Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Different from those businessmen who were desperate for extravagance, although the courtyard of Zhang's family was very large, it was very simple.

Walking into the gate, you will be greeted by a screen wall with an upside-down blessing character engraved on the screen wall.

Walking through the screen wall is a moon gate, and behind the moon gate is the front yard of the Zhang Mansion.

There is a small garden that has been reclaimed in the front yard, and some plum blossoms are planted in it.

It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and because there was no one to take care of it, the branches of plum blossoms were very low under the weight of snow.

But despite this, the plum blossoms are still in full bloom in the wind and snow.

Although if you don’t smell it carefully, you may not be able to smell the fragrance of plum blossoms, but in this cold and bleak winter, seeing a plum blossom suddenly will make people feel much better.

There is a locust tree behind the small garden, and there is a stone table and several stone benches under the locust tree.

In the middle of the yard there is a huge water tank, and the edge of the water tank is covered with snow.

Further forward is the front hall of the Zhang Mansion.The front hall of the Zhang Mansion also looks very simple. The pillars, beams, doors and windows of the front hall are just some simple patterns, and there are no auspicious animals.

The tables and stools in the front hall were neatly arranged, and they didn't look messy because of the escape.

It seems that the people in this mansion still pay attention to people.

"Besides this house, how many empty houses are there?"

Zhao Wen walked into the hall, he looked at the neatly arranged tables and stools in the hall, and looked at Guo Yi behind him.

"My lord, besides this place, there are more than 40 houses that are unoccupied. Not only in the county town, but according to the soldiers and horses who came back from the countryside, these gentry's manors in the countryside have also been abandoned." Guo Yi pointed at Zhao Wen Gong cupped his hands and spoke.

Zhao Wen stood in the center of the hall, looked at the words hanging on the wall at the back of the hall, and said slowly: "Let someone record all these houses. Since no one wants these houses, we will take them over. Anyway, they are empty. It's empty here too."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the front hall, heading outside.

After leaving Zhang's mansion, Zhao Wen wandered around Jiexiu County again.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the dark clouds are getting denser.

The snowflakes in the sky suddenly became bigger, and a gust of north wind blew, making people unable to open their eyes.

Just when Zhao Wen was about to turn back to the county government office, he suddenly heard a low and hoarse singing voice.

"He was born like a gull on the water, and he crossed Nanzhou with a bamboo stick.

The rice bag is full of the waning moon in the evening, and the singing board sings Xiaoqiu in the wind.

Kick the dusty world with two feet, and carry all the worries of the past and the present with one shoulder.

Now if you don't eat and come to eat, why should the yellow dog bark endlessly. "

This song is full of desolation, it sounds like the loess on the Loess Plateau mixed with wind and snow, which makes people feel melancholy.

Zhao Wen stopped and looked for his reputation.

"What's going on here?" Zhao Wen pointed to the direction of the voice, and looked at Guo Yi suspiciously.

Guo Yi listened attentively for a while, and said, "My lord, this is Liu Juren from the south of the city. This Liu Juren was a Juren in the Wanli period. He is now in his 40s or nearly 50 years old. He can be called a good man in Jiexiu on weekdays." .

Because of his honesty and duty, Liu Ju's family is not very rich, but he often helps poor people.When the Jiexiu government fled south, Liu Juren did not leave for some reason and stayed in Jiexiu.

After the government fled south, Liu Juren's family was targeted by the green-skinned hooligans in the city.

When our troops entered the city, he was the only one left in Liu Juren's family. "

Hearing this, Zhao Wen sighed a little, "It is estimated that he helped the poor people on weekdays, and was targeted by those green-skinned hooligans in the city. These green-skinned hooligans mistakenly thought that his family was rich, so after the government fled south, they attacked him. gone."

"Your Excellency is right. According to the situation I have, after the green-skinned hooligans in the city rushed into Liu Juren's house, they did not find any money, so they vented their anger on Liu Juren's family. In the end, only Liu Juren was left. One, and Liu Juren's mind is also a little abnormal." Guo Yi also looked at the place where the singing came from with a look of emotion on his face.

The singing became more and more obvious, and amidst the numerous snowflakes, a hunched figure gradually appeared in front of Zhao Wen.

After a few breaths, the figure became clear.

A middle-aged man wearing a black shabby jacket, with a hemp rope tied around his waist, his hair tied up with a piece of rag, leaning on a tree branch he got from nowhere, with a dark face and dull eyes Stumbled over from the heavy snow.

He kept singing, his voice hoarse, as if helpless, wronged, or angry.

Liu Juren looked at Zhao Wen in front of him, and suddenly stopped walking, even the singing stopped.

"Are you Zhao Wen, the commander-in-chief of Xuan Town?" A bright light suddenly appeared in Liu Juren's dull eyes. He pointed at Zhao Wen and asked.

Although Zhao Wen was only wearing a black cloak, the guards behind him wearing new military uniforms exposed Zhao Wen's identity.

Zhao Wen nodded and said, "That's right, I am Zhao Wen, the chief soldier of Xuan Town."

Liu Juren walked towards Zhao Wen slowly, his face full of complex expressions.

The personal guards guarding Zhao Wen suddenly became vigilant, and they all put their hands on the weapons around their waists.

At a distance of three or four steps away from Zhao Wen, Liu Juren stopped. He looked at Zhao Wen's face, and the expression on his face changed. In the end, he sighed heavily, and then stared at Zhao Wen sharply, " Why did you rebel? If you hadn't rebelled, such a thing would not have happened in my family!"

In Liu Juren's view, although the death of his family was not directly related to Zhao Wen, it was more or less related.

He believed that if Zhao Wen hadn't rebelled, it would be impossible for Taiyuan Mansion to fall.If Taiyuan Mansion had not fallen, it would be impossible for Wu Tong to flee south.

If Wu Xin did not flee south, the government in Jiexiu City would not follow Wu Zhen to flee south.If the government hadn't withdrawn, the green-skinned hooligans in the city wouldn't have been so arrogant.

In Liu Juren's view, all of this was Zhao Wen's fault.If he hadn't rebelled, there would have been no such incidents, and his family would not have died for this reason.

"Why do you think it's my fault? Isn't this the government's fault? If the government didn't flee south, how could something like this happen to your family? Besides, I led the army into the city, did I ever harass the people? The rioters in the city Did I put down the green-skinned hooligans? As for why I rebelled, you may have to ask the court." Zhao Wen asked back.

Liu Juren listened to Zhao Wen's words and recalled all the things Zhao Wen did after entering the city. He was speechless for a while, and the expression on his face changed again and again.

After a long time, Liu Juren sighed heavily, then passed by Zhao Wen, sang in a hoarse voice, and limped away in the wind and snow.

Looking at the back of Liu Juren leaving, Zhao Wen said to Guo Yi: "Be kind to this person and help him well. The people in the city should also be kind to them. The wind and snow have been blowing up these days, so take out the extra rations and quilts in our army. , to these people in the city.

As for the people in the villages and towns outside the city, they should be distributed in a timely manner. I don't want to hear the news of people freezing to death this winter. "

After all, Liu Juren was stimulated, and now his mind is a little unclear, so there is no need for Zhao Wen to hold on.

"But my lord, in this way, the pressure on our logistics will increase exponentially. Now there is heavy snow, the road is difficult, and it is very difficult to transport supplies..."

Before Guo Yi finished speaking, Zhao Wen interrupted Guo Yi's words, "The people are the foundation of the country. If the people are not stable, the country is not stable. Just do what I say. The people of Ming Dynasty will not care about it. Zhao Wenguan."

Guo Yi had no choice but to bow to Zhao Wengong and obey Zhao Wen's order.

The next day, the wind and snow were still heavy and showed no sign of stopping.

Yesterday, the extra military rations and quilts among the soldiers and horse generals in Xuanzhen were also sent in.

At the beginning, the people in the city were a little wary when they faced the grain and quilts that Zhao Wen handed out.

The people in the city did not believe that these so-called rebels would give them winter supplies.

Seeing the state of the people in the city, the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen put things in front of their doors without explaining, and left directly.

After the things were put down, these people still dare not move.But as time passed, these common people gradually became bolder.

When they found that nothing happened after they took the things, they all became excited and moved all the things that Xuan Zhenbing left at their doorstep back home.

At this time, most of the people in the city were poor ordinary people, and the wealthy gentry had already fled with Wu Sheng.

Therefore, these poor people suddenly worshiped Zhao Wen, and no longer treated Zhao Wen as a rebel who ate people and didn't spit out their bones.

At this time, Zhao Wen was fully dressed. He stood in the hall of the county government, looked at the heavy snow outside the hall, and said to Li Xiaosan beside him: "You lead 1000 people to station here, and I will give you Keep enough supplies for the winter, and you must distribute these items to the people in the countryside in time.

Now the south of Shanxi is about to be hollowed out by Wu Tong. If these cities are not taken over in time, many people will freeze to death this winter. "

Li Xiaosan cupped his fists at Zhao Wen, and said loudly, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely live up to my lord's entrustment!"

Zhao Wen nodded, and then led the guards towards the gate of the county government.

Zhao Wen came to the open space outside the county government office. At this time, the vanguard had already set off, and now only Zhao Wen's personal guards and the troops left for Li Xiaosan remained.

Zhao Wen stepped on a war horse, waved the whip in his hand, and headed out of Jiexiu City.

The heavy snow kept falling, and the traces of the army's departure were quickly covered by the heavy snow.

……

The snow on the grassland is heavier than that in Shanxi.The entire grassland was covered by heavy snow, and the vast expanse of whiteness made it difficult to tell the way forward.

In Horqin City of the Horqin tribe, Buhe sat in the main hall of the royal city.

The ground dragon under the hall was burning hot, and the whole hall was so warm that one could not feel the slightest bit of cold at all.

Buhe sat on the throne and drank kumiss.

After a while, he put down the wine glass in his hand, and looked at Wu Keshan, who was sitting at his lower head, "Did Fan Wencheng say something? He didn't say what he wanted to do when he came to the grassland?"

Wu Keshan replied: "Father, Fan Wencheng hasn't said anything about this bastard yet, so I plan to interrogate him myself."

"In that case, you should hurry up. Fan Wencheng suddenly appeared on the grassland. He probably obeyed Huang Taiji's order. Now that General Zhao has raised his troops, although we can't help much, we can't let the grassland go wrong. " Bu He said in a deep voice.

Wu Keshan nodded, stood up from his seat, saluted Buhe, and then walked outside.

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Chapter 424 Huang Taiji's Worries

Not long after, Wu Keshan came to Horqin's prison.

There is no difference between Horqin's big prison and ordinary prison cells, and the general design is the same. After all, the entire Horqin City was built with Zhao Wen's help.

As soon as Wu Keshan entered the cell, he heard the sound of a whip.

The sound of the whip was also mixed with Fan Wencheng's screams.

In the largest cell of the prison, Fan Wencheng was hung on the wall, and next to him were several big men holding whips, beating Fan Wencheng non-stop.

Because of Shanhaiguan, Fan Wencheng could only go to Xuanzhen through the grassland, but when they first set foot on the grassland, they encountered heavy snow not long after.

The heavy snow on the grassland this year is very heavy, far exceeding that of previous years. The entire grassland is covered with heavy snow, and there is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere.

Fan Wencheng and others lost their way after walking on the grassland for a few days.

Lost, they wandered around on the grassland like headless flies, and entered Horqin's territory without knowing it.

Although when the heavy snow came, Buhe moved the people in the tribe into Horqin City, but regarding his territory, Buhe did not let it go, and still sent people to patrol his territory.

After Fan Wencheng entered the Horqin territory, he was discovered by the Horqin cavalry patrolling the grassland not long after.

Although Fan Wencheng wore Hanfu to deceive people, the pigtail hairstyle on their heads could not deceive Horqin's troops.

After being noticed by Horqin soldiers, they originally wanted to run away, but how could they run away on the vast prairie?In the end, Fan Wencheng and others were captured by Horqin's troops and brought to Horqin City.

To be on the safe side, Fan Wencheng hid the imperial edict given to him by Huang Taiji and other things on the grassland covered by heavy snow before he and others were caught.

Fan Wencheng was severely tortured after he was taken to prison.

But no matter what, Fan Wencheng didn't speak.

As for those followers of Fan Wencheng, these people were only sent by Huang Taiji to follow Fan Wencheng, and they didn't know what Fan Wencheng was going to do.

"Aren't you going to tell me? What did Huang Taiji ask you to do?" A big man whipped Fan Wencheng with a leather whip and shouted fiercely.

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp sound, followed by Fan Wencheng's screams like killing a pig.

"I don't know anything, I don't know anything!" Fan Wencheng screamed in despair as his head shook like a rattle.

Wu Keshan stood at the door of the cell, looked at Fan Wencheng who was beaten, and walked in with a sneer.

"Taiji, this guy's companions don't know their purpose very well, only this stubborn dog knows.

However, no matter how we interrogated him, this bastard kept silent. The big man who interrogated Fan Wencheng looked at Wu Keshan who walked in, and rushed to meet him.

Wu Keshan waved his hand at him, and looked at Fan Wencheng, "Haha, here, do you think you can survive without telling? I advise you to tell everything you know, so as not to suffer physical pain."

Fan Wencheng looked up at Wu Keshan who came in, and shouted hoarsely: "Khan and Horqin are related by marriage, you can't treat me like this."

Wu Keshan sneered, and spit a mouthful of thick phlegm directly on Fan Wencheng's face, "Hehe, why did you say it so nicely? Why didn't I see Huang Taiji, a bastard, say that we are related by marriage when I was hit by a white disaster in Horqin? Woolen cloth?

Married with Huang Taiji for so many years, Huang Taiji took away many benefits from us, and what did he leave for us in the end?Now that I think of it, there is still this in-law relationship between us?This is simply a big joke. "

Although Horqin and Huang Taiji are related by marriage, Horqin and Zhao Wen are also related by marriage.In the eyes of these people in Horqin, even ten Huang Taiji tied together are not as good as Zhao Wen.

Among other things, the two are completely different in their attitude towards Horqin.

When Huang Taiji treated Horqin, he didn't take Horqin seriously at all. He treated Horqin as if he were his own domestic slave.

In the past, as long as Huang Taiji went out, he would let Horqin send troops. It sounds nice to let Horqin share the spoils, but in fact he let Horqin's people serve as cannon fodder.

When charging, Horqin's troops are always at the forefront, and when the spoils are finally distributed, Horqin is kicked aside.