Chapter 40:

After autumn, the temperature began to drop, the autumn wind was bleak, countless yellow and dead leaves were blown off, and the branches were trembling.
Lin Yuan felt that the temperature this year was lower than last year. He changed into cotton clothes early, and asked Qiuniang to calculate the carbon, and waited for Jiang Guangyiyan to send the agreed five hundred people.
He is sitting next to a charcoal fire, with fern roots smoldering inside. This is a plant rhizome. When it becomes suffocated, the noodles are soft and tasteless. Lin Yuan always eats it as a snack. Tan, picked out the fern roots, wiped off the ashes on the outside, and then pulled them aside and handed them to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan broke into two halves, half of which was handed to two.
Two and two took it with a smile, and said, "Master Xie's reward."
Lin Yuan took a sip of hot water and looked at the people in the field outside the window who were busy harvesting, still very satisfied.
This year’s harvest is not much different from last year, but more land was opened this year, and the harvest doubled. With the grain saved last year, another thousand people came in. This grain is enough for nearly a year.
At least it can last until next winter, but there will be another harvest next fall.
So don't worry too much about the food. After the harvest next year, they should be able to set off to Xinghua.
There are salt fields in Xinghua, and it can be said that the cities captured by Zhang Shicheng are the richest places.
Among the leaders of the uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty, there was a saying that "Chen Youliang is the most jealous and Zhang Shicheng is the richest".
Two and two squatted next to the carbon fire. He was still wearing the old cotton-padded clothes. The cotton-padded clothes were not washed. In addition, few people could afford them. They were luxury items, so most of them were worn out and then thrown away. If it just breaks a hole or something, it can be patched.
The life of ordinary people is basically a true portrayal of "the new three years, the old three years, and the stitching and mending for another three years."
"It's even colder this year." Erliang said, "I will freeze a lot of people to death."
Two and two said: "I used to think that the south is not cold in winter, but now I have to drill through several layers of cold air."
Lin Yuan didn't explain the difference in the cold weather between the north and the south. He only said, "A lot of people will die this winter."
Two or two scratched the back of his head: "We Zhuangzi should be fine, right?"
Lin Yuan wiped Erliang's head, and after touching it, he remembered Erliang for a long time. It's been a long time since he didn't even remember that he had washed his hair long before. Lin Yuan looked at his palm and couldn't hold back. He went to wash the handle. When I came back, I continued to sit. After sitting for a while, I remembered the question that Erliang had just made, and replied: "Zhuangzi will be fine."
There is sufficient food and carbon, and the infrastructure is perfect. It is not easy to freeze people to death. Even if the disease is sick, there are still medicinal materials. As long as the disease is not serious, it is not an incurable disease, and it is basically safe.
The day Jiang Guang brought the people was the lowest temperature in this period of time. It was not yet winter, but it was as cold as last winter. Lin Yuan put on a thick padded jacket, dressed like a bun, and went out to meet people. .
This time Jiang Guang was still looking for someone to him. Chen Baisong and the others were the escort, but this time there were quite a few of them. It is estimated that all the people in a village have come out.
It seems that Chen Baisong and the others are not doing well these days.
Jiang Guang got off the horse. He had a big belly. When he got off the horse, he almost fell and squatted. He managed to stand firmly. He only took three steps and two steps to Lin Yuan and said, "Little brother Lin, take a look. I brought you all, and I brought you twenty more, which is considered an addition."
Lin Yuan first asked people to drag the newcomers to the shed built some time ago, and asked them to tidy up their hair. Those with fleas had to shave their heads, and those without fleas had to change their clothes.
Women have been busy for more than half a year, and they have made a lot of clothes. Because of the clear division of labor, the efficiency is much higher. There are more than 3,000 sets of pseudo-cotton clothes made of straw fleece, not to mention simple underwear.
Several large sheds have been built in Zhuangzi, which are places for women to work.
Almost all pregnant women have given birth to their children, and some have died due to dystocia.
Lin Yuan buried them in the cemetery, and the people in Zhuangzi sometimes went to worship.
"Follow me in first." Lin Yuan took Jiang Guang into Zhuangzi, and in a blink of an eye he saw Chen Baisong get off his horse and stayed at the gate of the city. It seemed that he didn't want to go in. Lin Yuan said to Chen Baisong, "You put your weapons there In the shed beside, come in together to get warm."
None of Chen Baisong's brothers put down their weapons, their knives were all pinned to their waists, and their hands were on the hilt, as if they were already stuck to their heads.
Finally, Chen Baisong said: "Go and let it go."
These people seemed to be convinced by Chen Baisong and didn't ask much, so they took off the knife around their waist and put them in the shed, and followed Chen Baisong towards the inside.
Lin Yuan took them to his house. The house was originally built with one entry and one exit. It looks crude, but it is very large. It is not difficult to sit in the hall with more than 20 people. These guys who came out with Chen Baisong, dinning and sleeping together They couldn't blow the wind right now, and they seemed to be much more relaxed. They were still holding a cup made of bamboo, filled with hot water, and Lin Yuan asked someone to put some syrup in it.
The water tastes sweet.
Even these rough guys like it very much.
After all, ancient people had very few ways to consume sugar.
Lin Yuan asked Yang Zian to help greet these people first, and took Jiang Guang to another room far away from the main room.
Jiang Guang sat on the chair, took a breath, took a sip of hot water, then moved his neck, rubbed his wrists, and came back to life.
"This road is not easy." Jiang Guang said, "I was afraid that they would starve to death or freeze to death. It cost me a lot of money."
Lin Yuan said in a high way: "Naturally I should be asked to come out."
While speaking, Lin Yuan took out a fake jade, Jiang Guang took it with a smile, and said, "How good is this?", he moved quickly and simply.
"Brother Jiang, where did these people come from?" Lin Yuan said, "If it's a desperado, I would have thought about it early."
Jiang Guang waved his hand: "Hey, I don't cheat you. They are all I received from others. What they did in the first place, I don't know."
Lin Yuan nodded, knowing that it was impossible for Jiang Guang to do statistics, so he had to spend some time doing statistics on his own.
Under Lin Yuan's kind invitation, Jiang Guang decided to rest for a few days on Lin Yuan's side before starting again. He stayed, and Chen Baisong and the others would naturally stay.
The place to live is better arranged.
Eat and go to the cafeteria with the people who work.
This group of people probably have never seen so many people living in a collective life, and they feel incredible while being vigilant.
"This Zhuangzi is really big, and there is a city wall, just a moat."
"They all eat like this?"
"There are multi-grain buns every day? There is still oil in these vegetables."
"They all say there are meats sometimes."
These rough guys are a little envious. They may not be able to eat enough if they tie their heads to their belts, but these people only need to do the work they want to eat every day.
Just when they saw the disabled in Zhuangzi, this feeling of envy reached its peak.
Although Chen Baisong treated them not harshly, once he was injured, especially after being disabled, there was almost nothing left to wait for death.
There are also disabled people in Lin Yuan’s Zhuangzi. Although there are not too many people, these people basically do the same work as women. If they are transferred to logistics, in Lin Yuan’s view, the importance of logistics cannot be ignored.
As long as they can create value, disabled people are not considered disabled in his eyes.
Chen Baisong chewed on the buns and listened to his brothers chatting together.
He knows what his brothers want to live, but he also knows that they can't live like that.
The reason why they can survive is because of the sword in their hands, returning to the field? That would have to be the days after victory was won and the world became peaceful.
"Boss, I think you have a good relationship with this Zhuangzi’s owner." The person with a personality jumped out of the cafeteria and said impatiently, "Otherwise, you can discuss with him and ask us to come to this village. Just like the guard named Jiang, we cover them when they live and eat for us."
The people next to me wanted to say that, but they didn't dare. Now if somebody mentioned it first, they would follow suit.
"I feel very good."
"Yes, it's getting colder this year. We didn’t have much food left. This time we’re done. The surname Jiang gave us only 10 days and a half months, and 10 days and a half months. What's next? Starved to death?"
"Boss, now is not the time to die."
Chen Baisong walked in the forefront, his brows frowned, and his mouth said: "I know."
He knew in his heart that this winter was difficult this year. The bandits and bandit villages around them had been cleaned up by them, and all that could be robbed was robbed. If you robbed it again, you could only go down the mountain and grab the civilians.
Although he said that he couldn't attack the people, when it was a dead end, who would control who was robbed?
Jiang Guang's life is not always there. If spring and summer are good, he wouldn't starve to death by leaning on the mountain. It's just a hard life.
But autumn and winter will not work.
As his brother said, this is not the time to save face.
But Chen Baisong didn't know how to speak to Lin Yuan.
He seemed to have opened his mouth, and he became a person who made a special trip to fight the autumn wind.
Sleeping in the middle of the night, the brothers are still whispering what they have seen during the day. They think this village is better everywhere, better than their stockade. In the stockade, they still live in their own shed. It's cold and they have to crowd in. It’s warm when they sleep together. They don’t have time to burn charcoal on their own. The charcoal won't be burned for long, but there is too much carbon here.
"The clothes those people wear are made by the women in the shed." Someone thought enviously, "I also want to wear clothes made by women."
The person next to him laughed at him: "Do you think about women even before your hair grows up?"
The man said excitedly: "Would you like to try it and see if I look the same?"
"Then don't dare to try, for fear that one accident will kill you."
"Boss?" They found that Chen Baisong had been silent and couldn't help turning their heads to look at Chen Baisong.
Chen Baisong turned over, his mind was a little confused, and only said: "Go to sleep first, think about it tomorrow."
Seeing that Chen Baisong was asleep, several people couldn't say anything, they could only go to sleep under a blanket.
Lin Yuan is now also discussing with Yang Zian, how to keep Chen Baisong, it is best to call all the brothers in his hand over.
Yang Zi'an said: "I see that they are all physically strong, and everything else is easy to say, I'm afraid they have two hearts."
Lin Yuan understood what Yang Zi'an meant, but he also said: "We will only have more and more people in the future. If we are always afraid that people have two hearts, we will stay here and stay still? This is definitely not a long-term solution."
Yang Zi'an sighed, "I only hope that your nanny will have some affection for you."
Lin Yuan: "It's useless to look forward to friendship. People's hearts will change. I want to get a copy of military law."
Yang Zi'an: "Military law?"
Lin Yuan explained: "It can't be called a military law. It can be called whatever it is. As long as the rules are set, everything will be done according to the rules."
Yang Zian touched his chin and thought, "This is feasible."
"It just takes a lot of time."
Lin Yuan: "It will take a lot of time."
During this period of time, Lin Yuan has always wanted to find a chance to have a chat with Chen Baisong, and put the pros and cons on the table, whether it is one shot or two shots, at least it can be resolved cleanly.
But Chen Baisong couldn't see any figure almost every day. Lin Yuan inquired about it before realizing that he had taken his own people to hunt in the mountains, but most of the time there was no harvest.
Lin Yuan could only wait for him to come back in Zhuangzi.
"Back! My God!"
"More than ten sheep!"
"Is this catching a flock?"
"How deep do I have to go to meet?"
"The sheep are dead?"
"Some are dead, some are alive."
Standing at the gate of the city, Lin Yuan quickly saw Chen Baisong and the others, and black spots slowly appeared in front of him since childhood.
Chen Baisong is riding a horse. He is tall and majestic on the horse. His hair is high. Because of hunting, his whole body is hot, and his chest is opened and his chest is opened. The people behind him are driving the sheep.
These are wild goats, and you can tell from their horns that they are not domesticated.
Chen Baisong rode his horse forward to Lin Yuan and pointed to the group of wild goats and said, "It's the money for the house and food of our group these days."
Lin Yuan did not refuse either: "Then I will accept it."
There was a little smile on Chen Baisong's face.
"I happen to have something to tell you, come down and walk?" Lin Yuan invited.
Chen Baisong didn't push away, turned and got off the horse, moving smoothly and unrestrainedly, his chest was still open, and his body was hot and sweaty. Lin Yuan could smell the sweat. Fortunately, Lin Yuan was used to it, but he didn't show any disgusting expression. .
The two walked side by side, Lin Yuan was slightly shorter than Chen Baisong, and he had to raise his head slightly to see Chen Baisong's full face.
"What's going on with your stockade?" Lin Yuan didn't get straight to the point as soon as he came up, and asked euphemistically.
Chen Baisong just forgot to put down the riding whip, and he was still holding it in his hand. His expression was a bit solemn: "The people at the foot of the mountain can no longer survive. The surrounding bandits and bandits, who can fight, have been beaten."
Lin Yuan understood: "It's not so good recently. Is there enough food?"
Chen Baisong evokes a wry smile: "Ten days and a half months is always enough."
Do they live by robbery and farming? Open up wasteland? Their manpower is not enough.
Lin Yuan only revealed his intentions at this time. He seemed to say unintentionally: "It happens that my Zhuangzi is also short of people. If you don't dislike it, bring your brother over. I will accept as much as you come."
Chen Baisong was silent for a while before saying: "Master, you are always so heart-hearted and you will suffer."
Lin Yuan: "Huh?"
Chen Baisong thought of going elsewhere: "No matter how much food you plant, there will be more and more people, but there will only be less and less food. You also asked Chiang Shang to bring five hundred people, and another five hundred in winter. Man, how do you feed?"
Before Lin Yuan spoke, Chen Baisong frowned, "Master, what are you laughing at?"
Lin Yuan held on to Chen Baisong's shoulders and said happily: "You think I have so many people just to spread kindness and do good deeds?"
Chen Baisong looked at Lin Yuan's eyes with a serious expression of "Isn't it?"
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "It's not that simple, don't you think that people in my village are better off than people in your stockade?"
"But logically speaking, you have fewer people, and everyone should get more. Why should there be more people on my side instead?" Lin Yuan asked.
Chen Baisong: "It's not the same thing. How long will it take for the five hundred people to work? You have to raise them for nothing before they work."
Lin Yuan shook his head: "You can't be called Baiyang either. Do you know how many years it takes for a person to do something?"
"Humans are different from beasts. The beasts take as little as ten days and a half months, and as long as one or two years, they will be fruitful." Lin Yuan said, "People go from conceiving in October to croaking, from crawling to walking, from walking to running. It takes more than ten years for a person from birth to be able to give birth from babbling to fluent speech."
Lin Yuan: "There are so many people, it is also an advantage."
Chen Baisong: "That has to be done within the limits."
Lin Yuan: "I have measured it, and I think it's ok, I can afford it."
Chen Baisong didn't know what to say at all.
The young master became more stubborn than ever.
Chen Baisong can only say: "I have a hundred and thirty brothers, all of whom are the only ones, who pay attention to loyalty."
Lin Yuan: "If you can, I hope you can bring everyone."
Chen Baisong looked at Lin Yuan: "Young master, more than one hundred and thirty mouthfuls. These people are here, but they all eat your food."
Lin Yuan waved his hand: "It's okay, I can afford it. I don't want them to eat for nothing, they always have to work."
To be honest, he really wants to know the difference between Chen Baisong's "bandits" and the "soldiers" he trained. If they come by then, they will be able to send a hundred people from each side to a military exercise.
Real knowledge comes from practice.
Chen Baisong repeated what Lin Yuan said to his brothers in the evening.
The expressions on their faces are magical.
"Boss, the boss here really mentioned it himself?"
"This owner is really...a very kind person."
"Hey, look at the people who have been sold. Now they are wearing straw fleece clothes and they still live in houses. Where is there such a good owner now?"
"People are good at being deceived. I think this owner is too young to know the world is sinister."
"That's what it says, but you don't want to stay? Anyway, I'm happy to stay."
"That is, what else can we grab over there? If this continues, we can only go down the mountain to grab the people's food."
Chen Baisong listened to them talking.
"Boss, are we really here?"
"Think about it actually, I think our stockade is pretty good."
Chen Baisong said, "I want to come over."
Several people did it at the same time: "Really? Boss, what do you think?"
"Don't you say you want to think again yesterday?"
"Did the boss tell you something to convince you?"
Chen Baisong's voice was very calm. He said, "Apart from this, is there any other way? Go down the mountain to grab the people?"
A few people stopped talking. Although they are "bandits" in the eyes of others, they are not in their own eyes. Although they have fallen into the wrong hands, they have not robbed the people or killed good people. There are merchants passing by. , They also escorted a section, and then they reached out for compensation. Although it is a bit of a strong buy and sell, it is better than taking human lives directly.
They will also rob the bandits and bandits who really endanger the people.
In their own eyes, they are not evil people, but good people.
Naturally, I don't want to make mistakes and be forced to become a bandit in Yurou Township.
Chen Baisong: "There are still some things that I haven't discussed with him, but I want to bring people back. When we send Jiang Shang back, we will bring people over."
"That's a lot of stuff," someone said.
"How many cars are you going to pull?"
Chen Baisong: "Don't bring the useless."
"Yes, it's not convenient to bring so many things on the road, when you meet someone you want to grab..."
"Nonsense, then we can fight back!"
When winter arrives, there will be more bandits. Many nearby villagers who can’t survive will gang up. A group of people will go in and out together to grab food and money. As long as they kill the first resister, these gangsters will become one. The gang then began to run around.
What Chen Baisong is afraid of is that they will become like this.
They survived the previous years, did not take a crooked road, and did not harm the people.
"Anyway, there is no need to freeze this winter."
"I felt like I was going to die in the cold last year, and my hands and feet were stiff every day."
"What are you, if I hadn't been sleeping with Brother Niu, I would have frozen and stiffened early."
"Second Brother Niu snorted so loudly, can you sleep?"
"When I was very sleepy, I naturally fell asleep. Besides, it's better to make noise than freeze to death."
They all had smiles on their faces. When they thought that they would also live in this village, they were full of strength. Although they had only been here for a few days, they could see that this village was not a mastermind by the landlord. Zhuangzi who doesn't treat the next person as a human being.
The food in the cafeteria is worthy of admiration for this owner.
Chen Baisong said: "Go to bed, get up early tomorrow. Let's go into the mountains again, and look for more if the wild animals have not jumped into the inside."
Several people responded: "Yes, we will catch dozens of wild sheep and come back."
"It would be great if I could hold the deer. Deer blood is a great supplement."
"You make up a fart, I didn't think you were empty when I looked at it."
"Go to sleep, don't talk about it, there is more to talk about business than anyone else."
"Go to sleep."
The room was dark, and after a while, there was steady snoring, teeth grinding, and sleep talk, forming a harmonious trio.
Chen Baisong turned over and thought: I've miscalculated this time, it's better to ask them to talk.
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The previous article has been revised, the gun
powder seal test, and the chapter on rebellion, I also think it's a bit too radical, so I changed it.
Thanks to the mines of Huaqiang, Yuyan, and dongwait