Chapter 196 The weather is cold, let the Zhu family be ruined
"This damn weather is getting colder every year."

Li Ying tightened his clothes. He was very successful in refining his essence and was not afraid of cold or heat. But as long as one was a human being, who didn't like to be warm in winter and cool in summer, comfortable and cozy.

Hu Cheng nodded and said, "Yes! It's either snow disasters, droughts, or floods. Shandong has not had a good weather in the past few years. It was much better during the reign of Emperor Zhezong. Now there are not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. The court doesn't care about our lives."

It was snowing heavily, and people who were enjoying the snow were filled with emotion.

Except for Li Ying, Hu Cheng, Chao Gai and a few other people who were born as manor owners, the rest were either poor peasants or landless farmers. How could they be more miserable than them?
In other words, only by awakening the soul and relying on the ability to be strong and fierce can one eat the food of the bandits.

It’s not easy to live in the mountains!
It would be fine if he just had to hang his head on his belt, but he has hundreds of younger brothers under him, and every time he opens his eyes, he consumes a mountain of food.

If they managed to rob money, they could still have some meat and wine; but if it was such a severe winter, they would have no choice but to stay in the mountains and endure the hardship.

If you want to enjoy a good life, just dream on!
Cao Jie reached out and caught a snowflake as big as a goose feather, and said with emotion: "The Little Ice Age has arrived, and there will be no peace for the next ten years or so."

"What is the Little Ice Age?" Li Ying asked.

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened to Cao Jie's teachings.

Especially Li Jun, Zhang Shun and others, they accept the watering of Cao Jie's moonlight on the first and fifteenth day of every month to improve their dragon transformation skills and regard him as their master.

Cao Jie thought for a moment and said, "During the Little Ice Age, the south, which never snowed, had heavy snowfalls, and the north was frozen over for thousands of miles. All rivers, big and small, were frozen, and river transportation was almost abolished.

Livestock, crops and even people will all freeze to death, just like in the past two years, when countless people have frozen to death or suffered frostbite every winter in various places.

Under such low temperatures, even in Shandong, boiling water would instantly freeze into white mist, and trees, flowers and plants would be completely covered by ice..."

As Cao Jie said, this severe winter is getting worse.

Not to mention Shandong, even the south of the Yangtze River suffered from large-scale freezing rain disasters.

The disasters of the Little Ice Age did not only stop in winter. Severe droughts and floods occurred one after another in the summer, which would cause a significant reduction in grain production.

This in turn led to social unrest and a sharp decline in population.

As droughts became more frequent, the plague began to spread.

This was the reason why Fang La rebelled in the future and the plague spread in Hangzhou.

Natural disasters do not allow ordinary people to survive, and man-made disasters are the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

"..."

Li Ying gave a bitter smile. The facts were before them. The only way out for the people of Shandong was to rebel!

"Actually, this is nothing. A bigger disaster is yet to come." Cao Jie added.

"What disaster?"

Li Ying felt that natural disasters, man-made disasters, and then rebellion were the greatest disasters imaginable.

"We are cold, but those people in the north are even colder. Their cattle and sheep are all frozen to death. What do you think they will choose?"

Beads of sweat appeared on Li Ying's forehead.

But soon, he shook his head: "I have been to the Liao Kingdom. The Khitans are rotten and have no strength to go south."

At this time, Lü Fang frowned and said, "Master Li has been in Shandong for the past two years, so he may not be clear about the situation in the north! The Jurchens have already established a country, and the Liao Kingdom has lost Youbeiping."

"Jurchen?"

Li Ying was shocked and asked, "Are they those Northeastern savages with rat tails?"

"Wanyan Aguda, a hero among the Jurchens, founded a country last year. It is called the Great Jin. We are no longer the same people as before. We are no longer barbarians!"

"hiss!"

Li Ying clasped his fists and bowed to Lu Fang: "I hope my brother can tell me something."

After a long talk with Lu Fang, Li Ying, who had been to the Liao Kingdom, fell silent.

He also did not have a long-term vision and could not judge the future world situation just by chatting with Lu Fang.

After all, he is not Zong Ze!
Li Ying just felt that the Liao Dynasty was about to fall. How long could the Song Dynasty last? Take the jujube pill!

The heavy snow fell all day and finally stopped.

Cao Jie and his party came to the Pantuo Road in front of Zhujiazhuang.

This forest is a natural maze. Song Jiang suffered a great loss here when he attacked Zhujiazhuang for the third time.

After walking for less than twenty miles, they saw that the path was winding and complicated, with many bends and turns on all sides; the trees were so dense that it was difficult to tell the direction of the road.

Fortunately, I have figured out the truth and there is no need to worry about getting lost.

After walking for a while, they came across a village with several hotels and butcher shops in the winding forest.

I saw people putting machetes and iron spears in front of the door of the store, and everyone was wearing a yellow vest with a big "Zhu" character written on it.

The same is true for people who come and go.

All the heroes rushed forward and took over the village without any problem.

"Where did this thief come from? You are not afraid of death, but you sneak attack your grandfather!"

"Let go of Grandpa, let's fight for a hundred rounds..."

Without Cao Jie saying anything, Liu Tang waved a bronze plate in front of those people and said with a fierce smile: "Zhu Yongqing of Zhujiazhuang rebelled in Yuanbi Village, Yizhou. Zhujiazhuang purchased herbal medicines and provided them to the rebels. The evidence is irrefutable... Hehe!"

On Liu Tang's terrifying face, he laughed wantonly and happily: "Do you want to be buried with the Zhu family?"

This was really not a frame-up by Cao Jie. On that day, Zhujiazhuang ordered a large amount of raw herbs from the herbal medicine shop, but was rejected by Cao Jie.

However, Zhujiazhuang did not give up. Instead, they collected a batch of raw medicinal materials through various channels and transported them to Yizhou.

Made a lot of money.

As for the official token of a dutou in Liu Tang's hand, with the relationship between Cao Jie and the magistrate of Yanggu County, it would only take a word for him to get the position of dutou.

In an instant, the villagers of Zhujiazhuang who had been clamoring just now shut up.

After a long while, someone finally said in a trembling voice:

"Rebellion...rebellion?"

"We didn't rebel..."

"Then the Zhu family has nothing to do with us!"

"Shut up!" Liu Tang shouted, pointing at Hu Cheng and said, "You know who he is, right? This captain has a grudge against the Hu and Li families, and doesn't want to use the imperial army to suppress them. You all know that bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like rakes. Once the army arrives, Dulonggang will really be destroyed."

At this time, Hu Cheng clasped his fists towards Liu Tang and said, "Captain Liu is a man of justice. He couldn't bear to see Dulonggang suffer from the war, so he only killed the main culprit and captured the bandit leader of the Zhu family and left. Are you willing to cooperate? If not, the soldiers will come to arrest you."

"Yes! Yes!"

All the villagers of Zhu family knelt down and kowtowed.

They are not afraid of bandits, but everyone is afraid of officials.

Although most of them have the surname Zhu, there are 10,000 to 20,000 households in Zhujiazhuang. How many of them are not within the fifth degree of generation of the three heroes of the Zhu family?

Most of them are unrelated people with the same surname.

And they are the poor people who are being exploited.

The richer the landlord Zhu family was, the more miserably they were exploited.

Besides, who wouldn't be afraid of rebellion?
You will lose your head.

Cao Jie can make clouds and rain with a flip of his hand, so how difficult is it to attack Zhujiazhuang?

Now that the weather is cool, it is a good time to ruin the Zhu family!
(End of this chapter)