Section 44 Noise and Tranquility
Compared with the total number of more than 140,000 people in the camp, more than 3,000 people left plus more than 5,000 merchants who accompanied them along the way, in fact, it was only a very small percentage, and there were few people leaving, and there were very few people who saw them off, and there were even no people who were sad, maybe they had seen too much parting, or maybe no one really cared at all.
This small split, it seems to happen suddenly, but in fact, it is the inevitable accumulation of time, Luo someone also has a psychological prevention, not to say that he is not annoyed at all, but he is not so brutal as to kill and purge just because someone wants to leave, he is not so brutal, he can't tolerate a little different thoughts, it is the act of a tyrant or dictator, Luo is not the great Joseph of the CCCP in later generations (1).
Of course, a tyrant can be strong for a while, but after the passage of time, he will eventually be beaten into the original form, and a head like Luo who has experienced the information of later generations will naturally not make the mistakes of "once".
Hulu said that, the conscious departure of more than 3,000 people, for Luo Kaixian, is actually a small heart disease - so many people who don't listen to orders and always take a slow beat in case of trouble exist in the team, which is not a scourge but also a hidden danger, fortunately, these people took the initiative to leave, and Luo Kaixian, who had a cold face, actually wanted to clap his hands and applaud.
Under the influence of Luo Kaixian, the general, the people in this camp in Lingzhou also have a similar perception, and no one thinks about the existence that can always be seen lazy or absent-minded, and even few people will mention it again, just like the water in the pond has flowed away, and the rest is still undisturbed.
As a result, during the day, this land on the east bank of the Yellow River is always full of hustle and bustle.
On the outskirts of the camp were the soldiers of the cavalry battalion who roared from time to time; Occasionally, there are convoys of transports between several mining sites and workshops; There is also a convoy of four-wheeled carts, which are often piled up with at least two people tall and half green and half yellow, which is the material used for green storage; In addition, there are herdsmen who drive large herds of cattle, sheep, horses, and camels on the periphery, and they take advantage of the winter snow to drive their livestock to devour the most pleasant handfuls of forage before the wind and snow......
The closer you get to the middle of the camp, the more busy the crowd becomes. The stables and fences in the easternmost circle are the widest, and stout men often hum the tune of the barren planks and run around carrying stakes or sawn planks......
In addition to a relatively intact earthen wall, the rest has been pushed in, along with the dilapidated houses inside, relying on the earth wall in the southwest and northeast, a construction site covering an area of at least dozens of acres has been reconstructed, here will be a new joint workshop, the main wooden frame and roof of the workshop have been erected, and the rest is to build a segmented partition wall with stone and stucco, in fact, it has not yet been completed, the inner calciner has started, and the blacksmiths have begun to knock non-stop every day... …
Seven or eight miles from the east bank of the river is a flat land, and there are two streams that flow into the Yellow River, one to the south and one to the north. In the middle of the stream, there are about four square kilometres of open land where the wooden houses are located.
Because there is plenty of manpower, there is no shortage of materials, and even tools are constantly being built and repaired, so the construction of the wooden house area is very fast, and it has begun to come to an end, and the neat woodcut corrugated buildings cover the whole area, and the passage is interspersed with enough for four large carts to walk side by side, and there are waist-deep drainage nullahs on both sides of the passages, and every ten wooden houses will have a water intake point and public toilets, and every thirty wooden houses will have a large wooden house as a public bath......
The rows of wooden houses are not completely neatly and evenly distributed, but are incompletely separated into different camps with wooden fences according to the number of people in the camp, and the purpose is simple - easy to manage. This kind of method can be said to have a very military camp flavor, although it is not very humane, but it is the most suitable management method at the moment.
As the weather gets colder, excited people are eager to move out of their tents and into warm, soundproof wooden huts, and they start busy almost as soon as it dawns, building roofs, walls, and ondols, as they did in Kuzak last winter...... Even the able-bodied people took turns to tamp the ground of the passage with boulders and build the edge of the ditch with stones......
Except for a few corners, all places are lively, this is not a carnival, just a passionate drive to build one's own home without shackles, and as the process is coming to an end, it is becoming more and more vigorous, in contrast, the more and more intense northwest winds are difficult to contain.
The reason why it is so noisy is because they all know that this is their future home, although everything in the future is still a little unknown, but they are not confused in their hearts, there is only one reason, the tall general surnamed Luo is their leader, and he has already proved his wisdom and control on the journey of tens of thousands of miles.
Luo, who is admired by everyone, is also intoxicated by this enthusiasm, and in his opinion, only the ****** images that he has seen in the original time and space can be compared.
Now, there are fewer passive slacking and dragging his feet, and his mood is also a lot more relaxed.
So, he let the people around him push him, completely integrated into the mood of building a territory under his control, recalled the knowledge in his mind, and used the technology available now to build this land that was beginning to heat up more perfectly, instead of just looking like a simple and crude township.
If he feels tired or needs to change his mind, he will go to the children's camp to listen to the children's play, talk to Li Ji, and relax.
In the afternoon of this day, the northwest wind suddenly rose, and the hustle and bustle of the days came to a temporary halt, and Luo Kaixian, who was a little bored, ran to the children's camp again, and after sending a group of children, he sat in her tent with Li Ji and listened to the howling of the wind.
Fortunately, the tent at this time was not a thin and light simple thing, but a skeleton with hardwood supporting ribs and bundles, plus felt animal skins and fixed anchor points, so there was no need to worry about being blown away by strong winds.
The children in the boy camp are very well-behaved, as long as Luo Kai enters Li Ji's tent, no one will chase him and frolic non-stop, so this tent is like an independent space, which can give the wise and martial elders in the eyes of everyone a quiet rest space.
Leaning leisurely on the soft collapse of the stacked animal skins, his eyes glanced at Li Ji busy around, Luo Kaixian remembered that he seemed to have not rested for a long time, it seemed that from the moment he began to enter the barracks, the life of ordinary people was far away from him, and he could return to his parents on family leave when he was a recruit, but since he had the first life in his hand, his life could never return to the ordinary.
I don't remember when it began, and human life was like straw in my eyes, and I could harvest it at will...... Luo Kaixian spread out his palms and took a closer look with his eyes, the marks of the old firearms were gradually fading, but the traces of the sharpening of the new cold weapons were becoming more and more obvious......
A crisp voice interrupted Luo Kaixian's train of thought, "Third brother, why did you send horses to those who left the day before yesterday?" ”
Half-ringing, Luo Kai reacted first, and said casually: "Why not?" Speaking of which, they just can't stand the rules of the camp, or they want to go back to their ancestral land, and they are not enemies, just a few horses......"
Li Ji carried a wooden plate containing melons and fruits on the low table, and sat down beside Lao Luo, "How many horses?" That's six or seven thousand horses! Those talents are not unbearable rules and want to return to their ancestral land, third brother, you often lead troops out without knowing, which one in the old camp does not know, many people behind their backs say that you are not good like that...... Third brother, you are really kind-hearted! ”
Lao Luo tilted his head and stared at Li Jiao, the muscles on the wooden face relaxed a lot, "I really didn't find it, Siniang, you still have the talent of the housekeeper, the housekeeper, right?" ”
Li Ji's face suddenly turned red, and she slapped his thick arm, "Third brother, you are talking nonsense again!" I'm asking you ...... business."
"Heh......" Luo someone's heart was happy, and he laughed out for the first time, although it was not so natural, but the troubles in his heart were temporarily forgotten, "Okay, I said...... Siniang, what about me behind someone's back, I can't kill everyone, right? ”
"You can't kill them, just drive them away, why give horses to people?" Li Ji is not really stingy, but he just feels that the man he likes is indiscriminately kind, "It's not that they don't have money, but I can see that the horses of the most powerful party members here are far inferior to our war horses!" That's the hard-earned spoils of the warriors! ”
This is true, how could Luo Kaixian be willing to sell well to people who don't recognize him? It's just that in his position, some things are not so simple...... Facing Li Ji's questioning, he had no choice but to explain seriously: "Siniang, most of the people who left followed all the way from Sylvan, and now they are leaving for the East, and I, the leader of the team, don't send someone to escort me, if I don't even have some Cheng Yi to see him off, how will the people who stay and not leave think of me?" ”
This is the truth...... That's right, Li Ji listened very carefully, she figured out the joints, but she didn't know what to say.
"There are still more than 100,000 people left, and there are more than 50,000 people in the old camp of Sylvan, and no one will think that I, the general, have no capacity for people...... I'm not afraid of what people say, but I don't want to make a big deal out of small things. Seeing that Li Ji listened carefully, Luo Kaixian continued to explain, and he also wanted to cultivate the people around him.
"Alas, third brother, you think so much, don't you feel tired? Those people don't necessarily appreciate your kindness. Listening to it, it felt a little troublesome, Li Ji sighed softly.
"It's okay, I don't ask for their gratitude, but I just ask for peace of mind!" Luo Kai smiled first, he didn't bother to pay attention to what the people who left thought, as the leader of the way, what should he do, he said that he had a clear conscience.
"Third brother, you have worked hard!" This is a man worthy of his admiration, and Li Ji once again confirmed his heart.
"With Siniang's words, no matter how hard I work, it's worth ......" Raising his hand to wrap his arms around the woman leaning towards him, Luo felt very peaceful in his heart, smelling the fragrance of the unique woman in the tent, and he fell asleep in a relaxed mood.
Outside the tent, the northwest wind was noisy, but inside the tent was quiet and quiet.
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(1) The great Joseph of the CCCP, whose full name is Joseph. Vissarionovic. Stalin, who led the CCCP's purge before World War II.
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