The Ming army, who had been demanding money and food from the inn a moment ago, heard the shouts coming from outside. Like a frightened rabbit, they immediately abandoned what they had on hand and jumped out of the inn door as quickly as possible.
But their next move was not to fight the Haihan Army outside the town, but to turn around and run north. From the perspective of a bystander, if the Haihan army did not send out cavalry, it would be difficult to catch up with these Ming troops who were eager to escape from Fudong Town.
The shopkeeper watched with astonishment as the figures of these Ming soldiers disappeared at the end of the town. After a moment, he ordered the waiter as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Quickly, quickly, hang up the two-color flag!"
Under the coercion of the officer just now, the shopkeeper asked the clerk to take down the two-color flag at the entrance of the store. Before he could follow the officer's instructions and throw it into the stove to burn, the situation took a turn for the worse. The two-color flag went from being a source of trouble to another. It turned into a life-saving magic weapon.
As soon as the man hung up the two-color flag, the Haihan Army entered the town. He stood under the eaves and looked at this strange army curiously.
The shopkeeper quickly pulled the waiter back into the store, closed the door, turned around and cursed: "You want to see all the excitement, do you want to die?"
The waiter responded angrily: "We have a two-color flag hanging at the door, so it should be okay!"
The shopkeeper glared and said, "Can you order something good? If this inn disappears, you and I will have to go out and beg for food!"
The waiter wanted to say something more, but seeing that the shopkeeper could hardly contain his anger, he finally kept silent.
They say they don’t watch the excitement, but who can really not care at this time? The two of them silently passed through the gap in the door panel and continued to watch what was going on outside.
The two of them were slightly surprised that the Haihan army, which made the Ming army flee after hearing the news, did not look amazing. They were not even wearing armor. Most of them were just wearing military uniforms made of gray cotton and holding a four-foot-long cannon. A long firecracker.
After these Haihan soldiers entered the town, they did not immediately plunder the shops in the town. Instead, they first controlled several major intersections entering and exiting the town.
There were only a small number of cavalry in this force. They did not stay in the town and rode their horses straight through the town to the north, presumably to confirm the movements of the Ming army just now.
After the other infantrymen completed taking control of the town, they actually started knocking on the door from door to door.
The shopkeeper saw this scene through the crack in the door and secretly screamed something bad. The two-color flag hanging at the door may not be able to save his inn.
Sure enough, after a while, an officer led a team of people towards the inn.
Knowing that he couldn't hide, the shopkeeper simply gritted his teeth, took the initiative to open the door of the store, and respectfully welcomed the Haihan soldiers into the inn: "Military lords, do you want to stay in the hotel? There are a total of twelve guest rooms in the hotel. Now they are all vacant, you can choose at your will.”
The leading officer took a look at the environment in the inn and ordered his subordinates: "Go and look around carefully. Don't miss anything!"
The soldiers responded to the call and immediately went to look around the interior of the inn.
The shopkeeper thought that it was all over now, it seemed that these Haihan soldiers were going to pack up everything in the inn and take it away.
The tragic scene of the old Liu family being beaten in the street by the Ming army was still vivid in my mind, and the shopkeeper would definitely not dare to resist at this juncture. Now we can only hope that these Haihan troops will only steal things and don't hurt anyone. Amitabha can survive the disaster safely.
But the officer asked: "I haven't asked the shopkeeper what his name is yet?"
The shopkeeper was still immersed in desperate thoughts and had not come back to his senses. The waiter next to him responded: "Master Jun, my shopkeeper's surname is Ding, and the shopkeeper's surname is Ding." The shopkeeper glared at the waiter, and quickly replied with an apologetic smile: "The villain's surname is Ding. Ding, please tell me if you have any orders.”
The Ming army who came from the front asked for two hundred taels of silver and five hundred kilograms of grain. The Hai Han army scared the Ming army away as soon as they showed up. They were obviously more powerful than the Ming army, and they must not be polite in this regard.
Shopkeeper Ding was mentally prepared. At worst, he would ask the other party to vacate the inn. Anyway, he only had such a small amount of possessions. If the other party opened his mouth, he could only give as much as he had.
The officer nodded and said: "Shopkeeper Ding, I think your inn is nice and clean... Since you hung the two-color flag at the door, you must have good intentions towards our country. We will requisition this inn for two days... maybe Three or four days, no problem?”
Shopkeeper Ding said in astonishment: "Conquer...conscript the villain's inn?"
Since the other party wants to live here, at least he and his buddy are safe for now. If you serve the other party well during this period, the inn will most likely be saved. This is undoubtedly good news for Shopkeeper Ding.
Seeing his hesitation, the officer misunderstood what he meant, and immediately said: "Shopkeeper Ding, during the period of requisition by our army, the food and accommodation expenses will be settled clearly with you. You don't have to worry."
Shopkeeper Ding said hurriedly: "You can't do it, you can't do it. Master Jun, you can live here for as long as you like."
The officer shook his head and said: "I'm not staying here, but some big shots are coming to stay... Anyway, you won't be open to the public in the past few days, do you understand?"
Shopkeeper Ding thought to himself that in this time of war and chaos, there would be no customers coming to the shop, so he immediately nodded and agreed.
At this time, the soldiers who searched the inn also came back one after another. Shopkeeper Ding breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they did not move out the furniture from the inn.
But at this moment, the waiter asked in an ignorant manner: "Shopkeeper, you sent all the cooks home the day before yesterday. Who is cooking now, you or me? What should I do if the military master is not used to eating?"
Shopkeeper Ding was about to slap him, but the officer said: "It doesn't matter, there will be someone responsible for the cooking later, you don't need to cook."
Not long after, as expected, another group of people arrived, and several carriages stopped at the door of the inn. The soldiers moved all kinds of things from the carriages into the inn, including pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, rice, grains, meat and vegetables. Everything is available.
The guy wanted to take the initiative to help, but he was asked to stand aside and not allowed to participate at all.
Shopkeeper Ding quietly pulled the waiter aside and whispered: "Don't get involved in the things I prepare for big shots."
The waiter asked in confusion: "Why is this?"
Shopkeeper Ding said anxiously: "You are not from Haihan, how can people safely let you get involved in the food of big shots? If something goes wrong with the food, how many heads do you and I have to chop off?"
The waiter suddenly realized: "So there is such a thing...but these Haihan soldiers don't seem to be too difficult to deal with!"
Shopkeeper Ding said: "Be careful and don't relax too much. People look at us like ants. If we are in a good mood, we can let them go. If we are in a bad mood, we can just stretch our legs and crush them to death. Don't do that." ”