Yongzhou, Jingzhao County, Chiyang County, Huangyu Pavilion.

At this time, it was the eighth day of October in 268 AD, and the temperature in Guanzhong at this time was already a little unfriendly. However, when the hour came, there were still bursts of cooking smoke rising from the chimneys of every house in the pavilion.

With a squeak, the wooden door of a small farm yard opened from the inside, and a man with a simple face and a tall skeleton walked out of the house.

He's really not small, estimated to be about eight feet tall (185 cm). At this time, although there was no flesh on his body, he waved his arms extremely vigorously between walking. The pace of the lower limbs is also very calm, and at first glance he looks like a practitioner.

The man walked to the courtyard in front of the door, raised his hands flat, and after repeated chest expansion exercises, he looked up at the sky blankly.

"The baby is big, where is the daze? Why don't you hurry up to the roof and see if the eggs are dry? All day long, I was in a daze, and my family was going to starve to death. Just look forward to these eggs to exchange for food! ”

"Got it." was reprimanded by his mother-in-law for a while, but the man was not angry, and climbed onto the roof of his house in three steps and two steps very obediently.

I gently inserted my hands into the dustpan to dry the eggs and felt the humidity: well, it should be about the same.

Thinking of this verse, this man did not hesitate any longer. With a sigh of relief, he lifted the entire dustpan, and then quickly descended from the roof with the dustpan in one hand and the ladder in the other.

"Why are you so bold old man? A person dares to carry a dustpan down a ladder? What should I do if I fall? I don't feel sorry for you and I don't feel sorry for you, what should I do if these dried worm eggs are gone? I'm going to exchange you for food? ”

He was reprimanded by his daughter-in-law again, but the man was not angry, and after handing over the dustpan, he looked at his daughter-in-law and laughed silly while touching the back of his head.

"Ah, you fool!" The mother-in-law took the dustpan and flew a white eye to her husband helplessly. Then he carefully examined the eggs: "Well, it's all dry, it should be a sunny day today, and the sun will let it dry later." In the afternoon you go and give it to the pavilion master. I guess I should have more than a hundred dollars. ”

"Got it."

"After getting the money, hurry up to the county seat, I heard the sister-in-law of the Zhao family next door say that yesterday the old man of their family went to the county seat to buy grain, and the county government bid was 150 yuan a stone."

"yes, got it."

"Huh! You big guy! Don't just know one by one. Let me tell you, after this morning, there will be three liters of flour and two liters of millet in the rice bowl at home. If you don't buy new rice and noodles, at most three or five days, the family will be out of cooking! ”

"Oh, rest assured. I'll carry the food back. ”

"Well, be careful on the road. Later, I will ask the sister-in-law of the Li family, will their family go to the county seat to buy grain today? When the time comes, you and the Li brothers will have a companion together. I've heard that there are also thieves robbing grain near our pavilion. ”

"Humph!" After the honest man at the beginning heard his mother-in-law talk about this problem, his expression, which was still faint just now, suddenly became proud: "These thieves don't care about robbing other pavilions, if they come to our pavilion." Hmph, my knife hasn't rusted yet! ”

"Don't do it! You're not the only one in the pavilion who has come back from the camp. What's there to shout about! ”

"That's right, look at our pavilion, six of them came back from the camp. Who went out to be a thief? Shu thief, ah no, the great Sima of the Han State has a good heart and is a big good official. In such a year, locusts and eggs were purchased at a high price. Grain stores are not allowed to sell grain on their own, but are concentrated in the county government to sell it in a unified manner. The price of this grain has never exceeded one hundred and fifty cents...... As long as you are willing to work hard to turn the ground, you will not starve to death! Why don't you catch insects honestly and become thieves? Catch a little more worms today, not to mention that the family is well fed, and there will be less disasters next year. If you don't do such a good thing, you want to be a thief! It's also that I didn't touch the forehead, otherwise, the people who really killed before the forehead were not people? ”

"Say no more! The eggs are getting less and less dug up. Even if you come back tomorrow with a stone of grain, and the family digs up some tree bark or something, it will not be able to last until next autumn. What should I do then? Ha, what do you want to do next fall? After the spring of next year, the seeds will be gone! ”

"What's this? The Great Sima of the Han Kingdom will definitely not ignore us. Even if Da Sima doesn't care about us, we can still go to the nearby Zhang family's manor to take refuge. I have this strength and martial arts, whether it is to be his general or to plow the land for his family, I don't believe he doesn't want it! Okay, you go and see if the buns in the pot are good. ”

"Hmm." The mother-in-law listened to her husband's words, and her heart was suddenly steady. When I entered the house, my steps were a little lighter unconsciously, and just looking at the back, I felt a little bit of wind (anti-harmony) feeling of scratching my hands and posing.

But then, the style of painting changed.

"You two babies, you're still sleeping, you're still sleeping! Hurry up! After eating the bun, I went to the ground for the old lady to dig up the eggs! If you don't dig half a dustpan today, you won't be allowed to eat at night! ”

Seeing the chickens and dogs jumping in the house, the man standing in the yard didn't mean to go in to stop it. On the contrary, a faint smile appeared on his face, as if he was enjoying the warmth that was full of human fireworks.

Right now.

"When~~when~~~when~~~~"

The broken bell on the flat dam at the entrance of the village rang. This voice was so penetrating, in this early winter morning, it quickly resounded throughout the Huangyu Pavilion. The farmers in the pavilion came out of their houses one after another and looked towards the entrance of the village.

The aunt who went in to play with the child also came out of the house in a panic, and when she arrived at the yard, she instinctively stood beside the man: "What's wrong?" ”

"I don't know. Only the pavilion chief can ring that bell. I guess there's something big to announce. You take care of the dustpan eggs at home, and I'll go to the entrance of the village to have a look. ”

"Eh, go ahead. Oh, wait, bring the buns, finish eating on the way, don't let other people know that there is still millet in your family! ”

"yes, got it."

In the end, the man was a giant man with a height of eight feet, although due to the lack of long-term nutrition, the muscles on his body atrophied and he looked very cold. But after all, he had long legs, so he quickly rushed from his yard to the entrance of the village.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw that it was the new chief of the pavilion who was ringing the bell.

The pavilion chief is only about seven feet (162 cm) tall, and the muscles in his right hand that are ringing the bell bulge inch by inch, giving people an extremely vigorous and powerful feeling. The sleeve on the left hand side is empty. The cold wind of early winter is blowing, and the empty sleeves are fluttering in the wind, which looks a little out of harmony.

Although the pavilion chief who rang the bell with one hand seemed a little funny, this man didn't mean to underestimate him at all.

As a deserter in the Guanzhong army, the man knew very well that the right hand of this pavilion chief was so thick and powerful, there was no doubt that before this pavilion chief's left hand was cut off by the enemy above the battle array, the pavilion chief should be a spearman of the Shu Kingdom. And the pikemen, this man, when he recalled the indomitable pikemen he faced on the battlefield, he couldn't help but fight a cold war in his heart.

The people on the ground in Guanzhong are extremely organized. So the bell didn't ring for long, and every household sent representatives to the entrance of the village.

"Well, the Li family, the Zhao family, the Wang family, and the Beigong family who came here first. Very good, everyone's here. Now that you're here, let's get down to business! ”

When the pavilion chief said this, his only right hand clenched into a fist and arched slightly towards the south: "By the order of my Great Han Grand Sima Guan Zifeng, I will announce the new regulations of the imperial court to you." The first article is the conscription of the imperial court, with a number of 30,000 soldiers. Those who are familiar with martial arts are preferred, and those who are willing to join the army will sign up here in this pavilion later, and then go to the county seat to participate in the selection. Those who are selected will be given 2,000 yuan or 10 stone of grain at a time. The children of his family were relocated to Hanzhong at the expense of the imperial court! ”

"Second, the imperial court ordered to rebuild the canals in Guanzhong. The labor of my Huangyu Pavilion is mainly to re-dredge the Zhengguo Canal together with the labor of the nearby pavilions. Da Sima was merciful and set the rules. The people who participated in the dredging of the canals were ten yuan a day for men in the prime of life, eight dollars for women in the prime of life, and five dollars a day for young men over ten years old and under fifteen years old! In addition, during the construction period, the construction site will pack two meals in the morning and evening! ”

"The third article, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Liu Xiuran order. Since the imperial court has already found a bite to eat for everyone through various methods such as conscription and canal repair, it is impossible to say that it will come out and rob others. So from now on, Liu Envoy Jun has sent many elites to start killing the thieves. This pavilion knows that our brothers and sisters in this pavilion are all good. I'd rather honestly dig up insect eggs for food, and no one goes out to rob them. But this pavilion also knows that some of you are associated with those robbers. This pavilion also asks you to go and tell those people that the eggs are decreasing day by day, and it is impossible to sustain the situation by exchanging eggs for food. The imperial court is not unaware. But now, isn't the court trying to figure out a way for everyone? So, stop it! Benting was cut off a hand on the battle array, and it was not the same as digging in the soil, but those good men with good feet and good hands went to be thieves, which is really ashamed! ”

After saying these words, the pavilion chief took a breath softly: "Brothers and sisters, you all know that this pavilion is from Ba County, and because of his disability, he was arranged by my family's big Sima to be the pavilion chief here. For more than a month, this pavilion has done a good job, not to mention anything else, on the locust, this pavilion has never been short of two pounds with you. But some of the locusts and eggs you have handed over are mixed with a lot of sand. The pavilion also recognized it. For this, Benting was scolded by Shangguan a lot. This year's test is destined to be a subordinate. But Honting doesn't care! Because Hontei himself has been a farmer, he knows the hardships of the disaster! Therefore, as long as the brothers and sisters in the pavilion can live a little better, it is nothing for the pavilion to be wronged himself...... Well, after talking so much nonsense, let's ask everyone, who wants to join the army? Who wants to dredge the Zhengguo Canal? ”

Shaoqing, a long arm was raised: "In Xiabei Gongxiong, I am willing to join the army!" ”