Chapter 373: Giants
Three days later, early in the morning, the black people gathered at the East Gate.
The Qinghua Prefecture's prefecture is not small in size. Although it is not as large as the provincial capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is the second largest city in Annan, with five gates and extremely grand gate towers.
In fact, in addition to the invited famous scholars, Confucian scholars, gentry, merchants, there were also their families, their servants, even coachmen, guards, etc. The Qinghua Palace alone had nearly 10,000 people, and the big trucks were filled with thousands, and only God knew how many things were piled up in it.
Before dawn, everyone brought their families and greeted each other. Occasionally, those who met each other could not help but bowed to each other. However, everyone's faces were not very good, and no one was happy. They left their hometown and left their hometown and left their ancestors' land and ancestral temple here. After all, it was not a pleasant thing. As for Lang Son, although there would be care for them, who knows what the situation would be?
Everyone was a little confused and worried, even Li Hong was the same.
Yesterday, he couldn't wait to take his family out of this place of failure. He took his male child to the ancestral hall early in the morning to worship his ancestors, and asked someone to clean up the ancestor's spiritual position and set off.
However, his mood suddenly fell down. Even though he knew that he would be kind to go to Lang San, the tens of thousands of real money and silver brought by the Li family, as well as many valuable calligraphy, paintings and silverware, arrived in Lang San, and continued to be as worried as his ancestors. However, he looked at the old city, the mottled walls, and the city gate that had been painted, and felt extremely disappointed.
A few woman's crying faintly came from the crowd, and then a man's voice said, "What are you crying? Are you so sad? Thinking of what's good about this place, do you still remember the Ruan Bu Rebellion? How many people died at that time? Now we are going to take refuge, but why are you crying? Women's houses know this. If they cry like this along the way, what do they look like?"
The crying immediately became soft.
The man who scolded her still looked gloomy. Although he was speaking with confidence, the truth was one thing, and it was another to really leave his hometown.
Immediately afterwards, someone finally came.
The visitor rode a fast horse and did not carry a musket. Instead, he had a straight knife inserted between his waist and was wearing a fish suit. There were three people in total. They arrived here like a whirlwind, and the leader quickly stepped forward. He hugged the person who came up and said, "Let you wait for a long time. I am ordering the Marquis of Luzhou to escort you north. Are you ready? Time is tight, so I won't click the Mao anymore. No one can get in. Let's go immediately. Let's set off quickly."
When everyone saw the visiting person, they couldn't help but feel relieved and said politely: "Thank you, General."
In fact, this person is not a general, but an ordinary musketeer in the musket team. The musket team dispatched more than 100 people to distribute them to various places, namely escorting everyone north to prevent stings or traitors along the way. In fact, this is just an excuse. They carried the seal of the Marquis of Luzhou and asked the soldiers along the way to raise their hands. In addition, there are some official documents that can be used for emergencies.
The vast crowd had already begun to set off. Crowded by the crowd, countless large cars slowly walked north along the newly built official road of the Ming Dynasty.
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All prefectures and counties in Jiaozhi have ushered in this kind of migration. Some have as many as tens of thousands, while others are only hundreds or thousands. They are escorted by these men in the brocade.
The checkpoints along the way first aroused the surprise of the local government troops and stepped forward to interrogate. Then a personal army called them and took the official documents. After receiving the official documents, the other party was waiting to make excuses on the grounds that there was no way to pass the customs. Then the Hao family's seal was taken out?
"The war is dangerous and the war is dangerous. These people are all virtuous gentlemen, famous Confucian scholars and good merchants. What does this mean? This is the meaning of the Marquis of Luzhou. If you think it is inappropriate, please ask your Shangguan to ask the Marquis of Luzhou. What does it mean to block this now? Retreat quickly and don't be rude."
"The Haifanghou has already had strict orders. No matter who it is, the person who blocks is the enemy of him. If you don't give this face, you won't give this convenience today. If you want it tomorrow, you are afraid..."
These words clearly carry intimidation, and the patrol and guards of all walks of life are naturally active. Some people retreat when they see the difficulties, while others are unwilling to accept it, but they dare not make up their minds. When they are afraid and intimidated, they will naturally submit.
At the same time, the Shenwu Guards from all over the country also began to move, and countless news was sent to Lang San like snowflakes. The news was so fast that there was no trouble, and someone would ride a horse to deal with it at night.
So the gentry and businessmen were still a little uneasy at the beginning, but later they found it was unobstructed and no one dared to make things difficult for them. Even if there were some bandits along the way, they did not dare to make things difficult for them. The journey was a little nervous at the beginning and gradually relaxed.
But if you haven’t arrived in Lang Son, you will inevitably have doubts. In fact, many people have never been to Lang Son. They just heard the rumors and felt a little hopeful and hesitant when talking about the benefits of Lang Son.
And now, the first batch has finally arrived, followed by the second batch and the third batch.
The team of Qinghua Prefecture where Li Hong is located actually arrived relatively late. On the one hand, Qinghua is far away from Lang Son, but on the other hand, the team is particularly large, and it is naturally much slower to go all the way.
After passing Langshan Pass, at Langshan Pass, countless people in black clothes stood on the city gate like forests under the leadership of the man in brocade. Everyone was carrying muskets and wearing swords on their waists, like javelins. Li Hong and others looked up and looked at them, and they couldn't help feeling much more at ease.
After passing the pass, there was an inn in front of him. There was a man in the inn, and the Lang Son County Magistrate has been here for a long time.
Someone came over: "My parents in Lang Sang County are here to welcome you, please come and meet you."
When the people in the team heard this, they immediately started to talk in a low voice. They never thought that their local parents would come to greet each other in person. This was a reassurance for these somewhat nervous people.
In fact, they were quite respected when they were in Annan. Most of the local officials had a close relationship with them and would also go around during festivals. At that time, these tyrants and gentry were of great power.
But later, the situation took a sharp turn. At the city gate, the surname Chen today, the surname Hu tomorrow, and the surname Li later, gradually, the people didn't have the heart to pay attention to them. After Annan changed the Jiaozhi, this situation became more obvious. Local officials didn't look at them at all. Even if they had something to be entrusted, they would let the people in the yamen inform them. The key here is that if they were in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, if the local parents dared to do this to the gentry, these gentry were not easy to mess with. Some of their relatives were officials in the court, and some were in power in other places, and even if they were not good, they would be fame and fortune. If they really got into trouble, they would join forces and make sure that you wouldn't be able to take care of them.
However, the gentry and wealthy families in Annan had neither acquaintances nor many relatives were officials in the temple. Even if they were fame and fortune, to be honest, even if the Confucian scholars in Guangxi were facing these scholars in Annan, they were like tyrants.
After all, I still have poor strength and I am not afraid of you at all.
But now when they arrived in Lang Son, local parents came to greet him. Everyone immediately cheered up and suddenly seemed to have picked up the glory of the past. So everyone pushed some famous people, including Na Lihong, to meet Na Xi County Magistrate.
The Magistrate Xi County didn't want to come, but the Hao family repeatedly said that they should take good care of themselves. They left their hometown and had to comfort them. In the end, they couldn't resist and had to come.
The magistrate Xi County is now like a welcoming pine. He stayed at this inn for seven or eight days, and welcomed groups of people after group of people. Now he is already sophisticated. Knowing the thoughts of these Annan people, they smiled casually and said, "You are here from afar, and this county is here to welcome you. Come, don't be polite, please come in and have tea."
More than a dozen elected people came in one after another and came in with tea. The county magistrate Xi was drinking tea while chatting and laughing. He suddenly said: "The Marquis of Haifang is particularly concerned about you. The day before yesterday, he came to ask Uncle Li Shi, Uncle Ruan, and others who were from Qinghua, why did they not come? They were afraid that something unexpected happened on the way, and they wanted to order people to search. Look, isn't this coming? Alas... If you can't welcome you in this county, you're afraid you will be punished."
When everyone heard this, they first felt abrupt and unexpected, but soon became ecstatic.
Especially Li Hong, the so-called Li Shi Bo of the Marquis of Haifang, isn’t it himself? He has some friendship with the Marquis of Luzhou and has letters on weekdays. Marquis of Luzhou is young and calls himself Brother Yuanyou, because his name is Yuanyou. Originally, Li Hong just thought that this was superficial and a polite conspiracy. But his sons all called him Mr. Luzhou, and he mentioned it specifically, what does this mean? It means that they really want to deal with him and really care about their own safety.
Revealing this meaning actually made others feel much more at ease. Looking at the attitude of the Hao family’s polite and sage, it is unprecedented. It seems that this trip to Lang San was really right.
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Chapter completed!