Chapter 15: The Dark Days Are to Be Lived for the Best

As long as heavy rain begins to fall on the Gobi Desert, the water cannot be stored on the slippery ground, and it will soon turn into a rolling torrent. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The ground was flat just now, and after a flash flood, a deep trench appeared in the ground.

After seeing the horrific scene of the flash flood with his own eyes, the Song prisoners no longer like to talk much.

Even the toughest snitch is worried about his future.

After walking tens of thousands of miles, it seems that he has come to the edge of the sky, and when he is on the way, he still has the prosperous scene of Hami described by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty in his mind as hope.

Now, standing on the barren Gobi, in addition to a vast lake, all you can see is the desolate Gobi, and the tall sand dunes in the distance are even more oppressive and desperate.

"Oh my God, I'm going back!"

Finally, a guy who had collapsed appeared in the crowd.

With his shout, more prisoners began to cry, and they began to run around with the prisoner who wanted to return to the Great Song Dynasty.

A wolf-tooth arrow passed through the neck of the prisoner who ran the fastest, carrying a large canopy of blood, and his body barely ran forward two steps before falling into the dust, only the red blood slowly ** the Gobi below.

The running prisoners lay on the ground with a wail, and they were very worried that another arrow would shoot them on the Gobi.

A bearded officer, riding a horse, slowly came to the dead prisoner, poked the corpse a few times with the spear in his hand, and then looked at the desperate prisoner in front of him and said coldly: "You will die here!" I want to go back to the Great Song Dynasty and dream! ”

The expression on Tongban's face was also a little unnatural, he turned around and hugged his little grandson, and then said to Tongzi: "I am a guilty body, you are not, I can't go, you can!" ”

Tongzi, who was very obedient in the past, shook his head stubbornly and said: "If you seek death, your son, grandson, and daughter-in-law will suffer in vain along the way." ”

Tong Pan smiled bitterly: "Daddy used to just want to make the family business bigger, so that you lost your mother early, and suffered early that other children did not suffer."

I didn't expect that not only could I not help you now, but also caused you to come to the edge of the sky. ”

Tongzi hugged his wife, who was already crying softly, and smiled at his father: "At the beginning, Aunt Tiejia took Brother Yuan to make a fortune in Tokyo without relatives, and the child wanted to try it here." ”

Tong Pan laughed miserably and said, "How can you make a fortune?" There is no need for ...... here."

Tongzi said with a smile: "There is no book printing workshop here." ”

"The template of our home...... All were confiscated by the government. ”

Tongzi straightened his wife and smiled: "It's not that bad, it's not that bad, I believe that the government didn't want us all to die on the Gobi Desert when they sent us here."

Brother Yuan couldn't do anything to make these tens of thousands of people die.

Daddy, you only see the rocky beach here, but you don't see the big city on the edge of the lake, and there are people on the edge of the city who are cultivating the land.

We have 40,000 or 50,000 people, most of whom are young and strong, and as long as there is water and land, they will not starve us to death.

There are cities here, there are armies to protect them, and as long as we can eat food until next year, we will have a way to live.

As for the template? Daddy, children don't like to use those wood templates for a long time, and clay movable type is a good way to print books in the future.

Back in Tokyo, didn't we have two sets of movable type? If it weren't for the fear of other printing houses holding grudges, children would have used it a long time ago. ”

Tong Pan disagreed with the stupid things his son said, he knew how difficult it was to start from scratch, since he took over the ancestral book printing business, he has been busy for decades, and even let his old wife die early because of overwork.

The family business is inherited from generation to generation, and then added from generation to generation, and finally can become a big business empire, and Tongban is convinced of this.

Tongzi picked up the burden, dragged his wife and shouted to his father: "Daddy, since we can't leave, why don't we go into the city to have a look?"

Even if it's bad, we can at least find the best outcome in the worst-case scenario. ”

The copper plate, who was originally like ashes, suddenly laughed, he found that his son had grown into an adult, and his health was not good, and in the future, the family would have to rely on his son to support him.

Tongzi was the first to carry the burden into Loulan City......

As soon as he walked into Loulan City, his mouth opened wide, looked up at the tall gate building of Wengcheng, shouted, stuffed the burden to his wife, ran into Wengcheng like flying, stood in front of a table excitedly, and hurriedly said to a servant behind the table: "This official, the villain is here to get the house." ”

The official looked at Tongzi in surprise and smiled: "Or is it a person who knows words?" In that case, this official asks you again, can you understand the list posted on the city wall? ”

Tongzi smiled honestly: "The villain's family originally opened a printing bookstore, so he knows words." ”

The official looked behind Tongzi and saw no one else, only a woman carrying a child in a burden and an old man with gray hair walking slowly, pointed to them and asked, "Your family?" ”

"Exactly, it's my father and my wife."

As he spoke, he took the document in his arms to the Xu official, who read the judgment of Kaifeng County, nodded and said: "It's not bad, your father violated the royal law, and you, as a son of man, still know that accompanying your father to Hami, the name of a filial son can't run away."

Since your father and son are the first to enter the city, this official will also give you some convenience.

There are a total of 13 long streets in the south and north of this Hami city, with a total of 7,847 houses, and you can choose first. “

Seeing that Tongzi was a little stupid, the official knocked on the table with his knuckles and said: "The cross of North Long Street and South Long Street is the most suitable ...... for trading."

Another long-bearded official sitting behind the table next to him laughed and said, "Lao He, it's rare to see you instructing others in violation of the law like this." ”

The official called Lao He looked at the copper signing document with a smile, and said with a smile: "Just now Zhao Tou also came to kill those talents outside the city, and he didn't want to enter the city.

Finally, a kind family came, and it was reasonable for the old man to give some convenience. ”

Tong Zi was like in a dream, because the long-bearded official next to him actually gave him a donkey......

"Boy, don't underestimate this donkey, it's much better than those big animals, do you see, this donkey has cubs in its belly, after winter, you will have two donkeys."

As for the horses that have been eliminated in the army, they look majestic, but their bodies have collapsed......"

"Thank you, sir......"

"Lao He and Lao Qian are convenient for your family, I can't be an exception, look at it, this is two months' food for your family of five, originally according to the Hami law, these two children are too young to be considered Dingkou, my grandson is ten years old...... Grandma's, this little guy who is still nursing is also ......."

After Tongzi followed a Tsing Yi official into the urn city, he was still stupid, and after experiencing the wind and rain along the way, he was not used to being treated preferentially.

The street was wide, but it was cleaned up, but there were no people, and the small gravel on the ground seemed to have been washed by water, and they walked a long way to a crossroads.

The official took out a key from a bunch of keys to open the gate of a small courtyard, pointed to the empty house and smiled at Tongzi: "This will be your home from now on, you are lucky, Lao He can be regarded as giving you the best house here, and the house with a well on the entire South Street is this one."

The location is also good, and there are more people in Loulan City, which is a good place to do business. ”

Seeing that the Tongzi family was still immersed in the huge blessings and couldn't extricate themselves, Xu Yan shook his head and smiled, and left the small courtyard, letting the family continue to be in a daze.

After a long time, Tongban was the first to come to his senses, stroking the porch and asking his son in disbelief.

"This new yard is our family?"

Tongzi took the child out of the basket and let him run around the yard, and with a shout of joy he rushed into the house.

"Daddy, this north room is warm, you live with Yinzi, hahaha, the south house here, I live with Jinzi's mother, and there is a small suite here, which just places the cradle of gold......"

Listening to his son's shouting, Tong Pan couldn't help laughing, stroking the granite on the edge of the well and muttering, "There is another place to live." ”

Huang Yuanshou, as the city lord of Loulan City, naturally ignored such a trivial matter as arranging for the prisoners of the Great Song Dynasty to enter the city.

He only wanted to know how many people he had under his command, and how much labor he could call on.

When it was getting dark, he left the palace and came to the urn city, ready to see how many people had entered the city.

It is forbidden to close the city gates at sunset, and no matter how many people enter the city, the gates must be closed on time, and if you want to enter the city, you will wait until sunrise tomorrow.

Weng City was crowded with people, which was beyond his expectations, it stands to reason that the Great Song Dynasty prisoners who had arrived at noon should have many people entering the city now, and now it seems that it has just begun.

Lei Inspector from the Great Song Dynasty had already seen Huang Yuanshou, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Fuzun, these crimes ......"

Huang Yuanshou coldly interrupted Lei Patrol's words and said: "In the Great Song Dynasty, he is a prisoner of crime, since he has arrived in my Hami country, he is naturally my Hami people, especially after registering, they have no sins, even if they have, after walking more than 10,000 miles, they have already been punished."

If you go out of the city now, the city pass of Sunset Loulan City will be closed, and this can only be done today. ”

Lei Patrol looked at the city unwillingly, a stout man was standing at the head of the city with his hands behind his back, and the two warriors of the Hami Kingdom had already sounded the horn, which was a sign of closing the city gate.

Lei Patrol, who originally wanted to defend a few words, hurriedly jumped on his war horse and unwillingly took his subordinates out of the city.

Ever since he entered the Hami realm with the prisoners of the Great Song Dynasty, the city of Hami has never allowed them to stay overnight.

This is the case in Dashicheng, but I didn't expect the same in Loulan City. (To be continued.) )