Soon, a notice was posted on the bulletin board in front of the yamen, and two literate officers carried swords on their shoulders and read the notices aloud to the gathered people.

Most of the common people have never read a book, but they know what the word "conscription" means, and when they heard that they will gather in three days, and if they do not accept the conscription, the fine will be doubled, and everyone is in a loud noise!

"Why the hell is the reason for the conscription? This is the autumn harvest, and the family is busy, do you want to throw the grain into the field and build the road? ”

"Yes, it's really unreasonable, it's almost fatal!"

"Draw one out of two, this is too ruthless! A family of five, at least two? Even if they can come back alive, what will happen to the family? If God doesn't open his eyes, a rain can ruin all the food! ”

"It used to be one out of three!"

"It's over, it's over, it's really not going to live!"

Everyone talked about it, and none of them had a good face, but they couldn't say a word and hurriedly left, looking for relatives and friends to pass on the bad news.

Zheng Qijun was like a bowl of ink spilled in a basin of water, quickly impregnating the entire Tai'an County.

There are horse-drawn carriages between the county seat and the village in Taijia Village, and even if the autumn harvest is busy, there is always a trip a day. Originally, Yongning and Yongfeng could go home at any time, but today it came in handy......

Old man Tai sat under the big tree at the entrance of the village, tore off the tobacco leaves and stuffed them into the old brother, and said with a smile, "Everyone has made a lot of effort, and the fields have been cleaned up." Even if it rains tomorrow, don't be afraid! ”

"Yes, my heart can finally land!" Tai Sanye was very happy, pinched the tobacco and stuffed it into the cigarette bag pot, and soon smoked it, spit out a mouthful of green smoke, and his brows were loosened.

The sesame ball was chased around by Zhuzhu to play, and just ran nearby, and when he choked on the smoke, he sneezed, and his half-length dog hair was trembling.

The old man laughed, stretched out his hand and rubbed its head, "This summer, the sesame ball has suffered, and it sticks out its tongue every day when it is hot, but now that the weather is getting colder, it is also comfortable." ”

"Haha, who made it grow a whole body of hair, can it not be hot in a leather jacket in the summer?"

"Fortunately, Sesame Ball is not a purebred mastiff, I heard that purebred mastiffs have long hair and are half a foot long, and they can only hide in the grass in summer."

"I also heard about it, but it's a pity that the old arms and legs can't follow them to the grassland to see with their own eyes, so they can only listen to the village boys blowing spit stars flying everywhere!"

The two brothers said lively, and Zhu Zhu Dada ran to him, pinching a red bean cake and eating it slowly.

The old man sat on his lap with his granddaughter in his arms, and when he was about to speak, the village carriage ran back like crazy!

The old man who was driving the car shouted from afar, "Patriarch, something is wrong!" Conscription, conscription! ”

The old man and Tai Sanye got up together and glanced at each other, both having a feeling that the dust had settled.

The old man who was driving the car was still shouting, "This time it's two dings and one draw, and if you don't accept the conscription, you will be fined twice the silver!" Patriarch quickly find a way, this is a fatal matter! ”

Tai Sanye responded, "What can I think of, I can only admit the fine, and the entire county knows that the old and young masters of Taijia Village have gone out!" ”

The old man who was driving the car was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly looked at Tai Sanye with a sudden understanding, "Patriarch, this is ...... This ......"

I have to say that he is old and refined, and he has already thought of the reason why the whole village has been kicked out of the border pass.

No wonder he still felt that the patriarch was a little too excited, even if he valued the bud rice seeds for the border army, he couldn't abandon his family and let all the young people in the village help transport it!

The old man waved his hand, signaling him not to tell the details even if he knew the details, and whispered, "Wait until I go to the county tomorrow to walk around and see how much money each family needs." Although you want to break the bank, it's better than losing your life! ”

The old man who drove the car nodded again and again, he is also a person who has experienced forced labor, and he definitely doesn't want his children and grandchildren to hang out in front of the ghost gate again!

"Okay, you must break the fortune to avoid disasters, nothing is important to die!"

As they were talking, Tai Yongning and Yongfeng actually hired a carriage to run back, and as soon as they landed and saw the old man driving the car, Yongfeng complained, "Fourth grandfather, we saw that your carriage ran away, and we really had no choice but to hire a carriage and drive all the way!" ”

The old man who drove the car laughed, very embarrassed.

"I'm also too anxious, for fear that the clan will find out too late and won't respond. Next time, next time I will be waiting for you! ”

Tai Yongning didn't care about this, and hurriedly said to his grandfather, "Grandpa, I asked Mr., our family is not separated, my reputation as a talent can exempt our family from forced labor!" ”

Old Man Tai smiled and patted his grandson's shoulder, and responded, "This grandfather knows that Yongning is out of breath and can shelter the family!" ”

Tai Yongning blushed a little, turned his head to see that Tai Sanye smiled again, and saluted and said, "Third Grandpa, I will study hard, and when I pass the exam, our whole clan will not have to serve in the army." ”

"That's not bad," Tai Sanye was not greedy, but instructed Yongning, "No one can eat a fat man in one bite, it's already good that you can be admitted to Xiucai at a young age." Let's take our time, don't get tired, your brain is serious! ”

Old Man Tai also said, "Your third grandfather is right, this is not a hurry." Now the family is not like the original, and there is no way to deal with it. ”

Saying this, he handed Zhuzhu to Yongning and hugged him, "Go into the house and see your mother and them, grandpa is still busy." ”

Yongning nodded, teasing his sister into the yard, and Yongfeng also went home.

Tai Sanye talked to the old brother for a long time, and when the whole village came back in the evening, he told the matter under the big tree.

None of the old and young women and children have ever studied, and most of the men in the family have the final say. Now that the men are outside, and such a big event has happened, naturally everyone has no backbone.

So, whatever Tai Sanye commanded, they did.

Originally, there was still a little panic and worry, but because of the unified situation and unified action of the whole village, it dissipated!

Early the next morning, the old man took a carriage into the city, found the Min steward, and went to find the errand officer in charge of the levy and conscription.

The people who can make a living in the county government are like a sieve, and the Tai family set off with great fanfare before, and everyone in this city knows it, and the poor official guessed the old man's intention almost immediately.

The old man was not verbose, and went straight to the point, "Brother, you should have also heard that the old and young masters in our village are basically not there, where did you think that there would be a sudden conscription at this time." No, we have to pay the fine.

"But I don't know how much to pay, whether the whole village will not be able to do it without conscription. I also have to bother my brother to help ask, give me a letter! ”

After that, he directly stuffed the silver ticket of ten taels of silver from the errand official, "Brother is busy now, I won't delay much, this small gift is also asked to be accepted by brother, and I can buy a cup of tea to drink when I have free time." ”

The errand officer pinched the silver ticket, was satisfied, but said a few polite words in his mouth, and then hurriedly went to the back office.