"Sir, please save Yangzhou. The gang of thieves in the Yuan Army lied to people a few days ago, saying that Gaoyou City was destroyed, water transportation was restored, and everything was available. But it has been almost three months, and there is no one in the city.

After we had eaten, we hid in the boat as a couple, relying on the money and jewelry given by the girl in the past, and we could exchange for some food. But just the day before yesterday, several human leg bones floated next to our boat, which must have been...

Those refugees and business clerks, they had no work and were hungry, so they just ate human flesh!"

Lao Qi's hands were trembling and tears were streaming down his face.

This paradise-like place actually started eating people!

How could Zhang Ximeng not be shocked?

In fact, in history, during the late Yuan Dynasty, Yangzhou did suffer a disaster. After Tuotuo's defeat, a man named Zhang Mingjian controlled a group of people named Qing Army, also called Spearmen, who occupied the city.

Yangzhou.

This Zhang Mingjian has a very scary hobby. He likes to eat human flesh with human blood, eating it piece by piece... Little A Ming at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!

Later, Zhang Mingjian was defeated by Miao Daheng sent by Zhu Yuanzhang and captured Yangzhou.

At this time, when the Yangzhou household registration was counted, only eighteen households were left!

That's right, from 800,000 people to only 18 households!

According to this, some people say that Zhang Mingjian is a cannibal demon who has eaten tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people... Obviously, this is impossible. Zhang Mingjian should be a cannibal, but he lives on human flesh all day long.

, humans have long since ceased to exist as ghosts, and the consequences of cannibalism can be understood by referring to mad cow disease.

Since Zhang Mingjian didn't eat so many people, where did the people of Yangzhou go?

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Yangzhou relies on the Yangtze River and canals and has a population of 800,000 people. However, the food produced in Yangzhou is not enough to feed so many people and must be transported from outside.

However, when war broke out, water transportation was stopped, transportation on the Yangtze River was also restricted, and there was no food. What other options did the people have but to flee to death?

Naturally, the city of 800,000 people disappeared, leaving only 18 households!

This point will also be true in later generations. If any big city cuts off the surrounding supplies and loses food and vegetables, the fate of the citizens is guaranteed to be much worse than that of the people in the countryside!

"Food! Everything is food!"

Zhang Ximeng realized the crux of the matter. He stood up suddenly and rushed to see Zhu Yuanzhang.
Chapter completed!