For a whole day, Zhong Dalang's head was dizzy. He was stunned by the terrible news from the nobles. Just when he thought that the news was false and hearsay could not be trusted, he discovered that the hotel manager's , the owner of the hotel wanted to give them a holiday, and also gave everyone the money before the month of this month in advance. The reason for the holiday was to go back to his hometown to attend the funeral.
Bullshit! Going back to their hometown for funerals, who doesn’t know that the ancestral home of the master’s family is from Qindu, so what kind of hometown are they going back to? !
But everyone was blinded by the monthly payment from the host family and did not think of this at all. Only Zhong Dalang thought of the words of the nobles:
"Now the chaos in the capital of Qin is a matter of time. Even the emperor has quietly withdrawn to the south of the Yangtze River. Even our group of merchants are the last group. If we don't leave, it will be too late when those barbarians attack. , there are only those mud-legged people who are illiterate, who cares whether they live or die, brother, Li, hurry up and get ready, remember not to make any noise!"
Zhong Dalang was covered in cold sweat, holding 500 Wen monthly money in his hand. Zhong Dalang took heavy steps, packed up and saluted, and exchanged all 500 Wen for coarse grains.
When I arrived at the grain shop, I discovered that many grain shops had been closed a long time ago. Unknowingly, the entire Qin capital had seen that the shops on both sides of the street were either closed or out of stock for various reasons. After finally finding a grain shop, I discovered that inside Much of the food has been sold out.
Zhong Dalang had no choice but to buy some noodles in a hurry. The noodles that originally cost four cents per dou now cost ten cents.
Zhong Dalang directly bought 50 kilograms of mixed noodles, carried them in a basket, and hurried back to Zhongjia Village. He needed to bring the news back immediately, not even a day later.
That night, Zhong Dalang put the Zamian home, and went directly to the Zhong clan leader's house with his father Zhong Laoliu, and told the clan leader everything he saw and heard today honestly and word for word. , frowned and remained silent for a long time.
Before dawn the next day, Zhongjia Village started beating gongs and drums again, and the clan leader called the whole village to a meeting.
Of course, the content of the meeting was to repeat what happened yesterday. Many people in the village did not take it seriously, always thinking that it was Zhong Dalang's exaggeration. There were even jeers and curses, saying that Zhong Dalang had heard and spread rumors, and wanted to accuse him.
Fortunately, the patriarch's prestige is great. Patriarch Zhong forced the whole village to move. It was said to be a migration, but in fact it was to flee famine. Now, every household in Zhongjia Village has military service. Once they flee famine, they are not only refugees, but also fugitives. Criminals of military service. Many people are unwilling to do so, but of course, Patriarch Zhong will not force him.
So, at noon that day, there were 82 households in the whole village, 25 of them were willing to move with the clan leader, and there were 15 families who were married to outsiders. The woman went back to her natal family to notify her natal family, and she is still waiting.
Patriarch Zhong asked his second son, his younger brother, Mr. Zhong to lead these 15 families. It happened that the three daughters-in-law of Mr. Zhong's family were preparing to go back to their parents' homes to inform them that they planned to set off early tomorrow morning.
As for the remaining 42 families who were unwilling to leave, Patriarch Zhong also asked a prestigious man from another family to take charge, and also left instructions for them not to relax their vigilance and to run away if there was a real situation. Patriarch Zhong thinks that he has done all he can to be benevolent and righteous, and everyone has his or her own destiny.
Zhong Shitou is the eldest grandson of Zhong Laoliu's family. Among the three sons of Zhong Laoliu's family, Sanlang and Erlang were all drafted into military service. Sanlang was unmarried, and Erlang had two boys in his name. His wife was the little Zhong family of the same clan in the same village.
Because Dalang had a regular job and could subsidize his family every month, he was not asked to perform corvee or military service. Furthermore, in rural areas, the elders needed to be taken care of in old age. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the elders would not be allowed to take risks. This is a traditional elder. The rules are the same in every household, so there is nothing to complain about.
Dalang's wife is also a native of the village. To distinguish them, they are all called Dalang's wife or Dazhong. Dalang has three sons, one son and two daughters. A large family of nine people followed the large procession and left at will.
On the third day after the team left, they planned to go south away from Qin and did not dare to take the pipeline. They climbed the mountains and ridges to the border of Qindu. On the top of the mountain, they could clearly see the gorgeous carriages passing by in line on the pipeline. , the pipeline was held by a group of Qin soldiers holding swords. Every passing carriage handed over a heavy bag of money, and several teams even handed over a lot of cloth and grain.
If you want to leave the capital of Qin and go to the south of the Yangtze River, this checkpoint is the only way to pass. For a while, the clan leader couldn't find a breakthrough and pinned his hope on the night, hoping that these soldiers would go to sleep and rest at night. Who knows, in the evening, these soldiers Bingdanzi, who was so excited when he saw the money, actually lit up all the torches around him and put on the second batch of personnel to continue on duty to collect money. To them, all the vehicles passing in front of them were money!
These soldiers were sent here to guard, and they all have some background. They all know that the people in these cars are businessmen. The businessmen have low status. In addition, this is the last batch of businessmen to evacuate, so they probably don’t have any. Don't be afraid of anything with a big background. Search and check when necessary. It can be said that you can make enough money out of water.
The patriarch and Zhong Dalang were at the best observation point and carefully looked at everything below. For a while, there was really nothing they could do. The two discussed and planned to take the villagers back up the mountain early tomorrow morning and prepare to spend an extra half day to bypass the previous checkpoints.
So, half a day later, when everyone braved the severe cold, endured hunger and cold, and bypassed the previous checkpoint to reach another way down the mountain, everyone tragically discovered that there were still soldiers here. As far as they could think, these Qin soldiers actually wanted to come. .
"Damn you, all your cleverness and energy are used against us people!" The clan leader couldn't help but cursed.
However, hard work paid off, and they finally got the chance. The soldiers at the checkpoint relaxed their patrols in this section.
Immediately, the clan leader and Saburo seized the opportunity, led more than 200 people, and as quickly as possible, before the handover of the soldiers was completed, they took less than 3 minutes to go down the mountain, sprint, and wait until the soldiers in the tent When they heard the noise outside and came out to check, the Zhong family members had successfully passed the checkpoint, and under the cover of darkness, they rushed into another mountain not far away.
"Come here! Come here! Someone has escaped!" the soldiers shouted. A group of soldiers shot a few arrows into the dark night, and a dozen soldiers drew their swords to pursue them. However, when they reached the woods, it became even darker. , it is worth returning without success, and prepare to search the mountain again tomorrow.
Besides, the Zhong family members who fled into the forest began to climb up the mountainside according to the instructions of the clan leader. The special chirping of birds from time to time in the mountain forest constantly guided their direction.
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