At this time, Guo Song saw Geng Weizheng, the leader of the shipwrights, Geng Weizheng and more than a dozen of his apprentices moved their families to Fengzhou, and they themselves joined the Tang Army and became Fengzhou logistics craftsmen.

Now they have received another job, repairing houses, Geng Weizheng led 300 engineering soldiers to Yongfeng County, responsible for repairing houses for the people.

Geng Weizheng and more than a dozen of their apprentices also participated in the lottery, and their families happened to be among them, and they didn't have any special preferential treatment.

"Captain Geng, you're also drawing lots?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Geng Weizheng scratched his head and smiled: "My wife, two sons, and my mother are also here, and they are also going to settle in Yongfeng County. ”

"Do you have a good idea?"

"I choose room 7 as formal, and room 401 as the alternative."

Guo Song has no impression of room 4001, but he knows that room 7 is just by the river, not far from the small bridge, the seat is very good, and the area is also large, it is one of the most popular houses today.

"There are a lot of people who choose room seven!"

"There are many people who have taken a fancy to it, but if they want to try their luck, if they can't do it, they will choose Room 401."

"How's room 401?" Guo Song asked with a smile again.

"The location is average, by the city wall, the house is very dilapidated, and almost all the main beams have to be replaced, but the advantage is that the area is large, covering an area of three acres, and the humble position takes a fancy to this."

"Are there many people to choose?"

Geng Weizheng shook his head, "Everyone thinks that the house is too dilapidated, and the location is not good, as far as I know, there are only lowly candidates at present, and maybe some people use it as an alternative, but at most two or three households." ”

At this time, the drum beat on the high platform, and the house selection was about to begin.

Guo Song left the scene and stood on the side of the stage to watch the people choose a house, this kind of house selection is still quite interesting, and it is a bit the same as the house number of the unit fund-raising house in later generations.

One scribe took out a note from the wooden box and read it aloud, and the other two clerks wrote the corresponding household registration number and room number on the wide poster, and the wooden platform was crowded with people, all of whom craned their necks to read the information on the poster.

"Household registration number thirty-six, the seventh room is selected, and the four hundred and one room is selected!"

Geng Weizheng was immediately attracted, and the one he read on it was his house, No. 36 household, and the bronze medal of the household number in his hand was Yongfeng No. 36.

A scribe wrote his message on a large public sign, on which all the room numbers had been written in advance, and there were two large blank columns next to it, one column for the formal room and the other for the alternative room.

Then in the official column or the alternative column to the shouting of the household number into it, the most popular is the 30th room, located near the east gate of the county, the location is good, the area is large, the house is new, there are already 52 families to set it as the official house selection.

Geng Weizheng's No. 7 house is also quite popular, there are currently twenty-two families who have taken a fancy to it, and it is set as an official listing, and the selection of houses is only halfway through, there are eleven families who want to compete with themselves, and in the end, it must be more than 20 families to draw lots for the election, Geng Weizheng is a little desperate, his eyes turned to the four hundred and one room, fortunately, there is only one room number for his family.

There is a rule of first positive selection and later selection, if another family sets Room 401 as the main choice, then Geng Weizheng has no hope, because he is an alternative.

Many people, including Geng Weizheng, regret that they wasted the precious place of the main election, they had already known that he had chosen the right choice as 401, and now he can only pray for God's blessing, no one has set room 401 as the main selection room.

"Household number 223, room 34 is being selected, and room 401 is being selected!"

Geng Weizheng's heart tightened, and there was another competitor, but fortunately, the other party was also an alternative, and the No. 34 room that this person was choosing was also relatively popular, and there were eighteen families who took a fancy to it.

The shouting house is very smooth, the people below from time to time came a burst of sighs, there are several people grabbing their hair and regretting, their positive selection and alternative are good houses, the results are set as positive selection, the first alternative has been eliminated, and the main election is fiercely competitive, it is estimated that it can not be drawn, they have to wait for the second round of house selection, and re-select the remaining houses.

But human nature is like this, everyone yearns for beautiful things, and no one wants to give up easily until the final outcome comes out.

Let each family pay attention to the selection of the house until the evening to end the first round, there are three percent of the family is the selection and alternative are in vain, can only tomorrow to see the house, and then choose the second round, although the procedure is more complicated, but everyone admits that this way of choosing a house is more fair, can not choose the right house is also their own reasons, either too greedy, or bad luck.

Guo Song met Geng Weizheng with a red face in the temporary barracks, and Guo Song smiled: "It seems that Captain Geng has good luck in drawing lots today!" ”

Geng Weizheng smiled bitterly and said: "The lowly position of the No. 7 house was not drawn, and the lowly position of the four hundred and one house was originally a competition with another person, but his main selection house was drawn, and the lowly position was no longer competitive, and he directly won the four hundred and one room." ”

"Then I still want to congratulate Captain Geng, at least the house I like."

"Thank you, I plan to use my usual rest time to repair the house and let my family move in as soon as possible."

"It's okay to take a break, if you bring your apprentices together, it should be repaired in seven or eight days."

"The wood and black tiles are ready-made, and they can be repaired in three days at most, and as for the courtyard walls and the like, they will be slowly improved later."

At this time, Guo Song saw that a soldier next to him seemed to be about to report something to him, so he smiled at Geng Weizheng and said, "Captain Geng will go and get busy first!" ”

Geng Wei bowed and hurried away.

"What's the matter?" Guo Song asked the soldier on the side.

"Qi Yu envoy, Cao joins the army and waits in the big tent, it seems that there is an urgent matter to report to the envoy."

Cao Wannian actually came, Guo Song immediately realized that something must have happened, and he immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards the main tent.

Cao Wannian participated in the second imperial examination held in Chang'an in early March this year, and was admitted to the Ming Jing Section 174, according to the regulations, he could be appointed as a state official, but Cao Wannian still gave up the allocation of the imperial court, returned to Fengzhou, and continued to serve as his secretary to join the army.

Inside the big tent, Cao Wannian was worried, and at this time, Guo Song walked in quickly and asked bluntly, "What's the situation?" ”

Cao Wannian sighed and said: "I got the news from Lingzhou, Li Huaiguang was defeated in the east of Jinshan, and nearly half of the casualties were lost. ”

Guo Song was stunned, "How can this be?" ”

He simply heard an incredible news, Xue Yantuo Khan was dead, the main force was annihilated by himself, how could he suffer another fiasco, what happened here?

Cao Wannian handed a letter to Guo Song, "This is a letter written by Liang Yundao, please take a look at it." ”

Guo Song took the letter and read it carefully, his face suddenly changed, Shuo Fangjun actually broke out a war with the Sijie Department and was defeated by the Sijie Ministry, but the specific reason was not written in the letter.

Cao Wannian continued: "Liang Yundao also brought a message, saying that Li Huaiguang's troops burned and looted Xue Yantuo's various departments, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Sijie department, and Sijie repeatedly sent people to negotiate to no avail, and the Sijie cavalry annihilated a Tang army of more than 500 people, at that time this Tang army was killing a small tribe, which led to the intensification of the contradictions between the two sides, and finally broke out into war. ”

'Bang! Guo Song slammed his fist on the table, and the pen and ink teacups on the table were shocked and jumped.

Guo Song's face turned pale, and he said hatefully: "This damn bastard, he has not achieved enough things, and he has more than enough failures!" ”

He repeatedly reminded Li Huaiguang not to offend the interests of the Sijie Department, but Li Huaiguang did not take his words to heart at all, and finally caused the Sijie Department to turn his face, and it is likely that there will be a strong enemy in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

Obviously, he could kill the three soldiers with two peaches, and use the Xue Yantuo Department to provoke the contradiction between the Sijie Department, the Hui Department and the Gelulu Department, prompting the three of them to fight for the population and land of the Xue Yantuo Department, but it led to the Sijie Department and the Hui Department joining forces, and the Gelulu Department did not dare to be enemies with the two at the same time, it was obviously a good card, but it was broken by Li Huaiguang, a bastard.

Guo Song was full of anger, and he was so angry that he paced back and forth in the big tent, and he asked again: "Has Lingzhou reported this matter to the imperial court?" ”

"The humble post is here for this matter, Liang Daoyun suggested that it is best for the envoy to take the time to go to Beijing and explain the cause and effect to the imperial court clearly, so as not to Li Huaiguang to put the responsibility on the envoy's head."

Guo Song nodded, since Liang Daoyun said this, he must have heard something.

The defense of Fengzhou has been over for more than two months, but there has been no news, not to mention the promotion of the official to the knighthood, but at least there should be a commendation, but now there is no news, and I don't know what went wrong.

Guo Song also felt that it was really necessary for him to go to Beijing.