Xiaohu and Daman also walked over to them with smiles on their faces, and the two parties walked to them, and several wranglers first saluted Xiaohu and them, and then they greeted: "Why is it snowing heavily?" ”

Xiaohu replied with a smile: "It's okay to be idle, I just want to come over and have a look." Are you still used to coming here these days? ”

"I'm used to it! It's good here, the food, meat, and vegetables are all ready-made, and we don't have to worry about running out of food and going hungry. It's just that there are fewer horses, and a few of us feel that we have lost the owner. ”

Although they are all strong laborers, it is really not easy to eat enough in the original place where cultivation is the mainstay. They can be regarded as idiots when it comes to farming, and no one dares to ask them to do odd jobs. Grow your own food and eat it yourself? Don't talk about it, it's not funny for them at all! It's easy to deal with in normal times, catch rabbits, pheasants or something, and change a mouthful of food can last for several days, if you catch up with the heavy snow, you can't even find a bird feather, and where can you catch rabbits and pheasants for food? They can only go hungry, but fortunately, there are many good people in the world, and some people will lend them grain because they are really hungry, so that they can return rabbits and pheasants in the spring. This made them barely survive nearly two years. Now that I'm here, everything is ready-made, and it's been delivered here and over there before I finish eating. Their food is sent by Daman arranged, once every three days, and they are afraid of spoiling if they send too much. Fortunately, these few can cook, otherwise it would be useless to send food over.

Xiaohu smiled and pointed at Daman, and said to them: "You are not short of food, thank him." He arranged it. If you want to eat, tell him and let him buy it. The problem of the current horse less. There's no way around that, there's only so much you can get. It's up to yours in the future. Another thing to make clear to you is that your wages are calculated separately, and at the end of each year, you will be rewarded according to the growth of the horses each year.

That's right! Are the five of you going to choose a squad leader? Would you like to discuss it? ”

The name of the person who answered Xiaohu's question before was Lai Bu, who was a descendant of aliens left in the Central Plains, and had both the rough and rough of the grassland people and the intelligence of the Han people. He is actually the most suitable team leader to manage this small team, but he himself doesn't seem to think so, he once again said before others speak: "Boss, if you can trust us, don't choose any captain." Several of us came through the ordeal. Although we were not exiled in the same place before, we all suffered the same thing, and it is best not to have a relationship between us that you are high and I am low. Although there is no commander in charge, you can rest assured that we will work hard, and we will never indulge, be lazy, or fool people just because no one is in charge. ”

Xiaohu doesn't care much about whether they have a management staff or not, but when something happens, there is always someone who can take the lead.

"I'm afraid you can't do without a captain! Who do I talk to when I have something? You can't say hello one by one. If there is something that needs to be implemented, who should be responsible for implementing it? I said that I need a captain, not to make any of you superior to whom, just to do things better, for us to manage the horse farm better. Several of the Wranglers nodded in agreement. The others pointed to Raib and said, "Boss, or let him be the captain!" He knows a lot! ”

Xiaohu saw that they all agreed with his statement, and made a decision on the spot. He also said cheerfully: "Okay! Just follow your own decision and let Raib be the captain for the time being, and see the results in a year. Other than that. We're not the same army here as yours, where the relationship between the commander and the subordinate can be very strict. But not here. Everyone is equal, except for the distribution of work and the income of wages. Don't make your relationship too tense and too strict! ”

This Lai Bu turned out to be a mouthful, just leading the way in speaking, and his face did not change, and his head was Taoist. At this moment, as soon as he heard the owner say that he was appointed as the captain, he suddenly became nervous and unstable. Xiaohu and Daman also used to suffocate their excited heartbeats when they caught a rabbit, so they could understand his state very well, and no one blamed him for not saying a word for a long time.

Because he didn't move around outside, he would feel very cold for a while, so Xiaohu asked everyone to go into the wrangler's shack to keep warm.

It was only when everyone began to walk towards the shack that Raib came to his senses and cautiously followed. He is not in a very good mood now, he was just a horse like everyone else, and he has nothing in the face of the owner, but now he has been promoted to captain, why is this heart suffering from gains and losses? Could it be that this is what others often say is a bad product that can't be put on the table?!

Lai Bu was entangled in his heart, and others didn't know, so he was busy around the fire when he entered the house. Wang Shoucang saw that Xiaohu and Daman were too close to the stove, so he reminded them: "You two don't dare to be so close to the fire, otherwise you won't be able to stand it when you go out for a while!" People are also susceptible to illness. ”

As soon as the two heard this, they hurriedly took a step back, and Raib, who followed up, finally spoke when they stepped back and almost bumped into him: "Boss, I think it's appropriate to let Gu Lier be the captain, he raises horses better than me." ”

At first glance, Gulier was a master who only knew how to work and could not speak, and when he listened to Raib's words, he waved his hands nervously, and could only say: "No, no, I can't!" ”

Xiaohu also shook his head and said: "I know that Gulier raises horses very well, but according to my understanding with him these few times, I feel that he is the kind of character who does things in a down-to-earth manner, and he doesn't like to take care of things." It's not okay to be a captain if you don't like to be in charge, and you and I feel quite active in managing things, so they said that you should be the captain, and I think it's quite appropriate. But whether it's really suitable or not will not be known until the situation you manage in the future! However, after all, I hope that you and a few old brothers can do more to do a good job of our horse farm, not only to earn benefits for me, but also to earn reputation for yourself and the old general. ”

As soon as the five people heard the owner say about the old general, they immediately straightened up and shouted: "Yes! The unprepared Xiaohu, Daman, Wang Shoucang, and Wang Shouxin were taken aback.

Xiaohu saw that they were doing a good job, and there was no place for him to intervene at all, so he planned to go back with Daman, and it was not fun to walk late in the snow. But because of Lai Bu's words, he stopped again, and he said: "Boss, there is a big canyon dozens of miles north of us, do you want to think of a way to block the head?!" If you enter the Grand Canyon, you will be in the border defense area, and if the cattle enter them, the head of the family will not be allowed to go in and look for them. Also, there is "Lai Bu looked at Wang Shoucang and Wang Shouxin and winked, not knowing if he could say what he said below.

Wang Shoucang and Wang Shouxin are both in their twenties and thirties, of course they knew that Lai Bu was avoiding them, so they were about to turn around and go out, but Xiaohu's mouth was faster than their movements, and Xiaohu immediately said to Lai Bu: "You said it's okay!" These two are my family! ”

Raib nodded and continued: "We can only take this as a plan for a rainy day, and it is not aimed at anything. What I want to say is that you had better have a long-term plan for the exit of the Grand Canyon, the border is still stable and nothing to do, and if there is a conflict at the border, this Grand Canyon can also help you prevent disasters. If you have enough strength to hold that Grand Canyon and don't brag about it, then you are equivalent to a hundred thousand troops of the imperial court here. ”

Xiaohu's heart tightened, his relationship with the northern grassland can be said to be very good now, and when he suddenly heard the words that the two realms would conflict, he felt very worried, just like the sad feeling of his own family beating you to the death. But he quickly calmed down, for he remembered that he had promised the old general that he would not and could not be emotional. Therefore, he asked Lai Bu very seriously: "Then what do you think, what do you think should be done there that will not provoke the interference of the local government nor disgust the army in the war preparation area, let alone attract the unwarranted suspicion of the imperial court?" ”

Raib shook his head and said, "How?!" I don't have a good idea at the moment, but a few days before the snow went crazy because of the head horse, I almost ran into the Grand Canyon with the herd. I just realized that this matter is very important, and I originally wanted to wait for the snow to melt and talk to you about it, but today you came just in time to remember and mention it. As for the government and the imperial court, you don't have to worry, as long as you are not raising troops privately, and everything else is very wide, if you pay for the construction of a defensive tower as strong as a city wall in the Grand Canyon, the local government and the imperial court will only praise it, and will never interfere or dislike it. ”

Xiaohu listened carefully to Lai Bu's words, didn't say anything immediately, and said for a long time: "This matter is not small, I still need to ask the old general before speaking." Also, if you build a defensive tower as strong as the city wall as you say, there will definitely be a lot of money, and I will need to go back and discuss this with my daughter-in-law. However, it is still necessary to do a simple protection first. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and said to Wang Shoucang, "Uncle Xiaotang! Brother Daman wants to go back with us for the New Year, and I will leave this matter to you to take someone to do. As for what to do to better stop the horses from running into the Grand Canyon, it is up to Captain Reib to decide. Uncle Cousin, would you like to? Then he asked Raib, "Captain Raib, do you have any opinions?" ”

Raib immediately straightened up and replied very neatly: "No! Wang Shoucang was stunned, but quickly replied to Xiaohu: "I, of course I am willing!" Wang Shouxin looked at his cousin who was trembling with excitement envy.

"That's good! This matter has been decided, I hope you can cooperate well! In addition, Captain Reib, if you have any needs, whether it is clothing, food, drink, or housing, please mention it to us, and we will do our best to meet it. If we're not here, you can tell my cousin that we'll make arrangements before we go back. Then we'll go back, and you take care of your horses and take care of yourselves. Xiaohu pushed open the door and wanted to leave. He is really anxious, he is most afraid of getting lost and taking the wrong road. (To be continued......)