Walking on the way back to the fort, An Keping carefully supported his wife, looking at the people around him and even a little trance. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info just this morning, he was still a humble janitor. Now he has become the first scribe under the banner of Yong'an Fort, and this change is obviously a bit big.

"An Keping, why did you pack up and come back so quickly?" Xiao Yi rode on his horse and turned to ask An Keping. It took less than a stick of incense to go in by himself, and An Keping actually finished cleaning up and waiting for himself in front of the door so quickly, and when he went out, it seemed that he had been waiting for a while.

Before An Keping could speak, his wife opened her mouth, "Lord Zongqi, where is there anything to clean up in our house, all we can take away is the only bit of rice and noodles left." After saying that, there was another cough, An Keping hurriedly stroked his back and explained, "The mother of the adult and the young has had a cough for many years. "I was actually afraid that Xiao Yi would misunderstand.

After hearing this, Xiao Yi had a better impression of An Keping, there are not many people who can remain so poor at this time, after hearing An Keping say that his mother has a cough, he immediately said, "Liu Sheng, don't frolic, hurry up and help the old man." ”

Liu Sheng was joking with the two of them, and after hearing Xiao Yi's words, he didn't hesitate at all, and after agreeing, he turned over and dismounted, and said to An Keping, "Come to An Keping, I'll help you help the old lady, Brother Shi, do you want to help the old lady to my horse?" ”

Shi Lu scolded with a smile, "You kid, how can the old lady go through the bumps on horseback at such an age, you just hold on to it." An Keping's wife also smiled and said, "My lord is really a good official, so I help the old lady like this." ”

Xiao Yi listened and waved his hand again and again, it was everyone else who would do this, and he didn't do it himself, which was nothing.

Liu Sheng nodded, and An Keping supported him left and right, Liu Sheng was originally a little self-acquainted, and after a while, he chatted with An Keping and his mother.

You can't gallop fast on this road, so it's a little slow to return to Tunpu, but with Liu Sheng, this kid is not lonely at all, and this kid can always let everyone talk together.

When the group finally returned to Tunpu, Xiao Yi saw that there were actually a few men guarding the east gate, and these men were all holding waist knives in their hands, patrolling back and forth.

And a sharp-eyed man saw Xiao Yi coming back, and immediately shouted towards the castle, "Brother Huang! My lord, they're back. ”

Later, the city gate of the west gate was opened. Huang Yang came out with more than a dozen people, and Xiao Yi asked Huang Yang, "Are there guards on the west gate?" ”

"Yes, I had the rest of the people split into two groups and guard in shifts." Huang Yang smiled and said, "You're back, come, come in!" ”

An Keping looked at the fort in front of him, this is really a city wall that has been built in just half a month. glanced at Xiao Yi, who was already riding into the city on horseback, and said to the old lady, "Mother, let's enter the city." Brother Liu, you don't need to help, it's already here. ”

Liu Sheng shook his head and said with a smile, "No, no, no, if I let go like this, not only adults, I'm afraid Brother Shi won't spare me." ”

An Keping's mother also smiled and said, "This young man, come on, let's enter the city." An Keping nodded, thanked Liu Sheng again, and then slowly entered the city at the end.

After entering the city, An Keping was relieved, so it was. There was really nothing in the city, except for loose shacks on one side, and because of the cold weather, the people gathered together to chat for warmth.

Even Xiao Yi, who is the chief flag officer, has never had a stone house, so it is no wonder that it can be completed in half a month.

Xiao Yi entered the city and entered his own shack. Wood was still used to make a fire in the shack. This timber was bought by Huang Yang and others in the town some time ago, and Huang Yang came back and said to Xiao Yi that this timber was also a lot more expensive.

Xiao Yi is still wearing a coat in the shack, this shack is still not warm enough, and he has to find a way as soon as possible. Otherwise, everyone may not be able to stand such a cold environment during the Xiaoice River period.

Xiao Yi took out the map again, he asked the local people when he was in Changning Town yesterday, there are really a lot of thieves in this area who occupy the mountain at this time, but most of them are self-managed and rarely go down the mountain, and this time is when the sx thieves are rising.

Chongzhen's punishment of SX officials can be described as merciless, killing chickens and dogs is generally said to be killed. Datong's civil officials and generals are also smart. Since those thieves like to occupy the mountain, let them occupy it, as long as they don't rob themselves, then they don't see it, and they won't report it to ask for trouble at all.

This is also the reason why there have been no new tunbao in Datong Mansion in recent years, on the one hand, it is not far from the territory of the SX peasant army, and on the other hand, these rogues and horse gangs often fight the idea of these newly built tunbao.

This kind of fort generally has no strong defense force, almost all of them are poor military households, there are not many regular officers and soldiers, and there is no protection of the city wall. Therefore, horse thieves naturally like to rob this kind of tunbao, it is very easy, and they don't stand much resistance, they all rob and leave, so that in recent years, there have been almost no new tunbao established in the territory of SX and Datong Mansion.

And the news of Xiao Yi's new Tunbao here spread, which naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding horse thieves. After Xiao Yi's inquiry, Wang Dashan told Xiao Yi that the nearest one was in Xiaowutai Mountain, and there was such a part of horse thieves. As soon as Xiao Yi heard it, he became interested and asked Wang Dashan to talk about it.

It turns out that the horse thieves of Xiaowutai Mountain and the horse thieves of Dafang Mountain are all acquaintances, and they can be said to know each other, or they can be said not to know each other.

Small Wutai Mountain, because there are five peaks in the east, west, south, north and middle, is commonly known as Wutai; Because it is lower than Wutai Mountain, it is called Little Wutai Mountain, and the east platform is the highest. Xiaowutai Mountain is steep, the ditch is deep and the slope is steep, and there are more than 200 horse thieves who set up a village here. The leader of the horse thieves is commonly known as the horse smoker, and the natal chai is light.

Chai Daguang is a horseman in Zhuangzi, and Liu Haishan is a horseman in Zhuangzi, and Liu Haishan directly occupies the mountain and does not go down, anyway, he has no family, but he is very single.

Chai Daguang is an honest farmer in Zhuangzi on weekdays, sometimes short of money, he gathers a group of horse thieves to go out to rob, and after dividing the money, they go home to farm the farm, and raise the horse. In fact, these horse thieves are also some horse households who can't survive, and these two are also due to their opposite temperaments, and they also began to sympathize with each other after going out to fight officers and soldiers a few times.

Xiao Yi was surprised when he heard it, how could he still be like this? It was really difficult for the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to catch Chai Daguang like this, and Ma Hu was generally very familiar with horses. Xiao Yi's subordinate Wang Dayong is the horse owner of Shijiazhuang, and Xiao Yi has always handed over the matter of horses to Wang Dayong to deal with.

According to Wang Dashan, the difference between this Chai Daguang and Liu Haishan is that although he robbed, he never disturbed the people, and he went to rob the food of some officers and soldiers. After listening to this, Xiao Yi also had an extra layer of sympathy and understanding for Chai Daguang, after all, no one who can live will be willing to be a thief.

And Chai Daguang didn't rob the poor people, which shows that he is unwilling to be a thief in his heart.

This Chai Daguang's favorite thing is to rob some newly built tunpu, often waiting for the tunpu to be completed when the tunpu is about to be built, this Chai Daguang is whistling in, whistling away, and then there is no trace to follow, and the officers and soldiers are miserable.