Chapter 247 Go to settle down
Once the end of the year passes, winter goes and spring comes, but the coldness of spring is steep, and the coldness when the snow melts is even more than three points in winter.
In the past, border-walled forts like Hekou Fort are often the time when the old and the weak are the least likely to get over, and there are always people who are frozen to death.
But this year, no one died of starvation in the entire Hekou Fort. Even those old people in their sixties were blushing and could do some hard work in the fort.
Even the forts near Hekou Fort have benefited. Throughout the winter, the craftsmen in Hekou Fort have not only burned bricks and cement, but also made many coal stoves. After the end of the year, they were brought to the nearby forts for sale. After Gao Jin won the victory in Gubei Village, he brought a large amount of coal back and made them into honeycomb coal and sold them together.
Of course, the military households below the forts near Hekou Fort are so poor that they can afford to spend a few dollars to buy coal stoves. In the end, they were all sold on credit and signed a bunch of notes, which said that after the spring begins, these families will have to work to Hekou Fort to work and repay.
However, the so-called work-based repayment was just a gimmick. As the first group of young and strong people from the surrounding fortresses arrived at Hekou Fort to help build roads, the three-meal service staff deducted the debts of coal stoves and coal, and they still had money to take them. Everyone was moved to Hekou Fort to settle down.
So when several boldly asked the servants in charge of the supervisor, they learned that Hekou Fort could not help but flee to settle down, but the land that was renovated belonged to Gao Ye, but the rent was only 30% charged. The remaining Gao Ye was willing to buy it with cash. In addition, there were no miscellaneous taxes. Anyone who needed manpower to repair bridges and roads in the fortress had to pay wages.
For those military households who are so poor that they have to make a living by borrowing every year, but in the end they are overwhelmed by profits, either become fugitives or go to serve as tenants for Baihu Mansions and wealthy families, Hekou Fort is simply a paradise, without any harsh donations and miscellaneous comments, borrowing without usury, and having money to get work, so fools don’t come.
So when the Sanhe Dirt Road infrastructure on the main road from Huilongwan to Fortzhai was built, the military households who returned home fled to Hekou Fort one after another, and they also praised the good place like Hekou Fort.
In just half a month, nearly 100 military households settled in Hekou Fort in the nearby fortress, with a population of 500. Gao Jin was unwilling to accept this. All the young and strong men were disrupted and arranged to continue to build a dam in Huilong Bay.
With more than 30,000 yuan of cash silver in his hand, Gao Jin's heart suddenly became much more energetic. Hekou Fort was close to Kuye River. When the dam in Huilongwan was built, it would be able to reclaim and irrigate no less than 10,000 acres of fertile land. As long as he had the strength to protect the entire Hekou Fort from the disaster, he could also reclaim more fertile land.
For those military households who settled down, building a dam made them even more excited. Everyone knows what it means after the dam is built. There is no need to work hard to get water and farm. The farm is all good irrigated land. The harvest in this land is not comparable to the dry land they used to cultivate. Not to mention that the high-ranking master only collects 30% of the rent, even 50% of them are willing.
Facing the military households in the fortress, the hundreds of households dared not speak out. Although everyone was a hundred households, who was the big one from the wall was the direction of the wall. It was not that no one went to Shenmu Fort to complain to Xu Tong, a thousand households. However, although Xu Tong did not like Gao Jin, he would not stir up Gao Jin for such a trivial matter, and he was also happy to see the hundreds of households and Gao Jin’s feud.
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Malinzhai is the closest place to Hekou Fort and the place where military households escape the most.
On the side of Liu San were a group of military households in the same village who were carrying their families. They all held sharpened wooden spears in their hands, while several hunters were holding bows and arrows toward the horse team in front. Several local dogs in the team were also baring their teeth and shouting.
It was originally a good thing for military households to flee to abdicate the land and land. However, if all the military households under their jurisdiction fled, then who will farm and who will respond, let alone if there is a war and need to go out, it will be a big trouble if the shortage of soldiers cannot be compensated.
So even though he was extremely impatient, Lin Shun, a hundred households in Malin Village, still did not let his subordinates use force directly to kill all the mud legs in front of him, that is, the horse team charged back and forth a few times. But who would farm and pay the rent after the death of a person? Today is not as good as before. Gao Yanluo, who killed that day, had kidnapped more than 30 families alone. At present, the mud legs in each village are ready to move.
"Liu San, I will say it again. Now I will take your people back to the village and farm honestly. I will not care about your crime of being traitorous. Otherwise, I will not blame my subordinates for being ruthless in their swords and guns later."
Lin Shun, who was riding on a tall horse, shouted loudly with a gloomy face. The dozen servants behind him all looked impatient. They stared straight at the slightly beautiful young women in the team opposite, waiting for their master to start a massacre, so they hoped that Liu San on the other side would continue to stand up.
"Boss, why not forget it!"
Behind Liu San, his wife hugged two and a half-grown kids and said in fear that although the Baihu master only brought about a dozen servants and did not bring the official troops in the village, everyone knew that the family horse team raised by the Baihu master was the most capable and fiercest in the village.
Hearing Liu San's words, the other military households also looked hesitant and looked at Liu San. The hundred-household masters and servants on the opposite side were all wearing armor and riding tall horses. The wooden guns in their hands were used to give themselves courage. If they really fought, the bows and arrows of the two hunters might cause some damage, but what's the use? When the opposite horse team rushes to fight, they will die!
Thinking of death, everyone's yearning for a good life in Hekou Fort suddenly faded away. A military household spoke with a pale face, "Brother Liu, why don't we go back to the village, since the master of a hundred households..."
"Go back?" Liu San gritted his teeth and looked at the people around him who were angrily retreating. He originally secretly took his wife to Hekou Fort. They said they wanted to go to Hekou Fort with him, so he became the leader. Now they are afraid. If he believes Lin's words, he is a fool. When he returns to the village, others may be fine, but he will definitely be settled by Qiu Hou, so he can't think of a good ending.
"When you go back, you continue to be a beast who is worse than a cattle and horse. I may be sure that the wife will be insulted by the beast opposite one day. In the end, she either freezes to death or starves to death. If you want to go back, you will go back."
Liu San shouted angrily, and his words immediately made Lin Shun on the opposite side feel murderous. Such mud legs are not good mud legs. Isn't it good to be a pig or dog obediently? I have to straighten my waist and want to be a human being, and don't urinate and take a look. Is it a good match?
"If you don't want to die, go back to the village, otherwise you will be this Liu San's accomplice."
Lin Shun took the bow next to the saddle and shouted loudly. The servants behind him were carrying the reins of the horse and acted as if they wanted to charge. They immediately scared the military households in the same village beside Liu San to scatter birds and beasts, and in the end there were only two hunters left.
"It's stubborn."
He cursed, Lin Shun took the bow and took an arrow at Liu San, and he didn't go to the vital point. Since he wanted to kill someone to establish his authority, how could he let these three stubborn donkeys go easily?
However, Lin Shun's arrow fell into vain and was hit by another arrow halfway and was knocked away by the horses. At this time, the horse's hooves were thunderous, and a team of horses rode horses from not far away. More than twenty riders were all wearing black armor, horses and black armor, and they looked terrifying.
Seeing that the black knight who was leading the way was holding a bow in his hand, Lin Shun's face changed. This kind of shooting technique was also a top-notch sharpshooter in the border army. The servants behind him were also like frightened cats, each holding swords and guns in his hands, staring at the black horseback riding team that slowed down the horse speed.
"Gao Jin, what do you want to do? This is my place!"
When the team of black-armored knights galloped nearby and stopped, Lin Shun recognized that the person holding the bow was Gao Yanluo who killed thousands of swords. Lin Shun unconsciously made a sharp voice. He was obviously a questioning tone, but no one would think that he was a harsh person on his face.
"Lin Baihu, is this kingly land under the world? Is this Malin Village not the land of the Ming Dynasty? Is it impossible for me to come?"
Gao Jin was on the horse, coldly silenced Lin Shun, who looked like a frightened woman, and said with a sneer. Yang Dayan and the others lined up behind him, and the swords and guns were unsheathed. The fierce aura like an iron beast rushed over, pressing the servants on the opposite side almost breathless.
Lin Shun's forehead was leaping with blue veins. Gao Yanluo clearly used his power to suppress others, but he didn't dare to order to take action at all. It was not impossible for the hundreds of households here to fight for the benefits. As long as Gao Jin didn't kill him, he would make trouble in the Qianhu, and he was the only one who was embarrassed and laughed at.
Holding the reins tightly, Lin Shun almost squeezed his throat before making a sound, "Gao Jin, what do you want to do?"
"What are you doing?" Looking at Lin Shun, who was a man who was forced to be a real man, Gao Jin chuckled, then pointed the horse whip in his hand to the village ahead, and said, "I am a beautiful country in the Ming Dynasty and the scenery is infinite. Can't I come to enjoy the wind and see things?"
"Gao Jin, don't bully people too much!"
Lin Shun was about to be mad. Gao Yanluo was simply a son of humanity. He humiliated him in front of many people. He was clearly here to support Liu San's mud legs.
At this time, everyone was so angry that they didn't dare to take a breath. Looking at the confrontation between the horses on both sides, the military households who had left before were regretful at this time. If they had known that Gao Yanluo of Hekou Fort would come, they would not have left Liu San if they were beaten to death.
"Lin Baihu, if you have something to do, please don't worry about me."
Gao Jin looked dissatisfied, but Lin Shun was helpless. He didn't dare to fight with Gao Yanluo. At that time, the opposite side would kill all his subordinates. Who would he ask for? Without the servants as minions, he would not be able to sit steadily.
"Gao Jin, you are ruthless. I don't have the same knowledge as you. Humph, let's go!"
Lin Shun shook the reins of the horse, and the hero did not suffer any loss in front of him. As the saying goes, a step back will make the sky wider. Lin Shun has also studied in martial arts. There is really no need to argue with the country savage like Gao Jin in front of him, and he has no choice but to lose his identity.
Seeing Lin Shun who was walking away in shame, Gao Jin did not say anything, but rode his horse to Liu San and said to him and the two hunters, "You are very good. It's not easy to be a man these days. I went to Hekou Fort and worked hard, and I have your future."
"Thank you for helping me, my little life will be yours in the future."
Liu San knelt down with his wife and the two hunters followed suit. They knew in their hearts that if this high man had not arrived in time, they would have been afraid that their whole family would have told him here and be killed by Lin Shun to establish his authority.
"Everyone is up, we won't be able to do this."
Gao Jin received news that Lin Shun from Malin Village wanted to kill people and establish his authority and deter the military households from fleeing to Hekou Fort. He rushed over, but he didn't expect that he was just about to catch up.
"Brother Liu, we were wrong..."
Not far away, the military households gathered again knelt down pitifully towards Liu San. Everyone knew that they had abandoned Liu San and left just now, and they were afraid that this high man would be evil. At present, they only hope that Liu San could say something good for them because of the friendship between the same villages and villages.
"Tell them that I want to be a human being, I welcome you. I want to be a pig or dog who can't even resist."
Before Liu San could speak, Gao Jin threw down this sentence, but instead followed Lin Shun and the others' escape. He couldn't see the scenery every day, so he would just have fun today.
Chapter completed!