Steel Dynasty - Chapter 266

[Chapter 266 Refugees]

“Qingzhou Daily, Qingzhou Daily, Qingzhou Textile Factory is recruiting female workers, one tael of silver a month!”

The rising sun rose in the east, and despite the severe cold, the voices of newsboys appeared in the streets and alleys of Qingzhou early in the morning.

As newspapers were gradually accepted by the people in Qingzhou, some scholars with extra money also developed the habit of reading newspapers.

Moreover, the price of newspapers has been falling again and again. Nowadays, buying a newspaper is not a pain in the ass. Some people even buy newspapers and take them back to their children who are studying to read to them.

“The textile workshop recruits female workers for one tael of silver a month, did I hear correctly?”

An old man wearing a shabby cotton jacket said to himself.

Then he walked quickly to the newsboy selling newspapers and asked, “Baby, are you telling the truth?”

The newsboy’s face turned red from the cold, and he rolled his eyes and said, “I’ll tell you when you buy the newspaper.”

“You .

Boy, do you want to buy a newspaper?” The old man clenched the three copper coins in his hand, which were the money he paid for rice.

In Qingzhou, where newspapers are becoming more and more popular, the number of newsboys has gradually increased. Now the competition among newsboys is also fierce. After all, everyone wants to sell more newspapers.

Enduring the severe cold, the newsboy naturally didn’t want to waste any more words. He said, “Of course, this is what’s in the newspaper. If I tell you everything, I won’t be able to sell this newspaper. Dad, do you want it or not? If not, I will.” Let’s go.”

“Wait, wait, I’ll buy it, how much it will cost.”

“Three pennies,” said the newsboy.

“So expensive.” The old man’s dark, calloused hands held the copper plate in his hand tighter.

“It’s not expensive. It’s only two or two meters, the price of a steamed bun.” The newsboy’s eyes lit up. Then he looked at the old man and asked, “Old man, your accent sounds like you are not from here.”

The old man heard this.

Yan showed a vigilant look. He was indeed not a native of Qingzhou, but a refugee from Huazhou. Because the land was occupied by a powerful man, the powerful man wanted to take his daughter back as a concubine. His son was so angry that he killed the powerful man. Wanted by the local government.

He had no choice but to escape from Huazhou. On the way, he heard that Qingzhou was not as powerful as Qingzhou, so he brought his family here.

Because many powerful people are related to each other, he is afraid that if he escapes to another place, he will be hunted again.

So after weighing it, he gritted his teeth and walked four hundred miles with his family to Qingzhou. At this time, all the money he had had was spent, leaving only three pennies.

Now the whole family is waiting for the three cents to buy rice for dinner.

Holding the salmon tightly, the old man hesitated for a moment, then suddenly grabbed the newspaper in the newsboy’s hand and ran away.

The newsboy was only nine years old. The old man’s action frightened him into confusion. When he came to his senses, the newsboy suddenly screamed, “Catch him. Someone is grabbing my newspaper. Catch that old man.” He

can sell it on the streets of Qingzhou. The newspaper boys are all somewhat smart, so how can they be willing to suffer a loss at this time and chase after them.

Many passers-by looked over at this time. After learning that the newsboy had been robbed, some Qingzhou people immediately chased after him.

The old man ran as fast as he could with the newspaper. His son used to be a book boy in a wealthy family, so he could take this newspaper back and let him read it.

Now that they have arrived in Qingzhou and there is no work, where can they find work that earns one tael of silver a month?

As he turned back and ran, the old man suddenly felt something in front of him. Turning his head, he saw a horse getting closer and closer to him.

“Ah!” With a scream, the old man fell down and collided with the horse in front of him.

Immediately, a young man wearing a cotton-padded jacket looked depressed, but it was Xiao Ming.

He was about to go to the military workshop to arrange the delivery of artillery to Chang’an, but unexpectedly an old man bumped straight into him.

Zhao Long and Zhao Hu were startled, dismounted with their swords in hand and walked over.

The old man raised his head at this time and saw the shining saber. He was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and finished his thoughts.

The newsboy also chased after him at this time. When he saw Xiao Ming, he immediately bowed and said: “Common people see you, Your Highness.”

Xiao Ming frowned and saw many common people chasing the old man and asked: “What’s going on? “

Go back to your highness, this old man stole the newspaper from the grassroots.” The newsboy’s voice was childish.

Xiao Ming suddenly laughed. This was the first time he heard that someone was robbing newspapers in Qingzhou City. He said to Zhao Long: “Let the government handle it.”

After that, he continued to the military workshop.

At this time, the old man suddenly kowtowed to him and cried: “Mr. spare your life, old man, I have no choice but to do it. My whole family is starving to death. I just heard that the textile workshop is recruiting female workers. I think my granddaughter can go too.” You are so reluctant to give up the money to buy rice. Please forgive me, Mr. Lang.”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming reined in the reins and asked curiously: “This year Qingzhou has a good harvest, how come your family still has no rice to cook?”

Then Xiao Ming continued ?

Suddenly he felt that this person’s accent was not Qingzhou accent, so he asked: “Are you not from Qingzhou? Where is your household registration?”

The old man was afraid that others would mention this, and he was trembling with fear.

At this time, Zhao Long said angrily: “You haven’t recruited me from the truth.”

The old man could only say: “A certain person is from Huazhou.”

“He is from Huazhou.” Xiao Ming frowned. This Huazhou is near modern Zhengzhou. He Asked: “Then why are you here?”

Zhao Long suddenly heard something at this time and said: “Your Highness, the government office received an arrest warrant from Huazhou a few days ago and asked the Qingzhou government office to help arrest a family of five. A portrait was also sent along.”

As soon as these words came out, the old man’s face turned pale. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, “I didn’t expect that I would still be able to escape arrest by escaping to Qingzhou.”

Xiao Ming ignored Zhao Long and asked, “Why were your family of five arrested?”

The old man sighed bitterly. There was no way to escape now, so he told his situation again.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Long suddenly looked ashamed and said, “I see. In this case, this arrest warrant is ridiculous.”

Xiao Ming said at this time: “Go to the government office and Zhan Xingchang to verify this matter. If this is what this old man said, If it is true, let him go. If he is not guilty, he will be properly placed.”

Zhao Long nodded.

Turning his head, Xiao Ming said to the old man: “If it is true as my father-in-law said, this arrest warrant is just a piece of waste paper in Qingzhou, so I don’t have to worry.”

When the old man heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, “Thank you, Langjun, thank you, Langjun.”

The newspaper boy also showed a sympathetic look at this time and said: “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have given this newspaper to you. But you don’t have to worry. We Qingzhou accepts refugees and we have lived in Qingzhou for two years.” All the refugees can obtain Qingzhou household registration. With household registration, you can obtain land.”

The old man looked incredulous and said to himself: “Is this true?”

(End of Chapter)