicked. But in the end they are guilty of their greed for food and keep rushing towards the baggage truck.
It was during this process that Dongfang Ming was awakened. He finally woke up completely after listening to the soldiers' reports.
When he saw his soldiers lying on the ground with injuries on his body, the refugees viciously robbed the food and grass from the baggage truck.
Dongfang Ming was furious and pulled out the sword from the general beside him. He chopped hard toward the shield that was half-stacked.
The sword and the shield collided, so fast that they brought out a string of sparks. The harsh sound of "sharp" was extremely penetrating and was transmitted into everyone present.
People who were close to each other could not bear it.
Everyone stopped their movements and looked at the source of the noise - Dongfang Ming.
Dongfang Ming said with a cold expression: "Call people to come and surround them and arrest these people!"
With Dongfang Ming's order, the soldiers immediately lost their scruples.
How disparity between officials and the people is that soldiers who have let go of their hands and feet cannot be resisted by these hungry refugees.
Soon, all the refugees were captured.
Dongfang Ming said hatefully: "Yesterday I kindly gave you some food, but you were actually in a state of greed. I remember that you were so sad and helpless. If you just came to steal the food, I wouldn't say anything. But you actually repaid your grudges and hurt my soldiers?"
"Why do you say that I have a kindness to you too? This is how you repay your kindness?"
Dongfang Ming is really regretful now. It is rare that he gets such a reward when he has kindness.
The refugees themselves were a little worried about hurting people, but now Dongfang Ming was aroused by his unshakable conscience and lowered his head in shame.
"You are not easy to live, I don't mind being tolerant. But are your behavior too much now?"
Dongfang Ming saw that these refugees were not completely unhuman, and his tone was also relieved.
"Forget it. This is the last time I let you go. You hurt my soldiers, I won't pursue them, but don't get close to you in the future. Otherwise, kill them without any hesitation."
After repeated recurring, Dongfang Ming's sympathy was also limited.
The soldiers obeyed orders and let go of the refugees' hands.
Regaining freedom, the refugees looked at each other with complex expressions. Dongfang Ming's face scared them just now, and they thought Dongfang Ming was going to kill them.
"What's wrong? Are you not happy to let you go?" Dongfang Ming saw that these people had not left yet, and thought they would not give up until they achieved their goal.
The refugees looked at each other as if they had reached some consensus.
Suddenly, he knelt on the ground with a collective "thump". He kowtowed several times deeply, which scared Dongfang Ming.
"What are you... doing?" Dongfang Ming was stunned, not understanding the intention of these refugee actions.
"Most of us are farmers in nearby counties and villages. Hebei has been drought for several years and the crops cannot be harvested at all." The refugees said miserably.
"Then why did you become refugees?" Dongfang Ming asked knowingly. After all, he could not say to refugees, "I have known this a long time ago." Then he could only cooperate with the performance.
"There was not much harvest at all, and the official still used various names to collect our taxes every few days. Those who could not pay the tax would have to be arrested and kept a deadline for a while and do a vacancies for the government. We really couldn't make it, so we ran out of our hometown."
"Sir, we thought you used food to send us out because you were afraid that we would be entangled. Unexpectedly, we misunderstood your kindness." The refugee in the lead said, and kowtowed deeply to Dongfang Ming.
"We met officials of all sizes and many of them showed disgust and fear when they saw our dirty looks. They gave us some food like they were sent to beggars."
"When we met you, we thought you were the same people as those corrupt officials. We just avoided us out of fear or disgust with us. In addition, there are many people in our place who haven't had a meal for a long time."
"Many people are so hungry that they don't even have the strength to stand up and are already dying. Moreover, your team is still transporting a large amount of food. We gritted our teeth and decided to grab it."
The refugees talked about their motives in a nagging manner, and Dongfang Ming couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Dongfang Ming had almost never worried about food and clothing, whether in modern times or here, and he had never experienced what it was like to be hungry to the extreme. But he could imagine how miserable it was to be hungry to the point of being dying.
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