The continuous hundred miles of mountains effectively block the footsteps of locusts.

The south of the Baili Mountains is relatively less harmed by locusts, which is a blessing in misfortune.

However, a small number of locusts appeared in the south, causing some damage to the crops in the field.

When the new decree was promulgated in the provinces, the people were hurrying to the autumn harvest.

When the new decree was promulgated, the people who begged were arrested by the government and waited to be sent to the border cities.

The people who hadn't reacted yet heard a court order that made them desperate.

Increase taxes and military service.

The people who have been hit many times have not yet returned all the food back to their homes, and the family has not tasted a new bite of food.

was immediately requisitioned by the government grain collection team, and most of the rations were collected.

The food left for them is far from enough for the family to survive.

It was not only the common people who were affected by this imperial decree, but also the small landlords and small wealthy people of middle-class families.

The wealthy gentlemen everywhere were not affected much.

These people rely on their prestige and the large number of subordinates in their families, and some of them are willing to die for them.

Replacing military service has become another way out for many poor people.

In order to leave an extra way for their families to live, those who have no money can only exchange their lives for food.

The heavy troops of the northern country once again brought not only panic to the Baiyun Kingdom, but also the life and death of countless families.

Many people who have lost hope have lost faith in life and wonder what the point is for them to continue.

…

Leng Dayou and Yuan Dazhu, who were also facing military service, got together to discuss where to stay.

The four of them used to be a well-off family, but they are already destitute.

"Dayes, what do you think, I don't want to go to military service anyway.

The previous military service and floods had drained all the family's savings. ”

Chen Xiangrong clenched his fists, but he didn't know who to find to vent his anger.

The thousands of taels of silver earned by working hard in those years have long been emptied.

"Whoever wants to go to military service, we even have a boat to go out.

If you want to leave, you can only take the water route, and if you take the land route, you will be arrested before you leave the house.

Sent to the border, the family doesn't want to have a way to live. Leng Dayou said dejectedly.

Why was he so mixed up in the first place, why didn't he stay with Steward Wang.

In the mountains, the family could stay together, and the bay was rich in fish for them to eat.

Leng Da is not the only one who regrets it, but no one knows it early.

"Let's go to Brother Purple!

There is really no way to live outside, and the men in the family are requisitioned, leaving the family old and weak to live. Yuan Dazhu reminded.

"Brother Purple is benevolent and righteous, and will not care if we live or die.

It's a big deal to sell yourself to the Ziyu brothers, as long as you can keep the family alive, there's nothing you can't do. ”

"We don't have a ship, the whole boss does! His boat remained untouched.

We can invite him along, and if not, we can ......."

Miao Yinian squeezed his fist, revealing his truest thoughts in his heart.

"Even if there were ships, there wouldn't be so many boatmen!

Nowadays, it is difficult to find strong labor, and the group of people we are familiar with have long been scattered, and many of them have disappeared. Leng Dayou frowned.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem, and if there is a way, he will leave early.

The four former partners looked at each other, nodded silently in unison, and the four heads came together to discuss the plan.

After a cup of tea, the four of them went their separate ways.

…

Five days later, at night, a somewhat old merchant ship slowly slid out of the dock under the cover of night.

A group of people hiding in the cargo hold covered their mouths tightly and did not dare to make a sound.

Some sat cross-legged, while others leaned on each other with their burdens.

People who have adapted to the darkness can vaguely see the silhouettes of the people around them, and the hands that are tightly clasped with them tremble slightly.

A few lights suddenly leaked from the cabin overhead, and the people hiding in the cargo hold were all old and weak.

The sad faces are full of trepidation, and there is a confusion about the unknown.

These people carried only simple luggage and wore as many clothes as they could, mostly patches and patches.

There are only a few people who don't have patches on their clothes, and at first glance they have a better family background.

In the cargo hold at this time, everyone is on the same boat, and there is no difference between rich and poor.

The merchant ships that left Qingyang Mansion overnight and hid in the Tibetan area went south.

In order not to be noticeable, the people hiding in the warehouse eat and drink Lazar below, and the smell can be imagined how bad it is.

The merchant ships were able to escape at the Shangdu wharf with silver.

As soon as the merchant ships entered the sea, they hurried away from the coastline and headed northwest.

…

In the millions of mountains, the people of Daxiawan are in full swing.

The five-meter-high stone wall changes every day, and every mile away, there is a lookout post and a beacon tower.

The one-meter-thick wall is about to catch up with the thickness of the city wall, and the stone wall is all made of long stones carried by two people.

The sound of the trumpet while working has been in this mountain for a long time.

The length of the stone wall closes in one direction at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Where Kanzi Village is located, the speed of the stone wall is the fastest.

The length of the wall has enclosed the village of Kanzi at the foot of the mountain and the reclaimed wasteland.

The high walls give the people of Kanzi a great sense of security, even if they still live in low grass huts or shacks.

With the protection of the fence, they are no longer afraid of someone stealing the harvest from the field, and they can also get a good night's sleep.

The thick iron-clad gate closes, separating the inside and outside into two different worlds.

…

Several days of rainy weather forced the construction of the fence to be stopped.

The people of Daxiawan suddenly didn't have any work, and they were really a little uncomfortable.

Those who can't stay idle at home put on a hat and go out to check the newly planted autumn vegetables in the field.

There are also people who go out barefoot in stagnant water with a taro leaf on their heads.

On a rainy day in October in the mountains, it was already a little cool to tread barefoot.

People who have been accustomed to being barefoot all their lives, but they don't feel cold at all.

There is no pressure of life, even if you have iron taro leaves on your head, you will greet people happily.

…

Like the people who built the wall, Ziyu, who rarely had a day off, lay lazily on the bed and listened to the sound of the rain outside.

Libai held the person in his arms, rubbed his thin face, and muttered.

"Little lazy worm, it's time to get up for lunch!"

"I don't want to move, I'm going to lie in bed for three days and three nights.

I was almost exhausted to death during this time, and the work of clearing the wasteland is really not done by people. ”

The corpse-like purple jade really doesn't want to move anywhere except for moving her mouth.

All the strong laborers of Daxiawan participated in the construction of the wall, and even the sturdy women were sent to the mountains to cook.

Ziyu, who has a long-term plan, took a group of women from Daxiawan to the ground to open up the wasteland.

There are multi-functional agricultural machines to expand the territory, although there is no manual tiredness, but there is a lot of work.

She led a group of women to open up more than 20,000 acres of wasteland in two months.

A group of women followed, and the grass roots they picked up were two mountains high.

In order to increase the fertility of the land, all the dried weeds and grass roots are burned and returned to the field.

The surface of the newly opened wasteland is overgrown with weeds, but the soil is a fertile black soil.

(End of chapter)