Chapter 2 A long bell is of great use
As soon as you enter the wall, an indescribable unpleasant smell comes to your face, I don't know whether it is the smell of cow and horse dung, or the sour smell of domestic garbage, in short, an indescribable smell, the whole pier can be said to be dirty, filthy to describe. In addition, next to the pier platform facing the door, a stone tablet was erected, which recorded the names of the defenders of Jingbian pier and their wives, and also listed in detail the firearms, instruments, and furniture in the pier:
“…… There are seven defenders in Jingbiandun, and two are not accepted at night: Han Chao and Han Zhong. Five mouths of the Dun army: Zhong Dayong, wife Wang. Yang Tong, wife Liu. Qi Tianliang, wife Tao. Ma name, wife Shi. Wang Dou. Furniture: 7 pots, 7 jars, 14 saucers, 14 bowls. Firearms: one hook-headed gun, one line gun, one big gun, one three-eyed gun, and all gunpowder fire lines. Equipment: Each soldier has a bow, a knife and a gun, and 30 arrows. …… One military flag, two flagpoles, two pairs of flag ropes, three lanterns, a pair of bells, a soft ladder, five firewood piles, five tobacco soaps, 20 piles of stones, and ...... of cows, horses and wolf dung"
This kind of stele has been set up in each pier in the Ming Dynasty, the intention is to prevent the sergeant from escaping and accept the number in the future, and the accompanying residence of each dun soldier's wife is to let the sergeant guard with peace of mind.
When Wang Dou came in carrying water, Qi Tianliang, Ma Ming, and Han Chao and Han Zhong were squatting or leaning on the stele to chat, and the rest of their wives and wives Tao and Shi and Yang Tong's wife Liu were drying their clothes and talking while talking.
Like Wang Dou, the clothes on these people are also tattered, covered with patches, and several men say that they are soldiers except for the waist cards and mandarin duck battle jackets on their bodies to identify them, which is really not like it. In addition to the two brothers Han Chao and Han Zhong, Qi Tianliang, Ma Ming and several women were even more dish-faced and looked malnourished. Compared to them, Wang Dou will be better, at least he will not be as thin as they are, unkempt, and unclean.
Seeing Wang Dou come in, everyone looked at him with a smile, as if they had something to amuse in the boring days. The person who yelled at Wang Dou just now was Han Zhong, twenty-one years old this year, the youngest person in Dunnei, he had a rough temperament on weekdays, and he had a bit of a brave and ruthless taste, plus his brother Han Chao was also very skilled, so the two of them had a high status in Dunnei, and even if Jia Changzhong was very useful on weekdays, he was polite to them.
At this time, Han Zhong's body was half leaning on the rammed earth of the pier, one foot was resting on the stone tablet, while doing boring shaking movements, while his brother Han Chao was holding his hands in his arms, lazily snuggling on the ramming platform and closing his eyes to recuperate, as if he was asleep, and when he saw Wang Dou coming in, he glanced at him lightly and closed his eyes again.
Seeing Wang Dou walking past him with a snort, and he didn't bother to pay attention to himself, Han Zhong couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed strangely: "Hey, Wang Da fool, I was talking to you just now, why didn't you reply?" ”
Everyone laughed, and Ma Ming's wife Shi Shi on the side was a kind person, and she said with a smile while hanging her clothes on the rope: "Little Brother Han, don't make fun of Brother Wang, it's not easy for people to carry water and work all day long."
Compared with the people in the pier, Zhong Dayong likes the location of the pier very much, saying that it is very high and far-sighted, and the feeling of drinking in the wind is often half a day. Wang Dou went to fetch water, and the clock was still looking at the observation hall, when he had come down from the soft ladder.
Like the stars holding the moon, Zhong Dayong was standing proudly in the crowd at this time, and his wife Wang was also smiling and leaning close to him. This Zhong Dayong is forty years old, and he is the chief of Jingbian Dunjia with the rank of general banner, and it is rumored that he is good friends with Zhang Gui, the official of Dongjiazhuang's management team, and he is also a dun army, so he has a decisive power position in this Jingbian dun.
Compared with the yellow muscles and thin faces of everyone in the dun, he is oily, fat and fat, and a pair of thin eyes have greedy and vicious eyes from time to time. He is the only one in the whole mound who has armor, and there is no patch on the mandarin duck battle jacket on his body, and the other waist cards around his waist are also made of fine solid wood.
After enjoying everyone's sycophants for a while, Zhong Da sounded in that sharp voice: "There has been no movement for more than ten days, it seems that the Tartars have really gone elsewhere, but I haven't seen the empty smoke and fire of the Tartars leaving the country, so I don't know where the Tartars are still looting." ”
There was a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.
But listening to his tone, everyone present was silent for a while, the tragedy of the Houjin army's looting, everyone present felt the same way, some time ago, the security guards were greatly poisoned, even if the Houjin army moved elsewhere to burn and rob, this kind of thing will definitely not be happy.
seemed to realize that he had lost his words, Zhong Dayong's face was a little unsightly, only Yang Tong still stammered: "It's good that the Tartar is gone, thank God, I will go to the Dongjiabao City God Temple to worship and burn incense to return my wish." ”
This Yang Tong is thirty years old, and he is also dignified, but it is a pity that this sycophancy has ruined his image.
Hearing Yang Tong say this, Zhong Dayong's face will be a little better again.
This Zhong Dayong's wife Wang whispered a few words in his ear, Zhong Dayong nodded, he coughed, and said sharply: "There is something I want to talk to everyone, it is almost autumn sowing now, and everyone needs to help with the work in the field, you can rest assured, they are all colleagues in the dun, and when I work another day, I will feed everyone." ”
Listening to Zhong Dayong's words, Qi Tianliang and Ma Ming had bitter faces, together with Yang Tong, the three of them were tenants of Zhang Gui, the official of Dongjiazhuang's management team, and the farming work was heavy on weekdays, and now they have to help Zhong Dayong work for free, these days are really bitter. But over the years, they have long been numb and used to it, Zhong Dayong wants to work by himself, so let's do it, so if there are a few dry meals to eat, in this world, it is good to have food.
Qi Tianliang is about thirty years old, from an ordinary military family, strangely speaking, he can still read Braille, and he is thin, but his appetite is amazing, he opened his mouth to speak, and he didn't ask anything else, he asked first: "Hour, can you really eat enough when you work?" ”
Qi Tianliang's words made Zhong Dayong unhappy, he kept his face calm and didn't speak, and his wife Wang scolded beside him: "Of course, will we still lie to you?" But Qi Monkey, can you eat less by then, you eat so much, no matter how much we have, we will make you poor by then! ”
Qi Tianliang touched his head and was a little embarrassed, and his wife Tao pulled him on the side, signaling him not to talk nonsense. No wonder Qi Tianliang has this question, Zhong Dayong said every time that he would let the people who work be full, but every time Qi Tianliang has never eaten enough, when it comes to stinginess, this Zhong Dayong is also a must in this area.
The horse next to Qi Tianliang was two years younger than him, and he was most concerned about his own field on weekdays, he hesitated for a while and asked, "Clock, how many days will this work take?" The little ones are afraid of missing the farming time of their own fields. ”
Zhong Dayong said angrily: "Won't you be able to be nimble with your hands and feet then?" ”
They are talking here, Han Chao, and Han Zhong brothers are standing leisurely on the side, and it is no problem to help Zhong Dayong work, as long as there is food at that time. Like Wang Dou, they are not from military households, but recruited from civilian households in recent years, but the Han Dynasty brothers don't know where they wandered from, because of their good skills, they were recruited as night scouts and became scouts of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Dou is a person from nearby Xinzhuang Village.
Originally, the three of them were soldiers just to eat food, and they were paid one stone of rice per month, and they did not need to pay rent for the fields of the military households, and the prospects were good, but the food and salary of the imperial court were often in arrears over the years, and there was no silver money to pay rice for most of the year, which made the Han and Korean brothers live a very hard life, and sometimes it was worse than a few dun troops, after all, they rented fields and had some income ().
Wang Dou is the same, for the original Wang Dou, he joined the army to get a share of food and pay to help his family, but he didn't expect to work in vain for most of the year, and he had to be angry every day in the dun, and he didn't want to do this job anymore. However, for the current Wang Dou, he will not give up this military career, in this troubled world, there is a military identity guarantee, and there is always an extra opportunity to protect himself and his family.
Zhong Dayong said a few words to everyone, and turned his head to look: "By the way, where did that Wang Da fool go?" ”
Wang Dou has always been the main force of his envoys, and now that his field is about to be sown in autumn, it is naturally indispensable for this strong man to participate.
Everyone looked around, but at this moment, they saw Wang Dou striding over, neatly draped on his body, not only holding a spear in his hand, a waist knife pinned to his waist, and a bow and quiver on his body.
He was already a tiger with a bear's waist, and at this time, he was draped all over his body, and his eyes were sharp, and this dragon came in a tiger's step, which was really imposing.
Seeing him like this, everyone felt a strange feeling in their hearts, and Zhong Dayong scolded: "Where did you run away, are you looking for another fight?" ”
Everyone next to him was a little excited, and a cold light flashed in Wang Dou's eyes!
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