After discussing the matter of the displaced people late at night, Xiao Ye, who couldn't make up his mind, could only temporarily put aside the idea of taking in the displaced people, and instead ordered Wang Gui to focus on trading grain with the Gansu Town Chamber of Commerce for a while, even if the price of grain was two percent higher, he had to open up the purchase.

At noon the next day, Xiao Ye, who was sitting in the study reading a book, was interrupted by Wang Ziliang, who came in a hurry.

"My lord, there are more than 2,000 displaced people in Shiguantun, most of them are old people and children, if they don't have anyone to help, I'm afraid they won't survive for a few days," Wang Ziliang, who was full of anxiety, put a piece of letter paper on the bookcase, "I'm afraid, someone is pushing here, otherwise the displaced people wouldn't have come to Shiguan so quickly,"

Although he was born as a scholar, the intelligence affairs he had been in charge of for more than two years had made Wang Ziliang lose his bookish aura and become more gloomy, and he was not thinking about the lives of those homeless people now.

The monthly account office allocated a thousand taels of fees to his communication team, continued, and it had allowed him to leave enough eyeliner in Laoyangkou, Gravel Fort, and Gansu Town, and the more news he got in his hand, the more he was in awe of the imperial court, from disappointed to not feeling, extreme ideas gradually flourished.

However, at present, Xiao Ye is quite satisfied with the current situation of Madao Stone Fort, and Wang Ziliang will not instigate the big leader to unwisely provoke a rebellion, Xin Rulin and Yang Tianshou are staring at it.

The imperial court for those who dare to rebel, one is thunder suppression, the means are very cruel, if you get serious, I am afraid that the unity of the steppe Tartars, then no one is willing to push out the benefits, it is not too difficult to destroy the two stone forts; Wang Ziliang doesn't think that the big boss now has the bearing of abandoning his family and business, so he should honestly accumulate strength on the grassland first.

However, Madao Stone Fort, which has always been controlled by military households, as well as Eagle Claw Fort and Bailong Lake, under Xiao Ye's strong control, is almost out of touch with the mainland, and after a long time, I am afraid that Xiao Ye will not know where he will go.

"So what, these homeless people are bewitched, if we don't think about it, they will cause trouble sooner or later, that chief military officer Lu Nianshan, the official Jinyi Guard, but our sworn enemy, what they want is the opportunity for the homeless people to cause trouble, if there is no their hands and claws here, I really don't believe it," Xiao Ye smiled faintly, put down the scroll in his hand, got up and walked to the window.

From here, you can see the mountains in the distance, and the groups of armed sergeants, carrying their bags, water bottles, and weapons, are moving quickly along the mountain path; According to the tactical manual that Xiao Ye had already issued, the drill of each battalion sergeant would be responsible for its own commander.

At the end of the year, the big competition of the barracks, the annual sergeant competition, plus the completion of temporary tasks, which family's merit book, how many combat exploits and achievements, at a glance, the daily sergeant drills, Xiao Ye no longer worries.

Rewards are distributed according to merit, and there is no shortage of food and salary, if the drills of the war barracks still have to be supervised by him, then it has been really a waste of worry in the past few years, so it is better to disband their respective lives.

"Touch, touch," bent fingers knocked on the translucent glass on the window frame, and Xiao Ye pointed to the two large ice buckets in the corner, "The temptation of these things is enough for them to slaughter the horse road stone fort up and down to the point of not leaving chickens and dogs,"

"Therefore, we are bound to increase the number of fire/spearmen, and in order to protect ourselves, we must also guard against them at any time, and the Tartars on the steppe are still watching us,"

"Whether they take the opportunity to build momentum or add a burden to us, those homeless people have to be selected and accepted," Xiao Ye, who looked helpless, raised his eyebrows, let out a long breath, and said quietly.

"I don't dare to say that I can buy horse bones, but if I can give the homeless people a way to live and give us some time to strengthen our strength, the leader can still hold on," Speaking of this, Xiao Ye glanced at Wang Ziliang, who was silent.

"As for those government spies mixed with the homeless, it's up to you to screen and catch them," Xiao Ye paused, a chill flashed in his eyes, raised his hand into a knife, and gently swiped down, "Send the Eagle Claw Fort Black House,"

Hearing this, Wang Ziliang's expression perked up, a slight smile appeared on his face, and the paper fan in his hand was clenched tighter, "Don't worry, my lord, there will be no spies from outside the family who can pass the level of the communication team,"

In Madao Stone Castle, there can be no outsiders with different intentions, this is the psychological bottom line of Xiao Ye and Wang Ziliang.

The coal mine in the northwest ravine of Madao Stone Fort can now be mined, and Wang Meng sent a sergeant to use geotechnical bullets at any cost, and on a mountain road that was forced to open, horse-drawn carriages and ox carts pulled large pieces of shiny black coal, and sent them back and forth into the stone fort in a steady stream.

Some of the charcoal was also transported directly to Fort Talon, where the men had enough charcoal so that they would not have to be given cans to the sergeants for each meal on a cloudy day without the sun.

The solar stove is used a lot, although it can save charcoal, but the sergeants still like to eat soup noodles and chew meatloaf, canned things are rare at first, and after a long time, no one wants to eat the tasteless fried noodles and meat pieces.

The use of solar stoves and charcoal made the black kernels in the stone castle directly become military supplies, only the Shi family shop still had some batteries for hand lamps, and the kernels that were usually purchased back were processed by Wang Gui and stored in a small warehouse.

When the second batch of three assault vehicles was pulled out of the mill by Kang Hongyuan and them, Wang Gui, who was at the foot of Shiguan Tun Mountain, had already started a new round of transactions with the merchants.

"Each assault vehicle, the price is three thousand taels," pointing to the earthy yellow assault car beside him, Wang Gui whispered to Tian Guanglin, "This is the big leader of my family, give the Tian family the reserve price, and other merchants will add one thousand taels,"

His words made Tian Guanglin very overjoyed, like other merchants, he had long been thinking about buying this kind of car, he could hang in the air on the ground, he could walk safely on the vine grass, and it didn't look like a horse-drawn cart or ox cart was bumpy.

The car that can shelter from the wind and rain and drive smoothly, although it looks a little weird, but compared to the carriage and ox cart, it is the difference between heaven and earth, if you get it, the selling price is not the price of three thousand taels, or it is doubled or doubled, Tian Guanglin is convinced that it will be immediately bought by those families.

Naturally, none of these three cars will be sold, and it is not enough to show off at home.

"However, the big leader of my family is merciful, these homeless people can't starve to death here, saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, Tian's shopkeeper, you better hurry up and give porridge," Glancing meaningfully at the homeless people on the side of the road, Wang Gui finished speaking, turned around and went back to the assault car.

He came back every day to keep an eye on it, if a few people were starved to death at the foot of Shiguantun Mountain, it was estimated that the big head would immediately close the transaction and let these merchants sober up for a few days.

The assault vehicle that unloaded 10,000 supplies, with the help of seven or eight soldiers, quickly loaded with the purchased supplies and prepared to return to the stone fort.

Yu Shan followed a personal guard, driving a car full of food, which had already begun to start, and in a low humming sound, the assault car turned around awkwardly and slowly drove onto the road.

A tent was erected next to this open space next to the road, and several long wooden benches were placed outside, as well as a wooden table, for Wang Gui and his family to rest temporarily; Of course, in case of emergency, they can always board the assault vehicle and leave here.

The two round-trip assault vehicles and an emergency vehicle that can be started at any time made Wang Gui's faces shine and he was very angry.

Zhao Wuliang's official store tax card has been moved to Lao Yangkou, which is not far from the Huangdian tax card, which saves Zhang Zichang's trouble, so as not to send sergeants to supervise it day and night.

Tian Guanglin turned around and turned back to the caravan, and after explaining the establishment of the porridge shed, he quickly ran back to Wang Gui's side, and the time for his own transaction with Wang Gui was about to pass, and other merchants were urging him.

Standing in front of the wooden table, he took out the silver ticket on his body, and Tian Guanglin stuffed it into Wang Gui's hand, "Brother Wang, the car money, a total of four thousand taels, more tea for the brothers, hehe,"

Wang Gui put down the kettle in his hand, counted the silver tickets, and wrote down the number of four thousand taels on the account book, without giving Tian Guanglin face at all.

Tian Guanglin is accustomed to this situation, and he also wonders, there are just a few soldiers here, if everyone scatters and scatters, eats meat and drinks soup evenly, wouldn't everyone be happy, that Xiao Ye is far away in the stone castle, and he can see here.

But whether it is him or other merchants, even if he gives more money for the goods, Wang Gui does not refuse, but he always honestly accounts and writes as much as he wants, but let these merchants who claim to operate their duties have a hot face several times.

"Okay, tomorrow, you will find two smart guards and follow our sergeant to learn to drive, and the cost is one hundred taels per person," Wang Gui's asking price, Tian Guanglin of course responded, although he didn't know what it meant to learn to drive, but the silver ticket of two hundred taels was not a problem, and he paid it.

Soon, the news that Madao Shibao was going to sell three assault vehicles lingered in the ears of the shopkeepers of the four major merchants, although the Tian family got one, but there were still two that had not been left home, but they had to hurry up.

The Huang family was in the second transaction, which was naturally happy, four thousand two hundred taels of silver, and took it out, and the deacon of the Huang family was very excited.

The two outer shopkeepers of the Wang family and the Jin family got together with disgruntled faces, and when they began to negotiate, the guards of the Tian family's caravan had already set up four large iron pots on the west side of the ruins, and the iron pots that were sold were immediately useful.

Five tents were set up as porridge sheds, the cauldron was washed with stones, a fire was made and water was added, and yellow wheat was poured in.

The guards of the Huang family's caravan also took out five carts of grain and a large batch of coarse porcelain bowls and added them to the porridge shed. This is an additional condition for Xiao Ye to sell the assault car, if he doesn't agree, he can only buy matches and nails in the next transaction.

To the west of Shiguantun Mountain, the mountain road that originally went to the training ground, a large area of cleared open space was crowded with unkempt homeless people, and these sergeants who came down from the mountain and guarded the homeless people had no strength due to hunger, and at this time they did not dare to run around at will.

However, the ten cauldrons with the fragrance of wheat and the steaming stove made the half-dead homeless people quickly commotion.

Although the homeless people were guarded by the sergeant Shiguantun, the more than 30 sergeants sent by Zhang Zichang couldn't take care of it at all.

These homeless people with hunger in their eyes not only looked at the cauldron, but also at the dozen or so carts full of grain on the side, but they were also stared at with death, and the flow of people slowly surrounded them.

Although most of the homeless people are old and children, there are still some young men and women inside, and if they are allowed to surround them, I am afraid that this wheat rice will be snatched up before it is cooked.

If a man is very hungry, where can he wait until the wheat rice is cooked, even if it is raw, he can chew it and chew it and swallow it; If it weren't for the poisonous weeds all around, I'm afraid the trees and grass here would have been chewed clean.

Stampeding, trampling, the guards of the Tian family caravan ran over on war horses, and hundreds of guards with fire/guns on their backs and long knives in their hands, the mud splashed by the horses' hooves could be blocked in front of the homeless.

The guard who separated the homeless people from the porridge shack raised the long knife in his hand with a gloomy face, and the leader of the guard led by him pulled the short fire/gun in his hand again and again, "Peng, Peng Peng,"

Five or six of the fastest runners, some young, some with gray hair, were hit by projectiles, wailing and rolling on the ground, spurting blood, so that the homeless people who rushed up were stunned, hula scattered and ran away, and no one dared to approach the busy porridge shack again.

The homeless people were shouted back by the guards and sergeants, and several homeless people lying on the ground, some of the Huang family guards came up, raised the spears in their hands, and stabbed them to death on the spot one by one; In troubled times, if you don't kill chickens and follow suit, I'm afraid that the porridge on credit will immediately become a robbery, everyone understands.

The homeless people gradually quieted down, and nearly two thousand pairs of hungry eyes were looking at the porridge shed, and in the secluded corner of the mountain road, a tall and thin young man was also looking at the porridge shed in the distance.

Yang Kailiang, who was scorched, was holding on to his old mother and his sister with yellow hair beside him, enduring the dryness of his throat and looking at the terrain around here.

He took his old mother and sister to flee from his hometown in Shandong to here, and saw many homeless people dying of hunger and illness on the way, and he did not have much disgust with the actions of the head of the family guard just now; However, the terrain here seems to be open, and the dense stacks of vines and grasses in the distance around it make Yang Kai's conscience feel cold.

Yang Kailiang, who is known as Yang 18 in his hometown in Shandong, has to run so far because of his murder in his hometown, which was reported and he had to flee with his family; killed the whole rich family in the county, they deserve to die, but his mother and sister, he can't rest assured no matter what.

In Henan and Shanxi, the government officials went around to arrest the displaced people, so that they could only continue to go all the way to the west, and after arriving in Shaanxi, he heard that a large number of hired workers were needed here, Yang Kailiang simply followed the large group of displaced people and stumbled to Suzhou Wei.

On the road of more than 1,000 miles of escape, Yang Kailiang, who was strong and healthy, was boiled into a thin homeless, if it weren't for his cleverness and ruthlessness, a family of three would have died on the side of the road.

The efforts of the government here to arrest fugitives from the mainland are obviously not so enthusiastic, and Yang Kailiang, who calmed down a little, asked around for places where he could work.

The merchants in Gansu Town are still recruiting hired workers, but the wages have fallen too much, at most they can feed the hired workers, and Yang Kailiang is dumbfounded.

Fortunately, there are rumors in the town of Gansu that there are rumors in Shiguantun, where the homeless people can be accommodated, they can be fed, and the old and young are not bullied, and there are rumors in the secret at any time, but there are already rumors that the homeless people have begun to run to Shiguantun.

Although he didn't believe in this kind of good thing, Yang Kailiang, who had already survived to this point, reluctantly took his mother and sister to follow the flow of people to try it here.

After crossing the Xilong River, he felt that something was wrong, there were large patches of poisonous weeds everywhere here, that is, he couldn't see a single star of wild things, even hares, pheasants and the like, Yang Kailiang never saw them.

Thinking about the dozen or so withered figures lying in the poisonous weeds, Yang Kailiang's scalp was tingling, and he was quite honest hiding in the pile of homeless people.

"Wait, sooner or later, there will be porridge on credit in the porridge shed, this posture will definitely make my mother and sister have a hot meal today,"