Li Jie instructed Steward Liu to prepare a table of wine and food, and then accompanied Mu Sheng to drink, Mu Sheng was obviously hit hard, the whole person only cared about drinking, Li Jie poured him as much as he wanted, and he drank as much as he wanted, looking like he wanted to get drunk.

Li Jie is not surprised by Mu Sheng's current situation, in fact, if you think about it, you also know that the establishment of the Iron Book Army is not to create any elite soldiers, and it is not easy for a group of children to get together, let alone let them work hard to practice.

In addition, Li Jie's uncle is a lazy character, and he also knows Lao Zhu's thoughts, so his requirements for the Iron Book Army are not high, as long as these gangs don't cause trouble for him, as for drills or something, he is too lazy to care.

The top is not supportive, the bottom is disobedient, just relying on Mu Sheng alone, even if he is tired to death, don't want to make a name.

After drinking until he was half-drunk, Mu Sheng finally opened the conversation and said: "Brother Li, the world is not peaceful, and now is not the time for swords and guns to be put into storage and horses to be put in Nanshan, otherwise my father would not have to be outside all the year round, the bastards of the Iron Book Army, their fathers and ancestors are also people who follow the emperor's grandfather to fight the world, but these people don't think about the emperor's favor, but only seek pleasure, why do you say they are so unproductive?" ”

Mu Sheng said that in the end, he was puzzled, his father Mu Ying taught him since he was a child, to learn his skills well, and to serve the court in the future, and he also did according to his father's words, but after seeing the iron book army, he found out what it means to be muddy and not on the wall, no matter how much he reprimanded and scolded, but what should these people do, they simply took his words as a deaf ear.

"Brother Mu, everyone has their own ambitions, not everyone is as ambitious as you, especially these gentlemen, who have grown up under the protection of their elders since they were children, and they have been clothed and fed every day, and they have not suffered any hardships, and the Iron Book Army is not really going to become any elite soldiers, so they are naturally not willing to follow you to practice." Li Jie also patiently persuaded him.

"Brother Li, it's just someone else, even your cousin is a little lazy, but he is obedient, but your uncle, as a commander, doesn't help me at all, but mixes with those gentlemen, with him taking the lead, who will listen to what you say about me?" Mu Sheng simply sued Liu Ying at this time.

"My uncle ......" Li Jie couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, he had long known that Liu Ying would not take the drills of the Iron Book Army to heart, but he didn't expect him to simply mix with those gentlemen, but with his temperament, it is not strange to do this kind of thing, and it may even be in Liu Ying's opinion, this is still a good opportunity to get closer to various princes.

"Brother Li, I heard that you are going to Ningbo, there seems to be a war to be fought over there?" At this time, Mu Sheng suddenly approached Li Jie a little mysteriously and asked in a low voice.

"How do you know this?" Li Jie was also a little surprised, the matter of Zhang Dingbian and others was not made public, and even Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately blocked the news, after all, it was not a glorious thing for the imperial court to support Zhang Dingbian and others to go to the Japanese State to grab territory.

"Hehe, such a large transfer of personnel and materials, it is difficult for the imperial court to block the news even if it wants to, not to mention that I have some connections in the palace, and now I am almost dead to the Iron Book Army, if it is possible, I would like to follow Brother Li to Ningbo, at least I don't have to suffer this kind of bird gas in the capital!" Mu Sheng also showed an envious expression towards Li Jie in the end, because he knew that it was impossible for him to leave the capital.

"The matter in Ningbo is very complicated, it is not as you think Brother Mu, and even if you go, I'm afraid it will only be an empty joy, and there is no room for you to play at all." Li Jie patiently explained again that it was only Zhang Dingbian and these people who attacked the Wa Kingdom, and they would not use the troops of the imperial court at all, so it was useless for Mu Sheng to go to Ningbo.

Mu Sheng was even more disappointed when he heard this, and immediately picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, only then did he sigh and said, "Why am I so unlucky, I can't do anything if I want to!" ”

However, when Mu Sheng said this, he suddenly looked up at Li Jie, and said with a look of hope in his eyes: "Brother Li, you have always been resourceful, to be honest, the person I admire the most is you, so can you help me think of a way to solve the dilemma I am facing now?" ”

"Me?" Li Jie pouted secretly after hearing this, he was not optimistic about the Iron Book Army at the beginning, but Mu Sheng wanted to build the Iron Book Army into an elite soldier, he was not good at saying anything at the time, and now the other party hit the south wall, but he wanted him to help, the key is that Li Jie also knows nothing about military training!

"This ......" Li Jie hesitated how to refuse, after all, he really couldn't help with this matter.

However, Mu Sheng pleaded again: "Brother Li, you are my last hope, if even you can't help me, then I can only follow those bastards and wait for death!" ”

Looking at Mu Sheng's pitiful appearance, Li Jie really couldn't refuse in person, and finally said after hesitation: "I'm going to leave for Ningbo in a few days, while there are still a few days left, Brother Mu, you take me to the Iron Book Army, after all, even if I want to help, I have to see the situation of the Iron Book Army with my own eyes!" ”

"Great, with Brother Li out of the horse, I'm relieved!" Mu Sheng was also overjoyed when he heard this, grabbed the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine for Li Jie, and then hugged the wine jar and drank several sips. The last time he practiced the three-dan strike problem, it was Li Jie's help, and the things Li Jie did during this time made him full of confidence in Li Jie.

However, Li Jie is not as powerful as Mu Sheng thought, in fact, Li Jie is just really hard to refuse, so he decided to go to the Iron Book Army to have a look, and then find a way to refuse, so that he also seems to have his own sincerity.

In the end, Mu Sheng was drunk, Li Jie asked people to clean up the guest room, and placed Mu Sheng at home to rest, and the next morning, Mu Sheng jumped up vigorously, and pulled Li Jie to the garrison of the Iron Book Army, and even ate breakfast casually on the road.

The garrison of the Tieshu Army is outside the city, to be precise, outside the Dinghuai Gate, originally a little north of the Dinghuai Gate, which is the garrison of the defenders of Jinling City, and most of the troops stationed in the capital are placed here.

However, the Iron Book Army is inherently special, and it is not even a real army, so it does not even have the opportunity to enter the military camp in the city, but is placed in a military camp outside the city, which is not too far from the Ordnance Bureau.

Li Jie also came to Dinghuaimen for the first time, when their carriage stopped in the military camp outside the city gate, he jumped off the carriage, and Mu Sheng next to him threw the saddle and dismounted, he is a military general, and generally prefers to ride a horse, even if it is much more comfortable to ride a car than to ride a horse.

Li Jie stood in front of the barracks and looked at it, and found that the entire barracks were not badly built, the banner of the Iron Book Army was also fluttering outside the barracks gate, and there were also soldiers guarding the door, which looked no different from ordinary barracks.

"Brother Li, let's go in, but you have to be mentally prepared!" Mu Sheng stepped forward with a bitter face at this time.

"Is it that serious?" Li Jie was also greatly surprised when he heard this, looking at Mu Sheng's appearance, the problem of this Iron Book Army seems to be far beyond the imagination of ordinary people?

Mu Sheng didn't answer again, but pulled Li Jie and walked inside, but as soon as he entered the camp gate, he heard a burst of shouts and killings coming from inside, which made Li Jie also very surprised: "Someone is practicing, doesn't this Iron Book Army seem to be as unbearable as Brother Mu said?" ”

"What kind of exercise is this, I ......" Mu Sheng seemed to want to explain, but he didn't know where to start, so he simply pulled Li Jie to speed up his steps and said, "Brother Li, you can come and see!" ”

When they spoke, the two turned a corner, and there was an open school field in front of them, only to see that on the school field, there were two teams of thousands of people "fighting" together, and there seemed to be no problem at a glance, but after a closer look, Li Jie's eyes widened, and he even wondered if he was in the wrong place?

I saw that on the school field in front, two groups of shirtless sergeants were scuffling together, one of them was tied with a towel in order to distinguish it from the other party, and this group of soldiers was sweating one by one, holding one of their legs in one hand, jumping forward with the other leg, and then using their knees as weapons to collide with each other, the scene was extremely intense.

That's right, these two groups of people are actually playing a game called "fighting crutches", and some people in the south are also called "fighting cocks", Li Jie often played when he was a child, but it was the first time he saw thousands of people fighting crutches together.

What's even more speechless is that there is a child in each of the teams on both sides, riding a tall soldier under him, shouting and directing the soldiers to fight, these two children look only seven or eight years old, wearing delicate small armor, a small face is red with excitement, obviously from an extraordinary background.

"Brother Mu, what's the situation?" Li Jie pointed to the chaotic scene in front of him and was speechless for a while, so many soldiers don't practice, but they play crutches under the command of two children, I don't know, I think I came to the kindergarten?

"The child on the left is surnamed Li, the son of Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and the child on the right is surnamed Chang, the son of Chang Sheng, the founding father, these two children are stubborn, and they usually like to command their slave soldiers to play the game of war!" Mu Sheng also looked helpless in the end, these two children were too young, and he couldn't do anything if he didn't listen to them.

"The Iron Book Army doesn't even let go of children!" Li Jie was even more speechless, he thought that if he could come to the army, he would at least be an adult, but Lao Zhu was good, and he directly arrested all the underage children, this is still a fart?

"Actually, these two children are pretty good, although they are stubborn, but they like to play the game of war, as long as I find a way to guide them, there is still hope in the future, but it is difficult for others to say!" Mu Sheng smiled bitterly again, and after speaking, he took Li Jie to the back of the school field.

Li Jie was even more curious when he heard this, he wanted to see what the other sons of the world could become, and they were not even as good as two children?