The Tianshangjing is very lively today.

    In the early morning, I saw officials from the Household Registration Department sitting in the pavilions outside the city gates,  The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were set up, and there were wooden boxes picked by the soldiers of the government. There are many blank wooden signs, and the carpenter painter who carved the portrait is already in place, quietly waiting for the upcoming work.

    

    "Big Brother Zhou? Big Brother Zhou also went out today! Difficulty Big Brother Zhou is also short of staff in the store? But I heard that a few days ago,  Your cousin's family came to defect? ​​Logically Said,  You won't have enough manpower! In my opinion, all the people who come here are refugees after a while, and no one can figure out their temperament, how can there be family members who can use them at ease?"

    "Hehe, it turns out to be Brother Luo. My shop is big,  not bigger than Brother Luo's shop,  If you have one or two more help, you won't be able to turn around. Don't say my watch The nephew's family is here to help,  even if there is another cousin,  I'm still short of people here. Since Brother Luo Xian, you can't rest assured of your refugee character, why don't you go back to the house?"

    "You! Zhou Da! Don't think that you bring a lot of people today,  You can pick the best! Let me tell you,  I also bring a lot of people Let's see!"

    The two middle-aged old men looked at each other, turned their heads away angrily, pulled the house servant they brought,  ready to go up and grab someone later.

    Heavenly Beijing is short of manpower and wages are already very high.

    Things like delivering food and wine to the children of the great clan at a banquet, in the past, it was a good job to steal the head even without money, but now, the great clan must pay a lot of money If it is too far away, even if you pay more, the restaurant will not be willing to deliver it.

      In this kind of place, the service is not attentive, and the serving speed is too slow, which will reduce the impression of the people on them and lead to poor business.

    Zhou Da thought of his cousin's family, and his mood became bad. The reason why he came to grab people today is because his cousin is not easy to handle.

    Cousin and nephew originally lived in Linzhou, Meng Kingdom, east of the capital of Meng Kingdom.

    Although Zhongzhou, Qingzhou and Shangba of the eldest princess are still under the name of Mengguo, but in the hearts of the common people, the territory of the eldest princess is already another country, like Zhongzhou and Guodu today The people on the side are not very intermarriage. The people of Zhongzhou and Guodu think that if there is intermarriage, even if it is an intermarriage between the two countries, it is not a good thing for the people.

    Zhou Da's cousin, Zhou Da, was originally a guest under a large family in Linzhou, and had read books. Although he was born in a poor family, he has an extraordinary background for several generations. Therefore, this cousin and Zhou Da were in the past. Not often.

    Think about it too, Zhou Da shook his head, what was his background? His father's ancestor was a pig butcher. This line of business has been in business for several generations, and several countries have moved back and forth, and he has no fixed place. How can it compare to the glamorous appearance of his ancestors in and out of the court?

    Zhou Da felt even more sarcastic when he thought of this. He didn't blame his nephew for being unhappy all day long.

    This world is changing, feng shui turns, the people in Linzhou are full of grievances, and the big family that Biao nephew joins in is unable to protect himself, so Biao nephew ran to the heaven to seek refuge with him without any money, and snorted at him. Living, if he also experienced such a bad thing, he would probably cry a few times a day, exuding the gloomy atmosphere in his heart.

    Zhou Da thought about it, his cousin nephew had read books anyway, and the eldest princess valued talents the most. In this world, people who have read books are talents, as long as his cousin nephew can live a good life , it is easy to gain a firm foothold, and then the two of them will be able to walk on your Yangguan Road, and I will walk on my single-plank bridge, and they will have nothing to do with each other.

    Now I help my nephew, but I just look at the meager blood relationship between the two.

    Zhou Da finds it funny again, how can he still have such a good heart as a businessman who does not do business? To say that life is really getting better and better, he has the heart to help others.

    Soon, the sky was bright, it was almost noon, and there was a long queue on the other side of the road.

    Walking at the forefront is a young general in silver armor and a red cape. The people of Tianshangjing know him. , responsible for the guardian of the heavenly capital.

    Behind him, there is a mighty army. It was only recently that the army saw that there were many refugees in ragged clothes, and most of them were old and weak women and children. A man with a yellow face and thin skin was mixed in.

    "Mom, I'm scared."

    Among the refugees, a child was pulling the corner of the woman's clothes. His name was Dawa, and he was seven years old this year. His head was huge and his skeleton was as thin as dry wood. He was said to be five years old, and some people believed him.

    The big baby looked at the towering city wall in the distance with fear. In his memory, such a city could not be approached, and someone would wield weapons to drive them out. The neighbor's brother was pointed at by the sharp long wooden warehouse because he was too close, and then got lost.

    "It's all right, this is the Heavenly Capital, not the Lu country." The woman pretended to be calm and comforted the child. At the same time, she looked at the little general with the tall horse in front of her with fearful eyes. A glimmer of hope.

    She has been having a bad time these past few months.

    No, she hasn't had a good life since she was born.

    The woman's name is Yuanniang, born in an ordinary tenant farmer's family, the family helps the big family to cultivate dozens of acres of land, relying on meager food to support the family. She originally had three brothers and four sisters, but now she is the only one left.

     Afterwards, she has been unable to get pregnant. Perhaps this is a gift from God to her, and she has not experienced the pain of losing her child.

    In that flood, most of the fields rented by Yuanniang's man's house were flooded. Going to a place that cannot be said, but because the son of the original prime minister came down and arrested a group of corrupt officials, the big family was afraid of an accident and let Yuan Niang go.

    Yuan Niang thought that she would die.

    How can a weak woman survive in a troubled world with a child who can run erratically?

    Fortunately, the big family had a family who were officials in the court and were arrested by the original son. sold.

    Yuanniang's man was clever, and ran back in a panic. After more than half a year, when no one came to check, they changed the land as a family and rented another big family's field. , the day barely passed.

    Yuanniang thinks of the past days, it seems that those days were only hard, but not without warmth, her man, the man who was not tall, was struggling with his life to support her and the big baby, Even in the flood, in order to save them, they lost their lives.

    "Mom, I miss Daddy, when will Daddy come back to us? The autumn harvest is almost over." The eldest child tugged at the corner of Yuanniang's clothes and whispered.

    He remembered the days of the autumn harvest, and his father disappeared for a while, but after the autumn harvest, he came back.

    Yuanniang hugged the child's shoulders tightly and put the big baby's head in her arms, preventing him from seeing the tears on her face.

    Not coming back, this time, never coming back.

    "It's coming, it's coming, and I'll be curious when the day comes. When the baby grows up to her mother's height, daddy will come back."

     "Okay, the big baby must listen to the mother's words, pick the fruit and drink the grass soup, and grow taller quickly."

    The child doesn't understand anything, he doesn't understand why he sleeps in the wilderness, why so many people get lost overnight.

    Yuanniang's nose was sore, but she didn't dare to cry, she just smiled and said everything would be fine, but she was in despair. Like cattle and sheep, they were driven from the country of Lu to the border gate, surrounded by people outside the border gate for two months, and then driven here from the border gate.

    Tian Shangjing, she had never heard of this place, the soldiers who picked them up said, this is the territory of the eldest princess, but who is the eldest princess? Yuan Niang only knew one big person, and that was the son of the original prime minister, Bai Jin, who was her benefactor.

      Yuan Niang prayed silently, and followed behind the soldiers with the big baby.

    Soon, she saw many people.

    Those people are different from them. They wear decent clothes. Although they are linen, they are embroidered with patterns that can only be seen on the people of the big family. She also saw a few women, those women She was wearing nice clothes, simple jewelry on her head, and her face was as white and translucent as powdered.

    Who are these people? Which adult is that? Why do they gather together outside the city and keep looking at them?

    Yuanniang remembered the only time she met the adults, that was the slave of the big family. She knelt on the ground, crying and shouting, begging that person not to take her man away, not to take them away He was sold as a slave, but he was kicked in the end, and it was so painful that he couldn't get up.

    Are they going to be sold? Are these adults here to buy them?

    "Get in line, go to the front and explain to the adults in the household registration department who you are, where you live, and then go to the painter to get your identity board." Seeing so many people coming , the soldiers of the household registration department were a little flustered, and their voices trembled.

    Refugees, look at me, I look at you, no one moves. Seeing this situation, the soldier who spoke felt embarrassed in his heart, and his body froze in place, not knowing what to do.

    "Have you forgotten? The adults only explained the matter yesterday. These people are from the country of Lu. How can they understand you when you speak the language of Mengguo!"

    Seeing the soldier embarrassed, his colleague poked him and reminded in a low voice.

    "Oh, yes!" The soldier suddenly realized, he was still wondering if the refugees did not obey the discipline, so he did not move, and he was thinking about whether to violently threaten the impure refugees with knives . After thinking about it, he shouted it in Lu Guo dialect, and this time the refugees finally responded.

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