Lin Yutong was shocked by Fourth Master's decision, "Have you really decided?"
"I have to live a life of fear with you again." The fourth master patted Lin Yutong's hand and said with some emotion.
Lin Yutong rolled her eyes at him, "Don't worry. Whether it's charging into battle or attacking a city, am I not worthy of being a general?"
"The general is too incompetent." Fourth Master nodded to Lin Yutong, "I think he can do it as a quartermaster."
The two played tricks for a while before Lin Yutong changed the subject, "Has it been agreed? How much money?"
"Three hundred taels." Fourth Master whispered.
Lin Yutong packed up an inconspicuous box and put gold bars in it. He also took an extra piece of fine mutton-fat white jade and put it in.
Fourth Master nodded.
Three hundred taels can make up for a vacancy. But adding a piece of mutton-fat jade can quickly increase the official position. Although this official position may be a bare commander, as long as you give a salary, there are many people who will follow you and work hard.
All he wants is an identity, a reasonable and legal identity for recruiting troops.
The commander of the Beiying camp, whose surname was Pang, was in his fifties. He seemed very kind. He opened the box given by the fourth master and became even more kind.
The matter was basically completed without any suspense, and the fourth master was even given the position of team leader. However, in fact, just as the fourth master expected, he was a mere commander with no one under his command.
After seeing off the fourth master, Commander Pang left Hu Da to talk, "This man... really has some heretical skills?"
Hu Da knew in his heart that this guy had other thoughts again. Money and silk are so attractive. Anyone can guess what he wanted to do all at once.
Hu Xiao said loudly: "Really! It's very evil."
Commander Pang then shook his head, "It's so easy to meet a fat fish, but I can't touch it."
"The more people like this, the safer we will be." Hu Xiao persuaded in a low voice.
Commander Pang then waved his hand and said, "Go and do your work."
Hu Da put fifty taels of silver on the table for Commander Pang. Seeing that his expression improved a lot, he withdrew.
Although they are doing private work in Beimen, they still have to pay filial piety to those above.
After leaving the gate of Pang's house, Hu Da couldn't help but turn around and take a sip. Damn it! If he can't get enough salary, he still has to take a share of the extra money earned by his brothers. It's really damn hard for people to survive.
Lin Yutong was at home and asked someone to buy a pair of pigs, together with a big pig's head, and braised them together. He also asked Chen Hong to buy two jars of old wine and delivered them to the North City Gate.
The fourth master was listening to Hu Da, who had just returned, talking about the infantry commanding the Yamen. Li Jian came up with Chen Hong and Zhu Yin carrying food boxes and wine jars.
Hu Daxin said, he really knows how to get things done. He has food, drink, and money to earn. Who is not close to this person?
Everyone from the team came together and called "Fourth Master" very affectionately.
Everyone thought that the fourth master was ranked fourth, and no one knew what it meant.
"In the evening, please ask Brother Hu to invite all the brothers from Beicheng. Let's have a good drink at home." Fourth Master held the wine glass, clinked it with Hu and said.
Chen Hong came back and conveyed Fourth Master's words to Lin Yutong.
Lin Yutong thought to himself, this is to get familiar with people and things. So, he sent Chen Hong to book a high-quality table.
When the guests came, they were entertained in the front yard and drank until it was time for them to get up and go up to the tower to continue making money.
The fourth master came back, told Lin Yutong, and left with the others. He had to keep an eye on news about the Yin family and the Lin family.
Lin Yutong meditated all night. In the middle of the night, she heard another noise. She was no longer surprised.
After several days of this, Lin Yutong and Fourth Master could not help but feel a little anxious when they saw snowflakes falling in the sky, the braziers at home were burning, and there was no sign of the two families.
It's getting colder, but more and more people are gathering outside.
If this continues, not only will the people outside the city be unable to withstand the winter in the capital, but the city will also run out of food. The autumn taxes have not yet been transported back to the capital.
"Don't worry about taxes in the north. There are refugees everywhere. If there are any, they will be robbed." Fourth Master sighed, "I guess those in the south have not crossed the river. The situation is not good now, so I don't dare to go there."
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From now on, eating in the capital has become a problem.
At least most of the villages and people's homes around the capital have been robbed. Otherwise, so many people outside the city would not be alive now.
"Could it be that they have temporarily settled down somewhere else, planning to spend the winter before traveling again?" Lin Yutong guessed.
The fourth master shook his head and stood up, "I'd better stay on the city wall. They can't see me clearly at night. I wander around a lot during the day."
Lin Yutong responded, "If you find someone, send Li Jian back to call me. It's safer for us to go down and pick him up."
Fourth Master responded and went out.
Lin Yutong had packed up the two small courtyards and the wing rooms, hoping that God would bless them all and keep them alive.
At this time, outside the city, the second brother Yin was supporting Lin Jiren, and the Qian family and the Jin family were supporting each other. The elder brother Lin was carrying the second brother Lin on his back, and the elder brother was carrying the Song family.
It turned out that these people entered the water one after another. Fortunately, they were not far apart. There happened to be a fallen tree blocking the way. Such a delay caused the people behind to catch up. Everyone worked together to move the tree. Think about the strength of many people.
, they were stunned and connected the barrels with hemp ropes. Only then did they not get separated.
At this time, seeing Wu Yangyang's head, Yin Laoer took a deep breath and said, "If I hadn't agreed with Shiro to come to the capital, I really should have gone south with my extended family."
Lin Jishi and the Zhu family, taking Zhuan Zhu with them, went south with the Zhu family. The south was prosperous and there were no disasters. The Zhu family had a shop in the south, so they didn't have to worry about their livelihood. That's when they parted ways.
Even if there are so many people together, there will be many illnesses and injuries on the road.
Therefore, everyone had the worst plan in mind for Fourth Master and Lin Yutong.
"Go to the North Gate." Yin Laoer gritted his teeth and said. He didn't believe it. His son was a short-lived ghost.
Holding on to the north gate, Yin Laoer went down to the north gate. He didn't need to look for it when he saw the word "Yin Si". His heart suddenly relaxed. When he looked back, he saw so many people outside the city. What should he do?
try to find?
Li Jian was on top of the city, turned around and called, "Fourth Master!"
The fourth master asked Li Jian to look at the city walls because he knew that the Yin family would carve words under the city walls.
With this shout, Fourth Master took two steps to praise him.
Under the city, who else could it be if it wasn't Yin Laoer who was looking around in fear and helplessness?
"Dad!" Fourth Master called out.
When Yin Laoer looked up, he thought he was dazzled. Is this Shiro dressed as an officer and a soldier?
The fourth master called "Dad" again. Seeing that Yin Laoer recognized him, he said: "Wait a minute. It's tonight!"
Yin Laoer nodded and took two steps forward. When he turned around and saw that Fourth Master was still there, he was relieved.
The night slowly enveloped, and Lin Yutong also climbed up the wall. Hu Da said to everyone: "There is no need to wait until midnight to make the family suffer more. Come now."
"It's dangerous down there, let's go down. I'd like to ask you all to take care of us up there." Fourth Master said, throwing twelve taels of gold ingots to Hu Da, "This is the hard-earned money of the brothers."
"Are you scolding us?" Hu Da tried to shirk.
Lin Yutong said: "Brother, take it. We all have children to support. It's cold today and the price of food has increased. Besides, we have to show filial piety to our superiors."
Hu Da laughed and said, "Okay! The guy in our hands is not a freeloader." As he said this, he waved his hand, and the lights on the wall were brightly lit. Then ten people's bows and arrows were stringed. If anyone dared to move, shoot down.
Lin Yutong and Fourth Master then got into the bamboo basket, and Wang, five or five others pulled the rope and lowered it down.
Yin Laoer and his two families have already walked over here.
Seeing her daughter holding a bow, arrows, and a knife and a gun, Mrs. Jin burst into tears. Who could survive without hurting anyone?
When Lin Yutong came down and saw the two families gathered together, he felt relieved and quickly let the woman go into the bamboo basket first, "Let's talk after we go home, hurry up!"
The bamboo basket was pulled up, and some people walked forward desperately, and arrows were shot from the city wall.
Lin Yutong and Fourth Master continued to be rude and killed four or five people in succession before stopping these people.
Behind him, the bamboo basket was lowered again, and the Lin family and his son were pulled up. The third time, it was Yin Laoer and Yin Dalang's turn.
Lin Yutong and Fourth Master went up last.
By the time the two of them went up, Wang Wu and the others had already taken the person home.
Fourth Master handed over to Hu Da and others, "I'm going to overload you all brothers tonight."
When Lin Yutong and Fourth Master came back, everyone in the flower hall in the front yard had already drank up a large bowl of millet porridge. It showed how hungry they had been.
"I've been hungry for a long time and can't eat enough." Lin Jiren persuaded everyone to just eat these.
Qian held the fourth master's hand, and Jin held Lin Yutong to take a closer look, "Fortunately, you guys are fine."
Lin Yutong saw that the two families were in low spirits. He quickly said: "If there is hot water, go and wash up. The kang in the room is already hot, and the clothes are on the head of the kang."
The two of them vacated the main room in the inner courtyard for Yin Laoer and Qian to live. The small courtyard to the north was given to Yin Dalang and his wife. The fourth master and himself lived in the small courtyard to the south.
The wing room next to the small courtyard was given to Lin Jiren and Jin. The Lin family's two elder brothers, neither of whom were married, were placed in the wing room in the front yard by the fourth master.
Lin Yutong was relieved to learn that Uncle Lin had gone south, to Jinling.
Although I was sick and injured, I survived.
The next day, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and Yin Laoer suddenly sat up. There was a hot bed under him, and a thick cotton quilt on his body. The mute woman was lying cleanly beside her, still snoring. Looking up,
The room is full of black-lacquered furniture, all in various colors.
Suddenly I remembered that the child who fetched hot water for me last night called myself ‘Old Master’.
How come you have become an old man? I am only forty years old this year, right?