Chapter 25 Food shortage

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Lin Ye served tea to his senior brother, while An Zisheng was left in the front hall by Lin Ye.

"Senior Brother, thank you very much. I want to..."

"Why are you thanking me? You can't buy this house with the little money I gave you. Besides, the things you left me are even more valuable."

The eldest brother interrupted Lin Ye and replied meaningfully. Lin Ye smiled awkwardly and said: "That is the ointment passed down from my ancestors. If the eldest brother needs it, I still have some."

"This ointment is very effective, but you are not from our rebel army, and I can't ask for you in vain. As for spending money to buy it, we are also very short of money and food now."

"Lack of money and food?"

"Well, those gentry all fled before we arrived, and the remaining grain that could not be moved away, these gentry and landowners all burned it in a fire. I don't have the money to buy ointment from you now."

Lin Ye did not expect that the gentry and landlords in other counties would do the same thing and burn all the grain. In this way, even if the senior brothers and the others took over the territory and distributed the land to the poor people, the grain in the fields would not grow overnight.

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But then Lin Ye wanted to understand the reason. The senior brother listened to his words and attacked the gentry and landlords. Therefore, those gentry and landlords naturally hated the senior brother and the others and would rather burn them on fire than leave the food behind.

Give it to Senior Brother and the others.

"I came here just to see you. After all, you also came out of Shangqing Gate. Apart from you, I am the only one left in Shangqing Gate."

The eldest brother's tone was a little low at the end, and Lin Ye's heart trembled. He knew that people would definitely die in the war, but he didn't expect that only the eldest brother would be left in the Shangqing Sect.

He didn't have particularly deep feelings for the inner and outer disciples of the Shangqing Sect, including the handyman disciples, but after all, they had spent some time together, and they were all fresh faces in his mind.

"Have you practiced martial arts?"

Feeling the downturn in the atmosphere, Senior Brother suddenly smiled. Lin Ye nodded and replied: "Senior Brother, I have been practicing the Hu Xiao Jin you gave me for a few days."

"You practice and let me see."

Lin Ye knew that his senior brother wanted to give him some guidance, so he didn't hesitate. He immediately set up his stance and performed a set of boxing techniques.

"The rhythm of exerting force in some places is wrong, and the posture is also a bit wrong. Slow down..."

The senior brother walked up to Lin Ye and instructed Lin Ye step by step on how to exert force, including the posture of punching and the adjustment of breathing.

"Okay, just follow my instructions and try it again."

With the guidance of his senior brother, Lin Ye found that this time it was smoother than before, and he was able to perform much more powerfully than before.

"Yes, your martial arts talent is not bad, but it's a pity that you have less time to practice martial arts. I have a prescription here, which is an auxiliary medicine for practicing Hu Roaring Power." The senior brother took out a prescription from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Ye.

, and explained: "I didn't give it to you in the first place because the medicines in this prescription are relatively precious and ordinary people cannot afford them."

Lin Ye understood what his senior brother meant. Medicinal materials were precious and ordinary people could not afford them. If his senior brother gave them to him, it would be fine if he had no money. If he had some savings and was eager to achieve success in martial arts, he could not rely on his ability and sell everything to buy the medicine.

When practicing martial arts, in the end, Hu Xiaojin might not be able to achieve great success, and he will go bankrupt first.

And now the elder brother gave him this prescription because he saw that he was not short of silver. Since he was not short of silver, he could naturally buy medicinal materials to cooperate with the practice of Hu Xiao Jin.

"There are many things going on in the military, so let's stop here to reminisce about old times."

Lin Ye didn't ask his senior brother to stay, because he knew that his senior brother was really busy at this time, and being able to take time out to see him and teach him how to practice martial arts was already time taken out of his busy schedule.

After seeing the senior brother to the door, watching the silhouettes of senior brother and An Zisheng disappear at the entrance of the street, Lin Ye told Uncle Xu: "Don't open the door for the next two days."

Even if there are rebels to maintain order, there will always be some green-skinned gangsters who will take advantage of the situation. Lin Ye doesn't want to cause trouble, so he simply lives his life behind closed doors.

Because the city is unstable now, Lin Ye can't hang up. After all, although he has some wisdom when he hangs up, he is only at the most basic level. Once he encounters an emergency, he may not be so smooth in dealing with it. The message the gear gave him did not say

, what will happen if he hangs up and dies, he'd better not try it.

Lin Ye peacefully meditated and practiced martial arts in the back house until the third day when someone knocked on the door.

"Dawu, what's wrong?" Lin Ye asked curiously as he watched Uncle Xu leading Dawu in, stopping his martial arts practice.

"Master Lin, I'm here to remind you that it's best to go out and hide for a while. If not, you can stay at our Taoist temple."

"what happened?"

If you stay at home and don't go out, will you still get into trouble?

"A commoner who lived in our Taoist temple before joined the rebel army. Today he came to report to our Taoist temple, saying that the number of the rebel army is now very large, and many ordinary people who cannot survive have to join, but the rebel army is not that big at all.

There is a lot of food. I heard that some generals of the rebel army proposed to go to the houses of those big families to see if there is any food. If there is any food, they should confiscate it all."

Lin Ye's face darkened, the worst happened.

His advice to the senior brother was to attack the landlords, but it was not to push those landlords into desperation, but to let them distribute the land to the poor people. The poor people would naturally be willing to follow the rebels if they had land, but the premise was that the uprising was

The army still had food to sustain them, but now the gentry and landlords burned the food and ran away with all their belongings. The poor people wanted to join the rebel army one after another, not really to support the rebel army, but just to have something to eat.

The so-called big households left in the city are just some middle class people, mostly craftsmen and merchants. How much food can their families have? Once these people are moved, the rebel army will lose the support of the people.

"Is Mr. Lin here?"

Outside the door, An Zisheng's voice came again. Before Lin Ye could respond, An Zisheng hurriedly walked in. Seeing Lin Ye and Dawu, he was stunned for a moment and said: "Master Lin, now the rebel army has encountered

Big trouble."

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After listening to An Zisheng's story, Lin Ye understood why the rebel army encountered so much trouble in a few days.

Many poor people have poured into Shangyang County. Some of them came to join the rebel army on their own initiative after hearing that they could get land allotment by joining the rebel army, while others were coaxed to come here by landlords and gentry from other counties. Faced with so many poor people,

There were also differences within the rebel army.

Some people think that there is not enough food and cannot accept it, while others think that they need to accept it all. Doesn’t this just show that their uprising and rebellion are what the people want.

As for the lack of food, just search every house in the city. There will always be people hiding food in their homes. Some people think this is inappropriate. Now there is a big commotion internally because of this. Some soldiers have already led their men to rob people's homes in the city.

Food is ready.

As for why we didn't lead the people to attack other counties, that's because the terrain in this area is somewhat special. There is a river to the north of Shangyang County, and the boats have been burned. It takes time for the army to cross the river, and these poor people are on the opposite side.

Brought here by boat.

There are mountains and ridges to the east and west respectively, but there is a plain to the south. However, the rebel army and the officers and soldiers have been fighting fiercely in the south for several days, and they have never been able to capture another city.

Originally, we chose such an area to launch a rebellion because of its geographical advantage. As long as we captured this area, we could use the terrain to gain time for development. Unexpectedly, it has now become a constraint.

"Several other generals have different opinions now. General Qiao alone may not be able to convince everyone."

Listening to An Zisheng's anxious words, Lin Ye's expression changed uncertainly. The next moment, a flash of determination flashed across his eyes, and he asked Dawu: "Dawu, is your master at the Taoist temple?"

"Here I am."

"I'm going to find your master." Lin Ye walked away. Seeing An Zisheng's confused look, he said, "Just wait for me here. I'll tell you something soon."

View of Qingfeng.

When Lin Ye met Taoist Priest Dingxuan, he went straight to the point without being verbose: "Taoist Priest, there is a shortage of food in the city now. I can get food to alleviate the crisis, but I need a way to stabilize my soul, otherwise I won't be able to get enough food."

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Taoist Priest Dingxuan listened to Lin Ye's words and looked at Lin Ye deeply for a while. He already knew that there was a shortage of food in the city. If there was no food, there would be chaos in the city.

"wait for me here."

Taoist Dingxuan turned around and left. Lin Ye waited for a full quarter of an hour before Taoist Dingxuan's figure appeared again. His originally rosy complexion turned pale.

"Take this talisman and stick it on your body. Your soul will not be affected in any way for 12 hours."

"Thank you, Taoist Master."

Lin Ye solemnly accepted the silver talisman from Taoist Dingxuan. He knew that Taoist Dingxuan probably paid a high price for painting this talisman.

Turn around and leave!

Just as Lin Ye walked to the door of the Taoist temple, the voice of Taoist Dingxuan suddenly came: "I, Qingfeng Temple, have received the incense of the people, and have accumulated a lot of food for many years. Today, I saw that there is a shortage of food in the city, so I opened a warehouse to put food in."

Lin Ye paused and turned back to look at Taoist Dingxuan. The two looked at each other, conveying a silent understanding.

"Thank you, Taoist Master."

Lin Ye thanked him again. He understood the subtext of Taoist Priest Dingxuan's words.

With such a large amount of food, if he took it out by himself, he would inevitably be targeted. I believed that the senior brother would not betray me, so I could secretly tell him where the food was hidden. However, the Taoist Priest did not know the nature of the senior brother, so he thought about the long term.

Point, if Eldest Brother and the others fail in their uprising, the government will only turn to Qingfengguan to settle accounts.

The Taoist priest has shouldered all possible consequences for himself.
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