On the 21st, at the gate of Xin'anzhuang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Waist card, let me see."

After walking across the suspension bridge, Lin Guangguan, the captain of the first general third team with a simple face and a round guard at the village gate, stretched out his hand wearing thick woolen gloves to Guan Feng.

Guan Feng held the vegetable basket in one hand, untied the waist card in the other hand and handed it over, and Lin Guangguan carefully inspected it.

In fact, the people in Zhuangzhong know each other, especially Guan Feng is also the deputy of the second team and the first team.

However, discipline is discipline, and you must show your waist card to check when you travel, otherwise you will be discovered by the military justice team, Guan Feng will definitely be unlucky, and Lin Guangguan and others, who are in charge of guarding the door, will be severely punished.

There was a precedent that when Dong Shicai, the captain of the first and second teams, took turns guarding the Zhuangmen, he interceded with Zhang Dong, the captain of the second and fourth teams, and let him go without looking at the waist card.

After this incident, no gatekeeper dared to speak favors.

When Lin Guangguan checked the waist card, the first-class soldiers at the entrance of Zhuang also stared at Guan Feng expressionlessly, they were all holding spears, winter felt cloaks, wearing gloves, and masks on their faces, thick and thick, only a pair of eyes were exposed.

In addition to them, there are also first-class firearms soldiers on the wall, all holding new guns and wearing masks.

The person they are responsible for is the captain of the first team, Luo Xianjue.

Yang He outsourced some of his winter coats, cloaks, gloves, and masks to nearby villagers, and after a month, all the recruits had the same uniforms as the veterans, and in addition to the winter felt cloak and gloves, everyone had extra masks.

This is a weapon to keep warm in winter, the cold winter wax moon, the weather is very cold, wearing a mask, than soaking up grease.

But after all, it was a cold weather, and everyone stood guard at the gate of the village, and the masks they wore seemed to have a thick layer of frost.

Lin Guangguan looked at the waist card, and glanced at Guan Fengti's vegetable basket with envy, it's good if you don't have a family, one person eats enough and the whole family is not hungry, and all the money is spent by himself.

"It's passable."

He returned the waist card to Guan Feng, Guan Feng took it, and entered the village with great interest.

He carried a heavy basket of vegetables, which contained a few fish, some pork, mutton, winter vegetables such as radish, cabbage, mustard greens, etc., as well as a chicken, and some rice wine, which was very rich.

After the holiday, and saved up the silver, Guan Feng was going to make a hot pot, and his favorite food called flower chicken, just with rice wine, opened a small stove.

There are many people who think the same way as him, and today is the market day, so many officers and soldiers go to the market to shop, buy some wine and food, and come back to make a tooth sacrifice.

The vegetable basket that Guan Feng carried in his hand was purchased by a few roommates.

The streets are clean and tidy, the streets are full of people, everyone is smiling, many people are carrying food baskets, and the joy and comfort spread.

"Zhuangzhong is peace."

Guan Feng thought happily, he turned left and right, and soon turned into a street alley, in front of him was an ordinary courtyard house, and there was a sign at the door.

"One hundred and sixty-eight Ying En Street."

This is the house where Guan Feng lives, it is very ordinary, there is only one entry, a courtyard in front, and then he lives with Hu Yansheng, Zhang Songtao, and Pei Pochuan.

Although the house is ordinary, it is full of peace and joy in Guan Feng's memory, compared to wandering in the wilderness in previous years, sleeping in a deserted village and a broken temple every day, the warm fire kang at home is too nostalgic.

Guan Feng also likes this house number, and sends it all the way.

There is a mother-in-law near the house who is sweeping the street, holding a big broom, also wearing a mask and gloves, wearing a number coat with the word "clean" on it, and a waist tag hanging around her waist.

Xin'anzhuang implements institutionalization and regularization, no matter which hall or team they stay in, they will have their identity mark.

This mother-in-law Guan Feng knows, surnamed Wu, is over sixty years old, and she can't do the usual heavy work, but it's still okay to clean the street.

Zhuangzhong also takes care of these old people, in addition to food and shelter, these "cleaners" also have four dollars of silver per month.

Guan Feng beckoned, "Granny Wu." ”

Granny Wu raised her head and said with a smile: "It's Brother Feng...... Hehe, this kid, really sensible......"

Guan Feng went into the courtyard, there were two main rooms in this quadrangle, initially Guan Feng and Hu Yansheng moved in, each occupying a main room, and then Zhang Songtao moved in and lived in the west room, and finally Pei Pochuan moved in and lived in the east room.

Guan Feng first carried the vegetable basket to the kitchen, and then went to burn his kang bed.

Drinking wine and eating meat, of course, is only comfortable on a warm fire.

The houses in the north have sleeping houses and stove rooms, which are separated from each other, and are not afraid of charcoal, and the stove rooms can also warm some wine, boil some tea, or make some meals from small stoves in addition to burning kang.

The stove room is not large, it is full of straw, and there are two ventilation windows.

At present, the civil affairs office will supply a certain amount of straw coal every month, and if it is exceeded, you have to find your own way, and now there are many nearby villages that sell straw to Xin'anzhuang.

Guan Feng burned the stove, warmed the wine on one stove, and then went to the kitchen happily.

Then his movement alarmed Hu Yansheng and Zhang Songtao, and the two also came out of the house to help together.

Not long after, Pei Pochuan came back, wearing a royal blue civilian clothes, Guan Feng was wearing an apron, dancing with a spatula, the firewood in the stove was booming, a stream of heating sprayed out, and a tempting fragrance spread.

Seeing Pei Pochuan, Guan Feng greeted: "Brother Pochuan, we will come to my room later, drink wine and eat meat together." ”

Pei Pochuan has always been indifferent and doesn't like to communicate with his roommates, Guan Feng didn't report hope, but only greeted politely.

It may be that the smell of meat came out, Pei Pochuan sniffed, he poked his head, and said, "Okay, just come." ”

……

The house is warm, and the fire is hot, which is very pleasant.

Guan Feng, Hu Yansheng, and Zhang Songtao were sitting cross-legged, and Pei Pochuan was still kneeling.

Several of them are strong men, especially Zhang Songtao, with thick hands and feet, a rather dark complexion, plus a square face, and a strong body, not like a scholar, but more like a strong farmer.

He sat down, and one person took up a large seat.

There is a small table on the kang in front of everyone, fish, vegetables, greasy pork, and a crispy and fat, oily chicken called Hua Chicken, and a pot of boiling mutton soup, steaming, and a pot of warm rice wine next to it.

"Come, eat, eat, drink......"

Guan Feng greeted vaguely, and while gnawing on the flower chicken, the juice flowed down his mouth.

Occasionally, he took a sip of warm rice wine and exhaled intoxicatedly.

Zhang Songtao was also full of praise, and praised repeatedly: "Brother Guan's craftsmanship is really amazing, if you go to open a store, keep the customers surplus." ”

Pei Pochuan ate without a sound, his hands never stopped, Hu Yansheng tore the chicken, and kept nodding.

Guan Feng comfortably ate the flower chicken he made, and said vaguely: "I just want to be able to eat this rice wine and call the flower chicken from time to time...... Alas, I remember the last time I ate chicken, it was last winter, I killed a white wolf, and the skin was sold for a few taels of silver......"

He touched his chest, there were three oblique claw marks on his left chest and his right ribs, a few inches deeper enough to disembowel him, and he almost lost his life in order to eat chicken, and he almost froze to death.

He sighed: "This year is even colder, this cold weather, thanks to Yang Xianggong's stay, can stay in Xin'anzhuang, otherwise I am afraid that I will die of cold and starvation in the wilderness, and the corpse will be snatched and bitten by wild dogs." ”

He said with a sense of wine, and took another bite of the chicken, the juice shot wildly, and then drank the remaining wine in the cup, and when the wine came up, his face was flushed.

Hu Yansheng was silent for a while, lifted the wine jug to fill it for a few people, and sighed: "I'm more afraid of being skinned and torn apart by the hungry homeless people, and boiled the stewed soup, how can it be so comfortable?" ”

Zhang Songtao's right hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, and he changed the topic and said, "I heard that the meat was sold out very early on the side of Butcher Sun?" ”

Guan Feng said: "That is, the butcher sent it, and the pigs and sheep that were transported every time were sold out early, and I heard that he was officially going to buy the land and open a shop in Xin'anji." ”

He said proudly: "This butcher is a man with eyes, in fact, I can support him just by Xin'anzhuang." ”

Pei Pochuan picked up the chopsticks and went to the pot to pick mutton to eat, and then he interjected: "I heard the jokes of the surrounding villagers that the chickens, ducks and sheep in each village will be eaten up by my Xin'an villagers." ”

His official words always give people a special feeling, and listening to his words, several people in the room laughed proudly.

The words of the surrounding villagers also prove that the people of Xin'an Zhuangmin live a good life, not to mention the troubled times at this time, it is quite rare in the prosperous era, as a member of the village, they feel the same way.

Hu Yansheng frowned: "In fact, the meat in the village can't be bought alone, there are quite ponds around, or should you drain the water to catch fish, loaches and squeaks are a big supplement in winter." ”

Zhang Songtao said with a smile: "Brother Huyan never forgets fishing, but now the situation in Zhuangzhong, Xianggong is afraid that he will not be able to arrange manpower, and there are fewer people in the matter of fishing." And...... I'm afraid I'm going to send troops to fight again soon......"

Guan Feng's young face was even more red, and he said excitedly: "It's good to fight, every time you fight, there will be seizures in the village, and the seats under me can also continue to rise......"

He said yearningly: "I'm the team deputy now, but I'm sitting at the table, how many more battles can I get to the general manager?" ”

It was Hu Yansheng and Pei Pochuan who both showed expressions of interest.

Looking at them, Zhang Songtao shook his head with a smile: "There is no one available for the current minister, so every veteran is reused, but there is always a top ...... in the world Xianggong once said to me that everyone has a top on their head, and some people can break through this top, but most of them ......"

He looked at the three people in front of him: "Xiang Gong Wen Tao Wu is strategic, and he is good at everything, my team is fighting under the leadership of Xiang Gong, and it is naturally invincible." If you are waiting to be the boss, can you pull it out and take charge of it alone? In the face of bandits and thieves, can you be sure of winning the battle, and even the casualties are insignificant, and the seizures are heavy? ”

Guan Feng and the other three were stunned, fighting under the command of Yang Xianggong and others, they felt that they were brave and invincible, but if they led people to fight, not to mention commanding a total of 200 people, it was a team of 50 people, and they all felt worried.

After all, every order they issued was related to the death or injury of their brothers, do they have the ability?

Seeing their contemplative appearance, Zhang Songtao said: "Therefore, the Xianggong set up a praise painting hall to gather the strength of everyone. It's just that this praise painting hall is not simple, strategy, documents, orders, camping, everything, to understand this inner thing, you must read and write. In the future, if you lead the troops, there will be a staff officer, and you will need to make a decision on what they are planning and doing is correct. How to decide, in addition to being in the army, how to make it if you don't understand the regulations of the military book? ”

He talked eloquently, there were four people in the house, with him being the eldest, and they were in the same house, this was fate, so Zhang Songtao regarded Guan Feng and the three as younger brothers on weekdays.

He remembered what Yang Xiang said and said in his heart, and he didn't hide it from them at this time.

Guan Feng clenched his fists: "Yes, read!" I have to read a lot of books and read a lot of words! ”

Hu Yansheng and Pei Pochuan also nodded firmly.

This tooth sacrifice lasted until the evening, and the four of them were full of wine and food, and they were all very comfortable, and they only felt peace and joy, and there was no more than today.

Then after drinking and eating, everyone gathered in Zhang Songtao's house, a candle nod, Zhang Songtao was at one end of the kang, and Guan Feng and the three of them were at the other end of the kang.

Zhang Songtao took a thousand-character text, he read a sentence, and the rest of the three read a sentence.

Reading and reading, when did Zhang Songtao listen to the silence on the other side, he put down the book and looked, and the three people on the other side were already asleep.

They staggered, Guan Feng's feet still resting on Pei Pochuan's face.

The half-moon hangs in the treetops, and the stars shine brightly.

……

On the 23rd day of the lunar month, in the cheers of the villagers, Yang He personally led the army out to exterminate the Tongshan bandits.

The quartermaster station had already made about 100 standard Xin'an guns, but it was not enough to equip all the firearms soldiers, so Yang He let a team of firearms soldiers stay behind, holding unmodified breech bird guns to guard the village.

The remaining three teams of firearms were all armed with breech guns, and there were two killer soldiers of the four teams, as well as the baggage team, the assault team, the grenadier team, and the medical team.

The soldiers of the baggage team with the army also pushed some wheelbarrows, with grain and grass tents and other baggage, and some of the carts also carried 30 pounds of shield carts, a total of more than 70 shield carts.

The army set off in a mighty way, and Yang He did not hide his whereabouts, and it was really difficult for hundreds of troops to hide.

According to Yang He, the bandits and thieves in this era can't do anything else, but the sentinel has always been sharp.

And according to the rampant bandits of Tongshan, even if there are less than 1,500 people left behind and less than 400 in the old camp, I am afraid that they will go out of the village to meet the enemy, and even set up an ambush.

Then it's good to fight a field battle in the field, everything, still depends on strength. (To be continued.) )