The terrain of Kunshan is steep, connecting Yaocheng and Yuzhou below. The two places were separated by this mountain, and there could have been a shortcut, but they had to take a short and half a month to get there. Yaocheng's jewelry is notoriously well-known, and if Yuzhou can directly do business with Yaocheng, it will be a big step forward for both parties.

It's just that we have to deal with the mountain in between before we can do that, otherwise any amount of talk will be empty talk. That's why there is such a thing as servitude.

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Song Jiu was escorted to Kunshan by two officials, and he couldn't see the excitement when he saw it. Many of them were shirtless men who were hammering rocks with hammers, digging with hoes, and cutting down trees with axes. Immediately after that, some people carried away the stones and dirt with baskets on their backs, and together they carried away the fallen trees.

On the side, a few officials with whips stood guard, urging everyone to work, and saw a lazy whip to make their hands and feet a little sharper.

"What's the daze, hurry up and follow me." The official sent Song Jiu back and asked him to follow.

found the supervision here, and after saying a few words, the official waved at Song Jiu: "Work hard here, don't be cheating and trying to run away lazily." Otherwise, the consequences will not be so simple. "Say it, the man said hello to the supervisor and left.

The regulator looked at Song Jiu up and down: "Those who are so strict this year can still escape, they are quite capable!" ”

"I'm a serious child, and I've paid the money and I'm exempt from the quota." Song Jiu stood in front of people, neither humble nor arrogant, and was not cowardly because the other party was an official or something.

The supervisor snorted coldly: "It's hard to see someone frame you." ”

"That's not for sure, there are more people who hate me." Saying that, Song Yu casually pointed to a person in the distance: "See, that person can't get along with me." Originally, we couldn't have to pay the money, but he kept jumping like a nasty grasshopper. ”

"......" The superintendent silently withdrew his eyes, he now knew why so many people hated him in front of him. Look at this tone of under-talking, if it were him, he would be the same.

"Don't be poor, come with me and work. If you can't finish it, don't think about lunch. The superintendent took Song Jiu over with a fan in his hand.

I don't know if it was intentional or deliberate, the superintendent took him directly to the place he pointed out, handed over the person to the officers and soldiers guarding next to him, and left.

The officers and soldiers assigned him a job of carrying stones, threw him a basket and told him to hurry up and go to the side to inspect it.

As soon as the officers and men left, several people surrounded them. They were all from Suhe Village, and when Song Jiu saw the people brought by the officers and soldiers just now, it was as if he had seen a ghost. It's just that at that time, they didn't come to ask, and now as soon as the officers and soldiers left, a few people hurriedly surrounded him and asked him what was going on? Why was he brought here?

Song Jiu is notoriously rich in the village, and even Zhao Zhuang, who is close to him, has become rich. You say that such a person can't afford to pay the twelve taels of silver, and then be escorted here? Are you kidding.

"Hey, I thought you were so generous, but it turned out to be pretending."

"Song Jiu, why don't you come here from the store? Didn't I hear that you made so much money earlier, what's the matter, are you reluctant to give twelve taels or not! After speaking, the person thought he was quite humorous and laughed twice.

"Lao Liu." One of them let out a low sigh.

Everyone knows that Lao Liu and Song Ji don't deal with each other, but no matter how you say it, everyone is from the same village, and they should be united outside. If you have any grievances, you will either settle them privately, or you will go back and talk about them.

It's just that Lao Liu didn't buy it.

"What do you roar, what I said is true, and I don't make it up." I don't know if it's because I'm angry here, or what's wrong, Lao Liu is not afraid of breaking the jar and breaking it: "Earlier, he Song Jiu had the ability to open a shop in the town, and everyone knew it." Business is booming like that, and you can't give twelve taels of silver, who will believe it! ”

Lao Liu crooked his mouth and held his hands, and his eyes looked at the sky: "My Lao Liu is picking a little, but he still knows how to measure and what not to do." Unlike some people, who have so much money and have to do some opportunistic things. I just can't figure it out, it's like this for the rich? There are so many rich people in the town, not necessarily! ”

"Lao Liu, don't say a word." Some people can't stand it anymore, and I hope Lao Liu can figure out where it is now, and is it useful to say this?

Although they are very puzzled about why Song Jiu appeared here, no matter what, everyone still knows how Song Jiu is in the village, and it is absolutely impossible to be like him.

"Finished?" Song Jiu's eyes stared at Lao Liu, and his face was terrifyingly heavy.

The picture was quick for a while, but when he was asked like this, Lao Liu's heart was terrified. He suddenly remembered the way Song Jiu beat his uncle to break his leg, and his leg involuntarily stepped back: "I, I, I'll tell you, there's an overseer over there, if you dare to do it to me, I'll ....... me."

Song Yu snorted lightly: "Originally, I didn't have anything to do, but some people with pink eye can't see that others are better than themselves, like a flea jumping up and down and not jumping out of anything." ”

"You ........" Lao Liu blushed and glared at Song Jiu unconvinced. He was afraid of it, and he couldn't do Song Jiu.

"Those guys over there, what's going on."

The officers and men who were patrolling there saw a few of them sitting in a group, carrying whips and nets. Several people immediately scattered to do their own things, and Lao Liu was the fastest one among them. And Song Jiu glanced at the officer and soldier who was walking this way, and began to load stones with the basket on his back and followed the large army.

The supervisor watched the fun from afar: "It is said that there are many women in the pile, and the men are also lively!" ”

The officers and soldiers standing next to the "......." were expressionless, and he said that he did not understand some of the bad tastes of supervision.

The days of conscription were as hard as imagined. From morning to night, there is no rest except for the time to eat and go to the hut. Some people have weak physical foundations and are tired and prostrate, which is a common thing.

Everyone continued to bury their heads in their work, and when it was time to eat, they would finish eating in three or two and then find a place to lie down and sleep. The lunch break is only for a short time, and if you move slowly, you may not have time to rest, and there will be no place for you to rest.

At night, Song Jiu lay under a tree, it had been a long time since he had done such heavy physical work, and he was a little overwhelmed for several days.

I don't know how they are doing now, they have a big belly, and they have to think of ways to save themselves. Thinking about it, I am also quite a wretch, and I will wait for my daughter-in-law to save me one day.

"I said who was lying here, it turned out to be a new arrival!"

Song Yu turned his head sideways, but saw that he saw the supervisor a few days ago, so he turned his head and closed his eyes to rest.

"Oh, you're so cold-tempered, and I don't know who can stand you." The supervisor walked up to him and sat on the ground: "You said that you have been here for so many days, are you still adapting?" ”

"I said I didn't fit in, would you let me go?" Song Jiu closed his eyes and asked him without being salty.

"Of course....... No. ”

"Shh

He didn't care about being ridiculed, but asked Song Jiu: "When you came on the first day, you said that you had paid twelve taels of silver, but when I asked, you didn't pay it, and even tried to escape." ”

"Shh

The "......." supervisor looked at Song Jiu indifferently: "You have to know that your crime can be big or small here, if it is light, it will be made up as it is now, and if it is heavy, you will go back to prison after the conscription." Dare to deceive the officials of the imperial court and deceive, it is not too much to manage it for ten years or eight years. ”

Song Jiu opened his eyes and let him say what he wanted to say directly, don't delay his rest time in a roundabout way.

"I just want to know the truth." Otherwise, he came to Song Jiu after looking for abuse.

"People are framed, this is the truth." Song Jiu replied lightly.

The "......" supervisor looked at the sky, thinking that it was an easy job, but he didn't expect this person to be in.

Song Yu stood up: "If you have the ability, go and investigate, otherwise if you don't go back and cure me for slander, wouldn't I be even worse." He said that he dusted off the leaves and dregs on his body and prepared to leave.

The supervisor squinted at his limping back, and suddenly said: "I look at your back, how familiar it looks, tell me how your leg is lame?" ”

Song Jiu paused, put his hand on the lame leg and replied indifferently: "You have also seen that there are too many people who don't deal with me, and it is not uncommon to be beaten like this." When he had finished explaining, he went to the tent.

"Is that so?" The supervisor touched his chin and looked at Song Jiu's back, and that sense of familiarity came to his mind again.

People like Song Jiu who were recruited to serve as conscripts were the lowest here, and the tents where they lived were all sleeping in a bunk with more than a dozen people on the floor. And it was very unfortunate that Song Jiu was assigned to a camp with Lao Liu.

It turned out that they were all here, but one person couldn't hold on and wanted to escape, so he was punished in public and locked up. Then this position was vacant, just for the later Song Jiu.

In the tent, Lao Liu was scolding and saying bad things about him again, and sometimes Song Jiu couldn't understand how you said that you are a big man like a long-tongued woman, chewing the root of your tongue behind your back and making it up.

As soon as Song Jiu entered, Lao Liu immediately stopped talking. glanced at the person, and saw the person's face tense and sitting upright, Song Jiu didn't bother to take care of him, and lay down in his place and prepared to sleep.

The contemptuous old Liu was so angry that his eyes were on fire, but he didn't dare to really do anything to Song Jiu, so he could only say a few words in a weird way.

At the beginning, the people who lived together thought that the two were going to fight, and they were ready to watch the excitement, but one was too lazy to pay attention to it. A few days have passed, and everyone is used to it, only occasionally laughing at Lao Liu, saying that he is cowardly.

Lao Liu, who bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard, wanted to go back, but those people were all together, and he couldn't do it alone. And Song Jiu from the same village doesn't deal with him, it's right not to beat himself up with those people, count on him to help, come on!