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Chapter 247 Trouble

Seeing Guo Ning, Zhang Rong and others talking and laughing happily, Xu Zhuer was a little unhappy.

He knew that he must have made a mistake, but Zhang Rong's words and actions just now were really suspicious, and Xu Zhu'er really felt that he should help fix the navy, and never allow spies to go through secretly.

After all, the rules of the Baowu Law are like this. Here in Laizhou, five families are neighbors, and two neighbors are combined into one guarantee. A very important task is to investigate spies and thieves to ensure local law and order.

Ding Haijun first arrived in Laizhou that day, and established a system of two levels of military households and shady households, and integrated farming.Xu Zhuer's elder brother, Xu Gou'er, and the old man Hu Luzi's family all became the shadow households of Xiao Molei, an admiral of the Ding Navy, and each family got a hundred acres of land.

During those few days, everyone followed the donkey to survey the fields to determine the direction of the water diversion ditches and ridges.Hu Luzi is a veteran in farming, and he also assigned tasks to Xu Zhuer, so Xu Zhuer carried the manure basket to the barracks every day to collect horse manure, preparing to use it to fertilize the field after the spring.

Xiao Mole also came to visit every day, but he was alone and had no time to tidy up his own fields at all.It seems that what he meant was that he wanted to rent the land directly to the shady households, but his shady households were not prosperous, and their own fields could not be taken care of, so it was impossible to finalize the lease with him for the time being.

However, Xiao Mole treats people very well. Every time he sees the children of Yinhu’s family, he will give one or two shortbreads. The Yinhus like him very much. They believe that he is a reliable neighbor and can help everyone. Hold the door.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the situation suddenly changed, and the Mongols came.From the 1 households that first became shady households, Ding Haijun mobilized tens of thousands of strong men in two phases for fighting.

Almost all the strong men selected in the first phase were sent to the commander Guo Zhongyuan to fight against the Mongolian army in Yidu, causing heavy casualties.

Xu Gou'er died in that battle.

After knowing the news of his brother's death in battle, Xu Zhu'er cried a few times.

The huge pressure made Xu Zhu'er think a lot. He knew that in today's world, it would be difficult for a family to survive without the support of an adult.

After Xu Gou'er's death, Xu Zhu'er didn't know where to eat his next meal, and the mother-in-law left behind by his elder brother either remarried or endured cold and starvation with his two daughters.In addition, the Hu Luzi family, who have been helping each other with their lives, will face great difficulties.

Fortunately, on the day of victory in the war, Guo Jieshuai announced that the promises made to the people and to the meritorious soldiers will be fulfilled immediately.And the officials of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion really made meritorious service for the strong men in the shortest time.It is said that the judge Yiba worked on this for three days and two nights without closing his eyes.

Xu Gou'er's widow and niece were rewarded with money and silk, and got extra fields, and changed from a shady household to a military household, and they are still Xiao Mole's subordinates.Because Xu Zhu'er and his elder brother never separated, they became the head of the family.

Even the lowest-level military households can shelter the people of the five families as the head of the neighborhood.Xu Zhu'er knew that his family didn't have that ability, so he asked Xiao Mole for permission, and brought Hu Luzi here to be the first shady household of his neighbor.As for the other shady households, there is no follow-up for the time being, and we have to wait for the households returned by the Mongols in Jinan to arrive in Laizhou for distribution.

The same is true of the distribution of fields.The approximate location has been determined, it is not far from Xiao Mole's field, it is very flat, there is water, it is undoubtedly a good place.But we have to wait for the arrival of the private households in Jinan before digging the ditches and ridges and formally clearing them up.

Xu Zhu'er is still young and has not yet developed strength. Although he is a military household, he has not yet been able to join the army.So in the past few days, he continued to eat the relief food given by the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion as usual, and his main energy was still on picking up manure.Of course, if he had free time, he would pull a donkey to respond to the recruitment, and went to various construction sites to work hard and get some meat.

In the past few days, the common people had spread that a certain person there provided clues to the navy, caught the infiltrating spies, and received a generous reward of money and silk.

Xu Zhuer was very envious.

The pension money and food provided by the elder brother who died in battle have already made life easier for the family.But people's hearts are always like this, and they want to be better when they are good.

Xu Zhuer caught a spy today, which is a great joy!
When he rushed to the gravel slope, he had already thought about the use of the rewarded money and silk: his sister-in-law and niece, as well as the children of Hu Luzi's family, all wanted a thick winter coat, and he also asked the blacksmith to buy a pair of clothes. A hoe and two sickles.Keep the rest of the money, and buy a straight knife when you save enough, so that you can practice martial arts and join the army in the future.

It's a pity that this guy named Zhang Rong is talking and laughing with Jie Shuai now.

So he is not a spy?

To be honest, Xu Zhu'er also felt that Zhang Rong didn't look like a bad guy in his heart, so he was a little lucky.But he really couldn't bear to lose the reward after gaining it, so he wanted to cry right now.

Several soldiers walked past him, someone looked at him with a smile, stretched out his hand and tugged at his ears: "You are thinking too much! Those few are going to be used by Jie Shuai! If you want to make meritorious service, How could it be that easy! Hahaha!"

The soldier's name is Zhou Cong, a general under Xu Yu's subordinates.At that time, Hu Luzi got a hint from Xu Zhuer and pretended to be respectful, so he ran to find him.

Xu Zhuer said angrily: "You punched that Zhang Rong just now! And tied him with a rope! If he becomes a high official, he will arrest you first and spank his ass!"

These generals under Xu Yu's subordinates are all veterans.Before they took refuge in Xu Xuan, most of them were well-known Jiangyang thieves. Later, they followed Xu Xuan and cooperated with Guo Ning.Even if he was not promoted for various reasons, he didn't care about a later figure.

At that moment, they burst into laughter and walked away.

Xu Zhuer was still unhappy.

At this time, Shen Shi was about to pass, and the sound of gongs came from the direction of the pier, which was an order to call for dinner.

Hu Luzi smiled and said, "Let's go, let's have mutton to eat today."

Xu Zhu'er held back his mouth and didn't move.

Hu Luzi walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Hurry up, pig. You have to go to school after eating."

Xu Zhu'er snorted angrily: "I made the first report, but it turned out like this. Today's news will definitely spread. If I go to school, I will be ridiculed!"

Having said that, the temptation of mutton is great, and it will not work if you don't go to school.

The young and old waddled and walked towards the port.

After walking for a while, there was a rumble of hooves in the distance, and a whistle came back.The cavalry traveled across the field like flying, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust.You can see a few bold children running excitedly with the cavalry team, and they don't know what they are yelling.

It was said at the port that there was mutton to eat, but in fact there was not much on each person's head.It's not fresh mutton, it should be captured, it's the dried meat that the Mongolians carried with them after killing the sheep.Now throw it in a big pot and cook, and each person will give two slices.

But this is already a rare delicacy for ordinary people. Xu Zhuer took a small bite, and wrapped the rest in a cloth handkerchief, planning to take it back to his sister-in-law and two nieces.The three children in Hu Luzi's family were also greedy, so he was reluctant to eat a mouthful, so he only drank a large bowl of porridge with whole grains.

After dinner, the sky began to darken.When the tide is ebbing, the black tide keeps coming up and receding back, revealing a large area of ​​tidal flats and reefs, as well as off-white crabs crawling on the tidal flats.

The two had agreed that they would go catch some crabs to eat.But at this moment, Xu Zhu'er was really lacking energy.

He gave the donkey a cloth wrapped in mutton, and said with a frown, "Go...I'm going to school!"

Thinking of those people in the school, Xu Zhu'er became more and more troubled.

When Guo Ning was in Hebei, he summoned the young servants every day to let them read and teach them some basic principles and skills.At that time, the person in charge of the school was Du Shisheng, who is now stationed in Zhongdu on behalf of the Ding Navy.

Later, Guo Ning's army became stronger and stronger, more and more family members accompanied the army, and the scale of the school became larger and larger.

When the army was stationed in Zhigu Village, not only the young servants, but also the children of all the soldiers who accompanied the army could go to the school.There is also one meal a day.

After Xu Zhu'er was raised as a military household, he didn't know that there was such a preferential treatment.But although he is young, he has to be used as a half-mature man and has to take care of his family, so he can only catch up with the small half of the hour every day.After two or three days, he was confused and could not understand anything at all.

At this moment, he ran into the military fort along the newly widened road, and made two more turns, just as he bumped into the children of military households in Hebei gathered in large and small groups, heading for the school.

Sure enough, someone saw Xu Zhu'er and burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)