Qin Lingsi was startled. When she looked carefully, she saw that the person speaking was the burly man.
Xiaojiu saw her first and said happily: "Second Village Master, you are back!"
Qin Lingsi was in a bad mood, so she just nodded and stood silently next to Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun. She wanted to talk about the horse being robbed, but seeing that there were too many people around, she felt embarrassed to mention it, so she suppressed it.
Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun's attention is focused on Li Er, who has a very impressive appearance.
Zhang Yangquan looked at Li Er up and down for a while, and said with a sweet smile: "Li Zhuang is willing to join our Longtan Village, and we are not even late to welcome him!"
At this time, an old man hurriedly came out of the queue and said with cupped hands: "Several village owners, the young man and his grandson also fled from Feng County, please take them in!"
Qin Lingjun glanced at the child, who was about eight or nine years old, and nodded: "You two can stay."
The old man was so happy that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtow. Generally, no one would take in an old man like him.
Suddenly, the monkey exclaimed and looked closely at a woman among the refugees. Qin Ling followed the sound and found that the woman was the middle-aged beauty she had just rescued.
"Is it you?"
The two subordinates beside this woman disappeared, but there was a boy of twelve or thirteen years old. After she saw Qin Lingsi, she cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Second Village Leader, for taking action just now!"
Qin Lingsi frowned and said, "Who are you, and why are those men in yellow chasing you?"
"The little woman is from Peixian County. Because Xuzhou was massacred, she fled south with her husband. On the way, her husband was killed by bandits, leaving only mother and son to depend on each other." The middle-aged beautiful woman replied in a low voice.
Qin Lingsi snorted and said: "You say you are an ordinary woman, but why are you so skilled in martial arts? All of your subordinates are masters, do you think that everyone else is a fool?"
The middle-aged beautiful woman said calmly: "In troubled times, it is not strange for women to practice some martial arts. Aren't the two village owners also masters? Our family used to be quite wealthy, so it is normal for us to hire some masters as nurses." p>
Qin Lingsi saw that her answers were clear and coherent, so she stopped asking any more questions and let Wang Da and Houhou continue to be responsible for checking on the refugees, and took Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun back to the meeting hall.
After closing the door, Qin Lingsi picked up the teapot and poured a few sips of tea, wiped her mouth, and said bitterly: "Sister, military advisor, that bastard Zhang Mingjian stole our horse, you have to help me get it back!" p>
Zhang Yangquan hurriedly asked for details. After listening to Qin Lingsi's words, he was silent for a long time and said: "Second Village Master, do you think we can defeat Qingyi Village now?"
Qin Lingsi stamped her feet and said: "So what if we can't beat them? Can't we plot against them? You have so many tricks, but you can't think of a way out?!"
Zhang Yangquan thought for a while and said: "The top priority right now is to recruit refugees and develop the strength of the village. No one knows whether Brother Wang Meng will cause trouble for us after he returns to the army. Let's put aside other things for the time being!"
Qin Lingsi pouted and said nothing in reply.
Qin Lingjun glanced at her and said sternly: "Don't worry, listen to the military advisor first and develop your strength. In the future, when we become stronger, we can settle the ledger with Zhang Mingjian!"
When Qin Lingsi saw both of them saying this, she could only hold back her breath and angrily went to boil water to take a bath.
Before you know it, it's dusk outside the window, smoke is rising from every kitchen, and the smell of rice is coming from every house.
After Zhang Yangquan came back from Oriole Garden this time, he lived with the Qin sisters in the Assembly Hall. At every meal time, the three of them would eat in Qin Lingjun's house.
During the meal, Zhang Yangquan and his two daughters talked about the management of the people in the new village, and took the opportunity to ask: "Master of the village, how did you manage the village in the past, so that you managed it as orderly as a military camp?"
Qin Ling thought about the nature of a child, whose temper comes and goes quickly. She smiled and said: "You are right! My sister used the same method that my father used to manage the army. My father was the governor of Huai'an Road in the fourth grade!" p>
Zhang Yangquan was slightly surprised.
During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the Han people were able to become fourth-rank military generals, which shows that they were highly valued by the Yuan court. How could the daughter of such a fourth-rank military general fall into trouble?
Seeing his expression of wanting to ask but not wanting to ask, Qin Lingjun took the initiative and said: "My father was killed by the old thief Tuotuo because he opposed Jialu's river management!"
It was actually related to Jialu River Management! Zhang Yangquan was shocked.
Jia Lu can be described as a legendary figure in the late Yuan Dynasty. The Red Turban Uprising of Han Shantong and Liu Futong was triggered by his river control.
"The stone man with only one eye will be the first to turn the world upside down!" Han and Liu spread rumors while secretly building a one-eyed stone man and burying it in the river that was about to be excavated.
In the end, the river workers dug up the one-eyed stone man. Once the news came out, the world was in chaos!
Although judging from the underlying reasons, the chaos in the world was not caused by Jia Lu Xiuhe, this incident did promote the process of chaos in the world.
The core of Jialu's river management was to divert the drainage outlet of the Yellow River to the south, thus protecting the Mongolian nobles on the north side of the Yellow River. The people on Huai'an Road in the south became victims.
The father of the Qin sisters is a Huai'an Road official, so he will naturally oppose it.
Qin Lingjun said quietly: "Jialu's river management was advocated by the old thief Tuotuo, and all opponents were suppressed. My father made a death remonstrance, but he was falsely accused of treason and died unjustly. The two of us were killed in Guo
Uncle, Fang escaped with his life under the protection of Uncle Fang."
Qin Lingsi sneered and said: "After the river was brought under control, the world was indeed in chaos. In order to shirk responsibility, the old thief Tuotuo said that both Han and Liu were my father's subordinates and had long wanted to rebel. The Tatar Emperor believed it, and my sisters are wanted throughout the world." Zhang Yangquan was silent for a long time, not knowing how to comfort the two of them, so he simply changed the subject and said: "Master of the village, so many refugees have come to the village at once, can they be settled here?"
Qin Lingjun suppressed the sorrow in his heart and said: "There is no need to worry, military advisor. Uncle Guo is responsible for this matter. He used to be responsible for the internal affairs of the army under his father's account, so he can handle it."
Guo Niansheng can indeed handle it.
He used to manage the internal logistics of more than 20,000 troops on Huai'an Road, and he still managed it in an orderly manner. Now there are less than 1,000 people, so it is no problem.
He is extremely thoughtful, not only allowing each refugee to have a house to live in, but also assigning them in the most suitable way - for example, single men will be assigned to the widow's home in the village.
Mrs. Xu is a widow. Her husband was killed during a robbery a year ago, and she has been living alone with her daughter Xiaoqi.
That night, two refugees were assigned to her home, and they were Li Er and Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Qi was a little afraid of the two of them and kept hiding in the kitchen, only sticking out half of her head to peek at the two of them secretly. Mrs. Xu entertained Li Er and Xiao Jiu very attentively.
She has always been grateful to the village for not abandoning their mother and daughter, so she has no objection to remarriage. Guo Niansheng also asked her opinion before letting Li Er live in.
There were three plates on the dining table, one plate was piled with steamed buns, another plate was filled with vegetables, and the last plate was filled with egg and vegetable soup, which was still steaming.
"Xiao Qi, call uncle and brother to eat quickly!" Mrs. Xu pulled Xiao Qi to sit on a chair, sat down with her, and gave up the main seat to Li Er.
Seeing such sumptuous dishes, Xiaojiu could hardly hold back her saliva. When the little girl said it, she kept saying, "Thank you." She grabbed two steamed buns and chewed them with her mouth open.
Li Er ate the food in silence.
The food was all delicious, especially the cabbage, which was extraordinarily tender and refreshing. However, he always recalled the scene of Xuzhou's destruction in his mind, and he really couldn't taste the food.
After he ate a bowl of rice randomly, he patted Xiaojiu and asked him to eat slowly. Then he said to Mrs. Xu, "I'm going out to eat." He got up and left the house.
The sun has set, and it's gray outside. During meal time, there are not many people to be seen, only a few chickens pecking on the ground.
Looking up, I saw candles burning in every house, and laughter and laughter coming from a room to the west.
Li Er walked to a grinding table and sat down, looking up at the stars in the sky. At this moment, a voice came from the side, and Li Er's face changed drastically after hearing it.
"I never expected that the famous Xuzhou Sesame Plum would hide in a small village like this!"