On the edge of the threshing floor in Luoxia Village, there is a big willow tree, and a bronze bell hangs on the branch of the big willow tree. Generally, only when an emergency meeting is held in the village, the village chief He will let people ring the big bell.

When the villagers heard the bell, they rushed to the threshing floor to assemble.

Today, Village Chief He once again asked people to ring the big bell, and everyone didn't know what was going on, so they gathered here at the threshing floor.

When Xiao Fuzheng and Ou Muyun complained on the side of the house that the village bell had startled the birds, Xiao Ding and Zhao Laixi came out of the house.

"You two go back to the house, let's go to the village for a meeting." Xiao Ding was worried that he was not at home at this time, and what would happen to the two children outside, after all, the man in black had been lurking in the shadows and thinking about their family.

When Xiao Ding and Zhao Laixi came to the threshing floor, the threshing floor was already full of people.

Seeing that the people in the village were almost here, Village Chief He stood under the big willow tree and spoke:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today I would like to inform you of an unfortunate news, the Hu people in the north have recently come south to fight the autumn wind......

Before Village Chief He finished speaking, the villagers began to talk about it.

"Why is the beard from the north here again, isn't there a garrison at the border pass?"

"What if there are defenders, it's not that they have been defeated by the Hu people, otherwise how can the Hu people enter the customs?"

"Is the border army of my Great Song Kingdom very strong? Why can't you stand the closure of the city? ”

"It's a pity that there are too many corrupt officials in the court, and there will always be something about delicious military salaries."

"It's not easy for the border army, I heard that there is a lot of snow at the border this winter."

"I heard that it also snowed a lot on the Hu people outside the gate, otherwise why would they come to fight the autumn wind again?"

Seeing that everyone was talking non-stop, Village Chief He raised his voice and shouted: "Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet, listen to me." Every year the Hu people fight the autumn wind after the autumn, but this year it is a little late, every year the Hu people fight the autumn wind outside the pass, but this year they led the troops into the pass. Every year, only the Great Hara Kingdom comes to fight the autumn wind, but this year, it is the Great Hara Kingdom and the Great Xia Kingdom that send troops together. ”

Village Chief He breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Unfortunately, our Yongzhou territory boundary is right next to the Great Xia Kingdom. At present, the soldiers and horses of the Great Xia Kingdom have broken through the border pass and broken into our Yongzhou territory. I heard that many counties and towns have been conquered. Now our Lord Thorn Shi in Yongzhou is organizing soldiers and horses to resist the invading Hu people. It's a pity that we don't have enough soldiers and horses in Yongzhou, and now the top requires conscription from the people, and all adult strong men must go to military service. ”

"What, conscription again? This still makes people not live. ”

"I only have a son in my family, what will I do if I go to the army and can't come back?"

"You also have a son, five girls in my family, do you want me to be an old immortal to become a soldier?"

"You can't say that, if none of us go to be soldiers, who will beat the beard?"

"It's just that you can't always think about yourself as a human being."

"Village Chief He, you just said that all adult strong men have to go to military service, so are the descendants of my family included? The person who asked was a lean man in his forties, he had three locks of ink hair, his eyes were not big, and he was shining with fine light, and this person was the Xue housekeeper of the landlord's family in the east of the village.

"This should be included. Listening to the above meaning, it means that as long as it is an adult strong man, it is included, no matter what the status. Village Chief He replied.

Xiao Ding, who was standing on the side of the threshing floor, heard the news announced by Village Chief He, and couldn't help but sigh secretly that he was unlucky. The days of his own family have just entered the right track, and the construction plan he planned has not yet been completed, so this happened.

Xiao Ding still has some understanding of what Village Chief He said about the Hu people fighting the autumn wind. Because almost every dynasty in Chinese history was harassed by the northern nomads. From the Xiongnu in the north during the Qin and Han dynasties, to the Wuhu Chaohua in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and then to the Turks in the north during the Sui and Tang dynasties, as well as the Khitan, Jurchen, and Mengyuan in the north during the Northern and Southern Song dynasties of the Five Dynasties. Even in Chinese history, there have been several times when the world-leading civilization of the Han people was destroyed at the hands of relatively backward, primitive, and barbaric northern nomads.

The nomads in the north are good at herding sheep and horses, but not good at farming and weaving, so when they harvest grain in autumn, they will come south to plunder the grain of the people. That is, the autumn wind that the village chief He said.

Although Xiao Ding has not heard of the Great Hara Kingdom and the Great Xia Kingdom mentioned by Village Chief He, he can also guess that they should also be countries formed by nomads in the north.

Since the border of Yongzhou borders the Great Xia Kingdom, the soldiers and horses of the Great Xia Kingdom have already broken into the pass. Xiao Ding guessed that this battle might not end for a while. Then the preparation for construction at the beginning of spring next year will be delayed. Because all the adults and strong men have gone to military service, there will be no one left in the village who can work.

And Xiao Ding's plan to build a few more greenhouses has also been disrupted, and it seems that now he can only continue to rely on those two greenhouses to make money to support his family and maintain his life.

If it is really according to what Village Chief He said, all adult strong men have to go to military service, then Fan Sanpang and Zhao Hu in their own family will not be able to hide.

As a result, there are some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the family. Even Zhao Laixi couldn't hide.

Being a soldier, in any era, is a chore.

If you go to the battlefield, life and death casualties are unknown, Tian Dabao is the best example, if Tian Dabao didn't go to the battlefield, how could he lose half of his leg, and how could he lose the love of Tian Caishen and Zhou, and was kicked out of the house.

The villagers are still talking about conscription.

Village Chief He cleared his voice and continued to shout: "Did everyone understand the conscription? After you understand it, go to my house and report your name in the next two days. Don't hide it, if you are found to be hiding something, it may affect your family. ”

"I'm not alarmist when I say this, everyone must take it seriously, especially those big families with a large population, and they must report it truthfully." Village Chief He continued to add emphasis.

"Okay, that's all for today's meeting, if you still don't understand, go to my house to find me." Seeing that the words had been finished and that everything that should have been conveyed had been conveyed, Village Chief He announced the dismissal of the meeting.

Today's incident is not a trivial matter, the beard is coming to fight the autumn wind again, and the villagers are still talking non-stop on the way home. They used to call the Hu people beards.

Of course, the last thing the villagers want to do is to go to military service. After all, the risk factor of being a soldier is much higher than staying at home.

After Xiaoding went home, he was depressed all the time, and Zhao Laixi had already told his family about the content of today's meeting.

The family was naturally shocked when they heard it. They also seem to be aware of what is about to happen. Naturally, the mood is not very good.

"Xianggong, are you going to serve in the military soon?" The second girl asked Xiaoding stupidly.

"Yes, if nothing else, I should be there in the near future." Xiao Ding touched the hair of the second girl and said.

"But, Xianggong, I still haven't given you a baby yet!" Erniu said with a look of grievance.