During the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan occupied Luoyang, and then marched in three ways.

All the way to Guanzhong, all the way to Suiyang, all the way south to Nanyang.

In the defense of Nanyang, there were two "cannibalisms" before and after, and the Tang army relied on eating human flesh for thirteen months.

Both before and after the war, the new field next door was plundered, and it was repeatedly plundered by the Tang army and the rebels.

The Anshi Rebellion ended quickly, and Xinye County, which was born in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, became a sparsely populated Xinye Town, and it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that the county system was finally restored.

A large number of local refugees from Nanyang, as well as those from further north, are now being resettled around Xinye Town.

Nine thousand soldiers and their families lived together with these displaced people.

"Second Brother Tong, will you go back to your hometown to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year?" Wu Chang Jin Rong leaned over and asked.

Tong Ershun said: "Don't go back, stay in Xinye to pick up the fields." ”

Jin Rong was overjoyed: "Can you give me the quota for visiting relatives in that team?" ”

"Draw lots," Tong Ershun said, "I also participate, and if I catch it, I will give you my quota." ”

"That's good." Jin Rong was slightly disappointed, but still grateful.

There are twelve people in the team, and there are two places for visiting relatives on annual leave, and Tong Ershun will also give it to him if he catches it, and this probability is still very high.

It was the break time for the exercise, and the two stood on the school grounds, looking at the White River in the distance.

Jin Rong said: "Do you want me to bring some things back?" ”

Tong Ershun shook his head and said, "There is no one at home." ”

"How can there be no one at home?" Jin Rong said curiously.

Tong Ershun grinned and said: "My third brother can write and calculate, first followed Zhu Xianggong to do things, and now he has been released to Chuandong to make the main book." Hey, the master book who is less than twenty years old. My old father and eldest nephew were also taken by the third brother to enjoy the blessings. ”

"That's really promising, Second Brother Tong is also waiting to enjoy happiness in the future!" Jin Rong didn't slap Sima Fart, he was really shocked.

The county master who is less than twenty years old, as long as he is not a short-lived ghost, he can become a party member with qualifications.

Tong Ershun still hasn't said a situation, his younger brother is Zhu Guoxiang's personal disciple - although he only studied with Zhu Guoxiang for one year.

"The third brother of my family, the elder brother followed the generalissimo to suppress the Black Wind Village, and the third brother is now an official again," Tong Ershun showed off self-deprecation, "I am the most unproductive in the family, and I have only been a captain until now." ”

Jin Rong couldn't help but complain: "Second brother, if you say this, I don't have the face to be a soldier anymore." ”

Tong Ershun laughed.

He really has no interest, his eldest brother has passed away, he married his sister-in-law, and the old people in Daming Village take very good care of him.

But when they were village warriors together, as long as they were not killed in battle or disabled, they were all promoted to the sentry commander and deputy sentry of 50 at worst, and there were really few squad leaders like Tong Ershun.

He started out as a fireman, expanded his army after capturing Yangzhou, and finally became a pikeman. Later, he expanded the army several times, but he was still a spearman, relying on his brother's robe, and he was promoted to the captain of the Mandarin Duck Squad.

Tong Ershun has worked very hard to practice arrows and guns, but it is never possible to command the team to change formations and fight.

Maybe in a few years, this Jin Rong will surpass him.

Because Jin Rong is the captain of the army, and the captain of the army must be served by the sword and shield hand, all of them are the elite of the grassroots elite.

After practicing until the evening, Tong Ershun went home with his weapon.

Zhu Ming's military rules, if there is no war, two-thirds of the year needs to be practiced. But Shinno's side is busy clearing wasteland, and the training time is reduced to half of the year.

Tong Ershun only brought his wife and children, although his sister-in-law remarried him, but the couple was extremely affectionate and had given birth to two sons and a daughter.

The wife still has to take care of the children, and there are more than 20 acres of land at home, which cannot be planted in his free time.

So he recruited five more homeless people as tenants, which was the obligation of the homeless people, since they were allocated land free of charge, and they also borrowed grain from the government to make ends meet, they had to work on the soldiers' fields. You must first plant the soldier's land before you can serve you carefully.

"Captain Tong!"

Before they arrived at the entrance of the village, some farmers nodded and greeted them. This person is also a displaced person who has been resettled, although he is not a tenant of Tong Ershun, but he still regards him as a great man.

"It's Mo San, the bean harvest is good." Tong Ershun held his head high, as if he was patrolling his territory.

There is also a battalion commander in the village, two chiefs, a deputy and several sentry commanders and deputy sentry commanders, Tong Ershun's military rank is not high, but he has a good relationship with the battalion commander, a veteran who walked out of Daming Village together!

Looking at the golden soybean fields outside the village, Tong Ershun remembered the days of reclamation in Daming Village.

There are many young and strong soldiers in Daming Township, and even some are civil officials, after they move out, the population of the entire Daming Township has plummeted by half, and Zhu Guoxiang has to recruit unemployed vagrants or homeless people to enrich them.

Tong Ershun's land in Daming Village has been given to the government, replaced with wasteland on the Xinye side, and subsidized by mu.

"The master is back!" His wife, Feng Shi, said happily.

"I'm back." Tong Ershun was full of smiles, he could indeed be in charge now, and he was no longer the poor boy who cultivated a few acres of wasteland.

"Daddy, Daddy!"

The children also ran over, and Tong Ershun picked up her daughter with a smile and put her around her neck to play a game of horseback riding.

The next day, Tong Ershun took his wife and children to harvest beans without a weapon.

Several tenants respected him very much, and when they met him halfway, they bent down to greet him, and gave him the way to go first.

In addition to the unequal relationship between landlords and tenants, but also because Tong Ershun's family has few people, he usually doesn't bother to ask about the tenants, and he is also very generous when collecting rent. Unlike some soldiers, when collecting rent, they pretended to be too peaceful, and they had to grab another handful of beans to go in.

The tenants went to work in the tenants' fields, and Tong Ershun collected the crops he had cultivated himself.

Not only is the wife harvesting, but the doll, who is a few years old, is also helping to pick up the scattered beans.

"Daddy, there's a piece of shit here!" The eldest son shouted excitedly.

His wife, Feng, immediately shouted: "Quickly pick a leaf, wrap up the shit and take it home!" ”

Tong Ershun smiled, and went back with the freshly harvested beans, and he had to dry them for another day or two before he could thresh them with flails.

When he came to the field again, he saw hundreds of men on horseback.

Zhu Ming now has no shortage of southwestern horses, hundreds of personal guard musketeers, each of whom has mounts, can march quickly, and can be regarded as mounted infantry.

But these southwestern horses, which were picked by the light cavalry, were better than donkeys, and even about the same height as donkeys.

"Generalissimo?"

Tong Ershun thought that he had seen it wrong, rubbed his eyes, it was indeed the marshal's banner, he immediately threw down his sickle, ran to the side of the road and stood up.

In the nearby fields, all those who served as soldiers put down their farm work and stood by the roadside.

Wherever Zhu Ming passed, the soldiers held their heads high, raised their left arms and clenched their fists on their chests.

The peasants didn't know what was happening, some of them were stunned in the field and watched, and some ran over and knelt down to greet them.

Zhu Ming helped up a farmer, and asked the others to stand up as well, and asked with a pleasant face, "What's your name?" Where did it come from? ”

The peasant shrank and replied, "My name is Zhou Xiu, and my hometown is in Yangzhai County." ”

Zhu Ming asked knowingly: "Yang Zhai belongs to Yingchang Mansion, it's almost next to Xinzheng, how can you escape to Xinye Reclamation?" ”

Zhou Xiu looked sad and began to tell what happened to her: "Originally, my family also had more than 20 acres of thin fields, and I still knew a few big characters. But in the event of a major drought, the harvest is not good, and the land is still paid and the husband is exempted. The family's food was robbed by the officials, so the whole family had to flee the famine. I went to Yingchang Mansion first, and then went to Xinzheng, my parents starved to death, and my brother was recruited by the government to be a box army. ”

"My sister-in-law stayed in Xinzheng with my brother, and I continued to flee with my wife, children and nephews. When the officers and soldiers came, the team dispersed, and my nephew and youngest daughter were also separated. ”

"Anyway, I went to many places, and there are nine people in the family, and now there are only three left, and I don't know if my brother and sister-in-law are still alive."

Zhu Ming sighed: "Alas, there is no way to be a faint king, corrupt officials abuse the people, and it is not easy to live." ”

Zhou Xiu said: "Thanks to the blessing of the minister and the generalissimo, when I arrived in Xinye, the government distributed grain, and collected beans in the summer, but the government really didn't send anyone to collect taxes, nor did I urge me to return the grain." This second season of beans is about to be harvested again, and this year has finally survived. The government is very benevolent and righteous, and when the land is cultivated, I will pay back the grain I owe, and I will not be in arrears with this field. ”

A soldier smiled and said, "Tuesday Lang, this is the Generalissimo!" ”

Zhou Xiu was stunned and excited, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "The generalissimo is above, I thank the generalissimo for his life!" ”

The nearby peasants also knelt down again, kneeling before, purely to see that Zhu Ming was very majestic, and he must be a big official. Kneeling now, but it is from the bottom of my heart, without the father and son of the Zhu family, many of them would starve to death.

"Hurry up," Zhu Ming personally helped several of them up, and said to Zhou Xiu, "It's good to farm, and when I go to the Central Plains, maybe you can still find your brother and sister-in-law." ”

Zhou Xiu hurriedly said: "I must be good at farming, and I will also plant the land of the tenant cultivator!" ”

Zhu Ming patted him on the shoulder and said a few words of encouragement.

Zhou Xiu only felt that his body was a few pounds lighter, and the generalissimo was so kind and kind to him. What a good official, and he will definitely be a good emperor in the future.

Zhu Ming continued to move forward, chatting with the peasants all the way, and chatting with the soldiers when he met them.

"Generalissimo, I'm Ershun," when it was Tong Ershun's turn, the guy said happily, "The old lady holds a birthday banquet, and I still help carry the table!" ”

Zhu Ming suddenly felt cordial and asked, "From Daming Village?" ”

Tong Ershun said: "It's Daming Village, and my family went very early." My brother's name is Tong Shun, and he and the generalissimo have fought through the Black Wind Village. ”

"You said Tong Shun, but I have the impression that he is a soldier under Zhang Guangdao, and he also made a detour to attack the back mountain of Heifeng Village." Zhu Ming immediately remembered.

Tong Ershun was happy and frustrated: "The generalissimo still remembers my brother, but unfortunately my brother was killed by the government." Those bird officials in the county government should be killed all of them. ”

The scribes and archers of Xixiang County did kill more than a dozen, and more than 30 people were left to do hard labor. Who let them offend the veterans of Daming Village, or even offend Zhu Ming himself, but Bai Chongwu pleaded for mercy, and those who were not deeply involved were not investigated.

Zhu Ming sighed and asked, "Don't talk about these old things, what military position are you now?" ”

Tong Ershun immediately lowered his head, and said unspeakably: "I'm still the captain." ”

"Practice hard, don't embarrass your brother!" Zhu Ming was a little speechless.

"I'll practice hard!" Tong Ershun's face was already flushed.

Zhu Ming turned around and saw that the farmers had followed, and immediately ordered: "Let them go back to harvest beans, don't delay the farming time." ”

Zhu Ming no longer continued to ask questions, and marched forward with the musketeers of the personal guards.

The soldiers and peasants spontaneously knelt down and watched the generalissimo leave. When he had gone far, he stood up and talked to each other, and they all felt that they had a bright face, and they had actually had close contact with the generalissimo.

This can be bragged about for a lifetime, and in the future, when you go to the town to buy things, you can also brag to the merchants there.

Especially Zhou Xiu, who talked to the generalissimo, could blow until the day he closed his eyes on his deathbed.

"Captain Tong, the generalissimo doesn't put on an official show, and he is very kind when he talks to our people. Is it the same with the Romance? Everyone surrounded Tong Ershun.

Tong Ershun nostrils turned to the sky: "Of course, Zhu Xianggong also went to the field in person to teach the people how to grow crops." ”

"Farming should also be taught?" The villagers felt he was lying.

Tong Er said: "Really, the farmers that Zhu Xianggong has taught by himself, the harvest will definitely be better." We are all rumored in Yangzhou that the minister has met immortals overseas, and his method is actually an immortal law. You may not have seen corn and sweet potatoes, and when the wasteland is ploughed, and the land is not suitable for growing wheat and rice, you have to mix corn and sweet potatoes. When the time comes, you will know what fairy food is! ”

Everyone didn't care about collecting beans, and continued to inquire about the gossip of Zhu's father and son, Tong Ershun finished telling what he knew, and the rest was made up to blow hard.

In his description, the father and son of the Zhu family are no different from the immortals.

Moreover, many villagers really believe it.

(End of chapter)