Chapter 14 Choose one from three
Dangdang Dangdang!
Early the next morning, there was a rapid sound of gongs, and the soldiers shouted along the camp: "The head of the household who received the wooden sign yesterday, come and gather under the military flag. The time limit is quarter of an hour. Anyone who fails to meet the time limit will be killed!"

He has abundant martial virtue and can kill at every turn.

"Da Lang, Er Jun, Dashi, Lao Liu... hurry up and get your household registration and go gather." Grandpa Qin didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly took several household heads to gather.

There is a sea of ​​people outside. Unless you stand at a high place, you can't see the end of the sea of ​​people. And these are just the new victims who got wooden signs yesterday, which shows the huge number of victims and the difficulty of disaster relief.

Dangdang Dangdang!
A quarter of an hour later, a northwest army scribe stood on the high table and shouted: "King Wuxing ordered that the victims can only stay in Taizhou Mansion for ten days. After ten days, they can go to three places for resettlement. First, the original road Return to your place of origin, and you will be responsible for your own life and death; second, transfer to Northeastern Prefecture, and settle in villages as soon as you arrive; third, each household will spend ten taels of silver to buy a road south!"

"You must make a choice within ten days. Anyone who fails to make a choice after the time limit and continues to stay in Taizhou Mansion will be registered as a slave. The male slaves will make arrow targets to help King Wuxing fight in the war. The female slaves will be sold at a low price for military rations!"

What? !

The crowd exploded, crying and cursing, but the Northwest Army was surrounding them, and anyone who dared to cause trouble would be dragged out and beaten.

After injuring a group of victims, the crowd became quiet.

The clerk continued to shout: "King Wuxing is kind. If you go to the Northeast Prefecture, each household will receive supplies again. Military doctors and the Northwest Army will escort you to the resettlement place. You will no longer have to suffer from robbery and oppression on the way!"

Ten teams of messengers shuttled among the victims, shouting this sentence three times to ensure that the victims could hear it.

After shouting, the gong was played to ask the victims to go back and think about it.

Qin Dashi and the others came back dejectedly and told the people who stayed behind what the clerk had said.

Qin Liupo was dumbfounded: "What, you have to pay ten taels of silver to go south? If you can rob, why don't you become a bandit?!"

Qin Laoliu was so frightened that he covered her mouth: "You are desperate for your life, shut up now."

Qin Xiaomi looked at Grandpa Qin: "King Wuxing obviously didn't want the victims to go south, but wanted to divert the victims to the northeastern states."

"It seems that's what it means, but King Wuxing is right." Grandpa Qin said: "There are too many victims. If they all crowd into one place, no matter how rich the place is, they will be poor, and other state capitals will be gone." Due to the population, good land will be abandoned. There are few people in Northeastern states, so it is most suitable to resettle disaster victims in Northeastern states."

"Fifth uncle, what should we do now? Should we go south to find your old brother? Or go back to Qingfeng's hometown?" Qin Dashi asked.

Grandpa Qin said: "If I go back to my hometown at this time, I will die on the way."

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said his choice: "Go to Northeastern State. This is the best choice. Everything else is a dead end."

Grandpa Qin looked up at the big guy and said: "King Wuxing has led 20 troops to attack the capital. In the next two years at least, the capital and many state capitals in the south will become battlefields... Ordinary people cannot survive under the disaster of war. , I guess there will be many southerners fleeing to the north."

Military disaster!

Everyone was shocked, and the women from several houses even cried loudly: "Why are there so many disasters everywhere? We just want to live a peaceful life, why is it so difficult?"

Qin Xiaomi also scolded God in his heart...Old man, if you don't let her die, let her be reborn in this shabby Wei Dynasty. Is that intentional?

After scolding the thief, she said to the big guys: "Aunt Dashi, don't cry. Northeastern State is actually quite good. It has a big land, rich resources and few people. Every household has a big yard half an acre wide. Let's go. As long as you are willing to work, , I will definitely be able to live a good life and live in a big house.”

Jiang Dalang echoed: "Xiaomi is right. My grandfather has many books, which write about Northeast China. Although it is cold, everything is abundant. There are ginseng everywhere in the mountains. Many people have become rich by picking ginseng."

Qin Laoliu and his wife's eyes glowed green when they heard this, and they both looked at Jiang Dalang: "What? Ginseng is everywhere? Then let's go to Northeastern Prefecture. There are so many ginsengs. We have to pick them. We can't give others an advantage!"

Ginseng is too tempting, and going to Northeastern Prefecture is their best choice at the moment. After discussion, several families unanimously decided to go to Northeastern Prefecture.

Grandpa Qin: "Now that we have decided, let's sign up quickly and get to Northeastern Prefecture early so that we can be allocated a good resettlement place. There are many victims. If we arrive late, I'm afraid they will be forced to settle in the wilderness."

Just get your household registration and take the big guys to sign up.

Many victims chose to go to Northeastern Prefecture. After queuing for a long time, they finally signed up and got their license plates to go to Northeastern Prefecture.

After the important matter was settled, Grandpa Qin and the others went to find hay nearby and built shacks. They worked until dark and finally built two shacks, one for men and women.But it was already early October, the weather was too cold, and the shacks were still leaking. Many people were woken up by the cold when they slept until midnight.

The next day, Jiang Dalang came to Qin Xiaomi and said, "Xiaomi, this is the intersection of Chi Road and there are many merchants coming and going. Let's go around the camp and maybe we can find merchants to buy cicada nymphs."

Qin Xiaomi was looking for a buyer to sell cicada nymphs and change them into cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold. He readily agreed: "Sure. But you have to convince my grandpa."

Grandpa was afraid that something would happen to her, so he kept a close eye on her, so her fiancé, Jiang Dalang, had to come forward to intercede.

"Put it on me." Jiang Dalang went to find Grandpa Qin, and soon he came over happily: "Xiaomi, Grandpa Qin agreed, let's go."

He was afraid that something would happen and Susu would be in danger, so he called the Xu brothers to go with him.

Taizhou Mansion is indeed the intersection of Chi Dao. Even though there are piles of victims, there are still many merchants gathered here. Qin Xiaomi and the others walked around for a long time and actually found out about a big medicine store.

I also saw many people shouting to sell girls... If you give them a cotton coat or a few kilograms of grain, they can take the girl away.

Qin Xiaomi was heartbroken and didn't want to stay outside anymore: "The medicine store has already inquired about it, let's go back."

"Okay." Jiang Dalang followed her in everything and said, "Xiaomi, I know you have been like a boy since you were a child. You always thought about doing business to make a fortune and help your family. Don't worry, I am not pedantic and will not stop you from doing it. I will help you with your business. If you need a man to accompany you in the future, just come to me."

You can only find me, I am your fiancé... However, Sheng Ting knew Qin Su's temper and resistance well and did not dare to say this out loud.

Qin Xiaomi just wanted to break off the engagement with him. After hearing this, she nodded coldly and hurried towards the camp.

After meeting Grandpa Qin, I told him about the medicine store.

Grandpa Qin: "Changji Medicine Shop? It's quite famous. It shouldn't trick us."

That night, after Grandpa Qin asked several family members for their opinions, he took people to find people from Changji Medicine Store the next day.

But Changji Medicine Store does not accept bulk goods, fearing that the bulk goods may be poisonous and damage the reputation of the medicine store.

Fortunately, Grandpa Qin had served as a soldier. When he took off his armor and returned home, he was given a soldier's armor plate by the military camp to prove his identity, so the medicine store dared to accept the cicada nymphs.

Seeing that he was a veteran and half a peer, he directly gave him the supplies.

Today's supplies are more expensive than gold. Grandpa Qin and the others were so happy that they picked up the supplies and returned to the camp. The victims on the road were jealous. If it weren't for the patrol of the Northwest Army, they would have come to snatch it... This was what Qin Xiaomi and the others had done before. The reason why cicada nymphs are not used in exchange for supplies.

In the wild, even if you change the cold-proof materials, it is difficult to keep them.

"Old lady, come and divide the cotton clothes." Grandpa Qin shouted.

Grandma Qin and the others hurriedly gathered together, touched the warm cotton clothes, and cried with joy: "With these cotton clothes, we are not afraid of freezing to death."

But cotton-padded clothes were limited. There were dozens of them, and they couldn't afford one cotton-padded coat each, so they divided them among households. Each household had two cotton-padded clothes, and the remaining one was given to Grandpa Qin's family.

Qin Liupo was a little jealous.

Qin Cunquan said: "Girl Xiaomi found the cicada nymph with us. The fifth uncle's family deserves more."

The rest of the people agreed: "Xiaomi has made great contributions, and everyone deserves a cotton-padded jacket."

Qin Xiaomi had her own cotton-padded jacket, which she baked and sterilized before putting it on... The large cotton-padded jacket enveloped her, making her whole body warm, not to mention very comfortable.

……

After living in a shack for three days, on this day, I finally heard soldiers beating gongs and shouting: "Victims who have signed up to go to Northeastern Prefecture, listen up, pack your things and prepare today, gather early tomorrow morning, and set off for Northeastern Prefecture!"

(End of this chapter)

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