"Are we going to be subject to the Daqi people in the future?"

“……”

They were silent for a long time, and when they heard the laughter and conversation of the children and women outside, their worries couldn't help but disperse a little.

"I don't think the Baifeng Department can win against the Tiger Army."

"The ministries don't want to fight anymore."

"Well, let's choose what is good for us!"

Beneficial to them?

Everyone subconsciously looked out of the tent, and then looked at their patriarch in unison.

The elderly patriarch touched the beast tooth necklace around his neck and thought for a long time, "Listen to that Daqi official." ”

Someone hurriedly said, "Why?!" "Then we're going to be enemies of the ministry!"

The other people immediately said: "It's just a deal, and we didn't go to live in the city of the Daqi people." "Yes, there is no tribe that has never traded with the black merchants of Daqi before."

The patriarch stopped them from continuing to quarrel and sighed, "Since Daqi moved us here, we have been inseparable from them. ”

The people who quarreled were stunned, and their expressions became complicated.

Yes, Daqi moved them from the far north to a place where water and grass were abundant, and they had already offended the tribes who had been driven north.

A dark cloud flashed on someone's face, and some young people said angrily: "Since it was given to us, it is ours!" ”

Objectors: "Then we really want to take refuge in Daqi?" ”

The young man said angrily, "Do you still want to give up this place and tell everyone to go back again?" It's been so cold this year, if we were still in the north, would we be able to feed so many cattle and sheep, and would we be able to have so much food to survive the winter? ”

Seeing that they were going to quarrel again, Patriarch Debark exclaimed, "No, we're going to stay here!" True spirits bless every prairie creature equally, and we Debuck people live by water, and wherever we go, there is our home, and since we are here, this is our land. ”

With Daqi and the Tiger Army, no big tribe dared to drive them south and grab territory.

In that case, then simply go with the flow.

Only their Debak clan will definitely be targeted, and if all the nearby tribes are involved in the trade, it will not be their fault.

They're just trading.

In the unlikely event that one day in the future, the various tribes will unite to drive the Daqi people back to the Crouching Tiger Pass, they will not dare to punish more than a dozen tribes.

The Debak patriarch made a final decision: "Go find the people of Kurokawa!" ”

"What?!"

"Looking for those crazy people?!"

"They're going to attract the Tiger Army!"

Patriarch Debak: "That's none of our business. ”

It was the officials of Daqi who wanted to engage in trade, not them.

The author has something to say:

Lu Xu: When you go out, you have to take the lead - if something is wrong, turn around and run!

Debuck: For soft persimmons like us, we don't have to, let's discuss, can we change someone's pit?

Chapter 279: Change

Lu Xu brought people back, and Yan Junqi had already found a short-term job to clean up the fur.

The men pat the fur they brought back last time in the snow, sort the good and the bad, and cut the bad ones.

Wash the dirty ones with snow, pat them clean and shake the hairs off.

After it is divided, it can be used immediately and handed over to the ladies in another place, who will screen, clean and arrange the wool for a second time, and then sew the cleaned into a fur quilt, and cover it with a layer of white cotton cloth on the inside, which is a warm sheepskin quilt.

And the loose wool that is cut off, they do not waste it, they first throw it into the snow to wash it, then throw it into the boiling warm water to wash it, and then put it in a dustpan, wait for it to dry, and then smooth the wool and make it fluffy, and use it as cotton to sew clothes or bedding.

It's simple, it's not hard, and everyone can do it.

They asked the sun to rise and dry until it went down, and the winter days were short, but it didn't take long.

Do two meals a day, eat at the county government at noon, and take one meal home at night, in addition to giving two catties of thick noodles every day, if there is something at home, you can not come at any time.

As soon as the treatment was said, the people of the county rushed to do it, and when recruiting people, Yan County said that the priority should be given to recruiting those who are in difficulty at home, so that the people of the county can spend the winter and eat.

At first, everyone was afraid that someone would pretend to be pitiful and sneak in, but when they signed up, as soon as they reported their names and addresses, Yan County Ling and Xiao Lu could tell who had a few people, whether they were sick, whether there were old people and young children, and so on.

They recruited thirty people in one go, all of them were really poor and miserable people.

Those who weren't chosen had nothing to say.

Of the thirty men, there were ten men and twenty women, and the women were especially grateful.

One of them only came to Guanwai this year, their hometown is south, they don't know how cold it is in the winter outside Guanwai, when the first snow fell, the house has not been built, and they collapsed and cried.

But their family was really not well prepared, the bedding they brought from their hometown was not thick enough, and there was not much food, so they changed everything that could be exchanged for food and clothes at home, and borrowed everything they could.

Most of the families who have people in the Huben Army who are in the army live in the military camp near the Huben Army barracks, and most of the people who come to the county seat have heard that no taxes are collected outside the Guan, and the land is also divided, and the poor families who came in response to the government's call.

And how much surplus food did they lend to them?

They really couldn't borrow it, so they had to leave the food for the elderly and children when they were hungry.

Half of the children in the family were also hungry with the adults, and they couldn't stand the hunger, so they went to the yard to dig snow to eat, or went to pull grass roots under the snow.

Several times, the old lady of the neighbor couldn't bear to see it, and secretly broke her piece of cake to their children to eat.

The hostess heard the neighbors scolding the old lady several times, and she was dying of starvation, and she gave alms to others.

She wanted to ask the child to go back, but looking at the child's yellow and thin face, she couldn't say anything.

Just when she was so bitter that she wanted to scrape the soil and eat it, Yan County Ling and Master Lu came.

As soon as their new county order came, they cooked broth for the people of the county.

When her family received the soup, she was like walking in a dream, a mouthful of hot soup went down her stomach, and the dark clouds that pressed on her head to crush people spread a crack, and she drank the bowl of soup with tears in her eyes, and drank and drank it, and heard her husband and children crying.

Only less is not more, the two-year-old daughter who is cared for by the whole family is smiling, she said sweetly, "A-Niang is so delicious, I still want to drink." ”

She was afraid of displeasing people, so she just wanted to take the child away, but Master Lu, who scooped the soup, served soup to her little daughter again, not only serving the soup, but also giving them her own cakes.

Xiao Lu said that there are still and there will be in the future, so that she is not in a hurry to drink slowly. The county residents in line also silently shielded her little daughter from the wind, looked at her with a smile, waited for her to finish the bowl of hot soup slowly, and teased her.

At that moment, their family no longer regretted going to Guanwai.

Immediately afterwards, the Yan county order wanted to recruit someone to deal with the fur, and their family heard the news that it was not the earliest, so they hurriedly came, and the county order and Xiao Lu had already reserved a place for their family, and asked if anyone in his family could come.

Yes, she's coming!

If it weren't for the fact that there was only one person in the family, she could carry the children on her back and bring the whole family to work.

They don't want to be paid, and their whole family repays the two county magistrates and the fathers and villagers in the city.

Yan County Ling said that these leathers were to be used by the sick and weak elderly and children in the county, and she was very careful to do it.

She just heard that this batch of quilts was going to be given to the old lady of the neighbor's house, so she plucked up the courage to ask if she could sew it.

Little Lord Lu said yes. also let her finish sewing this bed, and sew a small quilt for her little daughter in the next bed, and there will be more fur in the future, and there will be little dolls under the age of three in the county.

She received the material and sewed it very carefully, and she must make sure that it is clean, and the stitches must be the best.

In the afternoon, Lu Xu and his entourage came back, and the four officials who were standing guard at the city gate hurriedly unfolded the city gate.

In winter, there are usually no people in and out of the city, and in order to block the wind and take care of safety, they usually only open half the door.

The officials in the city who were leading the people to shovel snow and clean the streets, as well as Yan Junqi, who led the team to repair houses from house to house, all heard the sound of gongs sounding at the city gate.

Yan Junqi took the lead in striding to the street, and saw the city gate open, Lu Xuhu's long blue cloak hunting and flying, and the jujube red horse galloping over.

In the snow white of the sky, the vivid red and blue are the most conspicuous colors, more dazzling than the red and blue surging in the wind, it is Lu Xu's bright smile.

"I'm number one!"

Lu Xu, who rushed into the city gate, shouted behind him, and then raised his fist high in front of him.

Twenty or thirty meters away from him, other officials also galloped over.

The carriage that fell at the end shouted so loudly that even if you couldn't hear a word, you could feel how angry they were with this group of invincible colleagues.

It was as if they hadn't just gone through a high-risk trade, but had gone to a game.

When the man is excited, so is the horse.

In the ice and snow, they were all snorting and panting, like mist, and they rolled out a large piece of air and breath.

The people in the city looked stupid, and Yan Jun shook his head.

Lu Zhou also came from afar from the county office, and the steady child ran fast with the hem of his clothes.

"Brother!"

Lu Xu jumped off the horse, ran to the carriage and took out a jar, left behind the noisy and dissatisfied colleagues and brothers, and strode towards his younger brother.

"Yogurt!"

Lu Zhou was at a loss.

Lu Xu stuffed the jar into his arms: "I changed it for you, take it back, take it back!" ”

He couldn't be a baby, Lu Zhou didn't know what it was, and he hurriedly hugged it, for fear of falling.

Lu Xu took out a bag of fried pine nuts from his arms and stuffed them into Lu Zhou's arms, "Crush them and sprinkle yogurt on them for a while!" ”

Yan Junqi waited for the two brothers to finish muttering mysteriously before coming over, and asked with a smile: "What did you change?" ”

Lu Xu: "Good thing! Go home and make it for you to eat. Have you found enough manpower, this time we mainly changed the skin, I discussed with them next time to agree on a place to set up a market, where do you think it is most appropriate? ”

Lu Xu took the horse and discussed with Yan Junqi as he walked.

The officials behind him also led their horses to the county seat.

Yan Junqi handed over the repairs to the busy officials in advance, and took Lu Xu to settle the materials in exchange.

As they walked all the way, the people who shoveled the snow couldn't help but look at the car, and the half-grown children were so cold that they snorted, and they still couldn't help but ask curiously: "Have you changed the meat?" Can you still cook broth tomorrow? ”