Chapter 18: Encampment

The displaced people are at a loss.

Meng Changqing stepped on the firewood and continued, "As long as you live, I will give you half a bowl of hot porridge every day, but if you want to eat more and eat enough, you have to work hard."

Now take a break for a stick of incense, and after a stick of incense, start working. ”

After Meng Changqing finished speaking, Bafang immediately inserted an incense stick on the ground.

"Big Brother Zuo." Meng Changqing gave him the paper in his hand, "Take advantage of this time to count the number of people and see how many people haven't followed." ”

"Yes."

"Captain Yang, come with me." Meng Changqing led people to a car, lifted the tarpaulin, and realized that the car was full of hoes, shovels, iron chisels and other tools.

Bafang: "Young Master, isn't this enough?" ”

"Of course not enough." Meng Changqing stepped on the car and threw down the tools stacked together on the car.

Bafang instantly understood what she meant, jumped in the car, and threw it with her.

Only Yang was below to reach out to pick it up, "What is this for?" ”

"Captain Yang, I'll click on the number of various tools, you get out of the way first."

A cart of tools looks like a lot, but in fact, there are only 30 hoes, and the rest of the tools are less than 30.

Obviously, there are more people than tools, so you can only change people back and forth, and the tools do not stop.

"Meng Gongzi." Zuo Datou grabbed a pen and paper, "Ten more haven't followed, and now it's exactly two hundred." ”

At first, the number was 225, but now there are 25 less.

I don't know how long it will take for those people to catch up, and it's possible that they will never do.

Meng Changqing simply divided the two hundred people into twenty-five groups, each group of eight people, and these eight people shared a set of tools.

"The most important thing now is to find a place to live." Meng Changqing said, "It's cold and windy in this place, and the tents are not enough to keep out the cold.

Those people have no place to shelter from the cold, and even if they are fed three times a day, they will freeze to death sooner or later. ”

Yang Zheng nodded.

She looked around, and finally put her mind under her feet, "Captain Yang, after you distribute the tools to them, let them go to the place I have chosen to dig a pit." ”

"Dig a pit?" Hagon asked, "Are we going to live in a cave?" ”

Meng Changqing asked rhetorically, "What's wrong with living in the cave?" Dig down to a depth of more than one person, and cover the top of the head with a tent cloth, which saves trouble and protects against the cold. ”

"That's a good idea! In the past, when we ambushed the Yan army, we were crammed into a deep pit for one night, and it was indeed warmer than the ground. Zuo Datou was excited, "In this way, our tarpaulins can be more, and we can also give those people a shield." ”

"Captain Yang, while the incense is not burned out now, I have something to say."

"You say."

"After the farm tools are distributed, sixteen soldiers are selected, and they are asked to take care of four groups for every two people, rotating day and night, fixing which soldier to watch which groups, and if there is a problem, I will only find the corresponding soldiers."

"That's as it should be, I'll give it my orders."

"There are two more points that must be remembered, first, that all soldiers must keep their hands on their swords during their inspections, and second, that all soldiers must keep their distances from the people who are holding farm tools, and must not turn their backs on them."

"Okay." Captain Yang nodded solemnly, "I will definitely let them remember." ”

"There is Captain Lao Yang, then we will each go and get busy." Meng Changqing carried a hoe and went to draw the scope of each pit first.

Since they are divided into groups, let them dig out their shelter from the cold first.

When Meng Changqing's hoe touched the surface of the soil, she knew how hard it was to dig up the frozen soil, but fortunately, she had practiced martial arts since she was a child and had the strength in her hands.

Start by drawing twenty-five boxes on the ground, each large enough to lay down eight people.

After drawing those of the people, they will draw those of their own side.

The Imperial Forest Army and soldiers, plus Meng Changqing's family, there were more than fifty people.

You'll have to draw a few more.

The twelve Imperial Forest Soldiers kept their distance from Meng Changqing, and when Meng Changqing moved, they also moved.

"Lord Bai, Lord Meng won't be our pit now, right?" Wang Xun tried to accept it, but he really couldn't accept it, so he asked. "Do we have to live in the pit too?"

To be honest, he really wanted to go back to Beijing.

When he first gathered the team to leave Beijing, the commander greeted them in advance and told them that the conditions of the trip were difficult, but he did not expect that it would be so difficult.

Before Chu Mufeng could respond, Zhou Qiwen, who understood, spoke, "Master Meng said just now, the tent is not enough to keep out the cold, and you have also stayed on the road for two nights, and you haven't frozen enough?" ”

"There's no way around it." Chu Mufeng patted Wang Xun on the shoulder, "What it's like to live in a pit, I've never experienced it, let's try it with Master Meng." ”

"Master Meng can suffer this at a young age, what can't we bear?" Zhou Qiwen has a long-term view, "Let's follow Master Meng now and really endure hardships, so that we can have a good future in the future." ”

Two Imperial Forest Soldiers laughed when they heard Zhou Qiwen's words, "Qiwen, you are simply an official fan." ”

"What's wrong with the official fans? Who wouldn't want to be promoted? ”

Having said this, Zuo Datou suddenly ran over from them quickly, "Young Master Meng, in the seventh box you draw, a human bone has been dug up. ”

When Wang Xun heard this, he shuddered violently.

"Do you have a lot of bones?" Meng Changqing asked.

"Only one pair for now."

Meng Changqing didn't raise his head, "Then move away and find a place to rebury." ”

The expression on Wang Xun's face was as if he was about to cry, "Lord Bai, otherwise let's be cold, let's set up a tent, don't grab a place with the dead." ”

Meng Changqing drew the scope and walked over with a hoe, "Brother Wang, don't be afraid, setting up a tent is similar to living underground, it's there." It's better to remove it than to sleep on it, isn't it? ”

Wang Xun: ......

On the seventh box drawn by Meng Changqing, this group of people was struggling to dig frozen soil.

There are only five kinds of tools in a set, and there are always two or three people who are free, and when they are free, they naturally want to talk.

"I heard from the soldiers that this place was dug up for us to spend the night." A man who had just sat down next to him to rest said, "We have dug up human bones in this field, who can sleep peacefully?" ”

"What's not to worry about? What are we like to be that human skeleton? It's just a layer of skin. The man who had chiseled hard said, "When you close your eyes and don't open them one day, it'll be the same." ”

The man was a little dizzy from hunger, and he couldn't stand on his feet with the iron chisel, and the girl sitting next to him rushed up to support him, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" ”

"If you use it hard, who will replace me."

A resting man took the tool from his hand, "Go rest for a while." ”

"Yu Youcai, you have to do more, you baby your daughter, don't let her do anything, we can't do the extra work for her."

"You don't have to worry about it, I will naturally do her work." Yu Youcai sat on the side and inhaled vigorously, unable to eat, so he simply ate two sips of cold air.