Chapter 1574
The night is dark and the moonlight is like a yarn, which is probably the beginning of the Youshi.
Zhang Ergou came up from the ground with two bundles of wheat, and after walking for a while, he was a little tired, so he lifted the burden with a pestle and stood on the ridge to rest his breath.
Zhang Ergou is lucky. He was originally from Baoding, and his family used to have dozens of acres of land. However, in the years when Emperor Chongzhen was in power, natural and man-made disasters continued. A band of bandits robbed the commoners and killed the people near his hometown. The village was destroyed, and Zhang Ergou's family escaped. But fearing the bandits, he had no choice but to give up his native land, sell the land cheaply, and escape from Wangjingshi.
It was only later that he learned that the so-called bandit was the work of so-and-so, a big landlord in the village. To take away the land of their freedmen.
Zhang Ergou hated him deeply, but he could do nothing.
Zhang Ergou was a carpenter and fled to the capital to make a living, but the rapists and yamen in the capital searched layer after layer. He can make twenty dollars a day, and it is incredible to have three or five dollars in hand.
The money from the land sale was quickly used up, and the capital could no longer live there, so he had to seek a living outside the city.
As for King Xia, who was in the capital, Chongzhen issued an edict to abdicate, and Zhang Ergou's family were resettled as refugees. It is a resettlement village by the sea outside Beitang Town near the estuary of Chaohe River.
Then divide the fields and cultivate them. His family consists of seven people, both parents, husband and wife, plus three children, a total of 140 acres.
Feeling fed up with not enough food and clothing, Zhang Ergou's family gritted their teeth and took care of the 140 acres of land. So far, it has been a bumper harvest, but it is also distressing.
One hundred and forty acres, the yield per mu is more than ten stones, and it is extremely difficult to harvest.
During the day, the parents and the elders are responsible for cutting, he and his wife are responsible for picking, and the children are responsible for threshing wheat at home. But in order to complete the harvest as soon as possible, he, the most important labor force, almost woke up earlier than chickens and slept later than dogs. No, it was already time, and he was still busy.
"Thanks for the good weather these days, it never rained."
Zhang Ergou sighed.
I'm afraid of rain. The wheat in the field is so cute, if it rains, it will germinate when it rains heavily?
Standing on the ridge, not far from the estuary of the Chaohe River. Even in the dark, sparkling waves can still be seen.
When I came here earlier, the waves were rippling, but the government repaired the water conservancy canals like this, and it was heard upstream that they would build a reservoir or something, and the sea outlet became less magnificent. The water was blocked a lot.
But that's a good thing. You can't be afraid of drought in the future, right? Besides, when the harvest is over and the farming is slack, Zhang Ergou plans to go to recruit workers to repair the reservoir. I heard that he has a lot of money a day.
Although he is tired, he is very pleased in one's mind.
Suddenly, Zhang Ergou expressed congeals, but some black spots appeared on the vast water surface of the sea outlet in the distance.
Zhang Ergou started, looked at it for a while, and finally saw it clearly.
It's a boat!
Large and small ships, at least three or five hundred.
Zhang Ergou rolled his eyes: "I haven't heard that any troops will cross the border... Otherwise, a notice would have been posted in Beitang. And Beitang has no wharf, if the merchant ship, I heard that they have all gone to Dagu."
The army will pass through the border. In order to prevent the commoners from ramming the army and causing trouble, the government will announce it. And if it was a merchant ship, Zhang Ergou knew earlier that it was concentrated at Dagukou, and there was no wharf in Beitang. And three to five hundred ships, I'm afraid they are not ordinary merchant ships, right? How large a caravan has so many ships?
He quietly put down his burden, crawled over courageously, and hid in the grass by the river. I saw those boats stopped on the opposite bank and then ding ding dong dong. Many people got off the boat, and they could see the luster of the metal by the reflection of the moonlight.
"It's the army!"
Zhang Ergou let out a thud, his heart beating wildly.
Hearing the faint shout again, he pricked up his ears and listened to the sound coming from the wind, his face suddenly turned pale: "It's not Chinese! It's not Chinese!"
He gritted his teeth: "It's Tatar, it must be Tatar!"
He has seen Tatar, and even seen Tatar attack the capital. Those Tatars showing off one's military strength under the city, shouting and roaring, pulling out commoners to behead and trample, that's the sound!
Even in death, he will not forget.
"No way!"
Zhang Ergou muttered to himself: "I have to report to the government. Thinking of the better and better life now, he didn't want these good things to be broken again. He took a deep breath and climbed along the grass for a mile. His face and arms were bleeding, and then he got up. , stumbled and ran to the village.
"Village Chief! Village Chief!"
Zhang Ergou ran to the village Zhang Family and shouted.
"Who is it? Ergou?!"
The young village chief came out and saw Ergou's terrified face by the dim light coming from the house. Can't help asking: "What happened?"
Ergo was out of breath and said: "Tatar, it's Tatar!"
"Tatar?!"
The young village chief looked solemn and said, "You found the Tatar?!"
Fiercely's nodded: "At the mouth of the Chaohe River, I'm picking wheat, there are many Tatar boats, The other side has landed, and I vaguely heard their words, not Mandarin, but Tatar! I know they are Tatar! I have seen them, in the capital!"
The village chief turned around suddenly, and the voice came: " Wait for me."
A moment later, the village chief came out of the house with a mule and horse: "Take me to see it!"
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p>The two of them did not disturb the villagers and went back the same way. At this point, Tatar's army has not yet fully landed!
The village chief looked at everything and said to Ergou: "You go back first, don't make a sound. Don't disturb the villagers."
And said: "Mountain and Sea There is a war on the Trial side, but Tatars are here, I am afraid it is a trick. They come quietly, they will not disturb the place, you can rest assured. I will go to Dagu, where there is our army, and soon these Tatars will be captured Destroy it!"
then said: "Go along this bank of the river and notify the village chiefs of several villages upstream. Tell them what happened here, and ask them to monitor Tatar's movements for our sake. The army creates opportunities."
Ergou's blood boiled, he only felt that there was a heavy burden on his shoulders, heavier than wheat, but he felt honored, he fiercely nodded: "I know! "
The young village chief rolled over and jumped on the mule and horse, saying: "Be careful."
Then went straight to the southwest.
Beitang is not far from Dagu, there are only several dozen li. All are on the coast of the Bohai Sea. The young village chief drives the mule and horse. Although it is not fast, the mule and horse have long strength and endurance, and finally arrive at Dagu in the middle of the night.
Hundreds of years later, the Weihe River, known as the Haihe River, flows through here, and Dagu is on the opposite bank.
On the north bank, there are also outposts and forts, and the young village chief went straight to the outpost. Before they approached, they were discovered by the soldiers of the outpost.
"Who! Military force, leave quickly!"
The young village chief shouted: "I am the village chief of the Yi Chou resettlement village in Beitang Town, north of the country, brother, I was also a soldier. I have important military matters to see the Dagu garrison commander!"