"Boy, what are you thinking!"

The third master's hoarse voice sounded.

pulled Zhang Luo back from his fantasy.

Hey, what do you have to think about now?

Let's take it one step at a time.

Now I'm still a stateless person.

Not to mention the imperial examination, it is already a great blessing to be alive.

Zhang Luo took a deep breath and calmed down.

said to the third master:

"Third master, aren't you afraid that I'm really a spy sent by the Japanese Kou?"

The third master leaned on crutches, stared at Zhang Luo and said:

"Old man, I've lived for so many years, and I still have the ability to recognize people."

The third master stood up with a cane and walked slowly around Zhang Luo.

"Zhenhaiwei has been in despair since the early years of Jiajing."

"No one reads the school in the guard, and the statue of Mazu is almost no one to pray."

"I'm already forty-four out of seventy, and Zhenhaiwei can't live without a temple to worship the gods."

As a native of Fujian, Zhang Luo knows that the temple to worship the gods is a very important position.

The people of the coast lived by going to sea, and they needed faith to sustain themselves.

Every time Zhenhaiwei's people go to sea, they are accompanied by a crisis.

Mazu is their patron saint.

Pray or tell fortunes.

It's all about letting people who go to sea have a belief that they won't give up.

The reason why the third master can have such a high status in Zhenhaiwei is this.

"You're going to let me, a man of unknown origin, be a temple celebrator?"

The third master stopped and said with a sigh:

"It would have been impossible to put it decades ago."

"But Zhenhaiwei has been dead and wounded all these years, and there are not even many literate people left."

The third master glanced at Zhang Luo and said:

"Your kid is unknown, but you're not an ordinary person."

"The old man has a new apprentice coming in the next few days, you just need to preside over things temporarily, okay?"

Zhang Luo raised his head and looked at the third master.

After a few seconds, he nodded heavily:

"Okay, I promise you!"

Zhang Luo said, and asked with some worry:

"I said before that I was the messenger of the Heavenly Father, and I made such a big scandal."

"Now that I'm praying to Mazu again, will those people agree?"

The third master waved his hand and said:

"Tiangong is not an evil god, and the people of Zhenhaiwei are not repulsive."

"Pray to the gods before going out to sea, just to be safe."

"Whether it's Mazu or Tiangong, the people in Weili don't pay so much attention."

The third master stroked the cane twice and untied the rope on Zhang Luo's body.

said to Zhang Luo:

"There is also a small statue of Tiangong in the north of Wei, if you want to go and worship him, you can also pay homage to him."

Zhang Luo was speechless for a moment.

Sure enough, faith is just a faith after all.

Thinking of the emaciated young people just now, and the small temple in front of him.

You can clearly feel the loneliness of Zhenhaiwei.

Let yourself be an outsider to preside over the worship of the gods and prayers.

It shows that there is really no one available in Weili.

三爷 says:

"Wei Li has died a lot at sea over the years."

"There are a lot of household registrations vacant, and the military department above has not sent someone to fill it."

"If you go to the top of a household, you will be considered to have entered Zhenhaiwei."

Zhang Luo nodded, knowing what the third master meant.

The southeastern coast is suffering from serious problems and is in short supply of military strength.

The troops of the higher-level military divisions are not enough to quickly replenish the military households.

This gave Zhang Luo a chance, entered the household, and could be regarded as having a clean identity.

In ancient times, when the household registration system was very strict, it was not easy for the third master to do this.

The third master continued:

"These days, the military strength in the guard post has suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers need to be replenished."

"You are naturalized, and nine times out of ten you have to be dragged to the army, you must be reluctant."

Zhang Luo nodded hurriedly.

The military status system established by the Ming Dynasty when the country was founded.

All the men in the military are soldiers and can be pulled to join the army.

Of course, this is also mainly for the construction and integrity of the military pair.

If you become a soldier, you can't participate in the imperial examination.

If you join the army for a day, you will be a soldier for the rest of your life.

Zhang Luo was naturally unwilling to be a soldier in the Ming Dynasty for a lifetime.

After the change of Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force gradually gained momentum.

The status of the warriors is not much different from that of the two Song Dynasty.

Zhang Luo has "Wanshengyuan" here, and it must be better to take the road of the imperial examination.

三爷 says:

"Zhen Haiwei's current handover of the source of soldiers is all done by the old man."

"You enter my family's household registration, and the old man can guarantee that you will not be recruited, are you willing?"

Zhang Luo was happy in his heart, it seems that the third master has confessed to him, and he has no intention of framing him.

The Ming Dynasty had the same problems as all other feudal dynasties.

The people in the guard house concealed it to the military secretary for their own interests.

This is perfectly normal.

Zhang Luo, who had figured it out, bowed to the third master.

"Hello third grandfather."

A slight smile appeared on the third master's vicissitudes of life.

said to Zhang Luo:

"My family name is Zhang, you can take the household registration of my second nephew, and in the future, you will claim to be my nephew in Weili."

Zhang Luo nodded, and the third master said with satisfaction:

"I don't ask you to glorify our Zhang family."

"As long as the old man leaves, you and your descendants will give the old man some incense, and you will be content."

The Chinese people have always attached great importance to the sacrifice of their ancestors by their descendants.

Zhang Luo patted his chest and said:

"Third master, don't worry, my surname is Zhang, and I won't forget your kindness."

The third master said with a smile:

"Okay, this is settled, there is a small room not far from the statue."

"There's no one living there now, I'll ask someone to clean it up later, and you can live in."

"After you become a naturalized citizen, how about you study with me first?"

Zhang Luo nodded in agreement, and the third master said in agreement:

"The question of your identity, I will talk to Baihu."

"When you get acquainted with Weili, I'll take you to meet Lord Baihu."

Zhang Luo then stayed in Zhenhaiwei.

Although he really wanted to meet the little stunned cousin.

But there is still a difference between Zhenhaiwei and his own hometown of Zhenhaicun a few hundred years later.

It's better to make less trouble, so as not to be regarded as a spy by the people in the guard.

It didn't take a few days for the third master to get Zhang Luo's household registration.

replaced the second nephew of the third master who died in battle.

Zhang Luo finally had an identity in the Ming Dynasty.

After another three days, the third master brought back a little girl.

The girl looked no more than ten years old.

The body is thin and has slightly dark skin.

If you don't look carefully, you really can't tell that it's a girl.

Zhang Luo looked at the girl and asked the third master in a low voice:

"Third master, is this your family, or is it a newly recruited apprentice?"

Zhang Luo belongs to the direct crossing of the flesh.

Although the family background is average in the 21st century, the nutrition still keeps up.

He is more than 1.8 meters tall, and he is a little giant in Weili.

When the girl saw Zhang Luo's figure, she was frightened and didn't dare to enter the temple.

The third master touched her head and said:

"Don't be afraid, he is the second nephew of the old man, and you are also your senior brother."

The girl walked into the temple with two feet and looked left and right at Zhang Luo.

三爷 says:

"Xiaozhu, in the future, you will follow the third master and me to learn skills."

Xiaozhu, the name is quite chic.

Zhang Luo observed Xiaozhu for a while, and found that Xiaozhu's face was still a little white.

The rest of the body is showing some malnutrition.

After the third master finished the rituals, he sighed and said:

"This child has a hard life, he has no father and mother since he was a child, his housing is not good, and his food is poor."

"Xiaozhu, you will live with me in the future, and we will study together tomorrow."

Xiaozhu nodded obediently.

Zhang Luo looked at the poor girl in front of him.

I can't help but sigh that the common people in feudal society are really miserable.