"The personnel of the trading company in Zhuoluji, as well as all kinds of materials placed there, please trouble Brother Li Zhi, you organize people to bring them all back to the mountains, and you can't leave them to the thieves."

"It's my job, Mr. Song."

"There are tens of thousands of refugees outside the pass, and they have also worked with us for a while, so I think we should move them all into the mountains, because the place is big enough to help us in the event of a war and make up for our lack of personnel." Song Xiance said.

"No, I don't agree." Song Caijie retorted coldly, "Xiao Zhi said before leaving, there are no more other people in Zhuolu Mountain at the moment, these people have just joined them, who knows if there are any different intentions." ”

"You..."Song Xiance was angry, "but now the situation is special, one more person can make an extra effort, besides, if we don't get these people in, they will definitely be driven by thieves and attack us in turn..."

It's just that no matter what he says, Song Caijie just doesn't agree to let people into the mountain.

"Mr. Song, Xiaojie." Seeing that the two were arguing, Li Dingguo spoke, he was more concerned about safety, "With the danger of our two passes, the manpower in the mountains is enough, and there are more thieves, and there are only a few people who can come up at a time, there is no need to increase manpower, and the thieves are trapping the city, and most of them are sent to mix into the city, and the city can only be broken by combining the inside and the outside, so we must guard against it." ”

Song Caijie glanced at Song Xiance coldly and did not speak.

"It's... It also makes sense. Song Xiance was speechless, "But if we ignore them, not only will we be enemies, but it will be difficult to find people for a while if we spin and weave cloth in the future." ”

"Why don't you send some money and food for them to leave, and come back after hiding for some time?" Sun Dachun weakly made a suggestion.

Everyone gave him a big white eye, no matter how much food he had, he couldn't send it out in vain, this was the result of Zhiwen's continuous indoctrination, Sun Dachun was a little special, he spent most of his time washing wool with those captives, and his education was not enough.

"Why don't you find them some work to do, and then send them some money and food?" Li Zhi said.

Song Xiance looked at him, "I can let these people help and withdraw the people and things from Zhuoluji, but it won't take many people." ”

"Well, let them cut down the trees." Li Dingguo suggested.

"Cutting down trees? Why? ”

"It's all burning eyebrows, how can you still have time to cut down trees?"

Everyone asked questions.

Li Dingguo raised his hand and signaled everyone to be calm, "Let them cut down all the trees in a radius of at least ten miles near the pass, so that if the thieves want to make siege equipment, they need to travel a long way, which takes a lot of work, and can delay them a lot of time, and the more time they delay, the greater the pressure on their food and grass." ”

"The trees that were cut down were sent to the passes, where they were transported into the mountains by our men, where they could be used as firewood and as rolling logs for defense." Li Dingguo continued, "The tree has been cut down, the refugees have no firewood to burn, and it will not be so easy to stay, let's exaggerate the horror of the thieves, presumably there will not be many people left, as for the few stubborn ones, don't care anymore, if they really become the precursor of the thieves, we don't have to be polite." ”

"It makes sense," Song Xiance praised, "It's still thoughtful, Dingguo, I've taken into account how to defend, I think food distribution can also be done to make a fuss... That's right, just do it, cut down the tree and want to get food, you need to go to Zhuoluji, there is a threat of bandits, Zhuoluji is far away from the mountains, and the thought of returning to the mountain is light, and we also save the time of moving the things of the trading company back, what do you think, Brother Li Zhi. ”

"This is a good method," Li Zhi said, "but Ma Er's news must be better, and two days before the thieves arrive in Zhuoluji, all the people of the trading company must retreat to the mountains." ”

"Don't worry, it's on me." Ma Er patted his chest and responded.

"Okay, that's it, everyone has their own responsibilities and does their own thing." Song Xiance finally said, "Brother Zhi is not here, we can't let this great foundation be ruined in our hands." ”

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On the gate tower of Zhangjiakou to Yuanbao, Luo Da held a spear, sat cross-legged on the ground, drowsy, with an earthen bowl at his feet, containing half a bowl of water, and a layer of floating dust floating on the water surface, which could not sink for a long time.

The weather is getting hotter, and you can rest here for a while in single clothes, but if it is cold, the city gate tower is a place where the wind and cold are frozen.

The city cave below the gatehouse was bustling, a caravan had finished checking the documents, and was driving the carriage and horses out of the fort, the sound of wheels, horses' hooves and shouting, so lively.

Luo Da has been on duty for five days in a row, and he is so sleepy at this time, he has always had a good relationship with the sentry chief Zou Qun, so he said hello and was lazy here for a while.

Thinking of the two catties of noodles in exchange for five days of hard work, the half-dreaming and half-awake Luo Da was a little relieved, and Hao Qing didn't know where to get the food, so he let himself be on duty for him.

However, envy is envy, but Luo Da will never gamble, his father died early, and the old mother and younger brother of the family are counting on him, unlike Hao Qing, who feeds the whole family without hunger.

The salary has not been paid for almost half a year, and the people in the army have long been unstable, if it weren't for Zhangjiakou, how much oil and water can be fished, I'm afraid it would have mutinied a long time ago.

The city gate is the most oil and water here, so no one wants to occupy the outposts of Yuanbao for a long time, each post usually guards the gate for ten days, regardless of the income, they have to give way, and the general and Zhangjiakou garrison of Yuanbao can not be paid for their subordinates, so they can only turn a blind eye to this and let it go.

But the oil and water at the gate of this city is not so easy to fish, when you meet a big business, such as the Fan family, then don't be delusional, not only can you not get the money, but you have to be busy helping before and after, if you evil them, it will be difficult to mix the two forts in Zhangjiakou in the future.

They have been guarding the city gate for five days, and they have encountered all the big merchants, and they have not received any grain, and the caravan that is currently out of the city cannot be provoked, and it is estimated that Zou Qun is also depressed, so he simply can't see it out of mind and don't know where to hide, leaving only a few soldiers, and watching one after another full of carriages passing in front of them at the city gate.

The sun shifted a little to the west, and the sun was shining on Rhoda, who was nodding and dozing off, and after a while, Rhoda woke up sweating profusely, and his mouth was dry, and he reached out to touch the earthen bowl, and he remembered that there was still water in the bowl.

"Click-click It seems to have come from a bowl.

Luo Da barely opened his eyes and looked at the earthen bowl, and the remaining half bowl of water had already rippled at this time, and the floating dust that had not fallen before was shaken away, and then sank to the bottom of the water with Xuan'er, and the clear water became turbid in an instant.

The bottom of the bowl trembled rapidly, and the sound of repeatedly knocking on the green bricks and waking up Rhoda came out like this.