Seeing Guo Ning, Zhang Rong and others chatting and laughing happily, Xu Zhuer felt a little depressed.
He knew that he must have made a mistake, but Zhang Rong's words and actions just now were really suspicious, and Xu Zhuer really felt that he should help Ding Haijun and not allow spies to sneak in and pry.
After all, the rules of the Baowu Law are like this. Here in Laizhou, five families are neighbors, and two neighbors merge into one. A very important task is to interrogate spies and thieves to ensure local security.
On that day, Ding Haijun arrived in Laizhou for the first time and established a two-level farming system for military households and shade households. Xu Zhuer's brother Xu Gou'er and the old man Hu Luzi's family all became the shelters of Xiao Mo Le, the admiral of the Ding Navy, and each family was given a hundred acres of land.
During those few days, everyone followed Hu Donkey to explore the fields and determine the direction of the water diversion ditches. Hu Luzi was a veteran in farming and assigned tasks to Xu Zhuer, so Xu Zhuer carried a manure basket to the military camp every day to pick up horse manure in preparation for fertilizing the fields after spring.
Xiao Mo Le also came to visit every day, but he was alone and had no time to clean up his own land. Judging from his intention, he wanted to directly lease the land to the farmers, but several of his farmers were not prosperous and could not take care of their own fields, so it was not possible to finalize the land share with him for the time being.
However, Xiao Moule treats people very well. Every time he sees a child from a household, he will give one or two milk cakes or something like that. The households like him very much and believe that he is a reliable neighbor and can help everyone. Hold the door open.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, the situation suddenly changed and the Mongols arrived. Ding Haijun mobilized tens of thousands of strong men from the 12,000 households that first became shade households for fighting in the two periods.
Almost all of the strong men selected in the first phase were sent to the commanding officer Guo Zhongyuan to fight against the Mongolian affiliated troops in Yidu, resulting in heavy casualties.
Xu Gouer died in that battle.
After learning the news of his brother's death in battle, Xu Zhuer cried hard for several times.
The huge pressure made Xu Zhuer think a lot. He knew that in today's world, it would be difficult for a family to survive without the support of an adult man.
After Xu Gouer died, Xu Zhuer himself didn't know where to eat his next meal, and the mother-in-law left behind by his brother either remarried or had to endure cold and hunger with their two daughters. At the same time, Hu Luzi's family, who have always supported each other in life, will also face great difficulties.
Fortunately, Guo Jieshuai announced on the day of victory in the war that his promise to the people and the meritorious soldiers would be fulfilled immediately. And the officials of Jiedushi Mansion really paid tribute to the strong men in the shortest possible time. It is said that the judge was busy for three days and two nights without closing his eyes.
Xu Gou'er's widowed sister-in-law and niece were rewarded with money and silk, received additional fields, and were transferred from a shadow household to a military household, and were still under Xiao Mo Le's subordinates. Because Xu Zhuer and his brother had not separated, he became the first person in the family.
Even the lowest-ranking military household can protect the people of five families as a neighbor. Xu Zhu'er knew that his family didn't have that ability, so he asked Xiao Mo Le for permission to bring Hu Donkey over to be his neighbor's first shelter. As for the other shade households, there is no information yet. We have to wait for the households returned by the Mongols in Jinan to arrive in Laizhou before allocating them.
As for the distribution of fields, the same is true. The general location has been determined. It is not far from Xiao Molle's field. It is very flat and has water. It is undoubtedly a good land. But we have to wait for the arrival of households from Jinan before we can dig ditches and clean them formally.
Xu Zhuer was still young and not yet strong enough. Although he was a military householder, he was not yet able to join the army. So in the past few days, he continued to eat the relief food provided by the Jiedushi government as usual, and his main focus was still on picking up manure. Of course, if he had free time, he would take the donkey along with him to respond to the recruitment and go to various construction sites to work hard and get some meat.
In the past few days, people had spread rumors that someone there provided clues to the navy, caught the spy who had sneaked in, and received a generous reward of money and silk.
Xu Zhuer was very envious.
The pension money and food provided by his brother who died in the war have already made the family's life easier. But people's hearts are always like this, they want better things even after things are good.
Today Xu Zhuer caught a spy. This is a great news!
As he ran towards the gravel slope, he had already thought of the use of the money and silk he had received as a reward: his sister-in-law, niece, and the children in Hu Luzi's family all wanted thick clothes for the winter, and he also asked the blacksmith to buy some. A hoe and two sickles. Keep the rest of the money, and when you save enough, buy a straight knife in preparation for practicing martial arts and joining the army in the future.
It's a pity that this man named Zhang Rong is currently chatting and laughing with Jieshuai.
So he's not a spy?
To be honest, Xu Zhuer felt that Zhang Rong didn't look like a bad guy deep down, so he was a little lucky. But he really couldn't bear the reward and lost it again, and he felt like crying now.
Several soldiers passed by him. Some looked at him with a smile and stretched out their hands to tug on his ears: "You guys think too much! Those few are about to be used by the Commander-in-Chief! If you want to make meritorious deeds, It’s not that easy! Hahaha!”
The soldier's name was Zhou Cong, a general under Xu Jin. At that time, Hu Luzi got Xu Zhuer's hint and pretended that he wanted to show his respect, so he rushed to find him.
Xu Zhuer said angrily: "You punched that Zhang Rong just now! You even tied him up with a rope! If he becomes a high official, he will catch you first and spank you!"
These generals under Xu Jin are all veterans. Before they took refuge with Xu Jin, most of them were famous criminal thieves. Later, they followed Xu Jin and cooperated with Guo Ningduo. Even if he was not promoted due to various reasons, he would not care about a later figure.
They burst into laughter and walked away.
Xu Zhuer was still unhappy.
At this time, Shen Shi was about to pass, and the sound of gongs came from the direction of the pier, which was the order to call for dinner.
Hu Luzi smiled and said: "Let's go, let's eat mutton today."
Xu Zhuer held his tongue and couldn't move.
Hu Donzi walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Zhuer, hurry up. After eating, you still have to go to school."
Xu Zhuer angrily said: "I made the first accusation, but it turned out like this. This matter will definitely spread today. If I go to school, I will be laughed at!"
Having said that, the temptation of mutton is very strong, and it is impossible not to go to the school.
The young and old staggered towards the port.
After walking for a long time, the sound of hoofbeats rumbled in the distance, indicating that a group of sentinels were returning. The cavalry flew across the wilderness, bringing with them a cloud of smoke. You can see a few bold children running happily with the cavalry, shouting something unknown.
The port said there was mutton to eat, but in fact there wasn't much for each person's turn. It's not fresh mutton, it must be confiscated, dried meat that the Mongols killed and dried and carried with them. Now throw it into a big pot and cook it, giving two slices to each person.
But for ordinary people, it was already a rare delicacy. Xu Zhuer took a small bite and wrapped the rest in a cloth, ready to take it back to his sister-in-law and two nieces. The three children in Hu Luzi's family were also greedy, so he refused to eat a bite and only drank a big bowl of multi-grain porridge.
After eating, the sky started to get dark. At low tide, the black waves kept coming up and receding, revealing large swaths of tidal flats and rocks, as well as gray-white crabs crawling around on the tidal flats.
The two of them had agreed to catch more crabs to eat. But at this moment, Xu Zhuer was really lack of energy.
He gave the mutton-wrapped bupa to Hu Donkey, frowned and said, "You go ahead... I'll go to school!"
Thinking of those people in the school, Xu Zhuer became even more troubled.
When Guo Ning was in Hebei, he summoned young followers every day, asked them to read, and taught them some basic principles and skills. The person in charge of the school at that time was Du Shisheng, who now represents Ding Haijun in Zhongdu.
Later, Guo Ning's military strength became stronger and stronger, more and more family members accompanied the army, and the scale of the school became larger and larger.
When the army was stationed in Zhigu Village, not only the young servants, but also all the children of the soldiers could go to school if they were with the army. One meal is provided every day.
Only after Xu Zhuer was promoted to a military household did he find out about this preferential treatment. But even though he is young, he has to act as a half-grown man and has to take care of his family, so he can only catch up to half of the games every day at Youshi. After two or three days, he was confused and couldn't understand anything at all.
At this moment, he ran into the military fort along the newly widened road, and after making two more turns, he happened to encounter the children of military households in Hebei who gathered into large and small groups and headed for school.
Sure enough, someone saw Xu Zhuer and burst into laughter.
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