Chapter 009: A New Journey
After five days of eating and sleeping, Qin Shen, who was tired and even a little embarrassed, lay down in the mountains and forests and looked at the Great Wall stretching not far away, and just wanted to scold his mother in his heart. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
He has walked along the Great Wall for many miles, trying to get out of the checkpoint to the outside of the fortress, he didn't get out of the pass, he wants to get out of the Great Wall, and there are soldiers everywhere, this annoying situation makes him crazy and helpless.
Rolling over and lying on his back, staring vacantly at the clear blue sky beyond the leaves above his head, he could feel his faith crumbling slightly.
He was very frustrated, in fact, he didn't know why he insisted in his heart that he had to climb out of the Great Wall to go to the outside of the Saiwai, but he subconsciously felt that he should return to the grassland, go to the grassland to find the cave that allowed him to travel to the last years of Wang Mang and return to the future again, although he didn't know if he could find it, and even if he did, whether he could really send him back, but he had to try.
It doesn't take much thought, he's not a lonely orphan, he's got relatives in the afterlife, he's got a good life, all of this can't be given to him in this era, he's the only son in the family, he can imagine the grief of his family when they learn of his disappearance, so he has to go back.
Right! Gotta go back!
Family affection is the best medicine to soothe the pain and loss, and he quickly calmed down and seriously analyzed the current situation.
The reason why he hides his head and shows his tail and is frustrated everywhere is nothing more than because he lacks an identity, if he has a suitable identity, then he can naturally come and go freely, but how to get an identity?
In the end, he decided to try his luck in a nearby town, which was the only thing he could think of, and probably the best, because only where there were people had a chance.
After making up his mind, the first thing Qin Shen had to do was to hide these objects that were incompatible with this era, and with a goal, he quickly took action, taking out the items on his body one by one, gold, wallets, mobile phones, lighters, bows and arrows, daggers, watches, a jade wrench to control the bow, and a sight glass......
Qin Shen took the gold, dagger and wrench back on his body after a few glances back and forth, and packed the rest of the things to find a dry and hidden high place to hide, and after carefully remembering the geographical location, he walked towards the outside of the mountain forest.
When he came to the outside of the mountain, Qin Shen did not dare to go straight along the avenue, but tried his best to find the remote place.
He didn't have a pass document, not to mention that the king enforced the law, just those checkpoints along the way and the chief of the pavilion had to let him be careful, and God knows if the king had already scattered the embroidered clothes to find his whereabouts, now he is not an exaggeration to say that he is a frightened bird, and he really does not dare to take risks easily.
And his worries were not all unreasonable, at this time Wang Mu had already found the village where he was first unconscious.
Traveling all the way along the remote place, the scene in his eyes made him sigh, the villages he passed through were all ruined and broken, the people were not able to survive, there were few fireworks, compared to the prosperity in the clouds, a hundred times more miserable, and I don't know if the border guards were not able to resist, or the officials were too ruthless, or the Huns here were too powerful?
I'm afraid it's a combination of all three.
For the end of the Western Han Dynasty, he still has some understanding, after all, there is an introduction in the history books, it is nothing more than the political corruption of the imperial court, extravagance, local looting and exploitation, and a large number of land annexed by powerful landlords, which made the people displaced and living in poverty.
Then Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, self-righteously implemented new policies, issued new coins, and disrupted the market even more, so that the Western Han Dynasty, which was already struggling with the people's livelihood, was even worse, resulting in continuous uprisings in various places, and it coincided with successive years of locust plagues, droughts and plagues, famines, and the people could not survive at all.
And Wang Mang changed the Xiongnu Shan Yu to "surrender slaves and submit to", and downgraded the Xiongnu for no reason, can it not make the Xiongnu angry? Wang Mang was still not happy, and he took the initiative to provoke a war and use force, and the border conflicts were endless......
Under natural disasters and man-made disasters, Shuofang, Yunzhong, and Dingxiang counties were close to the Xiongnu, and the people here were naturally even more miserable.
For Wang Mang, Qin Shen was really curious, he implemented the Wang Tian system, restricted private land, turned the land beyond the individual into state-owned, and the landless were distributed by the state, and wanted to solve the serious problem of land annexation since the late Western Han Dynasty, ban slaves and maids, promote state-run undertakings, reform the currency system, etc., etc., this style is really -
No wonder he was called "China's first socialist", but unfortunately this kind of behavior failed after all, if the end of the Western Han Dynasty had not been for these various natural disasters that lasted for many years, would he have succeeded? Qin Shen thought about it left and right and finally got nothing, so he had to comfort himself with the fact that history cannot be assumed.
This Wang Mang can't really be the most successful traverser in later generations, right?
If that's true, then it's normal for him to chase and kill me, after all, one mountain can't tolerate two tigers.
But that's not right, how did he know I was here? Besides, when the fellow sees the fellow, his eyes are full of tears, he should take care of me, after all, I may be able to help him.
Also, there are so many traversers, why is he the only one in history who has left his name and the slightest trace of reform?
Could it be that the others were killed because they were too alien? Or is it because they all borrowed from Wang Mang's experience, became local customs, and melted into the rolling torrent of history? Or is there really a multidimensional space, and what I see is only the history of my space? So what space am I in now?
The more Qin Shen thought about it, the more messy it became, and he felt that no matter what the situation was, there were contradictions.
I didn't see the town until sunset, so I had to sneak into a very sparsely populated village to live, and was about to roast the pheasant that I had unfortunately killed when I was on the road during the day to treat myself, but I found that the firearm was not with me, and I couldn't recognize the things that the ancients used to make fires after going around the courtyard several times, so I had no choice but to give up and spend the night on an empty stomach.
Early the next morning, he searched around the village and finally found a set of clothes, shoes and socks, left the half catty of gold given to him by the girl and put on new clothes, and then rolled up the old clothes so that they could be buried in the jungle to destroy the traces, and then set out on the journey again.
At three o'clock in the sun, I finally saw a city in the distance, and my heart was happy but hesitant.
I wonder if the embroiderers have dispersed to this city? Standing in silence for a long time, he finally had to comfort himself that it was useless to think too much, and then he strode towards the city.
While waiting to enter the city, Qin Shen raised his head and wanted to recognize the name of the city, but it took a long time to recognize that the first word should be a "martial" character, and as for the second word, he couldn't recognize it anyway, so he had to shake his head and give up, secretly thinking that he would also study in a second-rate university in the later life, but he didn't expect to become illiterate in ancient times.
In the midst of his gloomy sadness, a "commotion" in front of him made him instantly gather his mind and pay attention to deal with it, only to see a team of soldiers pouring out of the city.
The soldiers did not walk towards him, but went straight to the side of the city gate, only to see one of them take out a notice and paste it on the wall, and then another soldier took out a gong and struck it, and when the passers-by gathered in twos and threes, they shouted vigorously: "Fathers and fellow villagers, on the orders of the captain of my family, I am now recruiting soldiers for the people of Wuquan......
Qin Shen listened for a while, and even listened and guessed and probably understood what the other party meant, it is nothing more than that the country is the time to use the army, no matter what your background is, you can enlist in the army, the homeless people are not held accountable, those who have committed criminal records are not to blame, and the good people are compensated, and at the same time, the benefits of enlisting in the army are all over the place, and the glory of serving the country is sky-high.
If he were to sum it up, it would be four sentences, and that would be-
The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, and when the cannon sounds, the marquis pays homage to the prime minister.
It has nothing to do with him whether the world rises or dies, but the other party's enlistment conditions make him excited, as long as he enrolls in the army, he can get rid of the black household and become a military household, which is of great benefit to his actions, but he also needs to beware of fraud.
Qin Shen looked left and right, and whispered to the person beside him: "This brother, I heard that the other party's conditions are extremely generous, why are there so few responders?" ”
The man turned his head to look at him, and saw that he looked really curious for knowledge rather than looking for fault, so he spoke: "This little brother doesn't know, it's June now, and it's the autumn harvest in a blink of an eye. ”
He sighed sadly, as if he was very worried about the Huns coming in a few months.
Rather be a homeless than join the army, although he didn't have the personal experience of the two, Qin Shen also felt the sourness in his center when he heard this, and after whispering his thanks, he separated from the crowd and walked inside.