"Ma Er, what news do you have?" Xiao Yingniang asked in front of Song Xiance, and her eyes lit up with longing again.

"Uh, Aunt Song." As soon as Ma Er saw Xiao Yingniang, he knew what she was thinking, but the news he brought really had nothing to do with Zhiwen and them, so he could only stubbornly say, "I have already asked people to go to Zhangjiakou, if Zhiwen and they have news, they will come back soon." Are you going to eat? Go quickly, go quickly, the food is cold and not delicious. ”

When Xiao Yingniang heard this, she became listless again, sighed, and went straight into the stove room.

Sun Kewang was about to follow, but Ma Er said, "Kewang, you stay and listen." ”

"What? Is there a war? Sun Kewang was excited.

Song Xiance heard Ma Er say this, and he also looked at him with high spirits.

"It's hard to say, according to our Tanma report, a large number of refugees have left the northwest of Shanxi, and I think this matter is a bit strange." Ma Er told him what he had learned.

"What's so strange about the refugees leaving Jinxi." Sun Kewang disagreed.

Song Xiance was a little vigilant, "How many people are there?" ”

"It's hard to estimate the exact number at the moment, but it is said that it should not be less than 100,000." Ma Er replied.

"There are a lot of people." Sun Kewang said, "But this is a good thing, wasn't there not enough people when I knitted sweaters before, while everyone is not busy now, just recruit more people, and when Xiaozhi comes back with wool, we can start work." ”

In this tone, he was extremely sure that Zhiwen could bring back the wool, and there was no doubt at all.

"Second Brother Ma is right, this thing is a little weird," Song Xiance touched his chin and said, "There are too many people, it's not normal." ”

"What do you mean?" Sun Kewang didn't know why.

"The refugees fled in order to find a way to survive and fled from Jinxi, and the best destination is Jingshi, right?" Song Xiance asked.

"That's right." Sun Kewang's bull's eyes widened, but he still didn't understand.

"Since you want to go to Jingshi, the best route is to go east, as long as you cross the Taihang Mountain, Jingshi is close at hand, there is no reason not to take a short road, take a long road." Song Xiance explained.

"According to what you say, there should not be a single refugee on the official road next to Zhuoluji, but I think there are a lot of people." Sun Kewang was not convinced.

Song Xiance was helpless, it was really difficult to reason with this guy, "No matter how easy the road is, it is impossible for everyone to walk it, no matter how difficult the road is, there will not be no one without it, I mean, there are too many refugees in this group of refugees going north, and the number may even exceed the refugees going east, which is unreasonable." ”

Sun Kewang finally understood, but he still didn't stop, thought about it and continued, "Maybe these people came here when they heard that we were recruiting." ”

"That's right," Song Xiance didn't think it was wrong, "It's just that we haven't publicized it everywhere during this time, and suddenly so many people came at once, and I still have some ups and downs in my heart, you must know that when we are recruiting people on a large scale, there are not so many people coming." ”

"Mr. Song is right, I think so too, that's why I made a special trip to report, just to hear your opinion." Ma Er said.

"Where are these people?" Song Xiance groaned and asked.

Ma Er replied, "The news I received was that I had just left Jinxi, which should have happened two days ago, and with the footsteps of these people, it would take more than half a month to get to Baoan Prefecture." ”

"You send some people and find a way to sneak in and see if there is anything wrong with these people." Song Xiance immediately commanded.

"No problem, then I'll arrange for Huang Si and Eleven to take people to investigate, these people have some accents from all over the world, and they can fight with people in a few words, this kind of thing is just right for them."

Song Xiance and Sun Kewang both smiled when they heard Ma Er's arrangement, Zhuolu Mountain was found by Huang Si and Eleven and his group, and they deserved a great merit, with this merit, these people are now not famous in the mountain.

"Let them be careful and save their lives." Song Xiance admonished.

"Don't worry, Mr. Song," Ma Er said with a smile, "These people, all of them are treacherous like ghosts, few people have been able to hold them before, and now they have been practicing with the team for a while, and they are good at kung fu, and ordinary people really can't do anything about them." ”

Taking advantage of the leisure, Ma Er took his subordinates to train with the team in batches, he knew that the dangers he would face in the future would only increase, and if he wanted to rely on this foothold in Zhuolu Mountain, he and his subordinates had to continue to improve, and killing the enemy was the most important link.

"What blades do they need? We give priority to it. Song Xiance asked.

Ma Er thought for a while, "We all have our own pocket knives, but it's best to have a few more waist knives, and it would be better if the bow and arrow could squeeze out two pairs." ”

They not only learned spearmanship from the team, but also learned knife skills and archery skills from Lao Yan and Lao San, after all, as spies, carrying spears is too conspicuous.

Song Xiance nodded, "Kewang, if you talk to Dingguo about this matter, I will also say hello to Xiaojie (Song Caijie)." ”

Before Zhiwen left, the treasury was taken over by Song Caijie on his own initiative, and the use of weapons required the approval of him, Li Dingguo and Song Xiance.

Weapons are limited, although Zhou Chengyun found a relationship to buy some blades before leaving, but it is still not enough, only those who defend the pass, guard the prisoners, and inspect the cottage can be equipped with spears, and the training is still with the ash poles left by Zhiwen, and there are fewer bows and arrows, which are only enough for the leaders to learn arrows, and there are some sabers, but the combat style of the entire Zhuolu Mountain is mainly based on spears, and there are not many people who use knives, and there are a lot of leftovers in the warehouse.

Seeing that Sun Kewang responded, Song Xiance continued, "Also, Second Brother Ma, didn't Zhou Chengyun give you the contact information of their Pujie Chamber of Commerce before leaving, just use it, they are familiar with Jinxi, you can ask them about the specific situation of Jinxi, and see if there is anything strange about these refugees." ”

"Yes, Mr. Song." Ma Er should go down.

"That's right, Second Brother Ma." Song Xiance suddenly remembered something, "Since you have to find the Pujie Chamber of Commerce, then ask them again if there is any news of Brother Zhi in Zhangjiakou." ”

After that, he turned his mouth towards the stove room, "You also saw that Aunt Song thinks about it every day, and she doesn't think about tea and food." ”

How could Ma Er refuse this, even if he had only contacted Zhangjiakou two days ago, in fact, it was far more than Xiao Yingniang who was concerned about Zhiwen and them, Ma Er was also one of them, but as a gentleman, he didn't show it easily.

"If there is no news in Zhangjiakou, then ask them if there is anything new on the grassland outside the Saiwai, maybe we can find traces of Brother Zhi from it." Song Xiance said on a whim.

Ma Er's eyes lit up, it was true, and he hugged his fists and left.