Just stopped in Dongchang Mansion for a short time, and then followed the convoy of goods to Jining, and then walked all the way to the west, Yao Qi didn't know where he was going, he even wanted to go on forever, but finally stopped, Yao Qi felt that he had been walking west for a long time.

Coming all the way from Liaodong, many of the companions kept leaving halfway, a small number of them fled, and more stayed in the various granges along the road, and when Yao Qi was ordered to stop and settle, there were very few people in the team.

The grange left by Yao Qi is very simple, many people live in temporary shacks, Yao Qi also has to build it himself, listen to other people in the Zhuangzi, this Zhuangzi was originally the Zhuangzi of the big family in the south, just bought it and changed the owner, saying that it was the Zhao master over there in Xuzhou, Yao Qi finally knew that the place where he was located was near Juzhou, Qingzhou Prefecture.

This grange is located at the junction of mountains and plains, adjacent to Yishui, not far from Mengshui, Yao Qi is very familiar with farm work, he can see that this place seems to have been abandoned for a long time, which makes him wonder, this is watering the land by the water of the river, the harvest will definitely not be bad, how can it still be abandoned, is it that people are dead?

Yao Qi learned from them that the original owner and tenants in this field were really dead, and there was a disaster in those years, first the farmers who farmed the land were exiled and scattered, and the landlord took the opportunity to eat a lot of land, but before he got rich, he was forced to bankrupt by Liao, and then a larger family took these fields, but before he could recruit the tenants who planted the land, there was chaos here, and the landlord's family was broken by the homeless, and the whole family was wiped out.

And there is a disadvantage to the fields here, that is, they can't divert water from the two nearby rivers of Mengshui and Yishui, and they can only rely on the sky to eat, which makes Yao Qi very surprised, what is this, the fields near the river are actually dry fields, and they have to rely on the sky to eat, so what kind of harvest do they talk about, as soon as there are twists and turns, they will be hungry, those Shandong locals are also angry when they talk about this, saying that many places in Shandong have this rule, and the government is very strict, saying that this water must be kept in the canal, and everyone is not allowed to divert water for irrigation, and even digging wells must be carried out secretly, If they are discovered, they will be buried and blocked, and people will be arrested and imprisoned.

Yao Qi was dumbfounded by such rare things that he had never heard of, but now he didn't seem to care about it, the most important daily labor of these Liao people who were resettled was digging ditches to divert water, aren't they afraid of the government now?

"Right now, on the ground of Shandong, who dares to care about the affairs of Lord Zhao Tianwang" To his question, the locals replied with disdain.

As long as irrigation is guaranteed, Shandong can grow two crops here, farm tools and seeds are complete, and you can eat multigrain rice every day, and pickled vegetables can also be full, which makes Yao Qi's energy very high, he probably calculated the conditions of the death deed signed on the boat, as long as there is a harvest in the field, he will definitely be able to live a good life, and it is really the right place to come here.

After living in the grange near Yishui for a period of time, Yao Qi always had an inexplicable feeling, this is very similar to the Tunpu village in Liao Town, but there are many different places, every Tunpu village in Liao Town actually corresponds to thousands of households and hundreds of households, and there are full-time soldiers in each place, and the same is true here, there are more than 100 regimental training in the grange where he is located.

However, the soldiers he saw when he was in Liaodong were all like goods, most of them were farmers who usually farmed and raised livestock, and a small number of them knew some martial arts but had never been in battle, just to help the generals collect rent and support the scene, and the more than 100 regiments in this grange looked murderous, although they were also busy, but they were more capable and tough.

In Liaodong, those pro-guard soldiers, when they practiced martial arts, they were all good-looking and tight, with swords flashing, tumbling and jumping, and the group drills in this grange were standing in line and walking in unison, moving neatly, and they couldn't see any martial arts, Yao Qi didn't know whether this was useful or not, but it made people feel a lot more relieved.

When Yao Qi first arrived here, the first crop of the grange had been sown, but because the ditch for irrigation had not been dug well, the water was not enough, and the harvest could not be expected too much, but when the second crop was sown, the ditch had been dug almost, the crop water was enough, and the harvest would not be bad.

In addition to living a stable life and living with hope, there are other reasons that make Yao Qi feel that he has made the right choice, those companions who escaped halfway, some of them were actually relocated to the side of the grange, and each other was full of ambition when they fled, and at this moment they were haggard wolves, and there was irrepressible panic and decadence in their expressions.

None of them wanted to talk about what had happened after they had fled, some of them had obvious scars on their faces, some of them had not been able to sleep at all for the first few nights in the Grange, like frightened birds, and some of them jumped up from their beds at the slightest movement, and some of them looked gloomy and did not want to say a word.

But in the occasional chat, Yao Qi still knew some information, many of the people who escaped died, and the people who could come here were accepted because they found the next passing refugee team and agreed to very harsh conditions, they would rather be cattle and horses for a lifetime than flee in Shandong.

"Our Liaodong is so sparsely populated, escaped from the hands of the Tartars, and if you want to be caught, you can stay up for a few days, but in this Shandong place, the village guards us like thieves, and wants to beg for saliva to drink, as soon as this Liaodong accent is revealed, we are immediately chased and killed by a group, are we Liaomin not the people of the Ming Dynasty?"

They also knew the reason when they came to this grange, Dengzhou Mansion recruited Liaodong deserters to supplement the Shandong official army, in order to facilitate the command, the fastest formation of combat power, set up a number of battalions full of Liaozhen soldiers, but in Liaozhen when these people had no constraints, the defeat came to Shandong, most of them were singles, there was no concern, and they did things unscrupulously, and they actually disguised themselves to wash and plunder the surrounding villages.

Although the military discipline of the Shandong official army is average, there is still a little convergence in the Laizhou Mansion in Dengzhou, but the head of the battalion composed of the defeated soldiers in Liaozhen is unscrupulous, and the people of the two prefectures in Denglai have no defense at the beginning, which has suffered a big loss, and even a few chickens and dogs in the whole village are not left, and the people who survived by luck go to the city to complain, and the government said that it should be handled strictly, but the head of the Liao military camp gathered the crowd to make noise, and if they were arrested, they would immediately fire and riot.

In this way, there was a sudden uproar in the place, the head of the Liao barracks was unscrupulous, the village began to guard strictly, and at the same time the people with Liaodong accents were extremely hostile, and there were also small groups of Liaodong defeated soldiers who pretended to ask for water and lodging, and mixed into the village inside and outside, so the fleeing Liaodong soldiers and civilians would only be used as spies, and they would not go to the government, and they would be directly lynched.

In such a situation, what good will happen to those soldiers and civilians who thought they had escaped, and many of them died in the countryside of Denglai and Denlai Prefectures.

Seeing the tragic situation and fate of these people, Yao Qi was even more glad that he had made the original choice, the government here did not dare to take care of it, the heroes and the powerful were all bowing their heads, and the conditions offered by the master were magnanimous, how could there be a better place in the world than this, Yao Qi was more and more diligent in serving the crops, and was extremely looking forward to the harvest of this stubble, because this was the first time that so many harvests could belong to him since he was a child.

But you have to see that you are about to enter October, there are characters of unknown origin swimming around the grange, and there are even horseback riders watching from afar, for such people, Yao Qi soon has his own judgment, this is a first-class figure of horse thieves and bandits, don't look at Liaozhen is a military town, but there are many horse thieves wandering around, and there are many bandits who occupy the mountains as kings.

Yao Qi remembered that every time the horse thief brigade appeared, the tunbao where he was always had to close the gate, strictly guard, and often had to give the other party a benefit to get rid of, there were young and vigorous characters who wanted to go out and fight hard, but they were scolded back by thousands of households, saying that these horse thieves are not simple characters, there are Liaozhen's own deserters, there are Mongolians in the north, and there are Jurchen refugees outside the border wall, they are extremely brave, how can we fight, even the personal guards of the big marshal can't help them.

I didn't expect that there was such a livelihood on the Taiping ground in Shandong, Yao Qi didn't understand, the government and Haoqiang all bowed their heads, why did this horse bandit come up so unknowingly, this shouldn't be, you know, several groups of big horse thieves in Liao Town, there is a vague legend, saying that they are actually several deputy generals supporting behind their backs, who is behind the bandits in Shandong? The government and the powerful have all bowed their heads, who dares to instigate.

Yao Qi soon found that it was not only himself who was puzzled, but also the new and old stewards and group training who were in charge of the grange.

"When our uncle and second master are here, the three mountains and five mountains have to give a face, and they are really short of money and food, as long as they send someone to Yizhou to say hello, they will give more or less points, but if anyone starts to rob, the uncle and the second master will definitely fight with them, and the official face and the rivers and lakes will give up their money and face, and now there should be no change in the poles and locks everywhere, they should understand this rule, besides, the name of the master is much more majestic than our uncle and the second master, who has such courage on the ground in Shandong right now" This is the words of the head of the Tian family, in the border area of Yizhou and Qingzhou Mansion, the Tian family sent many experienced family members to assist Zhao Ziying's movements.

"Who would dare to be so bold?" The steward and regimental training company sent by Zhao Ziying only had one question.

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