Hearing the soldier's words, song Xijiao immediately got up and ran over to have a look. It was the short knife that she had lost in the heart of the soldier's hand.
She picked it up, pulled it out and looked at it. After confirming it, she laughed at the soldier: "thank you very much."
The soldier arched his hand and said, "I dare not."
Then he stood at the door like a sculpture.
Song Xijiao hung the knife to her waist and went back to the stove to continue to burn the fire.
After the water is cooked, song Xijiao enters the room to take a bath. Meng Xinghe sits in the courtyard, drinking tea and waiting for her. Half an hour later, song Xijiao came out again, her body was very dry, her pretty white face was steamed by hot water, and she was very beautiful.
Meng Xinghe fixed his eyes on it for a while. The more he saw it, the more pleased he was. Especially when he thought that this was his own girl, his smile could not stop.
"Let's go and see what we've got."
This time, the harvest is really not small. The bandits in the stockade in the mountain stockaded with food, which is unimaginable. After the fight, the soldiers simply moved back and forth, I don't know how many times they moved.
They have only hit seven or eight bandit strongholds, and all the problems of food and forage in the winter have been solved.
When they filled the granary, Wei Lang also brought Li Heng back.
This day was the happiest day for the whole army after mengxinghe occupied xianmingguan. They not only defeated Wang Yuhe's army, but also ate two full meals.
"General, what about those people rescued from the stockade?"
When Chen Yu enters the room and wants to discuss things with Meng Xinghe, he finds that song Xijiao is in mengxinghe's room and is about to quit. Meng Xinghe stops him again.
"You came just in time. Xijiao just said that she wanted to find out the origin of the hostages. If it was ordinary people, it would be released directly. If it was a woman, it would be sent back quietly. If it was a childe of a rich family, he would ask the way clearly and let those people take money or grain to redeem it. What do you think?"
Chen Yu did not expect that the two of them were discussing this matter together. After a pause, he said, "we are the army, and those people are the people. We have saved people, and those people have to spend money to redeem them. What's the difference between them and bandits? What's more, what should we do if we lose the support of the people? "
Song Xijiao knew that he would say so, and had already prepared a response speech.
"People's hearts, you didn't have it before, you didn't have it now, and you won't have it in the future. Since there is no such thing, don't force it. Besides, those rich people don't trust you, and they won't be surprised if you ask for money. Why not have such a great opportunity to make money? "
Chen Yu still felt that there was something wrong with him, because he had always been instructed to take good care of these people. No matter how rich or poor, he suddenly asked him to do something that would only be done by bandits. It was really hard to accept.
Meng Xinghe also hesitated. After all, his reputation has been good. Even if the Daqing Dynasty was unpopular, his reputation was spread all over the world with countless admirers.
"Not yet?"
Song Xijiao helplessly looks at these two obviously wants to take advantage of, but also does not want to be the bad person's face, had to say.
"Then I'll give you another idea. Do as I say, and then take half of the money from the rich to buy food for the poor people in Xianming pass. In this way, you can get benefits and win the hearts of the people. Is this the head office?"
Hearing this, Chen Yu immediately beamed with joy: "it's so good!"
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In the past two days, I don't know how many rich families came in and out of the barracks, crying and laughing one after another. These were the rich families who had been separated for many years and finally reunited.
As song Xijiao said, they didn't take the ransom seriously. They only thought that it was the style of Junye. Moreover, song Xijiao beautified the cost a little and changed the ransom into a hard work fee.
Relying on these ransoms, Meng Xinghe's military expenditure increased by nearly 40000 yuan.
In addition, the villages around which had not been attacked had lost their lips and their teeth were cold. Knowing that the master of the army was staring at him, he was really flustered, so he took the initiative to send a lot of food, poultry and money to show his kindness.
For a while, the granary of xianmingguan was full, and several cellars had to be dug temporarily.
With these grains as the backing, the officers and men in the army also have the confidence. They not only practice very seriously, but also are full of energy and eager to try when they hear that they are going to attack Wang Yuhe.
After the military food problem was solved, song Xijiao stopped running to mengxinghe and began to concentrate on her own affairs every day.
The farm tools in the blacksmith's shop are very popular among the people of xianmingguan. Because song Xijiao didn't intend to make money from these people, they sold it very cheaply. After hearing about it, the nearby towns came all the way to buy them. For a while, xianmingguan, which was rarely visited because of its proximity to Fusu, became more lively.
That day, song Xijiao had just gone to the canal for a turn. Seeing that it was almost repaired, she was elated. She bought a cake and ate it while walking. She planned to go home and make some soup and water for the tenant farmer and the peasant woman who helped her in the field.
As soon as I turned into the alley, I saw that three men were blocking a girl there. I didn't know what to say. She looked rather obscene."Stop it!"
She did not want to go over, eyes ferocious stare at the men, a small woman pulled behind her, action chic, strong attitude, quite a bit of chivalrous demeanor.
The men did not take her seriously at all. Looking at her ferocious appearance, they not only did not fear, but also showed a more rampant smile: "which cat came out of this family? How can you scratch people casually?"
Song Xijiao said, "you are the wild dogs that came out of there. Get out of here! If you don't go away, I'm not welcome. "
"You're welcome? Ha ha ha, what do you want to do
Obviously, these people do not take song Xijiao's threat to heart at all.
In her anger, song Xijiao directly pulled out her short knife on her waist. She reached out and slashed one of them's cuffs. She said in a sharp voice, "I'll say it again for the last time. If you don't roll, I won't be polite."
The big man didn't expect that she said she would do it. Looking at his broken sleeve, his face suddenly became ferocious: "Stinky ladies, toast, do not eat, eat and punish wine, brothers, don't talk nonsense with her, take it together!"
The little girl had been hiding behind song Xijiao and was afraid. When she heard that the men were coming to catch them, she turned her head and ran away without turning back.
Song Xijiao clenched the knife in her hand and glared nervously at the big men. She had made up her mind.
As long as they dare to come over, she stabs them.
Obviously, those men also saw song Xijiao's intention and winked at each other. One went around from the left, the other leaned to the right, and the other broke through in front of each other, so that song Xijiao could not defend herself.
Such three big men, even a strong man, may not be able to defeat three with one, not to mention a little girl like song Xijiao. She immediately regretted that she should not rush in, at least call a few people.
Thinking of this, she did not hesitate to cry out: "help!"
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