"Now..." Huang Lizhang was silent for a moment. "I don't know... there may be 70 to 80 men, 2 to 300 women, and 20 to 30 children. It has been a long time since I checked."

"Are they all dead?" A young sergeant was obviously confused.

"They are all dead... How did the nearly 100,000 Hebei field soldiers from Ban County and Changhe come here?" Captain Zhao was speechless, and he couldn't help but sigh. "Human life is the most despicable thing, but it is also the most tenacious.

"

"Then these people don't want to go home?" the young sergeant continued to be curious. "Stay there as soldiers in the field?"

"Of course I miss home." Boss Zhao continued to explain helplessly. "But not to mention that many of them are from other counties. Even those from these two counties have to finish spring plowing before they can slowly go to find their families. Moreover,

Is their family still there? Apart from these, there is still military law. How can we easily leave the camp without clear instructions from the superiors? That guy was celebrating the New Year in the Eastern Territory last spring and was unwilling to come back. Shouldn’t we pursue it to the end?"

The young sergeant then shut up.

Just now, Team Leader Zhao came to warn Chief Huang: "Take this opportunity to check the people in the village... The so-called exchange of money for seeds and knives to gather farm tools is just a general term. Fundamentally, it is still to farm, but it must be done in a serious way.

If you don't do it falsely, you won't collect more taxes... Therefore, population is the foundation. This is why your family was wiped out. He wanted to hold Dingkou in his own hands. This is a real taboo.

.”

Huang Lichang suddenly understood and nodded in agreement.

Then, everyone chatted some more, but they only focused on a few things - Huang Lichang asked about the spring plowing subsidy and the peripheral war situation, while Zhaobo asked about Shuanghuangli's current situation.

How poor is it, how difficult is it?

In this way, the two parties ate until the evening, and went to see the mules and horses together. When they came back, it was almost dark. Huang Lichang bluntly said that there was no lamp oil and candles, and it was not easy to hold a torch in the house. Han Xiang was talking to Team Leader Zhao

Several people had nothing to say, so they simply took a rest early in the side rooms on both sides of the main room.

Several guests went to bed without mentioning it. After a while, Huang Lichang calmly walked to the backyard with a torch, looked at the mules and horses again, told people not to forget to add food, and then left grandly through the back door of his house.

I walked outside the village until I reached the big tree at the head of the village. I held the torch again and read the notice for half a day, not knowing what I was thinking.

After a while, a dozen or so men holding torches gradually gathered under the dark big tree. Although they were not fully dressed, they could barely be said to be holding knives and wearing armor. It was obvious that they had been in war for many years.

There is no shortage of weapons and remaining armor among the people.

"Brother Huang." Someone was waiting impatiently and took the initiative to speak. "Hurry up and take action. The longer things are delayed, the less stable things will be."

"I changed my mind." Huang Lichang turned around and said while holding a torch. "Wait and see whether the gang will provide seeds and farm tools, and whether they really want everyone to be safe... If he does,

Even if we want to flee to the west, we don’t have to destroy their lives and harm the fellow villagers in vain..."

The surrounding area became quiet, but one person was still angry: "Second uncle, we are about to leave, why do we still care about our fellow villagers? How can we establish ourselves in Dalang's place when we get to the west without some things?"

"Are you in charge, or am I in charge?" Huang Lichang, holding a torch, asked coldly.

The man also immediately shut his mouth.

Seeing this, Huang Lichang also sighed:

"Everyone, as the saying goes, if you move a tree to death, a person will live. This is true. Moreover, we have indeed exhausted our resources in the past three years and have no way to survive. But as the saying goes, people are humbled when they leave their hometown... In today's world, that

Generals and heroes often die without a burial place. I have to weigh it before you entrust your life to me. Besides, the people in Shuanghuang are our fellow villagers, and they have nothing to do with us. If it is for

This matter has delayed their spring plowing and ruined their lives, and I really feel bad about it... So, listen to me on this matter, let's slow down for a while, okay?"

The people below looked at each other in shock, especially since some people had been reprimanded before. Naturally they did not dare to say anything, so they all agreed and then dispersed.

Only the man who was scolded before could not help but turn around and say before leaving: "Second uncle, let alone the end of the road, the key is not to forget the fate of Uncle Sanhuangli!"

Huang Lichang was upset when he heard this, and just told the other party to go back to sleep quickly.

The next day, several army sergeants and Han Xiangzheng had no idea that they had escaped from the gate of hell last night. Instead, they sincerely said goodbye to Huang Lichang... This is how the so-called friendship actually came about... Then, Huang Lichang naturally held his hand.

The horse took the people to the entrance of the village.

At this time, Captain Zhao took something out of his arms and handed it to the other party.

"What is this?" Huang Lizhang looked at the thing in his hand and was puzzled for a moment.

"Food stamps, which can be exchanged for military rations at the county military camp, and those who work as craftsmen for the army in the county, as well as us retained officials all know that they are also the most precious today." Han Xiang sighed and handed over to Captain Zhao.

."Brother Zhao is benevolent and righteous."

"It's not my kindness." Captain Zhao responded frankly. "There is a military law. You have to pay for eating out. You have to pay everywhere. Otherwise, if it is found out, it will be recorded. If there are too many, you will be transferred to the field soldiers... However,

I heard you say it yesterday, and I saw it myself. You are really in a difficult situation now, so you just took it upon yourself to do this... I know that people like you are heroes and don't pay attention to these details, but it's really what I can do best.

It’s something, please keep it.”

After saying that, he turned around, took the horse, and headed towards the main road in Jiangling City.
Chapter completed!