Disastrous year!Before the whole family is wiped out, a little blessing falls from the sky!

Halfway through the sentence, suddenly there was a banging sound of a rattle in the distance, causing the two old brothers to turn their heads and look over.

It turned out that a salesman was walking from a distance carrying a load.

The salesman held a rattle in his hand and swayed as he walked. The load on his shoulders was heavy, obviously he had brought a lot of goods.

Xu Shi looked at the old man's attention. The salesman smiled all over his face and shouted, "Uncle, I have brought a lot of new goods. Do you want to see them?"

Tai Sanye anxiously asked what happened, and said, "No, brother, please go to Zhangjia Village as soon as possible. We are busy with the autumn harvest here, and no one has time!"

While he was talking, the salesman had already walked up to him and persuaded with a smile, "Uncle, let's take a look. I'll keep the goods you like from me!"

Third Master Tai frowned and was about to refuse, but the old man recognized him. This was not a salesman, he was clearly Xizi!Kang Cheng's personal attendant!

He quickly gave his brother a hand and responded with a smile, "Okay, brother, just put down your burden and take a drink of water, and we will also pick one or two."

Xizi quickly put down the burden and quickly opened the two wooden boxes, revealing needles, thread, and some snacks such as pine nut candies.

When the old man lowered his head and pretended to choose, Xizi lowered his voice and spoke quickly in his ear.

"Old man, our young master sent me here to deliver a message. In five or six days, the county government will issue an order to collect corvee labor. One will be drawn from every two men. It is still hard labor for repairing the palace and official roads. The family can avoid it. You must get out of here as soon as possible. It is better to be fined than to do corvee labor when the time comes! Remember, remember!"

The expressions of the old man and Tai Sanye immediately changed. The old man was a little prepared because of his granddaughter's warning, and Tai Sanye almost jumped up.

Why is it that corvee labor is required during the autumn harvest? It is still deadly hard labor!
The old man pulled his brother away and lowered his voice and replied, "Go back and thank your young master for me, so that he doesn't have to worry about it. The family will make arrangements. Also, because you came here in disguise like this, is your young master in any trouble?"

Xizi was surprised by the old man's keenness. After thinking for a while, he responded vaguely, "No, there are a lot of noble people coming to our young master. The entourage of those noble people have already come to the front station. The young master doesn't want them to notice you here, so I dressed up as The salesman will take a trip."

"That's good." The old man felt reassured and told him, "Go back early and let him not worry about it. Everything is fine at home. If he needs help from home for anything, just ask."

Xizi nodded, then raised his voice again, took a handful of coins from the old man's hand, and left behind two packs of pine nut candies and a pack of tobacco leaves!

After Xizi went to Zhangjia Village with the rattle, Mr. Tai finally found the exit after holding back for a long time.

"Lao Liu, what's going on? Isn't this Xizi a follower of the eldest daughter-in-law's nephew? How did they know that they were going to collect corvees? Where did the noble people come from who needed to collect corvees to build roads and practice palaces?"

The old man smiled bitterly and waited for the elder brother to finish before responding, "Third brother, I can't tell you the identity of the nephew of the eldest daughter-in-law for the time being. There are too many things involved and I can't tell you at the moment.

"But the news he sent cannot be false. We need to speed up the autumn harvest, and then let the caravan set off quickly to take away all the laborers in the village. At least openly let everyone know that our village has no one! In this way, when When we pay a fine, no one objects."

"Yes, yes, this is a big deal!" Mr. Tai nodded repeatedly and started to make calculations at that time, "Compared with money, life is the most important! Others don't know, don't we know? My father died in the labor service. Got it!"

Mr. Tai's mind quickly turned around and he responded, "Hurry up for the autumn harvest, prepare the seeds, and ask the villagers to join the convoy to deliver the seeds. Then some of them will secretly return to live in the mountains. They can take care of things in the village and will not be arrested." Go and do corvee service." "Also, the news must not be leaked. If it spreads and everyone runs away, it will be troublesome for us to trace it. Not only people from other villages, but also our tribe cannot tell! It is best to wait and sneak back secretly. Talk to them again when the time comes.

"Otherwise, the men in the clan will be fine, and the women in each family will miss their natal brothers, and I'm afraid they won't be able to keep their secrets, and will do bad things!"

Mr. Tai sighed and looked at the fields and mountains in the distance.

If possible, he would also like to protect all the familiar and unfamiliar villagers around him.

But the ability is limited, and there is a difference between near and far!
Now, he can only take care of his own family and clan!

Mr. Tai's heart was also heavy. In front of him was a busy autumn harvest, a time of hard work and happiness.

But in a few days, when the news of the corvee conscription comes out, there will probably be cries everywhere!
According to the law, corvées were provided by the officials with food and drink, and the common people contributed their efforts, and even received some wages.

But rules are dead and people’s hearts are greedy!

As long as the common people go to do corvee labor, not to mention the wages, three meals a day will be turned into one meal, and it is gruel that is light and refreshing!
He didn't have enough food or sleep, and he had to endure heavy labor and be whipped and scolded!
If the family is better off, they can barely save their lives by bringing some dry food.

If your family is poor and you don't have enough to eat, you can only resign yourself to fate. If one of the last three dies, it will be considered luck!
Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and corvee is even more fierce than a tiger!
There is also one of the most powerful demons in the corvee season, which is Qiu Yu.

One autumn rain and another cold, if they get wet and freeze, the people will die from exhaustion or illness!
The two old brothers finally relaxed their mood. They looked at each other and saw the determination in each other's eyes!

Even if the family is ruined by a fine of silver, the lives of the clan members must be saved!

In the fields in the distance, the young and old in the village were still sweating, working hard to harvest a year's hard work, completely unaware that their lives were almost harvested...

In the blink of an eye, all the corn was harvested in two days, including Zhangjiacun, Liujiacun and Sanchahe.

After all, each family worked hard, and the two hundred soldiers brought by He Xiong were even more powerful helpers.

Mr. Tai used the excuse that he was afraid that people would rush to replace the corn seeds, so he urged everyone to prepare the supplies for the border guards, then immediately loaded the trucks and made arrangements to set off early the next morning.

The old and young in the village were so tired that they wished they could lie down and sleep on the ground for three days and three nights without getting up. They all begged the old man to let them rest first, not less than two days.

But neither the old man nor Mr. Tai San agreed.

Mr. Tai San even held his pipe and shouted, "What do you know! Mr. Banxian'er in the city sent someone to deliver a message, saying that it will rain heavily soon. Our corn is just left outside, and it won't get wet in the rain." Is it moldy?
"Hurry up and pack it up and send it to the border. Let's not worry about it and collect the money early. Otherwise, it will be wasted and we will regret that we don't have anywhere to buy medicine!"

As soon as the young and old in the village heard this, they felt less tired and became busy again as if they had been given a shot of blood. (End of chapter)