The rest of the people in charge of observing had already discovered this situation.
They saw that there were figures moving at the foot of the hill and the top of the mountain in front of them, as well as some small hills in the distance.
Along with the movements of the figures, rows of trees were brought down. At the same time, they could see the figures of mules, wheelbarrows, and people carrying carrying poles.
There was only one word to describe the speed — fast.
Without waiting for others to go forward and ask, the people below had already raised a big flag, fluttering in the wind. The word "Yi" was written on it.
"Regular army of Yingzhou." Xiaobei nodded and said after seeing it.
Xiaoyuan also came forward and frowned. Looking at the smoke floating below and in the distance, she said, "I don't remember Yingzhou having a regular army. There are less than ten thousand people in the city, and there are all kinds of strongholds on the mountain. Regular army, unless the current provincial governor has trained the soldiers, but I don't believe that other provincial governors can command the people in the strongholds."
"Ask brother and sister." Xiaobei was obviously not satisfied with Xiaoyuan's answer. She turned around and was about to ask when she found her brother and sister in front of her. She smiled and pointed behind her. "Look, someone is pretending to be an imperial army and intends to attack us. I think we should prepare a grenade launcher and launch a smoke bomb within 300 meters to cover our troops."
Zhang Xiaobao rubbed his sister's head and said, "Don't give orders blindly. The wind is messing things up. They are two miles away. If they throw a smoke bomb three hundred meters away, we can become smoked food. The people below are our own people."
"Oh, brother is still the best. You can tell at a glance that they are our own people." Xiaobei nudged Xiaoyuan, implying that her brother was better than her.
Xiaoyuan held back and didn't say anything.
Wang Juan smiled and said, "The scouts have reported that they knew four hours ago. At that time, they were still 20 miles away from here."
Xiaobei was stunned. "20 miles? Four hours to cut down trees? Flying? Which unit? Let me see. "
"Inspector Zhang, we are from the logistics camp of Yingzhou." A voice suddenly sounded not far from Xiaobei.
"Are you trying to scare me? Tell me your name. I don't kill nameless ghosts. Wow ~! "Xiaobei quivered and reacted by turning around and putting on a pose of holding a sword with both hands.
The man did not continue talking to Xiao Bei. His eyes were fixed on Zhang Gang and Zhang Fang, and his moustache was tightly pursed.
Zhang Fang also looked back, her eyes darting left and right.
Zhang Xiaobao said, "Xiaofang, Xiaogang, do you know this person?"
The two of them shook their heads at the same time. Zhang Fang took two steps forward and said, "I don't know him, but I know who he is. He must be my brother's father, right? Father, why did you come here personally? Is everything fine in the village? "
"Yeah, yeah. Why did you come here personally?" Zhang Gang echoed. He didn't know what else to say except for this sentence.
The person who came was Zhang Fang and Zhang Gang's father, Qiang Hu. At this moment, he didn't know what to say. He just looked at his son and then at his daughter. He nodded as he looked. He didn't cry, nor did he sigh.
"So it's Uncle Hu. Ha, do you still recognize Xiao Bei? Look, Xiao Bei has grown up. Look at Elder Sister Fang and Elder Brother Gang, isn't it good? " Xiao Bei interrupted at the right time. Even if she couldn't remember who the person opposite her was, she knew very well what to say.
When Qiang Hu heard the voice, he reacted. He rubbed his face with both hands and revealed what he thought was the kindest smile. He nodded and said, "I remember, Xiao Bei. You're the best child. You're indeed different. After a few years outside, you're much more respectable than the people in the village. Come closer and let me have a good look."
The latter part was naturally to praise his children. He said that he wanted Xiao Bei to come closer, but he walked over himself. He touched and pinched his son. When he saw his son's eyes turn red, he slapped his son's head and said, "Boy, not bad. You look like an official."
"Father." Zhang Fang and Zhang Gang shouted at the same time. They threw themselves into Qiang Hu's arms and rubbed their heads against his body.
"You're a joke. You're high-ranking officials. When you go home and look at your younger brothers and sisters, they're all little mud children. They're just like you when you were young. When people see you, they know that you're from a remote place. They can't compare to you." Qiang Hu laughed and hugged his children.
Xiao Bei immediately said, "Uncle, you're wrong. How is it remote? Compared to the people on the other side of the Straits of Malacca, our Yizhou is the center. Besides, what's wrong with living in a remote place? As long as you're not biased, it's fine. Who said that Chang 'an is in the middle? If Luoyang is made the capital, Chang' an is also remote, right? "
"Yes, Xiao Bei is still so good." Qiang Hu felt comfortable and praised Xiao Bei. He turned around and greeted Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, "Cuckoo, Xiao Bao, you two have really grown up. It's a pity that Brother Zhang's future is not good."
Hearing Qiang Hu's words, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked at each other and smiled. Zhang Xiaobao said, "My father is still in the capital's Ministry of Works. He's really busy there and can't come over. Uncle, you can go over when you're free."
"I'll go this summer. I know that your father is busy. He spends all day with your emperor, no, our emperor, and never leaves his side. It's so hard to come out." Qiang Hu deeply agreed.
Zhang Xiaobao swallowed his saliva. He didn't refute that the person who spent all day with Li Longji was someone from the palace and had nothing to do with his father. He nodded and asked, "Uncle, has the provincial governor been reestablished in Yizhou's logistics camp? It seems that he's better than before. "
"What does it have to do with him? After that An guy came two years ago, he caused a lot of trouble. Originally, there were nearly ten thousand people in the city, but after a year, there were less than seven thousand people left. No matter how good a family is, they can't stand him eating, drinking, and playing all day.
Last year, we couldn't stand it and discussed it. We all agreed that we couldn't ruin the foundation that my brother Zhang left behind, so we stopped paying him tribute in the autumn. He actually had the face to say that we weren't loyal. We talked to him about loyalty, and he agreed not to stay in the city. After he finished paying tribute to the capital before the end of the year, he kept running to Wenshan County. "
Qiang Hu said angrily, as if he had been wronged. Zhang Xiaobao and the others silently mourned for that An guy. Why did he run to Yizhou to become the provincial governor? Did he offend someone in the imperial court?
Zhang Fang raised her head from her father's arms and asked, "Father, what does his eating, drinking, and playing have to do with others?"
"It has a lot to do with it. In the past, there was a provincial governor who was very obedient. He stayed in the city every day and didn't do anything. Our strongholds didn't care about him. When the time came, we handed over the things that should be handed over to him. Whether he handed it over to the imperial court or kept it himself, we didn't let your adoptive father down.
"Later, An came. As soon as he arrived, he set up a tent outside the city and started a bonfire. He also said that he would find people to help build a three-dimensional breeding base. The people in the city went to help. In the end, they dug trenches for an entire afternoon. At night, he started to treat people to wine and barbecue, singing and dancing.
"After two days, he didn't have enough. He sent people up the mountain to invite us to drink together. At that time, we were busy. It was spring, and we wanted more fruit in the fall. In spring, we had to prune the branches, even though they were wild fruits.
After thinking about it, we gave him face and each stronghold sent a few people down with a lot of mountain goods. We weren't used to receiving favors for nothing. Who knew that he would send people again the next day? For three days, we really didn't have the heart to pay attention to him. In the end, guess what he did? "
"What did he do?" Zhang Fang felt that this matter was a bit familiar.
"When he saw that we didn't want to go down, he brought his family up. He sent over 300 kilograms of salt and wanted to drink with me."
"Father, did the wine run out in the end? Then, he took out the wine," Zhang Fang asked.
Beside them, Xiaobei added, "Why does it sound similar to what Father told me later? At that time, Father seemed to be drinking wine with Uncle. He even played a little trick."
Qiang Hu chuckled and freed up a hand to pinch Xiaobei's face. He said, "Yes, An wanted to learn from your father. When your father was with us, we really didn't have much wine. That day, your father drank a year's worth of wine. But now, how could we lack wine?
He found more than a hundred people who could drink. He pulled me and began to talk. He said something about being loyal. How many people in our stronghold could drink? In the end, more than a hundred people drank until they vomited. "
"He drank all the wine?" Xiaobei asked.
"He wanted to drink all the wine in the sixty large wine cellars? Unless he became a 'haizi' and solved the problem with twelve jars of wine. Each jar was 50 kilograms. Our stronghold could drink to our heart's content while they were finished. My wine cellar had nine horizontal, nine vertical, and nine eighty horizontal jars. "
"And then? He said he had good wine? "Xiaobei asked again.
"He collapsed, and so did many of us. The next day's work was delayed. Don't you think it's infuriating?"
Xiaobei nodded. "Yes, he wanted to replace the little affection my father left in Wing Zhou."
Qiang Hu pinched Xiaobei's face again. "We saw it. After sending them away the next day, he didn't invite them to drink. Even if he invited us, we didn't go. Your father was different from him. Your father really wanted to build Wing Zhou. He wanted to get benefits for himself.
Who would have thought that he wouldn't give up? He invited people to eat and drink every day in and outside the city. In less than a month, he ran out of money. He couldn't compare with your father, Brother Zhang. Brother Zhang really had the ability to treat people, so An had to treat him even if he didn't have the money.
A month later, he began to negotiate with all the shops in the city. He either solicited or accepted, or put on credit or borrowed. He even went to the prefecture outside to get money. Three out of ten people in Wing Province City left, and those who left were all people who used to have a little bit of money. "
After saying that, Qiang Hu made a helpless expression.
The people around him also sighed.
Zhang Fang pouted and said with a sullen face, "Father, he's too much of a scammer."
"He's courting death," Xiaobei added.
"Father, what about now?" Zhang Gang asked.
"He won't come back now. I said before that the strongholds banded together and didn't hand over anything. We drove him away and told him that as long as he didn't come back to make trouble, we would give him something every year. When he comes back, he won't get anything." Qiang Hu sighed.
"Oh, yes, they said that he's staying in Wenshan County. What's good about that place?" Zhang Fang asked again.
"That place belongs to Maozhou. Wenshan County is rich. At least that An guy won't have to worry about food and drink there. I heard that he's asking the local county magistrate for advice on local economics. He wants to learn well and use it in Wing Zhou to wash away his shame.
Let's not talk about him. The road below is being repaired. Come with me. The logistics camp in Wing Zhou is actually made up of people from our various strongholds. When Cuckoo and Xiao Bao were established, they were very famous. When Xiao Bao and Cuckoo left, we took over. We can't lose our reputation. At that time, the people left, but the spirit is still there. "
Qiang Hu said a few more words. He felt that there was no need to continue arguing about that An guy. He pointed down. The road had already been paved. Not only were the trees on the road cut down, but they had also paved the road.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked at each other again. Zhang Xiaobao said, "Our reputation is still there. Driving 20 kilometers of road in four hours is enough to kill our enemies."
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