Fenghou

Chapter 378
After more than half a month of trekking, the first batch of thousands of family members and [-] troops arrived at Ganquan Fort, along with [-] shi of grain and a lot of money from the army. Other supplies will arrive in the second batch.

Ganquan Castle suddenly became lively, and even Chen Qing couldn't be idle, participating in the distribution of houses and settling his family members.

Ganquan Fort was once renamed Xining County by the Kingdom of Jin. Its area is actually a county seat. There are no large mansions in the city, and there are no large businesses and Chenghuang Temples that consume land. There are only two vertical and horizontal roads. very high.

The houses in the county are mainly in the form of courtyards, basically a courtyard for each household.

Chen Qing's yard is opposite the barracks, next to the homes of Zheng Ping and Yang Yuanqing. Chen Qing led his wife Lu Xiu and two young ladies to his yard.

"This will be our home from now on, but it's a bit smaller, and it's nothing compared to the house in Lin'an!"

Chen Qing pointed to the yard and said with a smile: "It's a very ordinary yard, but mine is actually the biggest. I hope my wife won't dislike it."

Lu Xiu is still young and just wants to be with her husband, no matter how difficult the conditions are, she still feels sweet.

She turned around and said with a smile: "The conditions are much better than I thought. It's still a red brick house. I thought there were only three thatched houses!"

"That's not true!"

Chen Qing introduced them: "The three rooms on the front are the main room, a living room, a study and a bedroom, the two rooms on the east side are for Yu Lian and Yu Ying, the south side is the kitchen, and the west side is two rooms. Just put away the mess."

Lu Xiu hurriedly said, "Give me the two rooms on the west side, Master!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, "Didn't your master say that you will live in Chengdu forever?"

Lu Xiu shook her head, "She refuses, she must come to Ganquan Castle with us, husband, she is lonely and lonely, it's poor, let's keep her!"

Chen Qing is a bit embarrassed, it's not convenient to live together like this!And Li Qingzhao is not alone, she also has two personal maids who have followed her for many years.

He thought for a while and then said: "Let's do this! There is a small courtyard next door. I will exercise my privilege once and let your master live in the small courtyard next door. She and the two personal maids are just right."

"This is the best, A-Lian, go and find Master!"

"Hey!"

Yu Lian agreed and ran away.

Lu Xiu blushed slightly, and asked Chen Qing in a low voice, "Why is it convenient here?"

Chen Qing said apologetically: "We can only use clean buckets here, one for each person, and it's behind the screen in the dormitory!"

Lu Xiu quickly slipped into the room
After being busy until dark, everyone settled down. Chen Qing and Lu Xiu were newly married, and the young couple was very affectionate this night.

Before dawn the next day, 'Dingling!' came from the street outside.jingle! ’, Yu Ying knocked on the door outside, “Ma’am, the toilet collector’s cart is here!”

Lu Xiu was naked, so she was not willing to get up from the warm quilt, Chen Qing got up and said with a smile: "I'll go!"

Lu Xiu blushed and said coquettishly: "It's all your fault, it's like a starving ghost reincarnated, it's not allowed to do this in the future, and you won't let him go in the middle of the night!"

Chen Qing put on his robe and said with a smile, "I'll talk about it later."

"Husband, will the net barrel be mistaken? Ours is mixed with someone else's. How can we tell the difference?"

"There is a nameplate on it, which corresponds to our house's house number. If you are careful, you won't make a mistake. At most, it is my mistake and yours."

"Who's going to do that, soldier?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "They are death row prisoners. I found more than [-] death row prisoners from various counties in Qinzhou, and they were responsible for all kinds of dirty chores, such as cleaning up garbage, making shifts, dumping and cleaning toilets, etc., for ten hours. They can be released within one year, and they are willing to, and they can still earn three strings of money every month."

Chen Qing opened the door, Yu Ying took away the bucket, and Yu Lian came in to wait for them to get up.

"Madam, let us live in the East Wing! Otherwise, it will be inconvenient."

Lu Xiu also felt that it was inconvenient, she had to get up early in the morning to open the door in such a cold day, Lin'an and the others were sleeping in the outer room, not to mention there was a living room in the middle.

"Well! I'll make arrangements later."

After Lu Xiu put on her dress and went out, she saw her husband teaching Yu Ying how to make a stove!

Lu Xiu stepped forward and said with a smile: "This stove is a bit strange, doesn't it use firewood?"

"There is no firewood here, but there is coal, so we all use coal, briquettes, and straw can be used to ignite."

At this moment, Li Qingzhao, who lived next door, brought two maids to learn how to light the stove. Chen Qing demonstrated it to them, and said with a smile, "Isn't it very simple?"

It's really simple, Li Qingzhao and the maid hurriedly went back to practice.

"Husband, there is no well here!" Lu Xiu walked around the yard, but couldn't find any well.

"There are only four wells in the city, called war wells. They are not used in normal times, but are used during wars. They usually fetch water from the river outside, and every household has water tanks, both at the door and in the kitchen."

Lu Xiu found a water tank in the kitchen, filled a pot of water herself, and burned it on the stove.

At this moment, Hu Yanyun hurried over and whispered a few words to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing's face suddenly turned livid, "How many died?"

"Four dead!"

When Lu Xiu heard that someone had died, she was startled, "Husband, what happened?"

"A soldier burned a stove in the big tent last night, and all the people in the tent were poisoned."

Chen Qing was annoyed, and told Lu Xiu: "Go and tell your master that the briquette stove must not be placed in the room. If she is afraid of the cold, there will be charcoal for her later."

He followed Hu Yanyun in a hurry.

Last night Chen Qing was busy arranging for his family, but neglected the barracks. As a result, some new soldiers lit the stove by themselves, put the stove in the big tent to keep warm, and forgot to take it out, and all ten people in one tent were poisoned by gas.

Four people died, and the other six people are being rescued, but the brain is severely hypoxic, and the hope of rescue is very slim.

Chen Qing immediately summoned all commanders and generals to give lectures.

"I led [-] cavalry to fight in Fengxiang Mansion, and only eight of them were killed. This is good, ten of them were killed without seeing the enemy. I won't allow this kind of low-level mistake to happen again. Who is the commander of these ten people?"

"It's a humble job!"

A general raised his hand in frustration. His name was Wang Sheng, and he was also a veteran who participated in the Battle of Jiandao Pass.

"The humble officer told all the soldiers specifically, but they didn't take it to heart."

"But you didn't go to check the account at night!"

Wang Sheng lowered his head. He was indeed careless. In fact, he arranged for the heads to check the accounts, but anyway, he is the general, and he has to bear the responsibility for the accident.

"Ten people died, you can't shirk your responsibility, push them out, hit them with thirty army sticks, and demote them by one rank!"

Wang Sheng was taken down by the execution soldiers. At this time, the news came that the six comatose people could not be revived and all died.

This news really made Chen Qing sad. He said to the generals: "I repeat, the same situation is not allowed to happen again. If it happens again, everyone from the commander to the capital will be dismissed!"

In fact, gas poisoning is not the first time. A court lady was also poisoned by gas before, but fortunately she was found in time and was rescued. So this time when the family members came, Chen Qing did not allow the professor to use honeycomb briquettes that day, and he had to start teaching the next day. Prevent inadvertent poisoning.

The common people were on guard, but something happened to the barracks.

It was already early spring and late February, and Jiangnan had already warmed up, but Ganquanbao was still very cold, and it would not warm up until March, a full month later than Jiangnan.

Today, every family has started a new life, but the conditions are still very difficult. There is no well, and they need to go to the river to fetch water by themselves. You can also ask soldiers to help you fetch water, but you can only do other things by yourself.

The vast majority of households do not have maids and maids. The housewives have to raise the stove and cook by themselves, and they don't even have any other seasonings except oil and salt.

Lu Xiu brought two maidservants to the river to fetch water. Although Chen Qing's soldiers could help fetch water, Lu Xiu knew in her heart that other people's family members fetched water by themselves, but they asked soldiers to fetch water. It will make others uncomfortable and have a bad influence on your husband.

Lu Xiu and two young ladies drove a little donkey and carried two empty buckets down the long slope. The ice and snow on the slope had melted and the ground was covered with mud. The three of them walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. .

There were many people fetching water by the river, mostly women, driving their donkeys and walking slowly up the slope.

The three of them fetched two buckets of water, and the little donkey had a shelf on its back, which happened to put a bucket on one side, and hurried back.

At this time, Lu Xiu saw a slender young woman struggling to carry a bucket of water, her hands were very small and extremely fair.

The little donkey passed by the woman, Lu Xiu couldn't help but look back at her a few times, seeing that she was struggling.

"let me help you!"

Lu Xiu handed the whip to Yu Lian, and helped her lift the other side. It was much easier for two people to carry a bucket of water, and they carried it up the long slope in one go.

"Thank you!" The woman thanked in a low voice.

"fine!"

Lu Xiu pursed her lips into a smile, and decided to be a good person to the end, "Let's carry it into the city together!"

(End of this chapter)