The wind is blowing, even if you are wearing heavy clothes, you will inevitably feel the chill under this howling and raging wind.

Many people are shy away from this, preferring to do nothing in a dilapidated house that is slightly safe and comfortable, rather than stepping out the door to look for a possible opportunity.

What is different from history is that there is such a small group of people at this moment, who resolutely traveled all the way, rain or shine, regardless of the howling wind and how confused the future is.

They are the villagers of Yijingzhuang led by Wang Zheng, and these honest farmers are also very resilient once they do things.

Ten days had passed since he came out of Yijingzhuang, and Wang Deng glanced at the seemingly endless plain in front of him, and asked to his side.

"Does anyone know where this is?"

Hearing Wang Zheng's question, the rest of the people kept shaking their heads, and Huang Yang, who was holding Aunt Huang, glanced around and said loudly.

"I don't know, but we should also be in the territory of Jinshan Zuo, we are far away from Ninghai Prefecture City, so we don't have to worry too much."

Dong Youyin breathed a heavy sigh of relief when he heard this, turned his head and saw that Huang Yang was a little struggling, stretched out his hand and smiled.

"Why don't I come and support my aunt for you, I see that you can't stand it anymore, go and rest!"

Glancing at Dong Youyin in surprise, Huang Yang hesitated for a moment but still shook his head, gritted his teeth and insisted: "Still no, Brother Zheng can support the eldest mother all the way, and my Huang Yang is not short of arms and legs!" ”

Haha laughed, Dong Youyin patted Huang Yang's shoulder nonchalantly, didn't say anything, and walked a few steps quickly to keep up with Wang Zheng.

I don't know how long I walked, but the wind on this road was a little lighter, and Dong Youyin shouted: "It's time to put the meal, Wang Zheng, my stomach has already rumbled!" ”

Glancing at the surrounding villagers, they looked at themselves like Dong Youyin, some were panting, and some were full of hope.

Since hitting the road, the villagers seem to regard Wang Zhengjiang as the backbone, and almost all of them have to come to inquire about problems.

After thinking about it, Wang Zheng nodded.

"It's been a long day's journey, let's rest here, but now this realm is not peaceful, so we should hurry up."

Hearing Wang Zheng's words, there was a burst of cheers among the villagers, and Fang Cai's fatigue seemed to disappear completely, and they began to bury the pot and cook with great energy.

Not long after, Deng Heizi brought dozens of young and strong young men to find Wang Zheng and pushed him for a while, and then Deng Heizi came out and mentioned one thing to Wang Zheng.

After hearing their words, Wang Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, to put it mildly, they saw Huang Yang and Dong Youyin carrying a waist knife in their hands all day long, they felt very majestic, and they also wanted to match it.

Everyone knew that Ning Heizi and Wang Zheng had sold illicit salt together, so they asked him to take the lead in interceding with Wang Zheng, and everyone wanted to be as majestic as Huang Yang and Dong Youyin.

There was nothing wrong with these things, but Wang Zheng still refused.

In Wang Zheng's view, although there are many waist knives, they can't be given casually, and the same waist knives are two concepts for people who can make it or people who can't use it.

Dong Youyin and Huang Yang have at least fought against Liu Wu a few times, and they have also suffered the loss of the waist knife, and they both understand the importance of the waist knife in their hands, that is, life, so they are by no means just playing prestige now.

But those young and strong are different, not only will it not be helpful to hold the waist knife, but it is more likely to cause chaos, or it is more appropriate for Wang Zheng to keep it for the time being, and when it is appropriate, Wang Zheng will not be stingy with the things in his hands.

"Look, I'll just say that Brother Zheng won't agree, and he won't make a knife to take any knife." Ning Heizi was not a little dissatisfied when he heard Wang Zheng's words, pursed his lips, turned around and shouted at those young people.

It is also strange to say that Wang Zheng has been silent for a long time, and he has already done these young and strong ideological work in his heart.

But although these young men were all dejected when they heard Wang Zheng's refusal, no one said anything against them, and Deng Heizi also helped Wang Zheng persuade him.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng couldn't bear to dispel their positive psychology, and followed with a few words of kind words of comfort.

Deng Heizi These young men are simple guys who grew up in the field, and those soldiers and ruffians who are used to mixing up, although they are reluctant after hearing Wang Zheng's words, they are the same as the mirror, and they all know that Wang Zheng is for their good.

After smelling the fragrant porridge, they had already forgotten all about this unpleasantness, jumped up happily, and ran to drink porridge in twos and threes, and now what they care about most is just filling their stomachs.

Seeing the bowl of porridge stretched out from Yu'er's snow-white little hand, Wang Zheng smiled and took a few big sips to drink it, but after drinking it, he frowned and thought about it.

When Yu'er saw Wang Zheng's appearance, she opened her mouth, but she swallowed back what she wanted to say, and just quietly lay on Wang Zheng's shoulder.

Although the grain and rice of the whole village have been concentrated, this is a few hundred people, and if they eat a lot of food, they will not be able to support Wendeng at all.

Therefore, Wang Zheng can only be careful in his calculations, and he is provided according to his age group, the elderly and children are weak and can't eat much for two meals a day, while Wang Zheng and the young people only eat one full meal a day.

In Wang Zheng's opinion, these young and vigorous people are not a big deal to be hungry for a few meals temporarily, as long as they are not hungry for too long, they can make up for it afterwards, and they can recover.

After eating, the group regained some strength and were about to continue their journey, but they were pleasantly surprised to find that the wind was getting lighter and the sky was gradually clearer.

Everyone was well fed and drunk, and the weather was good, and the speed of the journey was much faster, and finally arrived in Wendeng County a few days later.

When they saw some low city walls in Wendeng City, Wang Zheng, Huang Yang and the others all glanced at each other, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and the villagers behind also heard a burst of cheers, they finally arrived!

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You can't see much from a distance, but you can see the details when you get closer.

In Wang Zheng's view, although the city wall of Ninghaizhou is tall, there is a moat outside the city, and there is an attic on the city, it is a little dilapidated, and it cannot be defended for a long time if it is not repaired.

But now that I look at it, Wendeng City is not as good as Ninghai Zhou City.

The city wall, which is already slightly low, is more dilapidated than Ninghaizhou City, and only the east gate has an old attic with two deep rooms, which I don't know how many years ago it was left.

Wendeng District was a large region with a population of nearly 600,000, and its agriculture, industry, animal husbandry, and service industries were very prosperous, and various resources were very rich.

But now what Wang Zheng saw was only such a small and broken earthen county town located on the plains.

Looking at a sleepy guard soldier leaning against the city gate, the excitement in Wang Zhengfang's heart gradually faded, and the cruel reality made him have to plan ahead for the future.

Wendeng was named after Qin Shi Huang's "summoning literati to climb the mountain" during his eastern tour, and has a history of nearly 1,000 years, and is one of the few thousand-year-old counties on the Shandong Peninsula in later generations.

During the Yongle period, due to the vast territory of Shandong and the rampant pirates of the Japanese pirates, the guards could not effectively stop it, and the Ming court planned to set up camp on the coast of Shandong.

At first, it was intended to be the intermediate military command organization of the commander of the envoy and the guard, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had developed into the three largest troops and horses in Shandong.

Someone once said that if one person was in charge of these three battalions, then the whole of Shandong would be in his hands.

These three battalions, one is the Jimo battalion, the second is the Wendeng battalion, and the third is the Dengzhou battalion.

The three battalions have jurisdiction over the military strength of all 24 guards in Shandong, and the Momo battalion has jurisdiction over the four guards of Andongwei, Lingshanwei, Aoshanwei, and Dasongwei, and the six thousand households of Shijiu, Xiahe, Jiaozhou, Fushan, Xiongya, and Haiyang.

Wendeng Camp has jurisdiction over Jinghaiwei, Chengshanwei, Weihaiwei, Ninghaiwei four guards and four thousand households; The Dengzhou battalion has jurisdiction over the three guards of Dengzhouwei, Laizhouwei, and Qingzhouwei and three thousand households.

In each battalion, there are officers such as the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief is appointed as the battalion officer of each battalion, and is in charge of the general camp affairs together with the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief.

In this way, the military system of battalions, guards, and stations in the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula was completed, and under the condition that the transportation and information of the Ming Dynasty were not very developed, each battalion could quickly convey military orders nearby, so as to facilitate the timely response of each guard and station.