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    "Hey, someone is coming over there!" While Xiao Jiu was devouring wild vegetable dumplings, Cui Er suddenly discovered that he was facing  On the mountain ridge leading to them, several people were rushing towards them quickly.

    "Oops, second brother, let's run, these people must be trying to steal our things!" When Xiao Jiu looked up and saw those people, he was also startled, especially when he saw that the other party seemed to have a weapon in his hand.  He immediately stuffed the wild vegetable dumplings into his mouth, jumped up and ran away with the basket.

    Cui Er's reaction was not slow. He jumped up and ran away. Most of the people in Jincheng were starving now, and some people had their own ideas. Naturally, they did not dare to do anything in the city, but they did not care about it outside the city.  It often happens that people who go out looking for food are robbed, and sometimes people are even beaten to death for a little food.

    Cui Er and Xiao Jiu fled, and the people behind them naturally refused to let them go. They shouted for them to stop and started chasing them desperately. However, Xiao Jiu was very familiar with the terrain of this mountainous area, so he took them with him.  After Cui Er drilled several ravines one after another, he finally got rid of the people behind him.

    "Huhu~, finally we finally got rid of it, second second brother, let's take a break and build up enough strength before going back, lest we encounter those bastards who can't run away again." Xiaojiu panted, come on  He was very tired after working for most of the day, and now he had been running for so long, almost to death from exhaustion.  Capital Datang 319

    Cui Er also panted and nodded. The two found a place to sit down again. They looked at the things in the basket and found that there were quite a few fish, but some of the roots they dug were scattered on the road. This was natural.  This caused the two of them to curse.  After finally recovering their strength, the two of them cautiously left the mountain. It wasn't until they found that no one was paying attention to them that they hurried back to the city.

    After returning home, when Cui Er took out a few fish from the bottom of the basket, several children immediately cheered loudly, and his wife and sister-in-law also showed excitement.  After all, in this kind of famine, having a few mouthfuls of fish soup is really a luxury.

    At that moment, Cui's second daughter-in-law and her two sisters began to clean up the fish, then cut it into sections and boiled it in a pot. They also cut off a lot of roots. Unfortunately, the salt, oil and other seasonings at home were gone. Fortunately, they used to be  A restaurant owner.  There are a lot of pickles stored at home.  Pour a spoonful of pickle juice in, which is also considered as adding salt.

    After the fish soup was ready, Cui Er's family smelled the aroma of meat that they had not seen for a year. Everyone, young and old, drooled. Cui Er first filled a bowl for his old mother, specially adding a piece of fish meat, and then put the rest of the fish soup on it.  The fish and meat were served to the three children. He, his wife, and sister-in-law only drank soup, and then each ate a wild vegetable dumpling.  Although this meal looks extremely simple, for Cui Er's family, it is simply delicious.

    After eating, Cui Er took two more wild vegetable dumplings with thick noodles and put them in his arms. He went to Xiao Jiu's house and gave the wild vegetable dumplings to him. After all, it was thanks to him to lead the way today.  Otherwise the roots would not have such a big harvest.  Xiaojiu was also very happy. After taking the wild vegetable dumplings, he asked Cui Er to go out with him tomorrow. Cui Er naturally wouldn't refuse.

    But when they went to the valley the next day, they found that the entire valley had been cleaned. Not only had the fish in the river been caught, but even the grass roots by the river had been dug up.  See this situation.  Cui was very discouraged and wanted to run further away to look for it, but Xiao Jiu, who had been a master at catching fish and turtles since he was a child, actually found a nest of river snails in a muddy puddle.  Half the basket was filled, and there were seven or eight palm-sized river clams. This unexpected surprise made Cui Er smile from ear to ear with joy. The two of them dug some grass roots and returned to the city.

    However, on the way back to the city, they encountered two or three people who blocked the road and robbed them. Fortunately, these robbers were old and young. Cui Er relied on his youth and strength to beat them away with some injuries.  , finally saved the hard-earned food.

    Unfortunately, Cui Er and Xiao Jiu's good luck ended here. In the next few days, they could not find anything good. It was even difficult to find grass roots. As for bark and the like, it was even harder to find them.  He was stripped naked.

    Early that morning, Xiao Jiu came to find Cui Er to go out with him again. Although he hadn't found anything to satisfy his hunger in the past few days, he had to go out. After all, there was still a whole winter to go through, and he could only rely on what he had saved at home.  If you order something, you will end up starving to death.

    "Second brother, where are we going today?" Xiao Jiu asked feebly after coming out of Cui Er's house. He had only eaten grass roots for several days, making his already thin body look even thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.  Similar.

    Cui Er also had a headache. He had gone to all the places he could go around. Those things that could fill his stomach had been dug up long ago. It would be in vain to go now. After thinking for a long time, Cui Er sighed and said:"Let's try our luck in the mountains to the north. There are many woods there. Let's see if there is any bark that has been missed."

    Xiaojiu curled her lips when she heard that. There are indeed many trees in the mountains to the north, but there are also many people who go there. The edible bark of the trees in the woods has long been stripped off, so it is probably in vain to go there.  But even though Xiaojiu thought so, he had to go. After all, he also had the idea of ??trying his luck, maybe he could find something to eat.

    However, just when the two of them reached the city gate, they suddenly found that there were many people gathered near the gate. These people formed a large circle, and a person's loud voice could be heard faintly in the middle. Both of them felt a little curious.  I couldn't help but also gathered around.

    "Dear people of Silla, we are businessmen from Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty. We came to Jincheng to recruit workers under the order of His Highness King Qi. Moreover, we also know that everyone does not have enough food to eat, so the situation of recruiting workers this time is a bit special.  ¡­¡±

    As soon as Cui Er and Xiao Jiu squeezed in, they saw a businessman in the middle wearing Tang Dynasty clothes shouting in very proficient Silla dialect. The two listened carefully and found that a businessman from the Tang Dynasty was recruiting workers here, and  They use food as payment. As long as someone is willing to work with them, they will give corresponding food to the workers' families in Jincheng. As for the workers, they will take care of their food and housing, and if they are injured or killed while working, they will also be compensated.  There is corresponding compensation, which is not a small sum.

    Hearing the businessman¡¯s promise to recruit workers, the people around him were very moved. After all, in this age when they don¡¯t even have enough to eat, as long as they can stutter, they are willing to do almost anything.  It's just that I was moved. After the merchants of the Tang Dynasty finished talking, no one came forward to apply. This was mainly because the reputation of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty was really bad. There were many slave-catching teams in Silla.  The capture of slaves has not stopped until now, so they are worried that this is a trick of the Tang people to trick them out of Silla with a little grain and then sell them as slaves.

    Seeing this situation, Tang Shang in the crowd was also a little anxious. He often traveled between Silla and Tang Dynasty. Naturally, he knew that Datang merchants had a bad reputation in Silla. It was indeed difficult to recruit people, but fortunately  There is also a wise Prince Qi above him, who has long noticed this problem.

    "Dear fellow citizens of Jincheng, our recruitment this time is the result of a joint discussion between His Royal Highness King Qi and Her Royal Highness the Queen. It is mainly to solve the famine problem in Silla, so you don't have to worry, and we have no way to recruit workers now.  If you want your family to eat the food earned by recruiting workers, you must first go to the newly established household registration office to register your household registration, and then obtain the household registration certificate. Then, according to your own ideas, take the voucher to different businessmen to register.  You can get the food later." The merchant from Tang Dynasty said with a smile again.

    Hearing these words, the eyes of all the Silla people around them suddenly became intense. They did not believe the Tang people, but they still believed in the Queen. Therefore, they heard that this was a solution negotiated between the Queen and King Qi of the Tang Dynasty, and there were also  Having to go through the Silla court immediately convinced them of this recruitment.  Capital Datang 319

    "Merchant of the Tang Dynasty, if we apply for the draft, how much food can you give us every month?" Someone finally started to ask.  And this issue is also a matter of concern to all Silla people.

    Hearing someone ask, the businessman finally showed a satisfied smile: "The amount of food depends on the person and the number of workers recruited. For example, take the trading house as an example. We are recruiting people to go to Datang to build a new city called Shanghai.  , usually do manual work, so the workers are all strong laborers between the ages of 18 and 36, and each person is given twenty bushels of wheat per month."

    "Wow~" Hearing that there were twenty bushels of wheat per month, it immediately caused a commotion below. Twenty bushels of wheat also contains at least two hundred kilograms of grain. This much grain is enough to feed a family of four.

    Seeing the excitement of these Silla people, the Tang businessman secretly despised him in his heart. A bucket of grain only sold for five cents in the Tang Dynasty. The price of old grain was even lower, even if the freight to Silla was included.  A bucket worth of money is only seven or eight cents, which means that the wages of these Silla people are less than two hundred cents a month. If this was done in the Tang Dynasty, they would not even be able to hire a sweeper.

    Cui Er was also very hesitant. There were six other people in their family of seven, but these six had three children. If he worked alone with the Tang people, it would barely be enough for the family to eat, but he also thought about it.  When he left Silla and went to Tang Dynasty, he felt a little uneasy. After all, he was the only man left in the family. If something happened, he wouldn't even have anyone to take care of it.

    "Second brother, are you going?" At this moment, Xiao Jiu next to him asked Cui Er seriously with hope in his eyes.

    "What, you want to go?" Cui Er asked.

    "I'm going, I'm just a single person anyway"?Instead of starving to death here, I might as well go to Datang. But I don't want food and let them exchange it for me as wages. Maybe after a few years of working, I can save enough money to marry a wife.  "Xiaojiu is already planning for a better life in the future.

    Hearing Xiaojiu¡¯s words, Cui Er gritted his teeth secretly. The food supply at home was about to run out. If he didn¡¯t think of a way, he would really be starving.  Thinking of this, Cui Er also stamped his feet and said: "Okay, let's go together. First go to the household registration and then come back to register!" __________________
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