Chapter 074: What I Saw

In addition to the families of the soldiers, tens of thousands of refugees gathered here in the many shacks erected around the camp in Licheng, and over time, a huge bazaar was formed.

Except for a few people who lived in Licheng County, which was burned to ashes by the Jin, the rest of the people lived around the Licheng camp. In their words, it is to rely on the camp of the loyal army - peace of mind.

Don't you see, even the king's officials usually live in this military camp. As for the county, the low and collapsed city walls, the ruins everywhere, the streets and alleys have long been full of pines and cypresses, and the dilapidated places of "the atrium is born in the valley, and the inoue is born in the sunflower".

Licheng is located on the edge of Taihang Mountain, seven mountains, two rivers and one field, the army is difficult to deploy, the Jurchens did not infiltrate, for a short time, it has also become a paradise for refugees from all over Hedong.

The bazaar is located in the west of the camp of Licheng, on both sides of the official road, extending out from east to west for five miles, and the north and south are according to the Zhanghe River ferry, which can also be regarded as the place where water and land meet.

Along the wading south, or Zhangshui east to west, the ships are anchored at the Licheng ferry, grain, vegetables, meat, daily necessities, have poured in.

The Jurchens withdrew, the refugees farmed and planted vegetables, fished and hunted, mined and worked, and the goods from the outside were also brought in, and human beings began to repair themselves.

Two boats came from the east along the Zhangshui, and the boatmen paddled hard, apparently carrying heavy cargo. Huge water marks have been drawn on the surface of the river, rippling out to both banks. In the bow of one of the large ships, a tall young woman was watching everything on both sides.

"This Wang Song, I don't know what kind of ghost he has done, he actually built such a large military camp!"

Zhe Yuexiu was secretly frightened, she hadn't seen her for more than a month, and this Wang Song was so able to toss. Needless to say, this guy must have used a lot of means.

She was stunned by the crowd of refugees gathered on both sides of the riverbank. She worked hard to get a batch of grain from the imperial court and sent it over, because she was afraid that the loyal and righteous army would starve. Who knows, it seems that these guys may have another way.

"This little lady, where are you grain merchants, do you want to find a place to stack them?"

The boat came to the shore, several soldiers came up, and a leading sergeant asked.

"Are you Wang Song's sergeants?"

Zheyuexiu looked at the dresses of several people, and understood a little in her heart.

"Exactly, we are the sergeants under Wang Daguan! I wonder why the little lady has such a question?"

Zhi Yuexiu waved her hand and said impatiently: "I am the envoy of the imperial court, and these are the military rations sent to the loyal army. Hurry up and arrange the carriages and horses, and bring in all the food and money!"

"Trouble envoy wait!"

The soldier was overjoyed, gave an explanation, and turned to leave.

A row of sergeants stood guard around the ship, keeping their heads up and their chests up, not squinting.

Zheyuexiu couldn't help but look at it twice. These soldiers were all dark and strong, and they were even covered in armor on a hot day, but they were all solemn and majestic, and they didn't even say a word.

"This brother, in armor on a hot day, aren't you afraid of the heat?"

Zheyuexiu stood under the ancient willows by the river, with a dense layer of fine sweat on her forehead. Perhaps because of the food, the willow branches were green and covered the entire canopy.

"Military orders are like mountains, villains dare not disobey!"

The soldier's reply made Zhiyuexiu nod slightly. Unexpectedly, this Wang Song still has the ability to train soldiers.

How can my heart be his shadow?

Zhi Yuexiu's face turned red, she quickly looked around, and no one paid too much attention to her.

Fortunately, it was a hot day, and the flush on her face was not visible to others, which also made her secretly relieved.

Orizuki sat on a horse, led a team of soldiers, and under the tuk of a large number of farmers, pulled a large cart of grain and baggage, and walked forward slowly.

The more he moved forward, the more frightened he became. In addition to the neat and clean official roads, there are more orderly refugees.

There were so many people, and I couldn't imagine that this small Li city would gather so many refugees. Zheyuexiu escorted the grain and grass, all the way to the official road by the Zhanghe River, the closer to the Licheng camp, the more refugees, but the order is also more and more orderly.

Along the way, wearing iron armor, the soldiers patrolling back and forth are endless, in addition to monitoring the movements of the Jin people, not to patrol the Quartet and maintain law and order.

Zhi Yuexiu and his party moved forward, and in the market next to the official road, countless eyes swept over. Zheyuexiu has long legs and a bee waist, and a slender figure, although she is covered with black veil, she has also attracted the attention of many men.

Orizuki Xiu urged the horse forward while looking at the surrounding situation. The market is bustling, with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, cloth and silk, fish, game, vegetables, all kinds of food, and of course, the most popular is grain.

Suddenly, there was a quarrel in the market on the side of the road, and it turned out that several sergeants were arguing with the vendors about something.

"These scumbags, pickled ruffians, must be bullying the people again!"

The anger in Orizuki's chest suddenly exploded.

Although Wang Song's team can fight, there are still a large number of bandits, routs, and idlers who wander around, and they are basically lawless and unruly outlaws.

Just like the original rout, as soon as you see the Jurchens, you will be crushed for thousands of miles, and when you see the people, they are like wolves and tigers. When Wang Song recruited these people, only the first evil ones were removed, and the strong ones were enlisted in the army, and the old and weak were released into the fields. In these energetic soldiers, it is naturally commonplace and obvious that such disturbing things happen.

She beat her horse down the slope beside the official road, and ran to the side of the soldier, and the whip in her hand was about to be struck, but it stopped there.

"You, hurry up and get the money!"

The sergeant's face was full of seriousness, "If I take these extra pennies, my head will be hung on the camp gate tomorrow, do you want to give me these pennies or my head?"

The vendor was a simple man, he was embarrassed to take the iron money in the sergeant's hand, and said embarrassedly: "If the lord is my second brother is also in the loyal army, it looks hotter." So, thank you little brother!"

The sergeant turned his head, carrying two fish, and saw Zhi Yuexiu riding a horse standing in front of him, hesitated for a moment and said: "Little lady, you can't ride a horse in the bazaar, otherwise once you hurt the people, you will not only have to compensate, but also be dealt with by military law, do you understand?"

Zheyuexiu's face turned red, but fortunately she couldn't see it through the black veil, she quickly got off her horse and replied softly: "Thank you for your advice!"

The sergeant nodded, glanced at Orizuki, and left with the fish.

"What kind of fame, it's not to buy fish for officials to eat!" Someone next to him muttered.

"You're wrong!"

The man who bought the fish shook his head and said, "This fish is bought back for the wounded in the camp!" The officials and the soldiers eat the same food, and the big guys all eat together, even the big official Wang is no exception!"

"Brother Jiang is right!"

An old man selling vegetables next to him also nodded and said, "The subordinates of the Wang Daguan are very strict in military discipline. Just like these soldiers, they all went out without committing any crimes. If a horse tramples on the crops in the field and plunders them in the market, even a penny is a capital offense!"

He pointed to a group of knights who had just beaten their horses on the official road, and pouted: "This is the officer who inspects military discipline, the one who leads on the horse is called Zhang Heng, I heard that it is the life and death brother of Wang Daguan's three bows and nine knocks, and the inspection of military discipline can not be stricter, and the soldiers are very afraid of him!"

Zhi Yuexiu looked over, and sure enough, it was Zhang Heng who was the leader, but the eyebrows were murderous, solemn and fierce, with a straight chest and a straight back, and the original trace of gangsterism was gone, as if he had changed people.

Zhang Heng didn't notice the Orizuki Show in the crowd and hiding behind the horse. He looked around at the bazaar, and when he saw that everything was normal, he slowly rode away.

Every forty or fifty paces from this section of the official road from the big camp to Yorixu, there is a sentry guard, and the soldiers are armed with knives and guns, patrolling back and forth.

Walking into the official road near the barracks, Orizuki immediately felt a huge difference.

The official road at the gate of the camp is clean and clean, from the gate of the camp to the official road on both sides of the camp, it is clean and clean everywhere.

Near the barracks, not far from the official road, several thatched huts were built, with two big characters written "male" and "female" respectively, and not far from each door, there was also a table, and the men's and women's toilets were guarded by men, who were responsible for distributing toilet paper.

In the thatched house, from time to time there are men and women who clean the toilet come in to clean up with water, anyway, the river water is next to it, which is very convenient. Like the people who handed out paper at the door of the toilets, the people who cleaned the toilets were also filled by the non-commissioned officers in the barracks.

What Zheyuexiu didn't know was that Wang Song had no way to do this. Every time I go to the barracks, the door of the barracks and the surroundings are full of yellow and white things, which makes people unable to even poke their feet down, which seriously affects people's mood of doing things and eating. As a last resort, he built so many thatched houses.

Since the construction of a unified thatched house, under the strict requirements of the army, the surrounding environment has taken on a new look, not only the stench that permeates the air in the middle of summer has disappeared, but also the spirit of the people and sergeants has also been much better.

"I haven't seen each other for two months, and I don't know what kind of fame Wang Song has made, this one has changed so much!"

Zhi Yuexiu muttered secretly in her heart, took the horse and went to the official road, pressing the food and other things to continue to move forward.

On a ridge beside the road, under a big tree, a young couple sat side by side, both holding a cooking cake in their hands, eating and chatting, both of them laughing non-stop.

Just as Orizuki was watching, the young husband seemed to have finished his cooking cake. The wife broke the pancake in her hand and handed it to Ailang.

The husband couldn't refuse, so he took the cake and ate it. The two of them looked at each other and laughed.

The husband gently touched his wife's face, his eyes were full of love, and the wife leaned on her husband's shoulder.

Zheyuexiu felt uncomfortable and quickly turned her head back.

As the camp got closer and closer, Zheyuexiu's heart began to have some anticipation and gloom. She wanted to see Wang Song, but she was afraid to see Wang Song.

She is already married!

If she is just a grasshopper village girl in the poor countryside, she does not have such heavy family shackles; If she hadn't been born in the wealthy family of Zhejia; If she meets Wang Song, and she has already met her, will she definitely break free from the shackles and spread her wings?

What greeted her was really the sea and the sky?