Chapter 253: It's gone

When they got up at about the same time as Zhu Da and helped the villagers prepare breakfast, they had already begun to lead the refugees to clear the snow, and according to the night watchman, the snow stopped for a while in the middle of the night, and it fell intermittently until dawn.

After Zhu Da had breakfast, he also took tools to clear the snow in the streets, and watched him start to work, and all the people in the grange who could move moved, even the stewards and men of the caravan joined in clearing the snow, and the whole grange was in full swing.

In the crowd of snow clearers, Zhu Da also saw Sun Wu, and he could see that the refugees welcomed him back, and there were more than a dozen young men around him, Wang Jing and two family members with their team.

“...... In the past, it snowed, which time did not freeze people and livestock, when it snowed, I was afraid that the house would collapse, and when the snow stopped, I was afraid of freezing people and animals, but this time everyone was worried about something, full of food and clothing, and could bake the fire, and there were people staring at it at night, and it was hot, what are we worried about, before the disaster, who has the heart to sweep the snow after the snow, and the stomach is not full, which strength is enough to work, even if it is full, how can I be willing to use this strength to sweep the snow......"

Looking in the direction of the voice, it was a middle-aged refugee who spoke loudly there, this refugee Zhu Da still had an impression, because he brought his wife and wife and children a total of five to defect, the Tartar into such a catastrophe, this refugee can not only escape, but also escape with his wife and children at home and support until now, it is indeed different from other refugees, these words of the middle-aged refugee may have a flattering meaning, or it may be a heartfelt emotion, after all, he is telling the truth.

Listening to the refugee's emotional words, Zhu Da's main attention was still on Sun Wu's side, but when he saw Sun Wu say two words, more than a dozen people around him showed expressions of approval, and some people nodded desperately, and the second brother of the four brothers of the Mo family shouted: "Brother, you are right, this life is even better than before!" ”

Zhu Da also noticed the smile on Wang Jing's face, although he didn't hear what Sun Wu said, but seeing that all parties were reacting like this, he thought that Sun Wu had kept his promise last night.

The men in the Grange were busy, the women were busy cooking and helping, and the children were most excited, whether they were the bankers or refugees, they were all in high spirits, and such a big snow was a rare and novel experience for them, and there was so much to play. In addition to building snowmen and having snowball fights, the children also found a more interesting thing, the original snow clearing of the Grange was nothing more than piled up in the open space and ditches, but this time it was all transported to the outside of the Grange, and the incomplete earthen wall outside the Grange was completed, and even thickened and heightened, and the children thought that their parents and elders were also playing games.

Of course, Zhu Da knew that this "snow wall" couldn't stop the people who were really going to come in, but this "snow wall" was more or less a defense, adding a point or two to this grange.

After the morning training, the convoy that should have arrived in the city was still nowhere to be seen, it should have been blocked by snow, Zhu Da led all the young men to start cleaning the road leading to the city after lunch, with their hundreds of people, it is impossible to open up the road between the grange and the city, but it is a section to sweep, but Zhu Da did not take snow removal as his main business, and the training in the afternoon was still normal, and the caravan was busy in the morning, and he came to watch the training in the afternoon. This kind of queue drill makes them feel fresh.

After less than half an hour of training in the afternoon, the snow began to fall again, and the refugees were all equipped with warm clothes, not to mention the family members and messengers, the body was hot when exercising, and it would not stop because of the snow, everyone was engrossed and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

“...... This snow will fall for a few days, and I'm afraid there will be a white disaster on the grassland......"

Zhu Da was also very focused when he was training, but this conversation in the caravan made him care, and when the training was suspended, Zhu Da wanted to ask, but the sentry came to report back, saying that the convoy in the city was coming.

"Brother Zhu, for today's trip, there are a lot of people in the city." Chang Kai said this as soon as they met.

It is snowing in the Grange, it is also snowing in the city, the road leading to the Grange in the city is blocked by snow, everyone knows that the materials of the Grange are enough, and it is not impossible to send it after a few days, but Chang Kai doesn't think so, he thinks it is best to be foolproof, Qin Juren also thinks so, since these two feel that the convoy must pass today, then the entire Huairen County will follow the start, in addition to the manpower of the convoy itself, it also specially requisitioned one hundred and fifty-two famous men to clear the snow and open the road, just tossing all the way, and finally arrived at the Grange in the afternoon.

“...... I thought that it would save trouble after clearing the snow today, but looking at this hellish weather, I'm afraid I will have to toss it so much if I come back......," Chang Kai complained to Zhu Da.

"It's too costly to come here like this, and next time there is such a situation, it's better to arrange for someone to ride a horse to my side first, and if you really need supplies, you can do it." Zhu Da replied with a smile, of course he would not take Chang Kai's complaints to heart, and his family members spoke very casually.

Li Yuan was also present when they chatted, and after hearing the twists and turns, the businessman from Daizhou had a further understanding of Zhu Da's energy in Huairen County.

There was nothing to shy away from in front of Li Yuan, and asked Chang Kai directly: "My brother is handling the goods on the return trip, I can't think of anything for our Huairen to bring, Brother Chang, you have a lot of knowledge, you can also think about it together." ”

"The specialties of our Huairen County are either the ones you drummed up in the new village by the river, or the grassland specialties from Zhengjiaji, but these two places are gone, so it's really nothing." Chang Kai replied with a wry smile.

After Chang Kai finished speaking, he realized that these words had touched Zhu Da's sadness, and he wanted to explain apologetically, Zhu Da waved his hand and signaled that he didn't have to, what is there to blame for telling the truth, the past has passed, remember not to forget, the most important thing now is to help the Li family caravan handle the goods on the return trip.

Seeing that Zhu Da was not surprised, Chang Kai breathed a sigh of relief, and frowned and pondered there.

"If it really doesn't, Brother Zhu and this Chang Ye don't have to be embarrassed, we will deploy it from other places, Uncle Jia has said many times, how can there be no effort in business, how can there be so many smooth sailing." The room was quiet for a while, and Li Yuan explained.

Zhu Da was about to speak, but saw that Chang Kai seemed to think of something, Chang Kai looked at Zhu Da, and then at Li Lou, where he hesitated.

This kind of appearance of wanting to speak and stopping is strange, Chang Kai rarely has such a slurring performance, but Zhu Da did not urge, just waited on the sidelines.

"I really think of some things, but these things are not up to me alone, I have to ask on the way back, this Li Dongjia, wait for me here for another day." Chang Kai said hesitantly, of course Zhu Da and Li Jian had no objection to this.

It is said that it is late today, and the road is not very easy to walk, and when the convoy returns to the city, it is afraid that it will be dark, Chang Kai will stay overnight in the past, when he saw Chang Shen just now, Chang Kai also asked his brothers to prepare some wine and food to eat and drink at night, but now they are in a hurry to leave, everyone can see that it is clear that nine times out of ten they are going back to the city to confirm the incident.

After sending Chang Kai away, Zhu Da went straight to the point and asked Li Yuan, asking if there was a white disaster on the grassland for a few days after it snowed here, no need to go to the person who spoke, Li Yuan himself could answer, they as a caravan to go south and north, not only understand the weather changes in their hometown, but also have an understanding of the whole Datong and the whole Shanxi, there is a certain synchronization law between the snow here in Datong and the grassland in the north, if it snows here in Datong, then there must have been more snow on the grassland in the early days, no one can tell the reason, But the caravans coming and going from the south to the north can confirm this "coincidence".

Zhu Da is not only concerned about this "coincidence", he knows another law, that is, if there is a white disaster on the grassland, the next must be the invasion of the Mongolian tribe on the Ming Dynasty, because the cattle and sheep of the Mongolian tribe are frozen to death, they can only loot to the south, so that they can survive this winter, but they live, but the people at the border will suffer greatly.

The snow has only been falling for less than two days, and this is the first heavy snow this year, I don't have to worry so much, and the use of worrying is not much, Mongolia in the autumn and winter, the big one said that it was the two countries of the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, and the small one said that it was also the offensive and defensive war between the border town and the enemy, and it was just a small grange outside the county, and it couldn't decide anything, and it didn't affect anything.

But when he woke up the next morning and saw that the snowflakes were still falling, Juda's mood was a little heavier.

This time the snow fell overnight, the snow this night was not too big, it should not have much impact on the convoy on the road, but this time the convoy in the city still arrived at lunchtime, in addition to Chang Kai and the young poor people in rotation, there are actually two heads of three classes and six rooms, these two are familiar faces, one is the golden pipe year of the house, and the other is the head of the fast class Lin Ban.

There is still snow on the road, but it is not easy to walk, except for Chang Kai, who has a close relationship with Zhu Da, the other masters may not be willing to work so hard, not to mention that these two are the leaders of the third class and six rooms now, although there are also Zhou Gui and others, but these two are the leaders who are in charge of the scene.

Needless to say, Jin Guan Nian, the head of the Lin Ban of this fast class is the leader of the poor people, and the power of the class is slightly inferior, after the death of Yang Shouwen of the Zhuang class, others dare not come forward, and there is no contradiction with Qin Juren and Zhu Da, on weekdays, Lin Ganglin Bantou has become the only one who represents the poor people, Chang Kai has no basic plate here, everyone thinks that he is Qin Juren and Zhu Da's subordinates.

Although he was a little stunned when he saw Zhu Da, Chang Kai didn't explain anything, just said with a smile: "The things assigned yesterday have been settled, let's go in and say, go in and say." ”