Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 563
After all, it was outside the Great Wall, camped at night, and there was no bedding. Wen Bang woke up from the dream and felt a chill that made his body shiver although it was not biting.

I stretched out my hand to touch it, and there were still tears on my cheek. It is now March of the seventh year of Wude, it has been more than four years. I touched my side with the other hand, and a few tears emerged from the hole in the clothes that were simply laid on the ground. Grass, with dew condensation on it.

This young man in his 20s never thought that he would become a serf in Wuyuan County as a child of a high-ranking family. After so many nights of despair, he never thought that he would return to the Han Dynasty one day.

Hearing the loud noise outside, Wen Bang took a deep breath, put on his clothes and walked out of the tent. The outside room was already brightly lit, and the soldiers with swords on their waists were beating the gong non-stop. They galloped back and forth, dividing the crowd into pieces.

"It doesn't need to be so detailed, about a thousand people are enough." A soldier in his 20s wearing soft armor roared, pointing at Wen Bang, "Come here, all of you!"

The surrounding crowd was a little commotion, but Wen Bang did not hesitate, and was the first to walk out of the crowd, standing still in the direction pointed by the soldiers.

All the soldiers around were full of big men, and they seemed to have been busy for a long time. Wen Bang stood on tiptoe and looked around. Although he couldn't see anything, he could clearly see the sky. He turned his head and shouted at the crowd, and raised his finger to air.

There are dozens of cooking smoke curling up in the air.

"This guy is clever." The soldier was a little surprised, turned his head and said: "Second brother, I will leave this to you, and I will go to the next camp."

Zhou Zhoulang, who was pouring clear water, gave an indistinct hum, glanced at Wen Bang's face, put down the bamboo tube after a while, and roared in a rough voice: "The literate come out."

Wen Bang took a step forward and saluted, "I am literate."

Zhou Zhoulang nodded, pointed to his side to signal the other party to stand over, and three or four more people came out later.

"Silence, silence!" Seeing that the crowd in front of him was still chattering, Zhou Zhoulang suddenly took off his horsewhip from his mount behind him and waved it in the air, shouting, "If there is any more noise, I won't be able to eat for a day!"

Such a direct threat has a very good effect, and the front of him immediately quiets down.

But in the face of thousands of people, even if Zhou Zhoulang yelled loudly, he couldn't hear the people behind him clearly. It was the dozen or so soldiers under him who rushed to scold them, and the thousand people's team slowly fell silent.

"Listen to me clearly!" Zhou Zhou Lang simply got on his horse and shouted: "First of all, don't run away without permission."

"I have returned to the land of Han, and I am no longer a slave. I will be able to return to my hometown, but once you escape, hunt and kill, even if you escape, you will not be able to enter Yanmen Pass!"

"Even if there are Daizhou people among you who know the path, but you can climb mountains and ridges, can you still climb?!"

In a sense, Ashina Sheer has not been given food for several days, leaving these 3 people with little mobility.

"Secondly, register and make a book, and explain in advance if there is a family and a mouth."

He has been in battle several times, Zhou Zhoulang is very skilled, "If you can go back to your hometown, then go back to your hometown, if you can't go back to your hometown, His Highness will also arrange for you, and you will never sit idly by."

A courageous person shouted and asked, "Which Your Highness is it?"

There was a commotion in the crowd. The 3 people were basically from Hedong. Everyone knew that when Liu Wuzhou attacked Hedong, Baibi was defeated in the first battle.

"My family's lord, Li Huairen, the king of Handan County in the Tang Dynasty, used to be the magistrate of the acting county. He is currently the head of the acting governor's office, and he was ordered to take charge of the acting governor's office."

Wen Bang was a little surprised. He had never heard of this name, nor had he heard of the so-called King of Handan, but Shi, the governor of Daizhou, was in charge of the governor's office of the prefecture.

"It's Li Huairen!" An older middle-aged man beside him whispered.

Wen Bang glanced sideways, and the man was trembling with excitement.

The middle-aged man said in a low voice: "I came to Yunzhou when I was next year. I heard that Li Huairen, the acting county magistrate, reorganized the army and relocated the people.

The few people around were greatly relieved. Most of the other serfs who were driven out were in a daze, but these few who could read and write were always worried. Now they can finally feel relieved. At least it is not a bad thing, at least they can survive.

"Those who are over 50 years old go out!"

Zhou Zhoulang and a dozen soldiers shouted repeatedly, "Those under the age of 15 come out."

"Women with children under ten go out."

There was another commotion in the crowd, and some people even held up dead branches that they didn't know where they found... The Turkic practice is also the practice of the grassland. They are too old and can only consume food, but it is useless. It is better to kill it than keep it. The same goes for being too young.

There have been famines in the Turks in recent years, and a batch of them will be killed every winter.

"Don't worry." Zhou Zhoulang shouted at the top of his voice: "The young and old have other arrangements. The elderly and women need to cook. The food will be delivered today, and you won't be hungry!"

"The sick also come out, and the wounded!"

"There will be a doctor coming to heal the wound later."

Asked his soldiers to explain, Tuesday Lang galloped back, got off his horse, picked up the bamboo tube and drank some water, rubbed his uncomfortable throat, and said to Wen Bang and others: "Bamboo slips, paper pens, and inkstones will be used later. Some people sent it here, registered and made a book, recorded the name, place of origin, and age, and hung the bamboo slips on everyone's waist, and the work must be completed before tomorrow evening."

"Yes."

"Choose some other craftsmen. We will build a house later. The style is the same. It will be built with red bricks. Someone will teach you..." Zhou Zhoulang took a breath. Sooner or later, I will not be able to hold on, let alone have many children."

Zhou Yilang saw that the people in front of him were ignorant, only Wen Bang was still awake, so he grabbed him and explained carefully, from defecation to eating, from drinking water to boiling to feeding children, Wen Bang's brain was swollen when he heard it, Barely remember.

After being dull for a while, Wen Bang took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Dare to ask... I'm waiting for this..."

"This place used to be Guji Town, and Mr. Lang decided to rebuild the fortress." Zhou Zhou Lang said casually, and looked at Wen Bang thoughtfully, "Mr. Lang captured Jieli Khan's only son alive, and exchanged you from Wuyuan County. Those who come back, as soon as the fort is completed, you can go back to Hedong, don’t try to escape, there are thousands of cavalry stationed around, if you escape, you will die!"

"Capture Jieli Khan's only son alive?" Wen Bang was stunned, "Rebuild the fort?"

A few other people exclaimed in low voices. They worked as serfs in Wuyuan County on weekdays. It was spread among the Turkic upper classes that these serfs didn't even know about it.

The soldiers over there selected 20 people from the thousand-man team to serve as captains, and every 50 people formed a team. The practice of sitting in a row, one person fled, and the whole team was punished. You can also choose accommodation in advance.

"Someone will take you there later... Each of you will have a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns."

"A bowl of porridge and a steamed bun for women over 50 years old, under 15 years old, and women, and children under ten years old are not limited until they are full."

Seeing that Zhou Yilang was about to leave, Wen Bang couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Now the Central Plains..."

Zhou Zhoulang looked back strangely and asked, "How long have you been in Wuyuan County?"

"In the third year of Wude, Chuluo Khan attacked Hedong and was taken captive to Wuyuan County." Wen Bang looked haggard.

"In the fourth year of Wude, the Central Plains have been established, and in the fifth year of Wude, Jiangnan, Shu, Jianghuai, Shannan, and Lingnan have all been pacified." Zhou Zhoulang thought for a while, and continued: "Although Liu Heita returned to Hebei twice The Jianghuai army rebelled last year, but it has already been wiped out, and the world is already unified."

Seeing that Wen Bang still wanted to ask, Zhou Yilang impatiently pointed to the group of people walking over, "If you have anything else to ask him, he happens to be from the Wen clan..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Zhoulang was surprised to see Wen Bang prostrating on the ground with tears streaming down his face, and Wen Yanbo who was approaching quickly was shocked.

"It's really Taiyuan Wen's..." Zhou Zhoulang smacked his lips, but he didn't have time to sigh with emotion. There are 3 people, [-] thousand people, and there are still busy.

(End of this chapter)