On the official road leading to the capital, Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey from the same village walked with great difficulty.

Now the snow is melting, the road is very muddy, coupled with the cold wind howling, and there is nothing to eat in the stomach, every time they walk, the two of them have to stop to take a breath.

"I'm going to the capital after a walk, and I don't know if it's good to find something to do in the capital, whether there is anyone to give porridge, and the dry food brought out can't last for a few days."

Tian Erniu looked at the tall gate of the capital and was full of worries about the coming days.

Both of them are military households of Tianjin Wei, and when it comes to military households, we have to mention the household service system of the Ming Dynasty, because of this household service system, this military household is hereditary, like other stove households, artisan households, etc., and the ancestors are military households, and these generations, children and grandchildren are military households.

Don't think that this hereditary is an iron rice bowl, it sounds like it's pretty good.

But in fact, it is just the opposite, the military household is the lowest and lowest existence of the Ming Dynasty, except for those who can hereditary hundreds of households and thousands of households, the other low-level military households are all the poorest existences in the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Ming Taizu's military household system was actually very good, and a certain amount of land was allocated to each guard, and the military households of this guard house were self-sufficient in cultivating land in peacetime, and they could defend the country in wartime, so that they could raise a large number of soldiers without spending a penny.

However, after more than 100 years of development, the system of guards and military households has been completely eroded.

The elite army of the Ming Dynasty, which was once able to drive the Yuan captives north, has become the most honest and impoverished peasants after more than 100 years of development.

Because of the existence of the household service system, the children and grandchildren of these military households are all military households, and gradually these military households have become the personal serfs of the superior officers and nobles, and as for the fields allocated to the guards, they are also occupied by the nobles, senior generals, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and so on.

These military households are not allowed to engage in any other profession because it is not allowed, and they can only farm honestly, and when there is a war, they have to go to war.

Second, he became a private serf of his superiors, not only to help his superiors and officers farm the land, but sometimes he also had to do a lot of personal work.

Third, this military land has been occupied, but the population of these low-level military households is increasing, and with one increase and one decrease, the life of these military households can be imagined.

If Liu Jin was born in Xiahetun and was poor because he was close to the sea, had little arable land and could not go to the sea, and his life was hard, then the life of these military households would be even worse.

When winter comes, a large number of military households have become homeless, begging everywhere, and every year I don't know how many people freeze to death and starve to death outside, and the health center system is truly and completely erosive.

Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey were thinly dressed, the cotton jackets they wore were very tattered, and they were black, the thermal insulation effect was really worrying, and when the cold wind blew, the two of them were also shivering with cold, rested for a while, and continued to walk towards the capital.

Both of them are military households, just in their early twenties, there are wives and children in the family, it should be the wife and children hot kang head, but unfortunately there is not much food left at home, as in previous years, young people must come out as homeless people to make a living, and give the little food left in the family to the children to eat, and they must find a way to survive this winter, until the spring of the next year can go back.

This is an extremely cruel reality, penniless, just bring some dry food out, this is freezing cold, I don't know how many people went out every year and never came back.

But there is no way, if you go out, you may still have a way to live, if you don't go out, the whole family may starve to death at home, so even if you know this, there are still a large number of military families who have become homeless people and come to the city to beg for food.

The two walked slowly, but slowly they finally reached the gate of the city.

"Two brothers, two brothers, you are here to make a living, our Zhang's Coal Industry is recruiting a large number of people, including food and housing, I don't know if you are interested in coming to our Zhang's Coal Industry to do things?"

Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey came to the city gate, and before they had time to take a breath, a cleanly dressed person wearing a family uniform immediately came up and hurriedly said.

"Eat and stay?"

When Zhao Monkey heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he couldn't believe that there was such a good thing in the world, they came out to be homeless, didn't they just want to be able to beg for food to survive this winter, and now they even eat and live as long as they work, such a good thing has never been heard of before.

For these homeless people, as long as they are given a stutter, everything is easy to say, not to mention that they are still covered, then this winter will definitely be able to survive.

When Zhao Monkey and Tian Erniu were about to nod their heads and agree, a few more people surrounded them, and they scrambled to say: "Two brothers, our Sangong Coal Industry is also recruiting people, to make honeycomb coal, including food and housing, Sangong Coal Industry is opened by the three grandfathers, and it will definitely not treat everyone badly." ”

"Our Zhou's coal industry is also recruiting, and if we work hard, we will also be rewarded."

"Two brothers, come to our Sihai Coal Industry, all food and shelter, and after this winter, we will send you a set of cotton clothes."

One person surrounded Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey, and the conditions were better than the other, which made the two of them stupid and stupid.

It's not that it's hard to get into the city gate when you come out to beg for food, it's not that it's hard to find something to do when you come out, isn't it that when you come out, the homeless people will either starve to death or freeze to death?

Why do you seem to have become a fragrant bun now, and you don't forget about calling yourself a brother and brother, and you still hold your hand, for fear that you will leave.

"This is what our Zhang's Coal Industry saw first, do you abide by the rules of first come, first served?"

"What do you see first, when they were far away, I had already seen it, let's go, brother, come to our Zhou's coal industry, come over first to drink hot water and warm up~"

"Are you still going to be ashamed? Everyone said that you saw it first, why don't you just grab it? ”

The people surrounding the two of them also quarreled with each other, which made Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey even more at a loss, their eyes kept looking around, and soon their eyes lit up, and they found two people from the same village.

"Brother Big Tiger, Brother Silly Bear, you guys also came out?"

Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey also hurriedly walked over.

"Erniu, monkey, come to Xishan Coal Industry, the same food and shelter, there are several dollars a day, the more you work, the more money you get, don't be fooled by them."

The people called Dahu and Silly Bear also shouted excitedly when they saw Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey, and then hurriedly pulled the two of them to Xishan Coal Industry to recruit people, and said to the guy in charge: "Xie Steward, these two people are from the same village as me, I don't know if I can go to work here in Xishan Coal Industry together?" ”

"Well, since it's your fellow villager, of course you can, take your identity card, and you can use your identity card to eat and receive wages in the future."

Steward Xie originally came to recruit the homeless, so naturally there was no reason to refuse, so he nodded and wrote the identity cards for the two of them.

"Big Tiger, Silly Bear, what the hell is going on?"

Tian Erniu and Zhao Monkey held the identity card, still unable to figure out the situation, and hurriedly asked.

"What's going on, it's not simple, we people have become fragrant buns, don't you see everyone scrambling to ask us to do things?"