Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Looking at the mental appearance of a few people, besides being tanned, their faces seem to have gained some weight?

Thinking that he was captured just to find them, the guard leader looked at himself and his ragged men and gnashed his teeth in hatred.

"Why am I here? It's because of you!"

Hearing that the boss was looking for them, Ah Da was deeply moved, "Boss, so you are here to save us."

The leader of the guards couldn't help but roll his eyes. Their hands and feet were free, so why did they need others to save them?

Please ask him to figure it out, he is the one who really needs to be saved, okay!

Was he blind and didn't he see the heavy chains tied to his feet?

The guard next to them didn't give them a chance to reminisce. He waved his whip and said, "Don't waste time. Go to work, or you won't have dinner tonight!"

When they heard that there was no food to eat, Ada and the others hurriedly picked up shovels and other tools.

"Boss, if you have anything to say, we can talk tonight. I have to go to work first."

The leader of the guards had a bitter mouth and was a little bit unbelievable. They had never been so obedient when they were under his command!

How did Longtan make them work obediently?

He was still in a daze, and the secret guard pushed him, "Stop being in a daze, our master said that we will let you go back after we repair this official road, and we will also give your master a big gift."

"How long will this take?" The leader of the guards looked at the construction site where yellow soil was flying everywhere.

"If it's fast, it can be repaired in three to five days."

The secret guard kindly handed him a shovel.

The leader of the guards took the shovel obediently. He had given up resisting. He could neither fight nor run away. The secret guards teased him like a cat playing with a mouse for a long time. Except for torn clothes, there was no wound on the eleven of them.

"You'd better keep your word!" The guard leader looked at the secret guards.

The dark guard said, "Don't worry, we don't have to lie to you."

After leaving Changyi County, the man followed the convoy heading to Longtan on the newly built flat and wide official road.

After hearing what Yun Si and Yun Liu said, those who went to Longtan for refuge immediately started discussing.

"It seems that the young master did not lie to us!"

"Uncle, look, this official road is newly built."

"It's easier to travel than the road to Huaizhou City."

The man was carrying a load on his back and looking around.

"It will cost a lot of money to build such a wide official road!" someone who had done corvée labor estimated in his mind.

"Look, there are people repairing the road ahead. It turns out the road isn't finished yet!"

After walking for a day, they finally arrived in Longtan.

Some people came forward and greeted the villagers who were building the road.

"Brother, are there really no Japanese pirates in Longtan?" He was still afraid of death.

The villager chuckled and spoke with a thick northern accent.

"I don't know. We have been here for half a year and have never seen the Japanese pirates. I don't know what they look like."

The man and the people behind him looked at each other. It seemed that the threat of Japanese pirates in Longtan had been completely eliminated.

After the villagers finished speaking, they looked at the large and small bags they were carrying and asked enthusiastically, "Are you also here to seek refuge in Longtan?"

"Yes, our village can't survive anymore, so we come here to find a way to make a living."

The villagers laughed and said, "Then you have come to the right place."

The man took out a piece of maltose he had begged for in Nanzhou Prefecture and stuffed it into the villager's hand.

"Brother, tell us about it!"

So the enthusiastic villagers pulled them aside and talked to them in detail.

At the beginning, no one believed that such a good thing could happen in the world. Unlike the numbness and hardship they had experienced when they were conscripted for labor service, the people who were building the roads here were all smiling and not at all reluctant.

It can be seen that they all came voluntarily.

When they saw the food they brought in, the thick white rice porridge with a fresh fragrance, and the glossy green vegetables, they had to believe it.

"Where are you from?" the villagers asked.

The man swallowed and said, "We are from Huaizhou City."

The villagers were amazed, "What's going on? Can't survive in the South? There's no war here."

The man's eyes were dim, and his heart was full of bitterness. "The grain tax is getting higher every year, and the harvest from the land is low. It's not like we can't survive."

The leader of the guards in the distance had sharp eyes and ears. He looked over there and saw that there were actually one or two hundred people in the team.

He frowned slightly. It turned out that the people in Huaizhou City were already not having enough food to eat.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and he wanted to go back and report the matter as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, you came to Longtan. You will definitely have enough to eat. My family doesn't have to pay taxes on the grain harvest this season. If you add in some beans, grains, and wild vegetables, it's enough for my family to eat for a year." The villager patted the man on the shoulder to comfort him.

Then he took out his own bowl and chopsticks and went to queue up for food.

The villagers' words ignited hope in everyone's hearts, and they decided to continue on their journey and reach Longtan as soon as possible.

The most important thing is that the villagers’ food is so delicious!

When the tall city wall of Longtan County appeared in front of everyone, everyone was amazed. This city wall was taller and bigger than that of Huaizhou City.

There are many soldiers patrolling there, making it feel like a major military city.

Soon someone opened the side door next to the city gate, and the freight caravan entered the city smoothly.

The man and others followed behind and went forward, but were stopped by the secret guards.

"What do you do?"

The man hurriedly bowed and saluted, "We were introduced to you by Fourth Master Yun."

He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to the secret guard, "This is the letter of introduction that Fourth Master Yun wrote to us. Sir, please take a look."

The secret guard took it and saw at a glance that there was an exclusive mark of their secret guards on the envelope.

"Wait a minute, I'll go and report."

"Thank you, sir." The man saluted again.

The letter was quickly presented to Lin Yinan and Yun Mo, who were discussing the sugarcane harvest with Lin Yiheng, Pan Qingfeng and others.

Only half of the late rice has been harvested, and the second season corn can also be harvested. The main reason is that there is a shortage of manpower.

"What a coincidence, someone sends me a pillow just when I feel sleepy." Yun Mo handed the read letter to Lin Yinan.

"That's good. We have people to harvest sugarcane."

Lin Yinan's lips curled up into a smile, and his expression became much more relaxed.

After reading the letter, Pan Qingfeng immediately had an idea in his mind.

He thought about it and said, "Our sugarcane is all planted on the slopes of the mountains and forests. We can find an open area around the sugarcane field to build a shed and let them live there first. After the sugarcane is harvested, we can arrange a village for them."

"The village closest to the sugarcane fields is on the way to Xihe County. We'll see if they're willing to settle there."

"What kind of salary should we give them?" Lin Yinan asked.

They already have experience in these matters. Lin Yiheng said, "How about providing two meals a day for the workers and paying twenty cents a day?"

Pan Qingfeng pulled the abacus from the table, fiddled with it, and nodded, "The cost is within a reasonable range."

"Then let's do it this way." Lin Yinan made the final decision.

At this time, Yun Er came in with a tray. On the tray were five or six cups filled with bubbly, light yellow liquid with some green in it.

"Everyone, come and try the freshly squeezed sugarcane juice from Yun Er brand." Yun Er put down the tray and said with a bright smile.

Lin Yinan asked, "Is the juicer ready?"

Yun Er raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there anything I can't accomplish?"