The second time he came to Wei Zhuang, Xu Huang's whole mentality had undergone earth-shaking changes. Looking at the military camp stationed outside Wei Zhuang, the big flag stood prominently outside the camp, and the [Sun] outlined in gold wire on the flag.
Xu Huang just smiled indifferently and rode past with his head held high. The gate of Wei Village slowly opened. The guard guarding the door not only knew Xu Chu, but also knew Zheng Tou who had been here many times.
Zhengtou also smiled and greeted everyone. These guards were once the owners of the Wei family. Just by chance, they practiced a little kung fu and became servants of the Wei family. Many of them went up the mountain with Zhengtou when they were young. Where's the bird's nest?
"Brother Chengtou, you are here to help the second master deliver a letter again." A young man stepped forward and said. This man was Emiya's deputy. He had met him many times before, and they had become familiar with each other, and they would chat with each other from time to time.
Zhengtou nodded and asked with a smile: "Is the third master not here?" The young man said: "The third master has gone to the county government...Brother Zhengtou, you have to dismount here. I'm sorry, the village has its own rules. Don't worry, we will take good care of the horse." Several people got off their horses and Xu Chu asked: "Does Duke Wei have some free time at the moment? Master asked me to wait for the message to be delivered, and there are other important things to report." The young man took the horse. Son, frowned and said: "I don't know about that. Mr. Sun hasn't left yet. He should be in Dongyuan. I'll find someone to inform you. Please wait a moment, brother."
"Thank you." Xu Chu and the others greeted him with their hands in hand. at this time. A carriage was rolling in from Zhuangzi. The driver who was leading the horse couldn't help but slow down when he saw someone approaching the door.
Seeing the frame, the guard at the door hurriedly pulled the first-class horse aside. When the carriage passed the door, the curtains opened, and Sun Jian looked towards Xu Chu and the others.
Sun Jian was still a little impressed when he saw Xu Huang, but he didn't pay too much attention. He was just stunned for a moment and then lowered the car curtain.
As the carriage moved away, Xu Chu turned around and said, "Is this Sun Polu? You're really brave!" Xu Huang laughed noncommittally.
However, Zhengtou asked curiously: "Is this person very powerful?" Xu Chu and Xu Huang looked at each other. Is Sun Jian great?
Judging from his current achievements, he should be awesome. But since ancient times, scholars have underestimated and slandered warriors, and the two of them were unwilling to admit that Sun Jian was better than them. If they had the chance... Of course, the two of them were just thinking about it in their hearts, and they were not really arrogant.
The three of them saw Wei Hao. Xu Huang followed Wei Cheng's instructions and explained the movements of the Baibo Army and the possible chaos to Wei Hao in detail.
"... That's roughly it. The most critical thing at the moment is Xia County. The Baibo Army is likely to take action against Xia County. I also ask Wei Gong to make plans early. The Young Master also means the same. We can't let the Baibo Army harm the people of Hedong. All lives are in ruins." Wei Hao frowned, he did not expect that the situation had become so chaotic.
If the Baibo Army really wants to repeat the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Hedong, then Hedong will definitely become the next place of deep hope. The power of the aristocratic family will be crushed by the military commanders, and in the end they will have to move their families southward, gradually disappearing into oblivion.
Wei Hao clenched his fists unconsciously when he thought that the foundation his ancestors had worked so hard to build might be destroyed by his own hands.
The Wei family's headquarters is in Hedong, and there are branches in almost every county in Hedong. It can be said that one move can affect the whole body.
In addition, the Wei family has many in-law families in Hedong, such as the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Pei family in Wenxi, the Xie family, etc.
If Bai Bojun really wants to take action against the aristocratic family, it is obvious that the Wei family cannot be immune from this.
When Wei Hao learned that Wei Cheng intended to protect the people of Hedong, his old eyes narrowed slightly. He said: "You go back first and tell Chen'er that the family has its own way to deal with it so that he doesn't have to worry, but if it's a matter of life and death... forget it, that's all, you can retreat first." If it's a matter of life and death, you can Just run away as far as you can with your wife.
Wei Hao originally wanted to say this, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. At that time, it seemed that there was no point in saying anything.
Xu Chu and the others didn't know why, so they could only retreat obediently. After leaving Wei Zhuang. Xu Huang frowned and said, "Do you think Duke Wei didn't understand what our young master meant?" Xu Chu also frowned, scratched his nose and said, "Could it be that you made the situation too pessimistic? I Judging from the young master's intentions, he doesn't take Bai Bojun seriously, but just now Wei Gong didn't seem to think so."
"Then what should we do?" Chengtou interjected in a daze. The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment. They could only go back and report to Wei Cheng in detail.
In fact, what the three of them didn't know was that Wei Hao triggered Beloved's passive. He doted on Wei Cheng too much and didn't want to put Wei Cheng in danger.
The three men rode on horseback and brought up billowing smoke in the wilderness. When we first arrived at the official road, we saw about two to three hundred people in front of us walking hard on the official road.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves behind them, the people made way for them. Xu Chu and the other three didn't pay attention and rode through the middle.
At this moment, a childish voice in the crowd shouted: "Dad, mother, it's the uncle, the kind uncle who gave me the steamed buns!" Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, feeling that the voice sounded familiar, and couldn't help but look back and saw a little boy. The girl returned to him and was stunned.
"Xu~" Seeing Xu Huang stop his horse, Xu Chu and Chengtou also pulled the reins and looked back curiously at Xu Huang.
At this time, a shining bald head popped up from the side and shouted: "Two heroes, what a coincidence." Xu Chu looked at the man, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he frowned and said: "You two are ...from the Jiaolong Gang?" Among the crowd, an old man stood up, bowed his hands respectfully to Xu Chu and the others, and said, "The two heroes are well." Zhengtou asked doubtfully, "You two know them?" Xu Chu pointed at the bald leader Hua Cun with his head shrunk behind him, and said, "Have you forgotten, the ones who made trouble the day before yesterday?" Cheng looked at Hua Cun, frowned for a moment, and said angrily: "Hey haha , So it’s you." Hua Cun nodded awkwardly and walked behind the old man.
The old man cupped his hands and said, "Forgive me, strong man. A few children are ignorant and have offended noble people. I will make amends for them." Gu Min said that when he first saw that he was older, he couldn't stand still and even saluted him, so he couldn't say anything. ,
"Forget it, forget it, old man, don't be like this." Over there, Xu Huang jumped off the horse, touched the little girl's head, took out a few steamed buns from the baggage on the horse's back, and gave them to the crowd. The children who came over then raised their heads and asked the adults, "Why are you here?" The children's parents expressed their thanks one after another. One of the women said, "We had no choice. After you left yesterday, our village Some officers and soldiers came and said they wanted to recruit young men to dig some mines, but Hua Li and the others didn't agree, so they started fighting with them."
"Oh?" Xu Huang frowned slightly. One woman said angrily: "They claim to be from the Baibo Army and say that if we don't obey, they will massacre the village. I can't tolerate them. My head will be dragged away to the army without his life, and then he will take my son away." I won’t live anymore.”
"Yes, we beat them away, but we were afraid of offending Bai Bojun. In the end, we had no choice, so we decided to take refuge with you!" The bald man walked up to Xu Huang and looked at the children eagerly eating the buns. , the saliva flowed out of the mouth, and was sucked back again.
"Trust us?"
"This..." Xu Huang looked at Xu Chu, both of them looked confused. ···The construction of Haojia Village is still in full swing.
Hao Dadao would go to the shabby room from time to time in the past few days, mainly to ask Wei Cheng for some professional metallurgical skills.
Don't ask why Wei Cheng suddenly became an expert in smelting. In fact, he only found out after he took the time to return to modern times and searched Baidu on his mobile phone.
Hao Dadao didn't take it seriously at first, but after trying the metallurgical formula provided by Wei Cheng, the hardness and toughness of the wrought iron he obtained were greatly improved, and he was immediately shocked.
I have to sigh, I am from a good family and I know everything. This iron-making recipe is even better than the recipe from the imperial weapons workshop... Hao Dadao was once recruited to make ordnance. , understand more or less.
At this time, the arsenal next to the brick factory had already been completed, and dozens of people were tirelessly hammering on the hot iron billets.
Wei Cheng gave them another task today, to create a building material called nails. It wasn't that Wei Cheng didn't want to use mortise and tenon structures to build houses, or that people in the village didn't understand what mortise and tenon structures were. It was just that building houses with mortise and tenon structures was too slow. Winter was about to come, and Wei Cheng couldn't afford to wait.
It's so good to use nails. Let's just build the house first, and then promote the ancient architecture. There are many opportunities, so don't rush it.
After getting the nails, Wu Santong and others discovered for the first time that building a house could be so easy. They only needed to saw and plan the wood according to specifications, and then use nails to connect them. With this, the speed of building houses and towers increased. A lot.
As a result, the demand for nails skyrocketed. In addition to supervising the quality of the houses, Hao Dadao also takes time to keep an eye on the progress of the arsenal.
Wei Teng suggested that he hand over the supervision of the house to others. Hao Dadao also felt that he was gradually unable to do what he wanted, and finally suggested that Hao Sanzhu be the supervisor.
Wei Cheng nodded in agreement. Hao Sanzhu and Aunt Manhua are both well-educated people, including Xiaohua. Their family belongs to the type of people who work diligently and meticulously, so they are very suitable for this type of coordinating work.
The two found Hao Sanzhu. When he learned that he would be responsible for house construction, Hao Sanzhu refused at first because he felt that he could not take on such a big responsibility.
Furthermore, he had been isolated by the villagers before because of his tendency to brag too much. Now that he has returned to live in the village, he just wants to blend in with everyone. As for being a leader, he never dares to think about it.
However, what he didn't expect was that when they learned that he was asked to supervise the work, not only did Wei Cheng and Hao Dadao agree, but even the people in the village came forward to say good things about him.
"I think Uncle Sanzhu can do it. Uncle Sanzhu is serious about his work, but his mouth is too bad."
"Well, that's right. Everything about Sanzhu is good, but that mouth is particularly annoying."
"Forget it, forget it, let Sanzhu be the supervisor. There is no more suitable candidate than him in the main village." Hao Sanzhu almost cried. Are you willing or not? Can you keep your mouth shut? people?
Later, when I thought about it carefully, I realized that this was how I used to be. It turned out that it felt really uncomfortable to be left out... Wait, good guys, it turns out you were just cursing me in a roundabout way.
The people in the village happily became addicted to it, and Hao Sanzhu also successfully became the supervisor, mainly responsible for following up on the progress and quality of the houses.
Many years later, Hao Sanzhu stood in front of the palace gate and looked at his life's masterpiece. He never thought that his life would take such a wonderful turn today... The old tree withered vines and the crow.
The sun sets. Xu and Chu, who were supposed to return in the afternoon, finally appeared at the foot of the mountain at this time.
The three of them looked at each other with wry smiles on each other's faces. On the top of the mountain, the villager who was about to lower the lifting platform inadvertently glanced behind the three of them and paused in his movements.
The villager in charge of the alert shouted: "Everyone be on alert." He even went to ring the alarm bell.
The leader at the foot of the mountain hurriedly shouted: "Heizi, it's us." Heizi shouted: "I know if you are being held hostage. I'll call someone over to help you." The leader yelled angrily: "No, you misunderstood, we are fine." Heizi was stunned, pointing to more and more people behind the three of them,
"Then who are they?" Not long after, Wei Cheng came to the lifting platform after receiving the news. Xu Chu and the others have already climbed to the top of the cliff, accompanied by an old man.
When he saw Wei Cheng, the old man saluted respectfully: "I've met the young master before." Wei Cheng looked at the villagers gathered at the foot of the mountain and frowned: "What is this, my father?" Xu Chu summarized the story of the Jiaolong Gang's desire to join Wei Cheng. After talking for a while, he pointed at the old man and said: "They were targeted by the Baibo Army and wanted to drag the men in the village to mine. After driving away the Baibo Army, they escaped. When they had no way out, they thought Here we are.”
"This..." Wei Cheng looked at the hundreds of densely packed heads at the foot of the mountain. At one time, they were as big as one head or two.
Seeing this, the old man hurriedly knelt down to Wei Cheng and begged: "Young Master is so kind to you, please save us." Everyone at the foot of the mountain knelt down and shouted in unison: "Young Master is so kind to me." Virtue, please save us." Wei Cheng looked at this scene and felt indescribably uncomfortable in his heart. First, he felt pity for their hard life, and second, he felt helpless that he was being chased away. If he refused directly, wouldn't it be a bit too much? Unkind?
Wei Cheng sighed deeply and said bluntly: "My father-in-law got up first to speak... To be honest, I can accept you, but you must listen to me in everything from now on. If you can't do it, don't blame me for turning your back on me." ." The old man hesitated for a moment, but then he remembered that winter was about to begin, and if there was no shelter, many people would die. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Please rest assured, sir. Since we have made plans to surrender, we must follow your lead. , I will not dare to disobey the young master." Wei Cheng nodded slightly and said immediately: "The first order is that everyone should go to the creek to the east to wash themselves clean."
