Haining County, Hangzhou Prefecture, located on the north bank of the Qiantang River, is one of the oldest administrative regions in Zhejiang. Following the foundation of Confucianism for thousands of years, the old city has been built like a big square chessboard. A north-south axis. It is the Chu River and Han realm in the middle of the chessboard. Divide the whole of Haining in two. East-West Street. The city was again divided into two districts, north and south. These are the four boundaries of the rules. The Land of Four Streets. It is cut by the alleys and alleys that are horizontal and vertical, although they are densely packed like spider webs, but they are all square and horizontal and vertical. Streets are lines on a chessboard. And each square is the grid on the chessboard. The people in this square are the children on this chessboard. Everyone abides by the rules, just works and walks on this chessboard, and is the wife of this vast number of living beings, at the mercy of this God and this government, there is almost no room for independent action.

Although Haining is boxy, it is in the shape of a chessboard. But there's something on the inside. The temple is self-contained. The officials of the yamen are on the same side. The mansions of the gentry and the powerful are even more advantageous to feng shui. There is also a wealthy family who custom-made windmills of different sizes from Phi Island. Build huge or elaborate windmills in your own courtyard. Or for practicality, or just for the sights chic. It's a lot of noise every day. With the direction of the wind from north to south, slowly swaying, a series of exquisite waterfalls are naturally formed, which is pleasing to the eye and adds to the chic of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. So, no matter in the deep house compound. It's still a delicate family, and you can hear the water flowing day and night through the wall.

Stand on top of a high-rise pagoda. You can see all the pedestrians entering and exiting the roads and alleys, and the women dancing in the song building, but they have a different flavor.

Of course, it was all the Yaxing of the literati and scholars who had hung up for the ages, and it had nothing to do with the hungry and cold people. Now, Yang Er and the horse riding on the wall are out to steal.

Yang Er, known as Yang Fan, is also an official, a hundred households in Haining's health guard, not a big or small official. But in fact, according to the grade, it is one level larger than the county order. However, the level of the military general does not count, although I heard that the hero of the Ming Dynasty Mao Shuai has a correct name for the grade, but it is in the court, and when he arrives at the place, it has been difficult to change, even if it is a second-grade general, he should go to ask for food, no matter what, the salary of the military general is a civilian official, and you are helpless to spend. What's the use of holding a grade? It's like, in principle, the ancestors of the horses below are all handed down by Mr. Qian, and the grade is higher than himself, so he doesn't have to call himself brother and obey his words.

The horse is his brother and his own soldier.

It would have been according to normal reasoning. These hundred households were serious officers of the imperial court. Ma Er is also a big official of the imperial court, and he has a military salary and a property from the guards. But now the Ming military households are no different from beggars. From this point of view, the grade of this thing, in the generals, at least the generals of the guard, that is based on the earning capacity, don't you see, a kid with the name of a deputy thousand households in the guard, is a fool, being teased on the street? This is this rigid system, this is fate.

But after all, this Haining is different from others, it is quite peaceful at this time, even if you want to go out of the city to encircle and suppress the grass Kou, there is no extra money, and the military has nowhere to go. However, this place is quite rich, and there are more or less grains of one or two stones in the county government every year. For the rest, you can only rely on your own coolies.

The burden of the horses in Haining is not heavy, and the family has a single family with four walls, but the body is good. In the spring and autumn period, I went out of the city to do some short-term work for those landlords or something, and did some help. If you do some short-term labor in those merchants, you can still maintain your food and clothing, at least not starve to death.

Yang Fan can't. Because he not only has parents, but also has a wife and children, although it is enviable, his life is even more embarrassing. Parents are sick, wives are petite, children are greedy time, the so-called half-grown child, eat dead son, even if the parents, wife and themselves would rather be hungry, but this kid is simply a guy who can't eat enough, those mouths are like a bottomless pit, but you can't starve them, right? As for the money and food that were sometimes not available at that time, it was really impossible to support this family of five by working part-time jobs. And although he is a hundred. There is no overnight bread.

And at this time, the pirates besieged the city of Hangzhou, and the fight was in full swing.

Originally, this group of pirates was traveling on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and their own side was not affected. Then those pirates suddenly retreated, which also relieved everyone.

However, Hangzhou Shangxian suddenly sent a military message, saying that pirates would make a comeback. Haining is the only way to stop the pirates from committing Hangzhou again, and the strict requirements are that in order to leave time for the preparation of the defense of Hangzhou, along the way, especially Haining, must hold on to the pirates' attack for at least ten days, and must be able to clear the wilderness, so that the pirates do not get a grain of grain and a handful of firewood.

In fact, this was judged by Hong Chengchou and Mao Yulong, and it would definitely be a reality.

Last time, the pirates marched all the way from the south of the Qiantang River to the city of Hangzhou, and along the way, they slaughtered and looted the entire place.

When I went back, I cleaned these places again, and the roads along the way to Jiangnan have become white ground.

The pirates had no logistics, and all the grain and grass materials were looted on the spot, and if the pirates invaded Hangzhou again this time, they would no longer be able to obtain grain and grass supplies if they took the original route again. Then this time, they must go along the north bank of the Qiantang River, along the places that have not been looted, to get the food supplies they need. In this way, Haining became the only way for pirates.

The meaning of the road is very clear, that is, there are no chickens and dogs left where they pass. Therefore, whether it is Shangxian, the people and the guards, in order to achieve the purpose of Shangxian, in order to avoid disasters, all the people along the way from the mouth of the Qiantang River to the city of Hangzhou have fled. But in the north of the river, there are no mountains and forests to hide, so everyone can only desperately squeeze into the cities around the country to save their lives, in order to be able to hold the city, it is necessary to store as much food as possible.

In fact, the rich merchants and gentry don't care about this, they have a lot of reserves at home, even if they don't have much, just spend more money, how can they insist on the pirates retreating, they don't want to sit on the country, grab a handful and leave. But the fatal thing is that Yang Fan, who is carrying the military official position handed down from his ancestors, can't go anywhere, and doesn't dare to escape, so he can only be here not only to guard the city, but also to store some food for his family. As a result, a dignified Ming hundred households can only take their good brothers, deputy thousand households, and the stunned horses to do part-time jobs and steal. 21. Baidu take a look at the latest chapter of "Lonely Ministers and Jiezhong Literature in the Late Ming Dynasty" for free reading for the first time.

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