Wude ninth year, the seventh day of the sixth lunar month.
The sun sets in the west and the heat gradually dissipates.
On the road from Zhongnan Mountain to Chang'an, two horses and mules, "Green Ox" and "White Horse", walked with light and vigorous steps. Huaiyu and his two men on the mules were reflected in the long silhouette by the setting sun.
Two dogs open the way ahead.
Wu Huaiyi's face was a little pale, but his energy was still high, "Erlang, look, Taiyi Palace, we are coming out."
He reached out and took out a horn, handed it to Huaiyu, and said, "Blow it hard."
"Woooooo!~" Huaiyu puffed up his cheeks and blew the horn.
Looking at a dilapidated building on the horizon in the distance, it looks like a temple or a Taoist temple, and I am a little confused.
"There are people in our camp here to support you!" Huaiyi explained to his brothers.
The ground suddenly shook, and a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the dilapidated building in the distance, kicking up dust all over the sky.
Everyone knows that the second son of the old Wu family fell into the water and became seriously ill when crossing the Yellow River in the wind nine years ago and was taken away by a Taoist to become a disciple. Everyone also knows that the Wu family has been looking for this second son. But nine years have passed and there is no news.
None, there are also rumors that the baby was actually robbed and killed long ago.
"Our family has a lot of land, and we are considered landlords. Now, His Highness the King of Qin has granted you twenty acres of Yongye land and eighty acres of Koufen land. My official, Xun Yongye land, will also be granted the maximum of two hundred acres of Yongye land."
Industry, this is a special grant, and there are three hundred acres together."
Wu Huaiyi's father and a group of forbidden troops originally settled on the bank of the Qinghe River.
Even the golden sore medicine given by the palace cannot be said to be so effective.
"Brother, how much land does our family have?" Wu Huaiyu has now somewhat adapted to his new identity. At this time, he took off his Taoist robe and put on a Huaiyi shirt without a crotch, and the pure Yang scarf on his head was also replaced by
He wore a soft-footed futou, and tied around his waist the bronze dagger belt gifted by King Qin Li Shimin. On it was also tied the gold knife given by Li Shimin. It was actually a cross-crotch ring-shaped gilt-engraved silver weighing only one tael.
Scissors, very beautiful.
The Forbidden Army cave dwellings on both sides of the river valley were basically built at the height of the bridge deck. It is said that this is because no matter how severe the summer flood of the Qingyu River is, it will not exceed the bridge deck. Cave dwellings above this height are very safe.
He rushed straight to Huaiyu and stopped. He looked left and right, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears. "It's Huaiyu, it's really Erlang who is back." After saying this, he finally stepped forward and hugged his son.
On the Weibei Plain, a deep river valley forty to fifty meters deep and one to two hundred meters wide stood in front of him. Wu Huaiyu was surprised that there was such a deep river valley in the Guanzhong Plain.
But no matter what, the Wu family is also a family of officials, and scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are also included in the scholar class. Now there are so many fields, and this is the Guanzhong Plain, so the future life is at least guaranteed.
Xu Er was not very tall, but he was the same age as Huai Yi. His father was also from Hedong, a member of the Yuancong Forbidden Army, but he was the second eldest son in the family. After his father was injured and discharged from the army, his eldest brother took over. He is now an adult and has begun to
He had to serve and pay taxes. Wu Huaiyi had previously helped him get a bridge guard to serve as a bridge guard, which could save him from other regular servants.
The cavalry rushed over in an instant. The leader of the cavalry was wearing dazzling black light armor and carrying a black lacquer horse spear. Behind him were hundreds of black armor cavalry. Everyone was equipped with black armor, riding bows, horses, crossbows and lacquer spears.
There were horizontal knives, round shields, steel whips, iron axes, and bronze hammers. Thirty white-feathered arrows were stuck in the bushes, and a damn sense of oppression came to my face.
He was given a rhinoceros-horned rhinoceros belt that could only be used by officials of the sixth rank and above, and a golden knife. His mount died in Zhongnan Mountain because of his righteousness, and he was also given a Hetao war horse. With Huaiyu, Li Shimin heard that he
After rescuing Huaiyi and being Huaiyi's nine-year-lost brother, he also granted the King of Qin the authority to allow the local government to naturalize Huaiyu and grant him land, and also gave him a bronze dagger belt that could only be worn by foreign officials, and a gold medal.
Golden knife.
"He can't remember much about the past." Huaiyi explained to him, "Go home first."
It's not bad to be a landlord, it's a leisurely life.
a river, a bridge,
"Zuo Weixun, the honorary guard of Cheng Chumo, was sent by the King of Qin to assist him. Where is Wu Baiqi?"
The old Baiqu channel flows through seven counties in Weibei. The Sanyuan section now leads the Qingyu River into the old Baiqu channel for irrigation. Its water originates from the northern mountainous area and merges with the Yeyu water, which is considered the mother river of Sanyuan.
"Well, it's Huaiyu, uh, I found it." Huaiyi was very pleased.
"This is Qingyu River, we also call it Qinghe. It used to be the old Hanbai Canal. Later, the Qingyu River was diverted to this silted Gubai Canal, which diverted water to irrigate countless fields on both banks. Because of the large difference in the river bed and the loess layer,
The river is flushed every year, so the river channel is cut downwards and becomes deeper and deeper."
Cheng Chumo's eyes became more and more curious and admiring for Wu Erlang who had just come down from the mountain. All the disciples of the generals were not uninjured, and they paid special attention to and needed this amazing medicine.
This group of cavalry are all dressed in black armor and riding black horses. This is the Xuanjia Army, the elite cavalry selected by the King of Qin for hundreds of battles.
"Why don't you open the door quickly and come out to lead the horse?"
The people at the fort gate were not upset that they had been taken advantage of. Instead, they rushed down and opened the fort gate to greet them very excitedly, "Ayi, why did you come back? Aren't you going to treat this for the whole month of June?"
It's only been a few days since you got slaughtered?" A young man with a long and stout appearance came up to him. When he saw that Huaiyi was followed by several people, especially Cheng Chumo, who was carrying two members of the Cheng family, he hurriedly rushed to Huaiyi's side.
He whispered, "Well, I heard that Chang'an is not at peace, and something happened in the camp. Why are you coming back at this time? What happened?"
"Erlang?" Erlangzi looked at Huaiyu and was stunned, "Huaiyu?"
On the river slopes on both sides of the river, dozens of cave dwellings are the homes of dozens of Yuan soldiers and some common people. The two sides of the river are surrounded by earthen walls, leaving two fort gates, which are also the only gates to cross the bridge.
If this unique Longqiao Fort encounters an emergency, the fort gates on both sides of the river will be closed, and this bridge that must pass through to connect the north and south of Sanyuan County will be controlled by dozens of forbidden troops.
"Let's talk about it when we get home. How is your bridge jingling?"
The news spread quickly throughout the north and south banks of Longqiao.
"Erlang Wu is back!"
Huaiyi said to his father from the side, "Ah, Erlang has been practicing Taoism in Zhongnan Mountain for the past nine years. It's just that after he fell ill that year, he forgot all the previous things, and the old Taoist didn't tell him. Fortunately, I'm here this time."
Met him in Zhongnan Mountain..."
The healing effect of this medicine was so good that even Cheng Chumo, the eldest son of Cheng Yaojin, the Duke of Su State, was amazed. When he saw Wu Huaiyi that day, he felt as if he was about to die. Although this kind of injury was treated in time, he would probably have to lie down for ten and a half days. If
If the life is not strong enough, the wound will be red, swollen and ulcerated, and even the life may be lost.
"What did my brother do? By the way, this is Erlang, do you remember?"
"Ahead is the Longqiao that connects the north and south of Sanyuan. Our home is right there."
"How many acres did our family originally have?"
Huaiyi is now a ninth-grade official guard attaché of the Forbidden Army, and Father Wu is a retired veteran officer of the Imperial Guard. Although his rank is not actually high, he is just a brigade commander. Originally, in the Zhuwei Mansion, this was from the eighth grade, because
The garrison camp was the emperor's Yuan Cong imperial army. The brigade commander in the garrison camp was the same as the brigade commander in the prince's palace. They were all from the same seventh rank as the county magistrate, and could barely wear green official robes.
"Why not just build houses and courtyards on the flat land on both sides of the river, but dig cave dwellings on both sides of the river valley to live in?" Huaiyu felt that after all he was also the Emperor Yuancong's imperial army, and many of them were officers. At least he could be regarded as a landlord. He felt
It will definitely be more comfortable to live in a courtyard house.
After Huaiyi was summoned by the King of Qin, not only was he not charged, but he was rewarded.
The large fields on both sides of the river are fertile fields irrigated by diverting water from the Qingyu River upstream through diversion canals, and the landowners are the Imperial Guards.
On the way back, Huaiyi was in an especially good mood, and his injuries recovered well. With Huaiyu's medicine, there was no problem of wound infection or inflammation in this hot summer.
The leading Xuanjia Xiao general reined in his horse, and the hundreds of Xuanjia troops behind him also reined in their horses uniformly.
The valley is fifty or sixty meters deep and nearly two hundred meters wide. The wooden dragon bridge is about nine feet high and three feet wide. The new bridge is not flush with the two banks, but is built in the valley, about ten meters from the top of the two banks.
Come and be tall.
"Well, let's go home first."
The courtyard in front of the cave dwelling was crowded with onlookers. Lao Wu was in tears, and Mrs. Wu Liu burst into tears. Huaiyi was beside him and brought people up to see Huaiyu from time to time. This one was Sanlang, that one was his eldest sister, and that one was his nephew.
Son, that one is the younger sister, and the other two girls are nieces. The eldest sister’s children, Huaiyu was confused for a moment and didn’t recognize them clearly.
The river is clear, the banks are green, and the smoke from the houses on the slope rises, full of the smell of fireworks.
The original three hundred will now be divided into another three hundred, and there are still five hundred and twenty acres of Yongye. How much land has this family cultivated?
"We farm and fallow, part of it is rented, part of it is grown by ourselves, and we also hire workers when farming is busy. Now we have added another 300 acres, which we can only rent out. We really can't grow it ourselves," Huaiyi said truthfully.
After meeting Cheng Chumo when they went down the mountain that day, they returned to Chang'an together to resume their duties. Huaiyu regretted not being able to enter Chang'an city because he did not have household registration status.
"Son, why did you come back just now? Where have you been all these years?" An old woman cried and rushed out from the house. She hugged Huai Yuzai and looked at her carefully and refused to let go.
"Are you Ayi coming back?"
"When we first settled down, we didn't have the conditions. We could just repair and repair the existing cave dwellings, which saves time, effort and money. Building a house and building a courtyard requires not only stone but also wood, and it's not easy to lay down the blanks and ram them for construction.
Lai,
He also gave Huaiyi a hundred days' leave, and asked Cheng Chumo to send them back to their home in Sanyuan, and go to Beiquanzhou and Sanyuan County to complete Huaiyu's household registration and land granting matters.
How many soldiers on the battlefield died not directly from enemy swords and arrows, but from wound infections after the war.
"I'm on duty to guard the bridge right in front of my house. It's very leisurely. I work four times, and I'm only on duty for three months a year. Thanks to you, Ayi, for arranging this sex service. I don't have to leave home, and I can avoid the hassle of regular service."
Worry."
In a deep river valley on the plain, a wooden bridge flies across both banks, connecting the north and the south. On the river slopes on both sides of the river bridge, the Imperial Guards who were stationed here repaired the old villages on both sides of the river slopes that were abandoned during the war in the late Sui Dynasty.
A new Dragon Bridge was built in the abandoned old cave dwelling, and an earthen wall was built to encircle a brand new Dragon Bridge Fort.
On the north bank of Longqiao and on the slope of Hebei, many cave dwellings are dug at random intervals on the slope. At dusk, most of the villagers have returned from work and are enjoying the shade or doing chores in the courtyard outside the cave dwellings.
The villagers were attracted immediately.
"When Aye was resettled, he was granted a hundred acres, twenty acres of permanent property, and eighty acres of land. This was also the preferential treatment given by Yuan Cong's imperial army. After that, Aye's official Yongye and honorary officer Yongye were given the highest compensation.
Two hundred acres, it adds up to three hundred acres."
Besides, cave dwellings are very nice. We also live in cave dwellings in our hometown in Hedong. The cave dwellings are warm in winter and cool in summer. You don’t have to worry about leaks in rainy days or air leaks in winter. As long as you clean them up, you can live there for a hundred or two hundred years. It’s not like ordinary houses.”
In front of the five-hole old cave dwelling of the Wu family, the warrior Ke, who had just celebrated his sixtieth birthday last year, ran out limping after hearing the news.
Wu Huaiyu didn't hide, but he couldn't say "Aye" for a while.
"Hey guys, come back!"
But facts speak louder than words. Not only did Wu Huaiyi not stay in bed for the past two days, he also rode on horseback. Although he walked slowly, Huaiyi could ride and drink. He was in good spirits, and his wounds showed no signs of redness, swelling or ulceration. This was June.
God.
"We're home!" Huaiyi shouted excitedly while riding a river horse.
As he approached the fort gate on the south bank, Huaiyi impatiently shouted loudly. His excited voice scared away several wild birds returning late.
Wu Huaiyi was already at the end of his strength and kept holding on for a while. When he saw that even the Qin Prince's cavalry troops had arrived, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Wu Huaiyi, a hundred cavalrymen from the North Gate camp, meet Cheng Xunwei!"
Er Lunzi's home was on the south bank of the river, while Huaiyi's family was on the north bank of the river. Er Lunzi was very excited to help lead the mules and carry the bags, and took the lead to go downhill and cross the bridge. As soon as he crossed the river, he started shouting loudly, "Aunt Wu Bowu, Huaiyi is back."
Hey, Huaiyu and Erlang are also back!~"
"Hush!"
After hearing this, the warrior kept saying, "It's okay, it's okay. Just come back. It's not too late. Auntie, come out quickly. Erlang is really back."
"Idiot, are you a melon?" Huaiyi shouted with a smile, his words were very kind.
"My Aye chose to stay after he entered the Guanzhong with His Majesty. The 30,000 yuan from the imperial army was settled in the seven counties of Baiqu in Weibei, and was distributed among the most sacred land beside the canal. Each person was divided into 100 yuan.
acres of land, there are casual officials, honorary officials, official titles, and Yongye land is awarded. Thirty thousand yuan is stationed at the north gate from the fifth division, which belongs directly to the emperor. There is even a special decree that the father and elder brother can be replaced by their children after they become disabled, old and sick, so our Yuan Dynasty
The Forbidden Army is also known as the Father and Son Army."
More than a hundred miles.
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Starting from the far gate in the northwest of Chang'an, cross Weiqiao, pass Lingaoyi and turn north to Jingyang County, then northeast to Huachi, and further east to Sanyuan County.
A man stuck his head out from the south gate of Longqiao Fort, "Why are you howling?"
Erlangzi came up and hugged Huaiyu. The smell of sweat and body odor almost made Huaiyu faint, "Erlang, don't you remember Brother Erlang? You used to play behind us every day?"
Lao Wu has a lot of family members, and the villagers are also very warm and friendly!
The Wu family cried and laughed, laughed and cried again.
"Ah, uh, go catch an old hen and kill it to make soup for Huaiyu to catch the wind and wash away the dust." A young woman with a scarf on her head said. Huaiyu vaguely remembered that Huaiyi had just said that this was his eldest sister Yu'e.
"It's not enough to kill a chicken. I'm going to get a sheep to slaughter. Let's eat mutton tonight. Don't leave, everyone. We'll drink mutton soup later!" Lao Wu wiped his eyes again and again, stepped aside and shouted to everyone, and then
Limping to catch the sheep.
This old brigade commander who had been in the army for more than ten years, and who had been crawling among the dead, turned his head and said, "The wind is blowing again, and the wind and sand are blowing hard, and it's blinding."
