Chapter 41:

Stir-fried soybeans with a little salt are the easiest snacks to get. Almost everyone in Zhuangzi likes to eat them, but the cheek hurts after chewing too much, and the smell is not very good, and I can't eat much in a day, and I feel full .
The five hundred newcomers can share a handful of them every day, and they cherish them. They hide them in their clothes and sleep in the middle of the night with their arms around them for fear of being stolen.
These five hundred people came from all over the world. Some were refugees, some were people who sold themselves as servants, and some were slaves that the master didn’t want. They were all men. Only the twenty additions sent by Jiang Guang were woman.
The men slept in the grass shed. They had to wait for the check-in before they could take things into the dormitory. They knew about the check, although they didn’t know what the check was. When lying in the grass shed, everyone wanted to sleep. Inside, the middle is warm, the outside is leaking, and the person next to sleep must be cold.
They slept on the ground without taking off their clothes. Fortunately, the ground was covered with hay to keep out moisture.
Early the next morning, there was noisy outside, and someone opened the grass curtain and shouted at them: "Go out, don't sleep, it's time to take care of your skin."
This group of people walked out honestly and walked to the square, scattered sparsely.
Zhu Yuanzhang can only ask people to line up first. Although these people don't understand, they are good to be obedient, do what they call, shivering in the cold wind, and dare not ask if they have doubts.
Five hundred people are listed into three teams, one of which has fewer people than the other two, which is fairly average.
Then began cross-examination.
Qiuniang was not suitable for such occasions, so Lin Yuan could only let Yang Zian and Zhu Yuanzhang go up first-after all, these two were rare people in Zhuangzi who could read.
"What's your last name? What's your name? Where is the person? What did you do before?"
"Is it a carpenter? Take this sign and go over there."
"The farmer? Stand opposite."
"Walking down the streets? Stand behind me and hold the sign."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Zian were exhausted. They used to think that marching and fighting would be exhausting enough. They didn’t expect to be so tired just sitting here with a pen in their hands. Some people spoke with a strong local accent. If you don’t work well, you have to guess with a mask, and sometimes you may not guess correctly.
It has to be sorted for several days, not only the newcomers, but also the previous ones.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others here are preliminary screening, separating people according to their previous industries.
But because there are not many people who are literate, Lin Yuan can only do it in person. Each person gives a small wooden sign with his name, birthday, and more obvious characteristics, such as where there is a scruff or something on his face. A few treatments, in short, are more obvious personal characteristics, and they are unlikely to be changed or disguised.
In fact, it is equivalent to a modern ID card. After all, there will be more and more people in the future, which is inconvenient to manage.
The advantage of having this thing is that if someone from outside comes in, the ID card alone will not pass.
The trouble is a little troublesome, but there is still a necessity.
Entering and leaving Zhuangzi also have to follow this sign.
There is also a serial number on the top, the serial number is compiled by Lin Yuan, according to the pronunciation of the surname, according to the alphabet, the order is recorded in the booklet.
As long as the serial number and surname do not match, forging the brand is useless.
Lin Yuan now feels that he really needs intellectuals, educated, and the more the better.
However, there were only a few intellectuals, and most of them were the landlord class and officials. There were more officials and officials. In this era, books are also a symbol of wealth and status.
Now that he can have a literate Qiuniang by his side, Yang Zian, Jiang Gui and Zhu Yuanzhang are not bad.
Like Yang, he is an elder after all, and it is hard for him to ask his elders to do things.
"Are there any scholars?" After the trouble was over, Lin Yuan sat in the room and talked to Yang Zian, "Apart from scholars, are there any literate?"
Yang Zi'an shook his head: "As long as the scholars are generally rich in family resources, the troubled times will not be enough for them."
Lin Yuan sighed.
What Yang Zi'an said makes sense.
Yang Zi'an: "You don't have to rush for a while, when the time is right, someone will naturally hear it."
Lin Yuan looked at Yang Zian, and Yang Zian also looked at him. The two of them were speechless, but Lin Yuan suddenly understood that Yang Zian knew his plan early in the morning and knew that he was not comfortable staying in this village.
Yang Zian suddenly said: "Fourth brother, the big man looks at the world."
Lin Yuan thought about it in his mind, but he didn't think of the name Yang Zian among the celebrities in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.
"Jiang Shang is leaving." Yang Zian looked out the window, "Go and send it off."
When Lin Yuan and Yang Zian walked to the gate of the city wall, they saw Chen Baisong and the others ready to go. They had cultivated in Zhuangzi for nearly a week, and their mental outlook was much better than when they were here.
Because they came back with a lot of wild goats, the women in the kitchen made bacon and told them to bring delicious food along the way.
So when I came, I brought nothing but people, but I brought a lot of things when I left.
"So much jerky." The younger brother rode around, "After it's dried, there will be no sorrow."
"Wild goats are more embarrassing than domestic sheep."
Jiang Guang also rode a horse, although the mountain road is not difficult to walk, but the carriage and ox cart are always a delay.
As soon as Jiang Guang and the others leave, the newcomers have to allocate dormitories and receive necessities.
They have to line up in rows to lead the queue. They can't be crowded or jump in line. There are people in the Zhuangzi watching and holding knives in their hands. These people are honestly like quail.
The collar is also simple, a change of underwear, a wooden basin, and a cup made of coarse cloth and a bamboo tube is placed in the basin.
After checking his identity, he can go away, and someone will show him the way to the allocated bedroom.
The newly built dormitory building looks ugly, but it is big enough for enough people, and the beds inside are also two floors above and below.
Yao Liusan was one of these newcomers. His family was originally a carpenter, and food was no longer available in the back town, so their family packed up their wealth and went to join relatives.
But when I left, I found out that their relatives were also gone. They had nowhere to go. They could only follow the people around. As they walked, the family members slowly dispersed. First, the grandfather and grandmother died before and after, and then the mother suffered the cold. Falling down, there are fewer and fewer relatives.
When Yao Liusan reacted, he became the only one.
He followed the people around him all the way, eating what he saw, thinking about what he would eat tomorrow.
Later, they saw that someone was driving out the refugees, but instead of driving them away, they were driving them to a certain range. Yao Liusan found that many people were running there like crazy. He asked an old beggar: " What are you doing?"
The old beggar told him: "Those who drive people are merchants. If they are picked, they can be sold by merchants."
Yao Liusan couldn't believe it, but he passed.
After all, if you are picked by a merchant, how about a bean dregs cake a day, right?
It's better than now.
Yao Liusan ran over and was picked as expected, and he followed the group of people on again.
No one knows where they are going, and no one knows what they are going to do in the future. They only know that they should not be starved to death at the moment.
However, there were also many people who died of illness on the road.
Yao Liusan got the tub allocated to him and walked to the side holding the tub in a daze. Then someone asked him, "What's your number?"
Yao Liusan: "Huh?"
The man was a little impatient: "Just now you got something, and someone said which room you live in, do you remember?"
Yao Liusan quickly said, "Remember, hit the tenth."
No. 10 is the tenth room on the second floor.
That person: "Okay, come with me, you are the last person in Form Ten, I will take you up together."
Yao Liusan discovered that there were still seven people behind him.
Although these seven people came with him, they didn't know each other. Their expressions were similar to Yao Liusan.
These few days are almost like dreaming. There is a place to sleep and something to eat. Although there is always a line during the day, there is no need to worry about starvation and things. Although the shed is not warm, it will not freeze to death.
The man led them to the dormitory room.
The door of the room is open, these rooms are not locked, can be closed, but cannot be bolted.
"You divide the bed by yourself. If you don't divide it, come to me again. If you find someone fighting, you will be thrown out on the spot. Do you understand?" said the steward.
Yao Liusan nodded their heads in a hurry.
When the steward had left, the eight of them stood in the dormitory, all with the same awkward expressions, all holding the tub and standing motionless.
"I...who I am here." Yao Liusan was the first to speak, and he put the tub on the first bed after entering the door.
It seemed that other people finally reacted at this time and quickly began to allocate beds.
"It won't fall off when you sleep, right?"
"It's pretty high!"
"There is a block next to it, so it won't fall off, right?"
Everyone wants to choose a bed in the lower bunk, but there is no way. Some people live in the lower bunk, so naturally some people sleep in the upper bunk.
They are also just coming to this village, and they dare not conflict with others, even if this person was just bought like themselves.
The wooden frame bed is thick and soft with straw mats, which are woven, so you can sleep with only bedding.
Even if there is no bedding, sleeping with clothes is soft and comfortable.
The owner said that if they can take a good day off today, they will start to work tomorrow. If they don't work, there will be no food.
Yao Liusan touched his belly.
Although he can't say that he is completely full these days, he is much better than before, at least there is something in his stomach.
I don't wake up hungry at night, and such a day is fine.
These five hundred people, Lin Yuan, were prepared to let them mix with the people in the original Zhuangzi to act and train. They should not be allowed to hold a group by themselves. They would be dispersed at the beginning of the group, but the number of new arrivals was more than the original.
Lin Yuan thought for a long time, planning to spend a day asking them to go for training.
Walk for a long time, then find a place to sit, chat, scream, cultivate friendship.
Although Lin Yuan didn't know if it was useful.
There is also the division system. Lin Yuan decided to let them have ten people in a class, and then appoint a class leader. According to the principle of three ternary systems, three classes have one row, three rows one company, and three companies one battalion.
This way the position is much clearer.
Accountability is also convenient.
Li Da became a platoon leader inexplicably, with three squads under his hand. He was confused for a long time, and pointed to his nose in disbelief and asked the person next to him: "I'm a platoon leader? I'm an official. ?"
The person next to him was also very excited: "Yes! You have become an official Li Da!"
Li Da was so excited that Da Lengtian almost wanted to take off his clothes and ran around Zhuangzi shirtlessly.
"I... I have never had an official in my house!"
"Don't be too happy. You thought this platoon leader was in vain. If anyone else in your next class has a problem, besides the squad leader, you will be unlucky. If you find out, then it's fine, but if you don't find out, If someone else finds out, then you are done."
"There is no such thing as a pie falling in the sky, the boss has said, if your next class performs well, you can remember your merits."
The newly released "officials" gathered together to chat, and felt that although there was not much benefit, the name was still very loud.
Probably because of this, these "officials" were extremely strict during the training, but they did not dare to be too strict. After all, there was Yang Zi'an on the tour next to him. If anyone oversees too much, Yang Zi'an will have their chief Offer to criticize.
The chief was criticized, and he must be unlucky.
The punishment is also very simple, that is, to be hungry.
But these people are hungry and scared. When they hear that lazy people can't eat, they can all be beaten up.
After the passion of being an official passed, Li Da and his colleagues gathered together for dinner, and they were all frowning chatters.
"Let's talk about Li Sijiu's class. Normally training is just average, so I can't say anything. The movements are just irregular."
"I have said, and I have been training. I don't sleep at night, and I make time for training. It still doesn't work."
"Because of them, there is always no place for me to judge the best."
My colleagues are also a lot of troubles: "I have one over there. His socks are missing, not to mention that someone who slept with him stole it. He wakes me up in the middle of the night and tells me to go to the case. I will take a case! A pair! Socks! I finally found it under his bed."
The new official took office with three fires. After the fire burned, there would be no initial excitement.
Lin Yuan has also been paying attention to these people who have suddenly become "officials". If anyone dares to appear, they can only kill the chickens and monkeys at this key stall.
As a result, he looked at them and found that these people were quite honest, not a single moth.
"Why is this?" Lin Yuan talked to Jiang Gui about his doubts. Generally speaking, a small person suddenly sits in a high position and it is easy to make mistakes.
Jiang Gui threw a bean into his mouth, chewing and laughing: "You're so timid, you forgot the one you kicked out last time?"
Jiang Gui went out for a circle, and returned when it was winter. Under the banner of a trader, he really went to many places, or bought or exchanged some things.
For example, peppercorns are dried and have seeds.
However, at this time, the pepper is used as a medicinal material, which can relieve pain, promote qi, kill insects, and also treat vomiting and diarrhea.
In short, it is a very versatile medicinal material.
However, Lin Yuan used pepper to cook the pot, and like all the predecessors who passed through, he cooked the hot pot in the winter.
But without chili, the taste of pepper is only tingling the skin of the mouth, but a sweat is enough.
Jiang Gui rinsed a piece of mutton, put it in his mouth happily, and said to Lin Yuan: "Fourth brother, don't tell me, just take a bite, and I'll take you."
Lin Yuan also rinsed a slice, but the rinse was a bit old, and it was normal to eat, so he could only rinse another slice.
Because of Lidong, Lin Yuan, Jiang Gui, Yang Zian, and Li Congrong got together for dinner. They sat in the room with a brazier under their feet, and they were boiling the lamb pot. The pores on the whole body were stretched out, and they couldn't relax.
Li Congrong picked up the chopsticks and put it in his bowl immediately after it was cooked. He ate the meat with big mouthfuls. After eating, he let out a long sigh of relief: "Cool! It would be better if you have wine!"
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "When the conditions get better in the future, I will ask someone to make wine for the older brother."
Li Congrong patted his thigh: "You said this, I remembered it!"
Lin Yuan said again: "The third brother went out and went around for a while, just to talk to us, is there any novelty outside?"
Jiang Gui smiled and said, "There are a lot of novelties, and Fang Guozhen has reversed it again."
Fang Guozhen rebelled against Yuan in the eighth year of Zhengzheng, and was later recruited by Yuan.
"It was reversed in March this year. I went out and turned around before I found out." Jiang Gui said, "He killed the Marshal Tai Buhua of the Eastern Zhejiang Province."
"This person is capricious." Yang Zian said, "It's not interesting even if it's reversed."
Lin Yuan didn't say a word, he knew that Fang Guozhen would try to bribe the court next year and continue to serve the Yuan Dynasty. In the 16th year of Zhengzheng, he would be ordered to attack Zhang Shicheng for seven battles and seven victories. Now Zhang Shicheng is not in Xinghua.
Maybe it's himself that he will attack.
Jiang Gui: "That might be right. He has a lot of people now. I went out and heard that many businessmen were walking to Huangyan, so I wanted to sell him food."
"Businessmen are not profitable and can't afford to be early. If he were not really capable, businessmen would not be like a smelling dog."
Li Congrong was a little confused: "Who is this Fang Guozhen?"
Lin Yuan can only explain: "Cai Rantou rebelled the year before, you know?"
Li Congrong: "I know, it's a big noise."
Lin Yuan also said: "Fang Guozhen was against it at that time. They gathered more than a thousand people with their brothers to rob the seaborne food."
"This person is really brave." Li Congrong sighed.
Li Congrong said again: "If it were me, I wouldn't dare."
Yang Zi'an laughed at him: "The knives are all on your neck, you have to dare to dare."
"Why did he hit his neck? Someone forced him to turn him back?" Li Congrong asked puzzledly.
Jiang Gui said again: "I know I know, for me."
"The year before, Cai Rantou returned to the Yuan Dynasty and was captured by the court. Fang Guozhen had an enemy, and the enemy sued Fang Guozhen for colluding with Cai Rantou. Fang Guozhen could only kill the enemy and gather more than a thousand people together with his brother." Jiang Gui sighed, "If he didn't turn back, the heads of the family would have fallen clean."
Li Congrong was taken aback.
Jiang Gui said: "I heard that Bailian and Mingjiao also have actions now."
"Anyway, there is no peaceful place."
"There's another folk song, I'll sing it for you." Jiang Gui cleared his throat, "Mo Dao Shiren has one eye and stirred the Yellow River against the world."
"What does this mean?" Li Congrong said puzzled. "Does it mean that a stone man with only one eye can stir the Yellow River?"
"As long as you can provoke, the world will be reversed?"
Jiang Gui also smiled: "The Yellow River broke its three times in four years from the beginning of the year."
Lin Yuan: "What if the stone man with one eye was dug out?"
Everyone suddenly looked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan said earnestly: "If someone unintentionally finds a one-eyed stone man buried under the yellow sand."
Jiang Gui was taken aback for a moment: "Then this is a rebellion!"
Lin Yuan: "What if the stone man was buried by a man?"
"Folk ballads are naturally handed down by people, and they must be passed down." Lin Yuan said, "It's like the story of Emperor Han Gaozu's killing the White Snake Uprising, Bai Dizi and Chi Dizi."
Li Congrong: "Where is the story? It must be true!"
Lin Yuan: "..."
Okay, I don't understand with this head.
At this time of widespread feudal superstition, it is said that science is the brain disease.
Yang Zi'an then said: "The folk rhyme has been spread. If there are really stone men in this world, someone will definitely rise up. Now the people are suffering, hungry, and the sky indicates that someone will follow."
Lin Yuan nodded: "Next year, that stone man should be born."
Jiang Gui answered, "What shall we do then?"
Li Congrong was the only one on the side with a dumbfounded expression, he understood every word, how could he not understand when he rubbed it?
Lin Yuan: "It happened to be with you. Last time I called my second brother to Xinghua and found a person named Zhang Sijiu. This person was originally a salt citizen in Xinghua, Taizhou, Xinghua, and Gaoyou. These three places are all rich and prosperous. Besides, there are Changshu, Huzhou, Songjiang and other places."
Yang Zian touched his chin and said, "I'm afraid... the journey is far away and difficult to attack."
Lin Yuan: "I'm not afraid of it. The salt people of Xinghua are miserable. Instead of attacking from the outside, it is better to disintegrate from the inside."
Jiang Gui clapped his hands: "Wonderful! This trick is very good, but I don't know who is called to do it?"
Li Congrong finally reacted. He asked in a daze, "You... are going to fight Xinghua? Then, isn't that a rebellion?"
Lin Yuan, Yang Zian, and Jiang Gui looked at each other, and finally Jiang Gui began to explain.
"If the stone man doesn't come out next year, we naturally don't have to turn it back." Jiang Gui was about to break it and rubbed it carefully and said to him, "but if the stone man does come out, everyone who has the courage will turn back. If we are slow, Just guard this Zhuangzi and stuff others' teeth?"
Li Congrong nodded blankly, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Lin Yuan coughed: "Brother Dao, what are you thinking about?"
Li Congrong didn't think about it, and said directly, "Nothing was thought of."
I was just frightened, in a daze.
Jiang Gui said, "I didn't dare to think about it before I went out! I went out for a while and I realized that everyone is talking about it now."
"Especially for businessmen, many of them have joined the White Lotus and Mingjiao."
Lin Yuan thought for a while, and felt that the businessman was indeed the smartest person.
Moreover, they are courageous. As long as there is interest, Longtan Tiger's Lair will dare to break through. Give them a crowbar, and they can lift the entire earth.
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Thanks to Ju Ziyi, An Zhijin, and the landmines
It's a little late today, sorry, okay