There are hot water, hot porridge and dry food in the camp, and the old and weak women and children who can't walk still have vehicles to travel, Wang Fang of the Propaganda Department brought a group of people to sing, Shaanxi people can hear the familiar Qin dialect, and Shanxi people also hear Shanxi Bangzi, and the people of Shanxi feel warm in their hearts.

The leaders of the homeless people were very sad, most of the people who arrived first were young and strong under their respective subordinates, which made the people of each guard red-eyed, and they rushed to pull people, and the number of men was almost enough for a hundred households, and immediately someone led the journey, and the people followed in a daze.

Seeing that their gang collapsed, the leaders didn't dare to say anything, there was no place for them to speak, the officers and soldiers behind the head of the pass killed people without blinking, there were still a large number of Fengzhou cavalry on guard here, whoever dared to make trouble was looking for death, they also received an order - to find someone from the mission department to report, and immediately go to the barbarian mountain camp to receive centralized training, so as to recruit and confer officials, the leaders did not dare to disobey the order, and each of them threw themselves into the clutches of Wang Fang.

Li Yu is also about to go out of the customs, at the gate of the city met the Fengzhou convoy that is entering the customs - there are two or three hundred miles from Baode to the partial head pass, a large number of displaced people with their families are still left behind, Li Huai in order to speed up the speed of the displaced people out of the customs, specially mobilized some vehicles from the guards to enter the customs to pick up people, the convoy is heading south one after another, Li Yu greeted acquaintances while walking, an officer on a horse screamed, turned over and dismounted and ran to salute in front of him.

"The Great Commander is auspicious, and the captain of the 24,000th Household of Dongshengwei will salute you." The young man in front of him was flushed with excitement.

"Bagan, my good brother!" Li Yu hugged his old brother, the former captain of the Flying Tiger Battalion, Bagen, and Meng Ke, Chaolu and a group of people also laughed and immediately came over to greet him.

At the beginning of last year, Bagen entered the Guanqin King with the Fengzhou Army, and was seriously injured in the battle with the Jin Army Iron Cavalry on the side of the Luan River in Qian'an, and his body did not slow down for two months, and after returning to Fengzhou, he was sent to a thousand households as a deputy sentinel, and since then he has left the Flying Tiger Battalion.

"Bagan, are you getting better?" Li Yu asked with concern.

"It's been good a long time ago, but the above just won't let me go back to be a battalion soldier, watching you enter the customs and fight happily, but I can only train young and strong at home, commander, you still let me go back to the Flying Tiger Battalion." Bagen looked at Li Yu and begged.

"I'll talk about that later, Bagan, are you married? Not yet! No, you have to find a wife and have children quickly, it's more important than fighting. Li Yu waved his hand and said.

"Actually, it's easy to start a family, but you can't find the right one." Bagen blushed and said that Mongolian girls got married early, at the age of eleven or twelve, but Bagen didn't dare to attack these little girls, and it was difficult to find older ones, so it has been delayed until now.

"Bagen, how can there be a wife and children in a war to have a hot kang head, I think you don't have to pick and choose, just close your eyes and find one, a little bit is smaller, just raise it for a few years, lack of money? Brothers, this is what it is. Monk quipped at Bagan.

"Phew, I'm just going to pick, and I'm going to find someone who can read, and I'm mad at you." Bagan grimaced at Monk and left, and he had to escort the convoy into customs.

After sending Bagen away, Li Yu didn't go far forward, and met another old acquaintance - Su He, the chief flag of Baita Village, Su He was looking down to drive the livestock, and when he heard someone calling him, he looked up and saw that it was Li Yu, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Suhe, why are you here, it's not good to leave little Qiqige at home alone, is Uncle Dabu in good health?" Li Yu took Su He's hand and asked.

"It's okay, my father is in good health, he works every day, Qiqige follows his grandfather, Jeddah is now stationed in Heihe, and he can also take care of the family, our hundred households are not enough, this time the health office is expanded, it takes one hundred and fifty or sixty men to add, I will bring some young people to pick up people, Yuzi, you go and do your big business, you have time to go back to the village to see, everyone misses you!"

Su He didn't talk much, he hurried away without saying a few words, Li Yu sighed in his heart, Su He's eldest brother is an honest man, but it's a pity that his life is too bitter, the plague of that year took away his wife and son, two relatives, and since then there have been fewer words, only to work hard.

The Fengzhou camp, which is less than five miles away from the city, is bustling with people, and several makeshift stages are still singing big operas, and the homeless people sit under the stage with great interest, eat something and rest for a while, and then are hurriedly taken away by the smiling guards on their faces. Li Yu walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Huai and Batu were very busy, and Zhang Shi'an, who had been on a business trip in the Guannai, was actually in the big tent.

"Lao Zhang, you're back! What are you doing here when you're not at home for a few days? Li Yu asked Zhang Shi'an.

"Great Commander, I've been back for three days, and when I heard that there was a big event here, I came to take a look, so many people suddenly poured in, but you have to be careful of the Ming State spies." Daming Jinyi Wei Baihu replied very seriously, as soon as he came back, he was promoted to the Tang envoy, and he worked harder, but his elbows were twisted and crooked.

"Lao Zhang has made a great contribution this time, and bought 50,000 stone of grain for us in Shandong and Beizhili, and the commander should praise him." Batu interjected with a smile.

"It's nothing, I just made a contract with the grain merchants, paid some fixed money, and it was a matter after the grain arrived," Zhang Shi'an waved his hand embarrassedly, and then said to Li Yu, "Great Commander, our salt price is fair, never adulterated, and it sells well in the market. ”

"Don't worry, Li Xiangli is thinking of a way." Li Yu frowned and said, after the establishment of the Prime Minister's Office, Li Huai became the Prime Minister's Government, Li Fugui became the Xiangli Government, and this Xiangli Lord is also worried about the stagnation of private salt production, after several years of hard work, Fengzhou's monthly salt output has reached 50,000 catties, but this is like a hurdle can no longer be crossed, so far only guarding a water Haizi salt production, not a lack of salt sources, there are salt water lakes and alkaline water lakes on the grassland, but can not take out money and labor to develop.

"Lao Zhang, do you have any news of Da Linghe?" Li Yu asked again after a while.

"I sent a letter from Titang, which I placed in Beijing, saying that the Jin Kingdom sent troops in late July, and also cut off the road between Jinzhou and the Daling River, and the forward general Zu Dashou hid in the Dalinghe Fort and was surrounded by people, and the rest is unknown," Zhang Shi'an said this, and couldn't help but complain for his colleagues, "The Ming Kingdom is really not as good as the generation, when the Duke of Wei was in the past, we Jinyiwei worked hard, and what changes were made in the side affairs, it was immediately reported to the imperial court, and now there is an emperor who trusts Wenchen, crushed my brothers in Jingshi to death, and there is often a shortage of Yulu, and everyone is reluctant to go on a business trip, how can there be any news to report, the emperor will listen to the nonsense of those ministers, they know what to do in this business! I dare say that the Ministry of War is also in the dark now. ”

"I know, Lao Zhang, you will stay in the Great Commander's Mansion during this time, and leave the private salt trade to others to do, you just take care of the affairs of Titang, and you must pay close attention to the dynamics of the Daling River," Li Yu and Zhang Shi'an finished speaking, and then asked Li Huai, who was sitting on a stool drinking water with a tired face, "When I first entered the camp, I saw Zhao Sheng, Zhang Mengcun, and several of their homeless leaders very unhappy, what is going on?" ”

"Their subordinates were broken up by us, and they must not be happy in their hearts, Wang Fang came up with the idea again, and gathered all the leaders to the Barbarian Mountain to train, probably these two things, but this is not up to them, these people are uneven, and if they are not trained, there will be chaos in the future." Li Huai replied.

Li Yu thought for a while and said: "I think so, Wang Ziyong, Zhao Sheng, and other people who have already been awarded officials don't need to participate in the training, we have to use others, and don't worry about some things." ”

Then he beckoned to Zhang Shi'an, "We have more people, and there will be more troubles, you have to pay attention, and that Wang Fang also has to watch it, I always feel that this person has an evil spirit." ”

"It's all wrapped around me." Zhang Shi'an went out happily.

After Li Yu sat down, Li Huai and Batu told him about the immigration, and the current relocation of the people is quite smooth, there is land to plant, there is food, and the people will follow, the problem is that the speed in the customs is slow, Zhang Chuanjie, Sun Shoufa, and Man Zhu are on the way, and they will probably be able to leave the customs tomorrow, but Zhao Ji is still reluctantly begging for money and food from the local government, Wang Ziyong, Zhang Ding, and Qiu Xian also follow him, and there are still tens of thousands of people stranded in Baode.

"Send someone to send a letter to Zhao Ji, our time is urgent, and it will be a burden to delay one more day, don't have anything to do with the Ming State government, and order him to organize the people to leave immediately." Li Yu waved his hand and ordered.

On the official road leading to the partial head pass in Baode, the black and oppressive flow of people surged to the north, and among the people was the old man, the woman, and the children in the arms of the adults, they were ragged and staggered, and they followed the team with their heads down. Along the way, the people saw them and avoided them far away, and even the village did not let them in, in the eyes of the people, they were thieves who were driven out of the Guan Chong army, and some people who had read the book also stood at the entrance of the village and scolded, accusing them of betraying the Ming Dynasty and betraying their ancestors when they went to the barbarian land, and it was better to die, and the children in the village also threw stones at them. The displaced people endured it silently, they themselves don't know what will happen after they get out of the pass, since the general soldier who saved them is outside the pass, and the leaders also said that there is a way to live in the pass, then follow it, they just feel hungry, when they leave the camp, everyone is given a few pieces of dry food, but no one is willing to eat, it is for emergency use, the army has set up a response point every twenty miles, where you can rest and drink hot porridge, grit your teeth and insist on walking, as long as you see the black eagle flag, you will have your own people to respond - that black eagle flag is the hope of life.

The team of displaced people walked to the meander, and met the Fengzhou convoy that came to pick them up, the people cheered, the old and weak women and children got into the car, and the road after was easy to walk, Su He's ox cart also took people - an old woman, two women with a child of three or four years old, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, but Su He's cow was a little unable to pull, and the three young women had to take turns to get out of the car and walk, and several men were also helping to push the cart on the side, and Bagen walked past them, watching them work hard, and brought two mules, All three women got into the car.

"Two big brothers, you are from Yangcheng," Su He listened to the husbands of the two women chatting, and also asked in Shanxi, seeing that the two men nodded, and said happily, "The blacksmith in Yangcheng is doing a good job, our village has a mirror plow from the deputy Yangcheng, that is still what our commander bought at the beginning, a cow and a plow top ten people's work, do you know how to strike iron?" ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and the older man smiled and said, "We are both blacksmiths, big brother, do you want a blacksmith there?" ”

"Yes, yes, you two come to our village, our village is by the Heihe River, the land is good, the commander is the people of our village, my name is Su He, I am the general flag of the village, you are the treasure of the village, you will definitely be able to feed your family, it would be better if you could make a mirror plow, I will take the villagers to help you farm." Su He became happy, and there were more words.

"Brother Su He, your Shanxi dialect is really good, my name is Li Mao, his name is Chen Shishi, we don't do mirror plows, the rules of Yangcheng are that each family does its own work, and you can't rob other people's business, but we can do the work of the mirror plow."

"We don't live in tents there, we live in Bansheng, that is, the house you said, there are Han and Mongolians, they all speak Shanxi dialect, you come to like it, you make mirror plows, the rules of Yangcheng can't control us, the general will go back to the village and see us make mirror plows, he must be very happy." Su He was already immersed in happiness.

"No, I heard the leaders say that the commander is obviously from our Yulin, how did he become a person from your village?" The black-faced young man who was pushing the cart on the side suddenly said something, and then asked the young man who was with him, "Brother Erhu, I'm not wrong, your leader said the same thing." ”

"You two young juniors know very well, the great commander is the people of our village, and the people of the whole Fengzhou can testify." Su He immediately retorted, this is a matter of principle, and it must not be sloppy.

The two young men were not convinced, they had both heard that the commander was the son of Li Biao, the loyal and fierce Flying Tiger of Yulin, and his pro-army was also called the Flying Tiger Battalion, and he could still speak Yulin dialect, so of course it should be them from Yulin.

"What are you arguing about! Give your names. Bagan popped up and yelled at the two young men.

"I don't have a name, everyone else calls me Hao Heizi."

"My name is Liu Tichun, and everyone else calls me Liu Erhu."

"Hao Heizi, Liu Erhu, let me tell you, the great commander is our Kuku and Tunban Shengren, and we are also our Mongolian Hongbatulu, which means a great hero, remember it clearly, don't go out and talk nonsense."

Bagen was teaching people with great momentum, and a soft voice came from the car: "Brother officer, I have read the list posted in the camp, and the name of the chief soldier is a Chinese name, and it is named after the Yu character of Yulin, it stands to reason that the adult is more like a Yulin person." ”

Bagan was a little angry, and turned his face to see that the little girl sitting in the car was talking to him with a smile, this girl had big feet, ******, and a very handsome face, as if she could read and write, and immediately her head was a little dizzy, and her words were not good.

"Well, it seems to be too, this is not a nonsense, girl, do you still know words? What's your name? My name is Bagen, I have fought with the Grand Commander, and now I am the captain of Dongshengwei. ”

The little girl's face was red and she didn't speak, but Bagen didn't give up, jumped off the horse and helped the cart, pestering the little girl with nonsense, causing Hao Heizi to stare at him.

"Sister, do you have a partner? Like you, I know a few words, I can write my own name, and I have enough to live. ”

"Brother officer, you should be busy with business, my sister Xu Xu will not worry about you." Hao Heizi couldn't help but speak.

"Brother, the commander said that the people of Fengzhou are brothers and sisters, and your sister is also my sister, so I can help your brothers and sisters if I ask clearly." Bagan continued to mess around.

Bagen followed the car all the way, starting from the customs of Fengzhou, and then talking about the commander who led the people of Fengzhou to rebel against Chahar, and founded today's Fengzhou after many difficulties and dangers, he participated in the Butong River night attack on Chahar, the battle of Kuku Hetun, the siege of Datong, the ambush of the Jin army in Karaqin and the Zunhua and Qian'an battles of King Qinqin in the customs were turned out, not only appreciating the courage of the commander, but also taking the opportunity to brag about himself, Su He also added a few words from time to time, and the people in the car and under the car listened attentively, and exclaimed from time to time, even Hao Heizi thinks that this Bagen is a character and is not so annoying.

Su He also asked about a few of them, Hao Heizi and Liu Erhu's life experience is almost a copy of other Yansui people, they are Suide people, the northwest drought crops are not harvested, can not stand the government's urging of grain and taxes, the family had to follow the village people to flee the famine, hungry and followed the bold people to grab food, and finally embarked on the road of rebellion, was killed by the official army all the way from Shaanxi to Shanxi, relatives either died under the official saber or died of hunger disease, Liu Erhu left the old lady in the car A relative, And Hao Heizi can only rely on his sister for his life.

Li Mao, Chen Shishi two Shanxi people slightly different situation, Li Mao is Yangcheng Dayang people, in Guo Yu's iron factory learned the craft, home opened a blacksmith shop, life is not bad, the thief hit Dayang after forcing the people to follow the thief, he was also taken captive up the mountain, finally looking forward to Zhao'an, he happily went home, but the gentry in the town closed his blacksmith shop, ordered him to work in the iron factory of the rich family, and then he heard that the thief was killed by the gentry and the patriarch, Li Mao was also forced to rob things and kill people when he was a thief, It would be dangerous to turn over the old accounts, and he fled back to the homeless camp with his wife and children, never daring to go home again. Chen Shishi was a thief with his own family, he signed a contract with the iron factory to sell himself as a slave when he was young, life and death are decided by the iron factory, he worked hard for ten years, but he was still poor, and was often beaten and scolded, the thief arrived in Yangcheng, he immediately went to defect, and never planned to go home again.

Su He couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I used to think that life in Guannai was so good, but I didn't expect it to be worse than us!" ”