Chapter 3: Morning Dew

Dreams always make people burst out with more than ten times more vitality, although this dream may be even more distant than the country of Tianzhu. (Provide the latest chapter to read>~~.~~ The meeting quickly deviated from the topic, and Zhang Jin said that he could not pull it back to the original path several times. With Qingzhang as the outpost and Juluze as the heart, he swept half of Xiangguo County and half of Wu'an County, and took the other two half counties into his pocket at the right time. The land of two counties, 100,000 elite soldiers, this is really the emperor's business. Whether it is the tall master of Hebei or the big boss of Zhai of Henan Green Forest Road, they have never reached this height.

Soon, Zhang Jin said that he was also infected by everyone's enthusiasm and put himself into the vision of the future with a smile. As the first person to ignite his dreams, Cheng Mingzhen was left aside, looking at his wife Du Juan stupidly, staring at each other with big eyes.

It was not until the evening that today's deliberations ended in a warm atmosphere. Everyone was happy, and their eyes were filled with relief and joy. Zhang Zhupi and Han Shiwang and others felt relaxed because they did not have to face a dilemma in a short period of time. There is no need to watch the situation deteriorate further, let alone engage in an infighting that has no chance of winning.

The stone in the hearts of Hao Laodao and Sun Huozi and others finally landed. They finally no longer have to watch the catastrophe they once had come to day by day, but they can't do anything about it. Finally, they no longer have to worry about it every day, on the one hand, to prevent the old brother from suddenly becoming difficult, and on the other hand, to prevent the young people from taking risks. Finally, they don't have to think about how to stand in line, because if they are not careful, they may fall into the abyss from which they will never recover.

The only person who is not very happy is Du Scar. The promise to his daughter and son-in-law was not done, which made him feel very astringent. And the companionship of his daughter and son-in-law stationed in Qingzhang made him feel a little lost and reluctant. Vaguely, Du Scaryu felt that his daughter might really be separated from him this time, and it would be difficult to reunite for the rest of her life.

"Two or two months of grain and grass, isn't it a little less!" On the way back to their respective camps, the old guy grabbed the corner of his son-in-law's clothes and asked in a low voice. "Why don't I go talk to the big boss and ask him to bring you more military rations? Anyway, you grabbed it back, and he had no reason not to stop it! ”

"Dad, don't worry about it!" Without waiting for Cheng Mingzhen to answer, Du Juan interrupted first. "Qingzhang and Juluze are just a little bit farther away, and the grain and grass can be received at any time! The big boss has always allowed him to enter but not to leave, and if there is no good reason, you ask him for food, doesn't that make him suspicious? ”

"Uh-huh, hmm, hi!" Du Scar first nodded in agreement, and then sighed helplessly. "Actually, in fact, your second uncle Zhang is not that kind of person. He, he also has too many things to take care of recently, and his heart is a little confused. It's okay for you to go out and hide, and after a while, when he thinks about it, it'll be fine! ”

He is indeed old, so old that he does not want to think much about everything, but only thinks in the most optimistic place. Cheng Mingzhen didn't agree with this view at all in his heart, so in order to let Du Juan have no worries, he had to smile and comfort: "Don't worry, we go to Qingzhang, mainly to deal with Wei Zheng!" With you here, there shouldn't be anything wrong with you. Besides, in a family, the farther away you are, the closer you are, the more troublesome you are. Let's go to Qingzhang to stay for a while, there are only benefits and no harm! ”

"Alas! Also! Du Scar blinked his dry eyes and continued to sigh. Xiao Jiu, Juan Zi is completely handed over to you this time. I, the father, didn't take care of him, and if she does anything wrong in the future, for my old fellow's sake..."

The cuckoo blushed when he heard this, and protested coquettishly, "Dad, what are you talking about?" What else could I do wrong? Don't worry, after a while, when you figure out the surrounding form, the two of us will pick you up. ”.

"Nonsense, if you want to pick it up, you have to pick up your own mother first!" Du Scar shook his arm and corrected it with a serious face. "If you marry into the Cheng family, you are the daughter-in-law of the Cheng family. Everything should be done in the husband's house!"

Cheng Mingzhen listened, and his heart was moved and sad. smiled and responded in a low voice: "Look at what you said, it seems that we are not a family." What Du family Cheng family, as long as you settle down, you can come to see us at any time! ”

He understood that what Du Scaryu wanted to express really meant was that if he was ready to follow Wang Mazi's example and never return, he would take his mother and brothers' families out of Juluze as soon as possible. In case the two sides drift apart in the future, some people make a fuss about the old and weak women and children who remain in the fields.

But these words could not be said on the surface in any way, so he could only show gratitude with his eyes. The old trader Du Scarry knew that Cheng Mingzhen understood what he meant, smiled with relief, and continued to advise, "Everything, don't force it." If you can take a step back, you can take a step back. If the officers and soldiers come over, don't fight hard if they are not sure. This Xiangguo, Wu'an, Wei County, there are many ravines and rivers, how can you not hide thousands of people? Officers and soldiers are the wind, and we are grass. The wind doesn't blow long, and the grass can be green again at any time! ”

There are still a lot of experiences in the rivers and lakes that he thinks are useful, and the green forest is taboo, and he has never had time to tell Cheng Mingzhen and the two of them, and now that the parting is imminent, he also summarized it all over again. Some of the words are wise sayings, and some of them are fallacies and heresies, understanding that the old man has good intentions, Cheng Mingzhen and Du Juan no longer refute it, and they have written it down patiently.

No matter how much nonsense there is, there will always be a time when it is finished. A few days later, under Du Scar's reluctant advice, Cheng Mingzhen and Du Juan led all the soldiers of the Jinzi Battalion and some of the old and weak who were responsible for escorting the baggage to leave Juluze. They walked along the east bank of the river that had just passed the spring flood, through the war-torn wilderness, all the way south. Most of the brothers did not know that they had been exiled in disguise, and thought that the purpose of the trip was really to collect debts, giggle and have fun as they went. In order to give everyone enough buffer time, Cheng Mingzhen was not in a hurry. Every twenty or thirty miles, they would stop and rest for a while, on the one hand, to sort out the formation, and on the other hand, to observe where the surrounding area was suitable for reclamation.

Speaking from the heart, the land on both sides of the river is very fertile, and a large area of fertile land can be cultivated anywhere. The Shahe River, the Zhanghe River, the Lihe River and the Qingzhang River continuously send the snow water melted from the Taihang Mountains to various places, watering the lush verdant green along the way. I don't know what year the local government built a large number of canals on both sides of the river, crisscrossing it, feeding the surrounding cities and villages like milk. It's just that the destruction of the war is too cruel, and those canals have not been repaired for a long time, and there are gaps everywhere. And the clear water source flowed out of the gap, irrigating one after another water towns and countries.

Most of the villages along the route are uninhabited, and the windows of the houses are piled with bird droppings. The fox and the weasel stood up straight on the ridge of the roof and looked at the troops. They have been lonely for so long that they have forgotten the dangers of humanity. Occasionally, you can see wheat fields on both sides of the road, but the weeds grow denser than wheat. I don't know if the owner of the wheat field didn't care for it, or if the wheat was wild in the first place and wouldn't be harvested at all.

In the past, Cheng Mingzhen led the soldiers and horses through the wild, and he didn't feel how desolate it was. At that time he was plundering, and it didn't matter if the land was productive or not. And now, he is trying to find a place to live, and the same scene gives birth to a different taste in his eyes.

With "white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles!" "It's not an exaggeration at all. And it is difficult to say who created this sin, and the government forced Zhang Jin and the people to lose their way to live. Zhang Jin, who rose up, said that they came to burn jade. The more war-torn the place, the more difficult the life of the people becomes. The more difficult the life of the people, the easier it is to rise up and rebel. If the cycle continues, within two or three years, the city will be in ruins, and the village will become a tomb.

It is far more difficult to reuse this abandoned land than it is to destroy it. Before they reached their destination, Duan Qing, Zhang Jin and others already felt that the future was bleak. In order to dispel Zhang Jincheng's suspicions, the Jinzi camp only brought two months' worth of grain and grass. If they can't find sufficient supplies as soon as possible, Zhang Jin said that as long as the supply of grain and grass is cut off, everyone will have to go back obediently and let them knead it.

It wasn't until they approached the county that they saw the first wisps of smoke. It was very light, and if it weren't for the bright evening sun, the thin smoke would have been almost ignored by everyone. Cheng Mingzhen sent 300 cavalry to rush over, blocking all the exits to the outside world in the county seat, and finally blocking the 1000 people. And all of them have yellow muscles and thin muscles, and there is no oil or water on their bodies that can be squeezed. Cheng Mingzhen found an older man among them and asked a few words with a pleasant face. The other party stammered in fright, and it took a while to explain his identity. It turned out that they were not locals, and they fled here, and when they saw the ruined city, they had the courage to stay. If the heroes are not happy, they can move out overnight and leave all the belongings they have collected, just hoping that the heroes will raise their noble hands and not kill everyone and cut off the incense of several families.

"You guys, keep it for yourself!" Cheng Mingzhen couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to bite the bullet to express comfort. "I'll leave you another thousand catties of rice, and you can mix it with wild vegetables to make porridge and drink, maybe you can last until autumn!"

"Okay, good man! No, you don't. The old man could hardly believe his ears, and his lips trembled for a long time before he finally held back another half sentence, "The good man doesn't want me to wait for filial piety, I, I have been grateful." How, how can you ask for a good man again, broken, broken! ”

As he spoke, his throat kept moving up and down. Obviously, he couldn't stand the temptation of a thousand catties of rice, and he was struggling fiercely in his heart.

"Keep it, it's okay for adults to eat less, don't starve children!" Cheng Mingzhen waved his hand and commanded in a low voice. This group of people are all wanderers from other places, and it stands to reason that life or death has nothing to do with him. But his mood felt depressed for no reason, so depressed that he could barely breathe.

"Thanks, thanks, good man!" The old man immediately fell to his knees and knocked his head with a bang. Seeing this, the ragged people around also knelt down and kowtowed to the Buddha, grateful.

"Let's go!" Cheng Mingzhen sighed and turned back to beckon the brothers to continue their journey. The team just started to move, but the old man stepped forward on his knees, "Okay, good man....... man"

"Is there something wrong?" Cheng Mingzhen took the mount and asked with a frown.

"No, it's fine!" The old man trembled with fright and almost collapsed on the ground. After a while, seeing that Cheng Mingzhen was not on fire, he finally mustered up the courage again, and asked in a trembling voice, "Wait, wait for the autumn to be harvested." Okay, how much interest does the good man have to charge? ”

Note 1: From Cao Cao's "Artemisia in the Journey".

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