Chapter 391 Which side are you on?
The autumn wind is a bit chilly.
But Lao Qiu felt even colder.
He didn't dare look up, his calves were shaking with fear.
But Wang Changyang came over.
"It's not easy to train the peasant army who have never been to the military camp into this state. Do you have any military experience?" Wang Changyang praised.
"Wang Daru, yes, yes, it's me..." Old Qiu knew he couldn't escape, so he raised his head with a bitter face.
"It's you! You actually..."
Wang Changyang was stunned.
He quickly glanced at the silent Imperial Guards who lowered their heads. "So, you guys weren't missing at all, let alone dead! You all stayed in Heihe Village?!"
"Hehe!" Little Dumpling interrupted, waving his hands. "No! The first batch, all washed away!"
Old Qiu said with a mournful look, "Great scholar, I heard that the first batch of imperial guards were all killed by lightning... We... were the second batch of imperial guards sent by the court, and there's also... a third batch, and several hundred people are left behind!"
Wang Changyang's pair of dignified eyes scanned their faces, "So, you're staying here voluntarily?"
"Bang!"
More than a thousand imperial guards knelt down.
"Please help me, Mr. Wang!"
"We don't want to go back and serve that incompetent tyrant!"
"We just want to stay in Black River City!"
Wang Changyang walked past them hesitantly, leaning on a cane. "Did Heihe City grant you official positions? Did they grant you special privileges?"
"No!" Lao Qiu shouted, "Except for training with the peasant army, we eat and live with them the rest of the time. We don't have any special privileges!"
"So, Black River City is paying you a higher salary than the imperial court?"
"No!" Old Qiu shouted even louder, "We didn't receive a salary higher than the imperial court's! Strictly speaking, we didn't receive a single penny!"
"Then what are you doing here?" Wang Changyang stared at them. "Are you staying in Heihe Village just to make a living?"
Lao Qiu stood up quickly.
The others also stood up.
"Because here, we can live like human beings!"
"We don't have to live in fear all day long, afraid that our heads might fall off!"
"We don't have to crawl at the feet of a moody master! We're living worse than dogs!"
"Most importantly, we believe in Lady Xiaojiu! Following her, we will eventually achieve great things!"
"Hmm..." Wang Changyang pondered in silence.
"There's more! There's more!" Little Dumpling was so anxious that he jumped up and down, "And the pendant is so important!"
"Ah? Anything else?" Lao Qiu looked confused. What else was the most important?
Little Dumpling pointed at the kitchen in the distance, "It's spicy! It's spicy! It's really spicy!"
Old Qiu understood and shouted, "Food is the most important thing for the people! The food in the barracks is amazing! Chicken, duck, fish and meat every meal. I never thought I could live such a good life in my life!"
"Yes, yes!" Little Dumpling clapped his hands loudly and emphasized, "I'm not stingy! Not stingy!"
Others spoke up immediately.
"Of course Master Xiaojiu is not stingy! Master Xiaojiu is very generous!"
"In the barracks, we have beds, quilts, daily necessities, clothes, shoes, and socks... whatever you need is there!"
"We have money here, but we can't spend it! Giving us wages would be a waste!"
The little girl was very satisfied. She put her hands behind her back and said with a smile, "You will be rich!"
Old Qiu waved his hand and said, "Unless we overthrow the imperial court, we will never dare to ask for military pay!"
"Right!" others echoed, "Since we've decided to stay in Heihe Village, we must accomplish something great!"
"Wang Daru, we betrayed the court, but we don't regret it!"
"We don't owe the court anything, but we respect the great Confucian scholars! Today, we will accept any punishments the great Confucian scholars want! But after today, we will have nothing to do with the court anymore!"
As they said that, they all lay down.
"Get up, everyone." Wang Changyang waved his hand.
"The great scholar won't punish us?" Old Qiu was stunned.
"No punishment! No punishment!" Wang Changyang answered perfunctorily.
His attention was drawn to something else. "Where did the peasant army get the spears they used for training? Did you find some way to get them?"
"The great scholar thinks too highly of us. How could we possibly have such fine weapons?" Old Qiu said respectfully, "All of the weapons were made in Black River City itself."
"What?!" Wang Changyang was shocked. "Heihe City makes its own weapons? Where did they get the iron?!"
This question stumped Lao Qiu. Only the villagers of Heihe Village and Black Eagle Village knew about the iron mine.
"Of course! There are mines!" Little Dumpling shook his head.
"There is a mine? Have you found an iron mine?" Wang Changyang's voice trembled with excitement.
"Yeah! I can't use it up, I can't use it up at all!" Little Dumpling sighed.
"Hahaha!" Wang Changyang laughed and lovingly stroked the little dumpling's fluffy head. "This is why you brought me out here. You want to tell me that I don't have to worry about anything, right?"
"That's right!"
Wang Changyang bent down and took the little girl's hand. "No wonder everyone likes you. You really have a very smart heart!"
Old Qiu finally caught on to something and asked hesitantly, "Great scholar, can I ask you a question? Which side are you on now?"
Wang Changyang didn't say anything, just turned around and left with the little girl.
The imperial guards looked at the backs of the two people, one big and one small, holding hands, and immediately understood what was going on, with ecstasy on their faces!
Oh my God!
Wang Daru has actually joined Heihe City!
This is the imperial tutor of three dynasties who has fought against tyrants and treacherous ministers! He is a unique and transcendent existence in the Daewoo Dynasty!
"I knew we made the right choice!"
Lao Qiu's eyes were wet with excitement.
"Brothers! Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers of different races?"
"Work hard! There will definitely be a day when we can bring honor to our family!"
…
As soon as he walked out of the military camp, Wang Changyang discovered that there were many people clearing land on the opposite mountain.
"Xiao Jiu'er, I see there are a lot of farmland in Heihe Village. Why are you coming to the mountains to open up wasteland?"
"Big Fish, I'm a villager of Yifu Village!" Little Tuanzi answered obediently.
"Why are local villagers going up the mountain to open up wasteland on a large scale at this time?" Wang Changyang didn't understand.
"Zou is a refugee! Come to the capital!"
The Liumin Village was officially renamed last month and is now called Yifu Village.
The name of the new village was decided by voting among all the refugees.
Yi Fu means to rely on the lucky star.
"So they are refugees from the capital! Do they farm their own land?"
"Yes! They can plant whatever they want!"
As long as they are willing to reclaim land, Heihe Village will provide seeds for free.
Wang Changyang asked curiously, "As far as I know, most of the families who moved out of the capital were merchants. How did they make a living after coming to Heihe Village?"
"Don't worry, Master, they are now working for the Fan family!"
Fan Changfu walked over with a bulging belly.
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