After dressing as a widow

There were quite a few people who came to pick up the grain, some of them didn’t even have similar accents. According to what Lin Zhen said, the people below opened two bags of sorghum rice, and found a few mouthfuls of sorghum rice in the house that had lost its owner. Iron pot pottery pot, fire to cook porridge.

A few food transporters went to call those people who didn’t get the food because they came late, and they couldn’t get the food until the next day: “Boss Lin told us to cook porridge, you all go and drink a bowl, there are few bowls, After eating, wash it and leave it for others to use.”

These people were all called by the sergeant to an empty house, and squatted by the fire. They were very satisfied with the food they received, and they were all ready to carry the food back tomorrow, and then cook some gruel with their families. .

Hearing the words of the food transporters, they all waved their hands: "We have already got Lin Fulang's food, so we don't want to eat porridge."

"Boss Lin ordered that two large sacks of food are cooked, one bowl for each person, and there will be more food left. Someone will come to pick up the food later, so I need to leave some for those people."

"Come on, in the burning yard ahead."

People, look at me and I look at you, stand up from the ground, and walk out side by side.

Soon, the people at the front arrived in the courtyard where the porridge was cooked. Lin Zhen saw that those men were not suitable for cooking, so he asked them to boil water and fire, and did it himself.

A large spoon was constantly stirring in his hand. If the porridge sticks to the pan, it will not work, and it will produce a paste smell, which tastes very strong.

Seeing that it was almost cooked, Lin Zhen poured salt into it, put two boxes of canned meat in one pot, and added some oil and water.

"Okay, let's give them bowls, and then those who finish eating will consciously wash the bowls and pass them to others."

"Boss Lin's words have been heard by everyone, line up first, wash your own bowl after queuing up, and then pass the bowl to the people below."

"Don't line up, all those who disturb the order go to the end, don't block others."

The taste of the food alone is enough to make people's heart beat, not to mention the addition of canned meat in it. Many people who haven't eaten meat for a long time have almost forgotten what the taste of meat is, and they just think it is particularly attractive.

The line was lined up quickly, and the person who arrived first got the bowl first, and then the person who was transported by the food filled the almost full bowl of porridge.

The porridge is not thin, and you can vaguely smell the unique salty aroma after stewing with salt and oil.

The men and women carrying the porridge took a sip, regardless of whether their mouths were hot or not.

"Well——" the hot porridge was eaten into his mouth, and his tongue, which had been dull for a long time, tasted a good taste. As he chewed, the person who ate the porridge said to the family next to him who came to collect the food, "Meat, it seems It's meat."

"I ate it too. It's really meat."

"The last time I ate meat was when I was a child, and the old hen in my family was crushed to death by a stone blown by the wind..."

Lin Zhen really had no strength at the moment, so he took a bowl and sat in the corner with porridge, blowing and drinking.

Maybe it's because I'm hungry. It's not bad to eat bland sorghum rice porridge on weekdays. It has a special taste.

With the faint light of the firewood, he washed the bowls in specially boiled hot water, put them in a special place for bowls, and strolled back to his place of residence.

He thought he was so tired that he would fall asleep when he fell down, but after rolling around twice, he was still tired and awake.

It took a while to think in a daze, and I don't know where Gu Lin is, and whether he is in danger.

The next day Lin Zhen, Xiaoli and others got up early and continued to distribute food to the people.

Soon, Lin Zhen and the officials were busy until noon again. Just as he asked people to stop to take a breath, a sound of horseshoes came from a distance. In the blink of an eye, dozens of people on horseback came from Luoran County. Coming from the south, the man on horseback held a strange weapon in his hand, which was longer than a sword.

And they are more or less leading one or two horses, the horses are still covered with leather armor, and there are many young and old people who describe themselves as embarrassed after the horses.

Lin Zhen raised his head when he heard the voice, looked at the cloak worn by the figure in front, and walked out of the crowd.

The man on the extraordinarily tall horse got off his horse and stood in front of Lin Zhen: "Uncle Lin."

"Injured?" Lin Zhen looked at the area on his chest and reached out to touch it.

Gu Lin's voice was a little hoarse: "It's nothing, just scratched a little bit, Uncle Lin, why are you here?"

"I originally wanted to ask the food delivery officer to bring some canned meat and dried meat to you, but the food delivery officer said it's okay to follow, so I brought some food to Luo Ran."

"Since yesterday, the villagers in the surrounding villages have been called to collect food, and I just sat down to rest."

Lin Zhen was a little worried about the injury on his body, turned around and said to the little official: "You ask someone to go to my place to watch."

"Yes." The little official also saw that Gu Lin came back. He heard about Gu Lin's deeds from the sergeants who came back a few days ago. Because it was too exaggerated, he didn't dare to believe it. Now Can't help but look at Gu Lin, wanting to see if Mr. Gu has three heads and six arms.

Lin Zhen called Gu Lin, went back to the room where he lived, pushed him on the chair, first unbuttoned the outer cloak, and then took off the clothes on the upper body.

Suddenly, Lin Zhen remembered this day, and first went back to the fire pit to light the fire, and then returned to Gu Lin after the fire ignited, and took off his clothes.

Gu Lin knew that he was worried that he was cold, so when Lin Zhen unbuttoned his clothes, he was obedient and only raised his eyes to look at him.

When Lin Zhen got the blood soaked part of him, his hands were much lighter. He didn't feel relieved until he lifted his clothes and saw the tapered but not deep wound: "This kind of wound, Was it the weapon you brought?"

"Well, the weapons used by the people of Che Luo are different from those used in the past. You Shan fights immediately, and the lethality is astonishing."

Lin Zhen glanced at the weapon that Gu Lin brought in, and frowned slightly: "With such a shape, it is difficult to suture the wound, and it will cause a lot of bleeding. Even if you are not killed by one blow, it is difficult to be rescued."

"Are almost all of them equipped with such weapons?"

"Yeah." Gu Lin nodded.

Then he said: "Che Luo Kingdom has undergone frequent changes last year and this year, and with the emergence of such a sharp weapon, I am afraid that it will have a battle with Dayu in the next few years."

Lin Zhen, who had only experienced drought, looked at him: "What's the chance?"

"Seventy percent."

Lin Zhen believed in Gu Rin, he said [-]% of the time, that means a battle is almost inevitable.

Gu Lin didn't cherish words like gold in front of other people, and analyzed the nodes in it to him.

Che Luoguo needed a huge amount of iron to cast such weapons, and such weapons were naturally made for immediate combat, which shows that Che Luoguo had this idea a few years ago, perhaps not only to strictly control the iron products in his country It turned out that they also secretly purchased a lot from other places, such as Dayu and neighboring countries.

Only in this way can even the soldiers who harass Dayu's border be equipped with such weapons, and what if [-], [-], [-] Cheluo people are equipped with the same weapons.

Lin Zhendao: "After I go back to the state capital, I will contact those merchants and ask them if they have any business with Che Luoguo. Maybe I will find out related news and confirm whether there has been an abnormal amount of iron inflow in recent years. Che Luoguo."

"You have to write a booklet on this matter and hand it over to the imperial court. The distance between Lizhou and Cheluo Kingdom is too close. Once there is a war, this is the first place to be hit. Now you are serving as the official position of Lizhou Zhizhou, whether you are advancing or retreating. , are unfavorable."

Lin Zhen knew that Gu Lin was skilled in martial arts and strategic, but he still couldn't help worrying.

Gu Lin hugged his waist, left one shoulder bare, and buried her head in his chest: "I know."

Lin Zhen patted his head: "We still don't know when the Che Luo Congress can't hold back that wolfish ambition, maybe one year, maybe two years, maybe three to five years, we can't sit still, now Lizhou is under your control Under control, only those who have food in their hands will not panic."

Before the general trend, Lin Zhen had nothing to say, but his heart became more and more urgent, and he felt that there were too few things in his hand, so little that the little satisfaction in his heart was wiped out.

Not enough, not enough.

These things are definitely not enough.

Lin Zhen crossed out a lot of the plans in his heart and increased them a lot. The current population of Lizhou is still too small, there is no one to cultivate a large area of ​​land, and there is not enough manpower to do a lot of work.

Food is the foundation, smooth traffic can quickly provide supplies for the people ahead, and the coal that has just been excavated can be put into iron smelting and forging...

When Lin Zhen sorted out the things in his mind, when he lowered his head, he saw that Gu Lin who was hugging his waist actually had his eyes closed, breathing gently as if he had fallen asleep.

Lin Zhen stretched out his hand to pull his clothes up and led him there. As soon as he stuck to the bed, Gu Lin's eyes opened.

"You sleep for a while, I will go and see the people you brought back, and settle them down as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Gu Linping lay on the bed, and put his hands on his lower abdomen very politely.

Lin Zhen added a few thicker pieces of firewood to the fire to ensure that the fire would not go out for a while, and he left after closing the windows.

The small city of Luoran is now home to not only the thousand sergeants brought by the deputy thousand households, but also the common people who came to pick up the food, and now there are also the old and young who were brought back by Gu Lin and the others who obviously suffered. get crowded.

At the place where the food was brought, Lin Zhen had asked the little official to take someone to support him, and now he saw the deputy Qianhu leading the people to take the old and the young to the other side, he went up and said: "Mr. Empty houses, tell them to get some food first, settle down here first and then talk about it.”

The vice president had just heard his subordinates say that Mr. Gu was back. When he thought that Mr. Gu was Lin Fulang's nephew, he was still a little delicate, thinking whether to make a breakthrough from Mr. Gu first.

It's just that I haven't seen him yet, but I saw Lin Fulang first.

He nodded, his voice was as loud as thunder, and he said to these old and young people: "The people in front of you heard it, pass the message to the back, this is Lin Fulang, you follow him to collect food, and then settle down in the county town Days, waiting for a new county magistrate to come over from the state government office."

In fact, the county magistrate is not a county magistrate, and these people probably don't even know the surname or name of the previous county magistrate, but when they heard that there was a grain collar, they all looked at Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen pointed to the line that was queuing up: "Everyone go there to line up first. When it's your turn, someone will distribute food to you. Adults are fifteen catties each, and children are eight catties each, so you'd better stand together as a family. , you can get a piece of grain."

The queue was a bit long, almost extending to this side. The old and young people brought by Gu Lin and the others saw the villagers who were like them, wearing coarse and tattered clothes, felt a little more at ease, and leaned towards the back of the queue.

Lin Zhen went to the front and greeted the people who distributed the food: "Pay attention, those who are not registered in the register are the people brought back by Mr. Gu, and we will also give them the same food."

"Okay, Boss Lin."

"Boss Lin, the plunder of Che Luo Kingdom should be over this time, right?"

Lin Zhen shook his head: "We'll have to wait until Mr. Gu wakes up, or ask the sergeants who came back with him to find out."

"Well, I don't know when our Lizhou will be really peaceful. The court doesn't care about it, as if it has forgotten Lizhou, and it doesn't send troops to guard it, and it doesn't allocate any money and food. Che Luoguo invaded, how could it be resisted."

Lin Zhen glanced at the grain transporter.The grain transporter said: "Oh, Boss Lin, after seeing too many people who are struggling to survive, something is wrong in my heart. You said that if that time comes, we may not even be as good as these people. At least they still have People like you, Boss Lin, are here to distribute food to them, we don’t have the time.”

Lin Zhen didn't speak, but just looked at Luoran County, which was slaughtered by the people of Che Luo, and filled in a little bit by them.