At this time, the Tianjin Left Guard was in disrepair for a long time, and most of the city walls collapsed, and many places even became rat holes, leaking air everywhere.

There were many grass huts outside the Acropolis, and when they saw Jia Baoyu and his party, many people poked their heads out of the grass huts.

A snotty, guard-like man walked over.

This man was wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket with an indistinct color, and the patches on his body were stacked with patches, dirty, and pitch black, and he could almost shine a human figure.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the general banner of this guard, may I ask what you are doing here?"

General flag?

Lu Jianxing, who is also the general flag, almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and the guy in front of him, dressed like Hanako, was actually the general flag!

The other party's face has not been washed for a long time, one is black, one is white, the hair is unkempt like straw, a mouthful of big yellow teeth when he laughs, and there are several pieces of eyedroppings the size of a fingernail in the corners of his eyes.

Lu Jianxing said: "I am Lu Jianxing, the chief flag officer of the Jinyi Guard of the Fusi of Beizhen, this is Jia Zhong'an, the official of the thousand households of the Tianjin Left Guard, appointed by the emperor, Lord Jia!" ”

When the guards heard that it was a thousand households hand-picked by the emperor, they were so shocked that their mouths opened wide, and two yellow snots were almost sucked into their mouths.

"My lord, I've finally looked forward to you!"

The guards immediately turned their heads and shouted, "Brothers, come out quickly, Lord Qianhu is here!" ”

There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the city, and after a while, dozens of military households with families came out, saying that they were military households, but in fact they were ordinary people, but there were people on their ancestors who were soldiers, and the people behind them could only do this.

These people looked at Jia Baoyu in disbelief, not knowing what fate this new owner would bring to them.

Everyone saw that the so-called Qianhu was just a child, although he was relatively tall (Jia Baoyu had grown to one meter six or eight), he could be described as still small, and the fluff on his mouth was still there, and he looked like that kind of milky child.

However, Jia Baoyu and others are dressed in brocade, bright and bright, and silky satin, which is extravagant at first glance.

This scene is like an eight-handed old man driving a tractor and encountering the latest Bugatti Veil.

The guards' shouts soon made everyone in the guard stand come out.

The guard smiled, "My lord, it's all here,"

Jia Baoyu frowned, these military households in front of him were dragging their families with their families, there were men and women, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, no matter how you looked at it, there were only a few hundred people, and there was still a big gap between the more than 1,000 people Cao Youyi said.

However, Jia Baoyu didn't reprimand, turned his head to Li Gui beside him and said, "Li Gui, Jia Yun, you pick a few women, boil some food in the car, and let everyone have a full meal tonight." ”

When he left Tianjin City, Jia Baoyu exchanged some silver and bought a lot of grain.

Tianjin's grain is cheap, only 500 wen and one stone, compared with the capital, one in the sky and one underground.

Jia Baoyu secretly scolded the grain merchants in the capital for their black hearts, but he couldn't change anything, grain was hard currency, and many big clans in the capital intervened, and even the emperor's internal money also had a share of the grain in the capital.

Hearing Jia Baoyu's words, the military households present applauded one after another!

They have always had two meals a day, or even one meal a day, and now that it is getting dark, they are all ready to go to bed, reduce consumption, and fight cold and starvation.

Jia Baoyu said to the guards, "What's your name?" ”

The guards were directing several military households to help support the pots and stoves, and when they heard Jia Baoyu's words, they hurriedly replied: "My name is Niu Er." ”

"Niu Zongqi, you can give me a brief introduction to the situation of the guard."

Jia Baoyu asked as he walked towards the guardhouse.

There were three or four hundred of these military households in front of them, all dressed in rags, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and there were very few young and strong men, and all of them were obscene and did not dare to look at people with serious eyes.

Among these people, there are dozens of children, with yellow hair and sticking to their foreheads, and the clothes on their bodies are also strange, and some of them are directly covered with sacks, and only four holes are cut out to expose their arms and legs.

These children were both curious and scared, they had never seen such a glamorous and beautiful figure as Jia Baoyu.

Raider, Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu took out candy from their baggage and handed it to them.

The children looked first at their parents, then at the candy cubes, and they didn't know what was in the hands of these fairy-like sisters.

The assailant peeled off the candy wrapper, crouched down, took a little girl's hand, and shoved the candy cube into the other's mouth.

The little girl was frightened at first, then grinned and was missing two front teeth: "Sweet! ”

The other children rushed around, they had never eaten candy before!

There are a lot of snacks in Tianjin, but these children have never eaten them, and they rarely go out even in this left guard house.

When the adults saw the children eating candy, they swallowed wildly.

Not only do children want to eat, but adults want to eat too!

The little girl who ate candy at the beginning stood timidly in front of the attacker and said, "Sister fairy, can you give me another piece?" ”

The attacker touched her little face, which was as rough as sandpaper: "Of course, but my sister doesn't have many candy bars here, so I'll give it to other children." ”

The little girl said, "My brother is lying at home and can't move, and I want to take it back and give it to him." ”

The attacker laughed, "Oh, the last piece." ”

The little girl took the candy cube, her big eyes flickering, and she asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Jiu'er."

"The name is so nice, I'll go to your house with you." The attacker smiled and took Jiu'er's little hand.

Under the leadership of Niu Er, Jia Baoyu set foot in the ancient guard for the first time, the area of the guard is not small, just look at the outer city wall has more than ten meters high, the whole shape is a bucket arch type, there are more than 40 meters of walls and moats outside the city wall.

But inside the guard house is a mess.

Garbage and feces can be seen everywhere, and there is an indescribable smell in the air.

There are many self-built brick houses in the guardhouse, but the bricks used in these brick houses look similar to the walls of the guardhouse.

However, it is obvious that the craftsmanship of these guards and military households is not good, and they are all dilapidated houses, and I am afraid that the next heavy snow or hail will collapse the houses.

In the middle of the guardhouse, there is a pier platform, the pier platform is made of red mud bricks, dozens of zhang high, and the purpose is to burn wolf smoke to warn.

There is also a house that looks good in the house, and when I asked, I realized that it was the office of the previous thousand households, and it was a courtyard with two entrances.

"My lord, Zuo Wei has not had a thousand households come for five years, so this courtyard is vacant, and usually the lower officials and a few small flags will meet here to discuss."

Niu Er pushed open the door of the house and bent down to lead the way in front.

Lu Jianxing and the others didn't need Jia Baoyu's orders, and took the initiative to move a group of soft and utensils from the carriage.

Jia Baoyu found a clean bench and sat down, and asked, "Niu Zongqi, tell you the truth, what is the situation in the health office?" ”

Niu Er sighed and said: "Lord Qianhu, it's really not a secret, Zuo Wei exists in name only, since the last Qianhu offended the chief soldier and was sentenced to prison, the other two guards divided Zuo Wei."

The local gentry also took advantage of the situation, but they were originally local snakes, how dare we, the military households, resist.

Now there is only me as the general banner in the office, and there are two small flags, and the other military households have fled, and there are only 200 people left in the official military households, and the total population of the office is 365 people, including their families. ”

Jia Baoyu rubbed his temples and said, "The two hundred people you are talking about, do not include children under the age of sixteen?" ”

Niu Er arched his hand and said, "Adult Mingjian, if you don't count children, there are only one hundred and sixty people.

It's not that the lower officials deliberately concealed it, the other two guards also calculated it like this, otherwise we would all have to eat and hang up after the investigation from above. ”