Lu Quan's voice was a little low, and at this dawn when the sky had just turned white, it made people feel a little chilly for no reason

"The rebel army over there in Huaicheng heard that there was movement, and Huaicheng is only more than a hundred miles away from us. According to Li's calculations, at the end of August, the rebel army will take action. ”

Three big men, quietly squatting in the bow of the boat, spoke in a low voice, without alarming the other people on the boat.

Li Sixi was a little puzzled: "Why is it the end of August?" ”

Zhang Sange is much smarter than Li Sixi: "It's because the grain can be harvested at the beginning of August, even if it's late, at the end of the month, every household should also collect the grain in the warehouse, and the public grain that should be handed over is also paid, right?" ”

The rebels are all poor, and the reason why they revolt is because they have no food to eat.

And the government is different, they have a natural sense of superiority, if the government can't defeat and retreat to the capital, they will definitely not leave the food that is about to arrive for the rebels.

When the time comes, a fire will be lit in the field, and these officers and soldiers will not care about the lives of the people below like bandits

Lu Quan nodded and sighed lowly: "Yes, the rebel army also needs to eat food." Fight now, and the grain in the field will be wasted! ”

"Isn't there a garrison in Nanyang?"

Li Sixi moved his body and got closer, "Nanyang is such a high city wall, and there are thousands of garrisons, even if those rebel troops come over, they won't be able to seize Nanyang." ”

However, the rebel army could not pass through Nanyang, and they all had to pass through Honghu, and although Jiangjiaba was on the edge, it might not be safe.

When it comes to the garrison of Nanyang County, Zhang Sange knows something: "I heard that part of the Nanyang garrison went to the capital, and some stayed in Nanyang, and those who stayed in Nanyang were not all in the city to defend the city, and they were all sent out to ......."

Seeing that Lu Quan and Li Sixi were both looking at him, Zhang Sancai lowered his voice and explained: "They are all sent out to suppress bandits, saying that they are suppressing bandits, but in fact, they are copying big households." Hey, you say that we poor people have a hard time, why are those big families also having a hard time? ”

Lu Quan's expression became more and more ugly: "So the big families in Dongyang County copied the houses and ran away." Even Shopkeeper Li is leaving, and it seems that the rebel army is really coming. ”

"But it's all fighting, and Yangzhou is not safe."

Li Sixi scratched his head fiercely, no matter how unsafe Yangzhou is, it is safer than Jiangjiaba, and Jiangjiaba can be on the main road for the rebel army to go to the capital.

"Do we have to buy food now? Can't wait any longer? Li Sixi was still a little unwilling.

Can you wait any longer, when the autumn harvest comes, the price of grain will definitely fall.

Although the current grain price is not as high as last year, it is not cheap, and brown rice used to cost 12 wen a catty, but now it is 25 wen.

When the new grain comes down, brown rice and aged rice are definitely cheaper.

Lu Quan gritted his teeth, feeling distressed as if he was dripping blood: "I'm afraid that the rebel army will fight, and the price of food will rise instead of falling." The government is not stupid, they will not care about the life and death of the people. If they had known about the rebels' movements after the autumn harvest, you would have left the food for the rebels? ”

"No wonder they're going to raid the big houses now." Zhang San's teeth clucked, "This group of beasts, if they don't have the ability to defend the city, they know the common people of Huohuo." ”

"So we're going to buy grain?"

Lu Quanxian cautiously glanced at the nearby movements before he spoke, "If the rebel army comes, whether it can be fought or not, we will run, and more than a dozen of us will find a wild lake prodigal boat to tie it together, and it will be no problem for three or five months to go one by one." When they settle down, no matter who is in charge, they must always give the people a way to live. When the time comes, we will come back. ”

This is where it is more convenient for them to sail than those who farm the land, and if they really want to run, it is more convenient to have a boat than to run on two legs.

Of course, the prerequisite is that there is enough food.

Li Sixi looked at Lu Quan, and then at Brother Zhang, and suddenly hugged his head and cried: "This day is just right, and I still want to have extra money to buy land and build a house, and make a ...... for Tantan."

The latter words were drowned out by crying, and Lu Quan and Zhang San were also sad when they heard it.

When the rebels come, they want to flee, and even if the government comes, they may have to flee.

If you don't escape, you will be conscripted by the government, and it is estimated that you will die again.

Like Lu Quan, Chen Ping'an, who has only one strong laborer in the family, if they are conscripted, the remaining old and weak women and children will probably be waiting for death.

Like Li Sixi and Zhang San's family, although the son of the family is already half the eldest child, who is willing to let his son die?

In the eyes of outsiders, they are even more lowly than those who farm, with no house or land, and their income is precarious. In the previous dynasty, fishermen belonged to the lower ninth class, and it was impossible to go ashore to buy land and build houses after earning money.

Fishing for a lifetime, fishing from generation to generation.

In this part of Honghu Lake, because the water and land transportation is very developed, people with land will also buy a boat near the water, and earn some pocket money in their leisure time or fishing.

A few years ago, when life was good, there were not a few families who had fields and boats.

Just like Lu Quan, Zhang San, and Li Sixi, they used to have land, houses and boats, but the land and houses were flooded, and they could only live on fishing boats, but their identities were not fishermen. But people like them, who are not really fishermen, also have to pay taxes, and they have to pay taxes and serve hard labor.

In order for future generations not to become one of the untouchables, they will not dare to give up their current status, even if they sell their children and daughters.

That's why Qiu has been thinking about going ashore to buy a house and land.

Not to mention the Qiu family, there are dozens of fishing boats in this Honghu Lake, and every family wants to go ashore to farm, and they no longer want to make a living by fishing.

Early in the morning, the fishermen at the pier got the news.

I won't do this batch of eel cages after I finish it, this batch of eel cages is almost enough to fill two boats, and then I will follow Shopkeeper Li's family together.

As for whether or not to do the eel cage business in the future, it will probably not be decided until next spring.

Everyone had just earned some surplus money in their hands, and suddenly heard that the eel cage business was about to be closed, and they immediately fell into confusion.

Why don't you do it?

The fishing business in summer is not easy to do, and the fish are easy to die when they leave the water, and they die quickly and stink quickly.

In spring and autumn, when the fish can't be sold, you can still pickle salted fish, and when the time comes, sell it to the dry goods store in the town, and you can buy some copper coins.

In the summer, the fish that cannot be sold are either eaten, given away, or simply thrown away, and the dead fish and shrimp cannot be left to rot on the boat.

Autumn is better, but autumn is so short, and winter will soon begin......

Why is it that the days of hope are suddenly gone?

Lu Yangge stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the people talking on the riverbank.

It is obvious that the spiritual qi of some time ago seems to have suddenly dispersed.

Everyone either started to talk about a few words, why didn't they make eel cages, and why did Shopkeeper Li go back to Yangzhou.

Slowly, there was less and less sound.

Now, almost no one is talking, and everyone is racing against time to make eel cages.

You know, make one more horn eel cage, and you can get more copper coins.

With more copper money, the family can buy more food.

(End of chapter)