At night, after dinner, Qin Faming squatted in the yard, watching the setting sun in the sky, and was in a daze. He has been here for several generations, and finally got to have today. How easy is it to leave? But what should I do if I don’t leave? According to several people, this time, the Khitan built Zhuozhou and used the recruitment of the civilians. Now is the hottest time, and I don’t know how many people will die in a day.

The family of four is only one male. It’s not that I am afraid of death, but that if I die, the family will be disbanded. It’s so difficult for poor families to start a family and start a business, how can I feel willing to disband like this?

Seeing the sun set down the mountain, Qin Faming sighed. He returned to the room and said to his wife and daughter: "I will go to Meng Xuejiao's house to see what he says there. At this time, it's not just that our family will be sad."

After saying that, he left the door and headed towards Liu Lihe next to him. Meng Xuejiao lived beside the water and taught a few naughty boys in the village to make a living. He was a rare scholar nearby and had a very prestigious reputation among the people. Whenever there was a big deal, he would go to his house to discuss it.

When I arrived at Meng Xuezhao's doorstep, it was not yet dark. Meng Xuezhao's wife picked up a goose and was slaughtering it there. When she saw Qin Faming coming, she hurriedly got up to greet her.

Qin Faming returned a greeting and asked, "Dare you dare to ask your sister-in-law, are you a scholastic at home?"

The woman said, "Today, a few guests came to my house. The head of the family asked me to slaughter the goose and drink a few. Brother, please go to the house."

Qin Faming thanked and went straight into Meng Xuezhao's house. Seeing a few people sitting with Meng Xuezhao and drinking tea, he hurriedly bowed.

Meng Xuejue said: "Brother Qin is here, so we will drink wine at night."

Qin Faming squatted on the ground aside and said, "I just used supper and came to the scholar's house to talk about gossip. You just need to use wine, I'll be here. The weather is hot now, and it's just right to take advantage of the evening wind to cool down."

How could Meng Xuejiao be willing to follow? His son, who was on the side, brought a broken wooden stool and let Qin Faming sit.

After drinking a cup of tea, Deng Zhaoren said, "I heard people from Zhuozhou say that they are very cruel to employ people. Before dawn, there were soldiers holding whips behind them, and the servants were carrying soil to build walls. If they were not careful, they would be beaten to death by the whip. The Khitans did not heal. If they could not survive, there would be many people who lost their lives. It was very scary!"

Meng Xuejue said: "The Khitans did this, but they had never seen them before. Even if there were occasional tattoos on the army, they stopped soon, but they had never heard of using people to death. At the beginning of this year, the Chongyuan Rebellion was put down. I heard that the Song people took the opportunity to seize Shuozhou. The emperor personally led his troops to attack, but in the end he returned without success. It was the defeat that scared the Khitans. When the farming period came, they immediately repaired the city, and were afraid that the Song people would come over."

Wei Xin, who was drinking tea, said: "The Song people have never been able to beat the Khitans, why are they afraid this time?"

Meng Xuejue said: "I couldn't beat it before, but now it's different. Haven't you talked about Taiwei Du on Hequ Road? In a few years, he seized thousands of miles of land from Khitan and Dangxiang and fought westward to the Western Regions. Last year, the Song Dynasty destroyed Dangxiang, and hundreds of thousands of troops took out his hands. There was no more worries. How could the Khitans stop it? If not, how could the Khitans rush to build the city!"

Qin Faming said: "What scholars say is. I have also heard that Du Taiwei was a Jinshi of the Southern Dynasty, and was born with force and was invincible in the world. His 100,000 troops under him were all rare fierce men. He wore iron armor on the battle formation, and was invincible with swords and guns. He encountered such a rare figure who could stabilize the country and stabilize the country with martial arts, how could the Khitans not be shocked!"

Meng Xueshou said: "Taiwei Du is indeed a natural general, but unfortunately he has never seen it. The Khitan and Song Dynasty are in opposition, such as us, who live in the cracks of their opposition. Now that the Song people are strong, how can the opposition last? The Khitans must have thought so, so they conscripted all of us, regardless of life or death. The Song people came from the north and must go to Zhuozhou. I think the Khitans may not be able to defend it."

Several people called it together. Zhuozhou was the post road between the Song Dynasty and the Khitan. After crossing the Juma River, the road was flat. Moreover, there was a river around to transport grain, which was the place where troops were used.

Du Zhongxiao was in Hequ Road for several years and defeated the Khitan and Dangxiang, and then returned to the Western Regions westward, and became increasingly popular among the people. Of course, most of the stories they heard were legends, and many of them passed by the storytellers of Wazili, which were far from the facts. They did not need to know the true situation, as long as they knew, the Song Dynasty had the upper hand now, and it would be great to attack the Khitan in the future.

Wei Xin sighed: "It's so hard. We have only lived a few good years and have encountered wars between the two sides!"

Meng Xueshou said: "How to say this? Although we are under the Khitan rule, we are Han people. There is no way to survive. If we recognize the thief as our father, wouldn't it be better than beasts? It is a good thing for the Song Dynasty to have strong military strength. If we can recover Yan Yun, we will return to the Central Plains and die, we will also have a wish!"

Deng Zhaoren said: "That's what it means. But when military affairs are done, it is difficult to survive in the chaos. After all, the lives of the common people are suffering."

After hearing this, several people showed a sad look. In the past, the two losers who lived in the cracks were won over by both sides and lived well. Especially after the Chanzhou Alliance, there were indeed a few good days. Once the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Khitan was tense, such days would never return. This area will inevitably be a region that both sides compete for in the future. The war will cause trouble, and there will be no good days.

Qin Faming said: "If you don't talk about this, just say that the imperial court has recently recruited military service to repair Zhuozhou. My son is eleven years old and is considered a single Ding household. Li Zheng said yesterday that he also wants to serve. I heard that the renovation of Zhuozhou is so scary. If you have a few shortcomings, what should I do at home?"

Meng Xuezhao waved his hand after hearing this: "Don't talk about you, my family is also a single household, and I'm still recruited."

Qin Faming was surprised: "Even scholars were conscripted? Then wouldn't all the males here be conscripted? Oh, I lived for decades and encountered such a thing for the first time! In the past, when we recruited civil servants, we had to pay at most money and grain, so we had never been conscripted!"

Meng Xuejue said: "This is the case this time. I heard that two Dings compete for one, three Dings compete for two, and one Ding also compete for one. Speaking of which, only two Dings households have a little better life, and other families have almost won the male Ding."

Qin Faming didn't know about this, and was surprised to hear it. This method of conquest really captured all the men in the folk. In addition, the mortality rate of building a city in Zhuozhou was high, so the entire rule was not like a disaster.

On the one hand, Meng Xuejiao's wife cooked the goose and brought it up. She made another pot of village brew to let everyone drink.

While drinking, everyone was talking about the recent labor service, which was unusual for everyone. Most of these people were not many males in the family. They felt that the impact of this conquest was too great, so they went to Meng Xuejue's house to inquire about the news. They didn't want to hear it, and they became more and more frightened and felt that the situation was critical.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Qin Faming said: "I heard that yesterday, after Mo Laosi's family was about to go to Zhuozhou to repair the city, the whole family moved all over overnight. The villagers talked about it and said they had fled to the other side of the river."

Meng Xuezhao nodded: "I have heard from others too. Mo Laosi had relatives on the south bank, and someone defected there. The Song people exempted Xiongzhou taxes, and the two households lost money and did not collect all the yamen. Life was much better than ours."

Deng Zhaoren drank a glass of wine, thought for a while, and whispered: "Do you think that if we, those of us on the north bank of the river, will the Song people treat us when we fled to the south bank? If the Khitans went to pursue us, would they send the people back?"

Meng Xuezhao sneered: "If the Khitan soldiers were strong in the past, the Song people would probably send them back. Now, the Song people were looking for the bad luck of the Khitans, so how could they send them back? If it was a good time, it would be possible to pay for settlement."

Deng Zhaoren looked at Wei Xin, stretched his neck forward, and whispered: "If so, we will fight our lives all the way and escape to the south bank? This time, many people died in Zhuozhou. We will escape to the south bank. If we work hard, we will still have a life!"

Meng Xuezhai looked at several people, and watched coldly while drinking.

Qin Faming said: "I just don't know what it would be like to escape to the south bank, and I feel hesitant. If I go to Zhuozhou to build a city and die for a lifetime, it is better to escape to the south bank and fight for a life. It's like my family, how can I live if I have an accident?"

Wei Xin sighed: "Which family is not the same? My family has been ill for several months. If I had no one at home, everything would be over."

Zhu Zhaoren looked at the two of them and whispered: "How about we inquire and find an opportunity to escape to the other side of the river?"

After saying that, he said to Meng Xuejue: "Scholar, your family is also a single child. If something happens, your sister-in-law and the child will lose their backing."

Meng Xuejue said: "If you escape to the south bank, if you are caught by the government, it will be a matter of losing your head!"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhaoren couldn't help but laugh and said, "What are the scholars saying? If we don't escape, we will really lose our heads!"

Wei Xin also said: "I heard from many people that going to Zhuozhou to repair the city is a life-and-death death! It is obviously a dead end and we don't escape, but we not only take our own lives, but also harm our family."

"Drinke, drink!" Meng Xuezhao did not answer, but just raised his glass.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Wei Xin said: "Scholar, you have always been a happy person. Why are you hesitating today? Three days later, we will be conquered to Zhuozhou. Time is not waiting for anyone!"

Zhu Zhaoren said: "What we are talking about is that we countrymen have no knowledge and cannot compare to pedantics. In this critical moment, pedantics help us make an idea, and whether it is good or bad will be left with a life. Now in summer, a ferry can cross the river, and it only depends on how the Song people view it."

Meng Xuezhao stroked the wine bowl, was silent for a while, and said, "Do you really have this idea?"

Zhu Zhaoren said: "How can you joke about your life and life? There is a way for scholars to do it, even if you say it."
Chapter completed!