Stir-fried soybeans with a little salt are the easiest snacks to get. Almost everyone in Zhuangzi likes to eat them, but it hurts the cheeks after chewing too much, and the smell is not very good, and I can't eat much in one day, and I still feel full. .
The 500 new arrivals can each get a small amount every day, and they cherish it very much. They hide it in their clothes and hug them when they sleep in the middle of the night, for fear of being stolen.
These five hundred people came from all over the world, some were refugees, some were people who sold themselves as servants, and some were servants that the master did not want. They were all men, only the 20 extras that Jiang Guang sent together were woman.
The men all slept in the grass hut, and they had to wait for one by one inspection and registration before they could take their things into the dormitory. They knew the inspection, although they did not know what the inspection was. When lying in the grass hut, everyone wanted to sleep in the dormitory. It's warm inside, in the middle, and the air leaks outside, and the person beside sleeping must be cold.
They didn't take off their clothes and slept on the floor. Fortunately, the ground was covered with hay, which could keep out the moisture.
Early the next morning, there was a commotion outside, and someone lifted the straw curtain and shouted at them, "Go out, don't sleep, it takes time to take care of your skin."
This group of people went out honestly, walked to the square, and scattered sparsely.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to ask people to line up first. Although these people did not understand, they were fortunate to be obedient. They could do whatever they were told.
A total of 500 people were divided into three teams, and one team had fewer people than the other two teams, which was an average.
Then the interrogation began.
It was not suitable for Qiu Niang to come out on such occasions, so Lin Yuan could only let Yang Zian and Zhu Yuanzhang go up first—after all, these two were rare people in Zhuangzi who could read.
"What's your last name? What's your name? Where are you from? What did you do before?"
"I used to be a carpenter? Take this sign and go over there."
"Farming? Stand opposite."
"Walking through the streets? Stand behind me and take the sign."
It made Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Zian exhausted. They used to think that marching and fighting was tiring enough. I didn't expect that just sitting here with a pen in hand would be so tiring. Some people spoke with a strong local accent. If it's not very good, then you have to guess, and sometimes you may not be able to guess accurately.
It has to be sorted out for several days in a row, not just new arrivals, but also former ones.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others are doing preliminary screening and separating people according to their previous industries.
But because there are not many people who can read, Lin Yuan can only go there in person. Everyone gives a small wooden sign with his name, birthday, and more obvious characteristics, such as where there is a scorpion, or a face A few grains, in short, are relatively obvious personal characteristics, and are unlikely to be changed or disguised.
In fact, it is equivalent to a modern ID card. After all, there will be more and more people in the future, and it will be inconvenient to manage.
The advantage of having this thing is that if there are people outside, the ID card alone will not be able to pass.
The trouble is a little more trouble, but the necessity is still there.
Entering and exiting Zhuangzi must also be based on this sign.
There is also a number on the top, the number is compiled by Lin Yuan, according to the pronunciation of the surname, according to the alphabet, and the order is recorded in the booklet.
As long as the number and surname don't match, it's useless to forge the brand.
Lin Yuan now feels that he really needs intellectuals, literate, the more the better.
However, there were originally few intellectuals, and most of those who could cultivate intellectuals were landlords and officials.
Now that he can have Qiu Niang by his side, Yang Zian, Jiang Gui and Zhu Yuanzhang are not bad.
Like Mr. Yang, he is an elder after all, so he doesn't want to ask elders to do things.
"Aren't there any scholars?" After the trouble was over, Lin Yuan sat in the room and talked to Yang Zian, "Don't talk about scholars, there's no one who can read?"
Yang Zian shook his head: "As long as the scholars have rich family resources, they can't be troubled by the troubled times."
Lin Yuan sighed.
What Yang Zian said makes sense.
Yang Zian: "There is no need to rush for a while. When the time is right, someone will naturally hear the sound."
Lin Yuan looked at Yang Zian, and Yang Zian also looked at him. The two looked at each other silently, but Lin Yuan suddenly understood that Yang Zian knew his plan early in the morning and knew that he was not comfortable staying in this village all the time.
Yang Zi'an suddenly said, "Fourth brother, look at the world."
Lin Yuan thought about it carefully in his mind, but he didn't realize that the name Yang Zian was among the celebrities in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty.
"Jiang Shang is leaving." Yang Zian looked out the window, "Go and see."
Lin Yuan and Yang Zian walked to the gate of the city wall together, and saw that Chen Bosong and the others were ready to go.
Because they came back from hunting a lot of wild goats, the women in the kitchen made bacon jerky and told them to take it with them on the road.
So when I came, I brought nothing but people, but when I left, I brought a lot of things.
"There's so much jerky." The younger brother rode around on his horse. "It won't have that pungent smell after it's been smoked."
"Wild goats are more fishy than domestic sheep."
Jiang Guang also rode a horse. Although the mountain road was not difficult to walk, the carriage and the ox cart were always a delay.
As soon as Jiang Guang and the others left, the newcomers would be allocated dormitories and necessities.
They had to line up in a row to lead the line. They couldn't crowd, and they couldn't cut the queue. There were people from Zhuangzi watching next to them, with knives in their hands. These people were as honest as quails.
The things I bring are also simple, a set of underwear for washing, a wooden tub, and in the wooden tub there is a cup made of coarse cloth and a bamboo tube.
After checking his identity, he can leave after receiving it, and someone will show him the way to the assigned dormitory.
The newly built dormitory building looks ugly, but it is big enough to accommodate enough people, and the beds inside are also two floors up and down.
Yao Liusan is one of these newcomers. His family used to be a carpenter, but he couldn't buy food in the city, so his family packed up their money and went to their relatives.
But when I went, I found out that my relatives had also left. They had nowhere to go. They could only walk with the people around them. As they walked, the family gradually dispersed. First, my grandfather and grandmother died, and then my mother suffered from the cold Falling down, there are fewer and fewer relatives.
When Yao Liusan reacted, he was the only one.
He followed the people around him all the way, eating what he saw, only thinking about what to eat tomorrow.
Later, they saw that someone was driving the refugees away, but instead of driving them away, they were driving them to a certain area. Yao Liusan noticed that many people were running over there like crazy, and he asked an old beggar: " What is this doing?"
The old beggar told him: "Those who drive people are merchants. If they are picked, they can be sold by merchants."
Yao Liusan couldn't believe it, but he still passed.
After all, if you are picked by a businessman, how can you always give a bean dregs cake every day
Better than it is now.
Yao Liusan ran over, and as expected, he was picked, and he continued to walk with the group.
No one knows where they are going, and no one knows what they are going to do in the future. They only know that at the moment, they should not starve to death.
However, there are also many people who died of illness on the road. They were thrown on the side of the road, and they were too lazy to bury them.
Yao Liusan got the wooden basin that was assigned to him, and walked to the side while holding the basin stupidly, and then someone asked him, "What's your size?"
Yao Liusan: "Huh?"
The man was a little impatient: "You just picked up something, and people said what room you live in, do you remember?"
Yao Liusan said quickly, "Remember, the number 10 is in the middle."
No. 10 is the tenth room on the second floor.
The man: "Okay, you come with me, you are the last person in the middle ten, I will take you up with me."
Only then did Yao Liusan realize that there were seven people behind him.
Although these seven people came with him, they didn't know each other, and their expressions were similar to Yao Liusan.
These few days are like a dream. There is a place to sleep and something to eat. Although there are always queues during the day, there is no need to worry about starvation and things. Although the shed is not warm, it will not freeze to death.
The man led them to the dormitory room.
The doors to the rooms were open, and none of these rooms were locked, and could be closed, but not latched.
"You can divide the beds by yourself. If you can't divide them, come to me again. If you find that everyone is fighting, you will be kicked out on the spot, understand?" the steward said.
Yao Liusan and the others nodded hurriedly.
When the steward left, the eight of them stood in the dormitory with the same dumbfounded expressions. They all held wooden basins and stood motionless.
"I... Who am I here." Yao Liusan was the first to speak, and he put the wooden basin on the first bed in the door.
The others seemed to finally react at this time and hurriedly began to allocate beds.
"Won't it fall off when you sleep?"
"It's quite high!"
"There is a stop next to it, so it won't fall off?"
Everyone wants to choose the bed in the lower bunk, but there is no way. Some people live in the lower bunk, and naturally some people sleep in the upper bunk.
They also just came to this Zhuangzi and did not dare to conflict with people, even if this person was just bought like themselves.
There are straw mats on the wooden frame bed, which are thick and soft, and are woven. You can sleep with only the futon.
Even without a futon, sleeping with clothes is soft and comfortable.
The owner said that they can have a good rest today, and they will start working tomorrow. If they don’t work, they will have no food.
Yao Liusan touched his belly.
Although he can't say that he is completely full these days, he is much better than before, at least there is something in his stomach.
It's a good day to not wake up hungry at night.
These five hundred people, Lin Yuan, was going to let them mix with the original Zhuangzi people for action and training. They couldn't be asked to form a group by themselves. They would be broken up at the beginning of the group, but the number of new arrivals was larger than the original.
Lin Yuan thought about it for a long time, and was going to spend a day asking them to train.
Walk for most of the day, then find a place to sit, chat, shout a few times, and cultivate friendship.
-Although Lin Yuan doesn't know if it's useful or not.
There is also the class system. Lin Yuan decided to put ten of them in one class, and then appoint a class leader. According to the principle of three-to-three system, there are three classes in one platoon, three platoons in one company, and three companies in one battalion.
This makes the job much clearer.
It is also convenient to hold accountable.
Li Da became a platoon leader inexplicably, with three shifts under his control. He was stunned for a long time, and he pointed to his nose in disbelief and asked the person next to him: "I'm a platoon leader? I'm an official now. ?"
The people next to him were also very excited: "Yeah! You have become an official Li Da!"
Li Da was so excited that he wanted to take off his clothes and run around Zhuangzi a few times with his shirt on.
"I... my family has never had an official!"
"Don't be too happy, you think this platoon leader is in vain, if there is a problem with anyone in your next shift, except for the squad leader, you will be unlucky. If you find out, it's fine, but if you don't find out, It was discovered by someone else, and you're done."
"There is no such thing as a pie in the sky. The boss has said that if your next class performs well, you will be able to remember merit."
The newly released "officials" got together to chat, and they all felt that although there was not much benefit, the name was still very loud.
Probably because of this, these "officials" were very strict during training, but they didn't dare to be too strict. After all, Yang Zian was on the field next to him. offer to criticize.
The chief was criticized, and he must be unlucky.
The punishment is also very simple, that is, the punishment of starvation.
But these people are hungry and afraid of being hungry. When they hear that they are lazy and can't eat, they can all be beaten.
After the passion of being an official passed, Li Da and his colleagues gathered for dinner, and they were all chatting with frowning faces.
"Let's just say Li Sijiu's class, the usual training is mediocre, no matter how you say it, the movements are just uneven."
"I've said it, and I've been trained. I don't sleep at night, and I make time for training, but it still won't work."
"Because of them, I don't have my share of the awards."
Colleagues are also a lot of troubles: "I have one over there, his socks are missing, he must be stolen by the person who sleeps with him, wake me up in the middle of the night and ask me to solve the case, I will close the case! A pair of Socks! Finally found it under his bed."
The new official took office with three fires. After the fire was burned, there would be no initial excitement.
Lin Yuan has also been paying attention to these people who have suddenly become "officials". If anyone dares to take the lead, at this key stall, they can only kill chickens and warn monkeys.
As a result, when he looked at it, he found that these people were quite honest, and there was not a single moth.
"Why is this?" Lin Yuan told Jiang Gui about his doubts. Generally speaking, a small person suddenly sits in a high position, and it is easy to make mistakes.
Jiang Gui threw a bean into his mouth and smiled while chewing: "Courageous, did you forget the one you drove out last time?"
Jiang Gui went out for a walk and came back in the winter. In the name of a businessman, he really went to a lot of places, or bought or exchanged some things.
For example, Chinese prickly ash is dried, and there are seeds.
However, at this time, prickly ash is used as a medicinal material, which can relieve pain, promote qi, kill insects, and also treat vomiting and diarrhea.
All in all, it is a very powerful medicine.
But Lin Yuan used peppercorns to cook a pot, and like all the seniors who crossed the border, he cooked hot pot in winter.
However, there is no chili, and the taste of pepper is only numb to the mouth, but it is enough to eat a hot sweat.
Jiang Gui rinsed a piece of mutton, put it into his mouth happily, and said to Lin Yuan, "Fourth brother, don't say anything, just take a bite, and I will serve you."
Lin Yuan also rinsed a slice, but it was a bit old, and he could only re-bake another slice.
Because of the beginning of winter, Lin Yuan, Jiang Gui, Yang Zian, and Li Congrong gathered for dinner. They sat in the house with a brazier under their feet, simmering a mutton pot, and the pores all over their bodies were stretched out, and they couldn't relax.
Li Congrong took the meat with chopsticks, and immediately put it into his bowl when it was cooked. He ate the meat in big mouthfuls. After eating, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Cool! It would be better if there was wine!"
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "When the conditions are better in the future, I will ask someone to make wine for the eldest brother."
Li Congrong slapped his thigh: "This is what you said, I remember it!"
Lin Yuan added: "The third brother went out for a walk, and just happened to tell us, what's new outside?"
Jiang Gui said with a smile: "There are quite a few novel things, and Fang Guozhen is the opposite again."
Fang Guozhen rebelled against the Yuan in the eighth year of Zhengzheng, and was later recruited and surrendered by the Yuan.
"It was the other way around in March this year. I only found out after going out for a walk." Jiang Gui said, "He killed Tai Buhua, Marshal of Eastern Zhejiang Province."
"This person is capricious." Yang Zian said, "It's just that he's going back and forth, it's not interesting."
Lin Yuan did not speak, he knew that Fang Guozhen would find a way to bribe the court next year and continue to serve the Yuan Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of Zhizheng, he would be ordered to attack Zhang Shicheng, and he won seven battles and seven victories. Now Zhang Shicheng is not in Xinghua.
Maybe it's himself who he will be attacking at that time.
Jiang Gui: "That may not be the case. He has a lot of people in his hands now. I went out and heard that many businessmen are going to Huangyan, and they want to sell him grain."
"Businessmen can't afford to be too early. If he didn't really have some skills, businessmen wouldn't be like smelling dogs."
Li Congrong was a little confused: "What kind of character is this Fang Guozhen?"
Lin Yuan could only explain: "Cai rebelled in disorder the year before, did you know?"
Li Congrong: "I know that, it's quite a riot."
Lin Yuan added: "Fang Guozhen was against it at that time. They gathered more than a thousand people with their brothers and robbed the sea of grain."
"This man is really courageous." Li Congrong sighed with emotion.
Li Congrong added: "If it were me, I wouldn't dare."
Yang Zian laughed at him: "The knife is on the neck, so you have to dare."
"Why did it get to the neck? Someone forced him to rebel?" Li Congrong asked in confusion.
Jiang Gui added: "I know I know, let me tell you."
"Cai Luantou returned to Yuan the year before and was arrested by the imperial court. Fang Guozhen had an enemy, and the enemy sued Fang Guozhen for collusion with Cai Luantou. Fang Guozhen could only kill the enemy, and together with her brother, gathered more than a thousand people to rebel." Jiang Gui sighed, "If he didn't rebel, the whole family would have been wiped out a long time ago."
Li Congrong was startled.
Jiang Gui added: "I heard that the White Lotus Sect and Ming Sect are also taking action now."
"Anyway, there is no place for peace."
"There's another folk song, I'll sing it to you." Jiang Gui cleared his throat, "Mo Dao Shiren has one eye, provoking the Yellow River to rebel."
"What does this mean?" Li Congrong expressed his confusion, "Does it mean that a stone man with only one eye can stir up the Yellow River?"
"As long as it can be provoked, the world will be turned upside down?"
Jiang Gui also laughed: "The Yellow River has burst its dyke three times in four years."
Lin Yuan: "What if a stone man with one eye was actually dug out?"
Everyone suddenly looked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan said seriously: "If someone accidentally finds a one-eyed stone man buried under the yellow sand."
Jiang Gui was stunned: "Then this is God's rebellion!"
Lin Yuan: "What if the stone man was buried by a human?"
"Folk songs are naturally passed down by people, and they must be passed down when they are passed on." Lin Yuan, "It's like the story of Emperor Gaozu of Han who killed the White Snake and revolted, and the story of Emperor Bai and Emperor Chi."
Li Congrong: "Where is the story? It must be true!"
Lin Yuan: "..."
Okay, I can't understand it with this head.
In this age of widespread feudal superstition, it is science that is said to have a diseased mind.
Yang Zian then said, "The folk songs have already spread. If there is a stone man in the world, someone will definitely rise up. Now the people are suffering, the hungry people are everywhere, and the sky is a sign, and naturally some people will follow."
Lin Yuan nodded: "Next year, the stone man should appear in the world."
Jiang Gui answered, "What shall we do then?"
Li Congrong was the only one on the side with a confused expression. He understood every word. How could he not understand when he rubbed it
Lin Yuan: "I happen to be talking with you. Last time I asked my second brother to go to Xinghua and found me a person named Zhang Sijiu. This person was originally a Yanmin from Xinghua, from Taizhou, Xinghua and Gaoyou. , These three places are all rich and prosperous places, and further away, there are Changshu, Huzhou, Songjiang and other places.”
Yang Zian touched his chin and said, "I'm afraid... the journey is long and difficult to attack."
Lin Yuan: "Don't be afraid. Xinghua Yanmin is suffering. Rather than attacking from the outside, it is better to disintegrate from the inside."
Jiang Gui clapped his hands: "Wonderful! This plan is very good, but I don't know who to call it?"
Li Congrong finally came to his senses now, and he asked dumbly, "You... are you talking about going to fight Xinghua? Then, isn't that a rebellion?"
Lin Yuan, Yang Zian, Jiang Gui looked at each other, and finally Jiang Gui explained.
"If the Stone Man doesn't show up next year, we naturally don't have to oppose it." Jiang Gui almost broke it into pieces and said to him, "But if the Stone Man does appear, everyone who has the courage will oppose it. Just guarding this Zhuangzi and stuffing other people's teeth?"
Li Congrong nodded blankly, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Lin Yuan coughed: "Brother Dao, what are you thinking?"
Li Congrong didn't think about it, and said directly: "I didn't think about anything."
Just frightened, in a daze.
Jiang Gui said, "I didn't dare to think about it before I went out! After I went out for a walk, I realized that everyone is talking about this now."
"Especially in the business sector, many of them are connected with the White Lotus Sect and the Ming Sect."
Lin Yuan thought for a while, and felt that businessmen are indeed the smartest people.
And they are very courageous. As long as there is interest, Longtan Tiger Den will dare to break into it, give them a crowbar, and they can tilt the entire earth.