"Where is this?" Soon the boat arrived at the shore, and several soldiers wearing armor and holding long swords had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that the boat was docked, he immediately stepped forward to assist several sailors and tied more than 30 people with ropes.

More than thirty people did not resist, and watched them tied up by ropes and walked towards the distance under the instructions of the soldiers.

Li Liu swallowed, and the soldiers in front of him were much more energetic than these vicious sailors.

However, looking at these soldiers, Li Liu always felt something was wrong.

"Where is this?" Erya was not around, and Li Liu was surprised to look at the pier not far away.

Large ships that had never seen before were hung with sails leaning against the dock, and groups of people of different costumes were shuttled back and forth in the harbor.

There are soldiers holding swords and guns everywhere, and those people look like they are like themselves, but they always feel that they are different from themselves, giving Li Liu a strange feeling.

"You rebel, you dare to keep your hair. I want to go to the county magistrate to sue you." Suddenly, a sharp-eyed man shouted in the crowd, and everyone seemed to realize something was wrong.

Li Liu was also shocked and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"They dare to keep their hair, and they sway with their swords. This is to rebel." The dozens of people present were bound by ropes, but they still ran to the side in horror.

"Nimu Lama, I want your head." A soldier stepped forward and kicked the farmer who had been shouting before to the ground, and followed him with several people to fall straight to the ground.

After a scream, no one said anything more.

At this moment, the rest of the people had already arrived ashore and were looking at the bustling scene of the dock with confusion.

"Brother Li, where are we going? The county town is not that big." Erya was very excited and chattered all the way.

"Brother Li, it's so strange that they don't have rat braids." Erya said.

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. If you don't leave your braids, you will die." Li Liu quickly stopped Erya from speaking.

Soon, the group of people, led by a dozen soldiers, left the dock and walked towards an open space outside the city.

"I'll report all the people from all over the place and everything they do." A soldier shouted and cut off the ropes of several rows of people.

The people present were just farmers. It was already very good to know what the nearby mountains were called in their village.

Fortunately, it was basically a man in the same area. The official nodded after hearing more than 100 people and slowly wrote down the word Chaozhou on the paper.

Li Liu naturally didn't know what these people were going to do. Surrounded by soldiers holding swords, guns and shields, these more than a hundred people were at peace.

However, after several soldiers holding razors walked over, the crowd began to stir.

Two soldiers grabbed a tall and thin man directly, and the soldiers who were prepared had cut the ugly money rat braid behind their heads with one knife.

The crowd exploded instantly.

"It's against the will, someone cuts his braids!"

A group of people shouted loudly. The man whose braids were cut off was so scared that he fell to the ground. Looking at the ugly braid, the man's face was ashes, his body was trembling, and his crotch was soaked.

"Don't cut my braids, don't cut my braids." The crowd suddenly burst into tears. Many people saw this scene and knelt on their knees and howled, shouting loudly.

More people were incoherent, and the fear of watching the soldiers holding razors was even greater than that of the soldiers holding swords.

"Don't cut my braids! Master begs you." A man actually knelt on the ground and kowtowed to a soldier who was approaching him.

"Not so much nonsense." The soldier glanced at him in disgust and kicked him away.

He pulled out the long knife from his waist and pressed it directly between the man's neck.

"Do you want a braid or a head!" The soldier's fierce look really scared the man.

The man shivered as he watched the scene and hesitated.

"explain,"

"You need a head or a braid." The soldier shouted, using the words in Chaozhou.

"Head, you need a head." The man trembled and said hesitantly.

The soldier smiled and grabbed the man's braid and cut it directly with a knife.

With this case, the remaining more than 100 people stopped crying and looked at the soldiers walking in front of them with a knife in horror.

I don’t know how long it took, more than a hundred people sat in the open space, each holding their braids, as if they were holding a treasure. No one spoke too much, just staring blankly or sobbing.

"Give these people a bath, wipe them with wine, lock them in the open space and don't let them run around. They are delicious and delicious. If there is no problem in three days, take them to the city for the adults to choose from." The official instructed a squad leader beside him.

"I understand, sir." The squad leader nodded and escorted the officers away from here.

Li Liu looked at the braid in his hand expressionlessly, still a little stunned.

"Brother Li, why do they cut our braids?" Erya said as she played with the braids in her hand.

Li Liu did not respond to him, but instead several people on the side started to cry.

"Good boy, what do you know? This is our lifeblood. How can we live without this thing? The court will cut off our heads."

Erya didn't care and looked at the crying men.

"Isn't it better to grow back?" Erya curled her lips and looked at these people with contempt.

"I can't grow back anymore, those people won't let us have braids." Li Liu looked at the soldiers inspecting the side and murmured in a low voice.

"They want us to be like them." Li Liudao.

Li Liu nodded, "I went to Mr. Li's house in the village to do a short-term job and saw the portraits of his ancestors' worship. There was no braid on his head like us."

Soon Erya and others' braids were taken away by Ming soldiers.

Everyone dared not be angry or speak out, so they could only watch as the braid was thrown into the wooden barrel by Ming soldiers.

Then the soldiers set up a few large pots in the open space and cooked water.

Then, under the scolding of the soldiers, more than a hundred people on the venue took off their clothes one after another.

The dirty clothes were piled up together and were burned by the soldiers.

After several large pots of water were boiled, the soldiers poured them into several large wooden barrels.

After the boiling water fell, everyone was ordered by soldiers to enter the wooden barrel.

After about five or six times, more than 150 people present finally finished washing up.

"Get a set of clothes yourself and wear them." A squad leader pointed to the brand new clothes on the desk next to him.

After hearing what the officers and soldiers said, the naked men ran over one after another.

Li Liu snatched two sets of clothes casually and threw one to Erya.

Erya is thin and her clothes are much bigger for him, so she looks a little funny when she wears them.

Shortly after everyone put on their clothes, the Ming army soldiers brought a large bucket of rice porridge.

It was obviously time for lunch, and Ming Jun gave one person a bowl of porridge and a piece of sweet potato.

Sweet potatoes are widely grown in Southeast Asia such as Luzon and are a very good food.

It was first brought from Central and South America to Southeast Asia by the Spanish.

During the Wanli period, Chen Yi was introduced to China from Annan to plant.

Luzon has a large population and a large density. After the Spanish introduced sweet potatoes from Central and South America, they were soon planted by indigenous people.

During these days in Luzon, the Ming army not only collected rice crops, but also collected a large amount of sweet potatoes as military food.

It can not only satisfy hunger but also have a series of good value, such as defending against diseases, so Liu Yu promoted food in the army.

Don’t look at these farmers who were cutting their braids, they cried and snatched the sky and then fell on the ground one by one.

But when it was time to eat, they were all lively and rushed forward like hungry wolves, fearing they wouldn't be able to grab it.

In the blink of an eye, the sweet potatoes and rice porridge on the table were snatched away.

The soldiers seemed to be used to it, and after putting away the wooden barrels on the table, they ordered everyone to rest on the spot.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly, and the soldiers carried bundles of slender wooden stakes and instructed the farmers present to build their own shacks.
Chapter completed!