Chapter 192 The road is difficult, the road is difficult
Wenzhou, a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and abundant products, can also be arched by wild boars on the last thatched pit, here, there is a joke that there are more mountains than people, wild boars are more than mountains, and wild wolves are more than wild boars.
After all, a joke is a joke, but it can't be taken seriously, the old man Zhou, who was attacked by a wild wolf in the middle of the night, was very cautious to set up the camp very tightly, especially the mule and horse pen that pulled the cart, and directly arranged two soldiers to take turns to guard it.
This stall can't meet a village or town with more than one person after walking for half a day, so the big cattle are not replenished, and the death of one horse means discarding a carriage full of supplies.
The camp is neatly arranged, and everyone sleeping in the barracks can rest assured, even if they listen to the wolf roaring outside, everyone can sleep calmly.
He was tired of walking during the day and slept heavily at night, so the dog who ran his stomach shouted several people and no one paid attention to him, so he had to run out to the hut alone.
Because of the greed for some distance during the day, so the team did not rush to the next post station, so they stationed down on a wide official road, which happened to be built in a halfway mountainside, there is no way that the terrain here is all "only down the mountain, and then on the post" characteristics, and the road is also forced to open the mountain and build the road.
The dog squatted in the corner of the thatched house of the camp, and could see through the gap in the wooden railing the soldiers patrolling back and forth with waist knives, looking up at the sky, the stars twinkled and twinkled very beautifully, and the mountain wind blew cold in the night, but fortunately, there was a wood to block the ass and suffer less.
The dog wanted to come out with his pants after packing up, and when he looked up and saw two bright stars on the hill above the camp, he shook the torch up curiously.
This moment can be bad, an upright wild boar, with bright fangs and a group of small wild boars, crackled and jumped down the mountain, thanks to the dog's cleverness, rolling on the spot with his pants, fortunately, escaped the fatal blow.
Squeak squeak......
The sound of pigs screaming in the middle of the night resounded throughout the barracks, and before the soldiers on the night patrol ran over, Long Yangnan, who was addicted to killing pigs, ran over excitedly with a pig-killing knife, and ended the howling wild sow with only one knife.
The little wild boars that smelled the smell of blood ran around like crazy, some ran to the barracks, some ran to the mule and horse pens, and some rushed into the huts, and for a time the camp was in chaos.
The dog holding the torch was directly stunned on the spot, and then a dizzy little wild boar directly knocked the dog into a "four-legged sky", which was regarded as avenging its mother.
After the soldiers with bows and arrows on their backs hurried over, the farce finally ended.
The incident of the wild boar family jumping off the mountain fully illustrates the extent of the local wild animals, this is just a wild boar, if it is a wolf, a leopard, a big insect or something, the dog's life has long been gone.
The dog, who was fully concerned about the safety of his life, immediately decided to take out the secret weapon that had been prepared for a long time.
And then......
"Little dog, the road is so steep and the wind is blowing, why are you still riding on the back of a mule?" The third steward next to him shouted at the dog.
"Well, my leg hurts!"
"Didn't the medical officer show you last night, the wild boar didn't bite you, what pain do you have, come down quickly, it's not good if you fall down by the strong wind!"
The third steward tightly covered the fur hat on his head, afraid that the dog would not hear clearly, and pointed to the cliff on the side of the road.
The dog picks his head and looks, mother, dozens of feet high, if he falls, he will really die, but ......
"Don't worry, three stewards, I will not fall if I hold on to the reins!"
"I mean, what if the mule is blown down by the wind with you?"
The dog shook his head, it shouldn't be so unlucky!
Just as he was about to find a reason to tell him that he was okay, he heard a whistling sound, and his body fell to the ground with a bang.
As soon as he raised his head, Old Man Zhou looked at him angrily.
"Little cub, I don't know anything about it, it's so windy, the mules can't walk, you are still sitting on it with your legs crossed, you don't know how to sympathize with the animal, bring the mule to me left and right, and let him walk the next way!"
In this way, the dog's "BMW" was taken away by the black-hearted military judge.
There was no choice but to walk on two legs with crutches, and then the dog went from the head of the team, to the middle of the team, and finally to the end of the team.
"Let's go!"
Liu Zhangfei, who was behind the palace, held a leather whip and looked at the dog with bad intentions.
The dog said: "Master Liu, the kid's leg hurts, this step is really immobile!" ”
Men in the army generally can't listen to soft words, because they have a good heart.
Bang, with a muffled sound, Liu Zhangfei first rewarded the dog with a whip and said, "You are a grandfather with soft ears like that little lady?" ”
After saying this, Liu Zhangfei frowned, looked down and thought about it, looked at the dog up and down again, sighed lightly, and knocked the dog's chest and back with the scabbard on his waist, as well as his two legs, and his arms did not let go.
Looking at the dog with a wry smile on his face, he stroked his beard and laughed: "You kid is clever and actually wears iron armor!" Why is my pronunciation wrong, hey, wait! Iron armor is a forbidden thing, how can you have it? Strip him off for me! ”
These upright soldiers are like wild boars jumping off the cliff last night, holding down the dog and picking up a fine light, the wind blows, the dog: Ahh
"Hahaha, you kid is smart, you actually found a blacksmith to beat two pieces of iron as armor, especially this iron sleeve really looks a little good, but boy, your iron armor weighs thirty pounds, right?"
The dog said shyly: "Thirty-five pounds!" ”
"Your little body is wearing an iron armor, aren't you tired?"
The dog covered his crotch and said, "I'm tired, that's why I can't walk anymore after walking a mile of mountain road!" ”
Commander Liu threw the iron piece to the dog and said: "Wearing an iron armor is purely asking for your own death!" ”
The dog took the piece of iron but didn't wear it, only put on the original clothes and said, "Why are you killing yourself?" The front is getting more and more dangerous, especially the stray arrows flying everywhere, if I get an arrow, I can still save my life! ”
"Hehehe, you kid still knows the arrow, you must have listened to what the soldiers who had been in the battle array said to you!"
The dog nodded.
Liu Zhangfei said with a smile: "Then did he tell you who died the fastest on the battlefield?" ”
The dog shook his head.
"Then today Grandpa will tell you that the fastest person who dies on the battlefield is the slowest runner!"
The dog was stunned, "Why?" ”
"Fool, abandon your piece of iron and give grandpa a quick go!"
With a whip, the dog screamed, and ran away.
Liu Zhangfei, who was holding a horsewhip, watched the dog running fast with his buttocks covered, and laughed: "That's the reason, hahaha, pick up the iron armor for me left and right, and you can make two good arrows when you take it to the army!" ”
Left and right: "No! ”
Now it is about to enter the weather of April, the days are warm day by day, although the wind blows from time to time, but most of them are warm winds, the long queue over the mountains and mountains, meet the village of the people who live and stop to rest and pause, some messy trivial things are also solved together, look at the sun in the sky, day and night, along the way people shout horses neighing over the cascading green mountains, and finally arrived at Qushui County.
The curve of the two rivers in the north and south is Qushui County, the south refers to the Qingshui River, and the north refers to the Baishui River.
Qu, meaning the place where the river bends, so this Qushui County is to build a city by the water, the city wall is rammed with thick loess, and then wrap a layer of bluestone bricks on the outside is extremely strong, and the river water is attracted in front of the city to surround the city wall for a week, do the moat, it is the only two dangers, although the city is built on the flat ground, but because the location of the city is well chosen, so it is also regarded as a guard of honor.
The city is not big, there are not many households, about five or six thousand people look like and there is a comparison with today's Youchuan County, most of the people in the city rely on the weaving of bamboo for the industry, so the Qushui rattan basket is famous far and wide, the other industry is pottery, the burned are also more civilian utensils, pottery bowls, pottery pots, etc., simple and easy to make.
There are many mountains in Qushui County, and there are many fierce mountains, so there is very little arable land that can grow grain, most of them are concentrated on both sides of the Baishui River, there is nothing to describe, one word, poor.
Some people say that "facing the loess with their backs to the sky" is to describe those poor people, but those who don't even have "loess" can only be described as desolate.
A large number of people who have no land to grow gather in the streets and alleys of the county, just to earn the wages of twenty or thirty a day, and the wages have dropped again and again, and it is not only the people who cannot find a living that are worried, but also the officials and masters of the county government.
The county magistrate of Qushui County is the patriarch of the Yao people, and most of the people under his rule are people from their families, and if they do too much, they will be poked in the backbone by the clansmen, so the various decrees issued over the years can be said to be spring breeze and rain, benefiting the people a lot.
The official is a good official, but it's a pity that the clever woman can't cook without rice, and she feels distressed when she sees the clansmen crammed on the street hungry and screaming!
I had to lead the people of each village to the mountains to eat, hunting is not a long-term thing after all, planting is the king, but there are too many wild beasts in the mountains, and finally a piece of wasteland is opened, and when it is about to be ripe, a hundred and ten monkeys and herds of wild boars come in groups, and return to the past overnight.
The angry Jiang County Commander had no choice but to order the mountain to be set on fire, saying that the burning of the mountain was actually making a show, a mountain was connected to a mountain high, and the fire was lit alone, and it was not only the annoying monkeys that were burned, but also the villagers who lived on the mountainside.
In any case, the county order made a gesture, and the mud-legged people's request for land from the government was not resolved.
Those who weave bamboo baskets continue to go up the mountain to cut willow branches, those who burn pottery bowls also play with mud step by step, and those who have no work still gather on the streets to wait for employers to recruit workers.
The official of the county government saw that the people's situation had stabilized, and when he returned to the back house, he shouted loudly to the beautiful girl to serve wine and food.
When he heard that the team from Longzhou was about to arrive at the county seat, he couldn't stop drooling while slapping the table.
A team of 1,500 people, more than 500 trucks of supplies, and a large piece of fat meat, just a bite is enough for the group of mud-legged people below to eat and drink for a year.
The witty Jiang County Commander immediately convened a meeting of county officials and discussed dozens of tricks for rubbing oil, which can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the price of all goods will be increased, and how to welcome these guests if they do not double it.
Therefore, when the team was still twenty miles away from the county seat, the people sent by the county government to answer had already beaten gongs and drums in three waves.
When everyone was greeted happily into the county camp, the city gate in broad daylight was actually closed in advance.
After a feast of clear soup and little water, the hospitable people showed their true faces.
"Uncle, how much does your cooking cake cost?"
I didn't have enough for lunch, so the dog and a few people from Tangjia Village came out to look for food.
"Not expensive, not expensive" The old man in front of him held two hot cooking cakes, handed them to the dog and said, "How about the little official try the old man's craftsmanship first?" ”
The dog took it and took a bite, well, okay, strong!
"Good craftsmanship, come three! How much does it cost? ”
The old man smiled and said: "Distinguished guest, a total of fifteen Wen!" ”