Chapter 30: The Opponent
Four out of five, for Ruan Bai, it is simply a ridiculously high acceptance rate; But others, especially the five people involved, don't see it that way at all.
The two people Tian Kaifu found, of course, went back directly with Ruan Bai and them.
The two men sat on the ox cart, only daring to shrink at the door, and they didn't know where to put their hands and feet: "The villain should get out of the car and run along?" ”
Ruan Bai was impatient, and his eyes swept over coldly: "Let you sit and sit." "The two skinny people are slightly better than Tang Xinhou, even if they want to exercise, they are not in this state.
The two men shrank even tighter, like two bundles of firewood leaning against the door, and their faces were full of fear.
Ruan Bai didn't understand their thoughts at all, and whispered to Tian Kaifu: "Why don't you sit in a car?" "Even if the current ox cart can only be regarded as a truck, it is not comfortable at all, but it is still a car, isn't it?
Tian Kaifu explained in a whisper: "With two 'nobles'......" He pointed his finger at himself and Ruan Bai, "Sitting together is not in accordance with the rules." They were afraid in their hearts. ”
"Noble?" Ruan Bai gestured with his finger to compare himself and Tian Kaifu, revealing an inexplicable expression, then rolled his eyes, and his eyes swept over the carport full of all kinds of goods and all kinds of smells, "The nobleman sits in this kind of ox cart?" ”
Tian Kaifu couldn't help laughing, and subconsciously reached out and touched Ruan Bai's head, which was softer than touching the big fat and chubby, no wonder Chu Hao always did this. He immediately realized his overly intimate movements, and quickly withdrew his hand: "I'm sorry, Brother Ruan...... Poofha! "No wonder Ruan Bai is called Ergou?
Ruan Bai's face was full of black lines, and the dead fish looked at this daring guy, not only touching his head like a puppy, but also laughing! What's so funny? Laugh to death!
From Shunyang Pass to Huangyi a total of ten miles, the speed of the Huns' cattle is faster than that of ordinary cattle, and it will not take long to arrive.
Tian Kaifu wanted to apologize several times on the road, but he laughed as soon as he opened his mouth a few times, and he couldn't stop at the end, holding his stomach full of tears. As soon as he saw Ruan Bai now, he thought of Ruan Ergou, and then the round big fat little chubby...... If you put three rounds together......
"Poof!"
Tian Kaifu couldn't walk at all, and almost fell when he got off the ox cart, and then he squatted in the yard like a squatting pit, holding his stomach and sighing.
Li Niang and Aunt Ma covered their mouths and walked away with a low laugh. Ah Qiang and Pan Daning had to drive the ox cart forward a little before they could unload the goods along the way. As for the two gifted ones, the whole person is already stupid.
Ruan Bai didn't look at the broken Tian Kaifu, and said to the two men: "Follow me." Now the post station has not been built, and we now live in the original deserted post. There are no people here, and you have to do it yourself if you want to eat and drink, but everyone is good, so if you don't understand anything, just ask......"
The two men lowered their heads, didn't dare to look at them, followed closely behind Ruan Bai, circled around the barren post, and finally stopped in front of a room.
The door was opened, and inside was a bunk, enough to sleep five big men, and it was not a problem to sleep five reed poles. Before, because of the arrival of Xiao Xizi and the Praetorian Guard, everything should be in the room, and there is no need to add anything extra.
"You will stay here for the time being, there will be three more people to come in a while, and the rest of the time you can arrange it yourself, see what is missing, and tell me in a while."
The two men seemed to tremble for a moment, and after a few beats of slowness, they said, "Yes, my lord." They looked at Ruan Bai's figure walking away, sniffed hard, and wiped their eyes.
They sound like auxiliaries, but in a place where even real soldiers can hardly afford to eat, few of them survive past the age of thirty. In battle, they have to fight the same, and the Huns' knives don't care whether they are soldiers or auxiliaries.
But even so, being an auxiliary soldier at least has a bite to eat, if it is in his hometown......
The other took a deep breath and lowered his fluttering burden onto the kang. He looked at the patched furoshiki, then at the neat kang bed, and then at the bag in his hand, looked left and right, all of them were clean and tidy, and looked down at his tattered clothes and shoes with exposed toes, and couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself.
"Don't be poor. The adults just said that if you don't know, you can ask others, let's quickly clean up and find someone to ask. He gritted his teeth and put the burden directly on the ground, but even on this ground, it looked cleaner than the burden.
"You're right. The lord said that there were three more people coming, and Lord Tian just said that there were only four people in the post guard, and we couldn't be driven back. ”
"If you can live in such a nice house, don't go back to the barracks if you die! After a while, I will see where I can help, and the adults said that the post station has not been built yet, but we can't eat dry rice. ”
Not to mention how the two men calculated, after an hour, Chu Hao came back. He was followed by Xu Wu, and also took Xu Wu's two clan brothers and Tang Xinhou.
Except for Tang Xinhou, who was still shrinking, the Xu family brothers were all overjoyed. Compared with other auxiliary armies, they have a brother who is the general banner to take care of them, and their lives are not bad. But can being an auxiliary soldier compare to doing things under Ruan Bai? Xu Wu had already told them that he lived in a newly built house, slept on a warm kang bed, and could eat meat and fish.
When Xu Wu brought people over, Ruan Bai was drawing something on the desk, Tian Kaifu watched from the side, shrugged his shoulders and laughed twice from time to time, and then Ruan Bai would frown slightly, and occasionally push Tian Kaifu to the side.
Chu Hao saw it in his eyes, and he was dissatisfied with Tian Kaifu's unprecedented dissatisfaction, so he didn't say anything, just sat down on the kang, picked up the cup in Ruan Bai's hand, and poured himself a glass of water to drink.
In your own home, of course, the conditions are better than in a restaurant outside. Although the teapot is filled with boiled water, there is also a teapot barrel outside the teapot in the house. The water boiled when Ruan Bai came back was not cold when Chu Hao came back to drink it.
Chu Hao rode over all the way, although he had long been used to it, but it was inevitable that he would be a little dry by the wind, drinking a glass of warm water, the whole person was comfortable, and then touching Ruan Ergou's dog head, it was even more comfortable.
Tian Kaifu had already stopped laughing, and immediately arched his back when he saw this scene: "Poof! "I didn't think it before, but now the more I look at it, the more it looks like a puppy.
Ruan Bai didn't bother to pay attention to Tian Kaifu, slapped Chu Hao's paw away, and stood up: "You come with me, Xu Wu, you don't have to follow." ”
As soon as Ruan Bai spoke, Xu Wu naturally stopped. He still took the three people around the barren post, and saw two people chopping firewood outside the firewood room: "Don't be busy, put down your things, and follow me." ”
When the two brothers of the Xu family saw the two of them, they sighed in their hearts.
After the five people stood still in the room again, Ruan Bai said straight to the point: "There are five of you, and I can only keep four." I'll give you a month to behave well. Or it won't take him a month to make a decision.
Among the five people, except for Tang Xinhou, who lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, the faces of the remaining four people changed. However, the two who came early were already prepared, and they were not too surprised. The two brothers of the Xu family were a little suspicious, and they kept their mouths shut in the end.
Ruan Bai glanced at it: "The places are all known, have a good rest today, have dinner in half an hour, and talk about the specific things tomorrow." ”
He came out of the room and was startled by Chu Hao, who was silently guarding the door: "What are you doing?" ”
Chu Hao looked at Ruan Ergou, who was silent on the surface, and keenly noticed the incoherence in his movements. Well, I was really scared! With a serious face, he raised the paper in his hand: "What are you drawing?" City? ”
Ruan Bai didn't get angry when he saw that Chu Hao had brought over the drawings he had drawn for a long time, anyway, he would see it sooner or later, and he was also going to ask Chu Hao: "Such a place is not a city, right?" I'm just going to fence off the surrounding area and separate the housing area from the barn a little farther away. Then set up a watermill over that stretch of the river...... Get a water mill ......"
Chu Hao saw that the more he spoke, the quieter he became, obviously trapped in his own thoughts. He was amazed by what was on the drawings. Even if it's just a floor plan, he can see the scale of the building. The city that is a hundred zhang square is just an understatement of "such a little place" in Ruan Bai's mouth...... He was looking forward to the completion of this city, and Lord Cao didn't know what his expression would be when the time came.
Ruan Bai didn't know what Chu Hao was thinking, he really didn't plan to build a city, he just planned to build a community. On average, a square with a side length of about 300 meters and an area of 90,000 square meters is not enough to meet the standards of a large community. What's more, he only planned to build a wall, not a city wall, and even less a moat...... Well, the little river outside probably has to be dug up, and at least an aqueduct has to be made to get in......
Chu Hao sighed, led the second dog to the kitchen, and saw the two merchants who came in with Pan Daning on the way: "The two of you are at your own convenience, and we will talk about it tomorrow if you have something." ”
Hu Shang and Niu Shang looked at each other, looked at Ruan Bai, who was too vain in his fugue, and then looked at Chu Hao, who seemed to be very kind and honest, lowered his head and took his various goods, and found the room where he stayed last time, which happened to be door-to-door.
Originally, the cattle merchant didn't look down on Hu Laoliu, who was at the bottom at a glance, but when he thought of what he had encountered here in Ruan Bai before, he felt that he still had a good temper, and took the lead in greeting: "The surname is Niu, the name of the people in the capital, I don't know what this brother is called?" ”
Hu Lao Liu raised his head and glanced at Niu Shang, and smiled kindly: "Brother Niu is polite." The younger brother Hu Laoliu, a native of Xijing. I don't know why Brother Niu came all the way from the capital? ”
The cattle merchant's eyes narrowed, and his smile was even brighter: "The main family and the owner of this place have an old age, and the New Year is approaching, so I specially sent me to send some New Year's goods." In a word, half-truths.
Hu Laoliu's business is not as big as that of Niu Shang, but his eyesight is not weak. Of course, he wouldn't just listen to the words of the cattle merchant, just looking at the big bags and small bags around him, they can indeed be called New Year's goods. He smiled, the smell of profiteers on his face, even if he was blind, his nose was not broken! I just don't know what kind of business this profiteer is involved with Lord Ruan.