Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 183 Seizing the Fort ([-])

Before dark, more than 100 green construction tents had been set up.As for the cooking team in charge of cooking, dozens of large iron pots and wooden barrels were lined up one by one, and the aroma of the food floated inside and outside the fort with the steam.

Shu Haili stared dumbfounded at the bustling crowd and the hundred grass-green tents in front of him, marveling in his heart how many people the "imperial court" had sent!
And the food they eat is really good!Snow-white rice, large pieces of stewed meat with oily flowers, and vegetables that are hard to see in early spring.Not to mention ordinary Fort people, even Shu Haili himself can't remember when was the last time he ate white rice.

At this time, Liu Sheng was picking up a large bowl of rice, which was covered with vegetables.When he saw Shu Haili not far away, he raised his chopsticks and waved to him, motioning for him to come over.

Shu Haili suppressed the saliva secreted in his mouth, swallowed his saliva non-stop, walked around and looked around at the migrant workers who were carrying their meals back to the tent, walked up to Liu Sheng and said, "My lord, what are your orders?"

"You call out all the families in the fort, and let them come over with bowls to make food for dinner."

"Ah! How can this be possible!" Shu Haili said while glancing at the cauldron of stew not far away.

"What nonsense, go!" After Liu Sheng finished speaking, he winked at the soldiers behind Shu Haili, signaling them to watch.The soldier saluted, and took Shu Haili to the fort.

In Fuldan city, the residents of the castle were all very surprised after hearing Shu Haili's words. "The general of the imperial court" invites everyone to eat meat!Doesn't the sun come out from the west today?Where is the sun?Oh, it's getting dark, let's have a look tomorrow morning.

Stop talking, hurry up.A group of fort residents lit torches, holding rice bowls and water bowls they found from their homes, and went outside the fort with a grunt.After being led by the "officers and soldiers" to a row of large iron pots, each of them drools wishing to smash a big hole in the ground.

"Mother, what is that?" Shu Haili's daughter looked at the white rice in the big wooden barrel and asked with her index finger in her mouth.

"I heard from your father that it's rice." Shu Haili's wife had never eaten rice either.

"What is rice?"

"Rice is even better food than sorghum rice."

"Mom, I want to eat rice."

At this time, a fat cook from Beihai Town waved a big iron spoon in his hand, and shouted to the Bao residents standing in a mess: "Line up! Everyone line up! Those who don't line up won't be eaten!"

When Shu Haili heard this, he quickly asked the villagers to stand in line, and cursed at a flagman: "Ba Mangong, you boy, go behind me in line! Be careful, I will beat you."

With a pot under his arm, Bamangong stood at the end of the line step by step.

"One serving for each person, if it's not enough, fill it up again! Take the chopsticks yourself!" The fat man waving a big iron spoon said while serving food to the Fort residents.On the small wooden table next to it, chopsticks cut from pine branches are placed in a basket.

At this time, two soldiers from Beihai Town carried rifles on their backs, and said to each of the Fort residents who had finished eating: "Go and eat in the tent, it's warm there."

The fort residents bowed their waists and thankfully carried their meals into the tents one by one.Finally it was Ba Mangong's turn, he couldn't wait to bow his waist and said to the cook in front of him: "My lord, bring more broth, more meat, and more rice."

The guy's surname was Hu, and his name was Hu Fugui. He was a cook Shen Jingdan recruited from northern Jiangsu years ago.At this time, I was full of anger, thinking that I used to cook for the salt merchant, but now it is fine, and I cook big pot dishes with a big spoon every day.

Bamangong didn't notice that there was one more person behind him.When Hu Fugui saw it, the resentment in his stomach disappeared immediately, and he said to the man with a smile on his face: "My lord, what do you want?"

Bamangong looked back and found that the man was much taller than himself, wearing a cotton hat, and was looking at him with a smile.He pouted dissatisfiedly: "I came first, I came first"

"Master Hu, you can serve him first. I'm not in a hurry." Zhao Xin thought the young man in front of him was quite interesting.

"My lord, you are benevolence and righteousness." Hu Fugui smiled and praised Zhao Xin, and when his eyes fell on Ba Mangong, he looked disgusted. "What do you want!"

Ba Mangong was so preoccupied with eating and eating meat that he didn't pay attention to Hu Fugui's words.He pointed to the wooden barrel containing the rice: "Give me half a pot of this!" Then he pointed to the half pot of stew left. "I want this! More broth!"

Hu Fugui took half a spoonful of meat, poured a large spoonful of broth on the rice, and finally poured a large spoonful of boiled cabbage.

"I want to eat meat!" Bamangong said dissatisfied.

"Eat, eat, eat, I'll give it to you. What will the people behind eat?" Hu Fugui rolled his eyes at the other party, and the flesh on his face magically changed from vertical to horizontal. He smiled and said to Zhao Xin: "What do you eat, my lord?"

Zhao Xin said with a smile: "Master Hu, you can give him some more meat, this kid is young, it's time to eat."

"What do you say?" Hu Fugui filled another half iron ladle of stewed meat and put it into the clay pot.

Ba Mangong glanced at Zhao Xin gratefully, took a pair of chopsticks, and, led by the soldiers, left with piles of pointed clay pots.

Hu Fugui turned back at this time, and quickly picked up a plate of fried pork slices from the table behind him, and said to Zhao Xin: "My lord, this villain made this specially for you."

Zhao Xin nodded in satisfaction, filled some rice and cabbage by himself, and said to Hu Deli, "Thank you, Master Hu."

"Oh, I can't afford to be a villain. This can kill a villain!" Hoodley's legs softened and he almost knelt on the ground.He knew the man in front of him, the chief of Beihai Town.I have been a cook for so many years, and no master has ever been so polite to a cook.

Zhao Xin waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, Master Hu. You should eat earlier too."

Hu Fugui looked at Zhao Xinyuan's back, his nose was sore, and he almost cried.

When Zhao Xin entered the tent with the rice bowl, Liu Sheng had already finished eating and was assigning tasks with Sheng Haizhou.

"Even if you work hard tonight, you will keep a close eye on the inside and outside of the castle, and you will not let any one escape."

"Yes! None of them can be let go." Sheng Haizhou stood at attention and saluted, and then immediately went out to deploy people.

Zhao Xin sat at the table with a smile, and asked Liu Sheng while eating: "How is it? How do you feel?"

Liu Sheng knew what he was asking. He gave Zhao Xin a blank look, lit a cigarette and sighed, "I went around the castle this afternoon. I'm so poor! I can't bear to do anything poor."

"You did a good job today. Peaceful settlement and peaceful annexation. I guess when these people wake up, they will already be in a dilemma."

"That's what I mean too. It's better not to kill people if you can. How are you going to deal with them tomorrow?"

"Your words sound like I'm going to set up a concentration camp. Am I that evil?" Zhao Xin rolled his eyes, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said, "Let them all move out tomorrow and live in tents. All those dilapidated houses have been demolished! After the land has been leveled, warehouses and medical stations must be erected first.”

Zhao Xin's plan is that Fuldan City in the east will be used as a logistics base, and material warehouses and medical stations will be located here.The old Fort Juergen, four miles away to the west, has long been abandoned, and it will be transformed into a forward headquarters. The surrounding area of ​​the Old Fort Juergen is where the entire defensive position is located.

"Where are Director Liu and the others?"

"They went to rest after eating. The past 20 days have exhausted them."

While the two were talking, they heard Guisheng's voice from outside the tent: "My lord, Miss A Miao is here, and she wants to see you."

Liu Sheng immediately became suspicious, looked Zhao Xin up and down, and jokingly said: "Hey, let me tell you, how many boats are you going to step on?"

"You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Look at your current appearance, image, image!" Zhao Xin picked up the rice bowl and walked out of the tent.Under the firelight, A Miao, whose nose was red from the cold, was waving to herself.

Zhao Xin walked over with a smile and said, "It's too cold outside, go talk in my tent." A Miao nodded and followed Zhao Xin into the tent.

The thin and frail little girl Sheng Haizhou met in the Sendai Domain has become slim and tall at this time, and her head has grown a lot.At this time, A Miao has a little baby fat on her face, her facial features are delicate and attractive, her eyes are bright, and she has a natural beauty that needs to be carved.

Zhao Xin stretched out his hand and grunted twice on A Miao's head, and asked with a smile, "What do you want from me?"

"The teacher said that the anti-inflammatory drugs are not enough, and I ask you to get some more for her tomorrow."

"That's it?"

"The teacher also said that she will see the completed medical station the day after tomorrow."

"Your teacher told me about this all day long."

A Miao lowered her head, looked up at Zhao Xin occasionally, and said with a smile, "Are you going back in a few days?"

"Yes. What's the matter?"

A Miao's face suddenly turned a little red, and after a while she said, "Are you back?"

Zhao Xin stretched out his hand and touched A Miao's little face, it didn't burn. "What's the matter? Of course I have to come back."

Ah Miao's neck was red now, and she whispered: "I'm not here, Duofu won't be able to eat well."

Zhao Xinxin said that's all. "There are brothers from the Xu family, I can't starve it. Is there anything else?"

"Then you rest, I'm going back."

"Take a good rest, there are a lot of things tomorrow."

A Miao got out of the tent, and the cold wind blew, and then she felt that her face was not so hot.She ran all the way back to the tent of the medical team, went in and saw that the small lights in the tent were still on, and Liu Siting was waiting for her.

"Give it to him?"

A Miao shook her head, reached out and took out a pair of newly made cotton gloves from her coat pocket.The glove was so big that it didn't belong to her at first glance.

"You are so stupid, don't say you are my apprentice when you go out. Go to sleep."

"Oh." A Miao responded, took off her coat and covered her quilt, and then got into the quilt.In the darkness, A Miao hugged the cotton gloves in her arms, staring at the top of the tent with twinkling eyes.

That night, the residents of Fuldan Castle who had a big meal all had a good dream.They dreamed that their house was full of cattle and sheep, and countless grain bags were piled up in the house, so they never had to worry about going hungry again.
Early in the morning, just before dawn, the Fort residents were woken up by loud noises outside the house.

"Every family clean up the valuables at home, and move to live in tents outside the fort first! The old fort has been requisitioned!" Seldan shouted in Manchu everywhere in the fort, holding up a big horn made of iron.

Shu Haili hurriedly put on his robe, pulled his worn-out boots to open the door, saw Seldan walking over, and quickly asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"The old fort was requisitioned by the army, and everyone immediately packed up their belongings and went to live in tents outside the fort."

"This..." Shu Haili was stunned. He hurriedly caught up with Seldan and asked, "Hey, what's going on here?"

"Fuldan City is going to be rebuilt, and the general has ordered everyone to move out of the fort. Go home and pack your things now!"

Despite their reluctance, despite their attempts to dawdle, two hours later, all the fortresses left Fuldan City under the escort of soldiers from Beihai Town, carrying their oxen and horses with their rags and rags.

Behind Shu Haili was his wife and son. The youngest daughter was held in the arms of her mother, and she led a bony cattle to a tent.

A migrant worker from Beihai Town came over and said, "This tent belongs to your family of four. Give the cow to me, and someone will take care of it." After speaking, he took the rein from Shu Haili's hand involuntarily, and took the cow to go not far. The cattle barn.

"My ox!" Shu Haili still let go of the burden in his hand, quickly followed, and said to the migrant worker in a fawning manner: "My lord, this ox is the lifeblood of our whole castle, and we can only point to it when we start spring plowing." .Please, give me back the cow.”

The migrant worker stopped in his tracks, looked sideways at Shu Haili, and said, "Having raised the cow like this, are you willing to let it plow the fields?"

Shu Haili said awkwardly: "This, isn't there no way to do it. People can't get enough to eat, so how can I have time to feed it?"

The migrant worker pointed at the barn and said, "Let the cow go to us for a few days. Don't worry, no one will eat it." Shu Haili followed the other's fingers to see that in the barn not far away, dozens of migrant workers were feeding the cattle. Horse feeding.

"You see, the cattle are taken care of by someone, don't worry." The migrant worker patted Shu Haili on the shoulder and led the cattle over.

Shu Haili had no choice but to turn around, pick up the burden on the ground, and dust off the dust.He looked at the green tent, stepped forward and opened the curtain suspiciously, and a wave of heat rushed towards his face.

"It's so warm!" Shu Haili turned around and waved to his wife and children, and the family entered the tent.

"Father, it's really warm here!" Shu Haili's wife looked at the tent excitedly.In the corner, firewood was burning in a cast iron stove, and a white iron pipe thick as a calf was inserted into the iron stove, leading out of the tent roof.

On the ground, on the thick green mat, several new bedding and some colorful pots were placed on it.

"This is too extravagant!" Shu Haili said dumbly.It seems that the general is really a good official!
The family was in high spirits when the door curtain was lifted and another person walked in. "Bamangong? What are you doing here?"

Bamangong looked at the furnishings in the tent and said happily, "This is much warmer than my shabby house." He turned his head to look at Shu Haili and said, "The adults outside said that this tent will accommodate seven or eight people. I was also assigned here."

Regardless of the fortress residents in the tent, in the city of Fuldan at this time, teams of migrant workers armed with shovels, picks, and steel drills came in from outside the fort.

Zhao Xin took Guisheng and followed a group of migrant workers into the city of Fuldan. Looking at the dilapidated houses in front of him, he waved his arm and said to the leader of the migrant workers, Wan Zao, "Demolish!"

Hearing the order from the adults, the migrant workers of each team, led by the captain, rushed forward waving the tools in their hands.The dilapidated Fuldan City suddenly became even more dilapidated.

The door panels of the houses were removed, the fences of the houses were dismantled, and the thatch of the roofs was pulled out.After these things were placed on the open space, the houses were pushed to the ground.

Guisheng looked at the orderly migrant workers in front of him, and thought that your lord is really amazing, even the civilian workers are trained like soldiers.

Zhao Xin turned to Guisheng and said, "Tell them to work harder, and the city will be completely demolished before dinner to free up space."

"Yes. My lord."

How much effort did it take more than 2000 people to demolish dozens of dilapidated houses?Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Wan Zao found Zhao Xin and reported that all the houses in the castle had been demolished and the ground had been cleared.

Zhao Xin asked Wanzao to take all the migrant workers out of the fort, some of them immediately went to the nearby hillside to cut down trees, while the others stood by.He didn't take Guisheng with him, but wandered into the castle by himself.At this time, without those dilapidated houses, the area of ​​the entire castle can be seen at a glance, the size of two football fields.

Zhao Xin took out two small road rollers, a small excavator, a lot of tools and materials from the jade pendant, and then left the castle, and said to Wan Zao who was waiting outside: "It's time for you to go, according to the previous plan , do it."

Two days later, Shu Haili helped feed the animals in the morning, and took a look inside the castle when he was free.When he reached the north gate, he was stopped by the guards, but he still saw the current state of the city.

Inside the fort, which was originally like a rotten mud pond, the ground is flat, and the muddy path has disappeared.On the black land, some migrant workers are pouring lime and gravel on the ground, and two road rollers are rumbling to level the ground.

Shu Haili looked at the two slowly moving rollers in astonishment, and asked the soldier in front of him, "Master, what is that?"

The soldier said without looking back, "Roller."

"Duck stewed chicken?" Shu Haili looked at it for a while, thinking that this thing doesn't look like a chicken at all.
(End of this chapter)