The military law of the Later Jin Dynasty is very strict, and if you can't pay the grain, it's not just as simple as whipping, Niu Lu Ezhen is responsible for the collection of grain in each village, and everyone has to hand over most of the harvest, in the famine year, even the serious Jurchen bannermen have a very difficult life, they have to rely on the wealth plundered in the war to make a living, and many of the lowest Jurchen families have to choose to flee under the harsh oppression...... This is not a joke, but a bloody reality. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For example, Li Mingli not only had to hand over most of the grain harvest, but also because of the proximity to the Taizi River, he had to hand over 300 catties of river fish every winter, and if he couldn't complete it, he had to find a way to buy it...... This is not bad, fishing is relatively easy, but it is necessary to prevent frostbite on the hands and feet, as for the freezing and cracking of the skin, it is inevitable, and Li Mingli does not pay much attention to it.

Those who have hunting or horse breeding tasks are much more difficult, and if they are not careful, they will have an accident and become a serious crime.

Li Mingli finished turning the ground, and planted the radish seedlings in the ground, and these radishes can be pulled out next spring, and each family has a cellar, and when the time comes, they can cover the mud of the cellar and eat it slowly.

There are also some pea vegetables that are also going to survive the winter, before the land freezes, they must be planted on the ground, and then try to weave some straw mats to cover them, in the coldest winter and there is no snow cover, for those young seedlings to keep warm.

By the time these tasks were done, it was already dark, but fortunately it was snow-white everywhere, so there was no need to worry about the night.

Because he was worried about handing over the fish after winter, Li Mingli did not rush home, but walked forward more than three miles with a hoe.

There is no road to walk, all are barren beaches, here is close to the big river, there are often floods in spring and summer, most of the land is planted in vain, this year Liaodong is the standard land is vast and sparsely populated, originally millions of people have planted endless land, not to mention that now the remnants of Dingkou are at most six or seven hundred thousand, and there are more wastelands.

Li Mingli put a net cage by the river, he lifted it and looked at it, there were more than a dozen fish in it, he was slightly determined, recently the big girl is pregnant, often boil fish for her to make up for her body, the big girl is reluctant to eat all, sometimes will give Li Mingli fried fish to eat, recently I have eaten a lot, the fish for pickling and preparation is afraid that it is not enough, there are more than a dozen in this cage today, it is estimated that there are more than 30 catties, the harvest is not small, Li Mingli is really pleased in his heart.

The day of the fish delivery is set in the middle of December, there are still two months from now, and now there are more than 100 catties of fish storage, and there are not many agricultural words to go down, you can invite some Han soldiers and people who have the same task, dig ponds and control water, and strive for a few days to make up the fish share, otherwise it is really uncomfortable to hang in the heart.

In fact, Liaodong is really vast and sparsely populated, and the natural conditions are very abundant. There are many woodlands, many wild beasts in the mountains, many wild fruits and dried fruits, many ginseng, many rivers, and many fish, no one catches them, and they are not very afraid of people, and so are the beasts, and quite a lot of wild beasts are very stupid and very easy to catch.

The land is also fertile...... When a hoe goes down, there is often a feeling of hoeing out the oil.

Li Mingli looked at the hoe, the handle of the hoe was a little decayed, and it seemed that it would take some effort to make a new handle.

In addition, the hoe is a little broken, and I have to sharpen it well after I go back.

Liaodong is quite short of iron, and the best iron is used to build weapons and armor, and for the small countries that have just emerged, there is nothing more important than building armor and weapons for soldiers.

For the small country of Houjin, everything is just the word ploughing and war, and war is much more important than ploughing.

Walking along the ridge, the sky became darker and darker, and it was faintly as if I saw the green light in the eyes of the beast.

Li Mingli was already very experienced, and when it got dark, there would be more wild beasts, and the colder the day, the more wild things would come around the human villages to find food, and those Han soldiers who had handed in animal meat and furs would save a lot of trouble, but they still had to venture into the mountains to hunt...... When encountering a blind bear or a tiger that comes out of the way, even if there are swords, bows and arrows, it is also life-threatening, and when the beast goes crazy, it is not afraid of swords, guns and spears.

The snow gradually thickened, Li Mingli walked shallow and shallow, and finally returned to the entrance of the village, and the familiar sound of a dog barking was heard.

"Rhubarb is good."

A yellow dog pounced on Li Mingli, Li Mingli touched it, the dog felt very warm, his tongue was licking, his hand was ......

This dog was originally prepared to be slaughtered and eaten on a snowy day, but the eldest girl was reluctant, and Li Mingli didn't really want to start, but it is estimated that he will still kill it next spring, and the food he usually saves is fed to the dog, and the child will eat more meat to supplement nutrition after the child is born, otherwise there will be a lack of milk and water.

Li Mingli made love with the yellow dog for a while, and put down the hoe in the doorway.

Of course, this gatehouse can not be compared with large households, and there will also be a gatehouse in the general rural village, which is used to put rain gear, farm tools, wheelbarrows and other things.

After closing the courtyard door, when I was stacking my feet at the door and going to the kitchen in the side compartment, I heard a man's voice.

Li Mingli frowned, a little worried in his heart......

The people on the village generally rarely visit the door after dark, which will affect the rest of other people's homes, and no one will come to the door if there is no important matter, I am afraid that the hundred or thousands of people will bring people down, and there will always be additional servitude and taxes to pay, such as last month suddenly had to pay the oxtail, and if it can't be handed over, it will be replaced with grain and silver, Li Mingli has Cao Shixuan in his hand to give the silver taels, and he barely finished the errand, many Han soldiers have neither oxtails nor silver at home, and they are forced to be very strong, and almost all the men in the family have been beaten, A few of them still can't get out of bed.

Houjin's military law is strict, and it's really not something to say casually......

"Brother Li!"

With a worried mind, Li Mingli had just approached the door of the wing, and the people inside heard the movement, a young man had already pushed the door open, and the heat in the room blew away the snowflakes flying in the sky, and a warm feeling surrounded Li Mingli at once, and he looked at it, and sure enough, it was Cao Zhenyan who greeted him.

"Dude!"

The two brothers put their arms together and laughed.

"I'm still thinking you haven't been here for a while." Li Mingli looked at Cao Zhenyan and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two or three months, and you have become a lot stronger." ”

"I've been practicing martial arts lately." Cao Zhenyan grinned and said, "The fourteenth elder brother said that he might ask me to go out with the army in the future." ”

Li Mingli's heart tightened, and he said: "You didn't follow Vice General Shi to learn to cast cannons, why do you want to practice martial arts and prepare to go to the battlefield?" ”

Li Mingli then said: "The last incident of the Thirteen Mountains has already frightened me. ”

After Cao Zhenyan came back, he was first asked by Li Yongfang, and then Cao Shixuan begged Shi Tingzhu to intercede, in recent years, Tong Yang was seriously ill, Shi Tingzhu had a high prestige in the Han army, and he was also a little capable, and he made meritorious contributions to several expeditions, and the third-class deputy general who was just promoted two months ago was also considered a senior general in the Houjin general sequence.

It's just that Cao Zhenyan was not able to be released from the Thirteen Mountains like this and put it directly in the Guanzhuang in front, and Cao Shixuan also stayed in Liaoyang, so Cao Zhenyan returned to the Fourteenth Elder Brother on an errand.

"Last month, I cast a door weighing 5,000 pounds, hit it three times, and blew it up." Cao Zhenyan said in a low voice: "Old Khan was furious, Vice General Shi was beaten with twenty strokes, and I was still recuperating at home when I came." ”

Li Mingli nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I see, it's ......"

He pulled Cao Zhenyan and said with a smile: "Come in and talk, standing at the door is not stupid." ”

"That's right." Cao Zhenyan touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, my sister-in-law is pregnant, and the younger brother is careless, and he will be punished for drinking." ”

"You're trying to drink more, aren't you?"

"Hehe, Brother Li still knows about me...... Recently, because of my martial arts practice, it is not good to drink at my brother's side, and my father does not drink more when I go home, saying that drinking is wrong. ”

Since he was captured this time, Cao Zhenyan was detained quite strictly, and after becoming a strong coat, he practiced horseback archery on the side of the fourteenth elder brother every day, and the fourteenth elder brother was surrounded by elite generals with two yellow flags, and the old Khan pulled out a lot of the most brave and warlike guards around him to the fourteenth and fifteenth elder brother brothers, and taught the little brothers archery, horseback riding and battle formation methods around them.

Cao Zhenyan later became the leader of the coat, and later entered the customs with his son from the regent Dorgon, that is, the earlier fourteenth elder brother, and his meritorious service was not small, and it was obvious that his martial arts were also quite exquisite......

The two sat down in front of the stove together, the eldest girl and her mother were cooking dinner, Li Mingli said to Cao Zhenyan very affectionately: "Why don't you bring your younger siblings over for a walk together this time?" ”

The two of them are good families, and Li Mingli often walked around Cao's Mansion when he was in Liaoyang and knew Cao Zhenyan's wife.

"She's got a body." Cao Zhenyan said happily: "It's a cold day, I won't take her out to walk around, I really said that I wanted to bring her over to meet Brother Li and my sister-in-law." ”

The eldest girl said: "So that's the case, then don't take your younger siblings out." ”

Cao Zhenyan responded with a smile, and suddenly said: "Brother Li, if we have a son and a daughter, just get married." ”

Li Mingli laughed and said, "Let's talk about it when I am born." ”

Cao Zhenyan also said it in passing, and nodded with a smile at the moment, pulling the topic away.

The two brothers chatted a few words, and Cao Zhenyan asked, "How many dings are there in this village?" ”

"One preparation, two hundred in total, Ding is actually less than 100, at most more than 80 Ding."

"I'm going to get to the bottom of it." Cao Zhenyan said: "It is estimated that at the beginning of next year, we will come to check the number of households and grain. ”

"Didn't you check the grain earlier?" Li Mingli said: "According to the order of the old Khan Khan in the sixth year of the Mandate of Heaven, the grain stored in Zhushen was checked, and the grain was given according to the household registration, and each household was given four liters of grain per mouth. ”

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Hold your fists, big brothers, give me a count?