Chapter 49: Another Shift Day
Roughly calculated, there is still a gap of thirty-two miles.
There were forty-eight days left before the two-month deadline she had set.
"Is it built far enough today? Is it in time? Bafang followed beside him and kept chattering, "Young Master, why don't you speak?" The expression is still so solemn. ”
"Is it possible that I think you talk too much?" Meng Changqing gave him the stick wrapped around the hemp rope, "Put the rope away." ”
"Young Master, wait for me!" Bafang ran and entangled, and quickly caught up with Meng Changqing.
The two had not gone a few steps when they heard the sound of whipping and the screams of the servants.
"When the time comes, you don't go to work, what do you want to do!"
"Master Bing, let me look for it again, my money can't be found, my money is lost!"
"Bastard!" The guard went down with another whip, "If you don't go to work, I'll beat you to death!" Go! ”
"Holy, who stole my money!"
Bafang: "I've been waiting for three days, why was this guy's money stolen today." ”
Meng Changqing: "I can only go home today, even if I steal it before, I may not be able to keep it." ”
Meng Changqing didn't care about this, and then walked in the direction of the yamen.
"Young master, this is a theft, don't we investigate?"
"To do great things, there must be sacrifices, the most important thing at the moment is the city wall, things that have nothing to do with the wall, unless there is a life and a big mess, I don't care about anything else."
Meng Changqing, who was walking forward, suddenly heard the sound of armor colliding, and she looked back to see a team of patrols on the city wall of Weishan County.
"Go and call Captain Yang to say hello to them."
As soon as Meng Changqing finished speaking, the person who took the lead in front of the patrol suddenly rushed down from the city wall and ran in the direction where Meng Changqing was.
"Be on guard." She clenched the knife at her waist as she reminded Bafang.
The man was halfway through and shouted, "Evergreen! ”
When Meng Changqing heard the voice, he put away his knife and walked quickly to meet him, "Uncle, why did you come down from there?" ”
Wei Fangyun laughed twice, patted the dust on his chest and said: "Today, when I went to Weishan Pass, I happened to meet a patrol coming from this side, thinking that it was not far away, I won't be here for a few days, so I came over with them to have a look." ”
"Uncle came over at this time, have you had lunch?"
"I ate a cake on the way."
"Bafang, go and talk to Brother Dai and let him cook the rice."
"Don't be busy." Wei Fangyun stopped Bafang, "In your big stove room, you have to have leftover millet rice, bring me a bowl." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, it's just that the people on the morning shift have just gone to eat, and there are a lot of people. I'll ask Bafang to serve a casserole and eat it at my yamen. ”
"Alas, it's okay if you don't go to the yamen." Wei Fangyun said, "Just eat with the servants, go and listen to what they say about you, why don't you dare?" ”
"Since my uncle wants to investigate the people's situation, Changqing should be watching the training."
Meng Changqing led the way and led him to the stove room.
At this time, the morning workers had already lined up in front of several stove rooms, one after another, standing in front of the stove room.
The guards walked around and patrolled it, and when they encountered too loud jokes or jokes, they immediately stepped forward to reprimand them.
Just watching from the side, Wei Fangyun felt that the order of this place was not much worse than that of the military camp, but many people were carrying packages.
"What's going on?"
"Today's shift change, they can rest for twelve hours, and they naturally want to go home to see home."
"Still on vacation?"
"I change shifts every six days, and when I change shifts, I naturally have to rest."
"You know what you know."
Meng Changqing: "Uncle, please inside." ”
He followed Meng Changqing in, and saw that the food and eating inside were very fast.
Meng Changqing took a clean bowl for Wei Fangyun, and deliberately found Zuo Datou and said, "Give more to Lord Futai." ”
The big head on the left filled several spoonfuls in a row, and the rice in the bowl was straight to the point.
"Enough is enough." Wei Fangyun hurriedly stopped, "No matter how much you have, you won't be able to eat it." ”
Only then did the big head on the left stop, "General, there is a small stool on the wall." ”
"Okay."
Most of the servants sat directly on the ground, and Wei Fangyun only sat on the small stool, which seemed to be taller.
As soon as he sat down, he noticed, "Why did those people take them away after eating?" ”
"I brought it back to my family." Meng Changqing said, "They work hard for the border of Daliang day after day, and it is not too much to let them bring a bowl of rice back every six days, I think if the court has the ability, it must be willing and should pay them." ”
"You are truly kind to the people." Wei Fangyun patted her, and then ate several bites of food in a row.
Meng Changqing just blinked an eye, and he ate the tips of the rice that came out.
"Uncle, eat slowly, and go get a bowl of hot water."
"There are so many people in the army that I eat like this, and I scare you?" Wei Fangyun sandwiched a small piece of pickled radish and tasted it carefully, "Your radish here is delicious, both spicy and juicy." ”
"It's a radish pickled in chili peppers." Meng Changqing said, "Chili pepper is a plant that was paid tribute to overseas Fanbang many years ago, and it has been planted in the palace garden, and in recent years, it has been known that its fruit is spicy, and it is just right to make seasonings, and now it has been planted in a large area in Huangzhuang, and some restaurants in the capital have also used this seasoning." ”
"It's unusual." Wei Fangyun swallowed another mouthful of rice, "It's very good." ”
"If your uncle likes it, your nephew will give you this jar."
"Good! Then you're welcome. Wei Fangyun dug out a small spoonful of pickled radish, pointed to the jar and said, "Wrap it, I'll take it away later." ”
"Master Bing, my family doesn't have any food in stock, and there are many children, can you give more?"
Wei Fangyun followed the sound and saw a woman bending over and begging the soldiers who were sharing the meal.
"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be distributed to you, these days, you are not the only one with more children in the family, if everyone comes to ask me, how much food in the camp is not enough." Zuo Datou said, "But I think you ate less in the past, so I will give you more this time, this is the ration you saved for your children." ”
After that, the left big head added two more spoonfuls to her bowl, and pressed a piece of oiled paper on the rice, "Let's go." ”
When the people behind saw her begging for success, they said: "Master Bing, have pity on me, my family ......."
The soldier who was cooking next to him immediately reprimanded: "Nonsense! I know you, in the past, you ate a lot, you should eat as much as you want, and it is impossible to think more. ”
After scolding this, the people around him suddenly laughed, "Don't look at your size, you've only been here for a few days and you've gained weight, you are considered to be famous here in the soldier!" ”
The person who was laughed at felt embarrassed on her face, but fortunately, she was an outgoing and cheerful person, so she said back at the time, "You still laugh at me, I see that you are not thin!" ”
"Okay, don't laugh, don't stretch the bowl over, delay the time of the people behind."
Wei Fangyun looked at it and nodded, "The people under your command are very disciplined, and they must be both relaxed and strict in dealing with the people, so that they can stand the rules, but not let the people blindly be afraid." ”