My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 297
Among the crowd, a dark-skinned man said with a longing look on his hoe: "That's a house built with red bricks. I've never lived in a brick house in my life! I didn't expect to escape to Lingnan, and A chance to live in a brick house.”

He giggled for a while as he spoke, and many people around him started laughing.

Xu Lin looked down upon these people's lack of knowledge.This looks like a refugee who has just arrived in Lingnan.

He puffed out his chest and said to Yourong, "What's the matter? If it hadn't been for the drought, we would still be able to eat meat!"

Someone immediately echoed: "No, I heard that the year was good last year, and the government-run workshops had meat every three days. It is also the drought this year, and the year is bad, so everyone has to tighten their belts to live."

Some newly arrived refugees found it incredible when they heard this, "You work in a workshop and you get some meat?"

"No! Many people are fighting over it to work in workshops, but workshops are not easy to get into, and people have high requirements." Xu Lin said: "But when it comes to good food, the best thing is to become a soldier."

Someone agreed: "I heard that the soldiers in the barracks are really well fed. Even if there is a drought now, those soldiers still have fishmeal to eat.

My aunt was crying when she sent her son to join the army. Now every time she talks about it, her face smiles like a flower.I heard that his son not only did not lose weight while serving as a soldier in the military camp, but actually grew stronger. "

Some people were moved, but quickly shook their heads and said: "That's not possible. Being a soldier is a job with your head in your belt. What's the use of eating well? Maybe after one meal, you will be dead the next time. This has nothing to do with breaking up." What’s the difference between the first meal?”

"Then you are wrong!" Xu Lin said: "Being a soldier under General Lu is different. Have you heard about the recent battle between us and Da Zhou? Do you know the final result?"

"Who doesn't know this! Of course we won a great victory." Many farmers cheered.

I thought he was going to say something new, but this is what happened.

Some time ago, the war broke out at the Cangwu Border Gate. The people in Lingnan were extremely nervous, fearing that the hard-won good days would come to an end. They paid attention to the war at the border gate every day.

They didn't feel relieved until they heard that General Xie led his troops to fight and defeated many with less, and captured many prisoners and came back to work.

"I know that everyone knows about our army's great victory, so naturally that's not what I want to say."

Xu Lin looked around at the crowd and said a little pretentiously: "Do you know what our casualties were in that battle?"

These words stopped everyone in their tracks. They only cared about whether they won or not and whether it would affect their lives.

Since they won the battle, they naturally didn't care much about anything else.

Xu Lin raised his voice proudly: "Don't you know? Let me tell you, in that battle, not only did our side win with a small number, but there were no casualties."

"This is impossible!"

They have never heard of a battle without death.

Moreover, General Xie only brought more than 1000 people to fight against Zhou's soldiers. Even if these soldiers were very brave with one against ten, the other party sent a full 1 people, which was more than them.

Xu Lin said: "Our soldiers eat well and have good medicine. Every injured soldier can receive good care and treatment, and of course there will be fewer casualties."

"Then why don't you become a soldier!"

Xu Lin chuckled and said very proudly: "To be honest, I am a soldier. Although I was not able to participate in the war at that time, I will definitely be able to fight next time."

His words made the farmers who were watching even more unconvinced, "How come you are a soldier and are farming?"

Xu Lin looked like you are too rare and strange, "Madam said, we want to set up a military camp. We will be self-sufficient in the future. The soldiers will farm when they are not going to war."

Many people are worried: "Now that the soldiers have come to farm, are there no workers in the fields? Then can we still live in the house that Madam built?"

"I'm sure I can live there. The soldiers in our military camp will not participate in any merit-based rewards." Xu Lin said: "Besides, there is so much land in Lingnan, I'm afraid it won't be possible without your cultivation? I heard someone say, Madam. I also sent a group of people out to find some kind of saline-alkali land, and I heard that this kind of land is also very suitable for growing this kind of wild rice."

"What? Madam has sent people to search for land again?" Many people became curious, "What is saline-alkali land?"

Xu Lin couldn't explain clearly what saline-alkali land was. We discussed it for a while, and soon the topic returned to houses.

But that night, several teenagers went to the thatched hut where Xu Lin lived part-time to ask about being a soldier.

The next day, several teenagers asked the steward to quit their temporary jobs and apply for the military recruitment office.

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On the sea, after Zhou Lei counted the supplies on the ship again, he approached Lu Shiyan with a heavy expression, "General, the supplies on the ship are about to be exhausted. We have to make a decision as soon as possible."

This time, Lu Shiyan took a group of soldiers to sea and fought with the enemy for several rounds.However, the other side relied on their superior land advantages and a cowardly fighting style to always block them on the sea and prevent them from entering Nan'an country.

Although, Lu Shiyan also relied on the rocket box to severely injure the opponent.But the space on the ship is limited, and the weapons that can be placed are also limited.

Today, they have very few rocket boxes left that they can use.

Zhou Lei resisted the pressure and said: "General, my subordinates ask the general to consider the overall situation and return first, and then seize the island after returning to replenish supplies.

Although we failed to attack the island several times before, during this time, we have already mastered a lot of information about them.When you are ready next time, you will definitely be able to take down Nan'an Kingdom in one fell swoop. "

only……

Zhou Lei looked at Lu Shiyan with some worry. Lu Shiyan's ship was robbed by pirates disguised as Nan'an, and he was probably locked up in a dungeon in Nan'an.

In order to attack the island, the general severely damaged the opponent. In order to vent his anger, the opponent might attack them.

Then his safety...

He dared not think about it.

What Zhou Lei could think of, Lu Shiyan could naturally think of.

It's not like he hasn't tried Huairou's methods, but they just don't work.

He rubbed his temples, feeling reluctant, but in the end he still considered the overall situation and quickly made a decision, "Let's set off and return first."

All the warships who received the order returned to Lingnan five days later.

Su received the news and hurried over.

Seeing his eldest son returning without success, he fainted immediately.The scene was in chaos. Jiang Tangtang did not bother to communicate with Lu Shiyan for the time being, and went to take care of his mother-in-law first.

Su's health was not serious, but she was worried too much and was hit again. Her body couldn't bear it for a while and she fainted.

When her eldest son transferred Xie Xin to Lingnan to take charge and led his troops to sea, she learned that her younger son's ship had an accident at sea and people were missing.

But the eldest son and daughter-in-law obviously kept it secret from her, obviously not wanting her to worry, and she didn't want to cause trouble to her son-in-law, so she kept pretending that she didn't know.

But how could she not worry about such a big thing as her youngest son's disappearance.

I had always hoped that the eldest son would lead the army to fight in person and bring the younger son back, but he didn't. Suddenly he couldn't bear the blow and fainted.

(End of this chapter)