Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1398 Migration Road ([-])

After scolding the eldest son, the rest of them also shrank back, not daring to show their heads.

Now the apricots are not yet yellow, and the wheat in the field has not yet been harvested, but the weather is already hot.

The few big elm trees outside the yard are also the inheritance left by the ancestors, and they are used for the wasteland.In case of a disaster, the elm trees in a personal home can save lives.

Under the shade of the elm trees, the faces of the whole family were all ugly.

The point is that the imperial court is extremely domineering in handling this matter. Those who want to move may not even have time to harvest the wheat.

Yesterday, the third daughter-in-law said something extravagant, saying that she had to leave anyway, and the wheat would not be reaped.Now that it has been filled with starch, and the yellow is not yet yellow, it is better to take it home and cook the green wheat to eat, or else it will be left in vain for those poor people who will not leave?Then the old man and mother-in-law scolded her head and face, scolding them with all kinds of ugly words, and she couldn't help crying all night.

Word came down from above that it was necessary to leave before the Dragon Boat Festival.Go to Jinan Prefecture to take a car to Jiaodong, and take a boat in Jiaodong to catch up with the wind.

They don't understand the specific things, they don't know what kind of car it is, and they don't know what chasing the wind means.

Even Linzi, where road paving, coal mining, iron smelting, and tobacco planting have already begun, is not too far away from here.

But this year, it is considered a distant event, and has nothing to do with them.

What matters in daily life is the people and things in the village.Marrying a wife and daughter is the farthest in the surrounding thirty or fifty miles.

And I also said, except for gold and silver, and one burden for each person, nothing else can be taken.Even if you take it, when you get there, you will smash it and burn it, and you are not allowed to take it on board.

Eat and drink water, and there are stations along the way to ensure that you will not be hungry.

It is said that a broken house is worth tens of thousands.

It is impossible to take away the pots and pans, tables, chairs and benches, and the few acres of fields in this house.

It's just a table and a box, maybe they are all old household items handed down from the ancestors.As a result, nothing was allowed.

The higher-ups also sent people to talk about it a few times, but it broke the sky, but it was useless.

Because this is a very real distress: the house can't be taken away?Can't you take the cupboard dishes with you?Can't you take the table and chairs with you?

Said to go there, so good, so good, really want to be so good, how come it's our turn?
The news came a few days ago that someone in the county was carrying a coffin to make trouble.As a result, before he even got to the county government office, he was beaten and smashed by a group of Qiuba, and asked each family to call the eldest son to the county government office.

The above even let out words, not to mention lifting the coffin, even if he really hanged himself, it would be useless.He hanged himself, and someone from above dug a hole to help him bury him.

Since last year, this place has been completely messed up.Taxes are completely exempted, and food is collected as usual, but it is not collected by merchants, but directly collected in the treasury.

Some wealthy households have already been forced to move away, and many tenant tenants followed them, pushing carts and pulling their belongings, and headed to the Kanto first.

Beginning this year, the middle-class families, that is, the owner farmers, will have to be tossed again.

After tossing until now, they are told that they must leave before the Dragon Boat Festival, and the wheat cannot be harvested.

In just one or two years, at least dozens of elderly people were pissed to death, and some actually hanged themselves in front of the county government office, but it didn't help at all.

Now Wang Long and others also know that it is really hard to resist, but now the old man just refuses to leave, saying that even if he dies, he must die in the old house, there is no way.

Under the shadow of the elm trees, some were crying, some were making noise, and some blind-eyed big yellow dogs came to get in the way, and were kicked away and howled.

During the commotion, there was another burst of gongs outside, shouting: "The house that is going to be moved, a person from the family, go to the county. There is something else."

After the sound of the gong, Wang Long cursed and shouted at his wife: "Did you hear that? Hurry up and pack me some dry food, I have to go again. There is a lot of trouble at home and urging outside, this day is really unbearable!" "

After venting his anger, the old man in the room shouted again: "Wait a minute, I'll go with you. Maybe there will be a high-ranking official in the county today, I don't believe it..."

When he said this, the sons were so frightened that they knelt down and begged: "Father, you can always rest at home, okay? If the big officials go, let alone you, they will be those with fame. What's the use of moving to Kanto?"

"It's unreasonable in this world."

After coaxing and begging, they finally settled down. Wang Long carried dry food and went to the county together with several other families in the village who had to move out.

When we got there, before we could inquire, we saw that the county was full of soldiers.Someone inquired, asked Wang Long according to a list, and asked Wang Long to write a name and sign it, and asked them to go to a camp over there together.

Arriving at the camp in a panic, Wang Long was also a little scared. Today's formation is really different from the past.

Surrounded by soldiers, holding guns with bayonets hanging on them, it was extremely chilling.

After walking past, no one cared, a group of people squatted down in a random place, just like drinking soup at home at night, but they didn't hold their rice bowls.

Those who know each other will gather together to smoke a cigarette and ask each other.

Those who don't know much, just stay with the people in the village.

Not long after Wang Long squatted down, he saw a few people approaching from a distance.Seven or eight big men with big arms and round waists surrounded a middle-aged man who looked about 50 or [-] years old. He looked like a high-ranking official, and he had never seen it before.

When he got close to him, the senior official just stopped in his tracks and asked which village Wang Lung was from.

Wang Long was not afraid of people, what he was afraid of was the ostentation and ceremonies of the officials and lords. There was no ceremonial guard and no one shouted for silence.

After asking, the second question asked by the official was also strange.

"Why did people in this county tell you about the emigration and the Yellow River? Do you know why they have to emigrate?"

Wang Long nodded repeatedly. He had heard the truth no less than twenty times, and now he can recite it fluently.Just drawing a map of the direction of the Yellow River, he has seen it several times, and the teacher of the private school will explain it to them every now and then.It is said that the above money was collected.

After answering, the official didn't ask nonsense such as "would you like to move?" Instead, he asked, "Are your parents here?"

"exist."

"Have you read a book?"

"Know a few words."

"Well. Parents don't want to go?"

"Uh……"

Wang Long thought for a while, nodded and said: "My lord, my parents are not willing to leave. I'm too old, I'm afraid I can't stand the toss along the way. I heard that we have to take a boat. Where have we ever been on a sea boat in our life? There are several brothers in the family. One, can you keep one, here for parents to take care of themselves when they die?"

Unexpectedly, the other side asked: "What do you rely on to provide for the elderly? The land will be expropriated to dig rivers and lake embankments. Is it possible to rely on begging for food to provide for the elderly? You can do it if you don't want to. It is impossible to plant the land. Since you are expropriated, it must be Those who want to do engineering with you."

After all, the official said: "They are all raised by our parents. We will not be so old and foolish that we have to go. They are only 60 years old at most. The toss is toss, but we can stand it." .Since I have chosen you, I know that there is no one in your family who is aged or in his late teens."

"Since you say that, it means you are filial. If you are really filial, then you will have to go even if you are bound."

"Let me tell you clearly, you have to leave now. If you don't leave now, you will have to weave and repair embankments in the future, and the women will also have to weave and weave. How can you go now and have food and drink?"

Wang Long sighed: "Master, you said that everything is good, everything is good. But the toss along the way... I have also heard that if the Yellow River is not well controlled, it will burst sooner or later. I have heard the truth a hundred times. Yes. But isn’t it still broken? Well, it’s been a hundred years of stable life…”

He gritted his teeth and finally spoke his mind.

"If you want me to say, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. If we really break our mouths in the future, it will be the fate of our children and grandchildren. Why bother us? If we really break our mouths, we can't accept our fate?"

"Besides, since I was born, I have never heard that the Yellow River is going to Shandong. Neither has my father, nor my grandfather... If you don't toss the Yellow River, you may not be able to burst; You don’t have to rush here, do you?”

"My lord, it's not easy. It's so easy to hope that the water transportation will be over, the canal corvee will stop, and this Anshan Lake will be reclaimed. I thought the good days are coming. How come it's not been a few years, and I've been tossing again?"

(End of this chapter)