Chapter 124: Recruiting Soldiers Again

Guangning Prefecture sent soldiers to suppress the small group of people who were making trouble in Fengting Town, and they were soon suppressed.

Fengting Town soon became calm and was able to take a breath. The people who had fled in the town returned to their homes after hearing the news, and cleaned up the ruined houses and streets.

Su Qingmei and others also returned to the town.

The store was in a mess, the shelves had collapsed, and they were trampled into a mess. The backyard was also like a locust crossing, and there was nothing left that was worth money. The bed boards in the room and the casserole in the kitchen were taken away.

Su Qingmei and others cleaned up for a few days before they could be considered to be in good shape.

In addition to the store, the house was also broken into by someone climbing over the wall and was destroyed beyond recognition. Fortunately, she took away all the valuable things, so the loss was not big.

But it cost a lot to repurchase shelves, kitchen and bedding in the house.

After dealing with the affairs in Fengting Town, Su Qingmei went to the village in the suburbs of Pingchuan County again. In addition to the things in the cellar, a lot of things on the ground were also taken away. Fortunately, everyone in the village hid in the village and nothing happened.

Su Qingmei met the servants one by one, compensated them for their losses, and gave them an extra month's salary to calm them down. After giving a few instructions to the head of the village, she returned to Fengting Town.

Fengting Town was seriously injured, but fortunately the foundation was still there. All the merchants cleaned up a little and opened their businesses one after another. After all, they still have to live.

But after this incident, the town was obviously less popular and the economy was depressed.

However, the towns and villages under the town suffered almost no losses. There were fields and the production in the fields was still there. Fruits, vegetables, poultry, and eggs were also quickly harvested. Although the town was economically depressed, everyone still had to eat. The business in Su Qingmei's store did not change much. Although the daily turnover was slightly reduced, it did not have much impact.

A lot of oil from Su Ergu's oil shop was robbed, and the oil press machine was broken. The family was busy sorting out the oil shop, so the vegetable shop was closed. All the residents in the town flocked to Su Qing's shop.

Fortunately, after the tax station was removed, farmers from various towns and villages carried their loads to the town to sell vegetables and other things, so they didn't all crowd into Su Qing's shop.

Xu Shaoyan came and asked Su Qing's to increase production and help collect grain, cereals and other things in the countryside. The north and the hinterland of the Central Plains were in great shortage of grain.

After Su Ergu's vegetable shop was closed, Su's father called Su Siquan to Su Qing's shop to help. Su Qing's father told them to collect more grain and transport it to the farm when they went to the countryside.

With such a busy schedule, the first month of the year was approaching.

News from various places kept coming back.

General Wang Hu led his troops to attack the capital Chang'an, forced the emperor away, and proclaimed himself emperor, naming the country Da Qi. He conferred titles on all his generals. All his aunts and uncles were given official titles and given mansions.

He was nearly sixty years old, and he also took in many concubines, and all his sons were made kings. He ordered the execution of ministers and noble families who were unwilling to submit, and blood flowed in the capital for a while.

The emperor, who fled to Sichuan with his ministers and concubines, gathered troops from all directions and began to besiege the capital. However, the various military governors held their own troops, watched behind closed doors, and refused to send troops.

The emperor had no choice but to use Mu Congke, the leader of the Tuotu tribe who had been driven to Mobei by him, and ordered him to lead his troops to attack Wang Hu.

While sending troops to attack, he recruited troops again throughout the country.

It was the third day of the first lunar month when Su Qingmei received the news of the second conscription.

This year, Fengting Town spent a rather silent year. There were almost no firecrackers. It was not that they had no money to buy them, but that everyone was not in the mood for the New Year. The seat of the Golden Throne in the capital had been changed. It was called Da Qi. I didn't know whether they were subjects of the Da Shuo Dynasty or the Da Qi Kingdom.

Should we still listen to the orders of the prefecture and county lords?

Although the common people did not care about politics, the emperor was far away and it didn't matter who was in power, as long as the common people were well fed. But no one could say whether the emperor had changed, whether it was good or bad. If he was worse than the previous one, life would be unbearable.

Everyone was waiting and watching.

Liu Juye's father was a county official with no rank or rank. He was appointed by the county to manage the affairs of Guanfengting Town. Originally, everyone respected the Liu family and treated them as the masters. When his family went out, everyone called them master, madam, and young master. Now that the master was to be changed, no one knew whether Liu Xiucai's family would be reused.

Many people came to his house every day to inquire about the situation.

However, the capital was in chaos, and the so-called Great Qi only occupied the capital and several surrounding states. The emperor of Dashuo was still there, and everyone was watching and did not dare to act rashly.

During this period, even the common people on the street were discussing political affairs. But no one dared to speak out. If the common people discussed the affairs of the court, they might be caught and locked up.

This Spring Festival, Lu Shengcai's family did not return to Fengting Town, but hid in Pingchuan County. Now Lu Bozu lives in Yue's family in Pingchuan County, Lu Yuzhu also married in Pingchuan County, and Lu Bozong also transferred to Pingchuan County to study. Wu was frightened by the turmoil in Fengting Town and dared not go back. Several children did not want to go back, and Wu did not want to go back to Fengting Town.

After the turmoil in Fengting Town stopped, Lu Shengcai came back to clean up the house and the grocery store. Because it was near the end of the year, the grocery store was no longer open.

He went back before the Lunar New Year to visit Lv Xiaobao and told Su Qingmei that he would spend the Spring Festival in Pingchuan County. He went back to Shanghe Village to visit the old Lv couple and then returned to Pingchuan County.

Su Qingmei had lived in Xiahe Village for more than half a month before and met the old Lv family in Shanghe Village almost every day. Lv Xiaobao was still young, so she didn't go back to Shanghe Village to celebrate the New Year. She stayed in the town with Su Qingliu.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Juye came to see Xiaobao.

Su Qing'an saw that he looked haggard, and she also knew that he had been busy with family and outside affairs recently, so she comforted him a few words.

Liu Juye brought her the news that he would recruit soldiers again.

It was said that after the first month of the year, the decree would be issued to all villages and towns. This time it was a forced recruitment. As long as there were more than two males in the family, one would be recruited. Three males would be recruited for two males, and four males would be recruited for three males. Males aged 16 and above and under 50 were all on the list, and they would not be replaced by silver, money, carriages and horses.

Su Qing'an was stunned after hearing this.

She had expected that there would be a conscription, and thought that it would be the same as before, and ordinary families without merit would only need to send one male per household. Now two males would have to send one male?

Then the Su family would have to take away at least three males this time!

Originally, it was thought that it would be like last year, with one male per household, and if that was the case, it would not be Su's father's turn.

In addition to the old Su who did not meet the age requirement, the Su family had four more males, Su's father, Su Erhe, Su Sanquan, and Su Sixi. All four brothers were on the list. Three out of four men... Su Siquan got married not long ago and has no children. If three of the four are to be conscripted, if all three of Wang's sons are conscripted, she will kill people.

Su's father is 41 years old this year, which is the age of a man. The eldest son Su Qingsong has been conscripted for more than three years, and his life or death is unknown. The other son is not even eight years old. The two sons-in-law are also on the battlefield, one died, and the other's life or death is unknown. Is he going now?