Section 66 Confrontation (I)
Lao Luo's movements were indeed very fast, and he asked Li Ji to find the wooden sign made by the Li family to insert it at the gate of the camp, and his subordinates began to promote the matter of returning to the East in the Tang camp.
The wooden sign is made of a large size, about three meters high and two meters wide, supported by a solid wooden frame on the back, and painted in black on a white background on the front to recruit newcomers. The text on it is all set by Lao Luo, looking for paint to paint it, I don't expect it to look good, and it is written in the vernacular, I don't want everyone to understand it, as long as someone knows it.
This is a new thing, at least in the heart-warming Tang Camp.
In fact, Lao Luo still has a lot of things that he didn't expect, although the people of the Tang Camp have not broken their inheritance for so many years, they are already on the verge of disintegration due to years of bullying by local aliens. Someone from every family died on this land, and every family's predecessors said they must return to their homeland.
Over time, the homeland has become a sacred place for everyone here, and a nightmare for everyone.
In the words of later generations, do not perish under pressure, but explode under pressure.
Over the years, the intrigue of the upper echelons of the artisan battalion has worn down the enthusiasm for returning home, while the lower echelons have lost their parents or children in the migration. The rejection of the locals, the neglect of the upper class, the expectations of the grandparents and the expectations of the younger generations are all combined. "Leave here and return to your hometown" has become the long-term hope of all low-level people in an instant.
If a few days ago, Lao Luo cleaned up the matter of the Georgian green-eyed Samts, which was a small stone, then now the news of this eastward return is a half-cut mountain peak that can set off huge waves.
For three days in a row, there was an endless stream of people asking questions on the first day, and the people who were sent to the Tang camp to explain the propaganda and the people who were in charge of receiving them at the camp gate all became dry mouths and hoarse throats. The next day, people began to ask for registration and ask about the schedule.
For this reason, Lao Luo had to urgently find Elder Dune and ask him for seven or eight people with flexible tongues, and then find three or five people who know how to write, who are responsible for registering a series of information such as the names, specialties, and family conditions of all applicants.
Even Du Ne, who was born as a low-level craftsman, could not have expected this situation, because on the afternoon of the third day, there were more than 1,000 registered soldiers, more than 800 craftsmen, and more than 100 peasants, that is to say, one person from each family registered, which is nearly 2,000 households, an average of three or four people per family, that is, the number of about 8,000 people, and how many people were there in the entire Tang camp?
The people of the four families of Li Zhang and Peiwei were anxious, because on the morning of the fourth day, Du Ne found Lao Luo, "Luo Sanlang, a few people from everyone are in a hurry, so I asked you to go and meet together." ”
"Old Du, didn't you notice that I have a lot of things going on here." Lao Luo Xin said, it is better to say in later generations, sluts are hypocritical. It's as if this thing is being asked for by whom. Of course, the idea was not for Dune.
"Alas, you, don't meet them, anyway, it's all to go back to the East Soil, right?" Du Ne also knew that Lao Luo was deliberately manipulating, but this can't be blamed on the other party, he has actually not been idle in the past few days, and each family has turned around a few times, but the reply he got is that he doesn't hum or ha, and there is no accurate letter, in fact, those few people think about what Du Ne also has a guess, it's nothing more than not looking down on Luo Sanlang, it's just competing for dominance, this thing is not new, and it hasn't happened.
"Okay, Old Du, I'm not right to you either. Pack up, I'll call a few people, and I'll get over it. "Forget it, it's not interesting to fight for this anger, Lao Luo confessed to Dune.
Lao Luo took Nuralman, Naga and three warriors who were equally sharp in skill and observation. He wasn't worried that anyone would plot against him, but the Li and Zhang families had dealt with each other, but the Pei Wei family only knew their general situation, and they wanted a few more people to stare at each other, and at the same time warned Gonzas and the others to pay attention to the vigilance of the enemy.
People have misses, horses have stumbled, and Lao Luo has never underestimated any opponent.
When he commanded, he didn't shy away from Du Ne next to him, and this old Du was appreciative of Luo Kaixian's actions.
According to Dunne, the place where the city gathers is an ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors, and whenever there is an important matter, several elders often meet here to decide something.
According to Lao Luo's understanding, there are always many people in this kind of ancestral hall, like temples in later generations, and also like mosques of Arabs. However, when he and Dune arrived, they found that the location of the ancestral hall was nothing more than a mansion with a large opening, which was located on the central axis of this small city, but it was not at all inconspicuous, surrounded by many houses, perhaps because of this, Lao Luo rarely paid attention to this place when he entered the city many times.
The door of the ancestral hall of the main priest was locked, and the meeting hall of the gathering was a west-wing building, and there were many young people standing outside.
With Du Ne leading in front, Lao Luo and his people were not hindered in any way, it can be seen that Du Ne, a civilian elder, also has some prestige, and only when he arrived in front of the West Chamber, Du Ne paused, "San Lang, there are not too many outsiders in the council hall. ”
"It's okay, I'll only bring one piece of paperwork with me." Of course, Lao Luo understood that in addition to secrecy, there should be security concerns, so he turned around and gave a few improvisational gestures, "Naga, a few of you are waiting outside." ”
The Naga people did not mention it.
Entering the West Chamber Hall, Lao Luo found that the space inside is actually not small, at least more than 200 square meters, there is no support column in the middle, and there are many portraits of people hanging on the walls around him, Lao Luo guessed that it is the portrait of the elders of the past dynasties, and there are seven or eight pieces of furniture similar to Hu beds placed in a circle in the middle of the house, and there are four people sitting on them, except that the furniture is not right, not that kind of round table, this atmosphere is very similar to the negotiation seats of later generations.
Lao Luo saw Li Zhan and Zhang Lu standing behind the two Hu beds for the first time, this is the first time he has seen them after arriving at the Tang camp, it seems that the ancestors of the Li and Zhang families are sitting on the Hu beds in front of them, and the people sitting on the other two Hu beds are not very old, it is estimated that they should be from the Pei Wei family. There are a few people standing behind each Hu bed, in addition to Li Zhan and Zhang Lu, he knows Li Zhan, Zhang Lu, and Li Ji's father Li Nie is also present, as well as Zhang Nuo of the Zhang family, and the rest of the people don't know each other, but there are two people standing behind the Pei family who are dressed strangely and have Tang clothes, which should not be the custom of the Tang people.
The elders of the Li family have white hair, ruddy complexion, and a little suffocated mouth, it should be because of the old teeth, they look very kind, the elders of the Zhang family are gorgeously dressed, their hair is half black and half white, and their faces are similar to Zhang Lu, with a few strands of beard, and then look at the elder position of the Pei family is sitting on a stout man who is over forty years old, with a fat round face, and his hair bun is also somewhat casually pulled behind him, this should be the Pei Sihai who heard it, as for Wei Yuan of the Wei family, he should be a thin and dry man next to Pei Sihai, with a blue and white knife face, and the corners of his eyebrows are drooping, His eyes squinted as if he couldn't wake up.
This is Lao Luo's first impression of the principals present.
When he just came in, Lao Luo also heard the people of the four families talking about something, Du Ne hugged his fists like Li and Zhang, and the two families gave a salute respectively, "Elder Li, Elder Zhang, Luo Kai, a native of Hexi, arrived first." Then he pointed out to Lao Luo the Hu bed near the door, indicating that it was his location, and found another Hu bed to sit on.
"Luo Kaixian of a certain Suizhou in Hexi, there is no word, and the people who have returned from afar have seen all the elders!" Lao Luo was not polite, took a step forward, made a ring with his fists, and sat directly in the position pointed by Dune, and Nuralman stood behind him very clearly.
Because there is an old father with family roots, Lao Luo knows these etiquettes, but he is used to being tough, so he naturally won't give gifts to anyone casually, and he has been neglected for so many days, and he is not here to beg for help, this kind of meeting should be regarded as a kind of negotiation, and he naturally refuses to give gifts one by one.
"I heard that you have three lines in the family, it's right to call you Luo Saburo, right? The old husband Li family Li Tan. Li Tan replied with a salute, although he was only holding his fist, he was the oldest elder, so naturally he spoke first, and no one had any objections.
"That's right, Elder Li is invited." Seeing that the other party was Li Ji's ancestor, Lao Luo owed a debt and hugged his fists again.
"Old man Zhang Shen, Tian is the head of the Zhang family, the first time we meet, I will also call you Luo Sanlang." Zhang Shen's expression was a little arrogant, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his tone also gave people the feeling of being condescending.
Lao Luo didn't speak, but his chin was slightly tucked and he hugged his fists to salute.
Looking at Pei Da Pei Sihai and Wei Siwei Yuan of the Wei family on the other side, one made a disdainful face, and the other didn't speak and squinted his eyes and pretended to be deep, Lao Luo secretly remembered it in his heart.
"Luo Sanlang just said that his ancestral home is Suizhou, Hexi, but Suizhou in the north of Yanzhou?" Naturally, it was Li Tan who spoke, he was the eldest, and according to the Chinese custom, the elders came first, no matter where they were, it was always the truth.
"Exactly, Elder Li."
"I don't know where you came from, why do you want to return to Suizhou?"
"Presumably the predecessors have also heard Du Lao say, the ancestors of the younger generations moved out of the Tang Dynasty from the Anshi Rebellion, and now the old father and mother in the family are far away, they just expect the younger generations to return to their homeland, I am the youngest, and I have to be me." Lao Luo said very generally, because this has been repeated several times.
"There are many ways to return to your homeland, Luo Sanlang, you can lead the team back, why did you disturb the peace of this artisan camp?" It was Zhang Shen who said this, and the so-called Confucian disciple who had always pretended to be high began to lose his breath, because he couldn't see Li Tan's words that he began to get closer.
"Hehe," Lao Luo sneered, "With all due respect, Old Zhang, is this artisan camp really peaceful?" ”
"There's no peace there......"
"Elder Zhang, forgive me for interrupting." Lao Luo raised his right hand to interrupt the other party's words, "I don't know what the elders are looking for me to talk about, before I come to this council hall, I believe that the elders have already communicated, if you have any words, it is better to ...... directly."
"What are you! Before the old Zhang family finished speaking, you interjected! Before Lao Luo could finish speaking, a burst of cheers came out.