Cub Nursery

When he arrived outside the dining hall, the eldest son still had no expression on his face, and he picked up the broom and swept the fallen leaves aside.

"The camp is very clean." Brother Dan suddenly said.

The eldest son put the broom aside, suddenly bent down and picked up Brother Dan with both hands, put him on a high place, looked at him at the same level, and explained: "There are old people we arranged in the camp, and they sweep the floor every day. Again, so the camp is clean."

"Where is the toilet?" Brother Dan asked, crossing his arms.

"The latrine was the first to be built. At the beginning, many people were not used to going to the latrine. After being caught by the Taoist soldiers outside, they learned to do it." The eldest son said calmly, "I am preparing to compost these days. The county has already sent to guide the craftsmen, do you want to go and have a look?"

"No." Brother Dan shook his head hurriedly. He was too small, and the dung pile was like a mountain to him. The impact force was greater than ordinary people, so he still didn't want to go, "I asked you to borrow some people, just wait and see See how many are useful and reliable. How much can you borrow from the canteen supplies? Later, I will ask the county to dispatch them to you to make up for it."

Hearing this, the eldest son took out a small notebook from his pocket, took out a pencil with a cap on it, and began to ponder carefully.

He is illiterate, and has never been exposed to arithmetic before, even with his ten fingers, he can't count clearly, so he came to the camp to learn slowly.

His fingers, which are used to doing farm work, are full of calluses, and he holds a pencil very clumsily, writing and drawing slowly.

Seeing the serious appearance of the eldest son, Brother Dan became curious, jumped directly on the eldest son, hung it on his clothes and looked down, and saw a series of ghostly symbols written on the book very neatly, which he couldn't understand at all.

"You wrote this all?" Brother Dan asked.

The eldest son said while writing and drawing, "Well. There are classes in the camp, and I go to every class, but the words and numbers are difficult, and I can't understand them. So I try to use what I am familiar with. Replace it, and replace it when you can settle the bill. The teacher also said that I am smart and asked me to keep using it like this."

After the replacement, only the eldest son can understand it, so his account book is almost unique, as long as he does not make mistakes, he will never make mistakes.

The teacher sent by the county didn't seem rigid at all, and he didn't ask the eldest son to behave himself, and if he could always use this replacement method, he would never be the little steward in the camp in the future.

Brother Dan thought calmly, in order to keep the elder son secret, he skipped to the side to sit cross-legged and waited patiently without going to see how he was replaced.

But the eldest son still has the time to talk to Brother Tan, "There is enough food in the camp every time, and you can save a lot every time. These can be lent to you, and it will not affect your use. The distribution will still be done as usual. Come on like that. I have read all the cotton clothes that were delivered a few days ago. They are a bit too thick. They should be very hot and sweat when you are working. It is better to wear thinner ones now. I have written a report, Send it up later, this batch of cotton clothes will be released later.”

"There is no rush to build a bathhouse. I don't think many people want to take a bath in winter."

"There is also a lot of charcoal sent by the dispatch, I will get them out."

"The bowls and chopsticks are slightly worn out. I checked and found that some people secretly hid them. I made a list of them and punished them later."

The eldest son looked at his own notebook page by page, explained page by page to Brother Dan, told him all the supplies he could mobilize, and finally thought about it in his heart and said: "Brother Dan, the camp The people here are not innocent, I can’t guarantee that they will be obedient, the only one I can guarantee is myself. I can try to pick out some who are slightly obedient, about two hundred or so.”

"Success, you go pick someone, and I'll make arrangements later." Brother Dan nodded.

The eldest son didn't say anything, and turned to make arrangements.

They were quickly picked out, and Brother Dan went to borrow another [-] Dao soldiers. Four laborers and a Dao soldier formed a team to transport all the food transferred from the camp.

When they finally came out of the camp, almost all the men in labor felt much more relaxed.

Although they are doing hard labor in the camp, they can eat enough and wear warmth every day, and even the work they do is not particularly tiring, but there are soldiers watching them outside all the time, and they can't leave the camp, and many of them have wives. , Children are separated.

Men stay with men, brothers stay with brothers, sisters stay with sisters, old people and children are separated, and many families are completely separated, and they have never had a chance to see each other.

This kind of lack of freedom, who can stand it after a long time.

Brother Dan looked at these people calmly.

And the Taoist soldiers who were selected were even more excited. They all felt that their tasks were heavy. Not only did they have to come out to help with work, but they were rushing to carry food and charcoal. When they got outside the camp, they had to stare at the four people around them. , as long as they have any abnormal movements, they have to rush to subdue them immediately, and then the credit will be obtained.

The four people around him are a shining contribution.

Moreover, Brother Dan has already revealed cryptically that there are big shots in the temporary camp they are going to now, and if they are lucky enough to meet big shots, it will be worth it no matter what.

There were a few Taoist soldiers who couldn't hold back, and saw the guards in the temporary camp, all dressed in fancy clothes, and each of them was stately, and immediately knew that what Brother Dan said was true, and the Taoist soldiers immediately turned their eyes away. Light, shortness of breath.

"Follow me." Brother Dan trotted forward with his little hands behind his back, but his ears were pricked up to listen to the movement behind him.

The Taoist soldiers had already reflected it, and the men in hard labor were not stupid, so it was natural to see that the camp was very different. Immediately, the panting voices of several people changed, and their eyes began to meet vaguely.

Although they are not from the same village, even in order to prevent them from connecting together, they were all strangers who were not related by marriage when they were arranged, but this time, besides the Taoist soldiers, they are the first in the camp. Just in one camp.

Think about the cramped camp, there are daily rules for getting up, eating, resting, and even going to the toilet. In the camp, there is a huge pocket watch hanging on the roof, which everyone can see, and it is impossible to be lazy.

Looking at this gorgeous tent again, with the majestic guards outside, and the occasional beautiful little brother or young lady passing by, it is not difficult to know that the people who live here must have a very background.

If you can catch up with the characters here, what is the little Qiyuan County?

"Put it all here." Brother Dan pointed to a place. "It's not realistic to drive them back now. You go to the next tent to rest first. I will send someone to take you back when you have enough rest. How about that?"

"Very good!" Dao Bing immediately replied loudly.

And almost all the men who served in the army nodded silently in their hearts. It is best for them to stay here now, only in this way can they get a chance.

Brother Dan swept everyone's face around, then left calmly.

On the other side, Dan Honghong was lying on the palm of the little prince and was rolling. Seeing Brother Dan coming back, she quickly got up and showed off her little cloak, "Brother, come and see my cloak. Xiao Huang sewed two pieces, one of us one piece."

"I'll try." Brother Dan put his little cloak aside, and he hurried over.

Dan Honghong jumped down to help Brother Dan tidy up, and asked, "Did everything come on secondment? Did it go well?"

"It's okay." Brother Dan gathered his cloak and twirled around, and suddenly felt that he was very majestic, thanked the little prince, and then talked about the secondment of supplies, "Those people are resting now, we It seems that except for the eldest son, everyone else is afraid that they will not be safe. But the eldest son is completely beyond my expectation, he is a person who can be used!"

Speaking of the eldest son, Brother Dan then talked about what he had seen and heard in the camp over there.

The materials dispatched from the county to each camp have been calculated in advance, including the evaporation of food moisture, some petty theft, granary rats gnawing, and even the appetite of everyone. The food that comes will always exceed some.

But if there are too many petty thieves, or if the supervisors steal from themselves, the food dispatched will not be enough to eat, and the food in the canteen will change from dry rice to porridge, steamed buns will no longer be full, and other clothes Not to mention, it is not difficult to take out the cotton in the cotton coat and sew it on.

And Brother Dan went to the dining hall to see it in person, and found that the standard of food hadn’t changed at all, and the people coming in and out didn’t seem to be hungry, and the whole camp was cleaned. Although he didn’t look at the cotton clothes, he felt that The eldest son must have not lied.

Only if the eldest son is not greedy at all and protects the granary well, can everyone's food level remain unchanged and such supplies can be borrowed at the same time.

"In the face of such easy-to-get supplies, ordinary people may not be greedy, but they will not stop reaching out at all, only he really didn't reach out." Brother Dan admired, "If you say he is not stupid, there are some things he does. I don't know how to work around it, but if you want to say that he is stupid, then I will be the first to deny it."

"Such a person is of great use."

"I've made a note of it, and I'll talk to Dad later." Dan Honghong also nodded.

Several people were talking, when there was movement outside, they hurried out.

A small Taoist soldier outside excitedly said to Brother Dan: "They really turned against each other, and they are going to ask the nobleman. The guards in this camp directly moved their hands, and immediately became chaotic. Several people took the opportunity to run away. Get out, but all four of my guards caught them."

"Go and have a look." Brother Dan hurriedly said.

He deliberately asked these people to stay and rest, just to see what these people wanted to do.

The worst-case scenario is that these Taoist soldiers secretly cooperate with the serving men and contact the guards at the same time. As long as they can provide enough benefits, the guards will definitely help inform the news. When they see Qin Yi, they will be unconscious, just Nor can they spot it right away.

Another situation is that the Taoist soldiers and the men serving in the service are separately contacting the guards secretly, but if this is the case, they will definitely be discovered by the other party, and it will be a dog-eat-dog situation.

At this moment, the Taoist soldiers came to report the news, that is to say, the Taoist soldiers stood wholeheartedly on the side of Brother Dan and the others, but the men who served had other thoughts.

Brother Dan and Dan Honghong, the little prince arrived at the noisy side, and saw the Taoist soldiers standing with their heads held high. Most of the Taoist soldiers were surrounded by four men, and only a few of them had only two Or a man, their faces are not very good-looking.

The Taoist soldier who reported the letter ran to the side happily, pulled out the four men he had caught, and motioned to Brother Dan to take a closer look.

"How many escaped?" Brother Dan asked.

Immediately, a Taoist soldier said: "A total of eight escaped, and three Taoist soldiers were unlucky. They were entangled by the guards at that moment."

The guards in the camp are all Qin Yi's people, and they are all Taoist soldiers with high level of cultivation. Some of the Taoist soldiers who are protecting Qin Yi have guns in their hands, but they don't take them out easily.And this side is far away from Qin Yi's tent, and the guards are relatively marginal, and they don't have guns in their hands.

Brother Dan saw a few guards standing not far away forming a battle line raised their eyebrows. They probably wanted to seize this opportunity to make meritorious service, so that they could catch Qin Yi's eyes and seek a future.

"Someone must have tipped off the news." The little prince said softly.

"Then let's wait." Dan Honghong rolled up her sleeves, and the old god stood on the ground at the feet of the little prince.

The camp is only this big, no matter how big Qin Yi's ostentation is, there are only so many people he brings out, it is impossible for him not to know what happened here, besides, someone may have rushed to report to Qin Yi in order to find a chance to approach Qin Yi up.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before there was movement on Qin Yi's side, who came shouting and embracing.

Qin Yi stared at the messy scene in front of him, his eyes sparkled uncontrollably, he knew that his opportunity had come, as long as he could handle it well, not only could he get someone to use for him, but he could also take the opportunity to bring down Yan Xun!

"What happened?" Qin Yi put on airs and didn't even look at the Taoist soldiers, but only looked at the men tied up by the Taoist soldiers. Seeing that they were all tied up, and some of them were still beaten with bruised noses and swollen faces, she suddenly He frowned and said, "They are all just ordinary people with no cultivation base, how can they be tied up like this. You are all Taoist soldiers, you are not used to tie people up, and you still don't let go!"

The leading Taoist soldiers twitched their eyebrows, never expecting that Qin Yi would say such things indiscriminately.

But the clever Taoist soldiers thought of it in an instant, probably those eight escaped men had already seen Qin Yi and said something.

"Not all kneeling down, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The little prince suddenly shouted.

The men's legs suddenly softened and they knelt down.

They only knew that there was a big person here, but they didn't expect such a big person to come. A few of them just stared at Qin Yi, and now the cold sweat came down their faces, for fear of being blamed.

The Taoist soldiers didn't move at all. Although they also wanted to meet the big shots, if it was His Royal Highness, it would not be bad, but as Taoist soldiers, they should go to the border towns to fight monsters on the battlefield. Cultivation.

As for these, Qin Yi might not be able to help.

"Kneel down!" The little prince bowed his hands towards Qin Yi with a straight face, "Even if you are all Taoist soldiers, you have to kneel down when you see His Highness the Crown Prince."

The leading Taoist soldiers cast a vague glance at the little prince, but they all knelt down slowly.They actually wanted to see the expressions of Brother Dan and Dan Honghong, but the two cubs were too small, and their faces were even smaller, so they couldn't see clearly from such a distance.

Seeing the Taoist soldiers knelt down, the men in the service immediately felt that they were nothing more than that, and because of Qin Yi's words, they loosened their ties, and became more courageous.

Seeing the men looking at her excitedly, Qin Yi's face became more gentle, "If you have any difficulties, let's tell Gu, Gu can make decisions for you."

"His Royal Highness, you have to decide for us." A courageous man lowered his head and began to shout.

And the words he shouted were exactly what Qin Yi wanted to hear.

"What's the matter?" Qin Yi asked in surprise, "Let's talk about it carefully, as long as you are innocent, I will let you go alone. Even if some people want to arrest you again, don't be afraid, you can Follow my team..."

This is the direct opportunity to rely on His Highness the Crown Prince, and his status has risen with the tide.

These words were too tempting, even a few Taoist soldiers couldn't help but glance at Qin Yi, a little moved.

The man who spoke became even more excited, and hurriedly stepped forward on his knees, and said with snot and tears, "His Royal Highness, we are good citizens from generation to generation, and we have been in Qiyuan County all our lives. Such a group of Taoist soldiers arrested us without saying a word and forced us to work."

"Catch us in some kind of camp, work every day, work every day, there is no time to rest."

"Yeah, we can't get enough to eat every day. This is going to kill us."

"The wife and children at home don't know if they are still alive, so the wife and children are separated."

Gradually, the other men became more courageous, talking in a hurry, trying to release all the grievances accumulated these days.

On the contrary, a few men's faces changed drastically, and they wanted to refute when they heard that what they said was completely different from the real situation.It's just that before he could speak, he was pinched by the Taoist soldiers guarding him, motioning him to look at the little prince.

The few men hurriedly looked over, and saw the little prince's face was calm, and he didn't have much fear of His Royal Highness, even Dan Honghong and Brother Dan were the same, they were stunned.

In their view, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the existence second only to the emperor in the world, but now there are people who have no fear at all, not only did not kneel down, but also looked impatient, and then turned to look at the Crown Prince in fine clothes Your Highness, there is no feeling of fear.

"Very good, very good!" Qin Yi sneered, "You all get up, and from now on you will follow Gu, and Gu will decide for you."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince." All the talking men nodded hurriedly.

Seeing that things were almost over, the little prince showed just right panic when Qin Yi looked over.

Brother Dan also knew that he was small, and Qin Yi might not be able to see his expression clearly, so he shouted in panic, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"

"I think it's all right." Qin Yi turned around with a sneer, and tapped the kneeling man with his chin, "Isn't there still a lot of people left behind, I'm afraid they're all scared, don't worry, let's take our time .”

The other courageous men stood up and followed Qin Yi in a mighty manner.

After the guards also withdrew, the Taoist soldiers dragged up the man who chose to stay.

A man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a daze, "Is that really His Royal Highness?"

"It's true." Brother Dan ran up to the man at some point, and asked with a smile, "Why didn't you say anything just now? It's okay to follow along secretly. Maybe there will be a chance to go to the capital in the future."

The man smiled very honestly, and said: "That's impossible. We still know how much we weigh. Those who followed the smashing and looting at the beginning made mistakes and had to do hard labor. In the camp, it is very difficult to manage food and shelter. Well, we know what we are capable of, and we can’t get higher if we can’t get higher, as long as we can live a stable life, that’s all.”

At the beginning, he was also very hungry, so he went to grab food in a daze.

With food to fill the stomach, it will be difficult to stop.

But now life in the camp is not difficult at all, so he has no other ideas.

"Besides, if we work like this for a few years, we will be able to get out. If we continue to work, not only will we be able to get promoted, but we will also get paid. What a wonderful thing." The man also has his own little girl in his heart, he is not stupid at all. Woolen cloth.

The smile on Brother Dan's face was even bigger, so he climbed up the man's clothes, leaned into his ear and whispered: "In this case, then I will tell you a secret. Have you seen Xiao Huang? You only know him It's Xiao Huang, but you don't know that he is also the prince, right? And we discussed it. After this year, starting from the beginning of next year, as long as you behave well, you will have the opportunity to meet your wife, children, parents, and more and more people will become friends in the future. more free."

"We know." The man nodded quickly.

The eldest son in the camp is the most free. Except that he can't leave the camp, he can go almost anywhere, and no one cares about him. The man is watching this, and he can't lie to anyone at all.

It's just that he didn't know the identity of the little prince, but he was vaguely aware of it, "Just say that Xiao Huang looks like..."

"It's very similar." Dan Honghong came over at some point, and took over the conversation, "You guys stay here for now, and we'll see the situation later. Don't worry, as long as you choose to stay, we will There is a way to ensure your safety."

"Success, we can also help with the work." The man was also unambiguous, and he didn't intend to wait for free rice if he stayed.

So out of the 150 men who came out of the camp, only about [-] remained, and with the addition of [-] soldiers, there were only a hundred or so.The rest of the more than [-] men all chose to let Qin Yi make the decision, and followed Qin Yi to the camp.

It would be troublesome to arrange for such people. Qin Yi didn't have enough tents and supplies, so he came up with the idea of ​​the eldest son's camp and wanted to go to the eldest son's camp in person.

After receiving the news sent by Qin Yi, Brother Dan, Dan Honghong and the little prince got together to discuss.

Brother Dan stood on the table with his little hands behind his back, his nose twisted in anger, "The man who spread the message is a citizen of Qiyuan County. I didn't expect to get a job so soon, and the one who pointed at me is really ignorant."

"Little Huang, brother, if the prince is allowed to go to the camp, he might instigate and take people away again."

If this is the case, the camp may collapse directly.

The little prince pondered, "How many supplies are there in the camp over there?"

"The supplies are almost gone, and they will be sent from the county seat in three days. Even if the prince goes now, with the temper of the eldest son, I'm afraid he won't bring it out. He is the most disciplined."