On this day, when Lu Yu went to deliver food to Lu Ming, Zhang Qiye told him that there was another group of people in the town. Lu Yu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked them who was coming.

"It's a group of soldiers, there are about twenty of them, and they don't look like bad guys."

"A gang of sergeants? Was it sent by the imperial court? ”

"It looks like yes, two dozen people, I think they're quite polite to everyone."

Lu Yu nodded, thinking: "I hope they are all a group of good people, but in these years, sometimes it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish whether they are soldiers or bandits." He said, "Then when will I go and see them, if they are really good people, and if they are all uneasy and kind, then then I will talk about them then." ”

Lu Yu didn't have time to find the group of sergeants, and the sergeants came to Yangshan Village.

The sergeant major who took the lead should not be very old, tall and straight, with a face as if it had been carved by a knife, with hard lines and weather, and he didn't know what he had experienced before, but his eyes were very bright. The sergeant major appeared on the red clay field in Yangshan Village with more than a dozen soldiers and three wooden carts, which made the villagers a little panicked.

A lot of men and women from the village came out, and the village head, Fang Daping, asked the sergeant major where they came from and what they had to do in Yangshan Village. Lu Yu is also there.

The sergeant major smiled very kindly, and there seemed to be some embarrassment in his smile, he said: "My name is Shan Tianfang (I really like Mr. Shan Tianfang's commentary, this is a positive character, I would like to pay tribute), I was sent by the commander of the XX Jiedu Battalion, and I will be responsible for the security of Dunlin Town in the future." ”

"I see." Fang Daping breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Then Master Shan came to our Yangshan Village, did he have any business?" ”

"It's not a business trip, I just want to buy some food." Shan Tianfang smiled and said, "The commander sent us over, and he didn't distribute much food to us, hehe, there is no way, I have to take my brothers out to raise food." ”

Shan Tianfang saw that the faces of the villagers changed slightly, and waved his hand again and said: "Don't get me wrong, everyone, we really came here to buy grain, let's have one or two silver and one stone of grain, clearly marked the price, how about buying it from you?" And no matter whether the grain is good or bad, as long as it can be eaten, it will be one or two silver and one stone. ”

The price was actually very generous, and the villagers saw that Shan Tianfang's tone was sincere, so some people were tempted. Gold and silver, at all times, retain an innate attraction to human beings.

A villager asked, "Are you sweet potatoes?" ”

"Yes, as long as there is food that can be eaten, we want it."

The villager's eyes lit up, and he asked, "It's also a tael of silver and a stone."

Shan Tianfang hesitated, but nodded and said, "Yes, it's also one or two silver and one stone." ”

Lu Yu was also present, and he felt that the guy who was going to sell sweet potatoes to others was too inauthentic. Sweet potatoes are true grains, but compared with corn and rice, they are far inferior. Eating sweet potatoes alone is not only easy to get hungry, but also makes people feel sick at every turn, and sweet potatoes are difficult to store for a long time. Anyway, Lu Yu felt that person was very bad.

But it's not just that one person, and soon someone said: "I also have a lot of sweet potatoes in my family, how many do you want?" I'll sell them all to you. ”

"We also want to buy some other food, and we only need sweet potatoes...... A thousand catties will do. "Shan Tianfang can be the leader of a group of soldiers, and he is certainly not a fool.

"It's only a thousand pounds." The villagers were disappointed and were debating who would sell the sweet potatoes to the sergeants.

Shan Tianfang asked the others if there was any other grain to sell.

No one spoke, the current food is still very precious, the villagers are frightened by the various natural disasters in the previous two years, and no one is willing to easily exchange the corn and beans that are easy to save for money.

Shan Tianfang was extremely disappointed, and asked several times that no one was willing to sell grain, and when he was about to give up, Lu Yu couldn't help but speak: "That, how much grain do you want?" I still have some at home. ”

"Do you have enough food to sell?" Shan Tianfang was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said: "Thank you so much, I don't know how much you can sell us?" ”

Lu Yu calculated in his heart, in the early summer of this year, more than 2,000 catties of rice were harvested in Anding Valley, and later Qin Zhongquan sent five or six thousand catties of grain, and his own family also collected more than 2,000 catties of corn and soybeans in a few acres of land outside, these grains add up to almost 10,000 catties, excluding those given to Lu Minghe and divided, there are more than 7,000 catties. Lu Yu's family now has five people, in fact, two or three thousand catties of grain is enough to eat until next year's autumn harvest, not to mention that two crops of rice can be harvested in Anding Valley in the middle. Thinking about it like this, Lu Yu said, "How about selling you two thousand catties?" "The extra ones are for Lu Ming's family.

"Okay, okay, thank you so much." Shan Tianfang remembered that he still didn't know the other party's name, so he asked, "Little brother, I don't know what to call you?" ”

Lu Yu couldn't help but smile, reported his name, and thought, "Do you look really young?" ”

"Hello Brother Lu Yu, my name is Shan Tianfang." Shan Tianfang introduced himself again, and then took his subordinates and dragged the cart with Lu Yu to get food. Shan Tianfang had never heard of Lu Yu's name, he should have just come to Dunlin Town, and he was still not familiar with this side at all.

Lu Yu's family has rice, but this is a secret, so he can only sell corn and soybeans to Shan Tianfang. Two thousand catties of grain just filled two large wooden carts, and they were dragged back to the town by several soldiers. They also had no cattle in Shan Tianfang, so the grain they bought could only be dragged by people, but fortunately, most of these young men were strong and strong, and their strength seemed to be inexhaustible.

Lu Yu accepted the money, but he didn't think much about it, he asked Shan Tianfang where the group of them lived now.

"I live in the former town guard yamen, and there are a few empty houses around." Shan Tianfang was very grateful to Lu Yu, but he didn't say much to thank him, Lu Yu felt that this was very good.

Lu Yu hoped that the arrival of Shan Tianfang and them would bring stability to Dunlin Town and the surrounding countryside, so he also sincerely wanted to help this group of soldiers who came from afar. Lu Yu asked again, "Are there any of your people stationed in every nearby town?" ”

"Pretty much, there may not be many people in the town anymore, so there won't be our brother there." After a pause, Shan Tianfang said again: "In Jinhua, your county seat, there is no army. ”

Lu Yu felt a little strange and asked, "Why is there no garrison in the county seat?" Shouldn't there be a bigger team? ”

"Hehe, there are a lot of people in the city, and there are not so many people in our festival camp who can send them over. Besides, it is far from the countryside, and it is not easy to get food. Saying that, Shan Tianfang smiled bitterly again and sighed: "If we hadn't met Brother Lu Yu, we would only have been able to buy a few thousand catties of sweet potatoes today. ”

Lu Yu smiled and thought, "I sold two thousand catties of soybeans and corn, how long can they eat this?" It looks like they're going to have to stop at sweet potatoes in the future. ”

Shan Tianfang bought more than 1,000 sweet potatoes in the village, and before leaving, Lu Yu gave him a large basket of vegetables. This order is definitely not enough for the two dozen young men to have a good meal, and it is better to talk than nothing.

For the next period of time, Lu Yu drove the goats to the nearby hillside to graze every morning, and came back again at breakfast time, and then went to Anding Valley in the morning to turn over the fields, and came back to eat at noon.

The days passed unhurriedly, plain and leisurely.

On this day, Lu Yu took some uneaten tomatoes and eggplants to the town and gave them to Lu Ming. Lu Ming and his yard have now planted some vegetables, but they don't have the "fertilizer" produced by Lu Yu, and the growth of vegetables is much worse, but it is enough for their family to eat.

On the way back from Zhang's house, Lu Yu was suddenly stopped, and when he looked back, he saw that it was a young man in military uniform, and Lu Yu didn't know him.

The soldiers in the town were only Shan Tianfang's group, and the young man was naturally Shan Tianfang's subordinates, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you are here in town." ”

"yes." Lu Yu's heart moved, and said, "Zhang Qiye in the town is my relative, I'll come and take a look." ”

"That's right." The young man nodded sensibly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, I don't know if you are free, can you go and sit with us?" ”

Lu Yu thought about it for a while, felt that there was nothing to do, went to sit and sit, and by the way, he took a look at the person of Shan Tianfang, so he agreed, and followed the young man to the original town guard yamen.

In the small courtyard guarding the yamen, there were a few children running around, Lu Yu felt strange, and the young man explained to him that these were all fatherless and motherless orphans in the town, and they were brought here by General Shan. Lu Yu nodded, and couldn't help but have a lot of respect for Shan Tianfang's group of people.

Shan Tianfang was also very enthusiastic when he saw Lu Yu, he came over with a smile from afar, and said to Lu Yu: "Mr. Lu, I only learned in the past two days that this part of our Dunlin Town can be safe and sound, all because Mr. Lu is presiding, which is disrespectful." ”

Lu Yu was very embarrassed, although he had been trying his best to maintain the stability of Yangshan Village and protect the Lu Ming family living in the town, he had not thought of deliberately maintaining the safety of the entire town. And Lu Yu has never been good at being flattered, so he also smiled and said, "General Shan's words are a bit heavy, I don't have that much ability." ”

Shan Tianfang laughed and asked Lu Yu to go to the house and sit down. Shan Tianfang is indeed not rich, and it is impossible to have tea, so he asked Lu Yu to bring a bowl of hot water.

Shan Tianfang saw Lu Yu looking at the children playing in the yard and said, "These children, the adults in the family are gone, and I don't know how they survived." ”

Lu Yu smiled bitterly, remembered the pair of brothers and sisters, and asked, "General Shan, do you have such a pair of brothers and sisters?" My brother is about ten years old, my sister is only two or three years old, and there are no adults in the family. ”