Early in the morning, the tent supported on the bed was still dark, Wang Chengliang opened his eyes, looked at the worn-out window paper, did the snow stop outside the house? If it stops, then you can go to the county seat today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Go to the county seat, from years ago to now, Wang Chengliang's mind has been hooked by the words of others, he has been hesitating, unlike some people in the same village, his family still has four or five acres of land, enough for him and his father to make a living, and there can be some savings every year, but this land is still too little after all.

In the future, I will marry a wife and have children, and this is enough land!

Thinking so in his heart, Wang Chengliang listened to the voices outside with his ears firmly open. The house was silent, save for the faint cough of his elderly father. Daddy's room was at the other end of the hall, opposite his room. Every day he would wake up to his father's coughing, and Wang Chengliang would often lie in bed and listen to his father's cough until he heard his father's door creak open. I didn't get up until the cough was getting closer.

But this morning he waited no longer. He jumped up from his bed and pushed the tent aside, and it was a hazy, reddish dawn, and the wind blew a torn piece of paper from the window, revealing a glowing sky through the small square holes. He walked over to the window hole and tore off the worn window paper.

"The snow has stopped."

Wang Chengliang said in a low voice, the window hole was not very big, but he insisted on stretching out his hand to feel the chill outside. A cold wind was blowing, but the snow had stopped, which meant he could go out.

He hurried to the hall, putting on his blue trousers and a blue cloth belt around his waist as he went. He was topless and waited until he boiled the hot water for the bath.

He walked into one of the wings of the room, which was their kitchen. It was dark inside, and a cow shook its head. Greeted him in a low voice from behind the door. The kitchen was made of adobe, like the house, which was made of earth dug from their own fields, and the roof was covered with their own wheat straw, and my grandfather had built a stove out of clay when he was young, and it was now hard and black because of years of cooking and use. On top of this stove, there is a deep, round iron pot.

Wang Chengliang used a scoop to add half a pot of water to the pot from the crockpot next to him; Water is precious. He is very careful when scooping water. Then, after hesitating, he lifted the crockpot and poured all the water into the pot at once. He wanted to wash his whole body, wash it clean, because he had heard that during the examination, those people would check his body, if it was too dirty. If you are defeated, it will really outweigh the losses.

When Wang Chengliang was boiling water, his father walked over slowly, coughing as he walked, just standing by the door and looking at his son who was boiling water, without saying anything.

The old man coughed incessantly until the water boiled. Wang Chengliang scooped some boiling water into a bowl, and then. After a while, he opened a small, shiny jar that had been placed on the side of the stove. Take a dozen or so dried leaves from it and sprinkle them on top of the boiling water. The old man's eyes widened as he saw his son put the tea leaves, but immediately began to complain.

"How can you put so much? Drinking tea is like eating silver! ”

"This tea was sent by the third brother, besides, if you can order the army, the time will come. I still have to worry about this tea."

Wang Chengliang replied with a smile.

"Drink, it'll be more comfortable."

The old man gripped the bowl with his shriveled fingers, grunting and grumbling. He watched the fist-curvy tea unfold on the water, reluctant to drink this precious thing.

"The water is going to be cold." Wang Chengliang hurriedly reminded.

"Yes," said the old man hurriedly. Then take a big gulp of hot tea. When he saw Wang Chengliang, he was unhesitatingly scooping water from the pot into a deep wooden bath. He looked up at his son sternly.

"Why do you boil so much water? How much firewood does this need? ”

The old man said suddenly.

And Wang Chengliang continued to scoop up the water, and he didn't answer until he finished scooping.

"Hey, talk about you!" His father yelled.

"I haven't washed my body once after the New Year."

Wang Chengliang said in a low voice.

He was embarrassed to tell his father that he wanted others to see that he was clean. He hurried out and brought the bathtub to his room. The door hung on the warped frame, loose and loose. The old man followed him into the hall and shouted loudly through the crack in the door:

"Look, look, take a bath in the winter, what a bath, it's really dry......"

"Just burn this time,"

Wang Chengliang said loudly. Then he added.

"Besides, the body is clean, and when the time comes to order troops, it will be easier."

When the old man heard this, he stopped making a sound, and now the young people in the village have gone to point the soldiers, which is different from the past soldiers, and now the soldiers are not paid much, but when the soldiers for two or three years can get dozens of acres of land, although the fields are far away in the Kanto, but after all, it is a field, not to mention others, if the old man can be twenty years old again, maybe he will also go to this soldier.

And the old man did not object, but because the world has been peaceful for decades, and being a soldier for a few years can exchange for dozens of acres of land, and there is nothing more cost-effective in this world.

So Wang Chengliang unbuckled his belt, took off his clothes, and then soaked a small piece of cloth into the steaming water, and scrubbed his dark brown body vigorously. Even though the water was hot, it was still cold in the room, especially when he was wet, so he sped up and kept rubbing water with his towel until he was covered in a faint heat.

The bath was washed quickly, after taking a bath, and putting on the shabby cotton clothes, Wang Chengliang quickly braided his braids neatly, and also braided a silk rope with tassels in the middle of the braid.

When he walked out, the old man who was smoking a dry cigarette just glanced at his son, first sighed, and then the curtain of his eyes drooped, without any words, but there was a deep reluctance on his face.

Wang Chengliang, who walked out of the house, walked along the winding path in the field, and after walking in the snow for more than half an hour, he saw a gray city wall standing not far away. And the place he was going to was in the city, at the recruiting station with the red flag flying in the city.

This recruiting station was originally the original creation of the Northeast Army, and when the Beiyang Yamen recruited troops in the past, the number of recruits was distributed to Shandong, Zhili, and Henan provinces, and then the government presided over it. Even the new Korean army was recruited by the local government. However, after the governors of the three eastern provinces opened their offices, after this was changed to conscription, they first set up conscription stations in various parts of Shandong.

Of course, this was first approved by the Governor of Zhili, and now this conscription station is not only located in Shandong, Zhili, and Henan provinces, but also in Liangjiang, Huguang and other places, and hundreds of conscription stations are not just for conscription. In fact, it is the main job of the recruiting station, and it is these conscription stations that have recruited hundreds of thousands of laborers to the northeast for more than half a year, thus alleviating the dilemma of insufficient manpower in the northeast.

And as more and more people write back from the Northeast, those words of comfort to their families have become the reason why many people yearn for the Northeast - eating white rice, white flour steamed buns, and eating meat every day, even the landlords in the countryside may not be able to live such a life. What's more, this monthly salary is real. The families of the laborers who were recruited to the Northeast received a passbook, and the branch office of the Northeast Bank would pay 60% of the salary to the passbook on a monthly basis.

I don't know how many villagers who were once poor and couldn't even eat because they went to the northeast, so that their families' lives became more and more prosperous, and seeing is believing, "breaking through the eastern part of the country" became more and more popular in the hinterland, and almost every day these conscription stations would be full of poor people who wanted to go to the northeast.

Because it is a recruitment station, according to the regulations, they are all selected first, and only the best physical fitness can be used as soldiers. The less ones were assigned to the laborers, and the rest were willing. You can also go to the northeast to work as tenant farmers and rent official land from the government. In short, in a word, as long as you come, as long as you are not a person who lacks arms and legs and cannot take care of yourself, you can get a job in the end.

Maybe it's because of the snow that has been falling for a few days. Maybe it's just after the New Year, so I put down a lot, but this day is just a sunny day, and a long queue was discharged outside the door of the Fuyang Recruitment Station of the Northeast Army. Northern Anhui is different from Shandong, and there was no custom of "breaking into the eastern part of the country", but this does not prevent the people here from yearning for a better life, especially those poor people who have little land at home.

A young man is only sixteen or seventeen years old, the elder is only more than thirty years old young and strong from early in the morning, there is a long queue outside the conscription station, people are anxiously waiting, whenever someone happily comes out, the people in line will always ask whether they were ordered to be soldiers or recruited workers, if it is the former, people will suddenly show envy eyes, even if it is not good to be a soldier for three years, but can get 25 acres of land, that is the ancestral property that can be passed on to the children and grandchildren, 25 acres of land, even the rich family in the countryside is nothing more than that! As for recruiting workers, although there are a few oceans a month, what is the difference between that and carrying long-term labor? It's nothing more than taking a few more pieces of ocean!

"Hey, look at that little brother, the 200-pound bell has lifted 50 in a row, that strength, I really don't have to say ......"

In the crowd, listening to the envious tone around him, Wang Chengliang's face also had a look of envy, and he even secretly weighed himself, whether he could lift the 200-pound bell.

Although this is only the first level, although after arriving in the Northeast, more than sixty percent of the recruits will be eliminated in the new barracks, but this does not prevent Wang Chengliang, like others, from being full of desire for the future, to be precise, for the 25 acres of land.

When people like Wang Chengliang lined up in front of the recruitment station, at a nearby oil tea stall, an elderly man wearing a long shirt and cotton robe looked at these people, but his brows were furrowed.

"What an ignorant bunch!"

This elder in a long shirt and cotton robe was the new prefect of Fuyang, and when he said this, his face was full of contempt.

"It's really pitiful to be deceived by that Tang child, but to be happy!"

As he spoke, he stroked his beard lightly.

"These ignorant people, all of them are converted into more than 200 taels of silver from 25 acres of land at the price of the local land, and they all think they are earning, but in fact, they don't know that the land in the Northeast is extremely cheap, and the Tang family is just exchanging empty and useless things for three years!"

When mentioning "Tang's child", the prefect did not have any respect, although he was a governor, but in the eyes of some scholars, he was still rebellious, especially the official system of the northeast line was completely different from that of the Guannai, not only the official grade, the county official power was also affected by all parties, and what was even more hateful was that when he set up a province in the northeast last year, he expelled all the pro-people officials in the northeast, and the officials were expelled even more, but the problem is that after he expelled the old officials, he used all private individuals in the appointment of new officials, even if it was a person in the Guan, When a jinshi goes to defect, he also has to take the so-called examination for an officer, and those who pass the examination are appointed.

Those Shilin Ci Ze is naturally a good hand when he writes Bagu articles, but when it comes to law and civil affairs, especially when it comes to law, civil affairs, especially the so-called "Civil Affairs Law" and "Criminal Law" promulgated by the General Supervision Office, I don't know how many people who want to defect to the Northeast are on the examination room, and Nian Jingzhi is one of them, fortunately, his seat teacher was appointed by Liu Kun, and he was recommended by the seat teacher before the year, and was appointed by the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion as the Fuyang prefect.

"My lord, that is, you can see the viciousness of the Tang clan at a glance, according to the villain, you have to write to the master of the Taiwan, otherwise, my Liangjiang Minzhuang will not be deceived by the Tang clan in the future!"

Master's words made Nian Jingzhi nod and say with approval.

"Isn't this the reason, you see, there are no less than four or five hundred people in line, day after day, year after year, and in the long run, I'm afraid that I will no longer be able to raise young people in Liangjiang!"

After a sigh, Nian Jingzhi's brows furrowed violently.

"It's just that this is recruiting young people in Liangjiang, and he Tang Xiao'er is in the name of "immigrant Shibian", and he has signed a ten-year contract with the master of Taiwan, how can the adult tear up this contract? ”

Face, sometimes face is more important than anything else, even if you know that this recruitment of young people may make Liangjiang no longer able to recruit young people, I am afraid that the people who make Taiwan will grit their teeth and endure it, after all, the two sides signed a treaty at the beginning, and the people who make Taiwan will never be a trustworthy person. And more importantly, Nian Jingzhi also knows that the "unsolicited young and strong" is just an exaggeration, but as long as there is food to eat in Liangjiang, who is willing to go to a bitter cold place thousands of miles away.

"Alas, sir, look at what you said, Lord Tai will never be a disobedient person, but ......"

The voice was slightly pressed, and the master reminded softly.

"It doesn't mean that the Lord doesn't want to hear the following words, if the Lord points out Tang's poisonous plan first, it will naturally be valued by the Lord of Taiwan, and leave an impression in the heart of the Lord of Taiwan, and ...... in the future."

The words sank slightly, and the master looked at the prefect and said softly.

"In the future, won't there be a day when you will enter and leave the palace and even pay homage to the prime minister!"

(I thought that the electricity was cut off for a day, but who would have thought that my wife would forget to teach the electricity bill...... Tragedy, let's add more on the weekend. Weakly ask for a subscription and a monthly pass.,The Empire's Sunrise Reader Exchange Group:150536833 welcome to join) (To be continued.) )