Have You Cleaned Up Today? [Quick Wear]

2.15 - Eight years

　　In the winter of the 14th year of Wude in Daxia, Yubaicheng in northern Xinjiang.

　　Lao Wangtou rubbed his hands and took a breath in the howling cold wind. The white exhalation quickly lost temperature in the cold air and condensed into a thin layer of white frost on the middle-aged man's eyebrows and beard. He rolled up his sleeves again, huddled himself into the sentry box in the corner, and breathed a long sigh of relief in the warmth of the fire.

　　It seems to be extremely cold in winter today... But fortunately, the general has given out enough charcoal fires. Even the soldiers guarding the city like him can come over and warm themselves up when they can't stand it anymore.

　　He waited for a while, then carefully took out a cold egg from his arms, dug a small hole in the corner of the stove in front of him, buried the egg in it, and then leaned against the pillar behind him, squinting his eyes comfortably. I came and hummed a little tune, which felt very nourishing.

　　——It is indeed nourishing. When the older generation in this city were young, who could have imagined living such a life.

　　At that time, there were continuous wars on the border, and the soldiers treated them like stupid wild sheep on the pasture. There was no need to worry about feeding them, let alone caring for them. They just came with their horses to burn, kill, loot and rob them whenever they felt like it. They robbed their wives and children of food. At that time, every border city was in dire straits. As long as there was some way, they would have moved to the inland.

　　...Although corrupt officials were rampant in the mainland and it was not very peaceful, it was generally not life-threatening. For people at that time, being able to survive was already a great luxury.

　　But after General Weiyuan came here, everything was different.

　　Old Wangtou still remembers that one day, a handsome young man came to Yubaicheng. He was very good-looking. He was so good-looking that none of them had ever seen in their lives. Everyone was talking about whether it was a prince or aristocratic who was worth a thousand gold. In the blink of an eye, it turned out that I was told that this was their parent officer from now on, who was said to be coming to lead everyone in the war.

　　Fight? Are you really not going to be captured by those beast-like barbarians as soon as you meet him?

　　But the Marquis - he wasn't the Marquis at that time, just their little general - it took the general one night to silence all the doubting voices, and an ingenious night attack defeated him without a single soldier. The camp opposite suffered heavy losses, not to mention that after that, the wolves that seemed invincible turned into weak lambs in another sense. The general led the Lu family army that was gradually taking shape to advance in triumph, and even fought back into the grassland, letting those devils They also experienced the feeling of being robbed.

　　In the hearts of the border people, Lu He, who saved them from fire and water, was like a god, not to mention that he later led his men to fight for years. At the same time, he did not forget to care about the lives of the people, cut taxes, and opened schools. He truly loved the people like his own children, and the border towns It has become more and more prosperous in the past few years, especially Yubaicheng, where the Marquis Mansion is located. Now, it has become the economic and political center of the border cities. Even many merchants from the mainland will choose to rest here when they come to receive goods. There are Lu Jiajun Now, there is no need to worry about safety issues at all.

　　Ten years ago, who would have thought that one day they would be able to live such a life with food, clothing, and occasionally some coffin books.