Mountain wild man Ziwang and his wife

Chapter 260 Shadow
In the Liang Dynasty, there was no saying of three crops of rice, only early rice and late rice, and the planting time varies slightly from region to region.

In the area of ​​Xishan Wuzhou Prefecture, the time for planting early rice is around the end of March and early April, and the time for sowing wheat is around this time.

The time for planting late rice in this area is from the end of April to the end of May, and the harvest season is around mid-to-late September.

Although it hasn't snowed yet, the snow hasn't melted yet, so the fields still can't be plowed, but it doesn't prevent everyone from preparing for planting.

What worries the villagers is that they don't even have enough food to eat, so where are the grain seeds?

At this time, Yin Tao made an idea with Yin Gui. As long as someone chooses to use the land directly to pay off the debt, the original land of their family will still be leased to them for planting, and then the old Yin's family will grow all the seeds for this year.

Yin Gui thought that there was still a lot of food at home, and it would not be a big problem to select some grains to grow, so he followed Yin Tao's instructions.

As soon as he announced the news, many villagers came to the door after thinking about it, expressing that they would use the land to pay off the debt.

Anyway, the day to repay the money is getting closer and closer, and they will not be able to afford such a large sum of money when the day comes.

But there are still many families who are unwilling to give up the land in their hands. They discussed going to the county to find out the situation first, and asked when the relief would come.

It wasn't snowing anyway, so it was easy to go to the county at this time.

Several families in the village were allocated mules, horses and rack carts. Taking advantage of the good weather, the families who had negotiated set off for the county seat in mule carts early in the morning.

Compared with the snowy days, there are many more people in the county town, but more people are beggars and refugees.

Soldiers guarded the gate of the city, and the refugees could not enter the city, so they guarded outside the city.

There was a porridge shed outside the city, and the villagers squeezed in to take a look. The porridge shed gave out rice soup, and there was no grain of rice to be seen.

But that's good enough for refugees.

"Dare to ask brother, whose family is giving?" Aunt Hu's eldest son, Hu Xinglong, went to ask someone.

But the family ignored him and just stared at him vigilantly, fearing that he would jump in line.

Hu Xinglong had no choice but to take out a dark vegetable dumpling from his bosom, broke off a little and stuffed it for him.

No way, he wanted to ask the donor, but he couldn't get in!

The pale-faced, skinny man quickly took it and stuffed it into his mouth, and said after swallowing, "This porridge shed was opened by Qian Dashan's family, and there was another porridge shed in the afternoon, run by Sun Dashan's family. Yes, but they are all rice soup.

I heard that Zhao Yuanwai on the other side of Shitai Town is also opening a porridge shed, and grains of miscellaneous grains can be seen in the porridge water on the other side.

Hey... I can't walk anymore, otherwise I would go to Shitai Town to see it. "

Shitai Town is also giving porridge?
The eyes of the young people who followed Hu Xinglong out of the car to inquire about the situation were bright, and it would be great if there was someone in the town to give porridge, so that they could also get it.

Hu Xinglong didn't think so, after a few people came out, he pointed at the group of refugees: "Look at how many people here are waiting in line to get the porridge?
I'm afraid I have to start shooting from the night before. Maybe there will be a bowl of porridge when the line is up, maybe there will be nothing after the distribution.

It's better to go to the mountains to find fruit trees and take them to Lao Yin's house to exchange for food! "

It's right for everyone to think about it, what they get when they work for the old Yin's family is miscellaneous corn bread!

The real miscellaneous grain steamed bread, not mixed with vegetables.

"Let's go, let's go into the city and see when the food can be released." Hu Xinglong said.

Everyone nodded, but the soldiers guarding the city at the gate not only had to look at the household registration list, but also received the city fee.

The fee to enter the city was ten copper coins per person, which immediately stopped them in their tracks.

They wanted to ask the soldiers for news, but they ignored them at all, and drew knives as soon as they opened their mouths.

But who would be willing to let them go back like this?
So a few people discussed it, and then stood guard at the gate of the city, seeing some people coming out of the city, so they went to ask a few words.

Someone ignores them.

But there are also enthusiastic people who can say a few more words to them.

It's just that these news only make people more depressed.

When we went back, everyone was in a bad mood.

When they arrived at the village, the villagers who had been waiting for them at the gate had surrounded them.

Everyone asked about the situation in the city, and when they came back, these young people started talking about it.

"The weather is better, and there are more refugees in the county. We used to go to the city without paying for information, but now we need ten copper coins per person to go to the city."

"There are good people outside the city who donate porridge and water, but there are many people with little porridge, and not everyone can get a bowl of porridge."

"And the porridge is so clear that there are no rice grains in it."

"I heard people say that people from the imperial court don't know when they will come. A few days ago, the Hengchang Grain Store opened for a few days to buy some grain, but there was no movement after that.

Several other grain stores also sold a few times, but not many sold, and many people failed to grab the grain. "

"Is someone selling grain in the county? What is the price?" Someone asked hurriedly.

"There are grain stores that sell five hundred yuan a catty, but others only take a few hundred catties to sell, and when they are sold out, they are gone.

He came to Hengchang Grain Store again to sell grain, one tael of silver per catty, but it only sold a few hundred catties.

But I inquired, and there are people in the county who sell grain privately, but miscellaneous grains cost 15 taels of silver a catty, and fine grains cost 25 taels of silver a catty. "

Originally, when the villagers heard that there was a grain store that sold five hundred cash, one tael of silver per catty of grain, the villagers wanted to say that they should have stretched their belts so that they would not have to sell all their fields.

But when they heard what these young people said, they didn't dare to open their mouths. They couldn't grab grains of five hundred wen a catty or one tael of silver a catty.

And the food that can be bought... 15 taels of silver a catty... Even if they are killed, they can't afford it!
"People in the county no longer count on people from the imperial court. Entering our place from the outside has to climb two mountains. Although there is no snow now, the snow on this mountain has not melted. It is dangerous for people to come in. Talk about food."

"Oh, I heard that people from Xiliang have invaded. Marshal Mu is leading troops to fight against people from Xiliang. This war may cause even more food shortages."

"What, people from Xiliang have come in, so isn't our boss in danger?"

"My second child is also going to serve in the army, my God, do you still want to live?"

"Howl, howl, except for those who have no males in our village, who doesn't have people serving in the military?" A village elder was annoyed when he heard it, so he opened his mouth to scold him. Although his voice was softer after he uttered, those women Still can't stop crying.

"Go to Du's house, go to Du's house, don't hang around here!" The village elder waved his hand to chase away people, and he also made an appointment with a few other old men, and called a few young men who came back from the county to go to Yin's house to find Yin Gui.

Huaishu Village was once again cast in the shadows.

(End of this chapter)