The construction site for land creation and new house construction is located on the west side of Bahe River, only a few miles away from Xizhou in Bachuan Market.
No less than two thousand people gathered on the entire construction site, including officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs, craftsmen who would serve as supervisors, and a large number of miscellaneous guests and laborers.
The refugee camp next to Bachuan has recruited about 800 people, most of whom are young and strong, but there are also many women and children, who help prepare meals or serve as secondary labor.
Bang Ge'er and several older children also passed the screening and joined the team to open up land for farming.
Everyone's work is quite simple, and it can be summed up in four words: "leveling the land."
Waterlogged potholes were filled with soil and repaired, obstructive rocks were crushed and removed, and excess earth was loaded onto trucks and piled up.
Bang Geer was digging on the ground with a wooden hoe while secretly looking in the direction of Bachuan Market.
There are row upon row of buildings there, and you can still faintly hear the bells of the Buddhist temples.
Moving forward, Ben brother came to his companion and whispered: "I asked about it, there is half an hour off for lunch, so everyone should be more agile. After finishing the work, go back quickly and you won't miss midnight."
When some of my companions heard this, they looked hesitant and hesitant.
Seeing this, Brother Bang said in a deep voice: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
The companion replied: "Brother Bang, when you work here, you not only have food to satisfy your hunger every day, but you can also get your daily wages when the sun goes down..."
Before he could finish speaking, Brother Bang went up with a bang and shouted: "You have a living, but what should we do with Liangzi, Liuma, Zaoque and the others who were taken hostage in Tongshanfang?"
?Besides, if we don’t pay the full term, how can Mr. Kui let us go?!"
The companions looked embarrassed when they heard this, and finally had to say: "Brother Bang, what do you think we should do?"
Brother Bang whispered: "After lunch, you guys will be like this..."
After working all morning, Bangor and his companions sneaked to the outskirts of the construction site while everyone else was resting. They evaded the patrolling guards and ran into the woods.
Bangor said to the others as he ran: "Today is the Buddha's Day, and the number of pilgrims going to the temple is the largest. Later, after climbing over the fence and entering the market, everyone will split up and pick out those rich people, and attack them quickly!"
A group of people ran close to the fence, and Bango'er looked around. As he expected, the defense between Xizhou and the construction site was very loose. There were only a few people patrolling the earth embankment. It was not difficult to escape.
Spotting a gap in the guard's patrol, Bangor led a group of companions and sneaked towards the fence surrounded by wooden pillars.
After finally reaching the fence, Bangor's fingers just touched the wooden stake when he heard the sound of a bow string exploding in the air.
An arrow as powerful as lightning pierced Bangor's short coat and nailed him to the fence.
Everyone was shocked and looked around.
I saw three men riding war horses and carrying bows and arrows, slowly coming here.
Brother Bang knew that he couldn't do anything, so he immediately shouted to the others: "Don't worry about me, leave quickly!"
The companions reacted, but no one ran away. Some rushed to Bangor's side to pull out the arrow that was half-embedded in the wooden pillar. Some picked up stones from the ground and faced the knight tremblingly.
The three men riding on the horse looked at the actions of these half-grown children, looked at each other, and all laughed.
The rider on the right said to the man in the middle: "Head of the team, those guys who tried to sneak into Bachuan a few days ago are among them."
The leader of the team who was walking in the middle got off his horse, walked up to Bangor, looked at the latter up and down, and asked: "What's your name?"
Brother Bang frowned and shouted: "If you don't change your name in office, or your surname in office, you are a vanguard general under Mr. Kui, and so is Brother Bang!"
The leader of the team looked at Bangor and his companions and asked: "You have hands and feet, why do you do these sneaky things?"
The other children were silent, but Bangor gritted his teeth and shouted: "It's none of your business!" The right rider pulled out his sword and said in a bluffing manner: "You trespass on private land and refuse to surrender. According to the Tang Dynasty.
The law can be rectified on the spot!"
Zuo Qi also joined in and said, "Please report your net worth first. If your head is lost later, someone will help you collect the body."
When Bangor and his companions heard these words, their faces turned pale with fright, and their legs trembled.
Bangor took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down and said: "We have no father and no mother, and the heaven and the earth will not take us back. Even if we die, we will be lonely ghosts."
When the three knights heard this, they looked at each other.
After a while, a horseman suggested: "Team leader, why don't we send them to the official?"
The leader of the team looked at the half-grown children in front of him and was silent.
As soon as he heard that he was going to be sent to the official position, Brother Bang said anxiously: "Everyone does the work and is responsible for it. Today is all my idea. If you want to be sent to the official position, just arrest me. Don't embarrass my brothers!"
The team leader looked at Brother Bang, took two steps forward, came to the latter, and stretched out his hand.
Brother Bang's face turned pale, he closed his eyes and raised his arms to protect his head.
To the surprise of everyone present, the man called the leader of the team pulled out the arrow that had been driven into the stake, and said to Bangor who had regained his freedom: "Take your brother and leave here quickly.
, if you come again to cause mischief next time, I will definitely not take it lightly."
Brother Bang couldn't believe it: "You just let us go?"
The leader of the team pointed at the construction site of the Bachuan Pitian Camp and said: "Even if you have no father or mother, you are still a son of the Tang Dynasty. Since your limbs are sound and you are affectionate and righteous, why don't you use your strength on the right path?"
Bangor looked at the leader of the team, hesitated to speak, and finally just silently cupped his hands, turned around and left with his companions.
After walking only a few steps, Bangor suddenly stopped and walked back quickly.
There were two other knights at the head of the team. They looked at Bangor who turned back halfway and were confused as to what the latter wanted to do.
Ben brother knelt down on his knees in front of the leader of the team and said something that surprised everyone: "Please lend me five hundred dollars."
The team leader looked incredulous: "I just let you live, but you turned around and wanted to borrow money from me?"
Another knight drew his sword and said angrily: "You are a shameless scoundrel! Do you want to die?!"
Bangor knocked his forehead on the ground without flinching at all.
The team leader stopped his subordinate and asked Bangor: "What is the use of these five hundred dollars?"
Brother Bang said in a deep voice: "Save people."
The riders on the left and right came to the team leader at the same time and advised: "Rogues in the market, in order to get money, cheat and kidnap, they will do anything. For such people, there is no need to pay attention to them, just tie them up and send them to the official!"
The team leader shook his head, turned back to the horse, took out half of the money from the bag, threw it to Brother Bang, and said, "Take it."
Seeing the leader of the team getting on his horse and planning to leave, Ben brother knelt down in the mud, crawled forward, and shouted urgently: "May I ask your benefactor's name?"
The leader of the team rode away, and his voice gradually faded away: "Sun Aying..."
A few days later, a strange team came from the official road in the direction of Chang'an.
The team is full of young children, the oldest is only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest is only two or three years old.
The group of people, dressed in rags and with sallow complexions and skinny muscles, were walking and resting.
However, no one complained about being tired, and no one cried.
When they reached the fork in the road leading to Bachuan, the leader of the group tightened his arms around the sleeping child on his back and said to the others: "I often tell you that there is a better place in the world than Chang'an."
The place... Look, it’s right in front of you.”
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