On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 86 When can we rely on others?

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Led by the two constables who had escorted the people from Lijia Village to Liujiatun, Tian Cao and two minor officials came over in a donkey cart.

When they entered the small path leading to Liujiatun, Li Shiyue, who was picking up firewood with a stone halfway up the mountain, spotted them at the first moment.

Li Shiyue ran into the mountain, found a wind vent, and blew a specially made whistle. After she stopped, a few breaths later, the same whistle sound came down from the upwind vent.

This was a method of communication in the mountains that Li Shiyue and the exploration team leaders Ma Zi and Mole came up with together.

The Dahei Mountain is really too big, and it is made up of connected mountains. If something happens, it will take a lot of time even if you want to come back early to report the news.

So, they came up with an idea together and made a whistle, with different whistle tones, gentle and urgent, to convey information.

Whistle blowing is to report safety, and it is divided into two states: alert and safe. The length, speed and urgency of the whistle blowing can convey different information.
The emergency is that the barbarians are coming. Be prepared. The old, weak and children should go into the cellar. Other fighters should prepare their weapons and be ready to fight at any time!

The whistle that Li Shiyue blew just now was to announce safety.

Sure enough, when she came down the mountain carrying firewood and stones, she saw Li Youfu and others entertaining the constable and Tian Cao at the entrance of the village.

Since most of the original people in Liujiatun had died, the land was taken back by the county government and redistributed by the county government's land official to the people from Lijiacun and Wangjiacun who had moved here.

Tian Cao didn't look like a man who was easy to talk to. He stood there with a mustache and a hat on, with a stern face, which made people feel a little scared.

However, the land official was very efficient. He distributed land to everyone according to the number of people and the records on the household register, just as he had said at the beginning: 30 acres for each man and 20 acres for each woman.

It was already mid-afternoon after all the busy work. They had lunch in the yard where Li Youfu lived. The food was not very good. The only meat dish was a few eggs brought by Mrs. Liu.

"It gets cold early here. I'm afraid it will snow in another month. We can't grow crops in winter.

I've divided it among you first so you can have an idea.

In addition, every family saves some wood ash to fertilize the fields next year.

When next spring comes, Dr. Tian will come to arrange for everyone to farm.

Don't worry, the prince sympathizes with you for just settling down, so you can buy these seeds on credit first, and then weed them out when we have a harvest."

After saying this, Tian Cao shut up and sat down aside.

Then a constable took over the conversation and said, "Everyone heard what Sun Tiancao said.

Our prince said that for anyone who settles in Andong, the tax will only be half in the first three years!
If you have the spare energy to reclaim wasteland next year, you won’t have to pay taxes on the wasteland for the first three years!

Just think about it, relying on this big black mountain, you can definitely have enough to eat!"

The constable's words sounded nice, but everyone had already learned from Liu Laozhang how Liujiatun became deserted. Although they were happy about settling down, they were more worried and afraid about the future.

Li Youfu stood up at this time and saluted the constable politely. The constable understood that he had something serious to say, so he quickly returned the salute.

"Your Excellency is right. I just have some questions in my mind."

The constable looked like he was just asking, so Li Youfu asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

"Sir, I heard that behind this big black mountain is the grassland where the barbarians live. The barbarians in front of us have entered the village to steal food and kill people.

Now that we are here, we are willing to farm the land and pay taxes honestly.

But they are barbarians after all, with a knife hanging over their heads. How can we farm the land with peace of mind?

If the barbarians come, even if we divide the land among us, there will be no one to farm it!"

I thought that the constable would just brush off Li Youfu's question, or he would pretend to be angry and scold Li Youfu, but I didn't expect that he actually laughed happily.

"Patriarch Li has really hit the nail on the head with what he asked!
Our eldest son is back!
As soon as the prince heard that the eldest son had returned, he made arrangements and sent troops to fight the barbarians in two days!
Not only your Liujiatun, but also the villages near the Dahei Mountain, like Sunjiayao over there and Zhao Youjia next to Sunjiayao, will send troops.

Don't worry, the soldiers will be here in two days and will definitely protect you!
Just take good care of yourself this winter, and work hard next year, and good days will be just around the corner!"

The constable's words made people happy. What ordinary people want is to have food to eat and clothes to wear, and for their children to start a family and have the next generation. But in Li Shiyue's view, isn't this just an empty promise?

Where are the soldiers?

How many days?
Are we here to set up camp and station troops on the spot? Are we going to build a military camp here in the future?

Is it possible to stay at the foot of the Dahei Mountain and directly designate Liujiatun as a military settlement?

Or is it just there for a period of time and gone forever?
In the past few days, Li Shiyue and his mother also walked to Qingsong Town. They overheard gossip in front of the wine shop in the town and learned that there was a military camp behind Qingsong Town, which was close to Sanshan County.

Therefore, if the barbarians wanted to rob, they could only come to Liujiatun and Sunjiayao. However, Sunjiayao was closer to Qingsong Town, while Liujiatun was a little farther away. Moreover, for the barbarians on the grassland, Liujiatun was the closest and they could get there by just crossing a mountain.

Therefore, the others all smiled and felt relieved after hearing the words of the constable, but Li Shiyue still stood aside with a frown and pursed lips.

Finally, Li Youfu gave a purse to the constable and Tian Cao respectively, and sent them away in a polite manner.

Normally, for something like this, you should treat the person to a good meal, and then give him/her two gifts as a thank you.

But in the current situation, the conditions are really not right. The constable and Tian Cao were quite happy to be able to present a purse.

When Li Youfu and Li Shiyang returned with the head of the Wang family, Li Shiyue walked over to Li Youfu and called out, "Grandpa Fu." When Li Youfu saw her like this, he knew she had something to say.

When he returned to the place full of people from Lijia Village, Li Shiyue said the same old thing: "It was said that soldiers would come, but it didn't say when they would come?

How many people can come? Should we set up camp here? Or should we just wait for a few days until the snow falls and then leave?

What would we do if they didn’t come and the barbarians came first?
We can't just rely on others to protect us. When will we be able to rely on others along the way? "

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