When General Zhao saw his wife and children, he no longer had any worries and directly killed the eunuch sent by the emperor to monitor. That night, he entered the Miaocheng Army.

Of course, he would not just go there by himself, but incorporated all the soldiers and generals in his hands into the Miaocheng army.

With General Zhao, Wei Mingyan was like a tiger with wings and fought all the way.

As more cities were fought, people gradually realized the difference between the Miao army.

Although they are soldiers, they never destroy the people's property, capture the city, and people flee in all directions. These soldiers will not stop them and leave. They usually go straight to the government, leave people to station and manage the people who are still in the city.

If you want to leave, you can leave. If you want to stay, you can stay.

The cities that were captured were still a little uncomfortable at first, but gradually, the people put their vigilance down. After all, being able to eat and wear warmth was their only hope.

This winter seems to be particularly long.

It has become colder since the beginning of winter. Now it is early spring, but the coldness has not dropped at all. Seeing that there is no sun in the sky, it is easy for people with some basic background to say that although the day is difficult, it is better to cover more quilts, but those who are poor at home are miserable.

They often can't afford even a pair of shoes, they are all dressed in rags, not to mention the thick quilt. At night, the whole family can only hold them together to keep warm.

When the adults woke up early in the morning, they found that the child in their arms was already hard, and this kind of thing was not very rare.

Miao Chengjun was stationed in the newly captured city. During the patrol, he suddenly heard a scream, followed by a sob cry. The soldiers in front waved their hands, and the soldiers behind him stopped.

They held long swords and turned into the alley where the sound was heard. Sure enough, under the gloomy sky, a woman was crying with the child in her arms.

Neighbors around her persuaded her to bury the child. The short and thin man should be the child's father. He was also trying to carry the child over, but the woman hurried and avoided it.

This soldier was originally from a poor man. He thought he would go on like this all his life, but he didn't expect that he would sign up for the Miaocheng Army just for the food rations at home, and became a small leader all the way.

Now, in addition to his salary, he also has meal supplements every month. The fish he brought back every month can make his old parents full of their pale and thin skin. Yesterday, he said that his family also had some family background and wanted to find a wife for him.

The soldiers refused. They fought all the way up, and there were countless risks. Although adults would give pensions and silver, so that their parents at home would not lose their support, but they didn't know what the future would be like. Where can they harm the girl who got married and had to accept the separation of her husband and wife.

Although he thought this way, seeing that his brothers around him were loved by fat babies, he felt that he was not envious.

He has always liked children, and his biggest wish was to marry a wife after the war and give birth to him ten or eight children. His son taught them to use a knife, and his daughter dressed up beautifully, just like an adult's niece. He wore the best and used the best. He ran around happily every day.

At this moment, seeing this little child being frozen to death, thinking that this was the seventh they saw in the morning, the soldier sighed, took out three copper plates from his arms, and handed them to the man.

"Buy a straw mat and you'll have a good time to bury it."

The three copper plates were exactly the money for straw mats. That morning, he had already given twenty-one copper plates.

The man was stunned for a moment, then he knelt down with tears in excitement and thanked him. He was helped up by the soldiers. Seeing the well-dressed team, he could feel the awesome team walking away just by just taking a look. The man wiped his tears and continued to persuade his wife.

"Boss, are you enough money for this salary? I have given it a few times this morning."

The soldier was standing upright and patrolling the surrounding situation. A brother with a good relationship with him asked, and he looked stern, "I just couldn't stand the burial of those children who had nothing."

When a poor family dies, they will dig a hole and throw it in directly. Not to mention the coffin, there will be no straw mat or clothes.

Those children are pitiful, at least, they should be decent.

Thinking of it, the soldier sighed, "My father was a hunter when I was a child. Although it was getting colder and colder in winter, I had never been frozen before, and I was just hungry..."

The soldiers following behind were immediately attracted by their sight, "Boss, you have never been frozen? How is this possible? This ghost weather is getting colder every day. Which one is not so cold that it screams in winter?"

"It's just that I haven't been taken when I was a kid."

The soldiers recalled, "At that time, there was a blind bear living in the mountains. My father accidentally broke in and brought out some black stones. He had been thrown in the woodshed. But he accidentally used it in winter and found that it could last a long time when it was burned. Later, my father tried his best to avoid it, and led out the blind bear and put a basket of black stones back. Although we were all hungry that winter, it was really not cold."

"Black Stone?!!"

Strange stories are always easy to attract attention, and the soldiers who were close to each other immediately became interested, "Boss, what kind of black stone is it? Can it really burn for a long time?"

"Boss, if we find these black stones, we won't have to suffer from the cold."

Several people were talking around and talking, and suddenly someone said, "I heard from Lord Mo that Lord is looking for a way to keep the cold. If anyone finds it, he will reward a thousand taels of silver."

The scene became silent.

More than a dozen eyes fell on the soldier.

"Is this true? Why haven't we heard it?"

The soldier had a small eye, but he looked very energetic. He said directly, "I know Mr. Mo's family, so Mr. Mo can also say a few words to me, and this is what he heard from him."

This little soldier was a gangster who protected Widow Song. He watched Widow Song recognize her sister by Mo Da, and he became the lady of the Mo family since then. He was happy for her and worried that his little idea could no longer be realized.

Later he thought about it himself.

He was a man with nothing in his hands and was embarrassed to open his mouth. He used to be unworthy of Widow Song. Now she is a lady with a maid in and out of the world. He still keeps doing this, and he can't even think about it.

The gangster joined the army like this, but although his mind was active and he had some ability to overturn the wall, he could not compare with those soldiers who relied on his strength. Therefore, although he could fight, he was still a small soldier now.

He himself is not in a hurry, and he does his own things every day, and hopes to be promoted as soon as possible.

Hearing this message, the gangster persuaded the soldiers, "Boss, this is a thousand taels of silver. You can report it, maybe it will be really successful."

The soldier hesitated and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll report it to you when I go back today."

Thousand taels of silver. If he can really get so much silver, even if he dies in the battlefield one day, he will not have to worry about his parents' old age.

***

Just as the cold became worse and worse, news about the Miaocheng Army suddenly spread among the people.

It is said that the people under their jurisdiction are all wearing cotton coats, and the government will also serve porridge at noon every day. At night, they took the black stone and burned it. They slept warmly all night.

Of course, the black stone is not free. After all, Wei Mingyan sent someone to detect the cave and confirmed that it was not that the blind bear had the black stone. It just happened to dig up the black stone in the mountains, and the carts were transported to various places, but they were dug up manually.

With such manpower and material resources, the price of Black Stone seems a bit cheaper, not to mention that Wei Mingyan ordered the construction of an official school, and children who want to enter school can register directly as long as they have books, whether old or new.

The official school is burning with black stones in both day and night.

Wei Mingyan ignored the people who went in and out of the city and took down the city. Gradually, some merchants took the courage to propose to buy black stones, but learned that the excess black stones had been bought by the merchant surnamed Li.

Just as they sighed that they were still a step late, Black Stone gradually became popular among the upper class people in the capital.

After all, the black stone burns without smoke and is silent, and coupled with the promotion of Mr. Li, people buy it one after another.

Expensive?

Joke, can people at their level still care about this little bit of money?

The ministers gradually used black stones, and even the royal family started buying because of this trend. For them, the price was quite cheap and fell into the eyes of the people, but that was not the case.

The expensive things they could never buy in their lifetime could be used by black stones that could only be used by ministers and royal families.

I heard that the government will distribute a black stone every day, which is a little smaller, but whenever I think about the price that the black stone will get if it is shipped out and sold, it makes people jealous.

Eat full and wear warm clothes, and you don’t even need to worry about keeping warm.

The people were originally envious.

The emperor who was dying ordered the recruitment again.

There was no way, the people under his command were retreating step by step. Now the treasury is empty, there is no food, and the knife is rusted. I can only use the old method and manpower win.

He still has no food and clothing, and it is difficult to live, and the country needs to recruit soldiers again. This time, the standard for recruitment is that the male will go to the battlefield at the age of twelve.

At the age of twelve, he is still a baby. Which family member is willing to do it?

When the court went from house to house, he led out the men who were recruited by the recruits like animals, and cursed them casually as usual, the old scalpers who had been silent and allowed to beat and scolded him completely quit.

After a man beat the people of the government, the remaining men seemed to have seen role models. The Miao Chengjun's station was not far away. These dozens of people overthrew the officers and soldiers. When they returned home, they didn't even have time to pack up their things, so they rushed there with their families.

They also made every effort to make a bet. Miao Chengjun attaches importance to children. If they can't get in, it's better for children to go.

Wei Mingyan came to seek refuge, whether it was a gray-haired or a yellow-mouthed child.

Throwing bricks to attract jade, just now I threw out a brick, the real jade is still behind.

More and more people fled to Miao Chengjun's family, and finally, this matter attracted attention.

The general guarding the gate did not close the city gate or report it to the emperor, but instead led people to guard it. Anyone who wanted to escape with his family and buckles would be detained directly.

He thought this would stop the people, but he did not expect that if his life could not be saved, his actions would only arouse the anger of the people.

Finally, this group of people who have been suppressed and called foolish people broke out.

The gangster lay in the broken and low house under the city gate for seven days. When he was hungry, he ate the dry food he carried with him. When he was thirsty, he took out the bamboo tube and took a few sips carefully, moistening his dry throat.

He was like a weasel hiding at night, immersing motionlessly waiting for his prey to come forward.

Finally, he found a chance.

A soldier was waving the knife in his hand to confront the people, cursing, and slipping down to the ground.

Originally, this fall was fine, but his feet were unstable and he felt panicked. He didn't know why the knife in his hand was inserted into his stomach.

Only the gangsters and the people saw this scene, but the other generals didn't know it. They became furious in an instant, waved their swords and slashed at the foolish people who dared to kill.

The commoner himself was also confused and retreated and avoided. The knife slashed on someone else's arm.

When the blood was seen, the people were timid.

But before they could even wait for them to fear, the knife cut down again.

I don't want them to survive!!!

If you can’t eat enough, cotton coats are expensive, and there is no black stone, so let it go!

But, I can't even let them stay!
To be continued...