It was just dawn, and Shandong Province bordered other provinces.

Groups of ragged and dusty refugees numbered in the tens of thousands. They all looked numb, tired or desolate, and they were supporting each other and walking along the road!

From time to time, there were children's cries and some fainting from hunger.

The great drought, locust plagues, bandits, sudden changes in temperature, oppression by the government and landlords, and excesses in taxes and miscellaneous taxes have left them without their homes.

But it is precisely because they have nothing that they choose to wander around.

As early as when I was in the disaster area, I vaguely heard someone say from time to time that there was a dragon marquis from all over the world in Shandong, who had always been kind to refugees. Therefore, everyone supported each other and decided to try their luck in Shandong.

At this moment, with a journey of more than 1,000 miles, no money to live in a hotel, no money to buy food, and no money to hire a carriage, I slept in the open along the way, and walked to the edge of Shandong on my two legs.

How exactly they persevered, perhaps even they themselves are not clear.

To live, their wish is so simple, just to be able to live. Don't seek wealth, just live!

Seeing that it was not far from Shandong, they didn't have breakfast, they set off before dawn, and finally insisted on getting to the vicinity of Linqing.

However, the limit has been reached.

Among the refugees, a little boy of about eight years old was holding his grandfather's hand and staggering forward. Suddenly, I saw a stall not far away selling breakfast, and the smell of steamed steamed buns came, causing the boy's stomach to sound in the air.

The next second, he couldn't help but shake his grandfather's hand and said softly, "Grandpa, I'm so hungry......"

The boy's words immediately struck a chord with the other children on the side.

The boy's grandfather was an old man in his fifties, with a wrinkled face full of dust and vicissitudes. After hearing his grandson's call, he saw that his grandson was looking at him pitifully, his face was thin and yellow, and there were some tears in his eyes.

The old man's eyes were wet, he hesitated, unwrapped the package on his back, searched for a long time with trembling hands, and took out half a piece of dry steamed noodles. After hesitating for a moment, he broke half of the dried bun noodles in half, but it was as hard as dry iron, and then handed one of them to his grandson.

"Hu'er, eat a dry bun to press your belly first, and we will arrive at the fiefdom of the Longhou of the Four Seas of Linqing in a while. I heard that there will be a porridge shack there, and when the time comes, grandpa will bring you hot porridge to drink. ”

After Hu'er saw the small half of the dried noodles handed by her grandfather, she knew that this was the last food for the family. But his eyes were red, and he suddenly pushed away his grandfather's hand, then shook his head and said, "Grandpa, Hu'er is suddenly not hungry, let's keep it for us to eat later." ”

Seeing that Hu'er was so sensible, a trace of guilt flashed in the old man's eyes, and he wiped a handful of empty eyes and tears, he had already cried without tears. After a moment of silence, he received the dried bun in the package, sighed, and continued on his way.

When the other refugees saw this, they also sighed, tightened their children, and never looked at the stall again, but walked silently.

Go to Linqing, enter Shandong, go to the fiefdom of the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas, and live. It's their last hope!

The situation of the refugees attracted the attention of the surrounding passers-by, who couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh when they saw the tragic situation of the refugees. Some well-wishers know they can't help, but they are still qualified to be a leading party.

As a result, the locals pointed out to these refugees the direction of going to the fiefdom of the Longhou of Linqing Sihai.

Not much.

When the refugees arrived not far from Zhu Zilong's fiefdom in Linqing, almost a long time, suddenly in front of them, a huge walled city stood in front of everyone. There are a few large letters above:

"Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas, Linqing Fiefdom"

This walled city spans both sides of the Juma River, standing on the ridge road and looking at it, you can faintly see that behind the wall, along both sides of the river, and on the side of the mountain, the houses are continuous, row by row, I don't know how many.

In the sky above the walled city, a golden dragon five-star red flag fluttered in the wind, full of domineering.

At the place of X, I also saw the front, and I had already prepared.

I saw that hundreds of cauldrons were set up at the scene, and more than 100 soldiers were responsible for maintaining order. There were a number of people holding bullhorns and shouting, "Blacksmith!" "Recruit a carpenter!" "Recruit a bricklayer!" "Recruit miners!" "Recruit young people!" "Recruit sailors!" "Recruit support staff!" "Recruit Tado!"

"For naturalized students, children will have two meals a day for free, and after the observation period, those who are excellent can be admitted to the hall!"

Seeing the big cottage in front of them, and then looking at the golden dragon five-star red flag fluttering in the wind, the refugees were excited.

Soon, they reached the bottom of the walled wall. I saw that on the wall, some soldiers wearing hats and helmets and well-dressed armor were also watching them.

These soldiers, all strong and strong, with sharp eyes and full of oppressive power, seem to be like the difference between tigers and earth dogs compared to the Ming officers and soldiers in the outside world.

Beside the officers, there were fierce hounds parked one after another.

When I entered the vicinity of the walled gate, I saw that on both sides of the door, there were several rows of soldiers holding bird guns. All of them have strict faces, their eyes do not squint, and from them, you can feel an indescribable sharpness, and the homeless people have a feeling of entering a different world.

It's really still strong!

Outside the cottage is a huge flat field, and there is no problem accommodating 10,000 people.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, the displaced people began to line up in an orderly manner, ready to receive food.

One of the helpers shouted: "Don't worry, Longhou fiefdom, porridge and rice are all free." ”

"Free soup kitchen?" When the refugees heard this, they immediately felt refreshed.

"Mother, the military master said that you don't need money to eat." In the team, a yellow and thin little girl said excitedly to her parents.

"Yaya, you can eat later." The little girl's parents were moved to tears in an instant.

There are many similar scenes, but after crying, the refugees have a rare smile on their faces.

Soon, the long line of refugees slowly moved forward, and everyone who received the food would instinctively kneel down to Zhu Zilong's portrait to thank him.

After taking the food, the refugees had just gobbled it up.

Someone will come and whisper that if you want to work and more food, you can work. So, the refugees were directed to the other side.

"Name? Who? Age? What did you do before, and how long have you been doing it......? At each recruitment office, the recorder repeated one by one.

After the record is completed, Zhu Zilong's staff will hand them a sign and say: "Put away the sign, bring your family, and go there for a physical examination first!" ”

Then, sending this one away, he shouted again: "Next." ”

The picture scenes by analogy are repeated and repeated one after another.

Soon, the medical examination department.

Standing or standing, the black pressure is full of homeless people with various accents, everyone has all kinds of luggage next to them, of course, it is mainly tattered and ugly.

"If you have a large item with you, leave it in place, and this department will take care of it, so you won't lose ......" At the scene, one by one, the helpers repeated-

(To be continued.) )