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Chapter 54: Liao people suffer

Everyone who watched the fun applauded loudly, and someone else said loudly:

"If you beat him to death, you will be beaten to death. This Liao dog has harmed many villagers. You are eliminating the harm to the people, and the great master of the yamen will not make things difficult for you!"

"Kill this Liao dog to death!"

"Beat to death..."

This scene was really exciting, but Li Meng frowned secretly. Kong Youde and his soldiers went out to sea in February. Even if there were Liao people, they might not be those soldiers. Moreover, since the Manchu Tartars launched their troops, the Liao people either entered the pass or crossed the sea to Shandong, and they could not be all soldiers.

If you really have such a passionate mind, why don’t you kill the Tartars? These people in front of you are fighting happily, but the people who are beaten are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, but the flesh and blood compatriots. If those riots who harm the people in Dengzhou would dare to stay in Shandong, let alone encounter officers and soldiers of the court, they would be beaten to death when they met the people.

Seeing Wang Hai also clenching his fists and rushing inside, Li Meng pulled him and said with a frown:

"Why join in the fun of this? I've dispersed the people."

Wang Hai was stunned. Seeing Li Meng's stern eyes, he didn't dare to speak. He hurriedly turned around and called someone. The blacksmiths were not satisfied with the fight. When they returned to the blacksmith shop, they picked up a hammer and were about to smash it. Suddenly, a loud shout came from beside him:

"Stop, I will kill someone in broad daylight!"

The blacksmith was frightened by the loud shout and his hands trembled. The hammer almost hit his apprentice. He was about to turn around and scold him, but he saw that the person calling was Li Meng. The people around him might not know him. However, when Li Meng came to build the short thorn, because civilians were more taboo to build weapons, the blacksmith had to find out clearly. Naturally, he knew that the person who looked like a civilian in front of him was Li Meng, the salt administration inspector.

The expression of righteous indignation quickly turned into a flattering smile on his face, and the blacksmith said repeatedly:

"What Lord Li taught me is that I was a little reckless for a moment and almost made a big mistake."

If the military households in the garrison were taught by Li Meng like this, they might have to talk back a few words, but the merchants doing business in this city are much more tactful. The people who watched the fun were originally excited, but they were very unhappy when Li Meng came out to disrupt the situation. When they heard the words "Mr. Li" called out, they all became quiet.

"Wouldn't it be better for these Liao people to be killed by killing them? It would be better for them to be cows and horses, and be slaves for life and never be able to turn over for life."

Li Meng was also full of "righteous indignation" on his face. He pointed at the Liao people lying on the ground and shouted loudly. He originally wanted to persuade him, but suddenly he thought that the chaos in Dengzhou had just subsided. If he rashly saved people, if he was accused of "hiding Liao people and having bad intentions", it would be troublesome.

Throughout the dynasties, the government has been the most sensitive to this rebellion and rebellion.

When everyone in the field was stunned when they heard Li Meng say he wanted to sell the Liao people into slavery. Then, no one knew who started, everyone shouted. At this moment, Wang Hai led the salt dicks to come over and shouted coldly outside the crowd:

"It's all over the place, everything we gather here for is apart!"

Looking at the twenty young people standing there with a gaze, the crowd watching the excitement suddenly scattered, and no one dared to say more. These people were walking halfway, or when they returned home, they felt something was wrong. It was a good thing to sell themselves to become slaves from wealthy families!

He didn't talk much to the blacksmith. Li Meng asked Wang Hai and the others to raise the person and take him away. The blacksmith and his apprentice bent down and smiled and kept watching him.

After this incident, Li Meng's good mood for walking was gone and he went straight back to the house. The adjacent inspection office house was already lively. The salt merchants and salt vendors who had wine for lunch were discussing various details there. The Liao man brought back by Li Meng was beaten and could not stand up. Wang Hai arranged for Yan Ding to find the beating doctor for him.

The Liao people were placed on the bed. They covered their heads just now, but there were no scars on their faces. They had no words of gratitude to Li Meng who saved him. They looked at the ceiling with a blank expression. Li Meng said:

"What's your name? Where is the home?"

The Liao people did not respond. Li Meng thought he hadn't heard it, so he asked again. Suddenly, the Liao people burst into tears at the top of their throats. It was more accurate than howling. Perhaps he was pretending to be mute and suppressed for a long time. He said, "I'm crying" and said:

"There is still a home there, and the outside of the pass was occupied by the Tartars. When Kong Youde came to Dengzhou Prefecture, he killed him and did such a thing. If he couldn't stay in Dengzhou, he could only come here, but... I am also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Where can I go?"

While crying, Li Meng felt uncomfortable when he heard this. The Laizhou Prefecture where he was located seemed peaceful, but the world was in chaos, and the innocent people were suffering.

While the Liao people cried, they suddenly climbed up from the bed regardless of their serious injuries. But their arms were so painful that they couldn't hold on. They fell down under the bed and kowtowed to Li Meng desperately, begging:

"Sir, even if I, Guo Dong, make cattle and horses for you, is nothing. There are also wives and children outside the small city. I'm waiting for the young to give them food and beg them to give them a bite. My child is less than one year old, so don't starve him to death."

Li Meng stepped forward to support him. Seeing that Guo Dong was seriously injured, he didn't dare to do too much movement for them. He just asked him to lie flat on the ground and asked again:

"Don't worry about your family outside the city. Let me ask you, what would you do?"

Hearing Li Meng's agreement, Liao Min Guo Dong suddenly became energetic and wanted to turn over and kowtow, but Li Meng held it there and refused to move. He forced himself to speak:

"The young man was originally a craftsman from Liaodong. He has made weapons for military towns for generations and has ancestral craftsmanship."

Li Meng had a smile on his face, turned around and called a salt dick in, asked Guo Dong where his wife and children were outside the city, and asked the salt dick to settle himself. Seeing that his family had been resettled, Guo Dong, who had been nervous and desperate, relaxed all over his body. Only then did he feel the pain of being beaten all over his body.

It was a coincidence that the beating doctor invited by Wang Hai arrived at this time and began to treat him after entering the house. However, Wang Hai was a little surprised that Li Meng, who was inside the house, was obviously even more excited. He asked again, regardless of Guo Dong's treatment there:

"There are a few other craftsmen who escaped to Jiaozhou City with you?"

"Sir, we are all military households and craftsmen from the Dingliao Right Guard in Liaodong. We came to Dengzhou with us four years ago, and there were more than 20 families. When Kong Youde started to make trouble, we lived in Haiyang. Last year, we couldn't stay there..."
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