The room goes through the late Ming Dynasty, and the back door leads to North America at the beginni

Several days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was early July.

The weather is sweltering.

Yao Yunxi was in good condition. He sat on the cool bed. After the medical soldiers from the Ministry of Health changed the gauze for him, he asked: "Doctor, can I go out for a walk?"

The medical soldiers had corrected the issue of address several times, but Yao Yunxi couldn't change it, so he stopped insisting.

Hearing this, he replied: "You can leave the wounded barracks for a walk, but you cannot exercise strenuously. You must rest in the next half month. In addition, you cannot leave the wounded barracks without permission from above."

"Thanks, I'll just take a walk around the camp."

After the medical soldiers left, Yao Yunxi got up and walked out of the camp.

Although the tent he lived in had six sleeping beds, it was clean and well ventilated.

Yao Yunxi thought that it was because of his special status that he could live in such a tent with good conditions. When I walked out today, I found that there were similar tents all around.

The front and back of the tent were opened, and you could see six beds inside. However, the other tents housed wounded soldiers, ranging from two to three to three or four. The total number of people was not large.

The camp smelled of quicklime water, but it was quite clean. It was completely different from the military camps for wounded soldiers he had seen.

The wounded barracks was not big, so he quickly finished the tour and was filled with emotion.

"You can tell the whole leopard at a glance. Liu Sheng and the Gui tribe are indeed not simple. No wonder they defeated the army and defeated Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. '

'This generation first occupied Runing, and now they also occupy Nanyang and Xiangyang. The Ming Dynasty is in danger. '

After sighing, Yao Yunxi couldn't help but stand by the trench and look outside at other camps.

In the few camps that could be seen, soldiers were patrolling in groups or training under the leadership of generals, and they were peaceful and yet solemn.

Yao Yunxi once visited Liu Guangzuo's camp. Although there were patrols and drills among the soldiers, more people gathered together to chat and even gamble in the camp.

Comparing them in his mind, he actually felt that the officers and soldiers of the Wei tribe were more like officers and soldiers.

This gave him a very complicated feeling - it would be great if the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were so good at fighting but well-disciplined.

After walking for a while, Yao Yunxi felt a little tired, so he was ready to go back to his tent to rest.

At this time a general came in.

Seeing him, he said: "It seems that Yao Zhixian will be cured soon."

Yao Yunxi had seen this man twice but did not know his identity, so he asked: "Who is your Excellency?"

"Chen Heng, a military and political officer of the Nanyang Guard Regiment, temporarily serves as the magistrate of Nanyang County."

The magistrate of Nanyang County in Weibei?

Looking at Chen Heng's young face in his twenties, Yao Yunxi felt even more complicated.

He was the second-class Jinshi in the seventh year of Chongzhen. He ranked relatively low in the palace examination. He became the magistrate of Nanyang County in a few years and was nearly thirty years old.

This age is younger than most county officials in the Ming Dynasty, but still several years older than the magistrate of Weibu County in front of him.

He asked in a strange mood: "What do you want, Your Excellency?"

"The two thieves Li and Luo not only plundered all the money and food in Nanyang City, but also burned many official documents and files. Magistrate Yao should know something about the situation of the people in Nanyang City and the suburbs. Can you tell me about it?"

Yao Yunxi thought that the other party was the county magistrate appointed by the rebels, so he resisted.

But thinking that his life was saved by the other party, and that he was well taken care of by the medical soldiers these days, he felt a little embarrassed.

In addition, he was actually quite concerned about the current situation in Nanyang, and thought he could learn more about it through this anti-thief magistrate.

So he asked: "How many people are there in Nanyang City now?"

Chen Heng smiled and said, "Why don't we go to the tent and talk."

"it is good."

The two arrived at the tent and each sat on a summer bed.

Chen Hengdao: "After we arrived in Nanyang City, we gave out porridge and relief for several days, and basically all the people who were hiding came out. Some people who fled into the wilderness in the suburbs also returned one after another.

However, so far, there are still only more than 40,000 people registered, less than 50,000. "

Yao Yunxi's face paled immediately after hearing this, "There are 40,000 households in Nanyang City and its suburbs, with nearly 90,000 adults. If women and children are included, there are at least 150,000 people, but now there are less than 50,000?!"

Chen Heng's expression also changed slightly.

He had always thought that the number of people in Nanyang city and suburbs was only 110,000 or 20,000, but he didn't expect there to be more than 150,000!

Then he sighed: "The two thieves Li and Luo kidnapped at least 40,000 young people from Nanyang. According to what Magistrate Yao said, even more people died tragically in their hands."

Burying and burning corpses was not only done by the Weibu, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were also doing it when they were entrenched in Nanyang City, but they didn't treat it as an important matter.

Therefore, it is difficult for Weibu to judge how many people died in Nanyang City based on the corpses cleaned up in the past few days.

Not to mention, some of the bodies were simply incomplete.

After coming back to his senses, Yao Yunxi couldn't help but ask: "Nanyang has lost so many people and the famine is serious. What are you going to do?"

Chen Hengdao: "We can only move some people to other places for food, and then let some people work for relief, repair cities, ditches, and farm land, and strive to be self-sufficient as soon as possible."

Yao Yunxi frowned upon hearing this, "The population is already so small, you still want to move people away?"

"There is no food in Nanyang right now, so we can only transport food from elsewhere. Although the road from Runing to Nanyang is not far and not difficult to walk, there are always losses in transportation. It is better to move some people to Runing."

In fact, it was moved to North America.

Yao Yunxi was silent for a moment, barely understanding.

Afterwards, Chen Heng chatted with Yao Yunxi about some other Nanyang people's livelihood issues and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Chen Heng said: "I see that Magistrate Yao is a good official who cares about the people. Why don't you join our army?"

Yao Yunxi's face turned cold and he asked, "If you care about the people, do you have to serve the Kuaibu?"

Chen Heng didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "Our commander said that the Ming Dynasty is like a rotten old house. Not only does it leak from all directions, but even the beams are hollowed out, making it difficult to repair. It's better to tear it down and build a newer one." Nice, bigger new house.”

After saying that, Chen Heng left the wounded barracks.

He now holds two jobs. Although he is supported by Liu Huan, the prefect of Nanyang, he is also very busy on weekdays.

The main purpose of visiting Yao Yunxi today is to understand the household registration and other conditions of the people in Nanyang, and to persuade Yao Yunxi to join the army is just incidental.

After leaving the wounded barracks, Chen Heng took the guards to the "Nanyang Women's Camp".

After Chen Heng's ideological work, more than 6,000 of the more than 8,000 women who were kidnapped and abandoned by Luo Rucai's tribe were willing to migrate.

In addition, there were some women in the city who had been bullied by the bandits but survived. After hearing the news, they also wanted to move.

These women plus their children amounted to more than 12,000 people!

At Liu Sheng's instruction, these women who were about to migrate all lived in the "Nanyang Women's Camp". There is also a youth camp next to it for boys over ten years old.

As for those women who lost their virginity and did not want to move, they have all returned to live in the city.

Tomorrow morning, these women and children would embark on the road to Tianmu Mountain. Chen Heng was a little worried, so he came to visit the camp again.

"The county magistrate is here!"

Several women who were hanging clothes to dry at the gate of the camp immediately exclaimed when they saw Chen Heng, and then greeted him one after another.