There is a large piece of reclaimed land outside Guihua City, and this year's summer wheat has been planted on it. By the autumn, high-quality wheat can be harvested, and the people in the city can also eat big and fat bowls of wide noodles.

Thinking about the people in the city made me feel very beautiful. At this time, in the fields, the farmers were holding hoes and preparing to go back to the city.

"Hey, Lao Wang, let's go."

At this time, a farmer shouted loudly, "Lao Wang was still hoeing the ground and dealing with weeds at this time. These damn weeds always want to compete with his wheat seedlings for land and nutrients. This is very annoying. The weeds must be eradicated before they can grow."

His wheat grows better and yields more wheat.

Guihua City is good now. He used to live in Mizhi County in northern Shaanxi. That place was really poor. It was so poor that the county magistrate even wore pants with his buttocks exposed. Of course, they didn't know the situation at first.

Later, a big bandit came out of the county, named Li Hongji. Oh, by the way, some people call him Li Zicheng now. He led troops into Mizhi County, and then they found 10,000 taels of silver in the house of the county magistrate who was wearing ragged clothes.

Ten thousand taels, two big boxes, and white silver ingots. At that time, he took a look at it from a distance and felt that his heart was beating faster. He didn't know why the damn magistrate was so rich, why he was wearing pants.

It still needs to be patched.

Later, it became even more interesting. The county magistrate was captured by the big thief Li Hongji, and Li Zicheng showed his head to the public and hung his head above the city gate. He even applauded at that time.

As for why you are applauding? I don’t know. Anyway, I feel a sense of relief when my parents’ officials are killed. Maybe it’s a kind of hatred towards these tyrannical county officials in the past.

In fact, not only county officials, Lao Wang thinks that any official in the Ming Dynasty should be applauded when he is beheaded, regardless of whether the person is good or bad. Besides, are there any good officials in the Ming Dynasty these days?

The county magistrate was killed. Lao Wang thought he was about to live a good life, but he didn't expect disaster. The magistrate died. Li Zicheng got money, but not food. In recent years, there have been famines every year. Where

There is still food for the army, but there is not enough food for everyone, and there is even less food for the county government's official warehouse.

Then, Li Zicheng's army was also short of food. At first, Li Zicheng said that everyone was a fellow villager, and he used money to buy it. But no matter how good the money is these days, there can only be a mouthful of food. After all, when you are hungry, you can buy it with money.

One bite of a wheat bran mixed-noodle steamed bun will make one's stomach full, but I have never seen anyone bite one bite of silver and one's stomach will be full.

Therefore, everyone was unwilling to trade with Li Zicheng, and then the disaster began. When Li Zicheng saw that his troops could not exchange for food, he immediately turned his back and began to send people to rob door to door. If people did not give them, he would kill people, and then

Burn this family's house and tell the family that you are helping them.

Only by burning down the houses and everything can the big guys follow the army. If they follow the army, they can rob the next county town. There is food, meat, silver, and women there. If you want them, I can give them to you.

So the whole Mizhi County was in ruins. All the people in the county were looted by the bandits. The sixty-year-old mother of the old Wang family was hacked to death by the bandits. The hateful bandit even said to himself with a smile: "Congratulations, brother,

If this old gangster dies, even if you survive, follow the commander, kill officers and soldiers, and grab food, good times will come."

After saying that, a group of beasts around them held their fists and laughed, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Listening to the harsh laughter of the people around him and looking at his mother lying in a pool of blood, Lao Wang's mentality collapsed. But when thieves want to hijack the people, who can escape?

So Lao Wang was coerced by the bandits and joined the bandits, but Lao Wang hated them. So during an operation to rob the county town, Lao Wang ran away. Li Zicheng did not pursue him, so Lao Wang ran away.

From thieves to refugees.

But the days of fleeing were not easy. There was no food or water. Just when Lao Wang thought he was going to starve to death, he met a group of people. They said they would recruit people to open up wasteland and grow food in the fortress. Every three acres of wasteland would be cleared.

, you can get an acre yourself, and you don’t have to pay taxes. The most important thing is that as long as you are willing to go, others will take care of the food now.

Taking care of food, for Lao Wang at that time, taking care of food was a big deal. In the eyes of Lao Wang at that time, besides food, it was land. As for other wives and children, that was something that the landlord could not do.

He will never be able to survive this life.

So he followed a caravan to Guihua City. After arriving here, they were assigned a house. They were usually responsible for clearing wasteland, and then they could also help build the city wall. There were Han chiefs here, and they said they were from Lantian.

Lao Wang of Lantian has heard that it is a paradise-like place in southern Shaanxi. It is said that the master there is an honest official and treats the people very well. The people there live like gods.

Lao Wang once wanted to go there to escape, but there were Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang's army of bandits in between. Lao Wang was afraid that he would be trapped by the army again and become a pawn and ashes of cannons, so he did not dare to go.

As a result, he came to this land by accident. Lao Wang was very happy, so he worked hard to open up wasteland. This prairie was too vast, and a group of people could only open up a small area. For example, he worked hard to open up wasteland.

He got fifteen acres of land, so he got five acres of land, five acres of land of his own.

It's a pity that the Mongols still had the final say in Guihua City at that time. Although with the help of the li chief and the big li chief, the Han people were gradually bullied less and less, but the Mongols still did not regard the Han people as human beings, and kept shouting at people like themselves: "

Despicable slave."

The old king was so angry that he wanted to fight with them, but he didn't. The Lantian army arrived, captured the Mongols, and killed more than 3,000 Tatars. When he was collecting the Tatar corpses, he took a sneak look at the corpses.

It covered half of the wasteland, and the blood dyed the grass dark red.

It's better now. We have land and enough food to eat. The Mongolians have also been arrested by the county magistrate. We no longer have to watch them yell at us. Good times are coming soon, and the happiest person is our neighbor Aunt Zhang.

He also found a matchmaker for himself, and she was a girl from the Ma family on the next street. I once took a look at her from a distance, and she was very capable, with a big butt, and she looked like she was fertile.

Our Lao Wang’s happy time is coming, and I feel happy just thinking about it. However, the Ma family said they wanted a gift of ten taels of silver. This is not enough, but it’s almost there. I have worked hard in the past three years, selling grain to the Chamber of Commerce, and saved some.

The silver is about eighty taels. Wait until this year, when the wheat is ripe, and keep your own rations. The rest can be sold to the chamber of commerce, and the betrothal gift will be enough.

When the time comes, I will be able to find a wife. Thinking about it, Lao Wang is very excited. Life is getting better little by little. Thinking about it, Lao Wang feels very happy.

But now the weeds in the field are their biggest enemies. These damn weeds are desperately trying to absorb the nutrients of the wheat. If they absorb the nutrients of the wheat, the wheat will not grow. If the wheat cannot grow, you will not be able to grow.

If you can't sell it for money, if you can't sell it for money, the bride price won't be enough, and the girl from the Ma family can't marry.

Not being able to marry a girl from the Ma family meant that he had to be a bachelor. Thinking about this, Lao Wang felt a little sad.

I have nothing to do with weeds!

This is what Lao Wang shouted in his heart, and the surrounding farmers walked out of the fields one after another. Some people asked Lao Wang to go with him, but Lao Wang insisted on clearing the weeds in the field before leaving. He didn't want to think about these damn things for a day.

They grow in the ground.

The farmers slowly left their crops. There were patrolling soldiers in the distance. The soldiers looked at the time. Guihua City had strict farming orders. The period from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day was the farming season, and people could leave the city.

Carry out farming.

You must stay in the city the rest of the time, because the city gate will be closed at this time. As a city on the fortress, Guihua City may face attacks from Mongolian horsemen or horse bandits on the grassland at any time. Therefore, every time you go out to farm, Guihua City will

Send troops to protect.

The soldiers usually withdraw their troops at three o'clock and urge the people to return to the city, because it is still nearly half an hour away from Guihua City.

The soldiers had to leave early to avoid delaying the closing of the city gate.

The people will also follow the rules and regulations of Guihua City, and no one will mess around. But today, Lao Wang was in a hurry to get a wife, so he did not go back on time.

Soldiers only have the right to guard, not to manage. They will be stationed on time, but they will not count how many farmers came out today. After all, this project is too large, and you must know that these farmers do not come and leave on time.

Some farmers set out with the first army at six o'clock in the morning, then finished their work at eight o'clock in the morning and walked back. Some went out for a stroll at seven o'clock and came back at ten o'clock.

Some people go at one o'clock in the afternoon and return at three o'clock in the afternoon, but it is different. If you check the numbers of people coming and going, there will always be mistakes and you will be too busy, so you tell the people the time firmly and ask the soldiers to tell them before they leave.

I have to shout: "It's two fifty, pack up and leave!"

At this time, the people followed them out of the farmland and rushed back, but today Lao Wang didn't listen. He wanted the city gate to close on time at four o'clock. Every time he returned to the city with the army, it was only half past three, and there were still two quarters of an hour left.

, I will definitely be done with the little bit of land I have left in two quarters of an hour. By then, I will run all the way back and I will definitely be able to close the city gate in time.

Lao Wang was very confident and confident that he would be able to successfully catch up to the city gate, so he glanced at the army and began to retreat, and after the people began to return to the city, he did not react at all, but speeded up the process of hoeing the ground.

After the army left, the entire farmland area was quiet. When Lao Wang removed the last damn weed from his land, a happy smile appeared on his face, and he was still thinking about the great wheat harvest and harvest.

The happy scene of acquiring land, selling money, and marrying a wife.

At this time, Lao Wang was very satisfied, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and was about to leave with his hoe. But at this moment, Lao Wang saw a dozen cavalry appearing on the horizon in the distance. Seeing cavalry on the grassland was nothing.

It's a good thing that they were either horse bandits or Mongolian rangers. Lao Wang was frightened and ran away with his hoe.

The other party also discovered Lao Wang, shouted and chased after him. Two legs would definitely not be able to outrun four legs, and a man would definitely not be able to outrun a horse.

When the cavalry came after him, Lao Wang had already used all his strength to run. He glanced back and his blood instantly ran cold. They were a group of people with bare heads, leaving only an ugly hole in the center of their heads.

Little tail's head.

This thing is called the Money Rat Tail, which is the symbol of the Tatars. Seeing this scene, Lao Wang’s legs went weak. The Tatars turned out to be Tatars!

The Tatars are a symbol of fear to the people of the Ming Dynasty, just like the image of the Japanese during the war of aggression against China, they are synonymous with cruelty, bloodthirsty, and beasts.

Lao Wang was about to pee his pants at this time. When he saw clearly that it was a Tatar, Lao Wang knew it was over. At this moment, a gust of wind passed by him, and immediately after Lao Wang, he felt a tightness in his back, and he fell down.

In an instant, his whole body was lifted up, and his legs were lifted off the ground in an instant.

"Save~"

"Ahem!"

Just as Lao Wang was about to call for help, he was thrown violently onto his horse. The next moment, he heard a Tatar shout: "My lord has caught it, and finally caught the Han people's tongue!"

After hearing this, a big bald man in the cavalry laughed and said: "Let's go, take it back and ask, be careful, don't get her mother killed, I still want to know the information that the master wants from her mouth."

"

"Don't worry, sir, I have plenty of ways to deal with the Han people, and I will definitely make him feel comfortable, hahaha."

At this time, a Tatar cavalry laughed loudly and said with a big bald head: "Okay, retreat, damn it, the cavalry here in Guihua City are very powerful, be careful not to be discovered by them."

After speaking, the Tatar cavalry nodded, and then disappeared into the farmland area with Lao Wang.

Lao Wang's disappearance was discovered the next day by his neighbor Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang originally wanted to bring good news to Lao Wang, but it turned out that the old man of the Ma family relented and the bride price could be less, eight taels of silver would be enough. They thought

Lao Wang is a nice person, and the Ma family girl also likes this diligent young man, so she decided to give Lao Wang a break and let Lao Wang prepare early.

When I got here, I saw that Lao Wang was not at home. I asked the neighbors and they all said they had not seen Lao Wang. Someone also told Aunt Zhang that they saw Lao Wang yesterday and did not follow the large team back to the city. This made Aunt Zhang alert.

, and quickly told the village chief about this matter. After hearing this, the village chief immediately led people out of the city to check whether Lao Wang had let a wolf take it out.

As a result, when they arrived at the farmland area, the alert commander suddenly saw the horse's hoof prints on the ground, and then quickly informed the army that there were experts in the army who could read horse hoof prints. These masters could tell what kind of horse it was and which force it was just by looking at the horse's hoof prints.

Immediately after, the results of the military survey expert came out. Based on the horse hoof prints, it can be determined that the horse hoof prints in this farmland are military horses, and they are Tatar military horses.

In the last battle, Lantian wiped out 3,000 Tatar cavalry, so they obtained a lot of Tatar army horses. These people analyzed the hoofprints of these army horses, and now they can tell at a glance that they are Tatar army horses.
Chapter completed!