newbobooks Chapter 719: Being taken to the military camp?
Chapter 719: Being taken to the military camp?
The two bought some cooked food such as steamed buns in Jiangjin County and then continued on their journey.
Five days later, the carriage finally arrived at the Pengcheng County Pier.
The Pengcheng County Wharf covers a vast area.
In terms of area alone, it is not inferior to the East City Wharf in Beijing.
At this moment, the dock is crowded with large and small ships.
However, the differences between Pengcheng County Wharf and other wharves are also particularly obvious.
On the huge dock, there were several teams of soldiers in official uniforms and armed with swords stationed.
At the same time, the entry and exit of these ships are also controlled by soldiers.
There was also a long line of people entering the city at the city gate not far to the north.
At this time, the soldiers were checking everyone one by one.
While Lu Qingqing was observing the situation, a soldier not far away also noticed them and called out from a distance:
"Here on the boat? You're not sick, are you?"
Old Man Zhuang quickly responded.
"No, no, we are all healthy and have no symptoms of the disease!"
The team of soldiers then led their men forward, pulled aside the barricades and moved closer.
He carefully looked at the expressions of both of them.
Seeing that the two were in good spirits, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He put on the mask tightly on his face and walked forward to check it out.
After ensuring that the two had no obvious symptoms, the leading soldier said:
"Show me your household registration and travel permit!"
Lu Qingqing turned around and took out the household registration and travel permits of the three people from the bag in the carriage.
The soldier saw Qin Lang with his eyes closed through the gap in the opened curtain and took two steps back nervously.
"Who is that?"
Seeing that the soldiers around him had drawn their swords, Old Man Zhuang hurriedly explained:
"My dear officers, he is not sick, he just hit his head a few days ago.
I am the doctor who treated him. It is written on my household registration. Please take a look."
At this time, Lu Qingqing had already taken out the household registration and travel permits of the three people.
The soldier took a look and glanced at Old Man Zhuang’s household registration a few more times.
Then he stepped forward, lifted the curtain and looked at Qin Lang.
Seeing that he really had no symptoms, he pointed in the direction of the city gate and said:
"Okay, go line up over there!"
Lu Qingqing looked at the direction he pointed, which was completely opposite to the dock, and asked:
"Sir, we want to take a boat south. Is there any boat going south today?
If so, we won’t go into the city.”
The soldier looked back at her and said with a stern face:
"Everyone must stay in the city for three days and be confirmed to be healthy before they are eligible to board the ship."
Having said that, the soldier turned and left.
The soldier next to him urged, "Okay, stop talking nonsense and move on!"
Lu Qingqing also wanted to ask if there were any ships heading south.
Seeing the soldier's cold attitude, he planned to find an opportunity to give him some money and then ask again.
The two followed the soldiers to the city gate, and the soldiers at the gate checked their household registration and travel permits again.
When the soldier saw Old Man Zhuang's pass, he looked him up and down.
"Are you a doctor?"
Old Man Zhuang nodded.
The soldier took a brush and scribbled twice on the registration book for entering the city.
Lu Qingqing felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
At this moment, a group of soldiers were watching a dozen people in the city.
Seeing them come in, he greeted them directly:
"You guys come with me!"
As he spoke, the soldier leading the group of people to the tent area not far away.
At first glance, the scene before us was densely packed with tents.
The tent area was garrisoned on three sides and backed by a high city wall on the other side.
Lu Qingqing led the carriage inside and felt that this place looked more like a prison.
As we walked in, we found that the tent area was separated by a fence.
In the middle is a road that can accommodate carriages, and on both sides are tent areas surrounded by fences.
There are six small tents in each enclosed fence.
There are about two to three people living in each tent.
These people eat, drink, defecate and urinate all in this small enclosed area.
You can imagine the smell in here.
Lu Qingqing looked at the leading soldier who was covering his mouth and nose with a look of disgust on his face.
Looking back, I saw that Qin Lang's mask was slightly tilted in the car.
She asked Old Man Zhuang to drive the carriage.
She climbed onto the shaft of the cart and put a mask on Qin Lang.
Just as she stood up and was about to jump out of the car, she saw a group of soldiers escorting a group of people out not far away.
Among the group of people being escorted, some struggled to run, but were kicked to the ground by the escorting soldiers.
What followed was a beating and kicking.
Lu Qingqing was watching when she was scolded by the soldier next to her:
"Hey, what are you doing, come down here!"
When Old Man Zhuang saw that the soldier was about to step forward and attack, he quickly pulled Lu Qingqing down and smiled apologetically.
"Master, don't be angry, we'll come down right away, right away!"
Lu Qingqing was still thinking about the scene she had just seen.
I’m afraid Pengcheng County is not that simple.
They may have fallen into a wolf's den!
But now we have entered the city, and the surrounding area is heavily guarded.
Even if I want to leave, I can't leave for the time being.
Lu Qingqing quickly analyzed the current situation and began to observe the tent areas on both sides of the road.
The tent curtains were mostly open, and you could see that most of the people inside were young and middle-aged.
There were only a very small number of women and the elderly.
Looking at this situation, Lu Qingqing's heart sank again.
Soon, the soldiers brought several people to the place.
I saw two tents inside, and people were already living there.
The soldier led the man to the back and opened the gate.
After watching Lu Qingqing and the other person go in, he locked the gate again.
In fact, the fence is only about one person tall.
Although there are spikes on it, it is not impossible to escape if you really want to.
The problem is that there are a large number of soldiers stationed outside the tent area.
That is the main force guarding the entire tent area.
After the two of them went in, Old Man Zhuang walked forward with a smile and wanted to say hello to the other two families.
However, one of the families saw him approaching and simply lowered the curtain of the tent.
After being turned down, Old Man Zhuang was not discouraged and went to another house.
The other one was not as indifferent as the first one.
Seeing that both he and Lu Qingqing looked fine, he put on his mask tightly and walked out.
Lu Qingqing took a casual look and saw that the two men were about twenty years old.
Judging from the material of their clothes, they seem to be the black silk that low-key wealthy businessmen often wear.
Then he took another look at the carriage parked behind their tent and had a rough idea of what was going on.
At this time, Old Man Zhuang was greeting the two men.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Old Man Zhuang said to the man in front:
"Brother Zhou, when did you come in?"
Zhou Junping said: "We have been here for two days."
Old Man Zhuang said with some envy: "Then you can go out tomorrow!"
Zhou Junping's face looked unhappy, and he said softly:
“It would be nice if that were the case.
I heard that once the three days are up, we will be taken directly to the military camp!"
The smile on Old Man Zhuang's face froze, and he said in disbelief:
"What? Don't they say that after three days of staying, and if you're confirmed to be healthy, you can board the ship?
Why is it related to the barracks again?"