The carriage continued to move forward, and Zhang Weiyang sat in the car, thinking about what had just happened.

His wife, Huo Pingjun, took a few curious children on the side, looking at this strange world together.

Zhang Weiyang suddenly laughed.

There is no change in the world more than this.

Three years ago, he was just a gangster in Handan City, who had no last meal and maybe starved to death in a corner one day.

As for the earlier ones, he was just a widow under the fence and enslaved by others.

"Husband, what are you laughing at?" Huo Pingjun asked curiously.

"I laugh at the impermanence of the world, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in He......xi," Zhang Weiyang looked at the scene outside the car curtain and sighed.

He had just clearly seen a young lady in the countryside who he had longed for and admired when he was young, dressed in burlap clothes, carrying a small basket, and followed by a bare-bottomed child walking in the field.

Time has erased her once beautiful face, and time has faded away her face that once haunted her soul.

Fate has divided him and her into two worlds.

The difference is that now, the other party can't climb up to himself.

Zhang Weiyang grabbed his wife's little hand and let out a long breath.

"This time I returned to my hometown, in addition to worshipping my ancestors, the most important thing is to recruit people who volunteered to go to Xinhua Tunken......" Zhang Weiyang remembered his mission to return to his hometown this time, and his face became solemn.

Now, he is no longer the little gangster who no one cared about in Handan City in the past, nor is he the ignorant and ignorant young man who first arrived in Xinhua.

He knows his responsibilities and he understands his mission.

The population of Andong Prefecture is still too small.

Especially in Huaihua County, the whole county, counting the immigrants and soldiers of the Tunken Regiment and those who went to pan for gold, there were only about 500,000 Han people in the whole county.

Huaihua County, on the other hand, is a huge area with a radius of 2,000 miles.

To hold this place, you need a population.

At the very least, it takes a permanent population of 1 million to completely turn that fertile land into China.

The carriage went on and on.

A little more than a quarter of an hour later, they came to the hometown of Zhang Weiyang's brothers, who had been absent for several years.

At the entrance of the village, Zhang Weiyang and his brother Zhang Qi stopped the carriage, and then took their wives and concubines and children and walked to the vague hometown in their memory.

Even after a few years, not much has changed in the hamlet.

Except for two more simple waterwheels at the head of the village and a few calves on the hillside, it is generally the same as when Zhang Weiyang or even Zhang Qi saw it for the last time.

As the harvest season approaches, women with their children harvest all kinds of weeds along nearby hills, streams, and ponds.

This is the daily life of Chinese farmers.

It is also to fill the household.

Brother Zhang Qi also did such a thing under the leadership of his mother when he was a child.

After the weeds are dried, they can be used to pay the manuscript tax of the year, and the excess hay can also be sold for money.

The Han government, at the price of fifteen dollars and one stone, purchased everything without restrictions.

And these skulls will eventually become food for the cavalry's war horses.

Looking at this scene, the Zhang brothers sighed.

The two brothers, with their wives and concubines and retinue, approached the village.

Immediately, it caused a sensation.

For the vast majority of the people in this village, their brothers, are indeed strangers.

Many children shyly hid behind the adults, while some young people looked at the Zhang brothers vigilantly and enviously.

There are only a few old men's appearances, and Brother Zhang Qi can still remember.

"Uncle Zu!" Zhang Qi walked to an old man on crutches and enjoying the shade under the big tree at the door of his house, bowed his knees, and bowed: "The unfilial son rises, and the unfilial son is not young, and greets the old man!" ”

Zhang Qi will never forget that back then, he wanted to join the army, but his uncle-in-law did not agree, and in the end, it was the patriarch of the Zhang clan who came forward, made a ruling, and wrote a letter of guarantee, so that he could join the army and let him have today.

The old man looked at the two young and majestic generals kneeling in front of him in disbelief.

"You are...... Zhang Erlang's two boys ......" He barely recalled, and the whole person suddenly became energetic, he helped up the Zhang brothers, patted his shoulder, and said: "Good! Good! Good! Get ahead! ”

"Fortunately, I am not dishonored, the kid is fortunate to be not abandoned by His Majesty today, and he will be used as the captain of the first department of the Andong Metropolitan Protector Army!" Zhang raised his head and said proudly.

"The teachings and gifts of the old man, the boy is unforgettable!" Zhang Qi said.

Back then, he went to join the army, and it was this patriarch who sent a weapon, otherwise, he would not have been able to enlist in the army.

"Okay...... Okay...... "The old man is also very happy, the old Zhang family, there is green smoke on the ancestral grave!" Out of a school captain! There is also the famous Captain of the Guardian Army! Now, some of his bulls are blowing!

Of course, more importantly, Zhang's may be expensive because of this!

How can a lieutenant have no soldiers?

Several grandchildren of his family and some young people of the same clan finally have something to rely on now!

This is also a common pattern for the northern aristocracy.

That is to say, one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

A person who is noble can lead a family to enter a family of military generals.

"Da Lang, San Lang, Shichiro!" The old man took his brother's hand and beckoned to the crowd: "Come and meet your eldest brother......

So, a few honest young men, touching their heads, came to Zhang Qi and bowed: "Meet the eldest brother......

Zhang Qi looked at them, they were all strong and powerful young people, who could be dragged to Xinhua City and cultivated well.

As his status rises, Zhang Qi naturally knows how to consolidate his position and have a better development in the future.

Soldiers and pro-soldiers, this is indispensable.

Especially if you want to make meritorious service and receive knighthood, you must have a team of henchmen who can command like an arm and fight to the death for themselves.

And the most reliable, of course, is always the children of the hometown and the children of the same clan.

Gaozu won the world, relying on abundant soldiers!

I simply took a look at these young people of the same clan and village who had almost no impression.

Surrounded by the whole village, the Zhang Qi brothers found the last mark of their family in this village - a lonely tomb standing in the ancestral tombs of the Zhang family.

The mound was already overgrown with weeds.

A wooden plaque that has been blown away by the wind and rain stands crookedly in front of the tomb, and it reads: The tomb of the late father Zhang Gongzhi Yonglao.

This is the only proof that their brother kneeled in front of the door of the third elder of the township and invited to show his father's identity.

Zhang Qi looked at the tombstone whose handwriting was already a little blurred, and knelt in front of the tomb with a plop.

Zhang Weiyang followed closely and knelt down.

Their wives and concubines and children, not knowing why, also knelt down.

"Father, my father is above, and the unfilial son is back!" The two brothers said with tears in their eyes and kowtowed.

For Chinese, the most difficult thing to give up is always hometown love, and the most difficult thing to give up is always parental kindness.

Recognizing one's ancestors and returning to one's ancestors is something that everyone who has achieved a little bit must do.

The two brothers, their children and wives and concubines, were pulled to the tomb one by one and introduced their father to the tomb one by one.

After this procedure, it is natural to worship the ancestors.

In the grand ceremony, the Zhang brothers in the ancestral hall, to the ancestors, offering three animals to the blood, and then their wives and concubines and children's names were written on a silk cloth and enshrined in front of the ancestors' tablets.

From then on, no matter how far they go, they go there.

This thread will forever tie their minds and bind them together.

It is through this that the Chinese, generation after generation, pass on the torch, teach from father to son, multiply, and spread branches.

…………………………

The next day, in this small mountain village next to the city of Handan.

Table after table of sumptuous wine and food were placed in front of the elders of the village and the elders of several neighboring villages.

Zhang Qi and Zhang Weiyang, brothers, took turns to walk in front of the fathers and elders, toasted and drank.

At the banquet, chicken, duck and fish are all available.

Bowls of sorghum rice, which the people were reluctant to eat in the past, were also served in front of guests large and small.

Back then, Xiang Yu destroyed the Qin Dynasty, looking at the burning Qin Palace and Qin City, he said the famous saying: Wealth does not return to the hometown, like a night walk in brocade.

Although, Xiang Yu lost the world because of this.

But that doesn't stop latecomers from learning.

For the Chinese, if they are rich and rich, they will not return to their hometown to show off a wave, and they are simply sorry for themselves and their ancestors!

Emperor Liu Bang won the world, in October of the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty, Gaozu broke the Yingbu rebellion, led the army back to the court, passed by Fengpei, chose to stay, put the wine in the palace, drank with his father and fellow villagers, and left the song "Song of the Great Wind" that has been sung by people so far.

And Gaozu drank bitterly with his father and fellow villagers for more than a month in Fengpei (first half a month in Pei County, and then half a month in Feng County at the invitation of Pei County's father).

The same was true during the time of Taizong.

In the sixth year of Taizong, Emperor Taizong was fortunate to be in Jinyang, and drank with his father for more than ten days.

The emperors took the lead.

The natural scenery of the world from.

When they became wealthy, they returned to their hometowns, drank wine on a large scale, and showed off extravagantly, which became a necessary lesson for nobles and scholars in the Han Dynasty.

The Zhang brothers returned to their hometown this time, although it was impossible to be like the two sons of heaven, a banquet was more than ten days or a month.

However, it is necessary to set up a banquet for three days in a row.

This money was naturally spent like water.

Almost drained the two brothers' savings.

But, it's worth it.

The news and rumors of the Zhang family's brothers being rich immediately caused a sensation in the nearby ten miles and eight townships.

Everyone stretched their necks, looking at the majesty and magnanimity of the Zhang brothers with envy and hatred.

The focus of people's discussions is also on how the Andong Protectorate is and how the conditions on the Xinhua side are good.

Therefore, the Zhang Qi brothers began to recruit soldiers and immigrants.

In an instant, the person who signed up stepped through the threshold of his house.

In just a few days, the Zhang brothers recruited more than 100 soldiers.

They are all good men who are more than seven feet three inches tall, have a strong physique, and have received military training in the reserves.

These people are enough to form a pro-guard team as the pro-confidants and backbone of the Zhang Qi brothers.

In addition, there are more than 100 families who are willing to follow their brothers and immigrate to Xinhua for reclamation.

In the eyes of these people, nostalgia and clan feelings are the most reliable guarantee.

Half a month later, when the Zhang brothers embarked on the road to Xinhua, they were followed by thousands of recruits and more than 700 new immigrants.

These people are the result of the recruitment of the provincial relatives of the Handan non-commissioned officers.

A month later, in Jicheng in Yan Kingdom, the number of recruits reached more than 4,000, and the number of immigrant households reached more than 3,000, close to 10,000!

The whole team stretched for more than ten miles.

Fortunately, the local government is very experienced in immigration.

The food, living and living along the way are very well coordinated.

Therefore, there were almost no major problems, and the entire team of immigrants and recruits arrived in Xinhua City before the first heavy snowfall in Huaihua County.

As is customary, the recruits are recruited by their own recruits, dragged into their own armies, and then distributed equipment and arranged camps.

Because it will be winter soon, they don't need training for the time being, they just need to follow the veterans and receive all kinds of common sense education on survival and patrol in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

These are all experiences that the Protector Army and Anton have exchanged for blood.

The immigrants were assigned to the migrant villages that had been developed near Xinhua City.

These are large immigrant villages.

Because of the successful experience of the cantonment regiment in the past.

Therefore, the new migrant village is designed and planned in a unified manner.

All the houses, large and small, and furnished inside and out, are carved out of a mold.

The houses are made of bricks and tiles fired last summer, and they are very sturdy, resistant to high winds and heavy snowfall, and even if the snow outside is thick enough to bury people, the residents of the houses do not need to worry about their own safety.

Inside every house, there is a fire pit and a fireplace.

This is to prepare for the immigrants to survive the winter in Huaihua.

Fire pits burn dried dung from livestock, while fireplaces burn peat (coal).

There are special officials who teach these migrants how to use these facilities, and repeatedly emphasize and remind them of the relevant safety measures.

In the past two years, some new immigrants have died of carbon poisoning because they did not listen to these safety tips.

Therefore, this time, the guards emphasized the importance of the chimney of the fireplace, emphasizing that no matter what, do not clog the chimney.

In addition to these, of course, the guards had to provide the newcomers with food, oil, salt, and some dried fish necessary for the winter.

And in order to prepare these houses and supplies for these new immigrants.

Huaihua County spent tens of millions of dollars in funds, and also transferred hundreds of thousands of stones of grain from Yan State.

With such a large investment, Huaihua County and the Huhui Army are definitely not here to do good deeds.

All the immigrants joined in the form of the Protector Reclamation Regiment.

They need to work for the Protectors for five years, and in the process, they are subject to militarized management and training.

At the same time, it is also necessary to work for the Huaihua County camp and build bridges and pave roads free of charge under the leadership of the Huhui Army.

And when war broke out, all men needed to take up arms and join the army. (To be continued.) )