It's the end of July, and the countryside of Yunzhong County is full of joy.
But Shao Rong was packing his salute at home at the moment.
Forty years ago, Shao Rong's grandfather broke the law and was sentenced to exile, and he was exiled from the far south to the border of this Yunzhong county.
Eventually, Shaw took root in the clouds.
After 40 years of development, today's Shaw family has become a huge family.
Today's Shaw Brothers has developed into a large family of more than 40 people.
And the prosperity of the family has brought problems, and there is not enough land At the beginning, after Shao Rong's grandfather was exiled here, he was incorporated into the county soldiers of Yunzhong County.
This was also the ultimate fate of most of the exiles at that time.
In the following 20 years, Yunzhong County became the focus and hot spot of the Han-Hungarian War.
The elite of the Han and Hungarian countries have fought six times outside Yunzhong City, relying on the efforts of Wei Shang, the county of Yunzhong, Yunzhong City has been standing.
And Shao Rong's grandfather also continued to accumulate merits in the war, and in the end, he was promoted to Sima and got the title of public doctor.
This was also the limit of most border residents at that time.
Further up, someone needs to be appreciated and promoted.
So, after serving for twenty years, Shao Rong's grandfather retired from the position of Sima and went to live in this township outside the city of clouds.
At that time, Yunzhong County was still implementing the land granting policy.
Shao Rong's grandfather was given a share of 900 acres of land and a set of courtyards for nine houses.
At that time, the Shaw family was a wealthy family within a radius of 100 miles.
But alas, time has changed.
Ten years ago, Shao Rong's grandfather passed away.
In order to organize the funeral, Shaw spent almost half of his savings.
Then, it's time to split up.
In accordance with the Han law and the edicts of the emperors of the past dynasties, the Han family implemented the system of descending titles.
Below the princes, the generations will decrease.
Shao Rong's grandfather was only a ninth-level doctor in the title hierarchy system.
As a result, his eldest son was reduced to an official doctor.
The rest of the sons were reduced to doctors.
In terms of property division, the Shaw Brothers had a total of five sons and three daughters.
The eldest son, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law took seventy percent first.
The remaining thirty percent was divided into two parts and given to Shao Rong's father and uncle.
The land allocated to Shao Rong's father is even less than 100 acres.
However, Shao's father gave birth to three children, and last year, in response to the call of the Son of Heaven, he gave birth to another son.
This means that Shao Rong, who is the second son and is already eighteen years old, must start looking for a way out now.
Generally speaking, the concubines of border families like Shao Rong can basically only go to those big families in the border to serve as retainers or tenant farmers for them.
For example, Shao Rong's hair is small, and the two children of the neighbor's family went to the Wang family in the neighboring township in the spring of this year to serve as guards for the two sons of the old Wang family.
To be honest, such a way out is really good.
The people of the border fortress have received strict military training since childhood.
Just like Shao Rong, whether he is riding a horse or firing a bow on a horse, he looks the same.
Moreover, he is also proficient in the use of various long and short bows and arrows, and knows how to repair and maintain crossbow machines.
In addition, he was relatively tall, and although he was only eighteen years old, he was already seven feet five inches tall.
Before the first master, he had the hope of growing to eight feet.
And the eight-foot-tall husband, even in Yunzhong County, is also a sought-after talent.
For example, the Wang family in the neighboring township, and even the Wei family in the county town, will give preferential treatment to such a strong man, and may even hand it over.
For all men who are eight feet tall and under the age of twenty-five have the opportunity to participate in the selection of cuirassiers.
Once selected, it will be the same as the son in the city who was admitted to the examination, which is a very glorious thing.
Last year, Shao Rong's cousin Shao Zheng was elected to Yulinwei, and the whole township beat gongs and drums, and set up flowing water seats for three days to celebrate, and even, several Ming mansions in the county town came to the township to congratulate.
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In the county town, there was even a scholar whose ancestor was as noble as the Marquis of Guannei, and his concubine was married to Shao Rong's cousin.
This is simply the biggest stimulation in Shao Rong's life.
At that moment, Shao Rong swore that he would also get ahead.
Like his cousin, he is beautiful and proud, and the most important thing is that he also wants to marry a young lady from a noble family.
But Shao Rong knows that his family is very financially poor.
If it weren't for the fact that in the past few years, the Son of Heaven has continued to govern well, giving the people of the border counties and constantly reducing the burden, and the Han army has continued to win and bring back a lot of wealth, and his father was fortunate to be selected as a people's husband, delivering grain and grass for the army and getting some rewards.
Life at home is a little more relaxed. so that he will not go hungry.
However, Shao Rong knows that his younger brothers and sisters will grow up quickly, and soon, they will need more food and more corn.
It is impossible and impossible to have that condition in the family, so that you can eat enough.
Not to mention eating some meat every once in a while.
And for him to grow tall, strong, and strong, he must have a full stomach, and even meat And if you want to eat meat, you can only seek wealth and danger.
Wrapping the package, Shao Rong looked at it again, this simple but warm home where he had lived for eighteen years.
Then he took the parcel on his back, took some of the bread that his mother had made this morning, and pushed open the door.
At the door, Shao Rong saw his father, squatting on the threshold silently, sighing, while his mother was holding her newborn younger brother and sobbing on the side.
This made Shao Rong unable to move for a while.
But he knew he had to go.
The eldest brother got married last year and gave birth to a son.
In the peasant family of the northern border county, when the eldest son got married, the younger brother, who had already reached adulthood, had to go to fend for himself and set up his own door.
This is not only the demand of the government, but also the tradition of the people.
Northerners are used to it.
No matter how reluctant he is, no matter how unwilling he is, Shao Rong must leave his parents and go to the world by himself.
He carried the package on his back, walked to his parents, knelt down heavily, kowtowed, and said: "Father, mother, the unfilial son is going to go out today, but I ask Tai Yi to bless the second elder for the past three or five years, and the son may not be able to go home on time to visit, and please forgive the second elder for his unfilial piety."
As he spoke, he kowtowed three times in a row.
When his mother saw this, she cried even harder.
One by one, he tugged at his father's sleeve, trying to make a final pleading.
But the father only sighed vigorously.
There is no way, this is the reality of the peasants at the bottom of the border counties.
The family's land is only enough to feed the family.
To be precise, it can only be passed on to the eldest son.
As for the concubine, he can only and must find his own way out.
Otherwise, if a large family depends on only these 100 acres or even less than 100 acres of land, the whole family will starve.
"Ah Zhong" The father stood up, helped Shao Rong up, sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Be careful on the road, when you get over there, bring me a letter" Shao Rong nodded heavily, then came to his mother's side, looking at his mother, who was getting old, he knelt down again, kowtowed heavily, and said, "My son is going to Henan, mother, please take care."
After speaking, Shao Rong took a firm step.
He was afraid that if he did this again, his determination that he had finally made up his mind would collapse.
He walked all the way on, until he could no longer hear his mother's cry behind him.
He let out a long sigh.
Two lines of tears, but unconsciously flowed.
It was only when he walked to the entrance of the village that Shao Rong stopped, looked back at his hometown for the last time, and remembered it deeply in his brain.
He knew that he would never forget the scene at this moment.
Half an hour later, Shao Rong walked to the wandering place in the township.
Here, about thirty people have gathered.
They are all young people who are not much different from him, and there are even many people that Shao Rong recognizes.
Basically, these young people are the concubines and second sons of their hometowns, and they cannot inherit the family business, but can only find their own way out.
And, obviously, everyone chooses the same way out.
When young people get together, they naturally can't help but fight.
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After a while, the door to the camp was opened.
A soldier in armor walked in front of everyone.
Shao Rong and his companions hurriedly quieted down, and immediately formed a neat formation, holding their heads high, striving to show the best appearance to this soldier from the county town.
The soldier walked in front of everyone a few times, looked at Shao Rong and the others, and then nodded with satisfaction.
"The Holy Son of Heaven is gracious, merciful to the border people, life is not easy, there is no land and house, in order to prevent you and others from going astray, the Holy Order authorizes you and others to voluntarily go to the land of Hetao to reclaim and receive training" The soldier said with some arrogance: "Explain to you in advance that if this reclamation regiment is entered, it will be like in the army, and everything will be done by military law."
"Every day at sunrise, under military training, after eating, and laboring, until nightfall to return to the camp, all are subject to military law and control" "I want to inform you and others that this reclamation regiment is extremely bitter, and those who can't bear this hardship can leave now, and once they don't leave now, they will not be allowed to leave in the future, and those who leave without permission will be regarded as deserters."
"Do you understand?"
Shao Rong and others naturally already knew about the relevant system.
In fact, as early as last year, after Wang Shi recovered the land between the rivers, the system of this reclamation regiment had been explained many times by the pavilion chief and Li Zheng in the village pavilion.
The people of the Reclamation Regiment are all half-military and half-civilian.
Within five years, the members of the cantonment regiment must obey the distribution and management.
Under the organization of the army and officials, they were engaged in land reclamation, farming, and military training was required on a daily basis.
Anyone who violates the regulations and systems of the cantonment regiment will be dealt with by military law.
On Anton's side, hundreds of people died for violating the laws of the cantonment regiments.
In addition, during these five years, all the members of the cantonment group will not have any property of their own.
At most, at the end of the year, you can send some rewards.
Judging from these conditions, the cantonment regiment is really a murderous path, but if there is a choice, no one will choose this path.
However, the system of this reclamation regiment is regarded as the benevolent and good government of the Son of Heaven today.
It is a special preferential policy and way out given by the Son of Heaven to pity the landless poor people in the world who cannot live in peace.
Naturally, there will be no merit.
Behind these conditions, there are more coveted preferential policies.
First of all, if you have worked in the reclamation group for five years, as long as you have not violated the system and are not lazy in the process, then you can get the corresponding land according to the performance of these five years.
On Anton's side, there were even many people who got a full 500 acres of farmland and a complete set of mansions, and even ploughed cattle and horses.
Five years of hard work can be exchanged for a life far above the well-off.
For the majority of the poor, there is nothing to be satisfied with Moreover, the cantonment regiment is not only to this extent.
Shao Rong heard that in order to take care of his people, the Son of Heaven specially installed a large number of technical officials in the reclamation regiment.
There are agricultural officials who teach people to farm by hand.
After the guidance of these people, the yield per mu of land is more than 10% higher than that of others.
In addition, there are instructors in the cantonment regiment who specialize in teaching blacksmiths, carpenters, masons and even medical skills.
As long as you are clever and diligent enough, you can be selected to learn these skills.
Moreover, it is completely free to learn.
Once learned, this technique can become an heirloom.
To be the basis of future generations Therefore, now, the low-level young people in the world who know the system and situation of the cantonment regiment have all sharpened their heads and want to squeeze into the cantonment regiment.
Anton is too far away, and it is too cold, and it takes thousands of miles to go from the clouds to Anton, and anything can happen on the way.
Therefore, although the soldiers and civilians in the north and the clouds are very hot-eyed, few people have the courage and courage to gamble.
And after the news spread that the Son of Heaven was going to imitate the system of the reclamation regiment, the young people of the entire north were sensational.
Anton's wealth myth and inspirational stories have inspired many over the years.
There were even people in the clouds, who traveled thousands of miles and risked all kinds of dangers to go to Anton.
Now, an opportunity at the doorstep is in front of people's eyes, and whoever is not excited does not want to go But for Shao Rong, he went to the reclamation regiment not for land and mansions, if he wanted these things, he could go to those generals to be retainers and soldiers, or in a few years, he could get them.
It's not about learning technology, of course, technology is also very exciting to him.
But it hasn't driven him crazy yet.
The reason why he really made up his mind so sparingly and even made up his mind early on and persuaded his family that he wanted to join the cantonment regiment was because every cantonment regiment would be related to the army and be inseparable.
Heroic armies such as the Willow Battalion and the Flying Fox Army, as well as the sharp blades and swords of the Son of Heaven, would tend to train and select cuirassiers from their own reclamation regiments.
Once you are selected and selected, you will immediately be given targeted training.
In the end, he went to the Xiliu Camp, to the Flying Fox Army, and even to the glorious troops such as Yulinwei and Hubenwei, and became a member of the strongest army of the Han Empire.
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And these news was heard by Shao Rong from the mouth of an officer of the Thorn Gate Army who was wounded from the front line last year and sent to his home for a period of recuperation.
After learning about this, Shao Rong immediately strengthened his determination to go to the Reclamation Regiment.
"The eldest husband was born in the world, and he should be vigorous, and he should be a dog in the camp of flies" Thinking of what the officer had said to him, Shao Rong clenched his fists. t1706231537: