Chapter 379 The Secret of the Workhouse

Chapter 379 The Secret of the Workhouse

Chapter 379 The Secret of the Workhouse
As the sky gradually darkened, Lu Yunyi, who had just dealt with some military affairs, dragged his tired body and lay down on the bed.

There is a soft blanket beneath the body and a thick quilt on the body.

A comfortable sigh echoed in the room.

I haven't slept in a bed for many days. I felt a little uncomfortable and too comfortable when I suddenly slept in one.

Lu Yunyi smiled, his face filled with happiness, and slowly closed his eyes.

One by one, the Luchuan soldiers jumped over the fence and fell into the big pit that had been dug in advance.

"One, two, three, four, five."

As time goes by, the pit is not filled.
Hurried footsteps sounded from outside the house, accompanied by Li Jinglong's angry voice.

"Yun Yi! Yun Yi, are you there?"

Feng Yunfang also gave a somewhat panicked advice:

"Duke Cao, the Lord has just gone to bed. He hasn't slept for nearly four days."

"Get out of the way, I have something important to deal with!"

Lu Yunyi opened his hazy eyes and sighed again.
He sat up slowly and shouted towards the door:

"Yun Fang, let Duke Cao in."

"squeak--"

The tightly closed door opened and Li Jinglong, wearing armor, hurried in.

His body was covered in dust, the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very tired, as if he hadn't slept for several days.

"Yun Yi, that bastard from Dusi is trying to steal our credit!"

Lu Yunyi's face was blank for a moment, and his eyes narrowed into slits.

The look he gave Li Jinglong was full of strangeness.
As if to say, are you kidding?

But soon!

Lu Yunyi's eyes widened and he thought of something.

Li Jinglong told what happened today without stopping.

It turned out that the gains of the front army scouts had been greatly reduced.

For example, in the battle of Luchuan camp, more than 30,000 people were killed, but the total merit was only 20,000.

Listening to Li Jinglong's chatter,

Lu Yunyi rubbed his eyes and said, "Duke Cao, what did the people from the Dusi say?"

"I don't care what they say, they can't take away our credit.

Get up quickly, and let's go and settle accounts with them together."

As Li Jinglong spoke, he grabbed Lu Yunyi's arm and began to pull hard.

Lu Yunyi sat there, his lower body motionless, his upper body swaying back and forth, and his head seemed to have lost support.

"Duke Cao, don't shake your head. I'll tell you what's going on."

Li Jinglong stopped exerting his strength and looked at Lu Yunyi in surprise:
"You know about this, too?"

"Of course I know. This is Yunnan. How could they withhold our merits?"

Lu Yunyi organized his words in his mind and spoke in a deep voice:
"Our merits were not deducted, but were allocated to the gains of the Beijing Army."

"Beijing Army?"

Lu Yunyi nodded: "Yes, it is the Beijing Army."

"In order to defend Dingbian, the three guards of the Beijing Army almost lost their elite troops.

The Dusi then thought about giving him more compensation and adding more credit so that he could get more when the merits were commended in the future.

But don't worry, we will definitely get what we deserve, just a few less titles.

In addition, some of the army's spoils will also be allocated to Hong Fuwei as compensation."

Li Jinglong's eyes widened in disbelief:

"Is this still happening?"

"Lord Ning mentioned this during the last military meeting, and I agreed at that time."

After hearing this, Li Jinglong suddenly remembered and looked strange:
"So that's what happened. I said I thought you two were whispering to each other at the time."

"Haha." Lu Yunyi laughed dryly and said:

"Duke Cao, my father-in-law has already told me,

Our achievements are so great that if we just present them to the Five Military Commandery, it will inevitably draw too much attention.

Being counted as part of the Beijing Army is also a form of protection."

"Duke Cao should take this opportunity to appease the three guards of the capital army.
In recent days, many seriously injured people have not survived, and there have been many more casualties.”

Li Jinglong's face was a little heavy, and he nodded thoughtfully:

"You're right. We should go and have a look."

But he still showed some hesitation, and his facial features were twisted.

"I just feel a little awkward. What a great opportunity to show off.

200,000 enemies were annihilated. If word of this spread to the capital, I wonder how many people would be shocked.”

Lu Yunyi smiled. It seemed that Li Jinglong really didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

He moved closer and lowered his voice and said:

"Yu Tongyuan is dead, killed by the general!"

There was a sudden thunderclap out of nowhere, and Li Jinglong stood there in a daze, as if a thunderclap was ringing in his ears.

"What!!"

Li Jinglong's heart was pounding and his scalp felt itchy.

Yu Tongyuan is dead?

"I do not know how?"

Li Jinglong realized the problem and raised his voice.

As a Duke of Ming, his father had died not long ago, and his old subordinates were still there.

There is no reason for him not to know about such a big thing.

But then, a new problem arises!

Li Jinglong looked at Lu Yunyi: "How did you know that?"

Lu Yunyi pressed his hand and made a "hush" gesture:

“My father-in-law told me that the capital is in a mess right now.

If we rashly show off, we will definitely be used as a target, as the saying goes, "A tall tree attracts the wind."

"Is this also Uncle Mu's idea?"

Lu Yunyi nodded, showing some fear.

Li Jinglong's face was solemn, his mind was full of thoughts. At this point, he had to be cautious.

If there really is some trouble in the capital, it is better to avoid it.

This has been his way of survival.

At the same time, Li Jinglong also secretly warned himself,

Don't be complacent just because you have some skills.

I still have a long way to go, I am still young, I need to learn how to be patient,

If you outlast all those old guys, you will eventually come out on top.

After comforting himself for a long time, Li Jinglong's expression changed repeatedly. He nodded gently:
"Since this is Uncle Mu's idea, we should just follow it.

No matter what, he can't hurt us."

Regarding Li Jinglong's caution.

Lu Yunyi had no doubt at all, and this was also reflected to a large extent in the war.

Adhering to the idea of ​​not engaging the enemy if possible,
The musketeers led by Li Jinglong were the ones who used gunpowder arrows the most.

I heard from the military disciplinarian that during the sweep of the Luchuan camp.

Whenever they suspected an ambush, Li Jinglong's troops would always throw a few stone mines first, and the archers would fire a volley, never sparingly.

Li Jinglong sat beside the bed, looking thoughtful

He couldn't figure out the situation in the capital, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

He looked at Lu Yunyi, and since he was already here, he moved closer and asked mysteriously:
"Yun Yi, what are you and Black Hawk researching recently?
Why are you so secretive? I heard you guys want to farm?"

Lu Yunyi laughed and told the story about the sweet potatoes without hiding anything.

When I heard that the yield could be four stones per mu,

His eyes almost popped out of his head and he stammered:
"Four, four, four, four stones? Really?"

Li Jinglong's face was full of desire.

He often frequented the imperial palace and knew that the emperor's biggest worry was whether there was enough food and how much wasteland had been reclaimed.

If you don’t know this for one day, you won’t be able to eat. You were afraid of being hungry.

"Duke Cao, please don't spread the word. Whether it's a mule or a horse, you should take it out for a walk.

Let's plant it for a while and see the harvest. If we brag about it and it turns out to be nothing but empty talk, we will be embarrassed.
Besides, the situation is so tense right now, don't show up easily."

Seeing Lu Yunyi's fearful look,

Li Jinglong felt nervous for no reason and nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, yes, let's try planting some crops first. Even if the yield is only two dan per mu, it's fine as long as the land is not picky! We have too much land in the Ming Dynasty that cannot be used to grow crops."

Li Jinglong looked at Lu Yunyi with bright eyes:
"When are you going to plant? It's not a good idea to stay in Dingbian all the time."

Lu Yunyi knew what he meant and chuckled:
"Don't worry, I plan to have a good sleep and go to Dali tomorrow.

I have an acquaintance in the poorhouse there, so I asked him to plant the crops."

Li Jinglong did not dwell on the question of why he had to farm in the orphanage. Yun Yi must have his reasons for doing so.

A huge stone fell from his heart, and Li Jinglong felt relieved for no reason.

He chuckled and said, "Can I go?"

"In Dingbian Town, I see corpses and wounded soldiers all day long. It makes me depressed and I can't sleep well."

"Of course you can. I'll introduce you to a historian. The history of the orphanage he wrote is very interesting."

"it is good!"

Seeing that Li Jinglong had been sitting there motionless,
There was a flash of doubt in Lu Yunyi's eyes. Could it be that his intention to send the guest away was not obvious enough?
I noticed that my upper eyelid was fighting with my lower eyelid.
Lu Yunyi made a hazy voice:

"Does Duke Cao have anything else to say?"

Li Jinglong scratched his head a little embarrassedly:
"Today Black Hawk told me that there is a great brothel in the city. I can't sleep at night. Do you want to go with me?"

There was a deep look of confusion on Lu Yunyi's face, and his mouth opened and closed slightly.

"Is the brothel still open?"

Li Jinglong suddenly became excited and nodded like pecking at rice:
"As they drove on, the shopkeepers specially sent beautiful girls from Dali City.
I heard from Black Hawk that there are a lot of them left for us. Why don’t we go and take a look?
I heard from the military doctor that this battle is extraordinary.
Some soldiers have developed hysteria, and venting their anger on women can help cure their illness."

"Hey!"

Li Jinglong suddenly remembered that the psychological therapy for soldiers originated from the scout department of the former army.

"I've had some headaches lately. When I close my eyes I see corpses. I think I need some treatment!"

Li Jinglong kept on talking, and Lu Yunyi was getting more and more sleepy, nodding his head frequently:

"You go with Black Hawk. I'm not afraid of dead bodies, and I don't have post-war syndrome."

As he spoke, Lu Yunyi fell down.

Li Jinglong stared at him blankly, his head tilted.
In less than three breaths, he began to breathe evenly, obviously he had fallen asleep.

In desperation, Li Jinglong could only walk out of the room carefully!
He happened to run into Liu Heiying who was walking towards him with a pile of documents in his hands!

Li Jinglong's eyes lit up:
"Black Hawk, go, go, go."

"I've already talked to Yun Yi. He asked us to go first and he will come later."

Two days later, the vanguard scouts arrived at Dali City in a mighty force and stationed in the military camp in the northeast corner.

Before the barracks were fully settled,

Lu Yunyi handed over all military affairs to Liu Heiying, leaving behind all the officials in Dali Prefecture.
He left the military camp with Li Jinglong and some personal guards and headed to the orphanage in a mighty procession.

The Dali Prefecture’s orphanage was located on Baishui Street in the south of the city.

Compared to the last time I came here, nothing has changed.
It is still dirty, messy, and full of mixed people, and the air is filled with unpleasant smells.

Lu Yunyi behaved as usual, but Li Jinglong frowned, pinched his nose, and looked shocked.

He couldn't imagine that there was such a place in Dali City.

"Yun Yi, is the orphanage here?"

Lu Yunyi's body swayed slightly as the warhorse moved, and he nodded:
"The workhouse is at the deepest part of Baishui Street."

Li Jinglong frowned even more, looking at the people from all walks of life around him who were avoiding glances and showing fear on their faces, a doubt suddenly arose in his heart.

"Yun Yi, the orphanage is full of widows, widowers and orphans. If they are placed here, won't they be bullied?"

The clatter of horse hooves,
After hearing this, Lu Yunyi smiled and glanced around lightly.

The person who was originally looking around quickly lowered his head and pretended nothing had happened.

Most of them were dressed in rags, had disheveled hair and dirty skin.

"Duke Cao, the orphanage was established first, and then these people came into being.

These beggars and vagrants all want to enter the poorhouse.

Since they couldn't get in, they settled down here and waited for an opportunity.

Over time, this place has become like this.”

“As for whether or not you are bullied”

Lu Yunyi lowered his head and pondered, not knowing how to explain it to him.

Li Jinglong was not in a hurry either. He just waited, his eyes moving back and forth with a frown on his face.

The Ming Dynasty was strong enough, but not rich enough.

After a while, Lu Yunyi sorted out his thoughts and explained:

"Most of the people in the poorhouse are ordinary people.
They may have encountered major misfortunes, or their children died young and have no one to support them.

They are carefree and spend their days in a daze.

It would be too dangerous to leave it outside.

So the court placed them in an orphanage and provided them with food.

These people outside come here to seek a way to survive and are eager to live.

One wants to die, the other wants to live.

It is a blessing that the people in the poorhouse do not bully these people outside."

When these words were spoken, not only Li Jinglong was stunned, but also many of the personal guards beside him were stunned.

This is ridiculous!

But if you think about it carefully, it all makes sense.

They were all military men and knew how brave a free-spirited person could be on the battlefield. Death was a relief for them.

There are several people in the army now whose children died early and whose wives also died.
I joined the army just to earn some money to repair the graves in my hometown.

No one in the army dares to provoke such people.

Suddenly, they saw many beggars, refugees, and all kinds of people on Baishui Street.

They appear to be unstable, but the real instability is inside.

"Yun Yi, if you hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have thought of this." Li Jinglong spoke excitedly as if he had discovered some secret.

Lu Yunyi smiled, with some emotion on his face:
“I learned about this after reading the history book written by the head of the academy.

The world is so big, and there are still so many things we don’t know.”

Li Jinglong nodded in agreement. No wonder His Majesty always asked him to go out more often.

The group talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the gate of the orphanage.

It is still the same as before, with a big entrance but full of desolation.

Feng Yunfang, who had just learned the secret of the orphanage and came here for the second time, discovered something unusual.

Within fifty feet of the main gate of the orphanage, it was extremely clean.

It was not as dirty and messy as Baishui Street should be, and no one stayed there.

It looks like two different worlds.

At the front gate of the orphanage, director Yin Haoran led a group of people and stood there quietly.

His appearance had not changed much. He was in his thirties, with a scruffy beard and a pale face.
He was wearing a pale blue robe that had been washed to a pale color, and his legs and feet were a little unsteady.

The only difference is that he has a bright smile on his face at this moment.
Just like the spring breeze in Dali City, it makes people feel warm.

When he saw Lu Yunyi jumping off his warhorse, he quickly took two steps forward, bowed, and said in a clear voice:

"Yin Haoran, meet General Lu!"

Lu Yunyi looked at him. After not seeing him for several months, he suddenly felt that everything had changed and he felt confused.

He looked emotional and took a step forward:
"Master Yin, you and I are old acquaintances, so you don't have to be polite."

Yin Haoran raised his head. He was very happy, the kind of happiness that came from seeing a friend.

He thought there was no chance of meeting General Lu again.

But he was wrong, he saw her again so soon.

Yin Haoran kept smiling, but suddenly he was stunned:
"General Lu, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why do you look so haggard?"

Lu Yunyi smiled:

"The battle just ended. As a general in the army, isn't it normal for me to look haggard?"

"Is the fight over?" Yin Haoran's eyes suddenly widened.

Lu Yunyi nodded: "A great victory, the Luchuan army was completely annihilated."

"Great, great joy, great joy!!"

Yin Haoran danced with joy and quickly made way:

"General Lu has come from afar, please go to the hospital and rest."

Lu Yunyi smiled and nodded, then waved to the back:

"come in."

Li Jinglong stared at the two people talking.

He could see that the two of them were not too restrained.

The difference in status disappeared at this moment, and they were like real friends.

This made him feel very strange and a little envious.
Why can Yun Yi make friends wherever he goes, but he can't?

(End of this chapter)