The low roar of beasts came from the woods, the evening wind blew, the leaves were swirling, and there was a rustling sound in my ears, the moonlight was not too bright, and half was covered by dark clouds, Yang Zian could only lead people to make a fire on a flat ground , take a night's rest before hitting the road.
When Zhuangzi left, he only took two people with him, but when he went back, he took nearly fifty.
This has to start with finding Zhang Shicheng.
However, the name was not Zhang Shicheng, but Zhang Jiusi. Because the name was wrong, Yang Zian searched for a long time before he found it.
Zhang Jiu Si also had three younger brothers, Zhang Jiuwu, Zhang Jiu Liu, Zhang Jiu Qi, and some good brothers, all of whom took care of the family, so Yang Zian wasted a lot of time.
They all make a living by transporting salt by boat. Zhang Shicheng smuggled salt to sell in order to subsidize his family. Some wealthy households did not want to give money, so they said they would report to the court that he was selling official salt for stealing, and would beat and scold him at every turn. In addition to this, there is also a salt supervisor named Qiu Yi, who not only deducts the wages of the salt workers, but also pays tribute to him every month.
Since ancient times, the first grades of officials have killed people, not to mention Zhang Shicheng and the others are not officials, and the common people can only hold their breath and continue to live hard.
"Have something to eat, we've been on our way all day." Yang Zian asked someone to take down the dry food from the ox cart.
These dry foods were prepared for him by Lin Yuan, and they were all dry biscuits and jerky. Find a pot, put some water and some salt and boil them. Today, it can be regarded as a stomach-warming and satisfying meal.
People sitting on the floor took their bowls and waited, and some couldn't wait, they took the dry biscuits and ate them straight away.
Zhang Jiu Si was a little ashamed. After all, he brought all these people. He wanted to hunt these days, but they wouldn't stay in one place for too long. It was useless to set up traps. He didn't have time to hunt. Beside Zi'an, he hesitated and said in a low voice, "Your boss, did you really say that I have an old relationship with him?"
But he didn't remember the character Lin Yuan at all.
Yang Zian: "My fourth brother said that he had a relationship many years ago. He is a kind-hearted person. He doesn't see anyone suffering, or he only met you a few times back then, or said a few words. It's normal not to remember."
Zhang Jiusi touched the back of his head, he felt that Yang Zian was looking for the wrong person. After all, Zhang Shicheng he was looking for at the beginning, Zhang Jiusi had also heard of Yang Zian's name there. He came all the way to find someone, and he was looking for an ordinary salt man. He also said that he had not seen that person for many years. Zhang Jiusi discussed with his three younger brothers at home and decided to try his luck.
I don't know why, as soon as Yang Zian heard that he had three younger brothers, and the family made a living by carrying salt on boats, he insisted that he was the one he was looking for.
Zhang Jiu Si originally just wanted to eat a meal - after all, every time someone came to the door, Yang Zian would at least ask someone to eat a meal.
Many people impersonate for this meal, although they also know that their impersonation is unlikely to succeed.
But Zhang Jiu Si succeeded, not only did he succeed, but Yang Zian had to take him away.
According to Yang Zian's words, it is enough to eat three meals a day. Zhang Jiusi was a little shaken by this alone.
He transports salt every day, but the wages he gets are pitiful. The four brothers together are just enough to feed them, and sometimes they have to help friends. I don't even have money to buy medicine, I can go to a place where I can eat three meals a day, I won't be beaten or scolded, and I can also provide shelter, I just don't even dare to think about it.
But when he thought that he had left with his younger brothers and that his close brothers were still suffering, Zhang Jiusi tentatively asked Yang Zian what he meant.
Yang Zian had been instructed by Lin Yuan before, and he nodded in agreement without asking any further questions.
Although Zhang Jiu Si still had some doubts, Yang Zian's promise was too good. He just wanted to refuse, but he didn't know how to open his mouth.
Before giving him a chance to go back, Yang Zian had already taken them away from Xinghua.
There were no horses to buy. No one was selling them in Xinghua, so Yang Zian bought a few donkey carts. The old people and children sat on them, and the young people walked on their own legs. No one complained on the road.
Zhang Jiu Si is now starting to be afraid again, what if he finds out that he is not the person they are looking for
I haven't seen each other for so many years, so I probably don't recognize him
He struggled all the way, for a while he felt that he should not be so greedy, and for a while he was lucky, and felt that he should not be able to find out that he was a fake.
Yang Zian wasn't afraid of them robbing him. The main reason was that apart from the dry food and these donkey carts, he basically spent all the money on him. These people were not desperadoes, and they would not kill him if he failed to rob him.
When he got to Zhuangzi's city wall, Yang Zian finally breathed a sigh of relief. It had been nearly half a year since he left Zhuangzi, and he didn't know how Zhuangzi was now.
The time he spent in Xinghua was too long, but the length of time was not for him to allocate.
Zhang Jiusi and the others stared straight at them. They didn't expect that there would be such a place in this wilderness. It was like a paradise.
The people on the observation deck couldn't see Yang Zian's face clearly, they only knew that these people were not from Zhuangzi, and they were about to sound the horn, but Yang Zian shouted: "I'm your second brother Yang, I'm bringing someone back, hurry up and go. Tell my fourth brother!"
The man was stunned for a moment and shouted: "Then you wait first!"
Lin Yuan was teasing a little baby at this time. He liked children very much. Now as long as he comes to tease the child when he is in a bad mood or irritable, the whole person's mood will be much better. Little babies have a pair of pairs that are more comfortable than adults. Black and white eyes, the eyes of adults are more cloudy, but the eyes of children are very clear.
At this time, Lin Yuan was being held by the little baby, who was smiling with his mouth open, the little baby's mother was sitting on the side, and a woman smiled and said, "This kid knows how to please his boss at such a young age, he has grown up. Must be a sweetie too."
The child's mother also smiled: "She has eyes like mine."
Lin Yuan looked at it carefully, and also felt that the child looked more like a mother, but he couldn't be sure at such a young age.
Some children are like mothers when they are young and like fathers when they grow up.
But such an older child doesn't even have eyebrows, and a small face is fat and tender, and looks good no matter what.
There is no milk powder now, so I can only rely on my mother's breast milk for breastfeeding.
Even if the lanugo is a little yellow, there is nothing I can do about it.
Erliang ran in from outside the house and said to Lin Yuan, "Young master, second brother Yang is back with a lot of people. They are all waiting outside now."
Lin Yuan stood up immediately, probably because the movement was a bit loud, the baby girl found that the fingers she was holding were missing, and she started to cry.
Lin Yuan could only say to the baby girl's mother, "Coax her, I'll go first."
Her mother smiled and said, "Go to the owner, I will take good care of her."
Yang Zian and the others basked in the sun for a while, and then they saw the door slowly open.
When Lin Yuan came out of the door, the first thing he did was to give Yang Zian a warm hug. Yang Zian was stunned, then patted Lin Yuan's back and said with a smile, "I brought you back, the money. used up."
"You've been gone for so long, and I'm still worried about not having enough money." Lin Yuan smiled, "Go first."
Saying that, Lin Yuan put his arms around Yang Zian's shoulder and walked in, asking, "Who is Zhang Shicheng?"
Yang Zian: "Can't you recognize it?"
Lin Yuan opened his eyes and said nonsense: "It was several years ago, I can't remember it."
Yang Zian: "I didn't find Zhang Shicheng, but I found Zhang Jiusi. He also has three younger brothers. I think otherwise, you may remember it wrong. Anyway, they are all surnamed Zhang."
Lin Yuan thought about it, yes, Zhang Shicheng used to be an ordinary salt man, how could the people at the bottom have a serious name.
He hurriedly followed Yang Zian's words: "I must have remembered it wrong."
Yang Zian: "But he brought back a lot of people."
Lin Yuan looked back, Zhang Jiusi and the others were walking behind very restrainedly, but they kept looking left and right.
"It's not too much." Lin Yuan briefly said what happened before, "We just happen to be short of people."
Some time ago, Jiang Guang followed his words and brought over the three horses that he had agreed on earlier. By the way, he boasted about the jade that Lin Yuan gave him, and took a few more pieces away, saying that he would definitely take Lin Yuan’s money before winter. It was because he was afraid that five hundred would be too many, and Lin Yuan would not be able to handle it.
Lin Yuan told him to just take care of it, and they could naturally take care of it.
Yang Zian said, "Not enough dormitories?"
Lin Yuan nodded, feeling that Yang Zian was like a roundworm in his stomach: "As expected, second brother, you know me, I think the new dormitory must be built. Fortunately, although the craftsman who built the house last time has left, there are still some Many people built it along with them. They have experience and know how to do it. This time, they don’t have to go outside to get people. It is estimated that you will have to find someone to burn the bricks again.”
Yang Zian: "It's not a hassle, it's better to build three floors and build more."
Lin Yuan nodded: "But it won't last long. At the end of next year, we have to move out."
Yang Zian was taken aback: "Where to move to?"
Lin Yuan just smiled: "I'll know when the time comes."
It's too early to talk now. When the Red Turbans revolt next year, it will be normal for the world to follow the trend. It will become normal for them to attack Xinghua at that time.
Yang Zian couldn't see that he couldn't ask, so he didn't ask.
Zhang Jiusi and the others were looking at the fertile fields and the crops on them. They couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. Li Liu said next to Zhang Jiusi, "Do you really have a name called Zhang Shicheng?"
Zhang Jiusi also whispered, "Maybe it's not me."
Li Liuyi was shocked: "Isn't this a lie?"
Zhang Jiusi: "You speak in a lower voice!"
Lin Yuan walked up to Zhang Jiusi at this time. He was different from the people around him. As long as he had eyes, he knew that this was the owner. Lin Yuan looked a bit like a son-in-law now, and he didn't go to work. It's not exposed to the sun and the sun, plus the facial features are not bad, it looks like a white-faced boy.
But this is just a comparison with other people in Zhuangzi.
"Zhang Jiusi." Lin Yuan called Zhang Jiusi's name.
Zhang Jiusi stood up from the crowd, and Lin Yuan looked him up and down. He remembered that Zhang Shicheng was recorded as a man with "little physical strength, and he was a man of valor."
In fact, in essence, there are many similarities with the original owner, but he lost his way after success.
Zhang Jiusi looked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan said, "You come with me."
Zhang Jiu Si looked back at his brothers, and finally walked out with Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan took Zhang Jiusi to a relatively secluded place. He knew that the reason why Zhang Jiusi was willing to come over with Yang Zian was because Zhang Jiusi had been driven to a dead end at this time, and he was still wondering whether to resist. On the edge, but Zhang Jiusi is not a person who has no fear of imperial power, or he will not be forced to turn against the emperor for thirteen years.
Therefore, Yang Zian released a rope that symbolized the way of life, and he would catch it when he knew that there were many doubts.
"You are not the person I am looking for." Lin Yuan said.
Zhang Jiusi was stunned, he was a little flustered, after all, he didn't often lie.
Lin Yuan added: "But if you have come, just stay at ease. Although I haven't found my friend, but you have all come, naturally I won't ask you to go back."
Zhang Jiusi looked at Lin Yuan with a good look, thinking to himself what kind of living Bodhisattva descended to earth
"It's just your brothers." Lin Yuan said, "You can't cause trouble for me."
Zhang Jiusi patted his chest and assured: "That's natural."
Zhang Jiu Si and the others were assigned to the dormitory, but they could not live in one room as a family, they had to live separately, and they had to go to the kitchen when they had meals.
Zhang Jiusi and his four brothers plus one Li Liu were assigned to a dormitory that already lived in three people. When they entered, the three people who lived in the original warmly greeted them and learned that they were from Xingxing. Hua came from there, and these people were even more enthusiastic.
"How's it going out now?"
"You have salt, you must be rich."
Zhang Jiu Si and the others looked at the bed that had been made, and their hearts dropped for four or five points. There were still five or six points hanging in the air. His eyes were full of surprise, he had never seen such a bed in his life.
"This is what our boss came up with." The aborigines in the same dormitory laughed, "The boss said that there are too many people, and the place can't take care of it. With this bunk, people can sleep more and write more, and they don't have to be crowded next to each other. A comfortable bed."
Zhang Jiusi asked him: "What kind of person is your boss?"
The man said, "Speaking of our boss, come, sit down and listen to me tell you in detail."
The other two smiled and said, "Brother Zhao talks a lot, you listen, he won't tell you to go unless he says something nice."
The person called Brother Zhao said: "I used to be a refugee. Like me, they couldn't stay in their hometown anymore. They came here with people. It was snowing at that time! The gentlemen in the city Regardless of us, I don’t know how many people died of freezing and starvation, but it just so happens that the owner is recruiting people to build a house, which is where we live, and I built it myself.”
"The house was originally built, and the craftsmen left. We had nowhere to go, so we begged the owner to let us stay."
Brother Zhao slapped his thigh: "The owner didn't blink and told us to stay."
Zhang Jiusi asked quickly, "Then what do you do on weekdays?"
Brother Zhao: "It depends on what group I'm in. I'm in Manager Jiang's group. I have to train in the morning and do farm work in the afternoon. If there are other groups, I will train in the morning to fish in the afternoon, and train in the morning to hunt in the afternoon. You should be able to distinguish clearly."
This is similar to their saltworks, they have their own division of labor, but they don't need training.
"What training?" Zhang Jiusi asked.
Brother Zhao added: "There are too many, what are the push-ups and frog jumping, there are many tricks, the owner said that this is to exercise our physical strength, and sometimes the owner will train with me."
Zhang Jiusi asked again, "Why do you need to train?"
Brother Zhao: "You think it's very peaceful here? What if there are bandits coming? Shouldn't we have to come?"
Zhang Jiusi swallowed his saliva.
Brother Zhao said with a smile: "It's no big deal, I've never been afraid, man, be afraid of an egg!"
The roommate exposed him mercilessly: "The last time someone came, you almost pissed your pants with fright. If we hadn't supported you, maybe you would have been a deserter."
Brother Zhao: "Bah! Did I pee my pants?! Then I'm just sweating a lot!"
Zhang Jiu Si glanced at his three younger brothers.
Zhang Jiuwu said, "Brother, you've come anyway, so you can do so much. In short, it's ok if you're not hungry."
"Yeah, what's in the cafeteria?" Zhang Jiuqi was the youngest, looking at Brother Zhao intently and asked.
Brother Zhao: "We usually eat multi-grain steamed buns and stir-fry vegetables. The oil and water are enough. Our Zhuangzi can squeeze oil and eat meat once every seven days. The bandit village can eat all the fine grains and meat all the way.”
Zhang Jiuqi's saliva was about to flow down, but when he thought that he had to work hard to get enough meat, he was a little scared in addition to being excited.
He asked, "What time do you eat today?"
Brother Zhao said, "I won't have dinner until two hours later. I'll tell you the rules for eating at that time."
Zhang Jiuqi was taken aback: "Is there any rules for eating?"
Brother Zhao nodded: "That's natural. In our place, there are rules for shit."
This time, the four brothers and Li Liu were startled, this place is so strange? Are there rules for eating and pooping
Brother Zhao took them to the corridor and told them to look at the toilet next to the dormitory: "That's the Gongsuo. I usually go there to poop and pee, and I have to wash my hands at the door when I come out."
"The owner said that it is easy to get sick if you don't wash your hands, dirty!" Brother Zhao raised his head, with a proud expression that he knew a lot, "Everything the owner said makes sense! Our owner has read books!"
Zhang Jiu Si looked at Gong Suo, who looked like a house, and his expression was a little psychedelic.
Brother Zhao: "If you go to the Gongsuo at night, remember to light the torches outside so that you don't fall in. Last time, an unlucky guy fell in. Who told him to be so thin, he finally managed to climb up."
Everyone: "… "
That unlucky bastard was really unlucky.
They could all imagine him crawling out of the ditch.
Brother Zhao: "That's about it, what else do you want to ask?"
Brother Zhao added: "By the way, if you work hard, you will be rewarded. The two people in each group who do the best work every day can eat reward meals. For a cup of stewed vegetables, if you save a little, you can eat two meals. It's full of big chunks of meat and a bowl of white rice."
These fifty or so people have arranged their rooms. After all, they just arrived in the new environment, and most of them are still a little uneasy. Fortunately, the people in the dormitory are very enthusiastic, and they are not as nervous as they were at the beginning.
Not enthusiastic to make it? During this time, Lin Yuan has been making three orders and five appeals to them. After Zhuangzi, many people will definitely come. If they are looking for trouble, they will be thrown out and go outside to become king and hegemon. The whistleblower also got a knife of meat and a bag of rice, as well as a bamboo rat and a fat chicken.
Therefore, even if they are not very enthusiastic, they will not find fault with new people. In this world, no one wants to be kicked out.
Getting out is basically a dead word.
Even if you don't die, you won't be able to live a good life like this in Zhuangzi. Although you are working hard every day, you don't have to worry about clothing, food, and shelter.
Each person also has two sets of new clothes every season, although they are almost the same size and color, but poor people can't wear a few new clothes in their whole life, how can anyone else choose this
During dinner that night, Zhang Jiusi and his brothers were assigned to a fishing group. There were also a few fellow villagers with them. They were newcomers and had met the group leader during dinner.
The team leader of the fishing team was surnamed Zheng. He was originally called Zheng Liuer. Later, he went to Lin Yuan to give himself a new name, Zheng Zhizhong. After he had a big name, he would not allow others to call him Zheng Liu during working hours. Second, you must be called a big name.
"The owner said before that we catch enough fish every day, and we own the most." Zheng Liuer told Zhang Jiusi and the others, "If we catch more fish, we will divide the excess fish ourselves, and we will not cook or cook. Guys can borrow from the kitchen, it's all convenient."
Zhang Jiusi asked, "What if the fights weren't enough?"
Zheng Liuer said with a smile: "Where is there not enough fish? There are many fish in that river. In winter, there are a lot of them. The amount set by the owner is not high. Usually it can be finished in one or two hours."
Some of the caught fish are taken directly to the kitchen, and some are made into dried salted fish and hung to eat in winter.
Early the next morning, Zhang Jiu Si and the others heard a loud noise outside, and Gu almost jumped up in fright, only to regain his composure when his head hit the ceiling and the bed.
Brother Zhao and the others slowly got up from the quilt, rubbed their eyes and said, "This is to greet us to get up."
Zhang Jiusi and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"We're too lazy to fetch water, so we can just wash by the stream, you come with us?" Brother Zhao asked.
Zhang Jiusi smiled: "Naturally go with Brother Zhao."
Brother Zhao led them to wash their faces and ate breakfast together before going to the square to train together.
For the first hour, they practiced obedience. Wherever Lin Yuan pointed, they rushed where they went, and then with a knife, Lin Yuan gave an order, and they went over to chop the wooden stake that was covered in bruises.
An hour later, I started daily training, running, push-ups, frog leaps, throwing stones, etc.
When the bell rang for lunch break, they shouted and rushed to the cafeteria.
Zhang Jiu Si found that no one was lazy, and no one was supervising the work. During the training, a group of ten people supervised each other.
He was rather strange.
Brother Zhao said, "You are lazy. If you are reported by the same group, you can only eat one meal tomorrow, but he can eat meat!"
Only then did Zhang Jiu Si suddenly realize.
This Zhuangzi was more hidden than he thought.