"Who is Infantry Captain Zhang Yuan?" Mao Chunfang asked on a horse.

The crowd in front of him got out of the way, and a tall middle-aged man walked over, "It's me, who is Your Excellency?" ”

"Mao Chunfang, Yangmen Zhixian County." Mao Chunfang dismounted and arched his hand, "Captain Zhang looks familiar, but he has been in the Weishan County Barracks for many years? ”

Zhang Yuan returned the salute with a fist, "Yes, it has been several years since I was transferred to Liangzhou." ”

"Now that you are working in Beishan County, are you still used to it?" Mao Chunfang handed the reins to the master behind him, and sat on the small stool next to Zhang Yuan to talk.

Zhang Yuan said: "When you go to a new place, you always have to adapt to it. ”

I'm afraid it's not about adapting to the place, it's about adapting to people.

Mao Chunfang cleared her throat and asked, "How is the city wall in Beishan County built?" Can Master Meng be sure to build it? ”

"I don't care about the construction of the city wall, and I don't know if Master Meng is sure or not."

Mao Chunfang turned his face sideways and looked at him quietly, what kind of secret loss did this person suffer from Meng Changqing? How to talk with the strength of a little daughter-in-law's anger.

"It's me talking too much, and please don't care about it."

"What did the magistrate say, I don't know what the adults are looking for me?"

"I heard that my master said that you are here to pick up people, so I came here to take a look." Mao Chunfang said: "If you are short of manpower, our county government can send a group of officials to help here." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, after this group of people is taken away, you have to come to pick up a batch before nightfall, and ask your lord's official to stay here to count the number of people and check the roster first."

"It's easy." Mao Chunfang immediately asked the master to go back and call someone, "Pick someone who can read and write." ”

Then he said: "You Lord Meng are really careful in your work, in order to pick up the new servant, let the captain bring you a strip to pick me up within the city wall of Yangmen County."

For this reason, going back and forth, wouldn't it make you tired, why don't you go back and tell Master Meng, and let the official of Yangmen County do it for me. ”

"Zhang Yuan is here to thank you, but Lord Meng specially explained that he came to escort the laborers not because he was afraid that they would escape, but because he was afraid that there would be mountain bandits at the old site of the city wall and hurt people."

"Oh." Mao Chunfang said: "I have heard about this incident, you Lord Meng killed twenty-one people who came down from that mountain, I think I am afraid that they will retaliate. ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion from the crowd.

"How can there be one more person? Why is this man not on the roster? "A soldier took one of the servants.

"Misunderstanding, the soldier misunderstood, he is not a servant." The person next to him immediately explained, "I was the one who came to see where the well was drilled." ”

"You promise it's true?" The guard asked the man next to him.

"It's true, it must be true, this person looks at the position of feng shui very smartly, and many people in Liangzhou City know him."

The guard took the man in his hand and asked, "Who among you knows him?" ”

Someone next to him whispered back, "We invited him when we were digging a well in our village." ”

"He is indeed famous in Liangzhou."

"Master Bing." The old man who was grabbed by the collar had a red face, "Put me down first." ”

"Since you are a feng shui gentleman, why didn't you say it earlier, and delay your efforts for a while in vain."

Mao Chunfangbai watched a lively scene, "Hasn't a well been drilled in Beishan County yet?" ”

"Not yet, we've always used snow and river water mixed together."

"Captain Zhang." The soldiers who followed Zhang Yuan came over to remind, "It's almost time, and I didn't see anyone coming behind." ”

Mao Chunfang stood up, "Don't delay the captain's time, we'll talk when we have time in the future." ”

"Let's take our leave."

Mao Chunfang stepped aside and heard Zhang Yuan shouting: "Go!" ”

The city gate opened, and Zhang Yuan led the way to the front, followed by a mighty crowd of thousands of people.

It took them half an hour just to get out of the city.

"My lord, I'm back." The master came with a dozen or so officials who could read and write, "My lord? What are you looking at the gates? ”

"Tut-tut." Mao Chunfang shook her head suddenly, "I don't understand, I really can't understand." ”

"What don't you understand?"

"With Meng Changqing's scheming, he shouldn't even be able to subdue this kind of person, and he shouldn't be bad and loyal around him, why should he keep this kind of person around?"

"My lord, if you want to tell me, why don't you explain it? If you don't want to tell me, why do you say it to my face? ”

"Why, why! Why don't you even know what I'm thinking, sir! Mao Chunfang got on the horse and left.

Leaving the master in place and muttering: "I'm not a roundworm in your stomach." ”

The second batch of servants brought back by Zhang Yuan totaled 5,321 people.

The guards of the camp had already been prepared, and it was better to separate the men and women as before.

"You go over and stand with the women of our village, and you can be in a group when the time comes." Boss Zeng said, "Wait a minute, the guards will give you tools to dig a pit."

It's inconvenient for you to bring a package on your body, so I'll leave it there first, and I'll send it to you when I get off work. ”

Boss Zeng said that he was going to get the package on Meizi's body, but Meizi dodged sideways, "No, I'll take it myself." ”

"You ......"

"Hurry up! Men and women stand separately, and those who have been divided into groups before leave quickly, don't linger here. ”

Boss Zeng trembled in fright, "Okay, you can carry it yourself." ”

Meizi held the package and stood with the women of the same village.

Obeying the guard's words and lining up in a long line, she didn't ask like the other women, and in the crowd, she seemed unusually silent.

A short time later, a soldier came from the front, reading the count as he went, and suddenly stopped when he reached her, "Fifty." One of the soldiers asked her, "Are you from the same village as these people in front of you?" ”

Meizi nodded, "Yes." ”

"Then we'll have one more in this group, fifty-one." The soldiers around him suddenly shouted loudly: "Come, count and count!" Follow along! Remember the group number, we are five hundred. ”

Meizi's ears buzzed as the man blew up.

They followed the guards to an open field, and soon another guard brought in a cart of tools.

"Everyone, line up to get the tools from me."

Mei Zi was given a shovel, and she looked at the brand-new farm tools in her hand, which were much more useful than the scissors in her package.

"Let's talk about it first." The guard in front shouted, "These pits that you have dug now are the places where you will rest."

The ground has been circled, and you dig down according to it.

Not everyone was given tools, those who had tools in their hands did it first, and the people next to them were more conscious, and when they saw someone tired, they hurriedly stepped forward to replace it.

The rule on our side is that which group digs the pit first and which group eats first. ”

Hearing this, someone immediately started to do it.

Another guard then shouted: "The women's huts are the two easternmost ones. He also stretched out his finger and pointed out, "Just those two, men are not allowed to go, you can use them with confidence." Other huts are used by men, I advise you not to go in, in case something happens, you can only suffer. ”

(End of chapter)