Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 75 Poor Child
After arranging all the big and small things, Luo Zhengdao became an idler.

The artisans and members of the Xu clan in the vegetable garden were also released and went to find a place to settle down.

Suddenly there were more than 1 people in Lingju City, and it immediately became lively.

Soldiers and civilians were busy, and a group of generals and colleges led sturdy Xiliang soldiers, who were supervising the prisoners who were shivering from the cold to clean up the snow and bricks on the streets. Everything was in order.

Xun Yu, on the other hand, was so busy that he ran around with more than a dozen soldiers, arranging various things.

There is a lot of waste waiting to be done in the house, everything has to be rebuilt from scratch, and trivial matters have to be straightened out and arranged.

Luo Zheng, the general, became the shopkeeper, but Xun Yu was busy with his feet.

Fortunately, Xun Yu is very good at internal affairs, even if he has no one available under him, he will arrange all the big and small things in an orderly manner.

The warehouse was cleared out immediately. Although many places collapsed, it could only barely make do with it.

The [-] shi army rations were transported into the warehouse, just next to the barracks, and the [-] soldiers were divided into three groups, who took turns to guard them.

The remaining 3000 cattle and sheep were driven to an abandoned private house in the west of the city and temporarily penned up. Seeing that the fodder was almost exhausted, the cattle, sheep and horses also lost a lot of weight from hunger, and lost an unknown amount of fat. They asked Li Meng and Wang Fang to take people to a place with dense forests, clear away the snow and pick leaves and yellow grasses as forage to feed cattle, sheep and horses.

A lot of waste is waiting to be done, but this start is really too difficult.

Xun Yu was so busy that he barely touched the ground, and he lost a lot of weight in just a few days.

Luo Zheng's mansion, a wing room in the inner courtyard.

The "crackling" sound of the firewood burning, the flames chug upwards.

Luo Zheng's eyebrows almost twisted into a word 'Chuan' on the stove made of earth and stone.

On the heated kang in the inner room, Gan Qian and Ren Yan were sewing clothes and jackets, whispering a few boudoir words at the same time.

"Grandpa, would you like a cup of hot water?"

With a timid voice, the little girl took a bowl of hot boiling water and handed it to Luo Zheng.

Luo Zheng turned his head and looked, then took the bowl and put it aside.

The little girl was five or six years old, very thin, she was wearing a sheepskin jacket, and her hair was still a little yellow.

But compared to the miserable appearance when we first met in Mobei, it is much better.

The little girl is one of the escaped slaves of the Han people that Luo Zheng took care of in Mobei. Only the mother and daughter are left to depend on each other. Because they are really unable to make ends meet, Luo Zheng asked the little girl's mother to work as a handyman in the mansion, and the little girl also worked in the backyard. Some things within our power.

"Is it cold?"

Luo Zheng held the little girl's cold hand and asked in a slow tone.

"Cold, not cold!"

The little girl was a little timid, and her speech was illogical, backwards and forwards.

Luo Zheng sighed, "Poor child."

He reached out and hugged the little girl over, and put her on her lap to warm herself by the fire.

What can a five or six-year-old child do.

In the 21st century, children of this age are enjoying the happiest childhood under the care of their parents.

However, this child has already experienced the most tragic displacement.At such a young age, it is already a great miracle to survive in the hands of Xianbei people who are more ferocious than wolves.

The little girl was trembling, she was really scared.

Luo Zheng held her little hand and said in harmony: "Don't be afraid, uncle will not hit you."

The little girl said tremblingly: "Master, slave, slave will be obedient."

Luo Zheng laughed and said: "Don't call me Lord, just call me uncle!"

The little girl timidly said: "But, but the mother said that the slave is a lowly person, let the slave be called a master."

Luo Zheng said: "Your mother is wrong, just call uncle."

The little girl nodded in fear, was held in Luo Zheng's arms, and did not dare to move.

Luo Zheng said again: "You don't have a name yet? In this way, uncle will give you a name. By the way, what is your last name?"

The little girl thought for a long time before she said, "What is a surname?"

Luo Zheng patted his forehead, and then he remembered who the little girl's father was, even his mother didn't know, and there was no surname, so he had to say: "Forget it, let me be named Luo, call it, call it Luo Meimei .”

The little girl didn't know what her name represented, so she flinched and didn't make a sound.

Just at this moment Gan Qian came out from the room, and said with a smile, "Why did my husband name his child?"

Luo Zhengdao: "This child is pitiful. It is not easy to survive in the desert. I feel distressed when I see her husband. Her mother was arrested. You know this. What will happen to a Han woman if she is captured by Xianbei people, and she doesn't know her father. Whoever it is, just take my last name."

Gan Qian's maternal instincts suddenly became strong, and the eyes she looked at the little girl softened a lot.

Luo Zheng said again: "Pay attention to the diet in the future, give this child some more nourishing food, nourish it well, see that the yellow hair is like withered grass, if you don't nourish your body well, it will be a problem whether you can grow up. "

Gan Qianyan said: "Husband, don't worry, leave it to my concubine!"

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound and handed the little girl to Gan Qian.

Gan Qian took the little girl, but did not go back to the inner room, she sat down next to her, and asked with concern: "My husband has been frowning for the past few days, but if there is any difficult matter, can you tell me about it?" ?”

Luo Zhengdao: "The army is short of food, and nearly 2 people need to eat. It's freezing cold, where can I get food and grass. But women don't ask about state affairs, so don't ask about these things in the future, take care of everything in the inner court Just fine."

"The concubine obeys."

Gan Qian sighed, didn't ask any more questions, and went back to the inner room with the little girl in her arms.

Women don't care about state affairs, that's not machismo.

The only duty of a woman in this era is to be a husband and a child.

It is never a good thing for a country to have women intervene in politics.

The Eastern and Western Han Dynasties are the most typical examples. Many emperors came to the throne when they were young, but their prestige was not enough to convince the public and their ability to handle state affairs. The power of the court fell into the hands of the Queen Mother, which often caused foreign relatives and bureaucrats to fight for power.

For the imperial court, such struggles would only waste national power, without any benefit.

Luo Zheng didn't let Gan Qian ask about these things, he didn't want to bury hidden dangers for his descendants.

Not only can you not intervene, but you can't even have a sign, otherwise it will only cause bad things and not have any benefits.

Fortunately, Gan Qian only cared about herself, and didn't really want to ask about important military and political affairs.

Luo Zheng sat for a while, and he was really irritable, so he got up and came to the official residence office.

In the yamen, Xun Yu was discussing with a group of generals how to distribute the fields after the beginning of spring and raise soldiers in the fields.

Luo Zheng glanced and was surprised to find that Wu Yi and several Wu clansmen were also there.

This guy's family was kidnapped by Luo Zheng. He was first placed under house arrest in Luoyang for nearly a month, and now he was kidnapped to Liangzhou, a bitter and cold place. It seems that he has accepted his fate. He discussed with several clansmen and Xun Yu happily. .

"General!"

"Lord."

Seeing Luo Zheng come in, everyone stood up.

Luo Zheng nodded, walked straight to the top and sat down, pressed his arms, and after everyone was seated, he looked at Wu Yi and several Wu clansmen present, and asked with a smile: "How is the scenery in Liangzhou?" , are you all satisfied?"

Wu Yi and several members of the tribe remained silent, feeling a little embarrassed.

Luo Zheng said again: "Since you plan to become an official, then do it well. Originally, the army has always been generous to its meritorious subordinates."

Xun Yu hurriedly said: "General, there is no one to use Lingju, and there are many illiterate soldiers in the army. Yu is too busy. Fortunately, brother Wu Yi has passed down poems and books from generation to generation, so he has helped me a lot."

Luo Zheng nodded, "If these things are up to you, the general will not ask."

Xun Yu heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and I admire you."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and asked Xu Chu who was standing on the side, "Zhongkang, the Xu family is also a rich family in Qiao County. Although they are not heirs of classics, poems and books, there are quite a few people in your family who have studied. Why not Conquer it and use it under Wen Ruo's command?"

"This one……"

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and said: "I forgot, I will find someone to order Mr. Wen Ruo later."

Xun Yu smiled and said: "I also serve as a general, but not as a servant in the ground, how dare you order me!"

"Hahaha!"

Zhao Yun, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals couldn't help laughing out loud.

Wu Yiji and his clan members also smiled, sweeping away the somewhat depressing atmosphere just now.

Xu Chu let out a 'hey', his tiger eyes widened, and he gave Zhao Yun, Li Meng and others a hard look.

(End of this chapter)