I am Changsheng in Daqin

Chapter 1 The Beginning

Da Qin, the first year of Yingzheng.

After the locust plague, people died of hunger everywhere...

Hanzhong County, Xincheng County.

As night fell, the cold wind howled, and two unclaimed bodies were lying on the empty street.

boom!
With a crisp sound, the door of Tiejiang Li's house was kicked open.

A fat man in his early thirties with a pockmarked face rushed in with two followers.

"Is there anyone else who can breathe? Come out."

"Jiang Ye!"

A handsome young man with a well-proportioned figure and a pair of dimples when he smiled came out.

The boy, who had just turned seventeen and was named Li Qing, saluted Mr. Jiang and quickly turned on the oil lamp.

Li Qing guessed Master Jiang's purpose and took out the four sword coins he had prepared.

"I was planning to send it to you early tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect you to come now."

With that said, he presented the money with both hands.

Master Jiang dismissed it and knocked the coin over with his backhand.

"Who cares about these two pieces of broken money? What I want is people."

"Human?" Li Qing was puzzled.

Master Jiang grabbed Li Qing's collar.

"We are hunting a female prisoner who was seen entering your yard."

Li Qing was confused: "It's dark and windy outside, maybe I saw it wrong?"

"You read that right, you can tell by searching."

Master Jiang gave orders, and the two followers began to take action, as if they were going to dig up the ground of the Li family.

The yard of Li Tiejiang's house is not big, with three main rooms, facing north and south. There are two male and female jujube trees in the yard. There are east and west side rooms on both sides. The east side room faces the street. A door is opened in the back wall and becomes a blacksmith's shop. The west side room is a firewood room, which is used to store some sundries.

The two followers searched through the house as if they were ransacking the house, but in the end they searched to no avail.

Unwilling to give up, Mr. Jiang searched again personally, but in vain.

However, with Mr. Jiang’s style, now that he is here, there is no reason to return empty-handed——

"The person has disappeared from your home. No matter what, your family will not be able to escape the relationship. We will temporarily confiscate your family's food and iron materials until we find the person."

'This is an open robbery, it's absolutely crazy! '

Although Li Qing was angry, he could only endure it.

He is well versed in the principle of "a good man never suffers immediate losses".

Mr. Jiang is the brother-in-law of the county magistrate and a powerful figure in Xincheng County.

Here, he said the same thing, no matter who dares to have the slightest resistance, he will be beaten severely.

Li Qing took the initiative to lift the lid of the rice vat, revealing half a vat of sorghum bran.

"The world is in such chaos, and there is another disaster year. For the past few months, we have been living on this little bran. If you want to confiscate it, I have nothing to say."

As Li Qing spoke, he picked up the four sword coins on the ground, gritted his back molars and added six more coins, stuffed them all into Master Jiang's pocket, and said with a flattering smile:

"This is all the property, and I should treat you with tea as a courtesy. As for the iron materials, they were left by the guests to make tools. Please be kind to Master Jiang."

Li Qing's operation made Mr. Jiang couldn't help but look at him twice and said in his heart:

'Li Tiejiang is a mouthless gourd, but he gave birth to such a son who is well-spoken and knowledgeable about current affairs! '

Mr. Jiang patted his pocket, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile:

"I think you are sensible, but if there is no whereabouts of the female prisoner after three days, I will use your mother as her replacement. After all, she disappeared from your home."

Mr. Jiang put down these harsh words and walked away.

Li Qing said nothing, but watched Master Jiang leave with awe in his eyes.

Yes, just awe.

Last month, Lao Wangtou across the street had his leg broken just because he looked at Mr. Jiang with an angry look.

The situation is still vivid in my mind.

Li Qing knows very well that when facing a strong person, when you are unable to resist, the only thing you can do is to endure.

For example, today, you can be conceited and conciliatory towards Mr. Jiang, but you cannot lose your integrity.

If you endure this moment, when the day comes, let him repay you a hundredfold!
little time.

A woman wrapped in a blue cloth turban walked in with a tired look on her face. This person was Li Qing's mother, Li Yuanshi.

"Qing'er, why is the house in such a mess, who is here?" Li Yuanshi asked in surprise.

Li Qing pulled the chair with half a leg missing and used wooden pillars to stabilize it: "Mom, sit down and rest for a while."

Li Yuanshi looked uneasy: "Is it Mr. Jiang? Has he made things difficult for you?"

Li Qing originally wanted to forgive Li Yuanshi, but the problem was already in front of him, and it was useless to just say nice things.

After thinking about it again and again, he finally revealed the situation just now.

"How can one live in this world? Ever since your father was captured by King Qin, our family...sigh!" Li Yuanshi felt sad and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.

"Dad is not here. I am the only man in the family. I will definitely protect you and your sister and never let them take you away."

When Li Qing said this, his expression became serious, he squatted in front of Li Yuanshi, and continued:
"Mom, don't wash clothes for others tomorrow. From now on, we have to work step by step to tide over the difficulties together."

Li Yuanshi was startled: "Son, what do you mean...run?"

"It's freezing outside, and we have a family with us, where can we run? For now, we can only stay the same to deal with the ever-changing situation."

When Li Qing said this, a sharp cold light flashed in his bright eyes.

……

"Mom, I'm hungry."

A little girl's cry came from the west room.

"Master Jiang has confiscated all the bran. I'll go to Aunt Wu's house next door to borrow some."

Li Yuanshi was about to get up when she was stopped by Li Qing.

Li Qing moved the rice vat and lifted the stone slab, revealing a large wooden box underneath.

"Mom, look."

Opening the wooden box, black and red sorghum grains appeared, weighing more than 100 kilograms. There were two cloth bags on top, which contained about ten kilograms of ground sorghum noodles.

"Oh, so much food! Where did it come from?" Li Yuanshi was surprised and delighted.

"I used scraps to make some new weapons and went to Heifeng Village twenty miles away to replace them. In order not to attract attention, I only exchanged them for two kilograms at a time. You leave early and come back late every day, so naturally you don't know."

As Li Qing spoke, he used a ladle to scoop out some sorghum noodles, covered the box, and reset the stone slabs and rice vats.

Li Yuanshi was frightened when she heard this, and grabbed Li Qing's hand: "My son, how dare you go to Black Wind Village? I heard that there is a den of wolves that eat people!"

"Mom, there is no food to buy in the market now, and there is nowhere to spend the money. There is no way to trade even on the black market. How can you catch the tiger's cubs if you don't enter the tiger's den?"

After Li Qing said this, he breathed a long sigh of relief and continued:

"The locust plague is rampant this year. With this little food, we can finally survive this winter!"

Li Yuanshi was very pleased that Li Qing could take charge of her own business at such a young age. She decided that Li Qing would be in charge of the family from now on.

"Mom, I'm hungry too, let's cook." Li Qing's stomach was already growling.

"Okay, mother will make pancakes for you and make sorghum batter so that you will be full."

For Li Yuanshi, her brother and sister would be able to go there with peace of mind even if Master Jiang comes to arrest them in three days.

Li Yuanshi reconciled the sorghum noodles and went to the woodshed.

Li Qing looked at Li Yuanshi's back and secretly made up his mind: he must come up with a perfect plan.

……

"Brother, I have a runny nose." The girl in the room shouted.

"Put it on your sleeves."

Li Qing made a perfunctory sentence, sat in front of the stove, rubbed his eyes, and recalled the events of this life——

Yes, he is a time traveler, different from the orphans in the Qidian Orphanage.

He has parents and an eight-year-old sister, Li Yue.

My father's name is Li Tie, and he is a blacksmith.

My mother is Li Yuanshi, an honest and responsible woman.

Li Qing's predecessor suffered from malaria due to his frail health. When he was dying, a flashback revealed that Li Qing on Earth inherited this body.

This is the Great Qin in the parallel world. At the beginning of Ying Zheng's succession to the throne, this is the beginning of Ying Zheng's ambition to unify the six countries.

As a time traveler, when I first came to this world, I had no relationship at all with Li Tiejiang's family.

After several months of adjustment, I got used to the life here.

Li Tie taught him the skill of blacksmithing, and Li Yuanshi took good care of him. His sister often acted coquettishly with him, and the family enjoyed themselves happily.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?
In less than a year, he already had a deep relationship with the family.

Until this year's Dragon Boat Festival, King Qin ordered to recruit famous blacksmiths within a hundred miles to build a unique sword for King Qin.

Li Tie was taken away and never heard from again.

Li Qing tried various channels, but ultimately failed to find out where the sword was made.

The son inherited his father's business, and Li Qing took over the iron shop.

In such troubled times, if you want to survive with your family, you must take care of every step.

There is no point in crying in despair like those at the bottom of society.

As a time traveler, Li Qing firmly believes that Goldfinger may be late, but he will never be absent!

"what--"

Li Yuanshi's scream suddenly came from the yard.

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