Chapter 43: Sophisticated Feelings
Zhang Laohan sat at the door with a dumbfounded look in his eyes, looking at the occasional three or two pedestrians and soldiers walking by on the not very wide street in front of the house.
"Grandpa, I'm so hungry!" Next to her, a little girl wearing a torn cotton jacket, a dirty face, and pigtails walked from the house to the back of Zhang Lao, pulled the hem of Zhang Laohan's clothes and whispered.
"Girl, your father and mother are looking for something to eat, and they will be back soon, and there will be food when the time comes." The old man's big withered hands were a little trembling on the little girl's face, and his godless eyes couldn't help but be filled with muddy tears. The places next door and left that can borrow grain have been borrowed, and some people have to save some surplus grain for the winter, and many other people are in a similar situation to Zhang Laohan, or even worse. The girl's parents went out to look for food in the snow, met a wild wolf, there has been no news for more than two days, and there is no rice left in the rice tank at home. It's just that after this winter, next year's spring ploughing, you have to wait until the autumn to receive the grain, such a long time, can you survive it, Zhang Laohan has lived for most of his life, and he doesn't dare to think about it at all.
"There are a few houses here that need to be rebuilt, there are holes everywhere, and when the wind blows, the wind pours straight into the house, how can you live?" Qin Yu wrapped a roasted sweet potato in paper, pointed to a few dilapidated houses on both sides, and said to Lu Ziming, the secretary next to him.
"Yes, the lowly position is recorded." Lu Ziming nodded, pointed to the front, and said, "My lord, the wasteland in the south of the city can at least reclaim thousands of acres of fertile land, and the labor of those captured Mongolian bandits is good, and it will be used next year." ”
"Hmm." Qin Yu nodded, broke the hot sweet potato in his hand, and suddenly a fragrance came to his nose, when cooking on the fire in winter, he threw a sweet potato into the ashes and stuffed it, it didn't take long, when he dug it out again, a thin layer of hard shell had been burned outside, and when he broke the hard shell, the roasted sweet potato meat inside was not to mention how fragrant it was. "Xiufang, although there are some farmlands in other parts of Taonan Fucheng, but they all have owners, although this land is still barren, but as long as it is reclaimed, it is good good land, you go back and pull people over, and I will give you twenty acres of land for a family."
"Thank you, sir!" Ma Zhanshan, Zhu Qiang and the others were so excited that they didn't know what to do, the dragon to the dragon, the phoenix to the phoenix, and the friends of the mice would make holes. The temperament of the people who can follow Ma Zhanshan's side is also similar to Ma Zhanshan, otherwise they would not be seen by Ma Zhanshan, if there is land and food, why should they go up the mountain and fall into the grass. Even if they are mixed in the green forest road, many people are dragging their families with their mouths, and their lives are not settled, and they don't know when they will be suppressed by the government, and it is not the right way after all. Having a share of the land is something that many people dream of, and even if it is a wasteland in front of them, it is an extremely valuable treasure in their eyes.
Qin Yu was about to stuff it into his mouth, when he saw a little girl with two pigtails staring at him with two big eyes in front of a low and dilapidated house on his right, or at the sweet potato in his hand.
"Little girl, what's your name?" Qin Yu squatted down and asked.
The little girl leaned back against Zhang Laohan with some trepidation, and said timidly, "Zhang, Zhang Xiaoya." ”
"Here's for you." Qin Yu chilled the roasted sweet potatoes that were still a little hot into the little girl's hands.
The little girl grunted in her throat, glanced at Zhang Laohan, and her two little hands were tightly tugging at the sweet potato, not feeling hot at all.
"In the afternoon, the government will release grain in the south of the city, and you can get food as soon as you go over early." Qin Yu said to Zhang Laohan.
"Yes, yes, the little old man thanked the adult." Hearing the word grain, Zhang Laohan's thin body trembled, and he was about to kneel down and salute Qin Yu.
Qin Yu stopped the other party and left with some emotion.
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"Everyone else calls me Tang Erhu, but I didn't expect Qin Yu, this kid to be better than me, he actually ran to deal with the bandits alone, he thought that the bandits were as easy to deal with as Tian Yuxiong, he really didn't know how thick the sky was." In Changling, Jilin, an army of more than 2,000 people from five battalions of foot cavalry, as well as thousands of soldiers, passed through Changling and advanced northward.
"Qin Yu's young ambition is reasonable, and it is reasonable to be arrogant, I heard that Qin Yu's reputation in his hometown Gaizhou is not very good, he is proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, this Tian Yuxiong was originally only a few hundred people, and he lost Tian Yuben, Tian Yuben's group of disciples and grandchildren fled to Benxi, Tian Yuxiong's subordinates are just a group of rabble, where can they be compared with Tian Yuben and Du Lisan, two bandits." Zhang Jinghui is telling the truth, in the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin is still the most famous for suppressing bandits, and Qin Yu is still so much worse than Zhang Zuolin. "This time Qin Yu is facing the Mongolian bandits, and he has been fighting for more than half a year now, except for the first battle that eliminated nearly two hundred Mongolian bandits, there is no other credit until now, I think it will not be long before the governor will lose confidence in him."
For Qin Yu to be able to become a commander at a young age, his status is higher than that of those present except for Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Zuoxiang and others are still a little envious. It took them more than ten years to climb to their current position, even Zhang Zuolin had a few near-deaths, and Qin Yu only took less than two years. It's really more human than human, and it's infuriating.
"Okay, don't put a high hat on me, I've seen Qin Yu, although he is younger, but he talks well, he has a calmness that doesn't match his age, I'm not afraid of your jokes, when I first met General Sheng Jing before, I was thinking, damn it, General Sheng, the entire Northeast is under his control, that official is so big that he has no edge, his legs and stomach were a little trembling at that time, the last time Qin Yu saw the Governor, his performance was much stronger than mine, this young man, give him some time, it will really be amazing." Zhang Zuolin said with a smile.
"There is a good saying, Jiang is still old and spicy, even if Qin Yu has the ability, he is too young, let's just say that this time there are several patrol troops to suppress the Mongolian bandits, which one is not in his thirties or forties, and the other commanders, can they be happy to see a little cub who has not grown all the hair on an equal footing with them? The most difficult thing for the bandits to deal with is that they have horses and come and go like the wind. It is necessary to chase and intercept in various places in order to work, I look at Ma Longtan, Wu Junsheng has a few old with adults, if he really cooperates, he will only choose adults, where will he cooperate with Qin Yu, a half-grown doll. Zhang Zuoxiang said that he was very good, and in terms of human feelings, it is indeed such a reason.
"Anyway, let's rush to Taonan first and take back Taonan Mansion City. It was the first time that the bandits had occupied a city above the size of the county seat for so long, and the governor must not be able to see it. Zhang Zuolin said.
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