Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"Come here from Nanlingtun!"

Next to the road behind, Zhang Hu was standing on a bullock cart greeting them.

Beside him, there were more than 20 soldiers from Nanlingtun and seven or eight ox carts.

Seeing Li Qicheng and his family coming over, Zhang Hu shouted again: "Old, weak, women and children get on the bus, and put all your things on the bus. I'm talking about you. Don't look around. Get your wife and children on the bus!"

Seeing Li Qicheng still looking around, Zhang Hu jumped out of the car and urged them to get on.

"Oh, thank you, sir!" Li Qicheng was somewhat at a loss as he helped his wife get into the bullock cart.

At this time, a soldier ran up from the front and shouted: "Zhang Hu, Zhang Hu!"

"Arrived!" Zhang Hu responded quickly.

"The nineteen households in Nanling Village are all here. Get them away quickly and let the people from Xihe Village behind come over!" the soldier said, sweating profusely.

After these people come over, they will immediately be arranged into each hundred households and forts. Each hundred households and forts must bring their own people and bullock carts to pull people.

With more than 3,000 households and tens of thousands of people, plus the soldiers who came to fetch people, the scene was extremely hectic.

Fortunately, everyone abided by the rules, and although there was some commotion, nothing went wrong.

After Zhang Hu received the order, he counted the people around him, and after confirming that it was nineteen households, he led the people to the east along the official road.

"Huzi, you are all here!"

"Well, everyone is here, nineteen households, more than one hundred and twenty people!"

A familiar person greeted Zhang Hu on the road, and Zhang Hu grinned.

Receiving the relocated people is a good thing for each household to build a fort, because in this way, the military households and soldiers under their rule can reach full strength.

The increase in military households and population allowed him to cultivate more farmland, harvest more food, and provide more soldiers for the Tenglong Guard.

Li Qicheng followed the bullock cart and carefully looked at the soldier driving the cart beside him. Seeing that the soldier was about twenty years old and kind-hearted, he couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Master, where are we going?"

The soldier looked back at him and said, "Go to Nanlingtun. Isn't it written on your wooden sign?"

Li Qicheng smiled awkwardly. He was literate and had attended a private school for two years before, so he naturally knew what was written on the wooden sign.

But what kind of place is Nanlingtun?

"Are we far from Nanlingtun?"

"It's not far, just walk a dozen miles or so and we'll be there!" the soldier said casually.

"oh!"

Li Qicheng actually had a lot of questions, but he didn't dare to ask more. He just asked a few simple questions and then fell silent. However, his eldest son Li Dalang came forward and asked the soldier: "Brother Chai, are you Tenglong?" Guard’s soldiers?”

"My surname is Wang, and I am the third eldest child in my family!" the soldier chuckled.

"Ah, Third Brother Wang!" Li Dalang, a lively young man, immediately changed his words and shouted.

"Haha, I'm a soldier of Tenglong Guard, but I'm just a soldier. After completing basic training, I didn't pass the selection!" Wang Laosan said a little depressed.

A soldier is also a soldier, and every military household has one soldier.

As the basic training of the first batch of soldiers ended and the basic training of the second batch of soldiers began, the soldiers in Tenglong Guard felt a bit like losers.

"Passed the selection? What selection?" Li Dalang asked curiously.

"Barracks soldiers! Don't you know, our Tenglong Guards camp soldiers are very powerful!" Wang Laosan said.

"Are there any benefits to being a camp soldier?" Li Dalang continued to ask.

"Of course, we soldiers can only get 50% of the rations, while the camp soldiers can not only get the full rations, but also salary." Wang Laosan swung his whip and made a crack in the air.

"That's it! What are the conditions for becoming a camp soldier?" Li Dalang asked excitedly.

He didn't know how much the 50% food salary was, nor how much the salary would be, but for the Li family today, no matter how much it was, as long as they could give them some, it was worth their efforts.

Wang Laosan turned his head and looked him up and down, "You are quite tall, but you are just a little thinner. If you practice, you might be selected."

The Li family used to be considered rich farmers, and their food and clothing were much better than that of ordinary people. Therefore, Li Dalang's body was not bad. However, in the past year, due to the severe drought, the Li family began to live a tight diet, and they had to travel long distances for several months. , which made Li Dalang so thin that he looked a little out of shape.

"It's really possible! Then when can we participate in the selection?" Li Dalang asked expectantly.

"I don't know. It depends on the yamen's arrangements! I heard that the third batch of training will be held after the autumn harvest. We don't know the specific time!" Wang Laosan said.

The two of them were talking as they hurried on, and soon they arrived at Nanlingtun.

After talking along the way, everyone in the Li family was less worried. Although they still didn't know what the next day would be like, from Wang Laosan's attitude, they felt that Nanlingtun should be a good place.

"Come here, come here! I have a few things to tell you!"

The convoy stopped in the open space in front of Nanlingtun, and Zhang Hu gathered the relocated people together.

"From today on, you are the military households of our Nanlingtun, and I am your chief flag officer Zhang Hu!"

"Our Nanling Village is affiliated to the Hundred Houses Office on the left of the Thousand Households Office of Tenglong Weishan Pavilion."

"Our 100-household residence is over there. Did you see it? The village over there is our 100-household residence!" Zhang Hu pointed to the village to the east, which was about two or three miles away from Nanling Village.

"Since you are already military households, let me first tell you about the rules of our military households! Everything else is secondary, and obeying orders is the most important. If there are orders from above, you must execute them. If you violate them, you will be punished by military law..."

"And our duty is to cultivate the land. Over there, over there are our farms, and we will allocate farms to you next year..."

"As for now, we have prepared houses for you, one house for each household, and the kitchens in the houses have three dou of fine grains, five dou of coarse grains, half a catty of salt, and some fruits and vegetables. We have also prepared some firewood for you, which should be enough for you for a few days."

"In addition, the general is kind and knows that you are short of food and clothing, so he specially prepared some cotton for each of you. Cloth, one zhang for adults, five feet for children, and thirty coins, everyone has one, including children. Go directly to the class room in the village to get the cotton cloth and copper coins! "

Zhang Hu pointed to several houses in the center of the village and said, "That's the class room. I work there on weekdays. You can go there to find me if you want to get things or have other things!"

Zhang Hu talked nonstop for two quarters of an hour, and his mouth was dry. "Okay, I've said almost everything I should say. You will learn about the rest later!"

"Now I will allocate houses to you first!"

"Wang Laosan, Li Dalang, arrange houses for them!"

Several soldiers immediately responded after hearing this, and then led a group of confused people into the village.

The houses in the village were all newly built. When Yang Zhengshan received the official document from the Central Army Governor's Office, he had already asked the thousand households and hundred households below to build houses for the upcoming refugees.

Soon, Li Qicheng's family got a house.

The houses in Nanling Village are all the same, with four main rooms, two east and west wing rooms, and a small courtyard. As for the others, they are built by the military households themselves. Most of them will build a shed in the yard to store firewood and farm tools.

Looking at the brand new yard, Li Qicheng felt a little dreamy.

Although their homes were much better than here before, they never thought that they would have their own yard since they left home.

"Brother Wang San, will this be our home in the future?" Li Dalang asked Wang Laosan excitedly.

"Yes, it's yours. We built these houses. You can build a shed here to store farm tools and firewood, and a pigpen or a chicken coop there!"

"But you have to buy the piglets and chickens yourself."

Wang Laosan smiled.

"Thank you, Brother Wang San!" Li Dalang said with some emotion.

Wang Laosan waved his hand, "This is all the general's kindness, all given to you by the general!"

"Who is the general?" Li Dalang was a little curious. Along the way, Wang Laosan mentioned the general many times, but he never knew who the general he was talking about was.

"The general is the commander of our Tenglong Guard, the general Dingguo appointed by the emperor himself!" Wang Laosan said with admiration.

Li Dalang blinked and asked, "Has Brother Wang San seen the general?"

"Of course, many houses in our village collapsed before the New Year. The general came to see us many times and taught us how to build ice houses and snow houses! All these houses were built by the general!" Wang Laosan said.

Although they built the house by themselves, the government also gave them food and work, so it was considered that the government hired them to build it.

"Is that so!" Li Dalang had more respect for the general he had never met.

At this time, someone outside was calling Wang Laosan, and Wang Laosan responded and said, "You guys clean up first, don't forget to go to the class room to get money and cotton cloth later!"

After that, he left the Li family.

After he left, Li Dalang rushed into the kitchen.

"Dad, Mom, there is really food, look!"

Li Qicheng looked at the cloth bag his eldest son took out, looked at the food inside, and let out a heavy breath.

Until now, they have always been at ease.

Although these food are not much, they are enough for their family to eat for more than half a month.

At least they don't have to worry about starving for half a month.

"Boss, you go to the class room to get cotton cloth first, we should also make a few sets of clothes to change and wash!" Li Niangzi said softly.

"Well, okay, you guys pack up first, Dalang, you come with me!" Li Qicheng said.

The cotton cloth and copper coins were prepared by the Weisi Yamen. Although not much, they can be used in the face of emergencies.

The reason for giving some copper coins is that they hope that these new military households can live more steadily, with money and food, and they will not panic.

However, the money will only be given once, and the food will be distributed on time every month. Yang Zhengshan has made preparations to support these military households for a year.

Li Qicheng received the cloth and copper coins quickly. As there were many people in his family, each person received 30 coins, so nine people received 270 coins.

There were adults and children, even babies in swaddling clothes.

After a simple tidying up, the Li family had a simple dinner and then fell into a deep sleep.

This was the most sound sleep they had had in the past year.