The strong men of the Heaven and Earth Society passed in front of the people with their captives. These Qing soldiers have long lost their former arrogance, and they all bow their heads in frustration, allowing the common people to spit on them and throw stones.

A young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old suddenly rushed out of the crowd, and this young man picked up a stone the size of a watermelon from the ground and was about to smash it on the head of a Qing soldier.

Wang Defeng, who was quick-eyed, stepped forward with an arrow, stopped the young man, and snatched the stone from his hand.

Two mercenaries came up and held the boy down.

"You red-! Let me go! Let go of me! I'm going to kill the Tartars! I want to avenge my father! The young man struggled desperately, staring at Wang Defeng with a pair of blood-red eyes.

Wang Defeng said in Cantonese: "Child, our Ming army has military regulations, and we can't torture and kill prisoners at will. Even if there are the most heinous crimes in it, they will have to go through a trial before the death penalty can be carried out. ”

"You are also the army of the Ming Dynasty?" The boy's eyes widened and he looked incredulously at the white-skinned, blue-eyed, yellow-haired foreigner in front of him.

"Not bad!" Wang Defeng nodded, "Of course we are the army of the Ming Dynasty!" Because our boss is General Daming! ”

"The ship is coming!" Someone shouted.

Two huge white figures appeared on the surface of the sea, one in front of the other, and sailed into the harbor. The big boat came to rest about two hundred paces from the beach, lowered the dinghy from the boat, and rowed towards the beach.

"What a big ship! It's as big as a mountain! "People were amazed.

"This is the red-haired ghost's ship, right? I thought we had seen such a big boat when we were fishing in the sea. An old man with gray hair said.

A young man who looked like a child, like a little ink in his stomach, sighed: "It's too big! I don't know if the ship when Sanbao went to the West during the reign of Emperor Yongle was as big as this ship. ”

The boy's father said: "The big treasure ship of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty back then was much larger than this Xiyi ship!" ”

Just as people were talking, the dinghy rowed over and sent the people to the big boat in batches. The mercenaries finally escorted the captives onto the ship and sent them to the ground cabin. The warriors of the Heaven and Earth Society did not board the ship, and they stayed on the mainland to continue their activities.

The boy got on board and found an empty seat on the boat to rest. The boy's name is Chen Shuigen, and his parents were originally fishermen. Because of the ban on the sea, not only were they not allowed to go to the sea to fish, but they had to move inland fifteen miles from the sea. Chen Haigen's family lost their source of income, and since then the family has not even been able to eat. In order to make his family live better, Chen Haigen's father secretly went to the beach to fish, but was caught by the Qing soldiers and cut off his head on the spot. When his mother heard the bad news, she committed suicide that night and followed her father, leaving Chen Shuigen alone as an orphan.

After arriving in Qiongzhou, the people found that the Heaven and Earth Society and the Ming Army did not deceive them, and each of the people was able to receive their New Year's goods and set up a room after queuing up to register their names, hometowns and family conditions. The local government promised the people that after the Chinese New Year, the newcomers would receive the land.

There was a long queue at the registration office, and Chen Shuigen was behind Tong Sheng.

"Name!" A Ming sergeant sitting at the table asked.

"Liu Baorui!" Tong Sheng replied.

The Ming sergeant wrote three words on the paper, looked up and asked Liu Baorui the names of his parents and whether he had any brothers and sisters, and then registered them on the paper in 1510.

The soldier asked Liu Baorui to check whether there was any error in the registration on the paper, and if there were no mistakes, he asked him to press a handprint. Seeing Liu Baorui press his handprint, the soldier said to him: "Okay, you go over there to get the New Year's goods!" ”

When it was Chen Haigen's turn, the soldier asked his name and then his parents.

"Back in the barracks, I don't have parents! My father went to sea and was killed by Tartars! Mother committed suicide! Chen Shui gritted his teeth and replied.

The soldier recorded it and asked, "Do you have any relatives at home?" ”

"Originally, I had a younger sister, but I couldn't live anymore last year, so I sold it." Chen Shuigen's eyes became wet all of a sudden.

The soldier's heart was sour when he heard this, his eyes turned a little red, and after a moment of silence, he tried to calm himself down, and said, "Okay, you can see if there is anything wrong, if it is right, press a handprint, and then go over there to get something!" ”

"I don't know how to read." Chen Shuigen replied.

Liu Baorui, who was standing on the side and hadn't left yet, picked up the paper and looked at it, and said to Chen Shuigen: "Little brother, it's not wrong, you can put a handprint on it." ”

"Wait! I'm going to be a soldier! I'm going to kill the Tartars for revenge! May I ask if you will accept me! Chen Shuigen refused to press his handprints.

The soldier said: "You get the New Year's goods first, there was no more recruitment before the year." After the New Year, the recruitment will start on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and we will open a recruitment office, so you can sign up again! ”

After Chen Shuigen pressed the handprint, the two went to line up at the place where they received the New Year's goods. Soon after, Chen Haigen received his New Year's goods: a set of Hanfu-style shirts suitable for working in the tropics, a small bag of rice, a small bag of soybeans, a small bag of dried fish and shrimp, a bag of sweet potatoes, and ten copper plates.

Then someone took them to a temporary settlement to settle down.

The settlement is a house made of bamboo, and the walls around it are made of bamboo, the ground is also bamboo, and the roof is also made of bamboo, so it is very cool to live in. Because it was a temporary settlement, there were seven or eight to more than a dozen people in one room, sleeping on the floor. Because the floor is suspended, sleeping on it will not receive moisture from the ground and get cold.

Winters on Hainan Island are very hot, and living in a bamboo hut is not hot at all. It is surrounded by bamboo forests, and the bamboo houses are transparent from north to south, and the air inside is good and cool.

Chen Shuigen had no relatives, so he was arranged to live with the same group of orphans and single men.

After settling down, the Ming sergeant came to the door and asked: "We have to wear Han clothes here, and we can't keep tartar braids anymore, you change your clothes first, and then you can go with us to cut the braids, shave your head first, and then slowly grow long hair to tie your hair, or you can break the braids, whether you want to cut the braids or wear the hair, you can choose." ”

An elderly man had already stepped forward: "I'll go with you and cut my braids!" I'd rather shave my head than leave that mark of shame! ”

More and more people are coming forward and expressing their willingness to cut off their braids, shave their heads first, and then grow their hair later.

A man named Wu Shuisheng said: "I still don't cut my braids, just loosen my hair." ”

Chen Shuigen asked, "Why don't you cut off your braids?" ”

Wu Shuisheng said: "In case the court comes back one day, how can you keep braids after shaving your head?" That one is going to be beheaded! ”

Chen Shuigen glanced at Wu Shuisheng with disdain, and sneered at his words: "Tartar back? After the New Year, labor and management will go to serve as soldiers! Unless labor and management die in battle! Otherwise, the Tartars don't want to set foot on this Qiongzhou Island! ”

"Well said!" Liu Baorui applauded, "As long as we are alive, we will not let the Tartars hit!" ”

"Yes!" A strong man with a purple face stepped forward, "I'm going to be a soldier too!" If the Tartars dare to come, they will fight with them! ”

A group of men went outside, cut off the money rattail that represented the shame of the Han people, and shaved the little hair on their heads, each with a big bald head.

Chen Haigen, who had already changed into Han clothes, patted his bald head, and said to Liu Baorui, who was also dressed in Han clothes and shaved his head: "I won't have long hair for the time being!" When I defeated the Tartars and avenged my father, I kept my hair back. ”

In the shed outside the bamboo forest, the firewood is burning very strongly, the pot is boiling fragrant rice and sweet potato porridge, and the steamer next to it is steaming hot steamed buns.

When it was time to eat, someone shouted outside: "The porridge is ready, go outside and line up to get the porridge!" ”

Chen Shuigen followed everyone to the porridge shop outside to wait in line, only to see two men wearing monk's robes, hanging rosaries on their bodies, scars on their heads, and shaving their heads in the porridge shop. One of the men was older, about fifty years old, and looked like an enlightened monk, and the other was a young monk.

Several Ming soldiers were maintaining order, and some people shouted: "One bowl of porridge per person, don't take more!" Everyone received the porridge, and then went to line up over there, and each person received a steamed bun and a side dish! Get in line! Don't mess around! ”

Some people cut in line randomly, and some people have already received a bowl of porridge, drank it quickly, and those who came back to line up for the second time were all pulled out by the Ming soldiers who maintained order, and those who cut the line were pulled to the back to line up again; Those who tried to get an extra bowl of porridge were whipped and blasted out.

A woman holding a child lined up in front of the porridge shop, and when she was about to receive the porridge, the monk glanced at the child, but said, "Amitabha, this female benefactor, Ling Lang is sick, right?" You got the porridge, go over there to find Langzhong, don't want money, grab some medicine for the little donor. ”

"Thank you, Master!" The woman quickly knelt on the ground and thanked her.

"You can have something to eat, send New Year's goods, don't need money to see a doctor, you can also send fields after the year, and fishermen can send fishing boats, this is really a Han family paradise!" Liu Baorui, who was queuing up in the queue, sighed.

Chen Shuigen received a bowl of hot porridge, and went to line up to receive a steaming steamed bun. Although it is a steamed bun made of buckwheat noodles and sorghum flour, it is already a rare delicacy for these hungry villagers. What's more, there is also a small spoonful of dried pickles and radish, which is something he can't eat during the New Year!

In the livestock pen outside the bamboo forest, there are people driving pigs and carrying chickens and ducks.

Chen Shuigen asked a man who had come a few days before him, and the man told him: "Those are for us on Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month." ”

Later, Chen Shuigen learned some information one after another, and he learned that the original Qing court's Lei Qiong general soldier Gao Jinku had been captured and killed by the Ming army!

After dinner, Chen Shuigen lay on the bamboo floor tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. He just felt that time was passing too slowly, and he just wanted to join the army early and avenge his parents. In particular, I heard that Gao Jinku, who had plagued the Leizhou Peninsula for many years, had been captured and killed by the Ming army, which aroused Chen Haigen's idea of joining the army.

Liu Baorui didn't know when he broke in and pulled up Chen Shuigen.

"I want to join the army too!" When the two arrived in the bamboo forest, Liu Baorui said what he thought.

"You?" Chen Shuigen's eyes widened in shock, looking at Liu Baorui, and he felt that this person could have such a strange idea, "Others say that good iron is not nailed, and good men are not soldiers." Brother Liu is a high-ranking scholar, if he is famous, then he will be a high-ranking master in the future! How could you think of becoming a soldier? ”

"Fame?" Liu Baorui smiled bitterly, "There's no hope!" Originally, I wanted to make a name for myself, but because of the sea ban order of the Tartar puppet court, our family has been broken since then. I have a batch of goods overseas, and I can't come back because of the sea ban! I lost that batch of goods, and my family can't afford to pay for me to study. ”

Liu Baorui's family was originally a maritime merchant who ran sea trade, and his family background was good. Because of the status of a businessman back then, his family paid for him to go to school, hoping that he could take the test for fame, but after many years of examination, he failed to be admitted to Xiucai. After the ban on the sea came, a batch of goods from Liu Baorui's family could not come back outside, and since then the family's fortune has plummeted, he can't even afford to read, and he has become a farmer who has lost his land.

Chen Shuigen said: "Since you have arrived here, then you still have the opportunity to study." The government here provides us with food and clothing, and we can also distribute fields. ”

Liu Baorui laughed a few times: "I have figured it out!" Our benefits are given to us by the government here! This is the official residence of our Han people! It is the paradise of our Han people! If no one goes to be a soldier, who will protect the paradise of our Han people? If the Tartars come over and the Ming government loses Qiongzhou, can we still have a good life? ”

"Good!" Chen Shuigen exclaimed, "He is worthy of being a scholar!" The vision is different from ours! And I'm different, I only know how to kill Tartars and avenge my parents! If it weren't for hatred, I wouldn't have survived! ”

Liu Baorui looked up to the sky and sighed: "How many people have been ruined by this sea ban!" ”

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