"How can this thief's mother's belly be so uncompetitive? Obviously, I drank most of the bowl of vegetable porridge in the morning, but it was not even noon, and this belly was hungry again~"

Bow your head and look at your belly, which has just 'cooed~' several times.

Hou San used a tone that hated iron and steel, and scolded a sentence.

Then, after skillfully loosening one of the belts around his waist, he tightened his belly a little more with both hands.

Relying on such a simple and rough way, I felt less hungry for the time being.

In the following time, he naturally stretched out towards a basket on the ground, intending to carry the basket home.

After seeing the basket full of wild vegetables, Hou San's face suddenly showed a rather complicated expression.

On the one hand, I am happy, because today is the fifth day after Her Majesty Empress Maude ascended the throne.

At this time today, like eighty percent of the people in Kaifeng City, the last grain of Hou San's family has been eaten.

Fortunately, the thieves don't pity their Kaifeng people, but the Kaifeng people pity their own people.

The reason why I say this is because too many people died in Kaifeng City in this trip to the ravages of Jin soldiers; Too much human blood had been poured on the ground, and too many corpses had not been buried in the wilderness outside the city.

In such a way, the land in which they live is nourished.

In short, today is such a short time of spring, and I don't know how much more wild vegetables outside the city are than in previous years.

Dozens of wild vegetables such as shepherd's cabbage, noodle vegetables, koji cabbage, and white penny are found everywhere.

Today, he went out of the city early in the morning, and it took him less than an hour to dig up such a big basket.

After going back, the boiling water is scalded once to remove the bitter taste in the wild vegetables, and when cooked, it can always deal with filling the belly, so that people will not starve to death.

On the other hand, it was Hou San who was worried.

You must know that no matter how you say this thing, you can't eat it directly as a meal, and if you eat less, you won't be hungry at all; But if you eat a little more, it will feel like there is a fire burning in your stomach, which makes you scratch your heart and liver.

What's more, when he thought of his little lady, Hou San felt very guilty.

The little lady who was rescued by him was unmoved at all in the face of the recent post in the palace, telling them to go back with peace of mind, and everything else was not to blame in the past.

On the night of Empress Maude's accession to the throne, the two of them bowed in the direction of the palace and the tablets of their parents at home.

It can be regarded as letting Hou San, an old bachelor, finally marry a daughter-in-law.

It's a pity that Hou San can't say that he can give a new daughter-in-law like a baby in her heart and liver, and live a good life of wearing gold and silver, food and clothing, and worry-free, which can't even eat a full mouthful.

Even if Xiao Niang followed him to eat vegetable porridge every time, she never said anything unpleasant.

But looking at his daughter-in-law, she originally had a palm-sized face, but she had lost a lot of weight in a few days, and she looked like a vegetable.

As a big man, Hou San felt that he was really a waste, and he was very heartfelt.

The question is, what can he do?

Now in a huge Kaifeng city, all industries are withering badly, even if you are willing to do a handful of strength, you can't find a little work.

Not to mention, as usual, after a day's work, you can bring back enough rice and noodles to eat for several days.

"Go back and eat some vegetable porridge, and then go to the dock to have a good look, always bring back some food, so that Xiao Niang can have an extra handful of millet in the vegetable porridge tonight."

With such an idea, Hou San walked into the open gate of Kaifeng City......

However, Hou Sancai walked to the entrance of Tsing Yi Alley, where his house was located, and suddenly a sentence came to his ears:

"Third brother, when is it now, you are still here slowly, don't want your little lady to have a full meal?"

As soon as he heard the word 'full meal', Hou San immediately came to his senses.

After looking back, he found a man with a short figure who was greeting himself from behind, wasn't it his sworn brother Liu Dalang?

Saying! Although Hou San has no brothers in the family, he has two sworn brothers.

Among them, this five-short figure, who usually carries a load of needles and threads, is the eldest brother of the three.

In addition, there is also a Xie Ergou who seems to be unable to make a fart with eight sticks, and the blacksmith who was originally a blacksmith shop is the second brother among them.

In this way, Hou San is naturally the third brother among them.

Although the three of them make a living in a very different industry, they grew up together in this Tsing Yi Lane because they were young, and they also swore together by chance, and they also took care of each other in their daily lives.

Of course, none of the above is important to Hou San.

The important thing is that now where can I find some rice and noodles to come back so that my little lady can have a full meal.

Immediately, he opened his mouth and asked: "Big brother, where can I get rice noodles?" ”

After Liu Dalang heard this, he grabbed Hou San's arm and walked up, and said: "Don't worry, call your second brother and then talk about it, and I'll make it clear to you along the way~"

In the following time, they called the blacksmith Xie Ergou, who was not alive at home, and the three of them hurriedly walked together.

It was also along the way that Hou San figured out the reason for the matter.

It turned out to be Liu Dalang's newly established street office, and I heard that Grandpa Hu, who is now Hu Xianggong, ordered to recruit a group of people in Kaifeng City.

What exactly is it for, the old horse head of the street office is not clear, and it is said that it will be announced by the public later.

Importantly, the only place where there was some food in hand was in the hands of Empress Maude's new court; No matter what the imperial court wants to do, you can't let people do it in vain, you have to give a little money and food, right?

Thinking of the people in the city now, almost all of them are idle at home.

Liu Dalang didn't wait for the public to post the list in the afternoon, and hurriedly called his two sworn brothers, and rushed towards the location of the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.

It's just that the three of them who are on an empty stomach and are about to gasp into dogs under the wild run all the way don't know anything in their hearts.

The three of them will have completely different fates and life trajectories in the future, all of which have undergone a huge change because of such a move.

To use a modern plane, there is already a somewhat old-fashioned adjective in online texts:

The gears of fate began to turn quietly at this moment......

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After arriving at the door of the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, Hou San found that there were already hundreds of men here, and they were talking endlessly around the door.

Many more, like the three brothers, came running from afar.

After the three of them squeezed over, they heard clearly what was going on from the discussion of the surrounding people:

It turned out that Grandpa Hu was going to form a new army, and after some training, he would go straight to Huanglong in the future and avenge the humiliation he suffered for Jingkang's shame.

In addition, the new army naturally has a new atmosphere, and the Ministry of Industry is ready to recruit a group of craftsmen to prepare to build equipment, and it is said that the salary is rich.

The household department is ready to recruit some people to mine coal, iron and other ores; Recruit some coachmen and boatmen to bring back coal and iron ore, among other things.

Recruit a group of farmers to cultivate those vacant fields in the surrounding areas of Kaifeng City.

The Ministry of Rites is preparing to recruit some scholars, and it is said that it is preparing to open a number of elementary schools in the city, so that all children of school age can enter school for free.

It can also be regarded as achieving 'education without class', which is the act of an ancient sage.

And the Ministry of Punishment, prepare......

No matter what kind of livelihood you apply for, you can get two catties of rice noodles to settle down, and then there are rice noodles distributed one after another, in short, people will not starve to death.

Hearing this, Hou San and the other three brothers were overjoyed in their hearts.

Then they were a little worried, to be precise, for their eldest brother Liu Dalang.

The second brother Xie Ergou has good blacksmith skills, so he naturally went to the Ministry of Industry and received a generous reward.

The third brother Hou San's good strength, not going to work hard in the army, and fighting for a wife and son is a pity.

So the question is, what about Liu Dalang, the eldest brother with a short figure?

Whether it is farming or being a people's husband, with the figure of the eldest brother, I am afraid that it will be a big hardship.

It's just that what they don't know is that Yu Hanfeng, who happened to be passing by here at this moment, is now the intelligence leader of the Great Song Dynasty, after seeing Liu Dalang's classic figure.

Immediately, his eyes lit up, as if he had found a piece of jade......

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