Kingdom of Goryeo, Gimpo-gun, Gyeonggi-do.
“????????????,???????????????????????????????????? ??,???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?,???????????????????????????,????????????????????? ?????????,??????????????????????????????(Zheng Laoba, why don’t you hurry up? Hand over your sons, and the government will conscript them into corvee service. If you don’t open the door, we will come in and arrest your family for resisting the government)!”
“????????????,?????????????????????,????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????(And your family, your grandson is already eighteen years old, right? Why don’t you just bring the dry food and follow us? Do you still need me to do it myself?”
“????,????????????????????????????????????,????????? ??????????????????????????????(Brother, the man from Dongxiu’s family just climbed over the wall and ran away, should we send someone quickly? Go after it)?"
“????????????,????????????????????????,???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????,????????????,???????????????,??????? ?????????????????????,??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????(Nonsense, if you don't catch her man, I might tie up your boy and send him to the Japanese pirates to make up for your loss. If you don’t hurry up and chase after her, remember, if you can’t catch her back, tie yourself up and let us take you to Lord Judgment and hand you over to the Japanese pirates)..."
“??????????,??????????,????????????????????????,?? ???????????????????????????,????????????????????? ???,?????????????????????,??????,?????????(his father, his father, you How could these plague-stricken bastards kidnap Sanzhu's father? If my family didn't have him to work, the whole family would starve to death. It's unreasonable, it's really unreasonable)..."
“??????,??????,???????????????????????????,??????? ??????????????????,???????????????????????????? ? (Father, mother, take good care of Sanshun’s mother. My son has been recruited by the government this time, and I’m afraid he won’t be able to fulfill his filial piety under your knees)!”
“?????????????????????,??????????,???????????????? ??????? (Don’t hide anymore, if you hide anymore, we will set the house on fire)!”
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Each untouchable village conscripted five to ten young and strong men to serve as corvees in the Mangsu camp. If any of them refused, the whole village would be sent to the labor force, and the soldiers would pack them up and take them away! In the early morning, in the untouchable settlement near Jiahyeon-ri, Tongjin-eup, many government servants wearing pointed hats and robes suddenly broke in. These people were armed with wooden sticks and waist knives, with fierce faces and violent attitudes. As soon as they entered the village, Like a bunch of hungry wolves, they rushed into the simple thatched houses where the untouchables lived. Then, with a shake of the iron chains and hemp ropes in their hands, they tied up the young and strong men of the right age and dragged them away, regardless of how their parents, wives and children were wailing in pain. , just like dragging an animal, it made people feel like they were drying grain in the settlement. There were even a few brave guys who took away other people's few grains and copper coins, or even took away other people's faceless wives. The woman's body is covered with hands, so she can take advantage of her. The latter, for the sake of their abducted family members, generally choose to endure it silently and do not dare to resist!
Only the craftsmen or prostitutes in the settlement, relying on how much money they have or some beauty, are doing the final deal with the leading servants there. They don't want themselves or their families to be sent to the Mangsu camp. What kind of corvee service? Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that it is not a good place to go! However, this time their efforts were in vain. After receiving their gifts or considerate services, those vicious government officials still reluctantly grabbed people and rushed to the grain drying field! This time, the official Cao Cao issued a decree that Cui Mingji, the commander-in-chief of the crusade, had written to the governor of Jinpu County that he needed hundreds of poor men to serve in the Mangsu camp. Now even my mother and I had to stand aside. Not to mention that these picky guys only gave me a few coins! The county governor has issued a strict order. Every village, every city, and even every county must recruit enough untouchables to send to the frontline camp. If there are not enough people, they must take the place themselves! Therefore, this group of normally pampered government officials entered the village just before dawn. As soon as they appeared at dawn, all the young and untouchable people in the village ran away!
“????,????,?????????????????????????????????.??????? ???????????????????????????.???????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????.???????????????(Master, Master, please show your respect, there are not many young people in our village. You have taken so many away since you came here. How do you want us to live in the future? How about you raise your hand and let our village go? Here are five taels of silver. Please help us)... "
Looking at the neatly dressed young men in the village, with their hands tied behind their backs, sitting dejectedly on the dirt floor of the grain drying field, the middle-aged untouchable man Gao Dexun stood tremblingly on crutches and came up to try to get close to the guard leader, but he Before he could get close enough, two government officials with fleshy faces rushed up from the diagonal and pushed him to the side. One of them even spat thick phlegm on the ground and cursed,
“??????????,?????????????????????????????????,?????? ????????????????????????,???????????????????????? ??,?????????????????????,??????????,??????????,???? ??????,?????????????????????(You old guy, you actually dare to bribe us, if it weren't for the sake of Official Xu today? , I have to arrest you and lock you up in prison, and you want to have a relationship with us and get closer to us, get out, get out quickly, don’t delay our work)..."
"??????,??????????????????,????????????????????????, ???????????????25??????????????????????????????.??????? ???????????????,???????????????,?????????????????? ????????????. (Dongxi, are everyone here? We will leave when everyone is here. We also have to take two measures of food from each family with us. Who dares to resist us? If they refuse to pay the food, they will be arrested and thrown into prison!" Seeing that they had almost arrested the people, the leading yamen chief changed his smile and turned to the yamen clerk who was sitting on a bench next to him and smoking. Report it respectfully. When the latter saw that the grain field was full of young untouchables with their hands tied, he took out the cigarette stick from his mouth, and then gave instructions to the leading officer in an unquestionable tone.
“????,??????,?????????,???????????????????????? ??,?????????????????????????????????,??????????????? ??????????????????.??????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????(Okay, Mr. Lu, brothers, let’s get people there quickly We will rush outside the village and push our cart over to load the food. The county governor has issued a strict order. If people and food are not delivered to the county safely, then we don’t have to go back)!"
After receiving the order from Lu Sili, the leader immediately ordered his subordinates to drive the young untouchables out of the village, while another group of people pushed a two-wheeled cart and began to load the grain into the cart. They cried at the surroundings. The untouchable old and weak people who are so famous don't care, they just do their own work! To be honest, similar things have been happening in untouchable villages all over Jinpu County in the past few days. The clerks and officials of each house personally led the team, leading the wolves and tigers of servants, white servants, and helpers, holding hemp bags. He pushed a cart with a rope and went to various untouchable settlements to pick up people and food. In just a few days, he collected seven to eight hundred people from each untouchable village and civilian village, one to two thousand taels of silver, five or six Thousands of stones of food! Afterwards, the Jinpu County Sheriff did not waste any time and immediately sent a special person to send the untouchable young men, grain, and silver to Cui Mingji and Cui Yanshu of Mangsu Camp!
"This leader has 680 young men, 500 taels of silver, and 3,000 dan of food delivered to you. Do you think, when will you be able to withdraw your troops and return the captured ships and personnel?" Seeing that the young men, silver, and food were all in place, after Li Chengxuan asked Cui Mingji for instructions, he immediately ordered three hundred sergeants from the army and escorted the things to the temporary camp in Chiyang! This time it was really a camp, not the simple headquarters surrounded by curtains a few days ago, but the one who received him was his old friend, Chiyang's infantry commander Lu Dongsheng!
"Mr. Nanhu, don't be anxious. Although we are heroes begging for food at sea, we keep our word. After everything is put into the warehouse, I will ask our leader to return your ships and personnel. I will try my best to cooperate with you, so just relax!" Lu Dongsheng still had that smile on his face when he saw Li Chengxuan, and at the same time, he did not forget to give the latter a reassurance!
"That's good. Master Jushu has put all this matter on me. You can't harm me..." Li Chengxuan looked at the smiling old acquaintances and couldn't help but let go of his tight heart. The other flag troops outside who were packing up their belongings, dismantling tents, and packing supplies convinced him of the other party's sincerity. It seemed that these Japanese pirates really kept their word. As soon as the man and food arrived, they were ready to withdraw!
