A large number of goods cannot be carried, and after being streamlined, it is still a large team of nearly a thousand people when it officially goes on the road.

From Wuxing to Jiankang, the most convenient way is the waterway, which goes north through Wujun to Jingkou, and then goes west along the Yangtze River, and can be reached in a few days. However, now the militias in Jiangbei are constantly driving across the river, and this road is not safe.

The land route is more convenient, along Taihu Lake, passing Maoshan and then entering Danyang. Compared with Jingkou, which is a distant refugee, this route is the old road of Wu, so it is naturally much safer.

But the problem is that the Zhou clan of Yixing and the Shen clan of Wuxing have always had old grudges, and Chen Chong killed all the Zhou clan members at the beginning of the year, and the blood feud between the two sides became deeper. At present, the Zhou clan member Zhou Jian killed the prefect of Yixing, and occupied Yangxian and captured the troops of the county. This road was no longer open.

In the end, Shen Zhezi and his friends chose the route to Jiankang, which was when Yu Yi proposed to enter Jinling through Wujun, and then traveled from Jinling to avoid the Yangtze River line by land and entered Jiankang directly.

Sima Gu Yang, who had been trapped in the army, set off with the team this time. His future was uncertain earlier. This person responded passively in the army and had a hidden intention to leave. However, as soon as the situation became clear, he would sweep away his decay and his whole personality was different.

From this inconsistent performance of Gu Feng, Shen Zhezi recognized the background of the scholars in Wujun. No wonder his father was rated as a flower-patterned accessories. Once he gained power, such a person could add more dignity to his reputation. But he would not want them to share the same misfortune and share the same hardships.

As soon as the team entered Wujun, they encountered setbacks and were attacked by Wujun villagers. The two sides fought fiercely, but in the end, the Shen family's troops were even better, killing nearly 100 people from the other side to defeat him.

Shen Zhezi was closely protected by the military commander Liu Meng, a group of Longxi soldiers, and he had never even seen a fierce battle on the battlefield. Only after the battle did he find out the reason for the attack from Chen Ling, the clan uncle who was commanding the soldiers to clean the battlefield.

The hundreds of people who came to attack them were all private soldiers of the Zhang family. They were the wife of Zhang Mao, the former prefect of Wuxing who was killed by his father, summoned their old subordinates to avenge their husbands.

Yu Yi was also very annoyed when encountering such a thing. The two sides did not mention their old grudges, but now he has become a member of the Shen family. The other party even leads troops to attack, which clearly does not give him face. Therefore, while the team is being renovated, Yu Yi wrote several letters, asking Gu Xian to take the lead and send them to major families in Wu County.

With Yu Yi's original official position and reputation, it is naturally difficult to get into the eyes of these Wu County High School. But at present, Yu Yi is very famous and enters the camp alone to persuade him to surrender and subside. The two of them are not afraid to underestimate them. In addition to Gu Yan's deliberate exaggeration, the families of Wu County have made statements, and each sent his subordinates to welcome the escorts.

With Yu Yi coming forward and connecting with Gu Feng, Shen Zhezi was happy to be idle. This trip was more calm than last time he went to Kuaiji. Shen Zhezi rode a stable and comfortable ox cart, and there were several beautiful maids and maids taking care of food and clothing, and he didn't feel tired.

The ox cart that Shen Zhezi rode was huge in size and was covered with loose leaf on all sides. When the wind was clear and the sun was bright, it could be spread flat and turned into a moving observation deck. When the rain was rising, it was closed and the wind and rain were not clear. He was also enjoying the scenery of Wu along the way that was different from later generations, a thousand and seven hundred years ago.

But within his sight, there was not much of the quiet rural style he imagined, which was intertwined with fields and chickens and dogs. The most he saw was a large manor surrounded by high walls and covering a vast area. In addition, there were many wildernesses in the mountains, forests, rivers, canals, swamps, and not many people.

Of course, the so-called lack of people is not a desolate area, but there are not many self-cultivated rural areas run by small households. Especially in the vast and flat land, abundant lakes and fertile soil, there are almost no traces of small farmers, and they are completely divided and occupied by large clan manors.

The famous scholars of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were all romantic and inherited from the central province to the fields and countryside. They were consistent. Poor families would rather be large families than be good people under the rule. They were only exploited by one family when they were attached to the large family, but if they wanted to be naturalized independently, they had to bear the taxes and labor service collected by the court, and also exploited by officials at all levels in the middle, as well as the squeeze and exclusion of the rich families in the village.

What Shen Zhezi saw was more and more deeply felt the helplessness of this era. This dynasty where the king and the family share the world was like a staggering giant covered with tumors. No matter how gorgeous the appearance was, it could not conceal the deformity inside. Even if a powerful clan occasionally grew stronger and acted as a degenerate and encroached, it was just a larger tumor that could not change its essence.

When the group arrived at Wuxian, the capital of Wujun, the team had expanded to nearly 3,000 people, most of which were children or private military groups sent by the Wujun gentry to join in the fun. After arriving in Wuxian, the momentum reached its peak. For example, Gulugaomen, all clan relatives were sent to welcome him.

There are many reasons for such a great momentum, but there is only one reason on the surface, that is, Yu Yi was alone and forced to subdue thousands of troops, which is a feat that is truly worthy of preaching. Because the scholars from Wu were too enthusiastic, the group had to stay in Wu County for several days and attend banquets.

Shen Zhezi had to follow Yu Yi, and told Yu Yi's feat many times at the banquet every day. This was also part of the plan of his father Shen Chong and Yu Yi, which wanted to create public pressure and force the court to recognize Yu Yi's merits and clear the Shen family of rebellion.

The storm for many days has indeed pushed Yu Yi's personal reputation to the extreme. Shen Chong, as the villain of this legendary story, also benefited a lot. He lived up to his gratitude and could tolerate his great talents. He suddenly realized that he had the spirit of a national scholar.

Although he himself created momentum, Shen Zhezi really understood the paradoxical aesthetic taste of the people at that time. The two protagonists in this story, one who left his post without permission and the other who failed to rebel, became noble men with noble interests and prides who could help the troubles!

A time is probably always with its unique label of the times. However, after thousands of years of history, the elegance of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is undoubtedly the most inappropriate.

For example, Liu Kun, a famous general who was guarding the northern Bingzhou, was in turmoil in the north at that time. Liu Kun was alone in defending the enclave. The hardships can be imagined. People at that time praised Liu Kun at most talked about not how he was struggling, how he worked hard, and how he maintained his efforts, but what he called "blowing away from the enemy" and "repelling the enemy."

It is true that such stories are elegant, wise and legendary, but they must be called it. Only in the present can people feel how this trend is heartbreaking. Seeing those guys talking happily, I wish I could replace them, as if Liu Kun was only training the advocacy team every day, and did not ask about the rest.

After hearing this at different banquets several times, Shen Zhezi secretly decided in his heart that when he could take over the power in the future, if any stupid bastard would talk about such a thing, he would whisper to the northern expedition to see if he could move the captives to recover China.

Although I was indignant, I had to take advantage of this trend at the moment. Because only in this way can I gain the legitimacy of this trip, then gain legitimacy, and eventually evolve into a conclusive fact.

After staying in Wuxian for a few days, when I set off on the road, the team expanded a little further. The next stop was Jinling where overseas Chinese gathered.

Jinling belongs to Xuzhou, not far from Jingkou, known as the Northern Prefecture. Xuzhou is one of the options for Fangzhen that Shen Zhezi expected to seek for his father, so he cheered up and wanted to carefully observe the scenery and humanity here.

However, as soon as he entered the Jinling area, Shen Zhezi realized that he had thought things a little simple.

If Wujun still has a picture of a rich farming water town, it is just because the wealthy family ploughed and then it was fat. Then the closest to Jinling can be called deserted, with gullies and overgrown weeds. It is often necessary to go a long distance to see the traces of field reclamation. Most of these cultivated wastelands are concentrated near the dock walls that rise from the ground.

If the land reclamation is insufficient because the southbound time is too short and has not been fully expanded, then there is no large number of refugees living in a place where there is no fixed place, which makes Shen Zhezi puzzled.

After finding an insider, Shen Zhezi realized that although there were many people who crossed the south, a considerable number of them had clans and were dependent on the bulk. Local governments encouraged the bulk to accept or forcefully capture refugees and take them into the guise of the guise as well as the guise of the old Wu army, and were forbidden to wander around.

The complexity of the clan power here is far beyond Shen Zhezi's imagination. Among them, Xu Yan has the most overseas Chinese, and sometimes as many as four or five clan surnames live in a wall. If the officials here do not have the family background recognized by these overseas Chinese, they will definitely be torture. Joint expulsion by villagers is only a trivial matter, and even more, they are besieged by the overseas Chinese and beaten to death!

Originally, in Shen Zhezi's impression, these overseas Chinese who left their hometowns should belong to the vulnerable group, but only when they were there could feel the fierce and violent aura. Along the way, he saw several vicious incidents of fighting to death. There were even strong people watching on the road, with the intention of robbing them very clearly.

In the end, Shen Zhezi concluded that these overseas Chinese who left their hometowns were inherently pitiful, but there were also many people who were unwilling to accept evil. They should be strictly guarded and must not let them go south to cause trouble. However, if my father came to such a place, it would be like baking on a stove, and there would be no results at all.

The people of Wu governed Qiaozhou, unless they use their strong and powerful means to completely destroy the clan forces they still maintained, and then they are in a gentle and restrained manner and completely settle the refugee organizations. Otherwise, those who grew up on this land would be the clans like Gaoping and Xi family who were self-respecting but were trapped here, or the military group with many factions like the Northern Mansion.
Chapter completed!