On July 13, the team survived a day with a few wolf corpses, wild vegetables, grass roots, and bark excavated!

On July 14th, even the grassroots and bark were not available. Official Zhang Xiaoqi killed a scalper who was pulling a cart, and at least gave everyone a full meal!

On July 15th, the team used all their last strength to forcibly traveled for a day and a night, and advanced for more than 70 miles. Finally, they arrived in Qi County at Foxiao!

...

Qi County is located in the eastern part of Henan Province and is under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. It has a flat land and fertile land. It produces wheat, millet, sorghum and other crops. It is known as the "Central Plains Granary"!

Henan suffered severe drought, and all states, prefectures and counties suffered disasters. The situation was very serious. The rivers in Qi County were crisscrossed and irrigation was convenient, so it was not affected by drought, and the grain harvest was bumper for several consecutive years!

Zhang Xiaoqi and others were very happy, thinking that they could supplement more food rations in Qi County so that the team could continue to move forward and fewer people could be hungry on the way!

However, the Ming Dynasty law stipulates that cities in the world are:

At the first three o'clock (the fifth hour of Xu) the evening drum sounded, and the city gate was closed, and travel was prohibited;

At 5 o'clock in the morning (5 o'clock in the morning) ring the morning bell, open the city gate, and open the ban on passage!

It’s just the beginning of the Yin hour, and it’s still a while since I left Qicheng Gate!

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoqi found a shelter for shelter and shade the sun, and prepared to place the team first. After the sun was bright, he would immediately go to the city to get food!

Nazhi's team had just approached Tugang, and several Qingyi servants rushed down from above, holding sticks in their hands: "A group of beggars from there, all have no eyes? This is the cemetery of Mr. Li's house. No idle people are allowed to wait to get close, get out of here!"

"Don't get me wrong, we just rest our legs, there is no other intention. Who is Mr. Li?"

"Mr. Li is the chief clerk of our Qi County. The county master is the one who has the final say. He is the one who stomped his feet and the whole Qi County is trembling. This is called Shamagang, which is a first-class Feng Shui treasure land with the ancestors of the Li family buried on it. You beggars, get out quickly, so as not to be in bad luck and ruin the good Feng Shui here!"

Several servants are very arrogant and standard domineering people’s power!

At the same time, people noticed that the ground in front of them was low in front and high in the back, with slender wings, and the soil was still black, and it really looked like a black gauze hat!

On the soil hills, there are tombs, including more than a dozen huge tombs, with stone tablets in front and tomb chambers behind. There are a large number of pine and cypress planted around them, which is very grand!

The Ming Dynasty was a time of strict hierarchy. People lived in different places, but still had different levels of high and low after death:

The poor man died and called "death". Then he dug a small pit, put a thin-skinned coffin in it, buried it, and left a small earth bun. This is the grave!

A rich man died and called "Bulu". He dug a big hole on the ground, surrounded it with stone slabs, put it in the coffin, piled up a large bales of earth, and erected another stone tablet. This is the tomb!

The death of an official is called "Zhu". According to the grade of his life, he built the corresponding to the tomb, put a large number of burial objects in it, erected a monument on the ground, and engraved with titles, official positions, and life deeds on the monument. This is why he is qualified to call it a tomb!

...

There are more than a dozen huge tombs on the Shamaogang, which shows that the Li family has prominent families and many senior officials from their ancestors. They can be called eunuchs. They must be very powerful in Qi County. No wonder these servants who guard the cemetery look arrogant!

However, the victims came on a long journey and were already quite tired. Some people were swaying when walking. They just wanted to rest under Gaogang for a while, without moving every grass and tree here, and there was no intention of offending the Li family's nanny. Isn't this allowed?

"You are too bullying. I am also a small flag appointed by the court, a military officer of the seventh rank!"

"Mr. Zhang, let's bear it, let's just have a different place to rest!"

...

Zhang Xiaoqi had a hot temper and was about to go forward to fight with several domestic slaves, but was stopped by his soldiers and advised him to endure this tone!

As the old saying goes, a strong dragon will not defeat a local snake. The Li family is a local snake in Qi County, and it is still a thick and strong python that can swallow people alive!

Zhang Xiaoqi and others came from afar. The incomparable military officer from the Wei Institute, let alone a dragon, was not even a small earthworm. How could they fight with others?

What's more, Mr. Li is also the chief clerk of Qi County, who is specialized in money, grain and household registration. If the disaster victims want to receive food, they have to sign and stamp it!

Since you have something to ask for, you will naturally give in!

In desperation, Zhang Xiaoqi had to lead the team and walked out four or five miles away to find another mound to station. Around the mound, there were more than a dozen other teams of victims, all of whom came to Qi County to collect rations!

The situation in these teams is even worse, with only a hundred more people, and only dozens of people. They are all ragged and thin, just breathing more than the dead. It can be seen what they have suffered along the way!

If this continues, I am afraid that the team will only have a few people left when they arrive in Shaanxi. They either die halfway or escape!

...

"Dong!--Dong!"

The third hour of Yin was here. With a long bell ringing, the gates of Qi County opened. The escort officers and soldiers from various teams rushed in, hoping to receive the rations earlier!

Zhang Xiaoqi led four soldiers, pulled the only remaining ox cart, and went to the city to get rations.

The rest of the people picked up dry firewood everywhere, set up iron pots, and waited for the food to be brought back, and immediately cooked porridge to fill their hunger and had a meal full!

At the morning of the morning, Zhang Xiaoqi and his men did not come back!

At the 1st of the morning, Zhang Xiaoqi and his men did not come back!

At noon, the grain trucks of other teams came back one after another, and the smoke from cooking was raised one after another. Zhang Xiaoqi and his men were still missing. What is the situation?

It was not until three o'clock that the sun was already westward, and I saw Zhang Xiaoqi and a few others, but the situation was very bad!

Several people had bruised noses and swollen faces, their clothes were torn to pieces, and they were limping when walking, but the ox cart was empty and there was no grain!

"Mr. Zhang, what happened? Where is the food?"

"Oh my God, if you don't have food, you'll starve to death!"

...

People gathered up and asked in a verbal way.

Zhang Xiaoqi's face turned pale and said nothing. The soldiers who accompanied him told him what happened!

It turned out that after they entered the city, they quickly found the county government office. Unexpectedly, the gate of the county government office was closed, no one was on duty at the door, and no one responded to the knock!

I had to wait at the door, and it was not until Chen Shi that the county government gate opened and officials of all sizes began to work.

The Qi County Magistrate and the County Magistrate did not show up. The person responsible for receiving the military officers was the Chief Li, a slightly thin middle-aged man in his forties, who approved the official documents and stamped them!

Zhang Xiaoqi and others took the official documents and went to the Qi County warehouse to collect supplies. After reading the official documents, the clerk who was responsible said that there was no food inside and only gave two bags of moldy fodder, and they couldn't even eat animals, let alone people!

Zhang Xiaoqi has a hot temper and becomes arguing with him. He first quarrels, then tear them up, and finally he develops into a combination of fists and feet!

However, there were many people on the other side, and Zhang Xiaoqi had few people on the other side, so he could not pull his sword and fought desperately. As a result, he suffered a great loss and was beaten to the point of being blue and swollen!

When he returned to the county government office to file a lawsuit, the chief clerk Li refused to see him. The other minor officials could not make the decision. Zhang Xiaoqi was angry and helpless, so he had to return.

"There is obviously food in the warehouse, but those little officials just refuse to give it to us. They are sincere!"

"It's strange. Most other teams have received food. Why should we be embarrassed? We have nothing to offend?"

"I will go to the city tomorrow and ask Master Li to find out. This official document cannot be verified in vain, right?"

While speaking, the soldiers threw out a document, which had been torn into several pieces, and it clearly stated:

‘The 238th team of Northern Zhili-Hejianfu Bing was allowed to immigrate from the county to receive eighty buckets of wheat, forty buckets of sorghum, two baskets of dried vegetables, fifteen kilograms of salt, a pig... and a number of daily necessities!’

After the order is issued, no delay shall be delayed!

Chief clerk: Li Shunzhe.

The 47th year of Wanli, Ming Dynasty - July 20th!

The lower position on the left is covered with the bright red seal of Qi County Magistrate!

(In ancient times, documents were written from top to bottom and from right to left, so the seal was on the left.

If you buy an ancient book written from left to right, or a calligraphy and painting with seals on the right, congratulations, 100% fakes!)

In black and white words, it is clear, why can’t I get food?

Zhang Xiaoqi couldn't figure it out, several soldiers couldn't figure it out, and others couldn't figure it out even more!

"When you asked Director Li to approve the official documents, did he secretly ask for money?" Xue Yu was right next to him, listening attentively, vaguely knowing the problem!

"I've hinted that our surname is Li, let's be more flexible when we go out, we must make more friends and be generous. But along the way, everyone's money has been used up long ago, and there is no copper coins in their pockets. How can we be loyal to us? I'll give it back on the spot!

Master Li didn't say much, and approved the official document on the spot. Brother Xue meant that we couldn't get the food, but was Master Li secretly tampering with it?"

Zhang Xiaoqi seemed to understand something, and picked up the official document and looked at it repeatedly, but the more he looked, the more he became confused!
Chapter completed!