After a long journey of more than half a month, the first batch of thousands of family members and 7,000 troops arrived at Ganquan Fort, along with 50,000 shi of grain and a large amount of money for the army. Other supplies will arrive in the second batch.
Ganquan Fort suddenly became lively, and even Chen Qing could not stay idle and participated in allocating houses and settling down his family.
Ganquan Fort was renamed Xining County by the Jin Dynasty. Its area is actually a county town. There are no large mansions in the city, and there are no large businesses that consume land. There are only two vertical and horizontal roads such as the City God's Temple, and the land utilization rate is very low.
Very high.
The form of houses in the county is mainly courtyards, basically one courtyard per household.
Chen Qing's yard is opposite the military camp, next to the homes of Zheng Ping and Yang Yuanqing. Chen Qing led his wife Lu Xiu and two young ladies to his yard.
"This will be our home from now on. It's just a little small, incomparable to the house in Lin'an!"
Chen Qing pointed at the yard and smiled: "It's a very ordinary yard, but mine is actually the largest. I hope my wife won't dislike it."
Lu Xiu is still young and just wants to be with her husband. No matter how difficult the conditions are, she still finds them sweet.
She turned around and said with a smile: "The conditions are much better than I thought. It's still a red brick house. I thought it was just a three-room thatched cottage!"
"That's not the case!"
Chen Qing introduced them: "The three rooms on the front are the main room, a living room, a study room and a bedroom, the two rooms on the east side are for Yu Lian and Yu Ying, the south side is the kitchen, and the two rooms on the west side are
Just put away debris.”
Lu Xiu said quickly: "Give me the two rooms on the west side, master!"
Chen Qing was startled, "Didn't your master say you live in Chengdu forever?"
Lu Xiu shook her head, "She refuses and must come to Ganquan Castle with us. Husband, she is all alone and pitiful. Let's just keep her!"
Chen Qing was a little embarrassed. It was not convenient to live together like this! Moreover, Li Qingzhao was not alone. She also had two personal maids who had been following her for many years.
He thought for a while and then said: "Let's do this! There is a small courtyard next door, so I will exercise my privilege once and let your master live in the small courtyard next door. It is just right for her and two personal maids."
"This is best, Alian, go and find the master!"
"Why!"
Yu Lian agreed and ran away.
Lu Xiu blushed slightly and asked Chen Qingdao in a low voice: "Why is it so convenient here?"
Chen Qing said apologetically: "Only clean buckets can be used here, one for each person, just behind the screen in the bedroom!"
Lu Xiu quickly slipped into the room...
They were busy until it got dark and everyone had settled down. Chen Qing and Lu Xiu's farewell was better than their wedding. The young couple felt particularly affectionate that night.
Before dawn the next day, the sound of 'Ding Bell! Ding Bell!' was heard from the street outside. Yu Ying knocked on the door outside, "Madam, the toilet collection truck is here!"
Lu Xiu was naked and couldn't bear to get up from the warm quilt. Chen Qing stood up and said with a smile: "I'll go!"
Lu Xiu blushed and said coquettishly: "It's all your fault. It's like a starving ghost reincarnated. Don't do this again. You won't let me go even after midnight!"
Chen Qing put on his outer robe and said with a smile, "We'll talk about it later."
"Husband, is it possible that there is a mistake in the cleaning buckets? Ours is mixed with other people's buckets. How can we tell them apart?"
"There's a nameplate on it, which corresponds to our house's house number. If you're careful, you won't get it wrong. At most, it's my mistake and yours."
"Who does this, soldier?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "They are death row inmates. There are more than a hundred death row inmates I found from various counties in Qinzhou. They are responsible for various dirty chores, such as cleaning up garbage, doing shifts, dumping and cleaning toilets, etc., and they have to do more than ten jobs."
He can be released in a year, and they are willing to do so, and he can still earn three guan of money every month."
Chen Qing opened the door, Yu Ying took away the bucket, and Yu Lian came in to help them get up.
"Madam, please let us stay in the east wing! Otherwise it will be inconvenient."
Lu Xiu also found it inconvenient. It was such a cold day and she had to get up early to open the door. Lin'an and the others were sleeping in the outhouse, not to mention there was a living room in the middle.
"Yeah! I'll make arrangements later."
Lu Xiu put on her clothes and walked out, only to see her husband teaching Yu Ying how to light the stove!
Lu Xiu stepped forward and said with a smile: "This stove is a bit strange. It doesn't use firewood?"
"There is no firewood here, but there is coal, so we all use coal, briquettes, and straw to light it."
At this time, Li Qingzhao, who lived next door, came with two maids to learn how to cook the stove. Chen Qing demonstrated it to them and said with a smile: "Isn't it very simple?"
It was really simple. Li Qingzhao and the maid quickly went back to practice.
"Husband, there is no well here!" Lu Xiu walked around the yard but couldn't find the well.
"There are only four wells in the city, called war preparation wells. They are not used at ordinary times. They are used only during wars. They usually go outside to fetch water from the river. Then every household has water tanks, both at the door and in the kitchen."
Lu Xiu found a water vat in the kitchen, filled a pot of water himself, and boiled it on the stove.
At this time, Hu Yanyun hurried over and whispered a few words to Chen Qing. Chen Qing's face suddenly turned livid, "How many are dead?"
"Four dead!"
Lu Xiu was shocked when she heard that someone had died, "Husband, what happened?"
"Some soldiers were burning a stove in the tent last night, and all the people in the tent were poisoned."
Chen Qing was annoyed and told Lu Xiu: "Go and tell your master that the briquette stove must not be placed in the room. If she is afraid of the cold, I will give her charcoal later."
He followed Hu Yanyun in a hurry.
Last night Chen Qing was busy arranging for his family, but neglected the military camp. As a result, a new soldier lit the stove by himself, put the stove in the tent to keep warm, and forgot to take it out. All ten people in the tent were poisoned by gas.
Four people died, and six others are being rescued, but their brains are severely deprived of oxygen and there is little hope of rescue.
Chen Qing immediately summoned all commanders and generals above to lecture.
"I led 10,000 cavalry to fight in Fengxiang Mansion, and only eight people were killed before and after. This is a good thing. I didn't even see the enemy's shadow, and I killed ten people. I will not allow this kind of low-level mistake to happen again.
Who is the commander of these ten people?"
"It's a humble position!"
A general raised his hands in frustration. His name was Wang Sheng, and he was also a veteran who had participated in the Battle of Jianxiao Pass.
"I specially warned all the soldiers from my humble position, but they didn't take it to heart."
"But you didn't go to do the round check at night!"
Wang Sheng lowered his head. He was indeed careless. In fact, he was arranging for the heads of the capitals to inspect the accounts. But no matter what, he was the commander-in-chief and he had to bear the responsibility if anything happened.
"Ten people died, you can't shirk responsibility, push them out, beat them with thirty military sticks, and demote them one level!"
Wang Sheng was taken down by the execution soldiers. At this time, news came that the six unconscious people could not be revived and all died.
This news really saddened Chen Qing. He said to the generals: "I emphasize again that the same situation will not happen again. If it happens again, everyone from the commander to the capital will be dismissed!"
In fact, this is not the first time for gas poisoning. A palace maid was also poisoned by gas before, but fortunately she was discovered in time and was saved. So this time when the family arrived, Chen Qing did not allow the professor to use briquettes that day, and had to start teaching the next day. This was because
Prevent careless poisoning.
The common people were on guard here, but unexpectedly something happened in the military camp.
It was late February in early spring, and it was already warm in Jiangnan, but Ganquanbao was still very cold, and it would not get warm until March, a full month later than in Jiangnan.
Today, every household has started a new life, but the conditions are still very difficult. There is no well, so you have to go to the river to fetch water yourself. You can also ask soldiers to help fetch water, but other things can only be done by yourself.
Most families don't have maids or maids. The housewives have to turn on the stove and cook the food themselves. They don't even have any other seasonings except oil and salt.
Lu Xiu and two maids also came to the river to fetch water. Although Chen Qing's soldiers could help fetch water, Lu Xiu knew in her heart that other people's family members fetched water themselves, but they asked the soldiers to fetch water.
It will make others uncomfortable and have a bad impact on the husband.
Lu Xiu and two young ladies drove a small donkey and carried two empty buckets down the long slope. The ice and snow on the slope had melted, and the ground was covered with mud. The three of them walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
.
There were many people fetching water by the river, mostly women, driving donkeys and slowly walking up the slope.
The three of them fetched two buckets of water. There was a shelf on the little donkey's back, and they put a bucket on one side and hurried back.
At this time, Lu Xiu saw a slender young woman struggling to carry a bucket of water with small, unusually white hands.
The little donkey passed by the woman. Lu Xiu couldn't help but look back at her and saw that she was really struggling.
"let me help you!"
Lu Xiu handed the whip to Yu Lian and helped her lift the other side. It was much easier for the two of them to carry a bucket of water, and they could carry it up the long slope in one go.
"Thank you!" the woman thanked in a low voice.
"fine!"
Lu Xiu pursed her lips and smiled, just being a good person and doing her best, "Let's carry it into the city together!"
