Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 414 The Ye Family’s Thoughts

If Ye Yanzhi had met a girl who spoke like this in Beijing before, he would definitely have thought it was inappropriate. But times have changed, the situation has changed so much, and the understanding of silver and money has changed greatly.

Now he makes no secret of his desire for money, and at least he will not give up the opportunity to earn it.

He smiled and nodded in agreement, and walked towards her quickly. This was a good thing, at least the children at home could have enough food and warm clothes. Since they came to the border town, they had only a few taels of silver in their hands, and they relied on the rations issued by the government every day to make do with two meals of porridge for the whole family.

But the children were still growing up, and looking at their skinny bodies, they couldn't think of any good solution. The adults could only think of various ways, sending the older children to the army so that at least they could have enough to eat. The women went to dig wild vegetables and mend clothes for others to earn some loose change.

In fact, these adult men are the most useless now. They have to work in mines. If there were no shortage of people in the border town, it would be a luxury for them to even go home.

Because of the continuous wars in Fenggu City, the population here has dropped rapidly. These criminals who were exiled here, along with their families, have become an effective supplement.

General Wang An, the garrison commander of the border town, was a generous and magnanimous man. He treated all these criminals equally and gave them a chance to reform. As long as they were not criminals, the children in the family who were capable could be allowed to serve in the army.

As for them, if they have money, they can move to the city. As long as they don't commit crimes, the children still have a chance to turn their lives around. And people like him can also come out to work if there are rich people in the city who are willing to hire them. As long as they can get their superiors to let them go, no one will deliberately stop them.

He came home and gathered the family members in the evening, and sat them together to talk about this matter. Most of them were so excited that their faces flushed and they didn't know what to do with their hands and feet. This was really a blessing from heaven for them.

As a member of the family, Ye Jingchen was of course among them. He was grateful to the Su family from the bottom of his heart. It was so precious that someone was willing to lend a helping hand to his family's current situation.

He later came into contact with the Su brothers several times, and he admired their character. Everyone was so sincere, without the bad habits of the rich, and usually followed their father to study in addition to martial arts, and they did not hide their idea of ​​taking the imperial examination from him.

They also discussed previous years' exam questions together. Although his answers were a little immature, he admired his students' hard-working and motivated spirit.

In his current situation, it is unwise to take the imperial examination. The people who framed his family are still in power in the court. If he is sent to them, it will not only humiliate himself, but also give them a chance to attack them.

He wanted to join the army and rise step by step with his military achievements. But he would not neglect his studies. A general without cultural background could only be regarded as a grassroots hero.

He knew that General Wang An was well-versed in military books, otherwise he would not have been able to escape unscathed every time. Although wars have winners and losers, since he took command, he has won more and lost less.

In addition, the management of border towns has never been cruel, but has always been based on Confucianism, so that the common people here can survive in the cracks of war.

If it weren't for his benevolent rule, who knows what the people's lives would be like. When they arrived here, they realized that the government did not care about anything other than collecting taxes on time, and sometimes even reduced or exempted taxes as much as possible.

The people outside the city just need to do everything they can to avoid the invasion of foreign enemies and grow crops at other times. The people in the city just need to fight the enemy together and live a normal life.