Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 241

"Dad!" Jiang Xiaomi patted his shoulder: "How can you be so self-deprecating! Look at you, all arms and legs, perfect, you are a man who has fought in the officialdom!"

"That's right!" Jiang Yipei accepted the compliment calmly, put his hands behind his back, and said excitedly: "County Magistrate Chen said that he would make me the Minister of Works!"

"Wow--!"

Jiang Xiu's eyes were full of stars: "If this isn't bringing honor to our family, then what is! Grandpa would be so happy if he knew about this."

When Jiang Xiaomi heard the mention of Old Master Jiang, the smile on her lips suddenly froze.

Jiang Xiumian immediately glared at Jiang Xiubai, who only reacted after he finished speaking and had already covered his mouth with his hands.

"It's okay." Jiang Xiaomi smiled again and said, "Of course we have to tell Grandpa about this kind of important matter. Let's go and burn incense for Grandpa tomorrow."

"Okay!" Jiang Xiubai responded, and then shut up. He should talk less, as the more he talked, the more mistakes he would make.

Jiang Xiumian felt that what Jiang Yipei said was wrong: "Dad, you said 'to be closed', but has it actually been closed?"

"It's sealed! That's a golden word!" Jiang Yipei was so proud that he almost spread his feathers like a peacock. Who knew he would change the subject: "But I didn't accept it!"

Jiang Xiaomi blinked: "You think... your position is too low?"

"What do you mean it's too low? It's too high!" Jiang Yipei said unhappily, "If he gave me a high-ranking sinecure, I would kneel down and thank God for his grace, but the Minister of Works! Real power! I was exhausted when I was a deputy minister in the Ministry of Works. If I became the Minister, I'm afraid I would die soon."

"How can a Yuanwailang be compared with a Shangshu? Yuanwailang is responsible for doing practical things, and Shangshu arranges Yuanwailang to do practical things!"

"That's a nice thought!" Jiang Yipei said, "It's post-war now, and everything needs to be rebuilt! Besides food, the most important things for the people are shelter! Do I need to introduce to you what the Ministry of Industry is in charge of? Although, I can build houses, but I don't know how to build houses built in ancient times!"

"Also, although it is the new dynasty now, it is still the Chen family's dynasty in the final analysis. The royal palaces that were damaged in the war, the residences of the royal family, the streets and buildings of the imperial city, and even the royal mausoleums - you would have thought that when Prince Qi saw that he could not win the war, he dug up the graves of County Magistrate Chen's father and grandfather!"

Everyone: stunnedJPG.

What a dog! !

Jiang Yipei spread his hands and said, "So, look at how much the Ministry of Industry has to do now. I am the top leader and the ultimate decision maker, but I don't know how to do anything. How can this be justified? If you report me, I will be buried!"

Jiang Xiubai said naively: "You can learn it!"

The Minister of Works is a second-rank official, and is a member of the most core leadership team of a country!

How could ordinary people possibly reach such a threshold? This journey through time was worth it!

"Yes, I can learn!" Jiang Yipei said this calmly, but the next second he was about to explode: "Why should I learn? I was almost 60 in my previous life, and I'm almost 40 in this life. I have to learn from scratch? If I had such a big ambition, what kind of landlord would I be!"

Well, after Jiang Yipei finished his complaints, everyone was speechless.

"So what is your ideal official position?" Jiang Xiaomi asked.

"Of course it's a title of nobility! Some title like Loyalty and Righteousness or Loyalty and Bravery. It would be best if it's the kind that has no real power, doesn't have to do anything, but still gets a salary from the court!"

Jiang Xiaomi shook her head: "You are a meritorious official after all, how can you be so lacking in ambition? County Magistrate Chen will not agree. If he treats you like this, it will chill the hearts of the subordinates who followed him and risked their lives for him. Who would be willing to be loyal to him? In addition, he has just ascended the throne, so he must rely on favors to win over the hearts of the people. He may even reward you greatly!"

"Of course I will accept all the rewards, but I won't be able to hold any official position at all!" Jiang Yipei added, "But it doesn't matter! County Magistrate Chen said that there will be a special examination in June this year. Xiao Mian, you should take the examination and get a good reputation. Then County Magistrate Chen will give you a powerful position! Carry forward our Jiang family!"

Jiang Xiumian: “…”

"Your abacus beads are about to pop out of my eyes! Oh, you don't want to learn, but I do? Dad, please feel sorry for me!"

Jiang Xiumian's defense was immediately broken: "How much knowledge have I learned in the past two years, what I should and shouldn't learn, haven't I learned enough? For this family, I work hard day and night, like a cow or a horse! A family can't satisfy you anymore, right? I should serve the people of the whole country! Dedicate my whole life to the people of the whole country!"

Jiang Yipei patted his shoulder and said, "The more capable you are, the more work you should do!"

Jiang Xiumian didn't buy it at all and slapped his father's hand away: "Stop PUAing me!"

"Then what do you want to do?" Jiang Yipei asked.

"I want to travel and experience the customs and culture of ancient times." After traveling through time, he stayed in the village and went as far as the county town. If he didn't go out for a walk, it would be a waste of his trip to the ancient times.

"Your good brain is wasted. Use your brain to think about it. After the war, why would you travel? Are you going to watch the poor working people eating dirt? You have to build a new country and wait until the people live and work in peace before you travel! You are so young and capable. Is it difficult for you to participate in national construction? If it is not difficult, if it is such a simple thing, why don't you do it! Will your amazing talent be buried?"

Jiang Xiumian: “…”

So angry!

He clearly knew his father was trying to PUA him, but why was he still a little happy?

"Besides, our Jiang family still needs someone who can take charge. I don't have real power in our mansion, and if you don't have it either, when County Magistrate Chen does something, his son will take over, and our family will be reshuffled. Your son will be miserable. There is no useful adult in the family, and he will be bullied in the circle in the capital!"

Jiang Xiumian: “…”

My head was buzzing. If this wasn't moral kidnapping, then what was moral kidnapping? In other words, if he didn't become a high-ranking official, his entire family, including his future son, would be sinners!

Seeing her brother was about to break down, Jiang Xiaomi immediately said, "Don't we have the second uncle and the third uncle? Didn't County Magistrate Chen grant an official position to the third uncle?"

"It has been granted, and it is also in the Ministry of Works. County Magistrate Chen is now short of people, especially capable people. Do you know how many people Dasheng has lost in less than three years?"

"How many?"

"A conservative estimate is 70 million. You have to know that the entire Dasheng population is less than 100 million."

No one expected this number.

It's so tragic.

Jiang Xiaomi came over and said, "Dad, the country is in such a bad state, and you're still thinking about giving up!"

"I'm not giving up here. I'm retiring after accomplishing my mission, okay? Did I back down in times of crisis? I stayed at the rear without retreating a single step! After the mission is accomplished, I will leave without giving up my achievements and fame. Isn't that good?"

"That's good, but has County Magistrate Chen agreed to confer the title of Marquis?"

"...No." Jiang Yipei said stubbornly: "But I told him! He said he would think about it."

"Oh..." Jiang Xiumian was speechless: "Then you keep talking for a long time."

……

Only Jiang Yipei and Jiang Yiyu from the old Jiang family followed Chen Nuo, but there were many people in Jiangjia Village. When they heard that Jiang Yipei was going to fight with County Magistrate Chen, they were extremely worried, especially Jiang Yida, Jiang the Butcher and Jiang the Hunter, who insisted on going with him no matter what.

At that time, Old Master Jiang was still alive. He opened the ancestral hall and said that anyone who wanted to follow Jiang Yipei could go. There were both dangers and opportunities.

Fighting in a war is always dangerous, whether at the front or in the rear, but it is also a rare opportunity to fight for a future for oneself and one's family. After several discussions, a total of sixty-four people followed Jiang Yipei. Tailor Jiang also wanted to go, but Old Master Jiang refused to agree. In the end, he stayed in the county and was in charge of the transportation of some military supplies and clothing to Chen Nuo's camp.

Including his own brother, Jiang Yipei took out sixty-five people and brought back fifty-five. The ten men who did not come back stayed on the battlefield forever. Jiang Yipei only brought back the ashes of five people, and the other five could not be found.

This is how war is, there are life and death. Chen Nuo gave the pension, and Jiang Yipei gave it to their families and added a part for himself. He also brought back a piece of news, that is, each family of these ten people got a quota to work in the county government, and Jiang Yipei would arrange their jobs according to the actual situation of each family and each person, they could be clerks, yamen runners, or miscellaneous servants.

This is Chen Nuo's unique compensation to Jiangjia Village.

Others who had killed enemies on the battlefield and returned alive were also rewarded. According to their military merits, they were awarded money and even official positions of different ranks. For example, Jiang the Hunter fought bravely on the battlefield and protected Chen Nuo from the enemy's encirclement, so he was awarded the rank of fifth-rank general.

His parents were so happy that they immediately slaughtered a big fat pig and burned incense to offer sacrifice to their ancestors!

For such a happy event, naturally the whole village celebrated together. Not only the hunter Jiang's family, but all the other families prepared a banquet and invited relatives and friends to come. Even the ten unfortunate families suppressed their sorrow.

Nanxiang Town has been well protected as an important military supply base in the past two years. The war has not affected a large area and the people are able to live and work in peace.

The production model of mulberry-fish pond has been promoted in Nanxiang Town, with pig, duck and chicken farming carried out in parallel.

With the help of the system, Jiang Xiubai collected a lot of rare animals and plants. With the points rewarded by Polygonum multiflorum and Musk, he finally succeeded in buying medicine and restored his health. This also ushered in the beginning of a hard life.

He became a veterinarian.

He castrated chickens, castrated pigs, delivered cows, and treated sheep.

If he can do it, he will do it. If he can't do it, he will just do it anyway.

Jiang Xiaomi led the team for two years and graduated some time ago.

The master brings people in, but the practice depends on the individual. Jiang Xiaomi has taught them everything she can, and the rest is up to them on their own. Today's Jiangjia Village is different from the past. They have ways to learn both literature and martial arts, but Jiang Xiaomi is no longer with them.

Jiang Xiumian is the most hardworking and capable person in the village, bar none, except Jiang Yipei.

Not only the brick kiln and the carbon kiln, but all the construction in the village were designed and organized by him. During this period, he also improved the weapons used by Chen Nuo's army and refined the iron. In terms of weapons, he overwhelmed Chaoguo and Chen Qi.

If he hadn't wanted to use hot weapons on the Dasheng battlefield, how could Chen Qi and Chaoguo have survived until today!

He took into consideration that thermal weapons were too lethal. If they appeared in the world, the Jiang family would have no good days. Therefore, he only developed a very small batch and deployed it at the entrance of the village. Jiang Xiaomi lured the enemy to this place and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

The war had stopped for more than a month before the people finally settled down. They no longer worried about someone breaking into their homes and conscripting soldiers without explanation, especially in the territories of Chaoguo and Chenqi, where people had to be forced to join the army at the age of twelve. It was better on County Magistrate Chen's side, where people had to be sixteen years old - he also needed people, so he had to do this.

Gradually, more and more people dared to go out in groups to towns and counties they were familiar with to sell some things in exchange for money to buy necessities for their families.

The economy is gradually showing signs of recovery.

Jiang Xiumian sat in the carriage, looking at the sparse pedestrians on the county road outside, and finally believed what Jiang Yipei said - his dream of traveling was shattered.

If you want to truly experience the customs and culture of ancient times, it will probably take several years.

Now, the younger generation of Jiangjia Village followed Jiang Yipei to the capital to see the world.

Jiang Yipei also brought along those older people who were willing to go to the capital. As long as they came, he would make arrangements.

after all--

This should be the last time he generously spends money for the whole village. It will never happen again in the future.

It is a prosperous time, and they will have to rely on themselves from now on.

Speaking of money, he made a lot of money from County Magistrate Chen in the past two years. With the rewards from him, Jiang Yipei is really not short of money now. Finally, he can benefit the village once again.

According to statistics, nearly two hundred people are going to Beijing, but most of them are children, and each family will send one or two adults to look after them.

After all, this may be the only chance in their life to enter the palace and meet the emperor!

Anyone who can get away wants to go and see it.

Although this emperor was their former county magistrate, not everyone had the opportunity to meet the county magistrate.

The carriage jolted along for more than half a month, and before Jiang Xiaomi's butt was broken into pieces, they finally reached the capital city and the small courtyard where their family used to live.

The yard is dilapidated and the old man guarding the gate is gone. I don’t know whether he ran away or died. Fortunately, this place is not occupied by anyone, otherwise it would take some effort to settle down.

However, this small courtyard cannot accommodate so many people. It can only accommodate Jiang Yipei's family of four. There is not enough room for Jiang Xiubai.

However, the capital is the imperial city after all, and its economy and culture have recovered most comprehensively. Various shops have been opened. Although there are not many goods for sale, it looks lively and bustling as they open their doors to welcome customers.

First, he found an inn to settle down, and then went to find a broker to rent a few courtyards.

It was the first time that the innkeeper encountered so many possibilities after the reopening. There was no room for everyone, and he even introduced business to the innkeeper next door.

It was just a coincidence that the brother-in-law of the shopkeeper next door was a human trafficker in the past. He told Jiang Yipei and others that the houses in the capital were in a mess now, many of which were ownerless and everyone wanted to occupy them. Later, they were taken over by the Jingzhao Yin, and even if there were house deeds, they could not be bought, sold or rented. Jiang Yipei could only arrange for the people of Jiangjia Village to stay in the inn first.

But when he returned to his own courtyard, he saw the people from Jingzhao Yin.