Of the thirty-two horses, twenty-seven were largely undamaged or slightly injured, two were lame, and three were seriously wounded. After all, even if the blow arrow is used to hurt people rather than horses, it is impossible to really be so delicate in the chaotic battle at the entrance of the bamboo forest, and such a harvest is already very good.

And this is the spoils left by Xiongyi's team of horses after the captives were taken away.

Last night, except for Zhang Chen and Lu Sanlang, the boys and buddies were all lying down soundly under the condition of being turned over by the drug, and they were cheeky enough to share the credit, and no one was embarrassed to covet any loot.

Even if Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are not taken seriously, they are actually very short of money, and they will never dare to open this mouth. As for Zhang Chen and Lu Sanlang, one is rich and powerful, and the other boasts wisdom, and he will not stand up and fight.

So, Zhang Shou summoned Yang Laoqi and others, and when he talked about the temporary stay of the war horse, from Yang Laoqi, who had always been a fan of money, a large number of villagers were overjoyed. However, after Zhang Shou slapped his face, they immediately quieted down.

"Although the previous male commander only took people and did not take away horses, the horses still belonged to the Linhai battalion. So, for now, we can only say that we are borrowing these horses for temporary use. A few lame and injured horses, I told Yingying that she would send someone to the Linhai camp to return them when she turned around. The rest of the horses, of course, are used by everyone in the village. ”

Without waiting for the happy villagers to thank them, Zhang Shou said another purpose.

"I told the male commander to leave these horses to plough the fields to compensate for the disturbance of the countryside by the rebel army, but you should all understand that the war horses of the Linhai battalion may not be able to plough the fields, and besides, feeding the horses is expensive, so instead of plowing the fields and wasting horsepower, it is better to divide most of them to pull the carts, and immediately transport the new rice and other vegetables that have just been harvested this year to the capital to sell, and by the way, carry the silk threads that have been accumulated in ordinary times, and so on. ”

If it weren't for the fact that Wu was a kind "landlord" and often lent a horse to the villagers to transport goods to the market, relying only on manpower to transport things to the city, the life of the villagers would only be more miserable.

At this moment, when they heard Zhang Shou's words, the villagers were suddenly even more surprised. Especially when Zhang Shoudao will accompany him to Beijing at that time, everyone knows that this trip to the capital will definitely save a lot of money and make a lot of money.

Not to mention anything else, Zhang Shou went, which means that there are people from the Zhao Guogong Mansion to follow, maybe Miss Zhu will also go with him, then, even if you have to pay taxes in and out of the city gate, you will not be exploited, and no one in the market dares to bully the market!

"Alright, I'm done, let's hurry home and pack up. Tomorrow on August 16, then go to Beijing on the 17th or 18th, everyone feed the horses for two days, and then prepare everything for a trip to Beijing. ”

The villagers happily dispersed, but Yang Laoqi dragged on to the end. After walking a few steps, the oldest man in the village suddenly turned around and walked back. Seeing that Zhang Shou really didn't leave, he was standing at the entrance of the village and watching the women clean up the messy flowing water seats, as if he was in a trance, he stepped forward and coughed.

"Uncle, do you still have something to say?"

"You should say, I still haven't asked you. Zhang Shou glanced at the old man angrily, and then said bluntly, "You have been fighting with me for so long, is it time to tell the truth?"

This time, Yang Laoqi didn't look at him anymore, and his eyes were no longer as uncertain as before.

He sighed and touched his half-bald head: "That's right, it's what my uncle thinks." It's just that Grandpa Guo didn't say that he was taking care of his future son-in-law, but that he was taking care of his old friend's wife and children, orphans and widows depended on each other, but he had a lot of land, and he was afraid of being bullied. ”

Zhang Shou listened quietly, without questioning, let alone interrupting Yang Laoqi's narration.

"I and the others all stayed under Grandpa Guo back then. At that time, Grandpa Guo was still young, and following Grandpa Ruizong to fight was called a man who dared to fight, made contributions before and after the saddle, not like a relative at all, and the most valuable thing was that he was also sympathetic to the old and weak soldiers. ”

"The group of people who were injured in the expedition to the north that year, including me, Grandpa Guo played Grandpa Ruizong and made up the money and food one by one...... Hey, it's a pity that Grandpa Ruizong died early, and when he got the throne, he was ...... Ahem, don't talk about the old things!"113

"My family is from an ordinary background, and when Grandpa Guo found me later, my two sons had just added grandchildren to me, and the family was poor. So as soon as Grandpa Guo mentioned that he would take care of orphans and widows, I agreed, and immediately moved over with my family, and met Deng Erniu and them. ”

"To tell the truth, I also watched my uncle grow up since I was a child, you were shy when you were a child, weak and didn't go out, and then you often came out when you got better, and the more you grew up in the past three years, the more you look like a painting of immortals, and you are willing to help us teach children, I never dared to think that they could count and memorize poems. I really didn't expect that the person entrusted to us by Grandpa Guo was actually the future uncle. ”

Listening to Yang Laoqi's uncoherent words, Zhang Shou finally couldn't help but ask: "But Zhao Guogong asked you to move here to take care of our mother and son, but he didn't take care of you too much, don't you think this day is too hard?"

"My uncle, how else can I take care of it?" Yang Laoqi shook his head, and suddenly stretched out his hand to open the dense horizontal stripes on his forehead, "I am not a brave general who captures the flag, to put it bluntly, I am a small soldier, and I am not useful when I am old, Zhao Guogong remembers me, I am very surprised." If I hadn't moved here, my two grandsons would have starved to death. Where can I find a kind owner like my aunt and my wife?"

Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "That's not the case, as far as our orphans and widows are placed in ordinary villages, we may have been eaten to the point that there is not a drop of flesh and blood left." ”

Yang Laoqi smiled lightly: "That's to take what you need." My son, daughter-in-law and grandson and I survived, as did other families. My uncle grew up safely, and now I have met the eldest lady, and I am a student and a rebel army, so I will do a little favor within my ability, and I think it is all a blessing to Zhao Guogong. ”

"You're right, it's all thanks to Zhao Guogong. Although Zhang Shou didn't ask what Yang Laoqi was doing in the army at the beginning, he had already asked most of the information he wanted to know at this time, so he didn't get to the bottom of it.

When Yang Lao said goodbye with a smile and walked out for a long time, he suddenly turned around and looked at him again, and a sly smile appeared on his face that was so old that it was full of wrinkles, and then his heart moved, and he quickly turned around.

Sure enough, Zhu Ying was standing at the base of the wall not far behind him, and her eyes seemed to be slightly red.

He was only slightly stunned and stepped forward, and then did not speak, and took out a handkerchief and handed it over. Who knew that the eldest lady didn't answer at all, but took out a handkerchief directly from her sleeve and handed it to him.

"You just gave me a piece last night, forgot?" Seeing Zhang Shou laughing dumbly, Zhu Ying took a deep breath, "I just didn't intend to see you talking, come and listen, who knew that he was so old and deaf and clear like a young man, and found that I still pretended not to know...... Ah Shou, thank you, you obviously have a lot of confusion yourself, and you comforted me last night!"

Thinking about comforting Zhu Ying with words, in fact, there was no need, Zhang Shou smiled slightly and took back the handkerchief in his hand.

"Yingying, I don't know if you just heard it. In two days, when the villagers go to the capital to sell things, I plan to go to the capital to see it. ”

Seeing that Zhu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then showed a slightly tangled expression in surprise, he smiled and said: "Actually, if it weren't for the fact that my mother has been staring at me for the past few years, and Yang Laoqi and others have also been looking at me all the time, I would have wanted to go out a long time ago." ”

"Ah Shou, I also miss my father and eldest brother, and I want to know their exact news, so I will accompany you to Beijing together!"

Zhu Ying finally made a decision, raised her head and said sincerely: "Aunt Wu, I'll go and say, if she doesn't worry, she can also go together, just let everyone stay in my house in the capital for two days." Of course, if you are afraid that there will be a lot of right and wrong in my house, I can let someone charter a clean and elegant inn for you and others to live in, saving others from gossip!"

Faced with such a resolute eldest lady, Zhang Shou suddenly wanted to hug her.

It was a thought that had never occurred in his new life, but at this moment, he just smiled at her.

"Okay, then let's go and see the place where you grew up!"