"The shogunate, a guerrilla general in coastal defense, recruited a number of scribes, and those who had meritorious talents or above were preferred. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info treatment, provide a place to live, three taels of silver in the month.

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All applicants must be innocent and move to Daishan with their families. ”

In front of the Jiaozhou Prefecture, a white-shirted scholar was standing in front of the wall, reciting the notice posted on the wall.

His name is Li Yanzhi, a native of Jiaozhou, and he is famous. Since he was selected as a talent at the age of 20, he has not entered the imperial examination. After two consecutive autumn misses, he only ended up with four walls, and he didn't pick up the next meal.

In order to support his wife and children at home, Li Yanzhi had to think of ways to make a living. At the beginning, I found a museum and taught Mengtong, and I could get more than ten taels of silver every year. However, due to natural disasters for many years, the yield of the fields was reduced, and the Mengtong family he taught could no longer afford to provide for the children to study, so Li Yanzhi lost his job.

It is said that it is relatively easy for a talent to make a living, but Li Yan is arrogant and arrogant, and he is not used to seeing the flies and dogs in the world.

Half a year ago, under the recommendation of his classmates, Li Yanzhi became a small scribe in the state government, settling accounts and sorting out documents every day, and he could have more than 20 taels of silver every year, which was not bad.

Who knew that the Jingshi fell, and the Jiaozhou prefect took the lead in surrendering to the Shun army. The change of dynasty and the trend of the times, Li Yanzhi didn't care, but looked forward to the new dynasty just established, and he would open an Enke or something. Who knew that it didn't take long for the news that the Manchus had occupied the capital division, and Ke Yongsheng and others surrendered to the Manchus.

This Li Yanzhi is not happy, how can he be a dignified talent, a disciple of a saint, and a descendant of the Han people, how can he do things for foreign races?

Li Yanzhi resigned from his post and returned home. However, if you lose your position, you will lose your source of livelihood. Relying only on the ten acres of land in the countryside is not enough for a family.

But in the midst of chaos, where can you find a living?

The days went on like this, until the Daishan army attacked the city at night, and Jiaozhou returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at the notice, what attracted Li Yanzhi the most was not the three taels of silver per month, but the family's move to Daishan.

Although he didn't know the specific location of Daishan, Li Yanzhi also knew that it was Jiangnan. Judging from the actions of the Daishan army, there is no intention of living in Jiaozhou for a long time at all. The situation in the north is already very critical, and sooner or later Shandong will fall into the hands of foreign races, Li Yanzhi does not want to survive under the rule of foreign races.

Although Daishan is far away from his hometown, it is the world of the Ming Dynasty after all. There is only a family of three, poor and poor, and there is nothing to be nostalgic for.

After thinking clearly, Li Yanzhi immediately walked into the state government and applied for the position of scribe.

In the ear room of the state government, after hearing that Li Yanzhi was a talented person, a scribe of the Daishan Army looked at him in amazement for a long time, and hurriedly took out the document book and asked him to register, with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Register your name, place of origin, age, talent in that year, family names, etc. The scribe gave Li Yanzhi a small wooden plaque with zigzag symbols written on it and the word "Wen" engraved in the center.

"After three days, bring your family to the city gate to gather, and someone will take you to the Jiaolai River with this card and take a boat to Daishan." The scribe instructed.

Li Yanzhi took the wooden sign, returned home with mixed feelings, and informed his wife of his decision.

"The belief of three taels of silver a month is enough for our family of three to chew, and you won't have to work so hard in the future!" Holding his wife's rough hands, Li Yanzhi said distressedly.

His wife Liu was not so optimistic and expressed concern about being far away from home, but since Li Yanzhi had made up her mind, she could only sing with her husband!

After making up his mind, Li Yan went straight to find someone to sell his own land, ten acres of dry land in previous years at least eight or nine taels of silver per mu, but now the highest is only five taels of silver.

Knowing that the other party was desperately lowering the price, Li Yanzhi had no choice but to sell his family's land.

After leaving his hometown, he didn't know which year or month he would be able to come back, Li Yanzhi went to say goodbye to his relatives and friends with grief, but was surprised to find that many relatives and friends also planned to immigrate to Daishan.

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"General, in the past few days, a total of 3,567 soldiers have been recruited, including more than 12,000 people with their families. In addition, there are 100 scholars who come to apply, most of whom are children, and only a few are famous. Blacksmiths, carpenters, masons and other craftsmen have also recruited a lot, with a total of more than 200 households. ”

Within the state office, the scribe Lin Quan reported to Ren Siqi respectfully. Lin Quan is a scholar recruited in Yin County a few years ago, he is a child, with average talent and average ability, but he is honest and diligent, and is deeply used by Ren Siqi.

"Yes, yes, we will prepare the ships tomorrow and load them one after another to Daishan. By the way, it is necessary to prepare more medicines to prevent the occurrence of epidemics. Ren Siqi instructed, a big ship, loaded with hundreds of people, will take at least 20 days to travel on the sea, but it is not a simple matter, you must be careful of the rebirth of diseases.

"General rest assured, in the past few days, we have purchased almost all the medicinal materials in Jiaozhou, and even the medical craftsmen have recruited more than 20 people, and the preparation is very sufficient." Lin Quan said confidently.

The next day, early in the morning, people gathered outside Jiaozhou with large and small packages. Outside the city gate, more than 20 cauldrons were lined up, and fragrant rice porridge was boiled in the pot.

For these recruited soldiers, a queue was formed according to the order of arrival, with 12 people in a small flag, four small flags and a general flag, and three general flags in a team, and elite non-commissioned officers were selected to serve as small flags, general flags, and team leaders.

Then let these new officers organize their soldiers and their families to take them aside for breakfast first. After eating, he took them to the Jiaolai River, took a boat to Jiaozhou Bay, and boarded a big boat there.

The flames under the cauldron outside the city kept burning, boiling pot after pot of rice porridge. After eating the rice porridge, the people of the crowd were led out of the city and rushed to the Jiaolai River in the east. Then another group of people will come, make up, eat!

When Li Yanzhi came to the edge of the city with his wife and children, he saw this scene.

Seeing his wooden sign with the word "Wen" written on it, the Daishan scribe in charge of the guide enthusiastically led him to the side under the shed.

On the side of the road, there are more than a dozen rough and simple wooden huts, on which are set up with reed mats, although they are simple, they can also block the hot daylight.

There were many benches in the shed, and Li Yan led his wife and children to sit down on one of the benches, so that he had the time to observe the situation inside the shed.

Dozens of people sat under the shed, old and young, men and women. Among them, most of the men Li Yanzhi know, and they are all scholars in Jiaozhou.

Seeing Li Yanzhi come in, they saluted one after another, because Li Yanzhi was the only scholar in the shed who had a reputation for showing talent. (To be continued.) )