Chapter 248: Chen Ming's trip to Cangzhou
Zhao Kuangyin didn't believe Ye Hua's words at all, with the power of your kid, you played the Khitan people between applause, and you can't get Yanyun back?
The difference is only how much price is paid, Zhao Da didn't spit on Ye Huafei, he still has more important things to do. The people have been sent, and the two cities must be repaired!
Zhao Da and Han Tong each supervised the repair of a city, and both guys were full of strength to take the lead.
Chen Ming is a native of Yingzhou, and it is said that he is still a fellow villager of the old lady Feng Dao, but he is not lucky to meet the old lady Feng, because when he was born, the sixteen states of Yanyun have been cut out for 3 years.
In Chen Ming's childhood memories, there is only one word, that is, "hungry", if you reluctantly add one word, there is also "cold", he has two older brothers and one sister.
One year, there was a locust plague, and the grains were not harvested, and the brothers ate weeds and Guanyin soil, and their stomachs swelled and died...... My sister was only 13 years old, and she worked as a concubine for the biggest landlord in the next village, and in exchange for a small bag of millet rice, she saved the life of the family.
Since he was a child, Chen Ming has gone up the tree and down the river, looking for everything that can be eaten, and knows that roasting with fire and removing the head and tail of dragonflies are all delicious snacks.
Occasionally touch a big fat fish in the river, and the whole family can be happy all day!
That's it, a little bit harder to live.
My mother always said that you are born to suffer, and if you don't have enough sin, God won't let you die...... Let's live, not everywhere is the same!
In the past, they were the people of Daliang, and then the year name was changed to the Tang Dynasty, and then it was changed to Jin, just two days after the change, and then knelt down to the Khitan, and then the Khitan changed the country name, called Da Liao...... Those who went to him were all the way, and I didn't see any court asking for a pound of grain.
The land endowment that should be paid, the money that should be paid, and the servitude that should be served, will only be more, and there will never be less.
After suffering like this, Chen Ming reached the age of 13, and finally had different news this year, I heard that a new emperor came to Kaifeng, surnamed Guo, who cared about the people, reduced forced labor, and taught agriculture and mulberry, and seemed to have a little way to live.
I also heard that Emperor Guo is a Han Chinese, different from Shatuo Khitan, with the same heart as a Bodhisattva.
Youzhou, Yunzhou, Hedong, many places, there are people fleeing to the south to beg for a living, and more than ten households have left the village alone.
At first, the Khitans didn't care, but later they were investigated strictly, and they wanted to escape, so they were killed when they were caught.
The Chen family didn't think about running, not because they didn't believe the rumors, or because they were in love with their homeland, but because Daddy Chen was sick, and he didn't know why, the edema, thin people on his body were stunned like balloons, and they bulged.
After lying down for three months, several acres of land at home were sold, and everything was used, but it still had no effect, and the desperate Father Chen drank a big bowl of brine - died.
In order to bury his father, the Chen family's thatched house was also sold.
With no land and no place to live, Chen Ming could only go to carry bags for the landlord's family, and his wife went to wash dirty clothes for the long-term workers, so that he could earn two or three catties of coarse grain every day, and his younger brothers and sisters could have a little food so that they would not starve to death......
In the whole of Yunzhou, poor families like them abound,
Chen Ming feels that his life is like this, if he is lucky, marries a wife and has children, like his father, dies at a certain time, if he is unlucky, he may not even be able to ask for his daughter-in-law, so he dies in a daze, his mother is right, death is happiness, and life is sin!
On this day, Chen Ming and other long-term workers were called together, and a team of Khitan soldiers stood behind the landlord.
The first time Chen Ming saw the landlord, who was usually full of majesty and coughed louder than others, groveling at the moment, like a big shrimp, and his bitter old face barely squeezed out a smile, funny and ugly.
The Khitans didn't care about his feelings.
"It's your blessing to let your people do things for the court, and when you earn enough money, people will naturally be released!"
After saying that, he took the people away.
Chen Ming left the village, and they traveled all the way east, and the more they went, the more people joined, like a trickle of water gathering into a stream, and their number exceeded a thousand, and they were sent to the west of Cangzhou 30 miles.
Chen Ming is so big, he has never walked such a long distance, and he has never seen so many people, this is called an eye-opener!
They stopped, only a group of officials dressed differently came over, took the roster from the Khitan soldiers, and after verifying the number, the two sides signed a contract.
Then there were a few more heavy wooden boxes on the carriage of the Khitan soldiers, which were full of money, and the wheels were pressed deep into the mud.
Chen Ming suddenly panicked, he still has his mother, as well as his younger brother and sister, if he is sold, who will take care of his family?
And who knows what this gang is going to do?
I heard that some people would pull out other people's brains to refine medicine in order to live forever, and I heard my father say that in the early years, when the eunuchs were arrogant, in order to regain the root of life, they would specifically cut off the young and strong people...... Make a primer for medicine...... Chen Ming subconsciously touched it, and his face turned green.
He's only 16, he's not afraid of death, but he can't die so cold!
Along the way, Chen Ming was in fear and uneasy.
However, there were soldiers all around, and he couldn't run away at all.
When they arrived in Cangzhou, they were able to rest and have their first meal...... Mizi noodles and steamed buns, a bowl of boiled vegetables, clear soup and little water, Chen Ming ate very happily, there is enough salt in the dish, which is the favorite of Liba, who works. He used to work in the landlord's house, and the landlord was the most picky, grabbing a handful of salt, half of which was sand.
It seems that the new owner is not bad - Chen Ming already knows that his job is to build the city.
Picking earthwork and carrying bricks are all the hardest jobs.
Chen Ming is not tall and his body is not strong, but he is close to the bones, very powerful, and he is also willing to give up his strength.
Dad said that no matter where you go, people who work hard will never suffer a big loss.
Talk less, work more.
Chen Ming was honest, and after ten days, a mason found him, patted him on the shoulder, grabbed the bone joint, and then asked him to follow him as if he had chosen a livestock.
When he arrived at the craftsman's pile, Chen Ming found the difference, it turned out that the craftsman's meal was fishy!
On the first day of eating, he was given a small piece of butter.
Put the butter in the hot soup to melt, and suddenly the aroma was tangy, and he drank it in a big gulp, and his nose was sweaty, not to mention how comfortable.
"Don't patronize and eat, you have to have work in your eyes, you won't learn to follow those gangs of Liba!"
The craftsman master gave a stern lesson, and Chen Mingnuo agreed.
He doesn't talk much, but he is still very spiritual, and after a few days, he can build the bricks of the city wall neatly, and usually the master only needs to take care of the corners, and he can do the rest of the work.
The smile on Master's face became more and more, and Chen Ming's treatment became better and better, and after half a month, he was able to eat beef offal.
"Master, how precious is this? Are you afraid of losing your head after eating? ”
Master Craftsman looked at the silly boy and couldn't help but laugh.
"You're such an idiot...... These cattle were all bought from the Khitan, and they were old cattle. If you do a good job, maybe Hou Ye can still enjoy some beef jerky to eat! I heard that it is something that only the nobles of the Khitan can afford to eat, you kid is a fool and has a foolish fortune! ”
Chen Ming smiled even more happily.
From this day on, he worked harder, and soon he was able to catch up with the average craftsman, and he learned the fastest among all the newcomers.
The two-foot-and-a-half-foot-high wall was completed, and on this day, there were many more people on the wall.
The person at the head didn't look very old, about the same as Chen Ming, but the people were full of energy, hugging each other and hugging each other, full of majesty, Chen Ming couldn't help but lower his head, and he didn't even have the courage to look up.
Ye Hua smiled gently, he carefully checked the construction situation, and stretched out his thumb at Zhao Kuangyin.
"It's okay, no cutting corners."
Zhao Da touched his head and said with a smile: "I haven't lived enough, I can't do the thing of cutting off my head!" ”
Ye Hua generously announced a reward, each craftsman can get an additional reward ranging from consistent to five, it stands to reason that Chen Ming only has consistent, but his master is very good, from his own reward, took out two pieces of money to him.
Holding this "huge sum", Chen Ming suddenly cried, crying a lot.
If he could have so much money, his father might not die, the family's land would not have to be sold, and his sister would not have to be a concubine for others......
"When the deadline is up, you can go home, and if you want to stay, you can get an extra allowance." Ye Hua told all the people that many people feel that they are working everywhere, and it is better to stay and eat more!
But Chen Ming refused, he wanted to go home to see the old lady, so that the family could also eat a meal of meat, so that the old lady didn't have to work so hard to wash clothes...... Chen Ming knelt in front of his master, kowtowed respectfully, and then turned his head to leave.
He didn't dare to stop, for fear that he wouldn't be able to stand the temptation of beef offal soup, so he ran out for a long distance, Chen Ming stopped to catch his breath, and suddenly wanted to cry, but he wanted to cry inexplicably, it turned out that this world is different, there are generous owners, there are masters with knife mouths and tofu hearts, and there are places where you can earn money and live a good life by paying...... A set of rules in the village has been torn to shreds, and I really don't know when it will come out......
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