A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 54
Wang Dou shouted, "What's going on?"

Those military households clamored to explain that when they were feeding the pigs this morning, several military household women spoke sarcastically to Xu Yue'e, saying that her body was dirty and she still had a face to live on. I really don't know what shame is.Another woman said that she dared to kill her own child, she was really like a snake, and so on and so on.

There were a lot of sarcastic remarks like this in the past, Xu Yue'e just listened silently, and didn't say anything, but today, for some reason, she took out a shoulder pole and beat a woman who was talking happily, and the women next to her were shocked and went up and scolded She, too, had her head broken.

This has pierced the hornet's nest. These women were originally refugees, they all came from a village or a family, and they always went together for business.As soon as they greeted them, the local military households who were working in the farms or fields swarmed over. Each of them was carrying a pickaxe or a hoe, and they were so aggressive that they wanted to smash Xu Yue'e into a meat paste.

But Xu Yue'e is not alone, there are also some women who were captured by the Hou Jin army or raped by the bandits in Jingbian Fort. They usually live in the fort, and they have endured a lot of sneering words from everyone, and they are angry .They couldn't help but speak out to help Xu Yuee, and then the women from the military households also yelled at them, making them all angry, and they also took out their poles and sticks to join Xu Yuee's side.

When Wang Dou and others passed by, there were dozens of people on each side, holding sticks, poles, brooms, hoes and other weapons, and they were yelling at each other like "bitch, stinky woman..." at the same time.The country woman naturally couldn't swear anything elegant, and the words she sent were extremely unpleasant.

Wang Dou saw that Xu Yue'e was carrying a shoulder pole sideways, and her figure and footwork were very similar to the marksmanship practiced by soldiers on weekdays. I don't know how she learned it.Seeing her like this, although the group of women on the opposite side scolded fiercely, they didn't dare to get too close to her, they just waved poles and sticks and cursed angrily.Beside them, there were a few women sitting on the ground covering their heads and crying, and Wang Dou saw that their heads were all bleeding.

While the two sides were yelling and accusing, Wang Dou also saw a few young and strong women from the military households staring at them with sticks. Judging from their appearance, they were actually members of the warrior team, and Wang Dou's face darkened.

Seeing Wang Dou and others approaching, there were voices all over the place: "Your Excellency is back."

Everyone gave way.

Wang Dou came to the middle of the crowd, and there were voices such as "The adults make the decisions for the little ones..." all around.

Wang Dou didn't say a word, but just looked at everyone with a gloomy face. Under his gaze, everyone was terrified, and they all knelt down involuntarily.

Wang Dou first said coldly to the young and strong men of the combat team: "You have developed skills, and you have learned the skills of our army well. It turns out that they are used for fighting between women."

Those soldiers were all terrified, and they prostrated themselves on the ground without daring to say a word.

Then Wang Dou said indifferently: "What's going on, you all talk about it."

Immediately, a few women came out from each side, talking one after another, telling the things one by one, accusing each other and defending themselves.

Amidst the accusations and excuses from both sides, Xu Yue'e still had an indifferent expression and knelt without saying a word.

At this time, Wang Tianxue praised Xu Yuee: "What a strong woman."

It caused everyone to stare, not knowing where this poverty came from.

Hearing the voices of both parties getting louder and louder, Wang Dou shouted: "It's done."

Immediately there was another silence in the arena.

Wang Dou pointed to the women from military households on the ground who were still crying and bleeding, and shouted: "You women, why do you speak sarcasticly to Miss Xu and the others? They are all sisters in the castle, why bother to make fun of them? In the future, if someone makes rumors again, they will be severely punished."

The women were startled, and the howling and crying disappeared immediately.

Wang Dou shouted to Xu Yue'e again: "Miss Xu, if you have any grievances, you can talk to the stewards in the fort and the team leader, and you can even ask the general banner to make decisions with you. How can you beat her up?"

Xu Yue'e knelt on the ground and said quietly: "Yue'e knows she was wrong, and she is willing to be punished by adults."

Wang Dou said indifferently: "Your feelings are sympathetic, but the law is hard to blame. Come here, and give Xu Yue'e twenty army sticks to me, so I can serve as a policeman."

Han Chao came out, took a stick from a soldier, pushed Xu Yue'e to the ground, and beat the army stick in every direction, Xu Yue'e just gritted her teeth quietly and endured.Hearing the sound of falling meat from military sticks, the arena was eerily quiet.

After finishing, Xu Yue'e calmly kowtowed to Wang Dou and said, "Thank you for your punishment, my lord!"

Wang Dou looked at her indifferently for a while, and he also admired her firmness in his heart.Although he and Xu Yue'e belong to the same village, they can be regarded as familiar neighbors, but now that he is the lord of a castle, he cannot protect anyone.

At this time footsteps sounded, Qi Tianliang, Yang Tong, Zhong Rong, Tao Shi, and Liu Shi hurried over. They hurried over after hearing the news of the fighting at the livestock farm.Seeing Wang Dou and the others here, they felt anxious, fearing that Wang Dou would blame them for the ineffective supervision of those left behind.

Wang Dou glanced at them, turned to everyone in front of him, and shouted loudly: "From now on, private fighting is strictly prohibited in the fort. If there is any dispute between military households, you can find the corresponding team leader, and you can even come to me in the general banner! Whoever fights privately, no matter whether it is justified or not, will be held accountable and driven out of the castle!"

He raised his voice even more: "If there are soldiers in the castle involved in private fighting, they will be severely punished with a hundred army sticks and expelled from the castle!"

He snorted: "Do you understand?"

A voice said: "I understand, I will obey the orders of the adults."

Wang Dou said to Zhong Rong: "Mr. Zhong, you take five buckets of rice, ten catties of meat and Miss Xu, and let her raise her body. She won't have to work for half a month."

In addition to managing the documents in the fort, Zhong Rong also managed the grain and rice warehouses in the fort. After listening to Wang Dou's order, he cupped his hands and said, "Student understands."

Dow also quickly responded.

Wang Dou said again: "The women who were wounded also received two buckets of grain and two catties of meat, ten days of rest, and the same payment of rice."

The women quickly got up and thanked them.

Seeing how the matter was handled in this way, Wang Tianxue shook his head and said, "My lord enforces the law like a mountain, and he is strict and considerate. I admire, admire."

Zheng Jinglun and those Wan Shenghe guys nodded to each other.

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Tao Shi, Qi Tianliang and others loudly ordered those military households and women to continue working, Xu Yuee and several injured military household women were helped into the fort to rest.

Wang Dou also led Wang Tianxue, Zheng Jinglun and others to drive the grain carts into the fort from Yongning Gate.

Right now, Jingbian Fort is no different from other military forts, except for the battle field outside the fort, and the parapet wall and towers on the fort wall that have not been completed yet.

Although the fortress is small, the rammed fortress wall is very strong, giving people a strong sense of security.Moreover, the houses in the castle are orderly, especially the interior is clean, which is very rare.The streets and alleys of Jingbian Fort are paved with rocks, and there are stone drainage ditches on both sides. There are public bathhouses and public toilets in the fort. There is not a single garbage on the street. All of them are clean, dignified, and strong.

Clean and full of vitality, even in the city, this kind of vitality is hard to see, not to mention that this is just a small fortress in the countryside.

Wang Tianxue was eye-opening, he sighed: "I didn't expect there to be such a paradise in this remote place, the students are really eye-opening."

His mood brightened, perhaps it was a good choice for him to come here from Zhoucheng.

Zheng Jinglun and those fellows were also amazed, everyone talked about it, seeing this Jingbian Fort, Zheng Jinglun strengthened his confidence in cooperating with Wang Dou.

A building was built in Jingbian Fort, not far from the official hall of the General Banner, to entertain some foreign guests.

Wang Dou ordered Zhong Rong to put the grain and rice sent by Wan Shenghe into the warehouse first, and then arranged for Wang Tianxue, Zheng Jinglun and others to live in the building, and let Zhong Rong chat with them, and then clean up for them in the evening.As for Wang Tianxue's matter, Wang Dou plans to select a few bright young people in the castle, and follow Wang Tianxue as apprentices in the future.

The Han and Chao people went back to the barracks to rest, while Wang Dou and Zhong Tiaoyang returned to the Wang family's courtyard behind the official hall.Although Zhong Tiaoyang lived in the barracks on weekdays, Wang Dou also prepared a room for him in the courtyard.

Several elderly military households and some strong women greeted them, and led their horses to the backyard to feed them.

These people were all hired by Wang Dou from the military households in the fort, all of them were honest and kind, and they were specially used to serve his mother, these people were chosen by Wang Dou, everyone was happy, and the family couldn't be more proud.But now there are no strong young people in the Wang's house, and now the labor force in the castle is precious, Wang Dou is reluctant to use those young laborers.

After meeting Wang Dou, Zhong and Xie Xiuniang were very happy.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhong Tiaoyang just sat quietly aside, and Zhong asked: "Dou'er, just now I heard that some military households are making a fuss outside the fort, what's the matter?"

Wang Dou thought the news spread so quickly, he comforted him: "Mother, it's all right, the baby has been taken care of."

Zhong sighed, "That's good."

She asked again: "This time you went to Zhoucheng, but it was hard work, but your uncle's business has been settled?"

Wang Dou said: "It's been done, presumably after a while, the documents in the state will come down."

Zhong Tiaoyang stood up and bowed deeply: "My aunt and cousin have to worry about my father's affairs."

Mrs. Zhong sighed, and said: "We are all in the same family, so don't say such outrageous things. But my younger brother has always been ambitious and unwilling to be down-to-earth. As a sister, I have to persuade him well, and he will do it alone. Uncle, you can't bother your nephew with everything."

She sighed for a while, then remembered something again, and smiled at Wang Dou: "By the way, Dou'er, you have been promoted to the general banner now, and the matter of the Tunbao is on track. It's time to arrange your marriage, and you are not young." Now, this is a life-long event, and being a mother can't be delayed."

Both Xie Xiuniang and Wang Dou have reached the age of marriage, but before the Wang family didn't even have the money to get married officially, the Zhong family is a strong person, and naturally they don't want to be gossiped when the only male in the family gets married, the conditions are very mature now.

Hearing what Zhong said, Xie Xiuniang next to her blushed immediately, but she raised her ears and listened carefully.

Zhong said with a smile: "I checked the date for my mother. The ninth day of October is a good day. When the time comes, please invite my mother-in-law to come. We will discuss and discuss it together. We must not let people look down on our Wang family."

This is the middle of July in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and there are still a few months until the ninth day of October, so you can make careful preparations.

Zhong Tiaoyang also smiled and said: "My cousin is getting married, this is a big event, and it must be handled carefully. I can't wait to drink the wedding wine."

Xie Xiuniang finally couldn't help but blushed.

Looking at her back, Wang Dou smiled and said, "Mother decides everything."

(End of this chapter)