"Pah!" The axe fell, and the firewood split in half.

"You go back, let me think about this." Cao Gang put down the axe in his hand and said to the two people behind him without turning his head.

"General..." Wang Dahu wanted to persuade him, but Liu Baishu pulled him and said yes.

It was indeed difficult for them to force him. Their general now has a wife and children. He is no longer the man who can not care about his own life on the battlefield. It is normal for him to have concerns in his heart.

It would be best if they could persuade their general to go back with them. In the battle with Zinu, their general won a beautiful victory and drove Zinu back to the depths of the grassland. If we talk about the understanding of Zinu, except for General Li, it is their general. Now that General Li is injured and the army is leaderless, it would be great if their general could go back to lead the army.

But now their general has resigned and returned home for many years, married a boy and had a son, and the third son is only one month old. If their general is unwilling, they can't force him.

Everyone has things that they can't let go of, and he has some too, but he is with Dahu, accompanying him through life and death, so he is not lonely on the road of life.

"General, Dahu and I will go back first."

"Well, let's go back."

Before walking out, Liu Baishu took a last look at the yard.

After the people left, the sound of chopping wood rang in the yard. After chopping two pieces of firewood in a row, Cao Gang put down the axe in his hand and stood there with no expression on his face. Hearing the footsteps approaching, Cao Gang turned around and saw a familiar person standing behind him. He didn't know when his brother came, and the two looked at each other.

"Husband, if you want...then go ahead, do what you want to do. No matter what your choice is, I can understand and support you." The children in the room fell asleep. He came out to see if his husband had chopped the firewood. He accidentally heard the voices outside, and naturally heard the words outside.

Cao Gang didn't say anything, looking at the person who smiled and said such a thing to him. Sun

Bailian walked in front of his husband. It was such a strong face. He liked this man at first sight. Others said that the man who came back from outside looked like a cannibal. Others were afraid of him, but he was not afraid. He liked this man and fell in love with him at first sight and wanted to be his wife.

He knew that his husband had been a soldier and had fought on the battlefield. He originally thought that his husband would be a centurion when he got older. He heard that a centurion was already very important. He didn't expect that his husband was a general respected by everyone. He wanted to wait for the children to come back and tell them that their father was a general who defended the country. Their children would definitely be proud of their father.

It was because he understood his husband and knew what kind of person his husband was that Sun Bailian didn't want his husband to give up what he wanted to do because of him and the children, and stay in Caojia Village all his life to accompany them silently.

Even if she was reluctant to let her husband go again, and this trip was a life-threatening one, and there was no mercy on the battlefield, but Sun Bailian knew that if her husband didn't want to go, he wouldn't leave any room for him.

Raising his hand, Cao Gang reached out to touch his brother's face, held him in his arms, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "You and the children can't bear to leave me, and I can't bear to leave you either." So, I can't bear to leave you. I

just thought of General Li who had done him a favor. If it weren't for General Li, Cao Gang's life would have been buried on the battlefield. Now General Li is in danger, he should go back and repay General Li for saving his life.

On one side are his wife and children, and on the other side are people who have done him a favor. Cao Gang couldn't make a decision in his heart.

After the child was one month old, Cao Gang's family also planned to move to the house in the town.

Since Cao Xiangnan's family moved to the town, without Qi Wanfeng here, Sun Bailian had no one to talk to, and the two children also missed An An and them. The date for moving was also set, and in a few days, they would pack up the things at home and move directly to the town.

After the confinement, Sun Bailian gained a lot of weight.

The child's appearance gradually came out, and he looked more like him, and there was a shadow of his father in his eyebrows. He looked more handsome than his two brothers, and his temperament was also quiet. This somewhat filled Sun Bailian's heart that he had given birth to another boy, not a brother. Isn't their third boy like a little brother?

This also led to Sun Lao San being raised by his mother as a little brother for a long time. When he grew up to a certain age, he realized that he was a boy and different from the boys. That's why he protested to his mother to dress him up. But that's another story.

After his third brother had a boy, Sun's mother came to help him take care of the boy. She only returned home after the child was one month old. Anyway, they were all in Caojia Village. He would take time every day to come and see his brother.

Knowing that his brother-in-law had quietly bought a yard in the town, he was also happy in his heart and said, "You and Agang's life is getting better and better, and mother is also happy. Mother hopes that you can live a good life."

"Mother, I know." Sun Bailian knew that his mother was doing it for his own good. She was afraid that he would not live a good life after marrying a husband, so she opposed him to marrying a husband. His mother was stubborn, and he did not listen to her first, and it was not his fault that his mother was angry with him for so many years.

Fortunately, his mother forgave him now, and he was still very grateful for what her husband had done for him.

The past is in the past, and their future will only be better.

Thinking that after they went to the town, his father and mother would be left in the village, Sun Bailian originally wanted his father and mother to go to the town with him, but his father and mother refused. Thinking that there were still fields in the village, and that they could take care of a few acres of fields in the village, he couldn't force his mother to move to the town to live with him.

Years ago, he discussed with his father and mother about building a green brick and tile house for them, but his mother refused to agree. Years ago, his husband even ordered the bricks for building the house in the town, and sent the finished bricks to his mother. His mother had no choice but to nod her head, and it was not good to spend money to have them sent back, right? So this matter was settled.

On this day, they saw the day of moving to the town. After locking the gate of the yard, Sun Bailian carried the three boys on her back and took the two older boys to the carriage. Her husband drove the carriage to take them to the town.

After learning from her husband that today was the day when Sun Bailian and her family would live in the town, Qi Wanfeng waited for them at home. After he came to the town, he went back to the village once, and that was when Sun Bailian's child was one month old. He hadn't seen them for a few days.

When he saw Sun Bailian bringing the child over, and seeing the child who became more and more beautiful after one month, Qi Wanfeng couldn't let go of him. He was thinking of giving his husband another boy, but there was no news from her pregnancy, and he had no choice.

The child would sleep after eating and clenched his fists before falling asleep in a short while. He had no choice but to carefully return the child to Sun Bailian and said, "The child is asleep. You can take him back to the room to sleep."

"Okay, I'll take him back now. This kid eats and sleeps, and he lives a good life." Sun Bailian took the child over. When she took care of the eldest child, he didn't know anything. When the second child was born, he knew a lot. When the third child was born, he knew everything, and she brought him here alone.

Qi Wanfeng, who was behind, couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

Both families moved to the town and lived in adjacent courtyards. The children of the two families played together. Now it seemed as if they had not seen each other for a long time when they met, even though they would see each other every day when they went to school at the academy.

When the adults saw the children playing together, their eyes would occasionally fall on the children.

After returning from Nanyang, Cao Xiangnan had been busy with the garment workshop, and arranged the people he brought to the workshop in batches. Shen Zhengyang also sent him a group of carpenters. The guy packed up the masters and apprentices who made the spinning machines and sent them to him. It was very thoughtful. He classified and arranged them.

In addition, a work department was set up to let the craftsmen work here. With the first spinning machine, the subsequent spinning machines would have experience and speed.

Once these people were added, the speed of work increased. Although mechanized production cannot be achieved now, it is also semi-mechanized production. The division of labor is clear, and each step is done accurately, so the production efficiency is improved. After all,

Cao Xiangnan has a little understanding of the ideas of the early capitalists. He now wants to completely squeeze out the surplus value of his employees.

On the day he came back, Cao Xiangnan mentioned to Wanfeng that the court had gone to war.

Knowing that a war was going to happen, he had no intention of going to war for money. He had originally wanted to shrink his own industry so as not to lose everything when the war broke out. But now someone has brought the opportunity to him, and it seems that if he doesn't do it, he can't explain to Fang Ziye, but if he

does it, he will feel guilty. But conscience can't be used to make a living these days. If he doesn't do it, someone else will do it, so he can only do it against his conscience. If the war spreads to Caojia Village, the entire Feng Dynasty will cease to exist, but this possibility is still relatively small.

Once the court goes to war, conscription and taxation will be a matter of time.

The news of the battle between Fengchao and Zinu arrived at Fenshui Town a little later. When the news arrived, the imperial court's conscription order also came down.

"Go away." The official with a knife on his waist hurried away the people who were blocking him and posted a notice at the city gate. As soon as the official left, the people at the city gate gathered to see the posted notice. Those who could read began to read, and read the contents of the notice to everyone.

"Oh, is the court going to war?"

"Yes, the court is going to conscript soldiers for this war, thirty taels of silver, ah, who can afford thirty taels of silver, isn't this clearly asking people to join the army, isn't this clearly asking people to die?"

Who of them didn't understand this truth, those who were captured to join the army, not only whether they could successfully reach the border, but also whether they could survive there.

Thirty taels of silver, this is not a small amount of money, not everyone can afford such thirty taels of silver!

"Hush, keep your voice down." The people around him heard it and pulled the man, for fear that the official who just walked out would hear it, and then he would suffer. People only dared to talk in a low voice, not loudly.

What the common people feared most was the court going to war, which meant that the court would increase taxes and recruit soldiers to fight at the border. Families with money were fine, as they could just pay some money. Families without money would have their men taken away to serve in the army. When

the conscription order came out in the town, the common people in the villages knew that the court was going to conscript soldiers. The court ordered that any family with two men between the ages of fifteen and sixty must send one man to serve in the army, or they could pay thirty taels of silver to replace one man. If they could not pay money, they would have to send someone, and so on. When

the people who had gone to the town came back and told the people in the village, they also knew about it, and the whole village panicked. Those who have money at home are fine, but those who don't have money have to run around to borrow money. If they are short of a few taels, it's still easy to make up, but if they are short of a lot, it's hard to borrow. Some families don't even have any money saved, which is a problem.

If you come to borrow money, I don't know if you will definitely pay it back. What if you don't pay me back? This is not a small amount of money, so you have to be cautious when borrowing money. Lending is a gesture of affection, and not lending is also excusable. After all, not everyone can borrow money.

Caojia Village is not bad now. Compared with the past when it was the poorest village in the area, now as long as the village is willing to work hard, they all have some money saved at home. But thirty taels of silver is not a lot, and not everyone can afford to donate their land.

Last year, many families in the village had their land divided. It was OK for families with only one man, as they didn’t have to donate people or this amount of silver. Families with two or more men who met the conscription conditions had to find a way to pay this amount of silver.

Thirty taels of silver, my heart was bleeding when I thought about it!

"Dad, what should I do? Thirty taels of silver, where can I get thirty taels of silver at home!" When Cao Laowu heard about the imperial court's conscription, he fell into panic. Both he and his father met the conscription conditions, so where could the family get the land to pay the thirty taels of silver at this time? ! He didn't want to join the army, as he didn't know if he would be able to come back alive. But he couldn't ask his father to go, because they didn't have that much money, and his fourth brother had it.

"Dad, we don't have money, but my fourth brother does. Let's borrow some from him. He's rich, and he has more money than he can spend. We can't just stand by and watch our brothers in trouble." Cao Gaojin wanted to go to the town to borrow some money from his fourth brother.

Seeing that the man was really going to ask the fourth son to borrow money, Cao Adie stopped him with a sullen face, stared at his youngest son with a pair of cloudy eyes, and asked, "Fifth son, think about how much money you have borrowed from your fourth brother? You borrowed money for school, you borrowed money for your wedding, your wife had to buy meat for her confinement and had no money, and it was your fourth brother who gave her money to buy meat. When your son's full-month celebration was going to be held, you still borrowed money from your fourth brother. Youngest son, how long are you going to borrow money from your fourth brother? When do you plan to repay your fourth brother first, and then borrow more money?"

"This, that, they are all my brothers, so if you want to borrow or not repay, shouldn't you help this brother when he is in trouble?" Cao Gaojin's face was a little embarrassed by his father's words. He felt that his father had lost his face, and he felt unhappy. Why did he have to pay it back when he came here?

Seeing his boss talking about Wu Lang like that, Chen Zhu said something unhappy about his boss.

Father Cao shook his head, remembering that he had borrowed so much money from Si'er and spent two hundred taels of silver on his second brother. He actually had a few taels of silver that he had saved, as well as a banknote that Si'er had given him before he left. He touched the banknote in his pocket, sighed, and walked out.