In the afternoon, Commander Li and his group came back.

The other ones were also a deputy general of the Jiuzhen Duwei Mansion. The deputy general was surnamed Liu, and he was born with a strong and stubborn skin. At a glance, he knew that he was a military general who had been through the battlefield for a long time.

Pei Zhang, as the patriarch of the Pei clan, bowed to Deputy General Liu: "Pei Zhang, who was a member of the patriarch, met Deputy General Liu."

Deputy General Liu had already learned about Pei Zhang's origin from Commander Li, so he was reluctant to accept this gift, so he hurriedly bowed back and returned the gift: "Pei Zhengshi is so polite."

As the three words "Pei Weiwei" entered Pei, a bitterness appeared in Pei Zhang's heart and said in a low voice: "The emperor has issued an order to seize my position as Captain. I am the son of a criminal minister, how can I dare to be called Pei Weiwei."

Deputy General Liu followed the good deeds and immediately changed his words and called out Mr. Pei.

The Marquis of Yong'an is famous, and the son of the Marquis of Yong'an is also famous. Although the Pei family suffered a great disaster, the Marquis of Yong'an is already dead. There is Empress Pei and His Royal Highness in the palace. The Pei family may have a day to make a comeback.

Wu Duwei was not convenient for showing up in person, so he specially sent his confidant Deputy General Liu to come, and had already given him privately. He must be polite to the Pei family and must not make things difficult for him.

Deputy General Liu was so polite and courteous, of course, because of Empress Pei and His Highness the Crown Prince. Pei Zhang knew it well, but did not say it straightforwardly, and exchanged several greetings with Deputy General Liu.

Deputy General Liu quickly explained his purpose: "There are precedents in the court who were exiled to Lingnan. Wei Duwei said that since there are rules to follow, he would enclose a piece of land for the Pei family as usual."

"The Pei family can build houses by themselves, farm and hunt. There will be four months of service every year, and someone will notify Mr. Pei at that time."

The so-called service is mostly a heavy job such as being recruited to build ditches or building city walls. If you have to serve four months a year, it is not too heavy.

Of course, when serving, there are many things to pay attention to. If someone maliciously makes things difficult, and is too heavy to serve, it is common to be tortured to death. If someone is willing to give up his hands and send some light work, life will be much better.

In addition to these four months, there are eight months left. The Pei family can support themselves by farming, hunting and other things. It is impossible to go to business.

In fact, the so-called circle of land is similar to drawing a prison. From then on, the Pei family had to live in the circled land and must not leave without authorization.

Pei Zhang responded seriously.

It was my first meeting and it was inconvenient to talk to each other.

After a few words, Deputy General Liu took the map of Jiuzhen County, pointed to one of them and said to Pei Zhang: "This is the place where the Pei family will settle down in the future. Start here and walk for half a day and you will arrive before dark."

"Jiuzhen County is full of mountains and there are not many flat lands suitable for living. This is a flat land, and a village can be built. There are two hills nearby, and native tribes live in. The native tribes regard the hills as their own territory. If you want to hunt in the future, be careful not to run into other people's territory and cause trouble."

Pei Zhang bowed gratitude and thanked him: "Thank you, Vice General Liu, for the reminder."

Pei Jue lowered his head in shame once again.

...

Deputy General Liu left two personal soldiers who led the way and returned to the military camp first.

The Pei family packed up their tents in an hour and set off again. What they were going to this time will be where they would live for decades.

The Pei family was running around the road for several months and suffered a lot. What they want now is to have a place to live. Now they are rushing to their future residence together, and everyone's hearts are filled with joy.

After walking for half a day, this joy suddenly turned into desolation after seeing the large wasteland that was almost invisible at first sight.

It’s better to live in a valley!

The two personal soldiers whispered: "Young Master Pei, this large wasteland is about a hundred scattered. You can circle out one area and build some simple houses first."

"The rest of the open space can be slowly reclaimed and made into fertile land. There is a river here, which is convenient for irrigation and drinking water."

"The two hills are twenty miles away, and the beasts in the forest cannot come here."

There are land and rivers, and mountains and forests nearby. As long as people are more diligent, life can continue.

Pei Zhang was very satisfied with the place and hurriedly thanked the two personal soldiers who led the way. He also ordered Pei Jue to take some silver to give them.

It soon became dark, and the Pei family continued to make fires and cook, camp and rest. They had to stay in the tent until the house was built.

Pei Zhang walked over from tent to calm everyone's disappointment. It was not until midnight that he went back to his tent to sleep alone.

As soon as dawn was dawn, Pei Zhang stood up.

Pei Jue got up earlier. When Pei Zhang put on his clothes, he had already come in with breakfast: "Brother, this is the noodles I made for you."

Not only are there noodles, but also two eggs.

Pei Zhang was stunned and looked at Pei Jue.

Pei Jue grinned: "Today is my brother's birthday, so I forgot it!"

Pei Zhang was silent.

He really forgot.

Over the past few months, his world has been upside down. He tried his best to hold on, but he could not care about his birthday.

"Brother is twenty years old this year. Today is the 20th birthday of my elder brother. It was originally the day to celebrate the crown ceremony. Unfortunately, now..."

As Pei Jue said, his nose suddenly felt sore: "Forget it, it's okay not to say this. I have nothing to give to my elder brother, so I personally made a bowl of noodles for my elder brother to express my feelings."

Pei Jue had never served in the kitchen. In order to make this bowl of noodles, he got up at the fourth day of the year and asked a female Pei family how to knead and roll noodles. It took an hour to make such a bowl of noodles.

Pei Zhang also had a little soreness in his nose, but his long-lost smile appeared on his face: "Second brother, thank you."

Then, take the bowl with both hands and slowly eat the noodles in the bowl into your mouth.

The noodles are not chewy enough, and after cooking for a long time, they add a little more salt.

But this is the most delicious noodles Pei Zhang has ever eaten in his life.

Brothers are like brothers. In the past, he had an ordinary relationship with Pei Jue, who was born in illegitimately, not good or bad. In the past few months, the two brothers have become each other's warmth and support.

Both father and mother were dead. Now, the Pei family has a lot of old, weak, women and children, relying on their brothers to support each other.

"I have never cooked and it's not delicious. Brother, please take care of it." When Pei Jue smiled, he was still as simple as a young man. It can be seen that this ordeal did not remove his heart.

Pei Zhang looked at Pei Jue's smiling face and felt suddenly better. He smiled and said, "Forget it today. I'll give you such a face in the future. I'll beat you up first."

Pei Jue grinned.

"Let's go! Today we are going to start building our Peijia Village." Pei Zhang lifted up the tent and walked out. Pei Jue followed closely behind.
Chapter completed!