Chapter 4: Adventure into the City
"Maybe... can't hold on..."
After Huang Yang said this hesitantly, he didn't dare to look at Wang Zheng.
"Wind and cold?"
After hearing this, Wang Zheng was a little puzzled. Although he didn't know much about wind and cold, he remembered that wind and cold were not a difficult and complicated disease. The two of them said a few more words before they both walked into the house.
At this time, Wang Liu was already sleeping on the couch. Wang Zheng took the towel wet with cold water from Yu'er's hand. He first tried Wang Liu's forehead, and then frowned.
I was right, my forehead was hot!
This kind of wind and cold is not particularly difficult to treat. In later generations, some people in good health can be cured without even using medicine. However, it is a fatal matter at this time. Ordinary households do not even have land, and food and clothing are a problem.
In addition to the harsh living environment and the lack of money to hire a doctor to get medicine, Huang Yang would say this.
Putting the wet towel in his hand flat on Wang Liu's forehead, Wang Zheng clearly saw the wrinkles on Wang Liu's face and the frown that was still tightly asleep, and he could vaguely see Wang Liu's beautiful face in the past.
After putting the towel, Wang Zheng was about to leave, but he saw Wang Liu in his sleep grabbing himself and murmured: "Zheng'er...Zheng'er..."
Shaking his head, Wang Zheng gently put Wang Liu's hand back, walked to the threshold alone, sat down, frowned and recalled.
Yu'er and Huang Yang were already a little surprised when they saw Wang Zheng take the towel from their hands. When Wang Zheng carefully applied the towel, they looked at each other and felt the difference between Wang Zheng and the past.
In the past, Wang Zheng only looked at him twice at most, and would never take care of others so carefully. It seems that he has really changed a little.
He patted Wang Zheng on the shoulder gently, and Yu'er whispered: "Brother Zheng, what are you thinking?"
After giving up a place for Yu'er, Wang Zheng wiped the floor with his ragged coat and smiled and said, "It's nothing, Yu'er, where are there medicinal materials for treating wind and cold in the nearest place."
After hearing Wang Zheng's words, Yu'er frowned and sat on the ground, saying, "There are bandits appearing near Qishansuo City. If you want to say that the nearest one is Ninghaizhou City."
Speaking of this, Yu'er seemed to remember something, looked at Wang Zheng with some concern and couldn't help but say.
"Brother Zheng, we all know how you feel when the aunt suffered a cold, but don't be dizzy and do that stupid thing!"
Seeing the uncovered worries on Yu'er's face, Wang Zheng smiled slightly, but didn't say much.
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At night, Wang Zheng was sitting in the yard, holding a piece of black and yellow dough, frowned, and tried to put his mouth down again and again, but he couldn't eat it.
Wang Zheng, who was used to eating delicacies from later generations, has not felt like he was training to eat wild game when he was in the army for a long time, so it is naturally difficult to swallow.
However, Wang Zheng knew that he had to eat something to have the strength to do something else. In the end, he had to treat it as a training session when he was a soldier. He closed his eyes and ate the dough with a few bites.
Looking at the stars in the sky, Wang Zheng's thought became stronger and stronger. Although he and Wang Liu were not real mother and son, judging from Bai Ri's performance, Wang Liu was really caring about Wang Zheng.
Even when he was worried about himself in his sleep, this alone made Wang Zheng feel guilty.
Thinking of this, Wang Zheng no longer hesitated and had nothing to do. He stepped on his waist and left Yijing Village in the dark.
Since there were no horses, Wang Zheng had to walk. Fortunately, this strange mountain site is located in Ninghaizhou City. It is only 30 miles from Yijingzhuang to Ninghaizhou City. It was almost the same for a night of stumble.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to walk along the way. At first, most of the loess plains were found, but later there were a lot of green along the way, with lush and broken walls, which was also a good place to hide on the spot.
I soon arrived at Wuwen River, which is also called Ninghai River by the locals. In Wang Zheng's view, this place is simply a natural barrier to Ninghaizhou. The water flows rapidly and only a small bridge can pass through.
In Jiaodong in January 9th, the weather was quite cold due to the influence of the small glacier. Wang Zheng tried the temperature of the water flow with his hands, which was quite cold.
At this time, Wang Zheng looked at the wooden bridge in the center and thought to himself: If this wooden bridge is destroyed, this small Wuwen River will probably become a natural barrier in Ninghaizhou in winter. If you think about crossing the river, it will naturally not be so simple.
After crossing the Wuwen River, you can reach Ninghaizhou City in just a few miles. When Wang Zheng saw the tower on the south gate of Ninghaizhou City from afar, the sky was already dark.
Ninghaizhou City is the Mouping District of later generations. Although a district with a population of hundreds of thousands in later generations is not very prosperous, there are no pedestrians.
It is deserted, and the current Ninghaizhou City gives Wang Zheng this feeling.
Wang Zheng had already arrived not far outside the prefecture city, but except for those fields and houses that had been abandoned for no time, he could not see a few pedestrians on the road.
In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Ninghaizhou City suffered a large military disaster. The biggest rebellion at that time was the rebellion of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others.
Zu Dashou was besieged in the Battle of Daling River, and Kong Youde was ordered to reinforce. He was disagreeable with the local wealthy families on the way and led his army to rebel angrily.
Then he led the rebels to capture cities and land, sweeping across Jiaodong, and besieged Deng and Lai Palace one after another. At that time, even the Dengzhou Prefecture, which was stationed by the governor of Denglai, was captured by the rebels, and the remaining counties and prefectures were naturally not spared, and the territory of Ninghaizhou was also besieged by the rebels.
Jiaodong has been a prosperous place since ancient times. Its terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack and is dangerous everywhere. The only one in the north that has been fighting for years can compare with the prosperous Qinhuai.
However, the continuous military disasters and bandits from the fifth year of Chongzhen have made Dengzhou look particularly deserted, and the government army has done everything wrongly, even worse than bandits, and even worse, there are bad behaviors of not enough military rations to capture people and children.
The Denglai army was in a state of decay. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, it was beaten by thousands of border soldiers led by Kong Youde and had no power to resist. The court could even mobilize officers and soldiers from all over the country to suppress them.
The other officers and soldiers were not much better than the local soldiers of the Denglai Palace, and their qualities were also uneven. Not only were they defeated by Kong Youde, but they were also rumored to have killed good people and made great contributions.
Thinking of this, it is not difficult to explain why Wang Zheng did not see many pedestrians along the way. At this time, people who could still risk their lives to walk around. Apart from those homeless refugees, there are only people like Wang Zheng who have important matters left.
When he walked to the door, Wang Zheng saw a very funny scene.
Two people wearing shabby red coats leaned against the city gate and were talking and laughing. Wang Zheng didn't know what these people were doing at first. When he got closer, he saw that one of them was holding a wooden spear in his hand.
Wang Zheng's expression was very wonderful at the moment. Looking at the two gangsters in front of him, were they the officers and soldiers of the court?
This is the case. The spears in their hands were thrown to the place where the two officers and soldiers were thrown. Although the weather was cold, the mandarin duck battle jackets on their bodies were very thick and very hot when worn.
But they can't take it off yet. They usually rely on their ragged official clothes to deceive people. If they take it off, they will be the same as ordinary people, so they have to open their arms and lean against the city wall with a discomfort.
Not to mention his military appearance, he should not mention his military appearance, but he was even worse than the three inspectors Zhang Dacheng's salt dicks that Wang Zheng killed.
The most important thing in later generations was military appearance, military posture and military rules, which were the basis, but there were no three such officers and soldiers in front of him. In addition, Wang Zheng’s recent understanding of officers and soldiers can be described as insufficient protection and excessive harm to the people.
No wonder people like Kong Youde can walk sideways in Denglai, because their military preparations have indeed been extremely deficient.
It seemed a little surprised that the two of them had a spear in their hands and walked up and looked Wang Zheng up and down, their eyes were calm, but in the end they stopped on the knife around Wang Zheng's waist.
Seeing his appearance, Wang Zheng suddenly remembered that it would be inappropriate if he walked in with those salted knives in a swagger?
When he was guilty, he had to explain, but at this time the officer and soldier spoke first.
He smiled embarrassedly and said, "I wonder which guru is a servant in the mansion. Why did he return to the city early in the morning?"
Looking at the appearance of the officer and soldier intently, Wang Zheng really couldn't see that this guy was pretending. He should really not recognize himself and his current tentative Taoism.
Chapter completed!