He studied "Neo-Confucianism" for a period of time and took two new township examinations.

In the end, I had to admit in despair that I was really not the material to learn Neo-Confucianism, and the road to becoming an official in the new dynasty was basically impossible.

Just when he was disheartened, he was overjoyed to learn that three high-ranking officials in Zhejiang were going to set up Dongshan College to resist the new imperial examination system of the imperial court and seek justice for their students who had studied the Four Books and the Five Classics hard.

Almost without hesitation, he rushed to Qixialing, and the result was ...... He was in Yinzhou and had just disembarked now.

After listening to Yan Xiangdong's request, the soldier first gave him a strange look, then smiled coldly and sneered: "Who do you think you are now?" Or the scholar of the Ming Dynasty? I ...... it."

"You are now exiled sinners! Do you know what exile is? The emperor is already too merciful if he doesn't kill you, as for yourself...... Freeze to death, starve to death, deserve it! How dare you ask us for supplies? Hehe......"

Hearing the soldier's words, Yan Xiangdong's face was blue and red.

But he couldn't help but say angrily: "It is precisely because of the emperor's benevolence that he sent us here, and he also wanted to spare our lives, if we freeze and starve to death here, you will disobey the emperor's orders!" ”

"Haha!" The soldier was angry with Yan Xiangdong's crooked reasoning, and was about to speak, when he saw that the prisoners who had already noticed the movement here rushed over, shouting wildly in their mouths.

"Give us food, give us warm clothing!"

"That's right! Give us supplies, if we die here, you will disobey the emperor's orders! ”

"Supplies! Give us supplies to keep you out of the winter! ”

In this season, the American continent is already extremely cold, and the families of these exiled prisoners are also a hundred unhappy in their hearts, but they have to bow their heads under the eaves, so they can only hide the dissatisfaction in their hearts.

At this moment, with Yan Xiangdong taking the lead, they suddenly became emboldened and burst out the anger in their hearts.

Seeing that these exiled criminals were in a commotion, the soldiers who were still on the ship also heard the movement, and quickly disembarked from the ship and formed a battle formation.

It is said that it is to form a battle formation, but in fact, it means that the 5,000 soldiers who came down first raised their firearms and fired empty guns into the sky.

Now the Ming army stationed in the Americas has basically put cold weapons in the second batch, combat, mode, basically the musket first, put the gunpowder projectile out, the enemy's strength is greatly damaged, morale has almost fallen, and then the cold weapon fights.

Listening to the loud gunshots, the fear in the hearts of many people rose again.

The current situation is that these exiled prisoners naturally dare not enter, but if they retreat, they will inevitably die of starvation, and they will die of death......

For a while, the two sides confronted each other.

"What a lot of noise!" Suddenly, a rough and impatient voice sounded from the ship.

I saw Hu Dahai with a gloomy face and came down the board.

The Metropolitan Governor was very unhappy at the moment, and he spoke even more politely.

"On the ship just now, the official heard it very clearly, some people said that if you die here, we are disobeying the emperor's order? the fart! ”

Hu Dahai raised his voice reluctantly, pointed to the ground under his feet, and said in a loud voice: "Where is this?" This is Yinzhou, which is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Don't talk about how many people died, even if you all die here, the official will go back to report an indigenous rebellion and slaughter all the exiled prisoners, and this matter will be over, do you believe it or not?"

The wind in Yinzhou overseas is very cold, but Hu Dahai's voice is even colder.

For a while, the prisoners who were still clamoring just now were silent, because they all understood that Hu Dahai was not lying.

Yes, their lives are so worthless now, and when they die, there is not much difference between dying and dying a cat or a dog.

Seeing that everyone was no longer making a fuss, Hu Dahai was also relieved.

To be honest, he was unhappy with the gang of troublemakers, but he didn't really want to kill them.

After all, he wasted so much effort to bring these people to the Americas in order to bring advanced productive forces and carry out large-scale development, not to kill them and bury them here to fertilize the land.

Suddenly, another tired voice came: "Governor Hu, but at this moment, the weather is freezing cold, our supplies are really insufficient, not enough for us to survive, I don't know if the Governor has a way to save us, if there is, we are grateful!" ”

Hu Dahai looked up, and it was actually the head of Nankong's family, Kong Mingde, who spoke.

When he captured Zhejiang, Kong Mingde also went to Zhu Yuanzhang's camp in person and went to congratulate him.

But when I saw it today, Hu Dahai almost didn't recognize it, it was really too miserable for the head of the Southern Confucian family, too, the family was copied, and the family was exiled to this wild place, Kong Mingde is no matter how big his heart is, he is also a little unrelenting at this time.

Thinking of this, Hu Dahai smiled: "Isn't this the head of the Kong family?" ”

Kong Mingde smiled bitterly: "At this moment, where is there any family master who is not the head of the family, Hu Dadudu, please show me a clear way." ”

Hu Dahai nodded: "Actually, there is a sentence in the future just now that is not wrong, that is, the emperor's benevolence and virtue will send you here, if you really let you wait to die here, it will inevitably hurt the emperor's benevolent heart!" ”

"It's just that I won't hide it from you, this time we crossed the sea, and we only brought our own grain and grass, which can never be moved, and there is no superfluity!"

Hearing this, everyone's faces couldn't help but show despair.

Unexpectedly, Hu Dahai suddenly changed his words: "However, although the land of Yinzhou is wild, it can be regarded as rich in products, and there is a big river in this area, and there are countless fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs......"

"There are also a lot of forests and mountains, although there are occasional beasts, but there are more roe deer, pheasants and rabbits, as long as you are willing to fish and hunt, you will not starve to death!"

"As for keeping out the cold, I still have a lot of tents on this ship, although it is impossible for every family to get one, but it is finally of some use to you, and then go to the forest to cut down some trees, light a fire to keep warm, and I will not let you freeze to death!"

Hu Dahai gushed endlessly, and someone had a glint of hope in his eyes, and he could finally live.

Some people also showed dissatisfaction, this nonsense is the same as not saying it, and you have to fish and hunt by yourself, so what is the difference between yourself and the indigenous savages.

Hu Dahai has not seen anything over the years?

Immediately, I knew what those people who were dissatisfied with their faces were thinking in their hearts, and I couldn't help but look cold: "Lao Hu, I gave you a way to live, but I know that there are still people who are dissatisfied!" ”

"I just want to tell you...... Remember! From the day the decree was issued, you are sinners, and if you live to this day, you should thank the emperor for his kindness! ”

"Although this Yinzhou is a wild place, it is also a place where great achievements can be made! When my Chinese ancestors established a country on both sides of the Yellow River, why didn't they make a living from fishing and hunting? ”

"At that time, they could only explore and survive step by step, but now, you already know what you should do next...... Your conditions are much stronger than my Chinese ancestors! ”

"If that's the case, you still can't live, then die here!"

Hu Dahai's words can be described as deafening, Yan Xiangdong and Kong Mingde and others were stunned when they heard it, although the others didn't know if they really listened to it, but at least they bowed to Hu Dahai on the surface, anyway, they didn't dare to offend Hu Dahai.

Seeing this, Hu Dahai nodded with satisfaction, and immediately waved his hand, and immediately a sergeant uploaded it, and some dilapidated tents, and even rusty spears and broadswords were removed, and they were all thrown to the families of these prisoners.

Although the tent is shabby, it can keep out the cold to some extent.

Spears and broadswords, though rusty, were enough to deal with wild beasts.

There were also soldiers who told Hu Dahai that they threw these weapons to these prisoners, in case they made a mess......

Hu Dahai just glanced at the soldier coldly: "A group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who are well-dressed and well-fed on weekdays, if they can defeat you with a few rusty weapons...... Hehe, then you might as well kill yourself on the spot! ”

There weren't many tents and shoddy weapons, and they were quickly divided.

Basically, the tents are divided into one for each household.

As for weapons, basically only a few families can get a spear or two, or a knife.

But it's already good, better than nothing.

More than 10,000 people, after the division, they were separated according to their families or close relationships.

The reason is simple, the most dangerous thing in this kind of place, in this situation, is not animals, but people.

When people you don't know each other together, God knows if they will cut your throat in the middle of the night, rip off your clothes to keep out the cold, and rob you of your rations to satisfy your hunger.

Soon, 10,000 people scattered in all directions, and only the Nankong clan remained in place.

There are more than 300 people in the Nankong clan, including men, women and children, and they are looking at Kong Mingde, the head of the family, with blank eyes.

Kong Mingde looked at the things he had received and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Of all the prisoners in exile this time, Nankong had the largest number of people, so when the tents were divided, two more tents were divided.

As for the weapons, they were divided into three long knives with missing blades, two rusty spears, and that's it.

In a sense, he has taken care of Nankong.

Suddenly, an excited voice said, "But Nankong, Mr. Mingde?" ”

Kong Mingde was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked, and saw a young man looking at him with excitement on his face.

Kong Mingde frowned for a while before he said in surprise: "You are ...... Are you Yan Sheng? ”

But it turned out that when Yan Xiangdong was studying, he personally went to Quzhou to climb the South Confucius Gate and asked Kong Mingde for the essence of Confucius.

At that time, Yan Xiangdong's hungry and thirsty attitude towards Confucianism left a deep impression on Kong Mingde, and he specially encouraged him a few words, not wanting the two to meet here again today, it was really a trick.

Yan Xiangdong grinned and said, "It's the student!" It's just that...... Mr. Mingde, you are a descendant of the saint Miao, the authentic sect of the Kong family, how did you come to this wild land? ”

Kong Mingde sighed: "I am related to that Hou Fang, and I also have my share in the formation of Dongshan Academy this time, the emperor is benevolent and spared my family's life, so I was exiled here, but you are Yan Sheng, how did you get here?" ”

Yan Xiangdong also sighed: "Students have been studying the Five Classics since childhood, and they want to show their skills in the field, but they don't expect that today's saints don't need to learn from saints......"

"I have nowhere to go with the kung fu of the Four Books and Five Classics, and I heard that Hou, Zhang, and Liu are going to establish Dongshan College, and Zhang Mu is a student who is still studying the way of the sage for the world, so I came to join them, unexpectedly, ......"

Yan Xiangdong couldn't sleep when he said this, what else could he say......

Instead, Kong Mingde patted Yan Xiangdong on the shoulder: "Zi said: The three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman can't win the ambition!" Although our situation is dangerous at this moment, our faith in the learning of the saints must not be lost! ”

Kong Mingde's encouragement cheered Yan Xiangdong up a lot, and he nodded hard: "What Mr. Mingde said is very true, the students will definitely learn from the saints in this barbarian land!" ”

Kong Mingde was overjoyed: "Good! You have such ambitions, why worry about Kongmen! ”

The two of them talked energetically alone, and the old housekeeper of the Kong family finally couldn't help it, and said with a sad face: "Master, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, how should the clansmen arrange, and please show the master!" ”

Kong Mingde was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly: "There is an old forest ahead, let's go there tonight to find some dead branches and leaves, and make a fire for the night!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Yan Xiangdong: "Yan Sheng, I see that you are also here alone, why don't we go together!" ”

Yan Xiangdong's parents died early, and he had no relatives, so he was alone in this exile.

He stepped forward to talk to him just now, but in fact, it was not necessarily because of the surprise of his hometown acquaintance, but more because he wanted to go with someone, at least find an acquaintance to accompany him, which is much safer.

At this moment, seeing Kong Mingde take the initiative, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Mr. Mingde!" ”

At this time, the sun was about to set completely, and the Kong clan took advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to hurry up and finally enter the forest.

What's next?

Set up a tent first......

This big family, usually at home, not to say that it is brocade clothes and jade food, it is also the first time that the meal comes to open the mouth, stretch out the hand, and set up a tent.

A group of people stumbled and didn't build it for a long time, and in the end, Yan Xiangdong couldn't stand it, so he took the initiative to help to set up the tent.

Kong Mingde looked ashamed: "Xiangdong, thanks to you following us this time, otherwise the Nankong clan will freeze to death tonight!" ”

The head of the Nankong family, in gratitude, stopped shouting Yan Sheng, and directly shouted to the east.

Yan Xiangdong didn't even dare to say it: "The students are at home, because they can't afford to support the servants, so they can only take care of the housework by themselves from time to time, which makes Mr. Mingde laugh!" ”

Kong Mingde praised again: "Virtuous, go back!" A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, in the alleys, people are unbearable, and they will not change their pleasures...... To the east, there is quite the wind of ancient sages! ”

This is Kong Mingde, using Confucius's words to praise Yan Xiangdong for his poor and happy words, which made Yan Xiangdong a little embarrassed for a while.

The tent was set up, but it faced a new problem, even if it was two tents, but more than 300 people from the Kong clan could not fit in at all.

In desperation, he asked the female roll to squeeze into a tent, and the old and weak to squeeze into a tent.