The blue sky and white clouds, the sea breeze is slow, the warships are like buildings, the sails are lined up, and a Ming army fleet is slowly moving forward in a neat array in the northern sea area of Dongfan.

One of the Daifuku boats, Zhang Pan, a civilian from Liaodong, was sitting on the side of the boat, holding a sweet potato fry, chewing it from time to time, looking very leisurely.

It's been eight years, since the day Jin Zhouwei fell, in the past eight years, he has never felt so peaceful, peaceful, and happy.

He was born in an ordinary peasant family in Jinzhouwei, the original family of five, in addition to his parents, there are two sisters, at that time, although his family only has more than ten acres of thin fields, but the family is frugal, frugal and frugal, life can be improvised.

Because he is the eldest in the family, his parents and two sisters are very fond of him, and he has left him with any delicious food, if he can buy some spare money to buy some fabrics, he will definitely make new clothes for him first, at that time he felt very happy, and even fantasized about marrying a wife and having children when he grows up, and his parents are the same, with children, and live with beauty.

However, all this, since eight years ago, has changed.

That year, Jiannu invaded, that year, the Ming army was defeated, and that year, all the fathers and villagers fell into the hands of Jiannu and became untouchables before they could escape.

Jiannu is cruel and brutal, and has never treated the civilians of Liaodong as human beings, what to keep their heads without hair, without their hair, even their hair must be shaved according to their requirements, otherwise they will die.

They also collected taxes very heavily, saying that they were kind enough to divide the fields, but in fact, those fields were originally their own family, and his family could barely survive on more than ten acres of land, but as soon as Jiannu came, they did not have a full meal because of the heavy taxes.

If they don't have enough to eat, they also have to farm for Jiannu, and all year round, they are tired to death, and they will be whipped if they slack off.

Everyone couldn't stand this kind of life, and the next year they reversed, and they didn't know who took the lead, and as soon as the grain was harvested in the second year, the fathers and villagers hid in the mountains with the rebels, using hoes and kitchen knives to protect themselves and protect their families.

As a result, it didn't last long, and everyone was arrested by Jiannu.

This time, they saw the real cruelty of Jiannu, all the men, over the age of twelve, were dragged aside and cut down, and the rest were all reduced to serfs.

He was exactly eleven years old that year and survived, however, his father was dragged out and cut down in front of the family!

Immediately afterwards, his two sisters were also arrested by Jiannu, and since then, there has been no news.

He and his mother depend on each other, and live a life that is inferior to pigs and dogs every day, and it will be three or four years at a time.

The year before last, because of the lack of grain harvest, Jiannu issued a ridiculous order, all the old and frail should go to the local cattle to die, don't waste food!

In the beginning, naturally no one would honestly suffer death.

However, immediately afterwards, Jiannu began to investigate, and those who did not follow the order were all executed, all of them were executed!

One family after another, I don't know how many families were killed, everyone was finally scared, and his mother looked at him with tears in her eyes and reluctantly left.

Father, mother, sister, Zhang Pan read the names of his relatives one by one in his heart, working day and night all year round, his mind was exhausted, he couldn't remember the appearance of his father and sister clearly, only his mother's reluctant eyes were deeply engraved in his mind.

"Zhang Pan, what's wrong with you, you miss your relatives again?" A familiar voice rang in his ears.

It was a pillar, and like him, they were all serfs with white flags, ox and gouni cloth.

Zhang Pan wiped away his tears and smiled: "It's nothing, it's all over, we finally escaped." ”

Zhu Zi sighed: "Yes, we finally escaped, we have been floating on the sea for half a month, and they don't know where to send us." ”

Zhang Pan said indifferently: "Didn't you say it, Fujian Dongfanwei, no matter where it is, is better than Liaodong." ”

Zhu Zi nodded and said, "Yes, as long as you can escape from that ghost place, you can go anywhere." ”

At this moment, a shout suddenly sounded in front of the cabin in the middle of the deck: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat, everyone is holding bowls, line up, don't crowd." ”

It's been more than half a month, and everyone is no longer the kind that just escaped from Liaodong and would go crazy when they saw white rice, everyone honestly walked to the place where the dishes and chopsticks were placed, picked up a pair of dishes and chopsticks from the basket, and honestly lined up on the deck.

There were a total of more than 200 civilians who escaped from Liaodong on this Daifuku ship, not a single old man, not many children, most of them were young people in their teens and twenties, and there were very few people over thirty years old.

The soldier who was cooking was also quite skilled, and the rice spoon and vegetable spoon flew up, dazzling, and soon, it was the turn of the pillar and the plate, and as soon as the pillar in front stretched out the bowl, he couldn't help but ask: "Big brother, how long will it take to get to the place?" ”

The soldier who made the rice quickly filled him with a big bowl of rice, stretched the rice bowl to the side and took a big spoonful of vegetables, and then quickly handed the big bowl to the pillar, and then smiled and said: "Hurry up, hurry up and eat, maybe it will be there in a while." ”

Hearing this, the pillar ran to the side with the bowl and ate quickly.

Zhang Pan stepped forward and handed the bowl out, and said with a smile: "Big brother, you're not joking, can you still be there in a while?" ”

The soldier serving the meal quickly prepared the meal, handed it to Zhang Pan, and then replied with a smile: "It's really not a joke, according to this distance, it should be here at this time, and there is no reference on this sea, who knows." ”

Zhang Pan took the big bowl and quickly stepped aside, so as not to block the path of the people behind, and after listening to the answer of the soldier who was making food, he smiled and nodded, and walked towards the pillar.

These Ming soldiers are very easy-going, they will answer whatever you ask, of course, sometimes they will joke, maybe they don't know the answer, so just make a joke.

However, this time it really doesn't seem like a joke.

Is it really coming?

Zhang Pan couldn't help but be a little excited, a new life is about to begin, it's really exciting.

He picked up the white rice and ate it quickly.

Rice, is the best Jiangnan rice, the boss has a bowl, not to mention a catty, before he wants to change it, he can't think of it, so much rice, enough for him to boil porridge for more than ten days to drink, but now it is the amount of a meal.

The dish is his favorite potato stewed chicken, although most of the layers on top of the rice are golden mashed potatoes, the chicken is just such a piece, and Zhang Pan also eats it with relish.

In the past few years, where has he eaten any real vegetables, at most is to pick up some rotten vegetable leaves thrown away by Zhushen, cook some vegetable soup to drink, not even salt, which is like this mashed potato, not only the salt taste is moderate, but also has a special fragrance, listen to the soldiers on the ship said, this is a spice purchased from foreigners, gold is expensive, a pound costs a few dollars of silver!

I heard them say that these were specially prepared for them by Master Zhang, the governor of Fujian, for fear that they would not eat well.

This Fujian Governor Zhang is really a good person, like the governor of Liaodong, the civilians of Liaodong have basically never heard of it, and he doesn't care if you eat well or not, whether you have food or not, he doesn't care!

This is also the reason why Zhang Pan is full of yearning for a new life, living under the rule of such a good official, compared to Liaodong, I don't know how many times better.

He quickly finished the meal, then threw the chicken into his mouth and chewed it deliciously.

The chicken bones had not been completely chewed, and a shout suddenly came from the middle mast: "It's here, Dongfan Beiwei, Jicoop Harbor, it's here." ”

Hearing his shout, the people on deck got up excitedly and ran to the sides of the ship, stretched their heads out, and looked ahead.

Sure enough, a black line faintly appeared in front of it, and that should be the coast, Dongfanwei, has finally arrived.

Liaodong is a border town, they are no strangers to the Ming Dynasty's guards, in their minds, Dongfanwei should be similar to Jinzhou Wei and Fuzhou Wei, it is a little larger than the average county, it is good to accommodate the fleet of tens of thousands of civilians.

At this time, there was another shout from the front: "Folks, line up, line up in twelve columns, and tell everyone that the chief has something to say." ”

Queuing is also the only thing that all the civilians on the ship have to do these days, or training, every morning the sergeants on the ship will gather everyone and practice an hourly formation, regardless of men, women and children, that is, how many phalanxes, just line up neatly.

The twelve phalanxes were the most practiced, and all the civilians on the ship were familiar with them, and even everyone remembered where they should have been standing, and soon, everyone was lined up in a long phalanx, neat, and it looked like that.

As soon as everyone lined up, a Ming general dressed in fish scale armor came to the front of the formation with a team of soldiers, he roughly looked at the formation, nodded with satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Folks, everyone should have heard, Dongfanwei has arrived, and the front is Dongfanwei Jilong Port, but, I guess, I'm afraid that you can't be accommodated here, because I have sent several batches before, and last time I said that it was full." ”

As soon as his words fell, all the civilians were shocked and couldn't be placed, what does this mean, then what should they do!

Seeing everyone's expressions, he hurriedly explained: "Don't panic, there is not only one Dongfan defender, there is a place." ”

At this moment, one of the young men in the team suddenly raised his right hand and raised it high above his head.

Seeing that, he smiled and nodded, "Well, you say." ”

The young man plucked up his courage and said, "My lord, I want to ask, how many guards are there in Dongfan, can you accommodate us?" ”

The general manager continued to smile and said: "There are a total of nine guards in Dongfan, with tens of millions of acres of fertile land, so you don't have to worry about not having land to plant." ”

Nine health centers, tens of millions of acres of fertile land, that's not about the same size as Liaodong!

Everyone had a smile on their faces again, in such a big place, more than 10,000 of them really don't have to worry about not being able to accommodate it.

Immediately afterwards, the general said loudly: "I gathered everyone together to tell you, when you get to the chicken coop port, don't get excited, don't rush to run under the boat, I estimate, it is very likely, you will be arranged to go to the station of other guards, this ship, you are afraid that you will have to sit for a few more days." Remember, don't rush, don't mess up, if you want to get off the boat, I'll tell you, okay, disband. ”

Soon the fleet came to the vicinity of Sheliao Island outside the port of Jilong, and sure enough, as the general had expected, before the fleet had entered the port, several clippers came to meet them, and in a short time, the flagship was sounding from the flagship.

The herald on the mast replied with a banner, and then said to the general who looked up below: "Convey the order of the governor, this group of civilians will be arranged to the left guard of the east guard, and the fleet will go to the right of the east guard. ”

The commander nodded, and then ordered the fortune boat to follow the fleet to the right front.

At this time, the entire Dongfan has established a tun guard system, the east nine guards, each guard has nine thousand households, and the center and left of the east guard are located in Tamsui Port, which is not far from the chicken coop port.

In the afternoon of the same day, the fleet arrived at the left and left of the East Guard, and after replenishing food and fresh water, the fleet continued to set off and sailed along the east coast of East Fan for about four days, and the fleet finally arrived at the destination of the trip, the East Fan Left Guard.

The fleet slowly approached the port, and the general manager of the Fu ship gathered everyone again and began to lecture.

The general said with a beaming face: "Finally sent everyone to the place, my task has been completed, here, I wish everyone a happy and happy life in Dongfanwei." ”

When all the civilians heard this, they thanked one after another: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, send us here, thank you for taking care of us these days." ”

The general manager raised his hand, and when everyone quieted down, he said aloud: "Finally, I still have to explain, don't worry, don't mess up." Otherwise, we'll line up here and wait to get off the boat, and everyone says, "How about it?" ”

All the civilians replied, "Okay." ”

Soon, the ship approached the dock, and as soon as the ladder was lowered, a herald ran up quickly, and said to the commander: "My lord, the commander has an order for Lord Hong Xu, this boat of people will go to the front of the left guard in the east to report to Lord Xie Zhengyang of Qianhu." ”

The general touched his head and asked embarrassedly: "How to go to the front of the left guard in the east, I don't know!" ”

The herald arched his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, just let them follow me." ”

The boss suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's the case, I've been on the ship for the past few months, and I don't know what has become of Tofan." Okay, folks, follow him, I'll command one last time, everyone, single formation, target, east fan in the left guard in the front of the front, set off. ”

The villagers on the ship couldn't help laughing when they saw his serious appearance, and in the midst of laughter, more than two hundred civilians thought of him one by one to say goodbye, got off the ship, and followed the herald to the outside of the port.

Unexpectedly, his last order was wrong, and the herald did not take more than 200 people to the front of the left guard in the east of the center. Instead, he went to the station of the left guard in the east of the country, that is, the place where the command envoy yamen was located.

Here, is a city of tens of thousands of people, not far from the port, the city walls have been built, it seems that the forts and fortresses are still being built, and inside the city is a neat and tidy military camp, in front of each row of military camps there is a huge school field, enough to accommodate thousands of people.