Bianshanhan [farming]

Hearing the villagers scrambling to get food out, Jiang's family and his chest felt hot, he felt both uncomfortable and relieved.

Although his son was dispatched to the border town, he was still a good person, able to help so many people.

After Lin Jian left the village, he did not return to the camp immediately. Instead, he stood in the distance and looked at the neat village by the river, with smoke rising from the kitchen. There were tall straw stacks in front of and behind every house, and solid granaries next to each other. one.

The courtyard wall has not yet been covered, and outside you can even see vegetables and mushrooms drying in the nearest shed, as well as large clay pots that are steaming.

It is hard to imagine that this village was built here two years ago.

Looking back, there are officers and soldiers and exiles stationed behind. The houses in the camp are messy and uneven, and there are pools of water on the ground.

Lin Jian turned his head and asked suddenly, "Does Mr. Zhou know about the drought in Bingzhou?"

Zhou Fengnian nodded: "Listen to Li Qingwen and the others, no seeds can be planted without a drop of rain, all the neighbors are fleeing everywhere, and in the state, bandits are rampant, and more people are killed on the road than starved to death. Nine rooms are empty."

"Bingzhou still lacks rain this year, and the Qihe River, Jinjiang River, and Lushui River have all stopped flowing, and it is difficult for people and animals to drink water in many places." Lin Jian said: "My hometown is only more than 200 miles away from Liushan County, and everyone has run away. "

Zhou Fengnian looked surprised. He didn't expect that Lin Jian was also from Bingzhou.

"Master Zhou, I know that you have a very close relationship with them, so I might as well tell you that no matter what method is used for the matter of food and grass, I will solve it." Lin Jian looked at Zhou Fengnian with unquestionable firmness in his eyes.

Zhou Fengnian tentatively leaned over and asked, "What does Lord Lin mean?"

Lin Jian spoke in a low voice for a while, Zhou Fengnian nodded again and again, "Okay, I'll send someone to call Jiang Cong and the others back!"

People from the nearby villages also came. At this time, the Li family was getting more and more crowded. Li Qingwen and others had already been squeezed outside. As a last resort, they had to open the windows and listen to the movement inside.

More than 300 million catties of food had been collected. Li Benshan and Guo Daquan had called their families to discuss it after they returned.

Qi Min and the others surrounded Li Qingwen and asked excitedly and uneasy: "Boy, what if Lin Jian takes the food but doesn't let us go?"

Li Qingwen listened to the room with one ear, and said: "That won't be taken away by him for nothing, at least it must be converted into silver. If I die, I will drag him to the household department to stamp it. It can be regarded as our donation to the household department." Yes, these grains are much more valuable than the previous 2 taels of silver."

The best plan is that these grains can save more than 40 of their crimes. If not, it must be considered as their donation to the court, and all accounts must be settled.

Exemption is just the emperor's lip service, so much food, but they have worked so hard to grow it, not a grain of it will be wasted.

People left one after another until it was dark. The old grandson and the others entered the house, and Li Maoxian looked at the youngest son, "It's more than 350 million catties, and the most we can make up now is this much."

"Brother Jiang and the others have only planted a lot of land in the past few years. Each person has handed in twelve dan a year, and there is still a lot of grain left. There should be 13 catties left in the separate granaries in the north. " Li Qingwen said: "This should not be counted."

Li Qingwen firmly remembered the lesson of Lu Gang back then. All Jiang Cong's belongings belonged to him, and all the food was brought out after harvesting. Anyway, the people in the camp could not take advantage of it.

Li Maoxian nodded, this really doesn't count.

The Jiang family never liked to owe favors, but now for the sake of his son, he couldn't say "no". He held Li Qingwen's hand tightly and handed him a heavy bag.

Li Qingwen has a lot of money in his hands now, and he knew there was a lot of money when he touched the outside, so he asked in surprise, "Uncle, this money?"

"According to the method you said, we made candles, and these are all the money from the sale." Jiang Jiahe said: "Although there are not many, but we can earn more in the future!"

Knowing that Li Qingwen and the others were running around for Jiang Cong and others, the people in Hongzhou would not ignore them, they would use as much strength as they could.

Li Qingwen sighed, and said to himself, money is the next best thing, if you are willing to give me your son, I will have enough energy to earn money by myself.

Of course, he didn't dare to say this, so he could only accept the money.

While everyone was still talking, Zhou Congxin came and brought Li Qingwen and Li Maoxian into the camp. The others could only wait anxiously at Li's house.

Li Qingfeng sneaked into the camp trying to eavesdrop, but was caught by Zhou Congwang, who stuffed him with a box of snacks, and Li Qingfeng returned home without success.

Li Maoxian and Li Qingwen came back half an hour later, and everyone couldn't wait to ask: "What, how is it?"

"Within ten days, gather food and grass for Lin Jian." Li Maoxian said decisively, without any resignation or anger on his face.

Everyone was more concerned about what Lin Jian could promise when they handed over the grain and grass, but Li Maoxian didn't elaborate, he just reassured them that they would never suffer a loss.

If it were someone else who said this, everyone would think it was perfunctory, but from Li Maoxian's mouth, everyone believed it, and everyone was excitedly guessing.

Li Qingwen promised to make an extra supply of food for the army, and asked the big guys to go back to sleep quickly. They will all get up and go fishing tomorrow. Time is tight, and the days ahead will definitely be very busy.

The others left one after another, and Li Maoxian said a few words to Jiang Jiahe alone. Lin Jian's promise was very secret and should not be known by too many people, so he didn't say it in public just now.

Although he knew he should go to bed early, Li Qingwen was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

If Jiang Cong becomes free one day, he will definitely leave the border town, and it may be difficult to meet again in the future.

Just like Dad, Uncle Qin, and Uncle Cheng, they are also life-and-death friends, they keep writing letters, but they rarely see each other, each has their own things to do, and he and Jiang Cong may do the same in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Qingwen felt very uncomfortable, curled up into a ball, and let out a long breath.

Jiang Cong always does dangerous things here in the border town. It's good to leave, at least he can live well. Even if we can't meet each other, it's enough to know that he is fine...

Li Qingwen tried hard to persuade himself, but in the end he became more and more unwilling, sat up angrily, and thought viciously, that he should threaten Jiang Cong to stay honestly!

As soon as this idea popped up, he lost his strength and withered on the kang.

Distraught, Li Qingwen quietly got off the kang, put on his shoes, and walked out without making any noise.

Four pairs of big eyes lit up at the door of the wing room, and they ran over cleverly without making a sound. Li Qingwen touched the furry heads one by one, and felt a little better.

At least he will have four dogs to accompany him in the future, but Jiang Cong can't marry four wives.

Li Qingrui and Li Maoxian were packing the fishing nets at home in the wing room. When they came out, they saw Li Qingwen taking four dogs to the camp. Li Qingrui wanted to call him, but Li Maoxian said, "If you can't sleep, let him go for a walk."

The wind wasn't strong and it wasn't snowing, but it was quite cold. Li Qingwen wanted to hug one of the puppies to keep warm. He picked up one, put it down, hugged the other one, and put it down again.

After trying all four, Li Qingwen realized that his dogs had grown so heavy!

The fur is quite thick, and it is a good heating tool, but it is only sixty or seventy catties, and it is really difficult to hold it.

After entering the camp, Li Qingwen didn't disturb anyone, and went directly to the archery practice place behind the house. As soon as he got there, he found that there were people there, and there were more than one.

"Sister Cui'er, the soles of your shoes are really strong, I have to learn from you!" A girl's voice sounded.

"It's just a few more layers of cloth. Sister Liu, your needlework is good. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see the stitches of the clothes you sew..."

"It's nothing to me, sister Xiu'er can also embroider on silk, I've never touched silk before..."

There was an extra row of benches at the back of the house, and a few girls were working and talking under the clear moonlight.

"Can we really stay here..." The girl who spoke had a soft voice, "I haven't met Zhang Yuhai yet, if he doesn't want me, what should I do..."

After a moment of silence, the girls next to her advised her, "No, you are upright and good at any job. You are a virtuous person. Mrs. Zhang likes you so much."

"I'm the only one left in my family. I have nowhere to go. If Aunt Zhang hadn't bought me, I'm afraid I'd have been reincarnated by this time..." The girl who spoke just now sobbed, "As long as he wants me, Even if he can't leave the border town for the rest of his life, it's okay, I can live with him here forever and have children..."

When she cried, it also aroused other people's concerns, and everyone became uneasy, and they were always worried about this in their hearts.

These are the girls from Hongzhou to the border towns, all of them have sad memories, some were sold by their parents, some were from poor families who couldn't live on, and some had disasters at home and fled to Hongzhou ...

It's all so hard it's almost impossible to live.

Girls from normal families are not allowed by their parents to marry exiles from the imperial court, and they have to travel such a long way to come to such a bitter and cold place like a border town.

In order to survive, they accepted the relief. In order to repay their kindness, they traveled thousands of miles to come here.

Although when they set off, everyone said that even if they had no fate with their sons, they would not force them, and would recognize them as goddaughters, and help find other families in the future.

But they are still afraid, those men they have never met are the only lifelines, they are willing to marry themselves, only then can they have a family, and they really have roots.

The border town is not at all what they thought. It is very big here, and you can eat three meals, and you can even eat meat every day. The sister-in-law of the Jiang family is also very kind. I have heard many things from her mouth, and it is like floating Ping-like girls are now eager to stay.