Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 155 A good place for military training
The wind in the village at night was full of dejection. Yang Lizheng walked around the village, persuaded many old people who wanted to commit suicide, and then returned home with a sigh.

"Dad, Uncle Jiye came to see you just now and sent a message. He said that a colleague of the Yin family in the county government quietly sent the news, saying that a new order will be issued soon in the city. I heard what the county magistrate meant. , King Yan will soon issue a conscription order, ordering each household to send at least one young man to join the army. "

"We haven't thought of a way to dodge the tax knife. Now a new knife will be placed on our people's heads. Dad, where is the way for us people to survive now?"

Yang Lizheng sighed deeply and asked his eldest son to find the heads of the other two families.

A quarter of an hour later, the heads of the Sun family and the Wu family came over.

If Ke Muqing were here at this time, he would definitely find that these two old men had become horribly thin after not seeing each other for nearly a month.

Yang Lizheng also told the two of them the news sent by the Lou family, and then said, "We have to leave too. If we continue to stay in Yan County, we can only wait for death. If we don't leave now, we will wait until King Yan comes to his senses." It is easy for old and weak women to leave, but it is difficult for young men to leave."

"Brother Yang, where can we go if we leave here?" The head of the Wu family sighed, "It was already a lean period, so we were waiting for new grains to be harvested, but now the fields are harvestless and our hands are empty, where can we go? Can you survive?”

"How can we live if we don't leave? Who can afford the tax? If you can't afford it, the whole family will go to jail. Can the county government still manage the food of those in jail? Shouldn't they go in and wait for death?"

Patriarch Sun said, "Let's go, staying here will only lead to death. If we leave, we can still take one step at a time. If it doesn't work, we will beg for it all the way from the village. If we can't find it, there will be grass to eat on the roadside, but there will be no grass to eat." Tutu, as long as he can get out of Yan County, he might be able to find a way out."

Patriarch Sun said with emotion, "Brother Yang, you still have the foresight. Several children in your family followed Mrs. Ke and her party to go south first. Whether they can learn or not, at least they can survive. They have been gone for a month. There are also government officials accompanying us, so we shouldn’t have to worry about a bite to eat.”

Yang Lizheng knew the worries of Patriarch Wu. Now every household probably had less than two kilograms of grain in stock. He left the village without food on the way, and he died on the way after leaving the village.

If it's all about death, it would be better to die in the hometown where you were born and raised.

"Jiye Niang quietly told me something before she left." Yang Lizheng said, "Her father has a long-term view of the locust plague and guessed that those of us who stayed in the village would not be able to escape this disaster. Jiye Niang left She left life-saving food for us in front of the village and hid it in her cellar. "

"She left the key to her cellar to me when she left. Before the Lou family moved in, I went to the Yang family's cellar to see it. Mrs. Ke left a chance for our fellow villagers to survive."

Yang Lizheng said, "Staying here will only lead to death. We might as well leave Yan County with this little food and go south. Maybe we can meet Ke Xiucai and his party."

Yang Lizheng's words surprised Patriarch Wu and Patriarch Sun.

The two of them stood up in a hurry, "Mrs. Ke actually left food for us villagers?"

Patriarch Wu asked, "How many are there? Can we go to the cellar and have a look?"

"Let's go, I'll take you to have a look." Yang Li was going back to the house to get the key.

When he came out, Patriarch Wu asked worriedly, "Sisters Lou and Xiuxiang have moved in. We..."

Yang Lizheng knew what the two of them were worried about, "Don't worry, Mrs. Ke is doing things well. She prepared food for the villagers. She has told the Lou family and her girls that the Lou family and Xiuxiang's family are open to the public." "

Yang Li was leading the two of them out, asking them to relax and follow him along the way.

When they arrived at Yang's house, Yang Lizheng knocked on the door. It was Lou Guangdeng who opened the door. When he saw the three of them, he guessed what was going on and invited them into the yard with a smile.

"We..." Patriarch Wu explained sheepishly, "Let's see how much food there is." Lou Guangdeng smiled and said, "The cellar is over there. The eldest sister said she gave the key to Mr. Li Zheng."

Yang Lizheng patted Lou Guangdeng on the shoulder, then led the two of them towards the cellar, opened the cellar door, and let them go in first.

Patriarch Wu and Patriarch Sun bowed down and went in one after another.

The first person to go in was Patriarch Wu. When he saw the piles of sacks in the cellar, his eyes almost popped out of his head.

The Yang family's yard is very large, and the cellar is naturally not small either.

"Brother Yang, is this bag full of grain?" Patriarch Wu couldn't believe it.

"I've seen it. In addition to the grain, there is also some salt." Yang Lizheng said, "I feel relieved after seeing it? With all this grain, are you afraid of starving to death on the way out of Yan County?"

Patriarch Sun's bony hands touched the sacks containing grain, and his lifeless eyes suddenly burst out with a longing for life. "It's hard for Mrs. Ke. She has gone south, but she still misses us fellow villagers."

"How much money does it cost to buy so much food? Mrs. Ke and her family still have money to spend all the way? I'm afraid they will spend all their wealth here and leave it to us villagers."

Patriarch Sun's eyes felt hot, and he didn't know how to express his gratitude to Ke Muqing at this moment.

Who wants to die if he can live?

Lou Guangdeng stood at the door of the cellar and said, "Sister told us before we left that we should make dry food and take it with us on the road. The later we leave, the less peaceful the road will be."

"That's the truth." Yang Lizheng nodded and continued with the two of them, "You can discuss it with the clan members tomorrow morning. If possible, set a time to set off. If there are people who don't want to leave, we won't force them. But our Yang family will definitely leave."

Patriarch Wu and Patriarch Sun nodded in agreement. When they followed Yang Lizheng and left the Yang family, it seemed that the burden on their shoulders was much lighter and their backs were straighter.

Yang Lizheng thought that the food tax and the upcoming recruitment had already pushed the common people to a dead end.

But I didn't expect that the village would face a greater disaster because of Ke Zhaodi.

Early the next morning, Ke Zhaodi, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly entered the village with people from Prince Yan's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the village, Ke Zhaodi took people to see the three wells in the village.

When Yang Lizheng rushed over after hearing the training, he saw Ke Zhaodi asking for credit with King Yan's staff.

"I told you that our village is a geomantic treasure, right? Look, these three wells can still produce water! These three wells are so deep that they cost fifty taels of silver."

Ke Zhaodi said this as if she had spent fifty taels of silver to build the three wells in the village.

After saying that, she pointed to where the Yang family was and said, "There is also a well in the Yang family's yard that can also produce water, so there are still four wells available in this village. Is this place a good place for military training? ?”