Chapter 14 Choose one from three
Dang Dang Dang Dang!
Early the next morning, there was a rapid sound of gongs, and the soldiers shouted along the camp: "The head of the household who received the wooden sign yesterday, come quickly to gather under the army's banner. The time limit is quarter of an hour. If you exceed the time, you will not be allowed to do so." Whoever arrives, behead him!”
He has abundant martial virtue and can kill him at every turn.
"Da Lang, Er Jun, Dashi, Lao Liu... hurry up and get your household registration and go gather." Grandpa Qin didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly took several household heads to gather.
There is a sea of people outside. Unless you stand at a high place, you can't see the end of the sea of people. And these are just the new victims who got wooden signs yesterday. It shows the huge number of victims and the difficulty of disaster relief.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
A quarter of an hour later, a Northwest Army scribe stood on the high table and shouted: "King Wuxing ordered that the victims can only stay in Taizhou Mansion for ten days. After ten days, they can go to three places for resettlement. . First, return to the original place, and you will be responsible for your life and death; second, transfer to Northeastern State, and you will be able to divide it as soon as you arrive. Third, each household spends ten taels of silver to buy a way south! "
"You must make a choice within ten days. Anyone who fails to make a choice after the time limit and continues to stay in Taizhou Mansion will be registered as a slave. Males The slaves make archery targets to help King Wuxing fight, and the female slaves are sold at low prices for military rations!”
What? !
The crowd exploded, crying and cursing, but the Northwest Army was surrounding them, and those who dared to cause trouble would be dragged out and beaten.
After injuring a group of victims, the crowd became quiet.
The petty official continued to shout: "King Wuxing is kind. If you go to Northeastern Prefecture, each household will receive supplies again. Military doctors and the Northwest Army will escort you to the resettlement place, and you will not have to suffer robberies on the way. The pain of robbery and oppression!”
Ten teams of messengers shuttled among the victims, shouting this sentence three times to ensure that the victims could hear it.
After shouting, the gong was played to ask the victims to go back and think about it.
Qin Dashi and the others came back dejectedly and told the people who stayed behind what the clerk had said.
Qin Liupo was dumbfounded: "What, you have to pay ten taels of silver to go to the south? If you can rob, why don't you become a bandit?!"
Qin Laoliu was so scared that she went Covering her mouth: "You bitch is desperate, shut up now."
Qin Xiaomi looked at Grandpa Qin: "King Wuxing obviously didn't want the victims to go south, but wanted to divide the victims "Flow to Northeastern State."
"It seems that is what it means, but King Wuxing is right." Grandpa Qin said: "There are too many victims. If they all crowd into one place, no matter how wealthy it is." They will also have to be poor, and if other states lose their population, good land will be abandoned. There are few people in Northeastern states, so it is most suitable to relocate the disaster victims to Northeastern states.”
"Fifth uncle, what should we do now? Should we go south to find your old brother? Or go back to Qingfeng's hometown?" Qin Dashi asked.
Grandpa Qin said: "If you go back to your hometown at this time, you will only die on the way."
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said his choice: "Go to Northeastern State, this is the best The other choice is a dead end."
Grandpa Qin looked up. Looking at the big guy, he said: "King Wuxing has led 200,000 troops to attack the capital. In the next two years at least, the capital and many state capitals in the south will become battlefields... Ordinary people simply cannot survive under the disaster of war. I guess There will be a lot of southerners fleeing to the north. "
Military disaster!
Everyone was shocked, and the women from several families cried out: "Why are there so many disasters everywhere? We just want to live a peaceful life, why is it so difficult?"
Qin Xiaomi also cursed the thief in her heart. God... Old thing, even if he didn't let her die, he let her be reborn in this shabby Wei Dynasty. Was that intentional?
After scolding the thief, she said to everyone: "Aunt Dashi, don't cry. Northeastern State is actually quite good. It has a vast land with abundant resources and few people. Every household has a large yard half an acre wide. We If you go there, as long as you work hard, you will definitely live a good life and live in a big house."
Jiang Dalang agreed: "Xiaomi is right. He wrote about Northeastern State, saying that although the place is cold, everything is abundant, the mountains are full of ginseng, and many people have become rich by picking ginseng."
Qin Laoliu and his wife's eyes turned green after hearing this. Guang, all looked at Jiang Dalang: "What? Ginseng is everywhere? Then let's go to Northeastern Prefecture. There are so many ginseng, we have to pick it, we can't take advantage of others!"
Ginseng is too tempting, and going to Northeastern Prefecture is their best choice at the moment. After discussion, several families unanimously decided to go to Northeastern Prefecture.
Grandpa Qin: "Now that we have decided, let's sign up quickly and get to Northeastern Prefecture early so that we can be assigned to a good resettlement place. There are many victims. If we arrive late, I'm afraid they will be sent to the wilderness. Ling'an family."
Get your household registration and take the big guys to sign up.
Many victims chose to go to Northeastern Prefecture. After queuing for a long time, they finally signed up and got their license plates to go to Northeastern Prefecture.
After the important matter was settled, Grandpa Qin and the others went to find hay nearby and built shacks. They worked until dark and finally built two shacks, one for men and women. But it was already early October, the weather was too cold, and the shacks were still leaking. Many people were woken up by the cold when they slept until midnight.
The next day, Jiang Dalang came to Qin Xiaomi and said, "Xiaomi, this is the intersection of Chidao and there are many merchants coming and going. Let's go around the camp and maybe we can find merchants to buy cicada nymphs."< br>
Qin Xiaomi I was looking for a buyer to sell cicada nymphs and put on cotton-padded clothes for everyone to keep out the cold. I readily agreed: "Sure. But you have to convince my grandpa."
Grandpa was afraid that something might happen to her, so he kept a close eye on her, so Jiang Dalang This fiancé must come forward to intercede.
"Put it on me." Jiang Dalang went to find Grandpa Qin, and soon he came over happily: "Xiaomi, Grandpa Qin agreed, let's go."
He was afraid that something would happen and Susu would be in danger, so he called the Xu brothers to go with him.
Taizhou Mansion is indeed the intersection of Chi Dao. Even though there are piles of victims, there are still many merchants gathered here. Qin Xiaomi and the others walked around for a long time and actually found out about a big medicine store.
I also saw many people shouting to sell girls... If you give them a cotton coat or a few kilograms of grain, you can take the girl away.
Qin Xiaomi was heartbroken and didn't want to stay outside: "The medicine store has already asked about it, let's go back."
"Okay." Jiang Dalang followed her in everything and said : "Xiaomi, I know you beat me When I was little, I always thought about doing business to make a fortune and help my family. Don’t worry, I’m not pedantic and won’t stop you from doing business. I will also help you if you need a man to accompany you. Just come to me. .”
You can only find me, I am your fiancé... However, Sheng Ting knew Qin Su's temper and resistance well and did not dare to say this out loud.
Qin Xiaomi just wanted to break off the engagement with him. After hearing this, she nodded coldly and sped up to the camp.
After meeting Grandpa Qin, I told him about the medicine store.
Grandpa Qin: "Changji Medicine Shop? It's quite famous. It shouldn't trick us."
That night, Grandpa Qin asked several family members for their opinions, and brought him the next day. People go to find someone from Changji Medicine Store.
But Changji Medicine Store does not accept bulk goods, fearing that the bulk goods may be poisonous and damage the reputation of the medicine store.
Fortunately, Grandpa Qin had been a soldier. When he took off his armor and returned home, the military camp gave him a soldier's armor plate to prove his identity, so the medicine store dared to accept the cicada nymphs.
Seeing that he was a veteran and half a fellow soldier, he gave the supplies directly.
Nowadays, supplies are more expensive than gold. Grandpa Qin and the others were so happy that they picked up the supplies and returned to the camp. The victims on the road were jealous. If it were not for the patrol of the Northwest Army, they would have come up to grab it... This is also the reason why Qin Xiaomi and the others did not exchange cicada nymphs for supplies before.
In the wild, even if you change the cold-proof materials, it is difficult to keep them.
"Old lady, come and divide the cotton-padded clothes." Grandpa Qin shouted.
Grandma Qin and the others hurriedly gathered together, touching the warm cotton clothes, she burst into tears with joy: "With these cotton clothes, we are not afraid of freezing to death."
But the cotton clothes are limited, they There were dozens of people, and they couldn't afford a cotton-padded coat each, so they were divided among households. Each household had two cotton-padded coats, and the remaining one was given to Grandpa Qin's family.
Qin Liupo was a little jealous.
Qin Cunquan said: "Girl Xiaomi took us to find the cicada nymph. The fifth uncle's family deserves more."
Everyone else agreed: "Xiaomi has done a lot of work, and everyone should get a cotton-padded jacket."
Qin Xiaomi had her own cotton-padded jacket, and she put it on after baking and sterilizing it with fire... The large cotton-padded jacket enveloped her, It made her whole body feel warm and comfortable.
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After living in a shack for three days, on this day, I finally heard soldiers beating gongs and shouting: "Victims who have signed up to go to Northeastern Prefecture, listen up. Pack your things and prepare today. Let’s gather early tomorrow morning and set off for Northeastern State!”
(End of this chapter)