They lit torches and burned the dead branches of the vehicles. They also threw the few officers and soldiers who died on the official road into the fire, then took the people and slowly entered the valley.
When they arrived at the mouth of the valley, several people hid themselves again and waited in ambush at the river at the mouth of the valley for half an hour. The fire on the official road in the distance had already gradually extinguished, and there was no movement at all on the official road. Zhou Xing then called out to all the regiment heroes. Youzai
Youzai hurried back.
That night, almost no one slept in the villa.
After the women and children of the villa carried the first batch of supplies back to the villa, the entire villa became a sea of excitement. The things brought back were piled in the yard of the public warehouse, including cloth, ordnance, etc.
Grain, these simple mountain people have seen grain, but they have never seen so much grain put together. They have seen cloth, but they have never seen the spectacle of hundreds of pieces of cloth piled together, let alone those with seventy or eighty heads.
Large livestock, oxen, donkeys, and even a few horses. Adding up all the livestock in the villa can't catch up to half of what was driven back this time. How much is this worth!
There are also those copper coins, the golden copper coins. They are piled together. For many villagers who know one hundred at most, these three hundred and fifty thousand dollars are already a number that they can't even dream of. It can only be said that it is
Lots and lots of money. Several women circled around the piles of copper coins, looking at them again and again. Occasionally they stretched out their hands to touch them, and then quickly retracted them. They were afraid that their dirt-covered hands would contaminate the coins.
The shiny copper coins, I am afraid that others will see them and say that I am taking advantage of everyone.
Although it was a hectic time, no one took away a grain of grain or a single copper coin. Those who had carried things back were already too tired to stand when they arrived at the courtyard. Although they did not carry much, after all, they
Either old or young, they couldn't do much normal physical work. After putting down their things, these people sat down directly against the wall, one to rest, and the other to look at those things and feel happy.
The two family heads, Uncle Zhou, Wang, and Chen, are considered to be the strongest laborers among these people, and they are all captains and elders. Naturally, they can carry more than others, and they have to take care of them.
Although the three of them trust these fellow villagers in the countryside, none of them are afraid that someone will get a small advantage and tarnish the villa. The more tired they are, the more they have to worry. Seeing that things are piled up in the courtyard, if something happens
Wouldn't it be terrible if something went wrong? The three of them discussed it, opened the warehouse, and began to move things inside and keep accounts.
Zhou Hui, Wang He, and Chen Jian were the direct disciples of Zhou Xing. What they said must be carried out meticulously. Zhou Xing ordered the three of them to keep an eye on Luo Yin, and the three of them regarded this task as the best in the world.
One big thing. No matter what he does, he can't let Luo Yin leave the sight of the three of them. Even if Luo Yin wants to make it easier, there will be at least two and a half pairs of eyes staring at him without blinking within this one foot. It's not that he is afraid of Luo Yin.
Yin took advantage of the opportunity to urinate and escape. He probably didn't have the ability, but if Luo Yin couldn't think of it and jumped into his own pee puddle and drowned himself, wouldn't he have betrayed his husband's trust?
Uncle Zhou is the manager of the public warehouse, but usually Zhou Xing keeps accounts, Zhang Jiang, Uncle Zhou and others are the cashiers. This time, the three heads of the family discussed it and called Zhou Hui and the others. Uncle Zhou said: "Hui'er, this is the master's cashier."
Your husband keeps the accounts in the warehouse. Now that he is away, we cannot let things be left in the yard. The three of you will take care of them and be responsible for counting, accounting and warehousing."
The three of them, Zhou Hui, almost jumped up with joy after listening to Uncle Zhou's instructions. Today is really a good day. First, my husband ordered me to take on the task of guarding, and now my uncle has given me such an important responsibility. It is a public warehouse. This is
The numbers in it were all counted and memorized by Mr. Today, the three of him were actually responsible for it. Zhou Hui pursed his lips, held his head high, and replied: "Uncle ordered it, and the three nephews will definitely do it well."
Uncle Zhou looked at the solemn look on his nephew's face and felt that the child was sensible. He smiled kindly and said: "Good boy, don't panic. Just do it slowly. Uncle and Uncle Wang will help you maintain it outside. How can you move like this?"
, it’s you who said that if you can’t make up your mind, let’s discuss it later.”
Uncle Zhou and the other two people first roughly drew a line on how to place the warehouse. Then, they left the three of them in the room, prepared paper and ink, and began to move things into the room. The three of them took over the second important task.
, the first task was not forgotten. The three generals also called Luo Yin into the room and asked him to sit on a grain bag, always within sight, and started working.
Since Luo Yin saw that Zhou Xing let go of the people of Mian County, he would definitely be able to stand up to the people and fall into the hands of the Shu army scouts. His life and death were at stake, and he no longer cared about his own safety. On the contrary, after seeing Zhou Xing's subsequent arrangements, he felt
It was very strange. When he entered the valley and saw many people, Luo Yin suddenly realized that this was not a Shu army scout. He was clearly a mountain man pretending to be a thief and stealing the baggage. After understanding this, Luo Yin became more curious. These mountains
The civilians were not only strong in combat power, but none of the more than fifty sergeants and leading captains could escape. Moreover, everything from luring the enemy to encirclement and annihilation, grabbing grain, transporting grain, and even escaping the blame was carefully planned.
You need to take a closer look at the background of these people.
Since he had these thoughts, even if Luo Yin was allowed to leave, he would still try his best to follow him. Besides, Zhou Xing also told the children that they were not allowed to run away, but they were not allowed to get into trouble. Doesn't that mean that he was still useful? There was no danger anyway.
Why are you running away? Your food is lost, your officers and soldiers are dead, and you, the boss, can't explain it clearly, and you can't escape the involvement. Anyway, you have to wander around the country alone, and you don't want to stay anywhere.
Seeing the tension of the three children along the way, Luo Yin secretly laughed in his heart. In the past twenty years, he had seen every day either tedious official duties or intrigues. It was rare to see such innocence. Luo Yin did not speak and just followed the children. In his mind,
It was a rare peace of mind. As for the children, the old master was quite obedient and well-controlled.
Sitting on the grain bag, Luo Yin was hungry and thirsty. However, looking at the people in the village, they were all the same all the way back. No one said anything about eating or drinking. He was too embarrassed to ask for food or drink, so he had to endure it.
, watching the children busy.
The cloth was moved in first. The cloth was afraid of moisture, so three layers of wooden boards were used to build a platform underneath. The cloth was placed one layer horizontally and one layer vertically, with the same quantity on each layer. Then they were put into a pile, and everything was done.
, the three of them each counted points. Luo Yin looked at it coldly, the three of them actually did not count the points one by one, but the number of each layer, and then the number of layers. The three of them drew a few strange symbols on the ground.
The total number was reported. Luo Yin was very surprised. It was already difficult for the three children in this villa to know numbers, but they actually knew how to do math?
When Zhou Hui took the pen and ink, Luo Yin looked at the paper and ink and was not surprised. From the smell of the ink, Luo Yin, an old scholar, already knew that this was the lowest form of ink. What made Luo Yin feel strange was that Zhou Hui had
What I took out from my arms was not a writing brush, but a chicken feather. Can chicken feathers also be used for writing?
Not only can chicken feathers be used for writing, but Zhou Hui's look on Zhou Hui's face when he took out the chicken feathers and dipped them in ink to write, actually showed a kind of sacredness and pride in Zhou Hui's expression.
Of course Zhou Hui is proud, because in the whole villa, apart from Mr. Zhou Hui, he is the first one, and it is also the first time that Zhou Hui dips a chicken feather in ink to write. Watching Zhou Hui write on the paper stroke by stroke, Chen
Jian and Wang He were also full of envy. They didn't even bother to look at Luo Yin anymore.
Luo Yin stood up and took a closer look. Although Zhou Hui's handwriting was neat, it was not beautiful and even a bit ugly. Seeing Zhou Hui's serious and slow look, Luo Yin was tempted to snatch it away and help him register it himself.
Impulsive. However, he didn't know why, he couldn't do this, because he vaguely felt that this child was not just writing, but completing a sacred and important process.
There are many fans in this villa, which is very good and interesting. Luo Yin gave such a definition.
Strings of copper coins were also brought in. The three children counted the strings carefully. Three hundred and fifty thousand coins. After counting, they wrote it down on the paper. Luo Yin looked at it and recognized the words written on the paper.
But what are those ghost symbols? Are they just remembering to count?
Three hundred knives, five hundred spears, sixty bows, three thousand arrows, all recorded, two hundred and ten stones of grain, two hundred and five stones for storage. Uncle Zhou, the master of the public warehouse, directly
I transferred five stones and went out. First, all the people involved in the transportation took two pounds each and took them back. Those livestock were also recorded by Zhou Hui, and they were distributed to families with livestock and raised temporarily. We will discuss the specific arrangements tomorrow. In the village.
People were so happy that they took the grain and the animals and went home. It was already a busy time for farming, and farmers had rules to control grain consumption. When they were idle, they could only drink water, and women and children had to add some wild vegetables to eat.
.Now that each person has gained two kilograms, he can have a good meal. The old and the weak all have two kilograms. The head man will definitely have more when he comes back, so there is no need to keep it for the head of the family. Eat first and live a good life.
Let’s talk about it in the new year. Therefore, everyone in the village starts to make this dinner, and eats it late in the evening. When they are full, old and young, old and young, are smiling and talking, waiting excitedly for their family members to take care of them.
Come back with more good stuff.
Uncle Zhou and others did not leave, after all, all the young people in the village had not returned home. They said they were not worried, which was just to comfort each other. Only when they all came back could they rest their hearts in their stomachs.
Mrs. Cui also made a big pot of rice and brought it over with Zhou Ronger. After placing it on the wooden board, Uncle Zhou looked at it and first greeted Wang and Chen, the two family heads, and then gave Luo Yin his hand and said with a smile: "This
I'm an old man, but I'm neglecting him. He's really busy. He eats rough rice from the countryside to fill his stomach. Mrs. Cui just saw Luo Yin and didn't know her identity, so she greeted her. Luo Yin bowed his hand and thanked her.
He was so hungry that his heart was pressed against his back. He couldn't be polite, so he hurriedly did it. Uncle Zhou smiled again and said: "Hui'er, two good nephews, come and sit down together. We are all tired after a long day, haha."
, eat and have a good rest.”
Zhou Ronger smiled, took the paper Zhou Hui recorded on, and said with a smile: "Brother Hui can also write."
Uncle Wang laughed and said: "Ronger's niece is looking down on others, isn't it? In our village, except for the master, these three are the most knowledgeable. Today's accounts were all counted and recorded by them. Without them, we would not be able to do that."
There are still a lot of things left in a mess."
Seeing that Uncle Wang was happy, Zhou Ronger was also excited for these little brothers. She patted Zhou Hui on the head and asked him to eat. Mrs. Cui made extra stir-fry today, which was very exquisite. Several people were hungry and wolfed down everything.
Light.
Zhou Ronger sat aside, looking at the record under the light of the pine tree. Looking at the records, she was also happy that Zhou Xing had won the first battle, so she couldn't help but read it out softly. At first, everyone just ate and didn't care, but later they heard
, Luo Yin couldn't help but asked: "Brother Dare, who is this?"
Zhou Hui and the other three were surprised when they saw that Sister Ronger actually knew the words on her account. How could Sister Ronger learn so well if she didn't go to class with him?
When Luo Yin asked, Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Let me laugh, this is my little daughter Ronger."
Luo Yin looked at Zhou Ronger and said, "Your love is beautiful, has a dignified manner, and is literate, which is really rare."
Uncle Zhou heard what Luo Yin said was so elegant. Although he didn't quite understand it, he knew that he was praising Ronger. He smiled broadly and said humbly: "Brother is complimenting me, but my little girl is clumsy, but I can't live up to it."
Luo Yin looked at Mrs. Cui, her behavior was quite elegant, and although she smiled, she asked, "I wonder if your wife is from a family background, or is she a teacher?"
Mrs. Cui paused slightly and said: "My husband and I are both illiterate, and my daughter occasionally goes to school to learn some random lessons from her husband."
Luo Yin stroked his long beards, nodded and said, "Your love is really smart."
Uncle Wang laughed and said, "To be honest, brother, this virtuous niece is the first-class woman in the village."
When Zhou Ronger saw everyone praising her, she couldn't reply. She stood behind Ms. Cui, smiling and saying nothing.
After everyone finished eating, Cui and Rong'er quickly packed up their bowls and went back to rest. Uncle Zhou asked Wang He and Chen Jian to accompany Luo Yin to Zhou Xing's place to rest. Wang He and Chen Jian were happy and didn't want to leave.
Mr. Helpless said that the old master was under the care of the children's group, so he had to accompany him. Uncle Zhou and the two heads of the family, Wang and Chen, calculated that in more than an hour, the young man will be back. These people are working hard and must be prepared.
Hot water and rice. Therefore, leaving Zhou Hui to guard the door, the three of them chose the one that was nearby and had a large family, and rushed over to give instructions. The three families received food and one stone, and prepared hot water for ten people's meals.
Most of the strong men carrying the cargo included children from various families, and since the food was from the public, of course they would not refuse. Every family started to light a fire and carry the meal. Even the neighbors, after hearing the news and asking questions clearly, all
Come and help.
Look at the fourth watch, there are loud voices outside, but it is the team that has been training together. These people have traveled a long way with heavy loads. Although they are all strong men, they are very tired. The food is put into the warehouse one stone at a time.
It's almost three hundred stones again. Uncle Zhou ordered that each class, as a family, go to eat by themselves, and then go to rest after eating.
After selecting the number of people, Zhou Xing and Huang Shi were missing. Zhou Can replied that it was arranged by the superior, so he could decide on his own and there was no need to worry about it. As expected, not long after, Zhou Xing also wandered into the courtyard, and Uncle Zhou saw no one.
I feel relieved now.
Zhou Xing saw that Uncle Zhou's arrangements were very appropriate and did not say much. He was very tired and told Huang Shi to eat quickly and go to rest.
Uncle Zhou slept until noon, had lunch, and watched his daughter carefully pack away the bowl of snacks, put them in the basket, and walk out the door. This chapter has been completed!