Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 88 Taking Refugees to Longmen Fort
A huge stream of people walked slowly on the official road, and the refugees who followed closely behind the carriage looked at the carriage ahead with fiery eyes in their eyes.

"My lord, how long will it take to arrive?" The man who sold his life to Zhao Wen walked beside Zhao Wen's carriage with his old mother on his back. "Master, the younger one is called Qi Dazhuang, you can call me Dazhuang."

He raised his head and asked expectantly.

Zhao Wen said, "It will be another hour."

The carriage rolled over the potholed official road, making a creaking sound.

The refugees dragged their families along behind the carriage, carrying various packages on their backs.

Those parcels were nothing more than broken pots and bowls and the like. These things looked like rags to rich people, but they were very precious things to these refugees.

The sun gradually rose to the middle, the fiery light shone on the earth, and smoke and dust rolled up on the long-dry land.

Standing on the top of the city, Zhao Daniu suddenly saw a puff of smoke coming from a distance, he hurriedly shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Get ready to fight, there is an unknown situation."

Zhao Daniu raised the binoculars hanging around his neck and looked towards the smoke.

In the binoculars, Zhao Wen was sitting in the carriage, talking and laughing with the little girl sitting next to him holding a box.

"It's my lord, put down your weapon, and the guard camp will follow me out to meet you."

Zhao Daniu yelled, and then rushed towards the bottom of the city.

Teams of Longmen troops in bright armor rushed down from the top of the city.

After a few breaths, more than 20 people rode on horses, and under the leadership of Zhao Daniu, they rushed towards the gate of the city.

These war horses were all captured from Wu Keshan before.

The sound of horseshoes hitting the ground made a thumping sound, and the smoke and dust rolled up into the sky.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu who appeared in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The refugees looked at the cavalrymen who were sweeping in, and because of their instinctive fear of the officers and soldiers, they hurriedly crowded together, trembling non-stop.

Zhao Xiaoni also hugged Zhao Wen's thigh, looking at the cavalry who suddenly appeared in front of her in panic, trembling.

"Applause!!!"

Zhao Daniu stopped at a distance of about ten steps in front of Zhao Wen, then got off his horse.

Zhao Daniu knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists with both hands and raised his head above his head, and said angrily: "The last general welcomes you!"

"The last general welcomes you!"

More than [-] personal guards all knelt on one knee and lined up neatly behind Zhao Daniu, shouting in unison.

Zhao Wen stood up slowly, "Get up!"

"As ordered!"

Zhao Daniu led the personal guard battalion and slowly stood up from the ground.

"My lord, what's the matter with these people?" Zhao Daniu looked at the refugees behind Zhao Wen and asked with some doubts.

"These are the refugees I collected. Many of these people are middle-aged people. You and Song Hu will choose among them. If there are suitable ones, they will be selected to fill the barracks. If they are not suitable, our cement factory is just right. It's time to start work, let them work as workers in the cement factory.

As for other people who can't do heavy physical work, they can also be allowed to work in our farm.Our farm is very short of people. "

This farm was set up by Zhao Wen a long time ago. At that time, the Longmen Army had just jumped out of the crop field for a few days. Due to lack of nutrition, their physical fitness was not very good.

Therefore, Zhao Wen set up a farm two or three miles outside Longmen Fort, where some chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle were raised.Provided meat and eggs for the Longmen army.

The manpower in the farm is to recruit farmers who live nearby, but there are not many farmers nearby. In addition, these farmers basically have land to cultivate at home, so the number of people in the farm is not large.

Farmers in this era have an indescribable obsession with farming.Many farmers would rather not the high salary offered by Zhao Wen, but also to farm.

"By the way, take them to take a bath first, and then have a meal." Zhao Wen said hastily.

"Follow your lord's order." Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wen, and then walked towards the refugees.

"Follow me now, line up and advance to the fort. Remember, if anyone dares to run around, don't blame me for kicking you out." Zhao Daniu looked at these refugees and shouted in a deep voice.

The refugees looked at Zhao Daniu, who was big and rough, with a hint of fear in their eyes.

"My lord, can I also be a soldier?" Qi Dazhuang asked his mother with his back, looking at the shining armor on Zhao Daniu's body, and asked passionately in his heart.

Zhao Wen turned his head and said with a smile: "Of course, as long as the body is qualified, it's fine."

"Really? Can I really do it?" Qi Dazhuang asked excitedly.

"It's ok, now you follow him, let's talk about entering the fort, and there will be arrangements later." Zhao Wen said loudly, always Zhao Daniu.

"Okay, I still have something to do, so I'll go first." Zhao Wen flicked the whip in his hand, and headed towards Longmen Fort.

Zhao Daniu looked at this large group of refugees, and said in a deep voice, "All follow me!"

There are about 500 people in this large group of refugees, more than half of them are young and strong.

Also, only the young and strong with good physical fitness can run from the land of Sanqin to Zhangjiakou.If he was old and frail, he would probably have died on the way.

The refugees followed behind Zhao Daniu and slowly passed through the gate of Longmen Fort.

"This city wall is really high, almost catching up with Yan'an Mansion."

"Yeah, look at these city walls. I don't know what material is used on them, but they are so smooth. It looks very strong."

"Look at these streets, they are too smooth. I don't think the streets in Xi'an are so smooth."

After those refugees entered Longmen Fort, their eyes were not enough. They stretched their necks curiously and looked around.If it wasn't for the soldiers from the Guards Battalion, they would all have run over to touch the city wall or the road.

Zhao Daniu took them to the school grounds of Longmen Fort, "Someone will come and take you to take a hot bath in a while, then change into the clothes we prepared for you, and then go to have a meal. After the meal, you all Gather here, do you hear me?"

Zhao Daniu stood on the stone platform of the school grounds, gathered his strength, and shouted at the refugees.

"Brother, there are new clothes to wear and food to eat!" A little girl sitting on the boy's shoulders said to the elder brother under him with a look of joy.

The young man nodded, and said, "Yes, this lord guard is really kind, he really is a living Bodhisattva."

"This lord guard is really a living Bodhisattva, much better than those officials in Yan'an Mansion."

"Yes, yes, there are new clothes to wear and food to eat. It's really unspoken."

When the refugees heard Zhao Daniu's words, they shouted excitedly.

For a while, these refugees all had a feeling of dreaming.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Song Hu, Wang Qi and the others received Zhao Wen's order and rushed over with the soldiers.

Now the cement factory has been built, so those Tatar captives have been put in prisons, and these soldiers don't have to watch them anymore.

Song Hu looked at so many refugees, and said to Zhao Daniu who was standing next to him: "There are more than 500 people here, most of them are young and strong, and we don't know where we adults got them. Now let's Longmen Fort is no longer an empty city."

"Hey, why don't we say we are gods?" Zhao Daniu laughed.

"Follow me, ten of you!" Zhou Lao Liu pointed at Qi Dazhuang, the boy holding the little girl, and a few people standing next to them and shouted.

"I'm coming!"

Qi Dazhuang and the boy quickly ran to Zhou Laoliu.

Zhou Laoliu looked at Qi Dazhuang and said, "Follow me closely, don't run around, if you can't be found by then, get the hell out of Longmen Fort. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it, I heard it." Everyone hurriedly replied.

"Okay, follow me."

Zhou Laoliu nodded, and then led them to the outside of the school grounds.

The remaining refugees were also led by other Longmenbao soldiers and walked towards the outside of the school grounds.

In the northwest corner of Longmen Fort, there is a huge bathhouse.

Originally, there was no such thing, but as a time traveler who traveled from later generations, Zhao Wen really couldn't bear the stench from being in the army without washing once for ten days and a half months.Therefore, under Zhao Wen's strong request, a bathhouse that can accommodate more than 400 people at one time was built in the northwest corner of Longmen Fort.

Because there are a lot of refugees, they can't finish washing at one time, so they wash them alternately.

It may be because these refugees were so dirty that it took more than an hour to wash them all.

At this time, it was already dark.

The Longmen Army returned to the school grounds with the refugees who had bathed and changed their clothes.

These clothes were hoarded by Zhao Wen before, and all of them were taken out at once today.

Dozens of huge fires were ignited on the school grounds, illuminating the school grounds brightly.

Nearly more than 100 tables and more than 400 benches have been placed around the huge fire.

There is a huge iron pot on each table, and some vegetables, tofu and pork are boiled in the iron pot.

A huge bamboo basket is placed around the iron pot, and the bamboo basket is full of white flour steamed buns.Next to it are seven or eight large coarse porcelain bowls, each with a pair of chopsticks.

It is also fortunate that Zhao Wen's family background is relatively strong at this time, plus the breeding farm outside Longmen Fort.Otherwise, Zhao Wen really couldn't come up with so much food for a while.

In order to prepare this meal, the Longmen army slaughtered more than 20 big fat pigs at once.

Of course, these refugees can't eat that much at one time.So the extra pork was put on the next day.

After all, the current refugees are extremely weak, and it will not work if they don't make up for it.

In fact, Zhao Wenyao had a plan to expand his troops and recruit refugees, so he started to prepare early.

There is a tantalizing aroma permeating the school grounds.

The refugees couldn't help twitching their noses when they smelled the fragrance, and the hala from the corners of their mouths kept flowing.

"My God, this is the smell of meat, this is the smell of meat, I can smell the smell of meat."

"God, this must be an immortal who came down to earth, and there is meat in the food for us."

"The taste of white flour steamed buns, this is the taste of white flour steamed buns."

The crowd immediately became agitated.

Standing on the stone platform, Zhao Daniu pulled out the big black star on his waist, fired a shot directly at the sky, and then shouted to the bottom: "Now, everyone, follow the group I just led you to." Soldier, sit in your seat, if anyone dares to boo and snatch food, don't blame me for being rude."

The refugees were startled by the sudden gunshot, shut their mouths hastily, lined up obediently, and followed behind the soldiers.

However, their eyes were fixed on those tables intently.

"Dinner is ready!" Zhao Daniu roared.

The soldiers led the refugees towards the table.

On the entire school grounds, apart from the sound of mouth smacking when eating, there is the sound of chopsticks colliding with iron pans or coarse porcelain bowls.

At this moment, no one spoke.Everyone wolfed down the food on the table and stuffed it into their mouths.

"Eat slowly, I don't care if anyone chokes to death."

Zhao Daniu led a group of soldiers carrying vegetable soup across the school grounds.From time to time, the soldiers added some vegetable soup to the iron pot to prevent the refugees from choking to death.

At this time, Zhao Wen had already had dinner, so he threw Zhao Xiaoni and her mother to Li Xiaoying, and after asking Li Xiaoying to help arrange a place for them, he took Liu Wu to the backyard and started the experiment.

Originally, Zhao Wen also wanted to arrange Zhao Xiaoni's mother and daughter like ordinary refugees, but both of them were female, plus one older and one younger, so it was not easy to arrange, so Li Xiaoying simply asked Li Xiaoying to help arrange them.

The most urgent task now is to get the mirror out first.

(End of this chapter)