Daming One Piece

Chapter 243 The Sad Li Zicheng
Like all immigrant ships, the cabin of the "Fuquan" is very crowded, and there is not even room to lie down. Everyone is either you leaning on me or I leaning on you. When you sit there and feel stiff, Stand up and move around again.

The sea journey of immigrants has never been easy.

In case of a hurricane or a shipwreck, a ship sinking is a thousand lives.On the vast sea, I don't know how many immigrants' lives have been swallowed up.

Dressed up and traveling south, I don't know how many people died on the road, living in a foreign land, and how many people buried their bones in a foreign land.

When I was thirsty, I drank water from the bamboo tube; when I was hungry, I ate two bites of the dry biscuits given when I boarded the boat.Like all immigrants, even if he is physically strong, Li Zicheng can only stand next to each other.

"Uncle, when you talk about the South China Sea, can you really start from scratch?"

Li Guo asked, although he called uncle, but it was based on seniority and age, Li Zicheng was five or six years younger than him?
"Well, that's what they say."

Li Zicheng lowered his head and broke a mouthful of cake, his heart was anxious and heavy.

He didn't know what kind of misfortune he had in his life. When he was a child, he was sent to a temple to become a young monk because of his poor family. He lost his mother when he was a teenager, and his father died soon after. At the age of 21, helpless, he was recruited to work as a postman at the Yinchuan Post Station.But because he could not pay the debt owed by Juren Ai Zhao, the defendant went to the Mizhi County Government.Although he was rescued by relatives and friends, he killed the creditor in a rage. Then, he discovered that his wife Han Jiner had committed adultery with the villagers. After killing his wife in anger, he had to escape from his hometown with his nephew. .Originally, he wanted to go to the frontier pass to join the army. When he was at the post station, he heard that many people went to the South China Sea to make a living and make a fortune. After thinking about it, he finally crossed Tongguan eastward and boarded a boat by the Yellow River. , went out to sea from Haizhou.

South China Sea.

What does it look like?

"The South China Sea is a good place. Just sprinkle a handful of millet and you can grow a stone of rice. The trees are full of fruits. How do the local natives live, don't you know?"

"What happened?"

"They don't do anything, just lie under the tree, eat the fruit when they are hungry, and eat the fruit when they are thirsty..."

"Bullshit!"

"It's really not nonsense, I heard this from the guys on the boat, and those natives are all naked and don't wear anything,"

"That's not freezing to death."

"Frozen? It's summer all year round in the South China Sea, there is no cold time, otherwise how can we eat fruit every day?"

……

What does the South China Sea look like?
Listening to the hearsay words in the cabin, Li Zicheng also murmured in his heart. In fact, the reason why he went to the South China Sea was because he heard that it was easy to make a fortune, and secondly, it was to avoid lawsuits. If a person's life is captured by the government, his head will definitely be lost at that time.

Fate...why is it so tender?

Li Zichang sighed, looked at Li Guo, he had already fallen asleep leaning against the bulkhead, and when he looked at his nephew, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, if it wasn't for his involvement, why would it be like this?
After another two days, the ship finally arrived at the old port in the South China Sea.

Before the boat touched the shore, Li Guo pointed to the trees on the bank and said loudly.

"Uncle, look, what kind of tree is that? What is it growing on the tree? Can it be eaten?"

"Yes, that's called a banana, you can eat it as soon as you unscrew it, it's delicious!"

"Then it's on shore, we must try it."

Even though Li Guo said so, when the boat docked and people went ashore, the shouts from the side attracted him.

"Come and take a look, the guards are recruiting. They only need to serve for five years, and after retiring, they will be given [-] acres of cultivated land. They will be given food and housing every month, and there will be twenty taels of military pay!"

Such conditions immediately attracted many people, not to mention bachelors like Li Zicheng and Li Guo, even men with families and families were also attracted. For immigrants with nothing, being a soldier is not a good idea. choose.

"Is there really two taels of military pay?"

Li Zicheng squeezed over and asked.

"Two South China Sea silver dollars a month, enough to make you feel good!"

The recruiting officer even deliberately took out two silver dollars, and one or two silver dollars glistened in his hand.

"Look at it, two or two a month, with food and housing included, and those who drag their families can live in the military dependents' village, and even save the rent. After serving as a soldier for five years, they can get [-] mu of cultivated land To save yourself from opening up wasteland, if you are lucky and make military achievements, divide one or two hundred acres, and get a few slaves, your life will be better than that of the local rich man in your hometown. Ten acres of cultivated land."

Facing such generous conditions, who would not be tempted?

With their strong bodies, Li Zicheng and Li Guo successfully became recruits of the Old Port Guard. Before going to the barracks with other recruits, Li Guo shouted loudly as he looked at the fruit stand by the roadside.

"Are there any bananas for sale?"

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Until now, whenever he sees a coconut, Li Guo always thinks of the first time he ate a banana. What does it feel like to eat it with the skin and meat in his mouth?
Astringent and sweet.

"Actually, the taste of eating bananas with their skins on is the same as living here in Sumatra."

Sitting under the corridor, looking at the paddy fields in front of the yard reflected in the sun, Li Guo felt very comfortable.

This field has a total of five hundred acres!
He spent ten years in exchange for this. He earned a lot of money as a soldier in the South China Sea, but he had to go to the island every year to crusade against the barbarians on the island. slave.That's how they got their land.

In ten years, with his military merits, he became a major from a big soldier, and earned this piece of land with his military merits, um, and the dozen or so house slaves in the land.

Of course, he also married a wife and gave birth to a son. The daughter-in-law is a decent Han Chinese, and she was originally from a scholarly family in Nanzhili, but she committed a crime and was exiled to the South China Sea. Maybe marry him, a rough guy?

Of course, he was no longer a rough guy.

But the captain of the guard.

"It's astringent in your mouth, but sweet after a while. It's just like this these days. Do you think this is the reason? Uncle..."

Turning to look at the uncle sitting in the wheelchair, he didn't speak.

Li Guo sighed heartily, his uncle, his life is really hard, five years ago, when the captain was about to be promoted to the captain of his team, he was smashed by a barbarian's gun, although his leg was amputated to save his life, But people are useless.Although more than 100 mu of land was allocated according to military merits and pensions, his whole person has changed, he has become taciturn, and he is completely different from him in the past.

Seeing that his uncle ignored him, Li Guo said.

"Uncle, I plan to let Laiheng go to Genting to study, do you want Huzi to go there too?"

(End of this chapter)