Chapter 93 Running towards better days

Yang Daniu first went back and put on his clothes, and then called out to his parents who had already fallen asleep. After Yang Daniu roughly repeated what the two yamen servants had said, he left his parents behind to quickly pack up their belongings, and Yang Daniu followed.

The two government officials went to inform other people in the village.

It is difficult to leave one’s homeland. The prerequisite for leaving one’s homeland is to be able to survive in this homeland and to be able to marry a wife in this homeland.

It seems that if we don’t leave, our Tatar soldiers will come to massacre villages and cities. Who is still talking about the difficulty of leaving our homeland at this time?

As for the so-called belongings... there is actually nothing to deal with.

Not to mention Yang Daniu, the dozens of families in Xiaoyangzhuang all have similar family backgrounds. The one with the best financial situation is Yang Erwai at the head of the village. His family has a crowing rooster and two old hens that lay eggs.

chicken.

The rest is basically the same as the Yang Daniu family. Except for the little food that I don't know if it can last until the autumn harvest, the rest is only some broken plates and bowls.

Of course, if the small wheelbarrows made by the farmers themselves from wood can be considered cars, then eight of the ten households in Xiaoyangzhuang have their own cars, and these cars are not burned.

Oil, quite environmentally friendly.

When a hint of fish belly white gradually appeared in the east, the two government servants who had rested for the night at Yang Daniu's house gathered all the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang.

Two government officials stood in front of the crowd, and one of them shouted loudly: "Don't worry about whether it's finished or not, just leave quickly. If we delay for another day or two, the Tatars may send officers and soldiers over."

"It will be different if the village is slaughtered or not, but the little food you have in your hands will definitely not be saved."

Another yamen servant also shouted loudly: "Everyone hurry up. The elderly ones who can't walk, and those who can't walk sit on wheelbarrows and let their family members push them around. Those who are young and can walk

, all of them, who were not missing arms or legs, followed me honestly."

"Let's all look after each other along the way. It's hundreds of miles from our place to Shandong. If anyone fails to follow, they may be left on the road."

"I just think about the good days after I go to Shandong. Not only can I be allocated my own land, but I don't have to pay taxes to the government. The food grown by my family belongs to my family, and I can eat it freely. Those bachelors may still be able to eat it.

I can get a wife."

"Anyone who fails to catch up will be beheaded by the Tatars who catch up, and they will be in trouble!"

The bankers looked at the two government officials as if they were fools.

If people from Zhuangzi travel hundreds of miles together, they will naturally take care of each other. Do you need the two of you to remind them?

Besides, we farmers have been working hard since we were children, so traveling is no problem. However, you two grandsons, please don’t collapse from exhaustion on the way!

Just as the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang were complaining about the two yamen servants in their hearts, one of the yamen servants shouted loudly: "Don't forget what I just told you. The two of us will take care of you all the way. Wait."

After arriving in Shandong, even if you don't want to recommend us as yamen servants, you still have to testify on our behalf that we have never bullied you."

In fact, everyone has a strong balance in their hearts. How these two government officials treat the people of Xiaoyangzhuang, without them having to say it, the people of Xiaoyangzhuang know very well in their hearts.

If you want to miss a meal when you come to Xiaoyangzhuang to collect taxes, you must have done it. You have to take two sticks from someone's cornfield and take them home. This kind of thing must have happened often.

However, as these two government officials told Yang Daniu before, they came to Xiaoyangzhuang to collect taxes only to complete the tasks assigned by the government. They were not like some government officials who dug graves of extinct families and knocked on widows' doors, causing harm to the common people.

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Therefore, after listening to the two government officials' requests, the villagers in Xiaoyangzhuang shouted: "We will bear witness for you!"

"I will definitely recommend you to be yamen servants, but you must be the same as before and not harm us!"

“We looked after each other along the way!”

"..."

After receiving the promise from the villagers of Xiaoyangzhuang, the two government servants felt relieved. After they looked at each other, one of them shouted: "Let's go!"

Yang Daniu helped his father to lift his half-blind old woman onto the wheelbarrow, then made a sound of spitting into his hands, rubbed his hands, pushed the wheelbarrow, and shouted: "Let's go!"

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Along the way, like Xiaoyangzhuang, there were many people in the whole village who fled together. Some were organized by government officials like Xiaoyangzhuang, and some were farmers in the entire village looking after each other.

In the eyes of these people, the wheels of a wheelbarrow can't help but roll forward, slowly leading their family towards a better life.

However, the journey to this good day is a bit long.

From Qing County, where Xiaoyangzhuang is located, to Leling, which is now under the control of the Meng Lianggu rebel group, the straight-line distance is only more than 200 miles, but the only official road during the Qing Dynasty encountered mountains and mountains.

, encountering water and going around water, the actual distance may be three to four hundred miles.

Fortunately, the two government officials did not break their promise and took care of the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang along the way. Therefore, the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang did not fall behind. They were just waiting for the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang.

When we rushed to the Xuanhui River north of Leling, many people had already lost a lot of weight.

After resting one night by the Xuanhui River, just after dawn the next day, two government servants shouted and called out all the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang.

"Go on!"

"We have already crossed the Xuanhui River, and the next step should be the Lijin River. When we cross the Lijin River, we will have reached the border of Shandong."

"Let me tell you in advance. When we get to the border of Shandong, no matter whether you have relatives in Shandong or not, you will listen to other people's arrangements honestly. If you meet someone serving porridge, you will give it to them.

I'll line up and don't get the damn swarm of swarms around me."

After repeatedly explaining to the people of Xiaoyangzhuang several times, the two government officials continued on their way with the farmers of Xiaoyangzhuang.

But when the two government officials led the people of Xiaoyangzhuang to the Gejin River, they found that everything they saw seemed different from what they had originally imagined.

What appeared in front of the two government officials and the villagers in Xiaoyangzhuang was a strictly organized military camp. In the center of the military camp was a large red flag flying, and a large number of soldiers shuttled through it. There were nearly a hundred tents scattered around the military camp.

, but the porridge shed that was supposed to be there was nowhere to be seen.

The two government officials were a little confused.

Could it be said that Shandong is not accepting the people at all like the legend says, but is instead preparing to drive them back?

If Shandong is really planning to drive the people back to Zhili, won't the people in Zhili have to face the butcher knife of our Tatars?

And just when the two government officials looked at each other and all the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang looked confused, a few people wearing armor walked out of a tent in front of the military camp. It was not clear whether they were soldiers or generals.

The two government officials continued to be confused, and the people of Xiaoyangzhuang continued to look at each other.

No one could figure out what was going on with this extremely weird scene in front of them.

And while the two government officials and the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang were still looking confused, these few people who didn't know whether they were soldiers or generals had walked directly towards the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang.

One of them looked at the people in Xiaoyangzhuang and said with a smile: "Are you the people who escaped from Zhili? My surname is Li, and my name is Li Ergou. I am the commander of the first division, regiment and battalion of the Meng Lianggu Rebel Army. I don't know about the folks.

Is there anyone who takes the lead among you?"

The name Li Ergou quickly narrowed the distance between the common people and Li Ergou, the "officer and soldier".

All the farmers in Xiaoyangzhuang turned their attention to the two government officials.

The two government officials resisted the numbness of their scalps and came to Li Ergou. They nodded and bowed and said, "Young man, I have met the military master."

Li Ergou looked at the two government officials, then suddenly gestured to the soldiers behind him, and then frowned and asked: "Are you government officials?"

The two government officials were immediately shocked. One of them shouted: "No!", while the other whispered: "Yes!"

Li Ergou frowned even more and asked in a deep voice: "Is it true or not?"

The two yamen servants looked at each other, and one of them nodded and bowed and replied: "Returning to the military master, we used to work as yamen servants for the Tatar government, but we have already changed our ways, and we have never harmed the people.

, if you don’t believe me, ask the people of Xiaoyangzhuang, they can testify for us two.”

Li Ergou then snorted, with a rather self-satisfied smile on his face: "Let me tell you, I used to work as a servant for the Tatar government. Even though you are wearing common people's clothes, you have that kind of smell on your body.

I can smell it from a long way away!"

The two government officials were immediately stunned.

What's the matter, you Li Ergou still think it's an honor to have served as a government servant for the Tatars, don't you?

Didn't you look at me and feel embarrassed, so you threw away the dog skin you were wearing?

Looking at the strange catalogs of these two government officials, the smile on Li Ergou's face suddenly solidified. He snorted coldly before looking at the people in Xiaoyangzhuang and said: "No, that's all in the past.

, I, Li Ergou, have been following the boss to fight against the Qing Dynasty since Ningyang County."

After forcibly defending himself, Li Ergou then said to a group of people: "Have all the villagers seen those tents? They will all line up later, and I will arrange for someone to lead everyone to the tents.

Bian Deng, uh, yes, register!”

"The purpose of registration is very simple. It is to record where you are from, how many people are in your family, and whether anyone knows any skills such as blacksmithing or carpentry, so that the government can arrange work for you."

"In addition, after the registration is completed, someone will take everyone to take a bath. Our boss has already asked people to prepare new clothes for everyone. The original clothes have to be washed and dried.

Give it back to everyone."

"Also, when our military camp opens meals, we will also prepare a portion for everyone. The food may not be very good, but just ordinary food. You guys will fill your stomachs first and wait for the government to arrange it for you.

If you get a job and get paid, you can eat well!"

After thinking about it, Li Ergou added: "You all have to follow the arrangements. If you have any opinions, you can tell us, but you can't make trouble. Anyone who dares to make trouble will be kicked back!

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Hearing Li Ergou's words, Yang Daniu and others were shocked. They quickly lined up under the command of several soldiers, and then followed the soldiers to the tent.

When I entered the first tent, I saw a table set up in the tent and a scribe sitting behind the table.

The scribe looked at Yang Daniu carefully and asked: "Name? When was he born? What clan is he from? Where was his hometown originally?"

Yang Daniu's heart tightened, and he replied honestly: "Yang Daniu, I am twenty years old this year, Qian Deaf was born in the 31st year of my life. I, I am a Han Chinese, and my hometown is Xiaoyangzhuang, Qingxian County."

While Yang Daniu was answering, the scribe was busy writing. When Yang Daniu finished answering, the scribe picked up a piece of paper that had been written in his hand and said to Yang Erniu: "Take this, it is your identity certificate."

, don’t lose it.”

"When you settle down, you need to bring your family's identity documents to the farmers' association where you are. Someone from the farmers' association will take you to register with the government and give you a household registration book."

"With the household registration book, you will be allocated your own land. When you marry a wife and have a baby, your baby's name will also be registered in the register, and then he will go to school."

Yang Daniu carefully took the piece of paper.

Paper is very light, yet very heavy.
Chapter completed!