On the fifth watch, at the turn of day and night, the cold is particularly cold.

But in the bedding of the small hut room, there is a strong warmth, women are born with cold, and they have to suffer some in winter, and the charcoal fire inhales more, that is, the dark fire arises, coughing and wheezing, if it is less, it is always cold at night, tossing and turning, it is not easy to sleep, but these days, it is a heavy sleep.

I feel that the body is like pasting a warm wall, and the diligent warmth gushes out, not high or low, just right, comfortable to reach, unconsciously, she squirmed back slightly, sticking closer, and felt more and more comfortable, it is the hand stove in the silk quilt in Danfu, and the foot stove is not as good as this "wall" half a point.

The person behind him half stood up, outside the quilt, on the bronze texture on the exposed shoulders and backs, there were a few rough scars, in the end, it was a person who had practiced martial arts since childhood, and the body heat was endless, even if the body was naked in the cold air for a long time, there was no coldness.

In such a faint light, I don't know how long I looked at her sleeping face, I restrained my reaction, stroked her round shoulders with my hand, and slowly leaned over, extremely occupied, lustful, and got up with a deep sip on his neck, and got up quietly.

When it was cold, as soon as the garrison opened the door, the north wind was holding the cold grains, like a knife scraping his cheeks, but this was already used to Xie Chengzu, who had practiced internal strength for many years, and it was not a problem to resist the cold.

Less than half a moment of footsteps back to the North Gate Barracks stationed, footsteps came from several barracks, practicing outside the North City, Xie Chengzu Xie returned to the mansion, sorted out a change of clothes, and came out with a refreshed face.

Walked to the outside of the north city and took a turn, when he first entered the city, the soldiers he called were all in rags, even a set of cloth armor combat boots and could not be made up, now look at it again, the blue red shirt and black armor combat boots, all with straight backs, mental head and feet, the voice of the breath is full of energy, although it is not enough elite soldiers, it can be the same as a piece of straggler crab that day.

Whether it is a weapon or a strength, it is enough to make people's eyes shine and sigh a good soldier!

Several of the general soldiers under him, dressed in cloth armor and battle jackets with round necks and plackets, strode out of the cooking camp, met the garrison, and stepped forward to say "adult", and then said with a smile: "Approaching the end of the year, the food in the camp is getting better and better day by day, this morning's mixed noodle flatbread is full of portions, this big one, and the broth, it is really delicious, if you can eat hard, I can eat eight, it's a pity, Old Man Cao is too picky, there is only a little minced meat in the soup, dare you come to a fat ......"

"It's good to have minced meat, don't look at how many people there are in the camp, there are thousands of people stationed at the north gate alone, and one person has a piece of fat, and it's not enough to serve our nutritious pigs!"

"I'll just tell you that the army has run out again, and I don't know when I will be able to eat enough meat for a big meal."

"Come on, it's about to be the New Year, and then we'll open a small stove with the adults......," a few people said as they looked at the guards, but they saw with their own eyes that yesterday the adults hunted a stag and were hungry for a piece of venison.

But in the past, the garrison who was generous and let people take it away with a wave of his hand, but today he is silent, ignoring your fork at all, and let you break your tongue, and don't want to pry out a piece.

The commander Du He and a few small commanders looked at each other helplessly, and then they stopped cooking, this man has a woman, but it is different, good things are not shared with his brothers, and they are all in a hurry to take them and coax them to protect the woman.

A few people went all the way back to the house, and sat down in front of the table in the hall, "My lord, the masters of the martial arts hall you invited are really not bad, I have learned several tricks along with it, it turns out that this gun is hard and there is a doorway, use it right, not to mention the effort, the battlefield killing the enemy is also fierce, I see that the soldiers have been practicing more and more recently, if you practice for another year and a half, hum, we are still afraid of those barbarian birds!" ”

"That's also an adult has the ability, if it weren't for the silver and the food, it would have relied on the previous soldiers to bully their cheeks and be skinny, or to train him with a gun, I don't know if I can hold it, and I have to say that the adults are powerful, and now the soldiers eat well, the food is sufficient, and they are all fat and strong, so it's strange if they look good."

Xie Chengzu sat down and said, "What has been the recent movement of the barbarian thieves?" ”

A few thousand always looked at Du He, Du He said: "Recently, the heavy snow has closed the mountain, the road is not easy to walk, they want to rely on riding skills through the mountains and forests to raid us, it is not easy, especially now that the grass and trees are dry in winter, the grain and grass are insufficient, I am afraid it will not come in a short time." "I didn't say the rest, the current Wei'an City is not the time when the former garrison who was greedy for life and afraid of death burrowed into the ground was in charge.

The entire outer city wall has been built two-thirds, they want to rush into the city to raid, can only rush in from one-third of the gap, now the gap has been heavily guarded, the adults directly set up eight hundred soldiers to garrison, want to come in, unless the eight hundred barbarians attack fiercely, the previous three or two barbarian thieves, not at all.

"Wait until the early spring of next year, build the remaining city wall, get some big iron-headed artillery, whoever dares to come, blow him up to pieces, and see if those barbarians dare to enter our Wei'an City!"

Speaking of this, several thousands of generals were a little excited, not only them, but all Guard'an, and even the entire Yizhou were deeply affected by the invasion of border barbarians, otherwise Yizhou, which is close to both sides of the dry river, with fertile land and convenient irrigation, would not have fallen to such a point where there is no land to cultivate, and fertile fields have become wasteland.

"Although the snow covers the mountains, the barbarians have always been careful and bold, and the lack of materials makes it easy to take risks, so they must set up spies on several roads." Xie Chengzu said cautiously, "There are still many refugees outside the city who have nowhere to resettle, and once they encounter a barbarian attack on the city, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Don't worry, the spies have been released, and the refugees are trying to resettle as much as possible, but the weather is cold, and it is very inconvenient to break ground...... "Of course they know that the adults take in so many refugees to open up the wasteland next spring, otherwise, a large number of fields are unavailable, and they can only stare at and look too aggrieved, and these refugees can be regarded as solving this problem."

In a frontier land like theirs, grain and grass are the most important thing.

“…… The day before yesterday, I wrote that Huo Dujun got a few arquebuses, and you all brought your teams to prepare, and set off on the same day, so be sure to get the guns back. As soon as the adults finished speaking, several people were happy, arquebus, that thing is amazing, I heard that you can shoot birds within a hundred steps, and after practicing jumping people's heads, it is the same as fried beans, a shot is accurate, the name is very big, but I have only heard that I have never touched it, this thing is more people and less meat, and it is not easy to get it.

"Huo Tongjun, this is the old nest of barbarians! It's worthy of a lifelong friendship with an adult. "Just these few guns, no matter where they are thrown, someone will rob them!

"Haha, isn't it cheaper?"

"This guy is used to a lion opening his mouth, last time he got him to order weapons, and asked for two truckloads ......of military rations for us, and this time I don't know how many trucks to lose."

But now they have enough money on hand, think of a way, how much food can be obtained, arquebuses are not common things, several people are available under Xie Chengzu, after instructing this matter not to be revealed, they all hid their faces with joy, nodded knowingly, Lord Xie waved his hand and asked them to go back to the camp to prepare.

Du and Luo got the most, took the adult waist card and planned to enter the warehouse to get grain and grass, the temporary warehouse is not convenient for outsiders to take care of, can only rely on the adult waist card in and out, take things are registered in the book by the secretary, the score is not bad.

Du He remembered something before leaving, and reminded: "The shopkeeper of Quda sent a lot of silk yarn materials yesterday, the color is quite bright, and adults might as well pick a few horses if they have time." ”

Once the outer city is built, the entire Guard'an is solid, and the inner and outer cities can also know how many people will pour in, Qu Shengfeng can occupy the majority of the outer city early for the fabric firm, and he also made a bloody investment, whether it is silver or material, he doesn't need money to send it over, this time it is all the silk yarn material that has just been brought from the capital, and the ordinary cloth shop can't find good things, and even the female relatives of the Qu family have not shared much.

Of course, Xie Chengzu understood what he meant, and sat there and asked, "How many?"

"A dozen horses, pulled a small cart."

"Send it all."

Du He immediately snorted, speechless for a while.

In the past, Qu Shengfeng flattered the adults and sent the materials, all of them took them back and divided them, and almost all the things that the Qu family sent to adults in the past two years were divided by the wives of the thousands of presidents of each family, this time it is good, looking at the appearance of the adults, they are really no longer polite to them.

When Du He walked out of the door, he also pumped himself and made your mouth owe! I don't even have a piece of cloth this time, right?

Tan Wanqing's throat was a little uncomfortable, but after two lectures, she became even more dumb, and she returned to the courtyard with snow on her toes all the way, and saw more than a dozen high-quality plain white, purple, pink and yellow silk yarns on the table in the house.

Ruizhu's eyes were still a little swollen, but her spirit was much better, and when she saw Tan Wanqing coming in, a smile appeared on her face, "Miss, in the morning, Master Xie sent a cart of good materials, I have already pulled plain silk to make a mattress, and then made two sets of underwear for Miss, which is much more comfortable than cotton fabric." ”

Ruizhu said while thinking, Master Xie still has Miss in his heart, you see, this car of silk yarn, as well as the deer personally sent yesterday, a few days ago, I took care of Miss, brought the purple sheep, and let people send porcelain jewelry, so that all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation, that is really Miss in my heart.

It's not that she sees something shallow-eyed, or she thinks that although these things are not so valuable, they can make the young lady use them comfortably, and the meaning of concern is still clear.

I still like Miss, it's strange that the last time the garrison asked for marriage, Miss's refusal was too ruthless, and Lord Xie must not have been able to get off the stage, and felt faceless.

She thought, as long as Miss carries a staircase, the adult must go down the stairs, this matter is critical, is it on Miss's side, in the end is a fifteen-year-old little girl, she wiped her tears yesterday, and now she began to happily pick up the material and help Lord Xie say good things.

Tan Wanqing was in good spirits, but the tip of her nose was oozing with fine sweat, and she didn't have the heart to look at those flowers and willows, so she put down her bookbag and asked Ruizhu in a dumb voice: "Is there hot water in the ear room?" ”

"Does Miss want to take a bath? I've always had it ready. "The habit of the house, I am afraid that the master will not use water when he will use it, so there is ready-made hot water in the kitchen every day, and it is used to scoop it now.

Quickly the clean bath bucket was moved, a bucket of hot water was mixed with two buckets of cold water, stepped in, Tan Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back to see Ruizhu took the obscene clothes and pants she had changed, and hurriedly stretched out her hand, "Wait, put it down, I'll wash ......"

Rui Zhu was startled, her eyes widened, her young lady had not washed her clothes for more than 20 years, why did she suddenly have to wash herself, and hurriedly said: "How can I use this little bit of clothes, Miss, I will rub it easily, and it doesn't take much trouble." After saying that, Ruizhu turned around and went out of the door, but she didn't see Hou Tan Wanqing looking at the dirty pants in embarrassment, stretching out her arms in the bathtub to stop her.