Capital Datang

---------------------- "Hey, someone is coming over there!" While Xiao Jiu was devouring wild vegetable dumplings, Cui Er suddenly discovered that the On the mountain ridge facing 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, she was startled, especially when she saw that the other party seemed to be holding a weapon in his hand, Immediately stuffed the wild vegetable dumpling in his mouth into his mouth, then jumped up and ran away with the basket.

Cui Er's reaction was not slow, and he jumped up and ran. Now most of the people in Jincheng are starving, and some people have changed their minds. Naturally, they dare not do anything in the city, but they don't care about it outside the city. It often happened that people who went out to look for food were robbed, and sometimes people were even beaten to death for a little food.

Cui Er and Xiao Jiu flew away, and the people behind naturally refused to let them go, shouting for them to stop, and at the same time desperately started chasing them, but Xiao Jiu was very familiar with the terrain of this mountainous area, and with After Cui Er drilled several ravines one after another, he finally got rid of the people behind him.

"Hoohoo~, finally... finally got rid of it, second...second brother, let's take a break and gather enough strength to go back, so as not to run into those bastards again." Xiao Jiu said out of breath, coming He was very tired after working for most of the day, and now he ran for such a long time, almost exhausting him to death.Capital Datang 319

Cui Er also panted heavily and nodded, the two found a place to sit down again, looked at the contents of the basket, and found that there were a lot of fish, but the roots they dug were scattered on the road, which naturally It caused the two of them to curse.After finally recovering their strength, the two of them cautiously left the mountain. They didn't rush back to the city until they found that no one was paying attention to them.

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

At that moment, Cui's second daughter-in-law and sister-in-law 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 and oil and other seasonings at home were long gone. They used to run restaurants.There are a lot of pickles in the house.Pour a spoonful of pickle juice into it, which can be regarded as salt.

After the fish soup was ready, Cui Er's family smelled the smell of meat that they hadn't seen in a year, and everyone, young and old, drooled. Cui Er first filled a bowl for the old mother, specially put a piece of fish meat, and then put the rest I served the fish meat to the three children. He, his wife and sister-in-law only drank soup, and then each ate a wild vegetable dumpling.Although the meal looked extremely simple, for Cui Er's family, it was simply delicious.

After eating, Cui Er took two wild vegetable dumplings with thick noodles in his arms, and went to Xiaojiu's house to give the wild vegetable dumplings to him. After all, it was thanks to him for leading the way today.Otherwise, the root will not have such a big harvest.And Xiao Jiu was also very happy. After taking the wild vegetable dumplings, he asked Cui Er to go out together tomorrow, and Cui Er would naturally not refuse.

But when they went to the valley the next day, they found that the entire valley had been cleaned up. Not only the fish in the river had been caught, but even the grass roots by the river had been dug up.See this happening.Cui Er was very discouraged and wanted to go further to look for it, but Xiao Jiu had been a master at catching fish and turtles since he was a child, and he found a nest of river snails in a muddy puddle.The basket was half full, and there were seven or eight clams the size of a palm. This unexpected joy made Cui Ershi happy from ear to ear, and the two dug some grass roots hastily before returning to the city.

However, on the way back to the city, there were two or three people blocking the road and robbing them. Fortunately, these robbers were old and young. Yes, finally kept the hard-won food.

It's a pity that Cui Er and Xiao Jiu's good luck came to an end. In the next few days, they couldn't find any good things, even the grass roots were hard to find again. They were stripped naked.

Early this morning, Xiao Jiu came to go out with Cui Er again. Although he hadn't found anything to feed his hunger these days, he had to go out. Order something, only to starve to death in the end.

"Second brother, where are we going today?" After leaving Cui Er's house, Xiao Jiu asked feebly. He only ate grass roots for a few days, making his thin body look even thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow him away like.

Cui Er also had a headache. He went to all the places around him. Those things that could fill his stomach have been dug up long ago. It is useless to go now. After thinking for a long time, Cui Er sighed: "Let's go Try your luck in the mountains in the north, where there are many forests, and see if there are any barks that have been missed."

Xiaojiu curled her lips when she heard this. There are indeed many trees in the northern mountains, but there are also many people who go there. The edible bark in the woods has long been stripped off, and it is probably useless to go there.But even though Xiao Jiu 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, when the two of them just walked to the gate of the city, they suddenly found that there were many people gathered beside the gate. These people formed a big circle, and there was a faint voice of a person talking loudly in the middle. Both of them felt a little curious. Can't help but also surrounded the past.

"Everyone in Silla, we are businessmen from Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty. We came to Jincheng to recruit workers under the order of His Royal Highness King Qi, and we also know that everyone's food is not enough, 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 Tang costumes shouting loudly in very proficient Silla dialect. The two listened carefully and found that a businessman from Tang Dynasty was recruiting here, and Food is used as compensation. As long as someone is willing to work with them, they will give corresponding food to the workers' families in Jincheng. With corresponding compensation, it is not a small sum.

Hearing the businessman's promise of recruiting workers, the people around were very moved. After all, in this age when they can't even eat enough, they are willing to do almost anything as long as they have a stutter.It's just that the mind is moving, and after the merchants of Datang finished speaking, no one came forward to apply. This is mainly because the reputation of Datang merchants is really bad. At the beginning, there were many slave hunting teams in Silla. The slave hunting has not stopped until now, so they are worried that this is a trick of the Tang people, tricking them out of Silla with a little grain, and then selling them as slaves.

Seeing this situation, the Tang merchant among the crowd was also a little anxious. He usually travels between Silla and Datang, so he naturally knew that Datang merchants had a bad reputation in Silla. It was indeed difficult to recruit people, but luckily There is also a wise His Royal Highness Qi Wang above him, who has long noticed this problem.

"Fathers and elders in Jincheng, our recruitment this time is the result of discussions between His Royal Highness King Qi and His Royal Highness the Queen. It is mainly to solve the famine problem in Silla, so don't worry, and we can't recruit workers now. If you want your family members to eat the food obtained by recruiting workers, you must first go to the newly established household registration management office to register for household registration, and then obtain the household registration certificate, and then according to your own ideas, take the certificate to different merchants to register. Then you can get the food." The Tang businessman said again with a smile.

Hearing these words, the eyes of all the Silla people around them became hot. They didn't believe in the people of Tang, but they still believed in the queen. Therefore, they heard that this was a solution discussed by the queen and King Qi of the Tang Dynasty, and there was another Having to go through the Silla court immediately convinced them a lot about this recruitment.Capital Datang 319

"Businessman of the Tang Dynasty, if we apply for the recruitment, how much food can you give every month?" Finally someone began to ask.And this issue is also a concern of all Silla people.

Hearing someone's inquiry, the businessman finally showed a satisfied smile on his face: "The amount of this food depends on the number of people recruiting. Shanghai’s Xincheng usually does manual work, so the recruiters are all strong laborers between the ages of 36 and [-], and each person is [-] buckets of wheat per month.”

"Wow~" Hearing that there are twenty buckets a month, and it's wheat, it immediately caused a commotion from below. Twenty buckets of wheat have at least two hundred catties of grain, which is enough to feed a family of four.

Seeing the excitement of these Silla people, the Datang businessman secretly despised it in his heart. A bucket of grain was only sold for five cents in the Tang Dynasty, and the price of old grain was even lower, even with the shipping costs to Silla. In other words, the wages of these Silla people are less than two hundred yuan a month. If it were placed in Datang, they would not even be able to hire a sweeper.

Cui Er is also very hesitant. There are seven members of their family, besides him, there are six other members, but these six members have three children. If he works alone with the Tang people, it can barely feed the whole family, but he also thought of When he left Silla and went to Datang, he was a little worried. After all, he was the only man left in the family. If something happened, he didn't even have someone to help him.

"Second Brother, are you going?" At this moment, Xiao Jiu who was beside him asked Cui Er seriously with his eyes shining with hope.

"Why, do you want to go?" Cui Er asked back.

"I'll go. Anyway, I'm a bachelor. Instead of starving to death here, it's better to go to Datang. It's just that I don't want food. Let them exchange it for wages for me. Maybe after working for a few years, I can still pay for it." Save money to marry a daughter-in-law." Xiao Jiu is already planning for a better life for herself in the future.

Hearing Xiao Jiu's words, Cui Er secretly gritted his teeth, the family's food supply will soon bottom out, and if he doesn't think about it, he will really starve.Thinking of this, Cui Er also stomped his feet and said: "Okay, let's go together, go to the household registration first, and then come back to sign up!"______________________