Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 307
Ning Wan was waiting to have a few words with Tie Shi, but when Tie Shi really came in front of her, she didn't know what to say. Although the day was extremely thrilling, they were only separated for a few hours. Having said something in one place, there is really nothing to rush to say now.

Fortunately, Tie Shi seemed to understand her thoughts, and he held her hand with a smile and squeezed it twice, "Go back and take a good bath first, then take Sophora japonica and Song'er to bed early, I will go there when I have time."

Ning Wan went back with peace of mind, and before leaving, she asked: "You don't have to worry about your family, and don't eat the food in the army tomorrow morning, I will bring it to you."

Lu Tieshi originally wanted to say that there is no need to trouble, but he nodded and agreed when he looked at his wife, "I'll just wait for you to deliver breakfast."

Ning Wan happily returned to Dejufeng, and was about to enter, but was stopped by Mrs. Song, who was frowning, "Mrs. Lu, is there any good news? The barbarian didn't come?"

Only then did Ning Wan realize that she didn't seem to feel any distress from the barbarians, and even the corners of her mouth were still curled up, so she quickly put down her serious expression and said, "The barbarians have already gone south, and we met their vanguard outside the city. It's coming too."

Seeing Mrs. Song go back in a daze, Ning Wan didn't bother to comfort her.At this time, everyone will have such a fluke idea, just hope that all the bad news is fake, and everyone can live the same stable life as before.Such a good wish will be completely extinguished only when a large number of barbarians are stationed under the city, and Mrs. Song will naturally wake up at that time.

Everything is fine in Dejufeng. Parents have changed their clothes long ago, and the wound has been wrapped up again. The doctor said it was just a skin trauma, and the muscles and bones have not been moved. Shitou is playing on the kang with his niece and nephew. They are still young , I was frightened at the time, but I don’t care about it now.The people who stayed in the old house and Sanpo Fort have also entered the city now. They were no more troubled than Ning Wan, but they were sent into the city safely by Tieshi's troops and the surrounding people. Ning Wan did not come back We knew each other before, and now that we meet each other, we feel at ease with each other.

Another aunt and elder sister came to see them and said something that they were afraid of after a long while.It turned out that they got the news no earlier than Xu Qianhu and those big families. When they wanted to leave the city, Xu Qianhu took his people and ran away. After repeated hesitation, they still stayed in the city.Fortunately, it didn't take long to hear that General Iron Stone had sent troops into the city.

The aunt slapped her hands hard and said: "At that time, when I heard someone calling General Tieshi to arrive, the heart that had been raised all the time fell back into my stomach all at once!"

The eldest sister also said softly: "I am also similar. I asked when my parents would come back, but suddenly I heard that the barbarians came, and I was so frightened that I didn't know what to do. Your brother-in-law went to inquire again, and we knew that my brother-in-law was going to pick you up. Take it easy."

Ning Wan said: "To be able to come back safely today is thanks to my parents' refusal to separate. If they had gone to Anpingwei at that time, it's hard to say what would happen now?" She told her family about the situation at that time.

It turned out that there was such a thing, and everyone was even more frightened, so the aunt said: "Erlang and Mrs. Yu are knowledgeable people now, and they think right when it matters, after all, they have been to places thousands of miles away! "

Both parents said: "Where do we have any insight and ideas, in fact, it is God's blessing!"

Ning Ye said: "The second son of the Song family next door went to Anpingwei to pick up the goods, what happened now?"

Ning Wan knew why Mrs. Song stopped her from asking questions, but she couldn't help it for a while.It was indeed not easy for my family to return safely. Many people who went out with Xu Qianhu did not come back. Presumably there will be more innocent people who also suffered bad luck.

After everyone sighed for a while, Xiao Liu turned to talk about business matters, "I have settled all the people from the Lu family in Dejufeng, but I can go there." He added: "Today, my boss told me to go A thousand catties of cat melons and vegetables, a hundred catties of mushrooms, and several bags of pine nuts, hazelnuts, and pecans were sent to the barracks. Some rice grains and vegetables were also sent to the people living in the county government.”

Ning Wan nodded, "This is all as it should be. Who doesn't have times when they're in trouble. It's inevitable that there will be chaos everywhere. After a few days, it will be sorted out, and these people will not be unable to eat."

Dad asked: "Wan'er, what shall we do tomorrow, should we open for business or close?"

Ning Wan thought for a while, "I don't know what's going on outside. Let's do business as normal first, and we'll talk about it if there are changes." Everything in here is taken care of.Coupled with her calm attitude, everyone was more at ease, so they all put out the candles early and went to sleep.

Ning Wan asked for hot water, washed Sophora Hua'er and Song'er, soaked herself for a while, washed away all the fatigue and fright, and fell into a deep sleep.It was already dawn when he woke up, and he became anxious at this moment, Tie Shi was still waiting for him to deliver the meal!
She hurriedly put on her clothes and went to the kitchen to see that there was half a piece of pork in the house. Ning Wan hurriedly asked, "Why can I still buy meat at this time?" There is a lot of arable land in this area, and there is no shortage of food. Several major grain merchants in the city have stockpiled a lot of wheat, sorghum, and soybeans so that they will not starve and can defend the city.

Mrs. Bi laughed, "Mrs. was frightened by the barbarians when she came back from Anpingwei yesterday. She didn't know what's going on here. Since seeing the wolf smoke, everyone packed up their things and drove to Hutai with a cart, not to mention food. Even pigs, sheep, chickens, cattle and so on were brought back, and the villages along the way joined in one after another, and there was no rush at all. The price of pigs today is not only not high at all, it is even a little lower than before. There is no place to raise these animals, pigs and chickens are being slaughtered everywhere, but everyone is reluctant to part with the cattle, so let’s keep them first.”

Then he planned to say: "After dinner, I still have to buy a few more slices of meat and make bacon for saving. What if the barbarians have to besiege the city for several months! There must be less meat at that time."

Mrs. Liu, who helped Mrs. Bi, smiled and said, "Your old man is thinking too far."

"What do you know! People do not have long-term concerns, but they must have near-term concerns." After speaking, Mrs. Bi asked, "Whatever madam and young lady and master want to eat, I will make it."

Ning Wan saw that most of the people didn't expect how cruel the Yi people would be, so she didn't wake up, so she said: "We can just eat with the family, but I want to send breakfast to Tieshi - since there is meat, why don't you wrap some meat?" Wontons are delicious and made quickly."

There were a lot of people in the family, one rolled the noodles with noodles, the other chose vegetables and chopped stuffing, and after a while, a pork and mushroom wonton was wrapped, boiled in chicken soup, and some shrimp skins and cabbage were added to the food box. Ning Wan carried it to Tie Shi sent.

Tie Shi ate in the archery tower, put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Before the barbarians besiege the city, we have to collect the grain outside." He asked the guards to send a message to County Magistrate Qian to discuss the matter of grain collection.

Ning Wan smiled and said, "I'm about to go back, so why don't I pass on a message for you." After speaking, she volunteered to go to the county government office, and spoke to County Magistrate Qian, and County Magistrate Qian naturally had no objections, "Then Alright, I will issue the notice, and then go out of the city with General Tieshi." Ning Wan then went to find Madam Qian and Young Mistress Feng, and separately led people to tell the people everywhere in the city to go out to collect grain.I thought about it all the way, luckily Tie Shi and Tie County Magistrate, I and Mrs. Qian are on good terms, now what's going on in the city, the civil and military are very friendly, there is not even the slightest hindrance, everything is easy.

Outside the city is a large area of ​​wheat fields, most of which are military settlements, and there are also a few civilian fields. The wheat has already dropped heavy ears of wheat, and it is a good time to harvest.Now Tieshi led troops to guard outside, and sent out dozens of cavalry to scout around. The people in the city, men, women, old and young, all went out of the city to collect grain.At special moments, it doesn't matter which family's field it is, everyone gathers in one place, and starts harvesting one by one. Those in front cut the wheat, and those in the back bundle it and send it back to the city.After two and a half days of collecting like this, the Yi people finally arrived outside the city, and the gate of Hutai County was closed, sealed with huge stones, and tightly guarded.

Although it was not the first time I saw it, Ning Wan stood on the city wall and looked down. The barbarians were so black that she couldn't see the edge, it still made her hairs stand on end, "How many soldiers and horses can they have?"

"It's estimated to be 3 people." After Tieshi said that, he smiled and said, "You don't think we have fewer people than them, but we are the side that defends the city. There is a saying in the art of war, 'Ten surrounded', now counting the soldiers in the city Including the young and strong people, there are nearly ten thousand, and the barbarians can't do anything to us!"

"I know." In Ning Wan's dream, there were not so many people in Hutai County. The soldiers from the Thousand Households Office ran away, most of the people in the city also ran away, and very few people came in from outside the city. But at that time He also defended the Tiger Terrace.

Lu Tieshi served as Deputy Qianhu in Hutai County, and rebuilt the city wall here. When the people in the city heard that he had come to welcome him, they were willing to cooperate with him to defend the city. They all hoped that he could defend the city.But when it comes to believing in yourself, no one can compare to your own daughter-in-law.But it's also right to think about it. If the daughter-in-law doesn't believe in herself, who else will believe it?

Unknowingly, Lu Tieshi smiled at the corner of his mouth, gently shook Ning Wan's hand and said: "Tiger Terrace must be guarded, here and Anping Guards form horns, if this city is lost, Anping will be destroyed." Wei is in danger. Of course, if Anping is not protected, Hutai will also be difficult to defend."

Therefore, not only Xu Qianhu should not run away, but Commander Zhou should also send troops to help Hutai after getting the military information. Ning Wan knew these reasons a long time ago, and now she just said: "We can hold Hutai by ourselves, as long as Zhou Commanders can manage Anpingwei well!"

Tie Shi paused, "Not bad!"

There is always a few days between the siege and the siege of the city. After all, the moat outside the city needs to be filled, otherwise it will not be close.After the Yi people set up their tents, they began to cut trees and fill the soil. As for the city, there was naturally a lot to do.

The city walls and turrets were constantly patrolled by patrolling generals. All kinds of defensive equipment and arrows were brought from the armory. Iron and stone divided all the defenders in the city into four divisions, and four hundred households guarded the four sides respectively. The city wall, gangsters, and young adults also performed their duties... As for the city wall, County Magistrate Qian led people to demolish all the houses under the city wall. The border town has been safe for many years, and the common people have built many houses and shacks to live in, but now it is not easy to dismantle them.

But these houses must be demolished, one is to prevent the rockets entering the city from igniting and causing a fire, and the other is to transport the dismantled bricks and wood to the city wall, and push them down when the barbarians attack the city. Useful too!
Fortunately, no matter how difficult it was, the county magistrate Qian immediately took the yamen servants to demolish the houses one by one after hearing Tie Shi's order, and resettled those who did not have a place to live.

Ning Wan watched County Magistrate Qian's official cap with a lot of dust, and his body was black and white, but that official robe never changed, and felt emotional again. Although there were many places that she still didn't like, He is also a good official!
Then I caught a glimpse of the more embarrassing Fu Butou - no, it should not be called Fu Butou now, his position as Bu Butou was dismissed by the county magistrate Qian!That day when County Magistrate Qian was about to declare his will by death, he didn't care about the servants, but when he turned his head and found that nothing happened, he couldn't find anyone again, so he searched them one by one. Some ran away with Xu Qianhu, and some went home to Gu's family Yes, there were also those who were so frightened that they hid in the well behind the county government office. Among them, the situation of Fu Butou at that time was the most hilarious.

It turned out that Fu Tutou had a big fight with Young Mistress Fu the night before, and he left the county office in front of Qian County Magistrate early in the morning under the pretext of going out of the city to investigate the case. Drunk and fell asleep, the friend took the money and ran away without knowing it. When he woke up, the county town was safe and sound.He also didn't know that something big had happened, so he entered the county government ignorantly and lied that he had come back from an investigation outside the city. At that time, the county magistrate Qian exposed the truth and was dismissed.

However, he is a capable person after all, so even though he was dismissed, County Magistrate Qian gave him a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious service after repeated pleadings. work aside.Not to mention, he was very handy in demolishing houses. His ferocious face was much more useful than the official robes worn by County Magistrate Qian. After being yelled at by him waving the iron chain a few times, the people hurried away with their things in their arms. , It is several times faster than County Magistrate Qian talking about the righteousness of the family and the country.

Feng Dianshi, who was also dismissed at the same time, was not so lucky. At that time, he took his wife and children to Zhuangzi to pick up Aunt Wei and followed Xu Qianhu to Anpingwei. When he came back, he was injured and lost his family property. The county magistrate Qian publicly scolded him as a man without a king and no father, a gentle scum, and his reputation was discredited. As long as the barbarians retreated, he would write a letter asking the court to remove his official position and fame.After all, based on Qian County Magistrate's theory, the mistake made by Fu Butou is a "minor fault", while what Feng Dian Shi lost is a "major fault".

Nowadays, people in Hutai County don't have a good impression of those who follow Xu Qianhu out of the city. After all, the garrison in Hutai County and officials like Feng Dianshi should never abandon the city and flee. Killed——immediately said: "It's what he deserves!" And Feng Dianshi—everyone agreed with County Magistrate Qian to remove him. No one cares about this, only when he is really fired.

As for those rich merchants who wanted to escape to Anpingwei and came back, everyone laughed at them while they were working. Anyway, these people were either injured or lost money, or both. , It is easy to make up some jokes, just to relieve the fear in my heart.

It was easier for everyone to tell some jokes, but those people were even more disheartened, because most of the rich and powerful families who followed Xu Qianhu ran away, and they donated money and things at this time, hoping that everyone would know their goodness, Forget about that humiliation.

However, the news that County Magistrate Qian was planning to set himself on fire still got out.There were many things in the small town that could not be kept secret, especially at that time, County Magistrate Qian was determined to die, so he didn't hide from anyone.Now it is inevitable that there are jokes about County Magistrate Qian, but this kind of joke is different from the previous jokes, but it is full of good intentions.

(End of this chapter)