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Chapter 378 If it wasn't for the superintendent, how could we be here today?

On October 12th, the 28th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the land was silvery white, and the snowflakes that fell from the previous period condensed together. Although it was sunny for several consecutive days, it did not melt.

But the road was slightly muddy, people were coming and going, and mules and carriages were constantly passing by. The snow on the street melted and then froze, and it had been like this for several days.

Since the beginning of the Xiaoxue solar term, there have been two snowfalls, but the temperature has picked up again after the snow, and now there are still some snow piled up on the corners of the walls in those shady alleys.

The military households in Dushikou have long been accustomed to the cold, and they don't care about the howling north wind from time to time. Many of them are still wearing jackets and shorts, but everyone's face is filled with happy smiles.

In their eyes, Dushikou seems to be much more prosperous than before. Not only is it easier to do business, but even running errands between shops and warehouses, and even carrying labor is much more profitable than before.

From time to time, one or two people will be seen, they are in the tea shop on the street, or in the winery, chatting together in twos and threes, if you get closer, you will hear them, besides Zhang Cheng, they talk the most It is the Buying stationed in Dushikou Beiyan Martial Arts Field.

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Now, everything is gradually on the right track. Although the battalion is still practicing day and night, there are three days of vacation every month. They can go around the city of Dushikou Castle together.

The military regulations strictly forbid drinking alcohol in the barracks, but there are no regulations during the holidays. Therefore, they often gather three or five people to drink together during holidays, and of course there are also a group of 11 people who gather at a table.

At the beginning, when the shops and restaurants saw them, they were like menacing spirits. Some of them put up signs saying they were full ahead of time, and some even put up boards to close their doors.

But what they didn't expect was that these Qiu Ba were different from the past, although they were also loud and noisy, drinking, crying and laughing, shouting and punching.

But they are not bad at all or in debt, and every time they pay the bill, they are very happy, clean and neat. The only drawback is that they have a pungent and spicy smell on them, and the place where they drank wine also smells spicy. There were extinguished cigarette butts all over the place.

Since August 26, the soldiers of the battalions on the North Road have implemented a three-day vacation system per month. It was originally planned to take one day off every ten days, but after discussion, it was determined that they would take three days off at the end of each month.

In this way, those sergeants recruited on the North Road can go home and have a look around, and live there for a day, while those whose homes are far from the barracks can only live in the barracks.

These newly paid soldiers seem to have become the main consumer force in Dushikou and Chicheng Castle. Those soldiers who went home, how many of them would go back without bringing some items.

However, the car camp stationed in Yunzhou was the latest to be established. In mid-July, after Wu Zhizhong East Road and Jingshi recruited [-] young adults, they allocated [-] to the car camp. Now they have only completed three months of work. Concentrated training, just in the car camp, and there will be holidays starting next month.

Moreover, the original [-] sergeants in the Yunzhou Cheying Camp had to stand guard in addition to drills, and patrol and guard inside and outside the Yunzhou Carpenter Camp, but they basically had no holidays.

However, the business in Yunzhou is still prosperous, because the craftsmen's families in the Yunzhou craftsman's camp all have a lot of income. When they were in the capital, their income was barely enough to make ends meet.

Now they are not only full, but also have some spare money, so how can they not spend it, not to mention that since they have settled here, all kinds of things in the house are always tidy.

What's more, there are many workshops in this craftsman's camp, there are all kinds of workers and apprentices, plus those who support the logistics, there are always thousands of people. main force.

Moreover, the border trade between Dushikou and Mumabao is also becoming more and more prosperous. Not only are the caravans coming and going frequently, but some military households have fled from time to time.

As always, Zhang Cheng took in all of them. Although this increased the number of people in the North Road, it also caused dissatisfaction among other guards in Xuan Town, especially the East Road and Middle Road.

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At this time, Yang Qing was the captain of the first outpost team of the ranger department of the cavalry battalion, also known as the team leader.

He was originally the commander of the first team of the second and third teams of the rear outpost of the thousand cavalry headquarters when Zhang Cheng joined the King of Weiqin.

Today he invited everyone to gather at Zuixianju not far from the Changsheng Gate to the east of Dushikou Castle, and everyone naturally respected Ma Sanzhuang, the head of the outpost.

In addition, Gu Zhide, the captain of the second outpost team, Niu Gengtian, the captain of the third team, and Shi Changji Yingchun, Ye Zimei, and Qiu Shuzhen, three members of Yang Qing's team, were sitting in a single room by the window on the second floor of Zuixianju.

The last time their cavalry department was ordered to join forces with Jin Yong's Dushibu Battalion B to suppress the bandits on the east road, except that in the first few days, they pretended to be bandits and horse bandits to scare the new army of B, but later they attacked in separate ways. It is true that more than ten bandit villages have been wiped out.

They have also gained a lot from this trip. The bandits and horse thieves on the East Road are really not comparable to those on the North Road. Perhaps it is because the East Road is more prosperous and the caravans passing by are more frequent.

Afterwards, according to statistics, they went out to suppress the bandits on the East Road, and they harvested a total of nearly [-] taels of silver, cloth and silk, and nearly [-] shi of grain, grain and beans, which can be described as a bumper harvest.

All the soldiers of the B Division and Ranger Division who participated in the battle were rewarded with at least one tael of silver, and those who made meritorious deeds and were injured received heavier rewards, and everyone was very happy and excited.

And the infantry battalion and cavalry battalion sergeants who didn't get the chance to fight also clamored to ask for a fight to suppress the bandits and calm the people, which fully achieved the effect Zhang Cheng expected.

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Yesterday, Niu Gengtian, the captain of the third team, was the host. They had already eaten and drank at an old restaurant in the west of the city. During the dinner yesterday, after drinking, Gu Zhide, the captain of the second team, yelled carelessly that it would be his turn to be the host tomorrow.

As the team officer of the first team, Yang Qing couldn't let it go, the two fought over each other during the banquet, and in the end it was Ma Sanzhuang, the boss of the whistle, who decided to let Yang Qing be the host today, so it was considered a let-down.

It's just that there were a few chiefs from the third team participating yesterday, and today they were replaced by three chiefs from the first team, but Ma Sanzhuang, Yang Qing, Gu Zhide, Niu Gengtian and others did not change.

In the single room on the second floor of Zuixianju, there is a copper hot pot on the table, the pot is boiling hot, a few pieces of lamb scorpions are cooked thoroughly, and there are many gnawed lamb scorpions on the table .

All of them were dressed in jackets, their mouths were dripping with oil, and their foreheads were glistening with sweat. Yang Qing put down the long chopsticks in his hand, held up the wine bowl and said, "Come on, let's all offer a bowl to Mr. Ma." .”

"Yes, respect to Mr. Ma..."

Everyone raised their wine bowls vaguely, the second team leader Gu Zhide's tongue was a little big, and his speech became even more slurred.

But Ma Sanzhuang didn't pick up the wine bowl, he glanced at everyone on the table, blushed and shouted in a low voice: "We should respect the commander-in-chief, if it wasn't for the commander-in-chief, why would we be here today?"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."

"Respectful Commander..."

(End of this chapter)