I traveled through time and space to hunt and support my family in ancient times

Jiang Lei frowned slightly. He had only studied for a year and had experienced the horse thieves a few days ago, so he was afraid of the chaotic world.

Jiang Youshan said, "Your brother is going to school, and your father is a corvée who is escorting grain and grass."

Cai was worried, but she was powerless. She had to take care of the family and let the child's father go out.

In the middle of the night, it suddenly started to rain. The sound of the rain was sometimes loud and sometimes soft, with a hint of chill. When the family was sleeping soundly wrapped in quilts, the gate of the courtyard was suddenly slammed "bang bang bang".

Jiang Yue stood up and shouted towards the gate: "Who is it?"

"It's me, big sister, I'm back!"

It’s Jiang Ming!

As soon as Jiang Yue opened the door, she saw Jiang Ming standing in a dishevel in the rainy night. His hair was wet and stuck to his face, his clothes were covered with mud, and the cloth shoes on his feet were even more horrible, having been dyed into another color by the mud and water, and it was completely unrecognizable from their original appearance.

"Why are you back at this time?"

Jiang Lei quickly pushed him in. Jiang Xue was busy making a fire and boiling water. She made a bowl of ginger water for Jiang Ming: "Brother, drink the ginger water quickly to warm your body."

Cai pulled out a set of clean clothes and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to come back? Can't you wait until the rain stops? What if you get soaked?"

Jiang Ming felt warm in his heart. He took off his muddy coat and shoes, took the ginger soup and drank it all in one gulp.

When he came, he took someone else's carriage and only went as far as the county town. He left the county town before the city gate closed, but it was dark and raining, and he didn't encounter any ox carts on the road. The road was muddy and slippery, and he fell when he reached the village entrance, and was covered in mud.

Jiang Youshan boiled some hot water for him to take a bath and wash his hair. After changing his clothes, he walked into the main room with a gloomy and unpredictable expression.

The whole family was waiting for him, but no one asked why he suddenly came back. Everyone had something in mind.

"Mom, I'm fine. You can go back to your room and sleep." Jiang Ming said softly, "I'll wash the dirty clothes and then go to sleep."

Jiang Youshan nodded and said that they could talk about it after dawn. Cai was in poor health and it was not good for her to stay up late.

Jiang Ming went to the kitchen alone and washed his clothes by the remaining fire in the kitchen. The coldness in his heart gradually subsided.

As soon as he heard about the conscription of laborers today, he immediately asked for leave and came back. He traveled a whole day, from riding in a carriage to walking alone, from daytime to dusk, from gloomy skies to dripping rainy nights, and finally arrived home late at night.

How dangerous is Nandu County? The brutal Jiaochi people killed Daqian people when they saw them, and their methods were cruel. He couldn't let his father take risks. He would do the corvée himself, even if he didn't study!

As early as the moment the door opened, Jiang Ming had already prepared what to say to his eldest sister. Unexpectedly, his eldest sister's eyes seemed to see through him, and he could not utter the prepared words.

After washing the clothes and tidying up, Jiang Ming fell asleep. He didn't dare to sleep too deeply, so he got up as soon as it was light. After getting dressed and going to the main room, he saw his father sitting on a chair, as if he was waiting for him.

"Ming'er, Dad knows you came back because of corvée labor, but you can't go. Dad will go."

"Dad, if it was just ordinary corvée, I wouldn't argue with you, but escorting grain and grass to Nandu County is not ordinary corvée. We will encounter enemy troops on the way. Dad, I have practiced fighting with my elder sister, and I am learning martial arts with the master of the academy. I will go to escort grain and grass!"

"Nonsense, you're still in school!"

"Even if you don't go to the academy anymore, I can't let you take risks."

Jiang Youshan was anxious: "Why are you so disobedient, kid? You are only fifteen, how can your father let you go?"

While the two were arguing back and forth, Jiang Yue came in and decided that my brother and I should go. She originally wanted to go to the county town and spend money to find someone to replace the corvée. As long as one has money, it is easy to find someone to replace the corvée. As long as you say you are a cousin or a godson when registering, the government will turn a blind eye.

However, after she inquired carefully, she gave up looking for someone to replace her. It is easy to find people, but it is difficult to guard against their hearts. If these people took the money and escaped halfway and refused to perform military service, it would implicate the three clans!

Jiang Youshan paused. So what was he doing arguing all morning? Was it useful?

"Why would the officer let you follow him when he was escorting food and fodder?"

"Dad, I've already arranged it. I've found a reliable escort officer for my brother."

When Jiang Youshan began to harvest corn and sorghum, Jiang Ming had already left Hedong County with the laborers who were setting out to transport grain.

A total of 3,000 laborers were recruited and divided into two groups to escort food and fodder along three routes.

There are three main reasons why Hedong County was chosen.

First of all, Hedong County had a bumper harvest this year and had sufficient grain reserves.

Secondly, Hedong County is relatively close to Nanfang County, so food and fodder can be transported there with the least loss and at the fastest speed.

Finally, Zhai Qingya and General Zhang were on the prince's side, and Nanfang County was in a stalemate. As the prefect, he could no longer sit still and had already gone to Nanfang County before the civilians who were escorting the grain and fodder set out.

I can only say, this is fate.

The civilians recruited from Wangshan Village were dispersed as soon as they arrived at Muchuan County. Jiang Yue was not on the list, and he followed Jiang Ming with his own dry food.

Transporting grain is not an easy task.

This is a major mobilization that requires the mobilization of countless human and material resources.

To send a thousand kilograms of food to the southern county, we have to take into account the consumption of the villagers and cattle and horses during the transportation process. In this way, for every thousand kilograms of food sent, at least three thousand kilograms of food must be prepared in advance.

The grain transport team consisted of twenty vehicles in a team, led by an officer and ten soldiers responsible for escorting and maintaining order.

Each carriage was equipped with six laborers, two guards on each side, a groom in front and a tailman in the back.

There were six people in one car, and the food in the car, except for the food they ate themselves, the rest was the military rations they had to pay.

If the military rations are damaged even a little bit, all six people will be held responsible and dealt with according to military law.

Therefore, these six people must unite and protect their cart of food to ensure their own safety.

At the beginning, there was only a little girl following their carriage, and the other five people looked at them with disgust. Jiang Ming was even arranged to eat dirt at the back of the carriage. The road was too difficult to walk on, and the grain bags could easily fall off.

Jiang Yue waved her hand and threw the bag of grain back into the car. Although Jiang Ming looked young, he had been trained by Jiang Yue to be extremely strong and had great endurance. He carried the bag and walked briskly.

In particular, if other vehicles moved slowly, they would be whipped by the soldiers on horseback, but their team had never been troubled.

But this is the power of money. Jiang Yue had already bribed the officers.

How could someone actually send money to accompany his family in transporting grain? One more person is one more person. They have been watching all the time, so they can't be spies.