Yongzhou is not a big place, but at the speed Qin Fang and his group walked, they would not be able to get out of Yongzhou even if they walked for three days.
Everyone set off in the afternoon. Qin Fang said to Kunshi, "Kunshi, you and Taoshan go ahead to explore the way and see where we can stop at night. Try to choose a flat place with fewer trees on all sides, and then find a place with water."
Kunshi: "Yes."
A flat place is convenient for setting up tents and for everyone to rest on the ground. Fewer trees are for safety, because trees will block people's vision. If there are dangerous people or objects hiding behind the trees, they may be ignored by everyone. And the place with water is for life. Whether it is washing or eating, water is indispensable.
Kunshi and Tanshan went ahead to explore the way. They rode horses to explore the way faster than walking. About an hour later, they came back. Although the territory of Yongzhou is not large, it takes three days to ride out of Yongzhou due to their walking speed. Yongzhou is guarded by Yonghe Hou, who not only guards the border, but also prevents some bandits in Yongzhou from being rampant.
In the early years, there were bandits in Yongzhou. Later, Yonghe Hou led his troops to suppress bandits several times, and there were no bandits in Yongzhou. Therefore, Qin Fang was very relieved during these three days. At least man-made dangers will not occur. However, ordinary man-made dangers will not be so presumptuous and conflict with them.
After Kunshi came back, he talked about the road conditions ahead. Kunshi had walked this road once a few days ago to investigate the situation in Yunxiang County. So now he still has a deep impression of the road conditions, but in order to be more certain, he continued to explore the road.
Kunshi: "General, we can walk out of this forest in half an hour. There will be a village across the forest. There is a river outside the village. It is estimated to be a tributary of Yongjiang River. We can spend the night outside the village."
Qin Fang said: "Okay, you go and say hello to the village chief first. We will go there in large numbers to prevent the villagers from panicking."
Kunshi: "Yes."
Kunshi left again immediately. When Qin Fang led a large number of people to the river outside the village, Kunshi was already there, and there was an old man and two middle-aged men beside him. Qin Fang
turned over and got off the horse: "Everyone camp here and rest, and get up tomorrow morning before rushing on the road." As he said, he looked at Kunshi. Kunshi came over with the people beside him, "General, these are the village chief and villagers from the next village, they are
here to pay their respects to you." Paying respects is one thing, showing up to leave an impression on the noble is another, and the third is to confirm the truth of Kunshi's words. What if the visitor has bad intentions? When the village chief came, he was also terrified. But seeing that most of these people were ordinary people, including the elderly, children and women, the village chief was relieved.
After paying respects, the village chief left tactfully.
Yang Haiyan also got off the carriage. Uncle Hong and others moved out three stoves, and then moved out three large pots to start cooking.
Aunt Hong shouted loudly: "We'll make bone porridge tonight, two bowls and a copper plate per person, those who need it, come and register." Nothing is faster than making porridge.
Hearing that it was bone porridge and two bowls for one copper coin, everyone signed up. Some barbarians would buy two bowls for the elderly and children even if they didn't eat it themselves. In fact, many barbarians had money on them. They knew that they had to hurry and it was inconvenient to carry too many things, so they had already gone to the city to exchange for silver bills during the fifteen days of rectification.
Two bowls of porridge for one cent Yang Haiyan did not make money, but he did not lose money either. You know, a pound of rice is only six cents, which can make more than ten bowls of porridge. Of course, a lot of water is added to these ten bowls of porridge.
But today is the first day of the journey, and everyone ate a lot on the first day, so it is not easy to feel hungry today. Moreover, we rest at night and have another meal tomorrow morning, so drinking porridge for dinner can get us through.
Three large pots were used to make porridge in 25 minutes, with each pot holding about 50 bowls. There were not many people eating it for the first time, so it was finished after five or six times. Because everyone had brought some dry food on the first day, they had to eat the dry food first.
The Qin family also ate porridge. While drinking porridge, Yang Haiyan had an idea and mentioned it to Qin Fang: "Husband, when we set out on the road tomorrow, I want to go ahead and wait for you at the next rest stop."
Qin Fang was puzzled: "Why?"
Yang Haiyan explained: "For example, there are more than 300 people buying porridge today, and there are only three pots. No matter how big it is, it will take more than an hour to cook. There will be more people buying food in the future, and it will definitely not be in time to cook. So I thought of going ahead, and when you bring everyone here, we will have already prepared the meal, so it won’t take time. Moreover, Kunshi and others will be traveling with me, so my safety can be guaranteed, and you don’t have to worry about me." She hoped that these more than 3,000 people could arrive in Yunxiang County in good health, not for those people, but because Qin Fang was the team leader and she hoped that Qin Fang could complete this mission beautifully.
Qin Fang thought for a moment and said, "Take your private guards with you. I will ask Captain Yang to send twenty people to accompany you. When you need to work, you can dismantle them."
Yang Haiyan: "Hey."
The riverside is a bit damp, especially at night, the humidity is particularly heavy. Although their resting place is close to the riverside, they still keep a distance.
The barbaric people began to look for a place to sleep. Some families have more people, and there are strong young people. The strong young people will carry thin quilts and cover the elderly and children when they sleep. Some families are weaker, there are no men, and they can't carry quilts. They will wear thicker clothes, so they won't be too cold when they sleep. When they rush on the road during the day, they will drag their clothes when they get hot, which is also for convenience.
However, in order to prevent the dew at night from entering everyone's body, Qin Fang asked everyone to prepare more fires to warm everyone up.
In the past, Yang Haiyan would take a bath every day, but in the current situation, let alone taking a bath, it is not convenient to even wash the body. Qin Fang settled the good people, checked the situation around, and went to find Yang Haiyan. He saw Yang Haiyan and Mrs. Yang, Mrs. Lu and others chatting around the fire, and he was embarrassed to walk too close. He just kept a distance and shouted: "Yan Yan."
His voice was deep and heavy. When he shouted like this, everyone looked at him. The usually stable General Qin almost collapsed his face when he was looked at by this sight, but fortunately he pretended to be stable in his heart.
Yang Haiyan looked up and asked silently. Qin Fang waved at her, and that action was a bit like calling a little pet. Yang Haiyan saw it and liked it inexplicably. She stood up and walked over: "What's wrong?"
Qin Fang looked around, then took her hand and walked to the side: "Do you want to take a bath? It's not convenient here. I'll take you to the village in front and borrow the villagers' house to take a bath." Qin Fang also had a plan in mind. This is the edge of the village and the area is safe. He is relieved to settle everyone here. He will take Yang Haiyan to do some private things only when he guarantees the safety of these people. Otherwise, he will not do anything that may interfere with public affairs because of personal reasons.
Yang Haiyan felt warm in her heart. He knew that she liked to take a bath every day. She was satisfied that he could still remember her little things in such a busy situation. She smiled knowingly: "No, it's okay if you don't take a shower for a few days, anyway... you can't smell it."
Qin Fang was moved by these words. Men who are just starting to have sex can't stand being wronged. His eyes were full of sparks, as if he wanted to see through her. "Yan Yan, you're so bad." Every time she deliberately seduced him, it just didn't go as he wanted. It was like this when she was under 18 years old, and it's like this now.
Yang Haiyan smiled proudly and happily. However, there was no need to take a bath, but the private parts still needed to be wiped, so she said to Qin Fang: "Then you go and get me a basin of hot water, use the basin with a red rope that I usually use." The basin with a red rope was used to wash her private parts. Although Qin Fang didn't know what this basin was for, he knew that his wife paid great attention to the hygiene of this basin, so he said, "Okay, then you go to the tent... wait in the carriage." A little shadow could still be seen in the tent, and he didn't want his wife to be seen when she was doing something.
While the couple was talking here, Mrs. Yang seemed to have eaten a mouthful of dog food. Of course, she didn't know the word "dog food" yet, but she felt that when General Qin called Mrs. Han Qin "Yan Yan", there was a hint of greasy... It wasn't greasy, but it was hard to describe, as if General Qin loved Mrs. Qin very much. Speaking of it, she was a little jealous, thinking that General Qin was too intimate with Mrs. Qin.
Mrs. Yang pulled Mrs. Lu and whispered in her ear: "Did you hear what General Qin called Mrs. Qin just now?"
Mrs. Lu nodded: "What's wrong?"
Mrs. Yang looked at Mrs. Lu's calm face and was a little surprised: "Don't you think that General Qin calling Mrs. Qin's nickname in public is a little... a little enviable?"
Mrs. Lu was still thinking, it turned out to be this, she really didn't feel anything. Mrs. Lu said: "Two years ago, when General Qin was still a centurion, he lived next door to us. At that time, General Qin also called like this, I'm used to it." Mrs. Yang
: It turns out that she is the only one who eats dog food.
"However, General Qin did love Mrs. Qin very much." Mrs. Lu added, "But that was also because Mrs. Qin was capable. We all know what General Qin was like in the past. Mrs. Qin opened a shop and bought a manor. She made a lot of money... At that time, she also took good care of General Qin." At least when she went to deliver meals
, there were pickled vegetables for every meal. In Mrs. Lu's mind at that time, having pickled vegetables meant that the wife valued her husband. When people are poor, the most precious thing in their hearts is meat. Giving away all the meat is enough to represent the heart of this person.
Mrs. Yang also smiled and did not continue talking.
Day 2
Today’s breakfast is scallion steamed buns, which are steamed buns with scallions in them. They have a salty taste and are much more delicious than steamed buns without any taste. The statistics were calculated yesterday, and 500 people have ordered two steamed buns each, and they cost one penny. So Aunt Fan, Aunt Hong, Kun Zhang, and Niu Dapo Niang started making them after dinner, and they took a break at 2:30 pm. At the beginning of the yin hour (3 am) today, they started steaming the steamed buns.
When everyone got up, all 500 people received two hot steamed buns. After a good breakfast, everyone continued on their way.
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