Chapter 47: The Exiles Have Arrived

962 A.D. (the third year of Jianlong) October 25 (lunar calendar)

On the beach in the afternoon, Antaro was brutally beating Boris and Du Dalei. Next to him, Zhao Zizhong abused Hu Yidao and Tian Renfeng, and asked them to do push-ups on their stomachs. Na Zhe meditated hard and was compiling teaching materials. Cui Xiaoniang happily flew kites with the maids. The sound of laughter like silver bells echoed across the beach.

At this time, a figure ran over quickly, and everyone looked back to see that it was Hu Shuiyang in the 'Eight Heroes of the Divine Arrow'. He ran to the crowd, caught his breath, and said, "The outcasts have arrived!" I've already disembarked at the dock, and Steward Cui asked me to inform you. ”

Zhao Zi ran in the direction of the dock with his legs, and An Dalang, Boris, and Du Dalei followed closely. Na Zhe packed up the pen and paper and walked slowly. Seeing that the eldest brother, who usually behaves steadily, was so eager, Cui Xiaoniang couldn't help but be very surprised, her eyes widened, and she hurriedly asked the maid to put away the kite, and everyone went to the dock together.

Zhao Zizhong ran to the pier like a gust of wind, and saw two sea ships leaning on the edge of the trestle bridge from a long distance, and there were many people standing on the beach next to the pier, densely packed with hundreds.

Cui Zhaorong greeted him and said, "Mr. Zhao, the displaced people have arrived, and they have been checked according to the list, and there are many of them." ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically, "Steward Cui has worked hard, where is the list, can I take a look?" ”

Cui Zhaorong called over a person and introduced him to Zhao Zizhong, "Mr. Zhao, this is Wang Quan, the steward of the Mingzhou Grain Store of Cui's Commercial Bank, and this time the head of the family assigned him to be in charge of the affairs of the displaced people. ”

Zhao Zizhong observed Xiang Wang Quan, he was a middle-aged man in his thirties, very tall, strong physique, two eyes were shining, and he looked like a shrewd and capable person.

After the two finished saluting, Wang Quan took out a booklet and handed it to Zhao Zizhong. He said: "Mr. Zhao, this is the list of all the displaced people, please watch it." Three hundred and forty-seven men were brought in this time, including two hundred and fifty men between the ages of eighteen and fifty, forty-six women between the ages of sixteen and forty, and forty-four children under the age of fifteen. ”

He watched Zhao Zi re-flip through the list, and then said: "According to the instructions of the head of the family, the homeless people bought this time are all single, and the children are all orphans, and there is no one to drag the family. Everyone's deed of sale is in our hands, if anyone dares to disobey, they will be killed directly, the government will not care, at most a report of illness and death will be closed. The head of the house lets you do it, and you can toss it as much as you want. ”

At this time, An Dalang and the three also arrived one after another. Zhao Zizhong introduced Wang Quan to everyone, and then said to An Dalang: "The three of you go and let the homeless people calm down and line up." Those who don't obey discipline will be beaten and thrown into the sea, and they will be powerful, understand? ”

Zhao Zizhong asked Wang Quan to assist the three of them, mainly as translators, so that the three people would not understand what they were talking about.

There was a lot of noise on the beach, many people were talking, others were sitting on the beach, and some children were running around. Wang Quan asked one of the servants to fetch a gong, and when it was struck, the sound of the gong was crisp and loud, and the exiles did not know what was happening, so they all stopped talking and looked at it together.

They saw four people standing outside the crowd. One is the steward of the Cui family, and everyone knows him. The other three are raw faces. All three were unusually tall and burly, and the tallest was a blonde, blue-eyed, white-skinned man. Next to him is a person with a tall nose and deep eyes, his momentum is very strong, and he is a character who is not easy to mess with at first glance. There is also a Han person, who is a little shorter and does not smile like a good person.

When the homeless people saw the burly figures of the three people, they knew that they were not simple people, and for a while there was silence on the beach, and even children stopped playing and stood obediently. Mainly in their hearts, Boris's appearance is really too scary, like a monster.

Wang Quan took a few steps forward and shouted with all his strength: "Listen, these three are your master's family, and if you work hard in the future, your master's family will let you eat well." If anyone dares to resist, they will be killed! ”

The homeless people began to talk to each other, and there was a 'buzz, buzz' sound on the beach, and it was clear that the homeless people were very curious about their new owners.

An Dalang stood up, his face was cold, his eyes looked at the crowd sharply, and after a while, he said: "I am your master, and my name is called 'An Dalang'." A certain family is from the Northland, who has been in the army for more than ten years, experienced dozens of large and small battle formations, and killed more than 100 people. Lao Tzu is not a good person, so you must not mess with me, otherwise some people will definitely lose their lives! ”

Some of the northerners understood what he said, but most of the other southerners did not understand, and asked each other about what An Dalang said.

Seeing this, Wang Quan shouted An Dalang's words several times, using the southern voice. The homeless people finally understood, and their eyes were full of awe when they looked at An Dalang.

Zhao Zizhong walked over and said to the brothers: "Now divide them into three parts, let the women stand to the west, the children to the east, and the men in the middle. Dalang, shout. ”

An Dalang shouted at the top of his voice, and Wang Quan also shouted several times in southern dialect. The crowd began to move in a hurry, and after a while, the beach was divided into three piles, the women on the west side were chattering, and the children on the east side were even more chaotic, some were playing, and some were overwhelmed and crying. Several servant women sent by the Cui family to take care of them were busy. The men in the middle are the most numerous, some in groups and twos to talk, and some stand and sit alone, not communicating with others.

At this time, Na Zhe arrived with Cui Xiaoniang and a few maids. Cui Xiaoniang was very excited to see so many people and many children. I thought to myself that these children were about to become my own students, and I wanted to be kind to them.

Zhao Zizhong said to Na Zhe: "You take these children back to the camp now, and let Lao Wei find the house with the best conditions to settle them." In addition, immediately let the kitchen cook porridge, boil it a little worse, add more fish and vegetables, they must be hungry. ”

He smiled and said to Cui Xiaoniang: "Sister, you have something to do now, there are more than forty children, Na Zhe can't discipline one person, and I still need your help!" ”

"Brother is polite, I like children a lot, I feel very happy to be with them, I will try my best to teach them."

Na Zhe communicated with the five Cui family servants who took care of the children for a while through Wang Quan, fiddling with the old man for a long time, and finally let the children reluctantly line up. Na Zhe took the lead, and the noisy team set off, and Cui Xiaoniang walked on both sides of the team with a few maids, stuffing some naughty children who wanted to sneak out back to the team from time to time.

After the kids left, the beach was a lot quieter. Zhao Zizhong found Hu Shuiyang, and called two servants of the Cui family, and said to the three: "Please ask the three responsible for taking these women to the camp for settlement, and let Mr. Wei find a few houses on the edge of the camp to arrange for them, as far away as possible from the men's residences, please." ”

Hu Shuiyang agreed to come down and take two servant women to organize the team, the women were still more obedient, and soon lined up in two columns, and Hu Shuiyang took them to the camp.

An Dalang asked Zhao Zizhong: "Brother, what are we going to do next?" ”

"Do nothing, everyone just stand here."

The four Zhao Zizhong brothers stood in front of the crowd like this, looking at the homeless people with expressionless faces. At first, people were still curious, pointing at the four of them and talking to each other. After more than ten minutes, the four of them still did not move, everyone felt that something was wrong, many people stopped talking and quieted down, and some people sitting on the beach stood up one after another.

Half an hour passed, and the atmosphere on the beach was very strange, and the homeless people all looked at the four brothers silently, and neither side spoke. Only five homeless people sat on the beach, talking loudly and laughing from time to time.

Zhao Zizhong turned his head to look at An Dalang, "The time has come for Liwei, go." ”

An Dalang walked towards the five people, he didn't walk fast, but the homeless people on the beach seemed to see a giant beast slowly approaching the crowd, many people began to retreat, and then people followed everyone to withdraw more than ten meters, revealing the five people sitting on the ground.

Seeing that the surroundings were empty, the five felt that something was wrong, and they all stood up one after another. When they found An Dalang approaching here, they were all on guard, not knowing what this high-nosed and deep-eyed foreigner wanted to do.

An Dalang suddenly accelerated, rushed up quickly, and knocked out a bearded homeless man standing in front four or five meters away, and then he lay motionless on the beach, as if he had fainted.

Then he began to beat the other four like a tiger into a flock, and soon knocked down two of them, and the remaining two turned and ran into the crowd, trying to avoid An Dalang.

He sped up to catch up with a skinny man, kicked him in the back, and then turned to chase another without looking. The man had already slipped into the crowd, but everywhere he went, people avoided him, wanting to stay away from him, lest they be implicated.

An Dalang hurried to catch up with him, and the man had already turned around, ready to fight him. An Dalang didn't give him any chance, and hit the man in the face with a straight punch, breaking the bridge of his nose and spurting nosebleeds. The man sat on the ground with his face covered, looking at An Dalang in horror.

Zhao Zi shouted again: "Da Lang is back!" Then he turned to Boris and said, "Go and beat it again!" ”

Boris stepped forward, and when he met An Dalang who had returned halfway, the two exchanged glances and continued to walk towards the crowd. Boris has been practicing martial arts hard these days, and he is beaten by An Dalang every day, and he already knows that those parts of the human body are painful when they are hit, but they are not fatal. He jumped over the fainted beard, grabbed a homeless man who was lying on the ground moaning, and began to beat him unhurriedly.