The famine in Qingzhou was very serious and began to starve people to death. This year was not peaceful. In late spring, locusts were plagued. The government did not organize large-scale locusts to be eliminated. The powerful towns ate all the winter wheat, and the summer grain grain was not harvested. After finally overcame the locust plague, tax officials who were even more powerful than locusts came and forced the people to pay summer grain and agricultural tax. The prefect Murong made a good plan. When the locust plague occurred, he asked the emperor for help, allocated 30,000 or 20,000 yuan in relief silver from Tokyo, embezzled a lot, and forced summer grain to be collected. The people complained, and it was heavy rain in summer, and the autumn grain harvest was greatly reduced.

Natural disasters occur at all times, and the people are used to hard life. As long as the government allocates some food, the people will not be displaced. The most feared thing is to encounter cruel officials and suck bones and marrow. Not only will they not save disasters, but they will also collect taxes.

Qingzhou Prefecture, Linqu County, and Dasonglin Town are a town adjacent to the north of Yishui County. They were seriously affected by the disaster in the late spring and had no relief. After autumn, the government forced taxes to eat, so at least one-third of the mountain people would be over. Originally, the mountain people were only enough to eat and drink because of the barren mountains, and once they encountered a disaster, they would be in trouble.

Dasonglin Town, Dasonglin Village, Qiu Shimai was sitting there worried. Qiu Shimai was 32 years old, with an old age, and her parents were in their sixties. His wife was 30 years old, his eldest son was twelve years old, and his youngest son was just two years old. The eldest son was fine, and he could eat some of the roots and barks, but the younger son was in trouble and could not eat without millet porridge.

There was less than half a pound of sorghum in the rice jar. The parents hadn't eaten for two days and their faces were a little swollen. The two old men didn't add any burden to their families, so they went to the wild field to dig grass roots and wild vegetables.

"I'll go out and have some food to get some food, and I can't starve to death." Qiu Shimashiro tied down his belt and went out.

Shimamas Qiu planned to go to Yishui County to try his luck. Although the two counties were next to each other, Yishui County organized people to beat them when the locusts did not rise. The disaster was very mild. I also heard that people often recruit workers in Yishui County. As long as they can find a job to support the whole family, it is still okay to wait for the spring next year to sow the seeds, and there will still be harvests in autumn.

The recruitment point in Yishui County was urgently established by Liu Tang. After receiving the notice of Wu Song recruiting 1,000 people, he immediately started to take action. Liu Tang never asked about the headquarters' orders, he could only implement them.

When there was a famine, it was the best time to recruit people. Dozens of neatly escorted guards set up a big pot of steamed buns on the roadside of the big cart shop, cooked big bone soup and stewed cabbage.

When Mason Qiu came, dozens of people were already surrounded here, some had signed up, and some were still hesitating. Mason Qiu thought he was a steamed bun seller and planned to walk over quickly. He felt hungry and felt bad. He had only drunk water and ate a handful of wild fruits since he got up early to now.

Liu Tang was sitting at the table drinking tea. When he looked up, he saw a strong man walking on the road and asked casually: "Man, what are you looking for work?"

When Shimamass Qiu saw that he was recruiting workers, he said, "Look, what's the job?"

"We are from Tongda Daches, and we are looking for two kinds of people. One is to work, farming, building houses, coachmen, and servitors. The minimum money of 500 cents a month is 500 cents a month. If you do well, you can add up to 1,500 cents a year. Of course, if you become a craftsman in the team, you can get two or three taels of silver a month. The second type is guard, which is the minimum money of 500 cents a month, but you can get two to three taels of silver a day. If you become a team leader, the squadron leader will have dozens of taels of silver that year."

Shimamachi Qiu asked: "What is the guard? What does it do."

"We are a car dealer. We transport things through cars, horses, boats, and things. The guards are naturally those who protect wealth and goods. If you dare to fight your life, you can just follow the orders." Liu Tang introduced.

Shijian Qiu said, "Can you see me?"

"It depends on the appearance, but it is fine. It is fine if there is no infectious disease." Liu Tang said.

Shimamakuro Qiu rubbed his hands and felt a little embarrassed, saying, "I'm not afraid of working and dying, but my family can't help but be able to get some money. Can I give the advance wages temporarily? I know this requirement is a bit too much, but there is nothing I can do about it."

Liu Tang nodded: "You register first, and then the doctor checks. After the inspection, you will know how good our Tongda Big Car Store is."

Shimamakuro Qiu immediately signed up and passed the preliminary physical examination. Then he had a meal. He gave him three steamed buns of wheat noodles and a bowl of cabbage. Shimamakuro Qiu was saliva. After eating one and a half steamed buns, he was reluctant to eat them and quietly stuffed them into his arms.

There are so many people who sign up, many of them are from Songlin Town. Although they don’t know the name, they often see them.

"Master Qiu, Master Qiu." A man with the appearance of a master named him.

"Come on, I'm here." Qiu Shimashiro immediately went over.

The master said, "This is your waist card. Take the waist card and go to the side to get things. There are a total of 100 kilograms of sorghum, twenty kilograms of millet, and ten kilograms of pickled vegetables. There are two other food coupons. You can give these two tickets to your family. Next month, you can come to this big car shop to collect 100 kilograms of sorghum and twenty kilograms of millet."

Shimamachi Qiu knelt down and said, "Thank you for your life, thank you for your life."

The master was used to this kind of scene and said, "Don't let down the hard work of the big car dealer. It's not easy to make a living these days, and it's not easy to eat. You must train well."

Shimashiro Qiu slapped his chest and said, "Don't worry, I don't know anything else, but I have the strength to do anything, so I dare to fight my life."

"Go and get things quickly. Come here to report early tomorrow, and set off to the beach in Qingzhou the day after tomorrow." Liu Tang said.

Qiu Shimamass received 100 kilograms of sorghum rice, which were all Chen rice purchased by Wu Song from the home of a wealthy local family. He accepted Gongsun Sheng's opinion. New rice is expensive and Chen rice is cheap. With the same money, Chen rice can save 100 people, and new rice can save 80 people.

Mason Qiu found a stick and picked up sorghum rice and millet. He had ten kilograms of salted radish in his lotus leaves. Don’t underestimate salted radish. The price is not cheap, it is more expensive than grain.

After dozens of miles, Shimamaster Qiu didn't rest all the way. When he got home, his father was digging a hole in the yard to bury grass roots. While burying it, he said to his daughter-in-law: "You young people have never seen the world. Now you won't bury grass roots. When spring begins, you can't even eat grass roots."

"Dad, mother, wife, I'm back. Get ready for the pot and everyone will have porridge tonight." Qiu Shimashiro shouted.

The whole family was in a state of excitement. Unexpectedly, after going out for a day, Shimamass Qiu got more than 100 kilograms of grain, rare millet and pickles.

The old couple stopped burying grassroots and quickly went to cook. The wife asked, "Official, where did you get the food?"

"I'll go to Tongda Big Car Store to register as a delivery person. I won't be back every three months. You can take good care of your children." Qiu Shijian said.

The daughter-in-law's tears came to her instantly. Although she was a rural woman, she also understood that delivering goods in big trucks would be a life-threatening one.

(End of this chapter)
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