Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1407 Migration Road ([-])
After confirming again and again, the team leader looked at the crude map and still needed to make a difficult decision.

Once the mountain pass is crossed, the food reserves are exhausted, and once there is a problem with food, big troubles will happen.

This is not the army.

But even the army knows that if there is no food in stock, it is necessary to mutiny the camp.

At this juncture, the member of the surveying and mapping team said again: "As the saying goes, do your best and obey the destiny. This matter depends on God's will after all. The local people said that there will be avalanches on that mountain pass from time to time. In case of an avalanche, the mountain pass will be destroyed. If it is blocked, it is the fate that does not allow it. To cross the mountain range, we really have to wait three to five years later, when Fenglin Bay develops, before we can cross it."

"But if fate allows, as long as you pass the mountain pass, you will suddenly see the light. If you go down the river, there will be no problem for fifty or sixty miles a day. At most seven or eight days, you can reach the Bend of the Elbow River."

The team leader was silent for a while, nodded, and said nothing.

After waiting for the crowd to disperse, the team leader, who didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, took out a matchstick to make incense, took a jug of wine, poured it on the ground, and kowtowed three times in the direction of the snow-capped mountains in the distance, muttering prayers This time it went well.

Finally, a decision was made and an order was issued.

Starting tomorrow morning, all fishing and hunting activities will be suspended.

The retired stragglers and the local hunters from the fur company formed an advance team to open the way ahead to determine the situation of the mountain pass.

Most of the rest, eat once a day in the morning and evening, relying on dried meat and sugar, must pass through this mountain range as soon as possible.

The order was issued, and the speed of the team increased a lot.

And the amount of food that they carry with them has also decreased visibly with the naked eye. When camping at night, the distrust of panic and resentment is also accumulating and spreading every day.

Beside the bonfire, two brothers, Wang Long and Wang Biao, chewed hard jerky and whispered their dissatisfaction.

Of the four brothers, two remained in the village at Maplewood Bay, and the oldest and youngest were on the list to move to the east of the mountains.

The two brothers are married, and the wives who can weave with ingenuity stay there.The old man who survived the long and difficult journey at sea along the way also stayed there.

Only the two brothers continued their unfinished migration with the team.

"Brother, tell me, is what they said true? We have seen a lot of plains along the way. There are fish in the river and beasts in the forest. I think it is thousands of people from hundreds of villages. , can also pretend."

"Leave the land uncultivated, why do you have to cross this mountain? Go to the other side of the mountain?"

Faced with his younger brother's doubts, Wang Long sighed involuntarily, looked at the stars all over the sky, and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, I said, "Whether I'm real or not, how do I know? It's just that it's like this now, and I have to listen if I don't listen. These days, I walk on mountain roads. How can it be like my hometown? It's all flat and you can't see the side at a glance? "

"Masters have their own ideas about the imperial court. They say they want to build the Yellow River, so we have to move; we finally got here, but they say we want to cross the mountain. Who knows what they are going to do?"

Wang Biao whispered: "Brother, what do you think is the difference between us being arrested and serving as a soldier? I don't even know how to use a gun, and I still have a gun on my shoulder. I'm about to leave my wife, children, and parents again. Maybe we have to repair the fortress of the guard house, so we are being arrested and served as soldiers? I don’t want to be a soldier, I just want to farm the land well.”

Wang Long thought in his heart, good people, who would like to be a soldier?In recent years, the imperial court has recruited many soldiers in the Central Plains, but who are they recruiting?Either they are victims of disasters, or their families cannot survive.As long as the family can live on, who is willing to serve as a soldier?

Looking at it now, he only felt that he was really cheated by the court.It is said to be emigration, but in the end, isn't it the same as being a soldier?And still as a guard?
When they got there, they had to farm the land, build a house, walk such a long way, and put their family members there, and they didn't know when they would be able to reunite.

When he first came here, Wang Long was quite happy.

The weather is indeed good.

There are indeed trees everywhere.

Indeed, there are plains and water.

It really does look like it can farm.

It was a bit bitter at first, but the most difficult sea journey was over.I just feel that relying on my own strength, working hard for a few years, raising a few cows and horses on a hundred acres of land at home, what kind of a good life would that be?

Even the old father, who was most opposed to moving out at the beginning, warmed up a while ago, preparing to plant the wheat well in the spring, and discussing the matter of building his own house after harvesting the wheat.

I never thought that after a few days, I and my younger brother would be recruited, and I couldn't do it if I didn't go.

Although the wife and children are taken care of by family members, it is also said that they can be reunited within three years at most.

But I thought that the most difficult days were over, but when I got the news suddenly, I had to keep going.Moreover, it was such a long distance, and the animals were loaded with seeds, and they were not allowed to eat them.

How can he not panic?

When the seeds are planted in the ground, even if the gods come, they must be planted in spring and harvested in autumn, right?
On the Fenglin Bay side, at least the granary can be seen, the food stored inside can be seen, and there are boats coming from time to time, at least they won't go hungry.

But now, the future is really uncertain.

People are always full of panic about the unknown of the future. Even if he moved to Fusang and made a clean break with the past, it would be considered a step into the unknown, and he endured it.But now, he, who thought he had seen a good future, had to start a new migration, and it was still a place where there was a clear lack of seeds. This kind of panic was unimaginable.

Wang Lung probably knew that the imperial court was rich.So he knew that wherever the seeds could be bought with money, the imperial court would probably not allow them to carry the seeds on the road.And something that can't even get seeds... What kind of terrible place is that?
Maple Bay is different.

Twenty years ago, Fenglinwan had no seeds, no food storage, no houses, and no towns.

But all of this, he has never experienced.

He came to Fenglin Bay, although he was unfamiliar, he was familiar with it.

At least, there are towns, grain, seeds, land, farm tools, cattle and horses here... The unfamiliar is different from the hometown, but the familiar is familiar because of all these.

Now, it's completely different.

Walking on a mountain road, he could see snow-capped mountains, which he had never seen before.I have seen snow, but I have never seen a very high mountain.He heard that Mount Tai was very close, and of course it was not far from his hometown, but he still hadn't seen it.But even if you have heard of Mount Tai, the highest mountain in the world, you have never heard that it is covered with snow all the year round?
What he carried were seeds. He had lived a good life so far, and he had never experienced famine and migration.The only migration was to cross the vast sea to Fenglin Bay.But even in Fenglinwan, when he came, he didn't bring any seeds that were clearly forbidden to eat.

Settlement, migration, and the first batch of pioneers, these are three completely different concepts, and they are also three completely different lives.

He can accept the process from settlement to migration.

But it's really hard to accept the transition from migration to first colonization.

I muttered a lot, but after all, relying on the deterrence of the court officials, the food in my pocket, and the hope that I could see the plain in at most half a month, although I panicked, I finally suppressed it.

However, in the next ten days or so, this panic began to gradually intensify.

There is less and less food in the pocket.

The mountain road is getting more and more rugged.

The snow-capped mountains that can be seen from a distance are like the Monkey King trapped in the palm of the Tathagata looking at the fingers of the Tathagata. He feels that he is close in front of his eyes, but he can't get close.

Casualties also gradually appeared in the team. Two people fell into the steep canyon. The team didn't collect the corpses or find out if they were alive, but just ignored them and continued to move forward.

There were more and more complaints at night, and there were even cases where too many complaints were whipped in public.

When camping at night, talking is no longer allowed. There are accompanying soldiers patrolling with guns and bayonets at all times, and they will be banned if they meet someone who mutters there.

Fear, depression, and unaccustomed to life in the military camp began to accumulate in the crowd.

It's like a wooden barrel, in which gunpowder is constantly piled up, more and more, and more and more, it has reached the point where it can be ignited with just a single spark.

Although, in fact, the altitude of this mountain pass is only more than 1300 meters; and the highest of these seemingly scary snow-capped mountains is only 3000 meters.

But in the end, they are just ordinary people, people who have not received military training, let alone have too many lofty ideals.For them, this is still a journey full of fear and anxiety.

The team leader didn't know that there were only high-pressure methods, such as not being allowed to complain when camping at night.

The team leader also tried to reason with them, telling them hope and telling them that victory was just around the corner.

But in the end, it's not very useful.

Because, the team leader couldn't explain why they had to cross the mountains, and there were a lot of flat land, river impact land and places that were very suitable for reclamation along the coastline on the west side of the Mingming Mountains.

Even if the team leader understands the meaning of crossing the mountains, these meanings are meaningless and unreasonable to these migrants.

For example, for the sake of China, for the future, for the people who come later to have more land, for the better life of the majority of people in the future... etc., the migrants don't want to hear it, and they don't want to hear it, and some of the reasons don't make sense.

Therefore, this mountain pass, which is only 1300 meters above sea level, has become an extremely difficult obstacle for this migration team.

(End of this chapter)