Hu Cheng asked Zhang Lan, and Zhang Lan naturally agreed, so he took Zhang Lan to return to Yuncheng with the big team.

As soon as he entered Yuncheng County, Chao Gai said to Wu Yong: "I have an urgent matter to go to Qinghe County, you first lead the team to escort the horses back." ”

Wu Yong said: "If there is something urgent, just hurry up, but how to deal with so many horses?" ”

"The best 2,000 horses were selected and put on Liangshan Island for grazing, and Li Qingzi of the breeding farm was arranged to be in charge. Three hundred geldings were selected as reserve horses for the cavalry, and the remaining hundreds of mares were selected for the horse market to sell on credit, and the rest were left in the horse market for retail sales. Chao Gai said. Wu Yong wrote them down one by one, and there was still no difficulty in dealing with these things.

Chao Gai didn't bring many people, so he took Jiao Ting, Li Kui, and Zhang Lan, and a group of four people went straight to Qinghe County.

There are few people, the team is small, the speed of the road is much faster, the group of four people are all dressed as military generals, and there are no people from the yamen to check, so there are a lot of troubles. However, in five or six days, I arrived in Qinghe County, which is a large county with a large population, and it can be regarded as prosperous, but there are many flowers who ask for food.

Far away from the city gate, there are many people on both sides of the road called Hanako, all of them in ragged clothes, with vegetables on their faces. Chao Gai said to Jiao Ting Li Kui: "Give them all the bread in the package." ”

Both of them were originally from the countryside and had experienced hardships, and they had long wanted to share them with these beggars, but because Chao Gai didn't speak, it was not good to take the things of the public family to do good.

Zhang Lan next to him said: "It's better not to give it, you will rob the flowers like this." ”

Where is Jiao Ting Li Kui willing to believe, he took dozens of flatbreads and scattered them, and the flowers flocked to it, shouting and screaming into a mess, and even a few weak ones were trampled underfoot, Chao Gai couldn't help but shake his head.

At this time, a scholar came over and said to Chao Gai: "If you really have the heart, you can choose a few decent children to buy them back, and be a slave." Those shouting that Hanako is old, and they will starve to death if they die, but the children are still young, and they can't bear it. ”

After speaking, this person didn't wait for Chao Gai to reply, shook his head and left.

Not to mention that there are hundreds of flowers, and the main force is mainly children, the elderly, and women. Chao Gai has always been opposed to human trafficking, and this master-servant relationship is very offensive.

However, if so many children are brought back, let them go to school, and let them learn culture and technology, it will be a huge productivity when they grow up, and it is better than asking for food every day.

Thinking of this, Chao Gai said: "Jiao Ting, look at how much money we still have in our money bag?" ”

Jiao Ting took it out and counted it, and said, "There are more, more than three hundred taels of silver, more than one hundred taels of gold, and dozens of copper coins." ”

Why did Chao Gai go out with so much money, it was because Chao Gai had learned a lesson, why Chao Gai was overlooked by Song Jiang after he invited Song Jiang to go up the mountain, and his power was sidelined. It is because Song Jiang loves to give people money, invites people to dinner, and invites people to drink.

Chao Gai found a broken yard of a farmhouse on the side of the road and paid 200 yuan in rent. Chao Gai said: "Let's find this place, build a porridge shop, and Jiao Tingyou go to the city to buy food and iron pots." Li Kui, you go and hire a few carpenters. ”

After a while, the carpenter invited by Li Kui arrived, and heard that Chao Gai was going to give porridge, so he built a porridge shop for Chao Gai without even asking for money. This so-called porridge shop is just a straw shed, and the small farm yard behind it is the kitchen.

Four clean-looking half-grown children were found from among the beggars and told them to bathe in the river and change into new clothes. They are all teenagers of thirteen or fourteen, and they can still do stupid work.

Jiao Ting pulled a cart of rice, washed the rice and put it in the pot, and the porridge was fragrant at noon. I made hundreds of black porcelain bowls full of porridge.

Li Kui went to the pile of flowers and shouted: "Soup porridge, three hundred bowls, are you late?" ”

Hula, Hanako blew up again, but this time Jiao Ting was ready, took a cowhide whip, and volleyed a few times.

"Listen to it, people must be human, all line up, whoever dares to squeeze is an animal, don't blame the whip in my hand." Jiao Ting shouted.

Just Jiao Ting's face is so flat that adults can cry in fright, not to mention that Hanako is still mainly children. Everyone lined up under the threat of Jiao Ting, and went to receive porridge one by one.

This noon porridge is a porridge made of sorghum and rice boiled together, and each person has a large bowl full of it. The four children were in charge of the spoon, clumsily serving food to everyone, Jiao Ting stared at the side, but if there was any irregularity, it was a whip. Jiao Ting knew the severity of the matter, and the main thing was to scare.

There was not much soup porridge at noon, mainly children and women, more than 300 bowls of porridge were given, including a woman holding a baby in swaddling clothes, the woman was not very old, but only twenty years old, with a delicate face, which could be regarded as a small jasper.

Chao Gai saw that she had eaten the porridge and licked the bowl clean, but she didn't dare to go for another bowl. Chao Gai took a bowl of porridge and threw it to her, saying, "Eat more." It's not easy to bring a child. ”

The woman took it timidly and drank it carefully. Chao Gai saw that the child in her arms was very hungry and thin, and he couldn't bear it, and said, "What about your man." ”

"Dead, this year, the Yellow River was flooded, and his father sent us out and went back to the house to get things, and the house collapsed, and there were no people to take the house with." The woman said with tears in her eyes.

"Where do you live now?" Chao Gai asked again.

"Live in the Land Temple, stay up all night." The woman said.

Chao Gai called Zhang Lan over and said, "Recently, we have been giving porridge here, and we can't be busy with the four children as helpers, so you can follow Zhang Lan and be a helper, and live in a room with Zhang Lan at night, so you don't have to wander around." Chao Gai asked carefully, this woman is from Xia Jin, her name is Cheng Lin, and she is only twenty years old this year.

"After eating porridge, take the rice bowl back, who dares to take the rice bowl and be careful to beat the buttocks." Jiao Ting shouted.

These people are also well-behaved, and after eating, they each take their dishes and chopsticks to the river water to wash them, and then take them back.

Chao Gai arranged for Li Kui and Zhang Lan to look at the shop, and Jiao Ting entered the city.

Chao Gai asked someone to inquire about Wu Song, and even asked several people who didn't know who Wu Song was, Chao Gai was not discouraged, and went forward to find a small restaurant, the table was greasy and couldn't see its true colors, because it was too late, no one was eating, only Xiao Er was wiping the table.

"Little Er, but there is still wine and meat." Chao Gai asked.

"Yes, the meat pot in the small shop does not go out all year round."

"Cut two catties of mutton and two greens. A jug of wine. Chao Gai said.

Xiao Er quickly served the wine, and Chao Gai and Jiao Ting ate slowly.

Jiao Ting said: "Before that, I always thought that a rich man like my brother could get seven or eight dishes for a meal, but who knew that my brother was so economical." ”

"You see, there are so many beggars outside the city gates who need help. In fact, our money is earned from the hands of the people, and it should be returned to the people. It turns out that you are also a person who wanders the rivers and lakes, and you can be called a chivalrous man, so what do you say a chivalrous man should do. Chao Gai asked.

Jiao Ting said: "Naturally, it is crisscrossing the rivers and lakes, happy to enmity and revenge, robbing the rich and helping the poor." ”

"That's right, but what you're talking about is a little chivalrous man, not a big chivalrous man, and the big chivalrous one is for the country and the people." Chao Gai said.

After all, Jiao Ting is a person who has read a book for a few days, and he agrees with Chao Gai's statement very much.

Chao Gai asked the shopkeeper again: "Do you know that there is a person named Wu Song in this city, the second in line, known as Wu Erlang." ”

"You're asking the right person, I'm familiar with that bear child, tall and mighty, full of energy, but one thing is not good, drunk makes trouble, the plates and bowls in my store are broken dozens of times, and I still owe me two dollars. Two years ago, I got into a ruthless role, and I couldn't get out of bed for half a month, and then I went out, as if I swore to go to Shaolin Temple to learn real kung fu, and I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"Hehe, this kid can really toss. Is there anyone else in his family? Chao Gai asked again.

"My parents died early, and I only have a dwarf brother, otherwise this bear child wouldn't be so naughty, and if you discipline it well, you will have a great future in the future." The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed.

Chao Gai asked Wu Dalang how to find it, but the shopkeeper didn't know, only said that Dalang was selling cooking cakes all over the street.

When they came out to the street, Chao Gai and Jiao Ting wandered around aimlessly, and suddenly saw someone fighting in front of them, and several broken houses were fighting around one person, and kept saying: "You dare to ask for money for eating a few of your cooking cakes, you are impatient." "There were a lot of people watching the excitement on the side, but no one dared to come forward to help.

If such a broken settlement is in Yuncheng, he has to be whipped with a leather whip, this Qinghe will not be under the control of Chao Gai, and he will be beaten like this in a few days. It's just that Chao Gai immediately changed his mind when he heard the word "cooking cake", and stepped forward to see that five people who were in a broken household actually beat a small man, this person is only one meter two, forty centimeters shorter than Song Jiang, who else can it be if it is not Wu Dalang.

Chao Gai glanced at Jiao Ting, and the work of beating people was naturally done by a personal guard. Jiao Ting went over and called a smooth, and in a minute, all five broken houses fell to the ground wailing.

"Let you bully people, will you dare next time?" Jiao Ting asked.

"Don't dare, don't dare." The broken house was beaten, where do you dare to speak out.

"Give money, apologize." Jiao Ting said.

The broken households paid money to Wu Dalang, Wu Dalang accepted the money, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, you guys let's go, don't play with me next time." ”

This Wu Dalang is so loyal, others don't give him money for eating, and beat him, he just thinks it's a trick on him.

drove away a few broken households, Chao Gai said: "Dare to ask, but Wu Dalang?" ”

"It's me, who are you?" Wu Dalang asked.

Chao Gai said: "In Chao Gai, Xia Yuncheng, I heard that Erlang has excellent strength, so I specially invited him to go to my county to be the head of the capital." ”

Wu Dalang rubbed his hands: "There is this good thing, but it's a pity that Erlang is not at home, he has been out for more than a year, saying that he has gone to learn art, and I don't know where to find him." ”

"Oh, it's okay, let's wait until he comes back." Chao Gai lamented.