Fenghou

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In fact, the preparations for the southward relocation of the Ganquanbao family members have already begun. This is also a requirement for the concentration of troops. It is impossible for both Ganquanbao and Chengji County to station a large number of troops, so they can only move southward and transport materials in advance. If the security is reduced, the garrison strength can be reduced, and the normal security of Ganquan Fort can be maintained by stationing 2000 people.

Moreover, after the military center of the Song Army moved south to Chengji County, generally no army would have the idea of ​​attacking Ganquan Fort. The garrison guards are actually Xixia people.

Of course, not all the residents in the city moved south. The families of the soldiers who stayed behind lived in Ganquan Fort. In the future, the families of two thousand soldiers will move in one after another. Ganquan Fort will form a military city composed of soldiers and their families. It is a traffic hub, and its business and transit will gradually prosper.

In Ganquan Fort, every household was packing their luggage. After Chen Qing returned from Longxi County, a grand collective wedding was held, and 370 new families were established.

At this time, it was the middle of July in midsummer, the great heat had passed, and the scorching sun still shrouded the earth like fire. No one dared to go out during the day. After the sun went down, Ganquan County became a little lively.

The time for the southward migration was set in three days. Of course, we would set off at night and travel southward at night.

Lu Xiu already seemed to be pregnant, her lower abdomen was swollen, but it was not very obvious. She was only four months old now, and her belly would not be fully bulged until May or June.

Like other housewives, Lu Xiu was reluctant to throw away such a pot, and wanted to take that bucket with her. She even wanted to take more than 300 pieces of briquettes with her.

"Oh! My wife, you don't need to bring the briquettes and briquettes, and you can keep the stove! Leave it to the family members of the army who will move in later."

Seeing that his wife wanted to take everything away, Chen Qing was really dumbfounded, and persuaded her: "It is true that our family has three big cars, but there are still three rooms full of boxes in the west wing. I guess the three big cars can't fit them all." , let’s buy these daily necessities in Chengji County!”

"But... didn't you say that you will live in a tent for a while? You must use briquettes to live in a tent, otherwise we will only bring briquettes and a stove."

The main reason is that Ganquanbao is too bitter and lacks everything. Lu Xiu has a kind of anxiety about lack of supplies.

"Chengji County also produces coal, and the quality of the coal is better than here. There is also a big market over there. You can buy everything in the market, including food and clothing. As long as you have money, you can buy anything. You can buy it, just like Lin’an.”

"There is also a market, great!"

Hearing that there is a market, Lu Xiu immediately beamed with smiles. She likes the market the most. In Ganquanbao, going to the small vegetable market to buy vegetables every day is her greatest pleasure.

At this time, Chen Qing suddenly thought of an important issue. In Ganquan Fort, there is no need to worry about safety issues. You don’t even need personal guards when you go shopping for vegetables. Must be bodyguards.

He had to find a way to recruit some women with high martial arts skills as soon as possible.

At this time, the soldiers came to find Chen Qing, and people from Chengji County came to bring some important news.

Chen Qing asked his wife a few more words, and left in a hurry.

Lu Xiu came to the next door, and her master Li Qingzhao was writing a new poem in the room. Seeing Zhao Qiaoyun packing up her things, Lu Xiu smiled and said, "My husband just told me not to bring briquettes and stoves. I guess you want to take them too." , Just come here and say, don’t bring the stove and coal.”

Zhao Qiaoyun has been able to eat enough in the past few months, her nutrition is good, and she has gained weight rapidly. She has gained fifteen or six catties, her cheeks are plump, and her body has flesh. She finally looks healthy, but she is petite. According to the standards of later generations, it is about 1.5 meters five, which is half a head shorter than Lu Xiu, who is just over 1.7 meters tall.

Zhao Qiaoyun is not only petite, but also has very delicate facial features. She looks like a little girl in the third grade of junior high school. This is Chen Qing's definition for her. She is actually 20 years old, two years older than Lu Xiu. The skin is amazingly white.

"Then...then what else should I not bring?" Zhao Qiaoyun asked a little uneasy.

Lu Xiu suffers from lack of supplies and anxiety, while Zhao Qiaoyun suffers from a lack of security. She is extremely insecure, making her carry nothing, and she feels that she will not be able to survive.

At this time, Li Qingzhao walked in triumphantly with a poem manuscript and said with a smile: "You don't need to bring anything else, but I must bring my tea set, wine set and bookcase."

Chapter 416 Migration

"Master's new poem is out, let me have a look!"

Lu Xiu was quick, and took advantage of Li Qingzhao's unpreparedness to snatch the manuscript.

Li Qingzhao scolded her and said: "You are still my big disciple! You only spend three days fishing and two days drying the net. It doesn't look like you are studying poetry, but your husband has written some good poems, which are much better than you. In terms of learning attitude, you are far inferior to Junior Sister."

Lu Xiu turned a deaf ear to Master's scolding, and she was reading Master's new words.

"Qing Ping Le Snow Every Year"

"Every year in the snow, plum blossoms are often inserted to get drunk. To remove the plum blossoms has no good intentions, and to win tears all over the clothes. This year, at the end of the world, Xiao Xiao's temples are blooming. It depends on the wind coming late, so the plum blossoms should be ugly."

"Master, it's midsummer now! Why is it Xueli?"

Li Qingzhao took the poem draft and said: "I wrote it at the beginning of the year. I don't feel good. Last night I found that my temples had grayed out a few hairs. If I felt something, I rewrote this poem."

"Is Master not going well in Ganquan Castle?" Lu Xiu asked in a low voice.

Li Qingzhao gently combed her hair, and said with a smile: "With you as a big apprentice taking care of my life, and as a little apprentice Qiaoyun taking care of my mood, why am I not happy? It's just that the master is getting old and always misses the past. , I feel a little sad in my heart."

Zhao Qiaoyun whispered: "In troubled times, it is lucky to survive. Master wants to be more open."

"Qiaoyun is right. You should think about drinking a little bit. When you go to Chengji County, it will be convenient for Master to buy wine."

Li Qingzhao smiled, "Qiaoyun, hurry up and pack your things, bring the briquettes and the stove!"

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In the end, Lu Xiu was unable to bring her coal stove and briquettes, because she had too many things, and they couldn't fit in three big trucks, so she had to bring the second batch together with the supplies, but Li Qingzhao's coal stove was brought with her. , her bookcase was as full as the mule cart, but she still tucked the stove into the hem.

They set off at night, and Lu Xiu and another pregnant woman were lying in a specially made ox cart. The bumps are basically not felt inside.

You must know that the bumpy road from Ganquanbao to Chengji County, in Yu Lian's words, would knock people's hearts out, so more than a dozen craftsmen racked their brains to specially make this bumpy ox cart.

The pregnant woman who sat in the same car with Lu Xiu was surnamed Meng, and she was the wife of Commander Li Muqing. Coincidentally, she was also from Bianliang, Tokyo. Her father was a famous Confucian student who taught for a living.

And Li Muqing is her cousin. The two got married four years ago. The child in her belly is her second pregnancy. She also has a two-year-old daughter who is sitting in the back cart with Yu Ying and Yu Lian .

They are both pregnant women and from the same hometown, so they have a lot of topics to talk about, and Meng has given birth to a child, so she has experience, so it is just for Lu Xiu to preach.

"The most taboo for pregnant women is to lie still all day long. If it is not for the purpose of protecting the fetus, then you must walk a thousand steps a day, so that the fetal position will gradually adjust to the best position, and the delivery will be smooth. Many people die due to dystocia. , It is because the fetal position is not correct and the baby cannot be born, so the rich family hired several midwives early, just to prevent the fetal position from being abnormal."

"Sister Meng, will it be easier to have a second child?"

"It's not easy. It's just that with experience, many unfavorable factors can be avoided. As I said just now, walk more, take a walk slowly every day, and don't be picky eaters. Eat more, and your child will be smarter."

Lu Xiu looked at the two-year-old girl who was making faces in the back of the bullock cart. She suddenly longed to have a daughter.

Chen Qing also followed the team. He asked Yang Yuanqing about the female guards. Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and smiled: "It really is true. There is a Fulong martial arts gym in Qingshui County. The owner's surname is Tao, and he has eight daughters. Practicing martial arts, especially Qiniang and Baniang's martial arts are the most powerful, each of them can easily knock down a dozen strong men, I have seen it with my own eyes, it is really amazing."

"How old are Qiniang and Baniang?"

"They're all in their 20s!"

Chen Qing was a little surprised and asked, "You're in your 20s, and you haven't married yet?"

Yang Yuanqing said with a smile: "Some women cannot be married, everyone will know when they see them."

"Then please contact me as soon as possible, salary is not a problem."

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The journey was very boring, and most of the time was spent sleeping. In fact, Ganquan Fort is not far from Chengji County. It is about two hundred miles away. The genius arrived in Chengji County.

When the convoy entered the camp, there were more than 100 soldiers holding signs to guide them. Everyone slowly helped Mrs. Meng out of the car. Mrs. Meng picked up her daughter and said with a smile, "Give Madam a salute!"

The little lady, carved in powder and jade, performed a blessing ceremony in her mother's arms in a dignified manner, which caused everyone to laugh, and Meng carried her and followed her mother-in-law away.

Chen Qing looked at it from the side, and really liked it, and asked with a smile, "Whose child is this?"

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "It's Li Muqing's daughter, just now her wife, Meng Shi, is five months pregnant and has a bigger belly than mine."

"So it's Li Muqing's daughter, she's quite cute, everyone, follow me!"

With a wave of his hand, Chen Qing took his wife, Li Qingzhao and others to the southeast corner. They were in District A. Chen Qing came to two big tents with an area of ​​half an acre each and said with a smile: "It's just these two big tents. They are all the same size, Auntie is the one next to it, and we are this one.”

Lu Xiu walked into the big tent, and suddenly exclaimed, it turned out to be a tent inside a tent, that is, a set tent. There was a large leather tent outside, a smaller inner tent inside, and five small tents around it. Tents, each small tent has seven or eight square meters, just for sleeping, and the middle tent is about thirty square meters, just like the living room, the floor is covered with dense and thick wool carpets.

"Husband, is this also a tent?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "You underestimate the wisdom of the grassland people. This is called a lotus tent. The five small tents are like five lotus petals. The main tent in the middle is a lotus pod. It is usually used by nobles, but ordinary people can't use it. This time Commanders and above-mentioned generals and family members all have this set of accounts."

"It's good, it's good, but the lighting is too bad, I'm afraid we have to light the lights during the day." Lu Xiu looked at the dark inner tent.

Chen Qing nodded, "There is this problem. There is a fire pit in the middle of all the big grassland tents, which are lit all year round, or the tents can be pulled up, and the light from outside will come in."

Lu Xiu frowned, "Let's put down the curtains! It's hot outside, although it's darker inside, it's still quite cool and not stuffy, just get used to it."

Yu Lian lit a candle, and the inner tent suddenly became brighter. At this time, the guards moved all the boxes and cages in. Lu Xiu smiled and said, "Husband, go get busy! The three of us slowly pack things up."

Chen Qing did have a lot of things to deal with, so he gave a few more instructions and left.

As soon as Chen Qing left, Zhao Qiaoyun slipped in and whispered, "We forgot to bring oil lamps, it's so dark in the tent, do you have any candles?"

Lu Xiu said unhappily: "My husband is so scary, I have to wait for him to leave before coming in. I also forgot to bring the oil lamp, but I have candles."

Lu Xiu turned her head and shouted: "Ah Ying, take a few candles and send them to my master!"

Yu Ying took five or six candles and went to the big tent next door. Lu Xiu pulled Zhao Qiaoyun to sit down, pursed her lips and asked with a smile, "Now if you want to go back to Lin'an, would you like to go?"

Zhao Qiaoyun was startled, "Did the general say something?"

"He didn't say anything, so I just chatted with you. You have gained weight, so I don't know if your mentality has changed."

Zhao Qiaoyun shook her head, "These few months have been the most relaxed and happiest days in my life. I was not so happy in the palace. It has something to do with my mother's humble background. She was originally a court lady, and she was named a talented person when she was pregnant with me." , I was discriminated against in the palace, and even when I was taken away, I was not valued by the Jin people, but let me escape."

"Your mother is still in the Kingdom of Jin?"

"No, she died of illness in the sixth year of Xuanhe. She had conflicts with a concubine. This concubine was vicious and targeted her everywhere. She arranged for her to ride a donkey and play polo on a rainy day. As a result, her mother fell ill, and she didn't The quasi-imperial doctor was treating my mother, but my father didn't even care about it. My mother held my hand and wept before she died and said that if she had the chance to leave the palace, she would never come back."

Speaking of this, Zhao Qiaoyun's voice became a little choked up, "I'm an orphan girl, and in the palace I'm being ignored every day, and the ground is not answering, watching my mother die, that kind of despair, I will never forget it in my life."

Lu Xiu really sympathized with this suffering woman, she took Zhao Qiaoyun's hand and asked: "That vicious concubine should not end well either."

Zhao Qiaoyun wiped away her tears and sneered, "She is the current Empress Dowager Wei!"

Chapter 417

Yang Yuanqing's efficiency was indeed very high. On the third day after Lu Xiu lived in the temporary tent, he brought two sisters with strong martial arts skills to Chen Qing. Seeing them, Chen Qing was really shocked.

One is at least 1.8 meters tall, and the other is about 1.7 meters five. Both of them have big arms and round waists. Barely can be considered handsome, after all, young, only in his early 20s.

Chen Qing understood why he couldn't get married, who would dare to marry him!

Yang Yuanqing whispered to Chen Qing: "It's them. One is Tao Qiniang and the other is Tao Baniang. Their father gave birth to eight daughters. They are the eight fairies in Qingshui County. They all look the same. None of them married. I'm so sad."

"What are they good at?"

"One is good at swordsmanship, and the other is good at throwing knives."

Chen Qing nodded, "Show me!"

Tao Qiniang drew out a one-meter-long sword, danced a set of swordsmanship, flew up and down, the cold light shone, Chen Qing nodded repeatedly, he was an expert, and he knew at a glance that this Tao Qiniang was not a showman, but had real skills. The big sword in her hand alone weighs at least twenty catties, and her arm strength is astonishing.

Chen Qing looked at Tao Ba Niang again, Tao Ba Niang flipped her hands, two throwing knives appeared, shot out at the same time, and nailed to a thin white wax rod thirty steps away at the same time.

This was so powerful that even the soldiers around him applauded and cheered.

"Not bad!"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "It's just the two of them, how do you sign a contract?"

Yang Yuanqing whispered to Chen Qing: "Their father said that if he could marry the two of them, he wouldn't want any money. The guards of the capital will see who is suitable?"

"I'm not sure about this. One size is equal to one size. With the current market conditions, how much does it cost to hire a personal male guard for a month?"

"Jingzhao's expert guards cost ten pennies, but five pennies are enough here."

"Let's do this! Sign a three-year employment contract, including room and board, ten per person per month, good performance, and rewards."

Yang Yuanqing told the two of them that they were so happy that their mouths reached their ears. This is probably the highest salary for guards in Qinzhou. Their parents thought they were idle at home, and now they were proud.

Chen Qing smiled and said to Yan Jun: "Take them to Madam and let Madam have a look."

He said it was useless, if his wife didn't like it, the two of them had to go back to being fairies...

Yan Jun took the two of them there, and after a while he came back with a wry smile and said, "Madam took them to the market!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, and quickly ordered: "Take a few brothers and follow from a distance, hey! I'll go and have a look too!"

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The market is located by Jishui a few miles south of the city. It is an open-air market spontaneously organized by vendors. At the beginning, there were only a few dozen vendors setting up stalls. Now there are six to seven hundred stalls, and there are dozens of tents in the southernmost part. There are jugglers, performers, and even a dozen tents for skin and meat business. They are closed during the day and are relatively deserted, but the business is especially hot at night.

Five or six hundred stalls came from nearby states and counties, selling all kinds of things, selling rice and noodles, selling vegetables and fruits, selling mountain products, selling chicken, duck and fish meat, selling game, selling fur, selling medicinal materials, selling oil and salt sauce Vinegar, homemade wine, grocery stalls selling daily necessities, cloth and satin, and even low-end copper jewelry. It can be said that everything is available, just like going to a temple fair. It is completely different from the small vegetable market of a dozen people in Ganquanbao Not the same.

The folk customs in the northwest are simple and simple, and there are soldiers patrolling, the order is good, there are no rogues and ruffians to cause trouble, there are also many women, many vendors are women, and the family members of the generals also shop here. Their purchasing power is very strong. As a result, the business in the market today is exceptionally good.

Chen Qing found his wife in front of a stall selling mountain products. Tao Qiniang and Tao Baniang were so eye-catching, even surpassing Yu Ying and Yu Lian, they were seen from a long distance away. Li Qingzhao brought Zhao Qiaoyun and the two maids there. exist.

Lu Xiu is buying mountain mushrooms. She loves mushrooms very much. Qinzhou produces matsutake mushrooms, which are matsutake mushrooms. They are of high quality, so she refuses to leave when she sees them.

"The pine mushrooms are different in size, how can they all be sold for five yuan, aunt, let's take a smaller one for three yuan!"

Chen Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Is this still the dignified Mrs. Guogong?Three pennies and five pennies to bargain back home.

"Three pennies are not for sale, but five pennies each. My Dalang picked them from the mountains."

Chen Qing saw that there were forty or fifty pine mushrooms in this pile, so he said in Qinzhou dialect: "I want all the pine mushrooms."

"You, I was the one who came first... Eh! Husband, why are you here?"