The year has passed, in a blink of an eye is Chongzhen ten years, the situation of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more erosive day by day, and the gangsters are everywhere, and even the Jiangnan and other places that have always been stable and prosperous have been more or less harassed by the homeless bandits.

During this time, Zhu Hao was quite honest, but people found that the young master who was lying in bed got up and ran every morning at dawn, and never rested for less than ten miles, others looked strange, only Zhu Hao himself knew that to gain a foothold in this troubled world, he must have a strong physique, and more importantly, a strong army, in the future, it is absolutely essential to train soldiers and armed cross-country, and you must lead by example to let soldiers wear uniforms.

Therefore, we Zhu Dashao have to do 200 push-ups and 200 squats and jumps every day after a five-kilometer run before he is willing to eat breakfast, which is really rare for Zhu Hao, who lies in bed until ten o'clock in the university in later generations.

After breakfast, I took my playmate Li Dong and a few young people to hang out, went to the Zhenshan Dart Bureau to practice in the afternoon, and stayed in the study at night or reading or writing and painting, occasionally looking for Song Jinglun to discuss, or I would find my former fox friends and dog friends to get together, but it was also comfortable.

During this time, Zhu Hao attached great importance to the communication with the families, and he knew that in the future, the training must be based on these families, except for the bodyguards who ran outside, there were about 600 people in the entire Yangzhou City.

Merchants relied on commercial circulation to make profits, and now wars are frequent, banditry is rampant, and it is difficult to ensure that there will be no accidents on the road. As a result, many discerning businessmen recruited more or less family members and established private armies. The credibility and control of the current Ming government is not as good as before, and generally turn a blind eye to this matter, and many officials are also secretly buying private soldiers, so private arming has become a semi-public fact, even Emperor Chongzhen has to rely on the landlord armed forces to maintain the Ming Dynasty, and the emptiness of the imperial court's military strength can be seen.

Zhu Shouyi has always been benevolent, and treats these subordinates very well, and most of them are willing to come to the Zhu family because of the kindness they owe him, so there is no problem with the loyalty of the Zhu family, although Zhu Shouyi is a businessman, but he is quite talented, and his wife Zhang Jinyu is behind the door, so these families selected are all brave and outstanding, and a few of them used to be masters of the famous green forest. The Zhu family is also famous among the famous families in the entire south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that Zhu Shouyi has a lot of affairs and doesn't have so much energy to manage, and Zhang Jinyu's female generation is inconvenient to come forward for a long time, so these more than 1,000 family members have not formed a unified management. What Zhu Hao is thinking about now is how to train this group of reckless men into well-trained elite soldiers.

Zhu Hao knew that his father was getting old, his energy was not as good as before, and he was anxious to take over the family business by himself, fortunately, his third sister Zhu Ying and brother-in-law Zhang Chang both had business talents and had been helping his father take care of it, but due to feudal etiquette, he had to take over by himself in the end, so there was not much time left for him.

He found his father and bluntly asked to take charge of the household. Zhu Shouyi felt strange and asked why. Zhu Hao said: "Dad, now it is a troubled time, and the homeless people are everywhere, no one dares to guarantee when there will be thieves in Yangzhou City, you have also seen, there are countless hungry people and beggars outside the city, and maybe a spark will set them on fire." And the people in the northwest are very fierce, the court has suffered losses again and again, and it is difficult to parry, although the Jiannu outside the gate is far away in the northeast, they often enter the congestion, and they are miserable. Therefore, we must take precautions, and in this troubled world, it is imperative to form our own armed forces! ”

Zhu Shouyi, who said a few words, nodded frequently, and said happily: "Son, you are right, it seems that you have really grown up, just do as you say, if you need anything, just ask your father, if you need money, go to your third sister to ask for it, you go and find Luo Yunqu and I will give you a few words." ”

Although Luo Yunqu was a little unhappy with Zhu Hao training them, he had no objection, after all, Zhu Hao was the son of the master, equal to his young master, he looked down on this playboy at most, but he would never disobey the master's orders.

Zhu Hao was very happy to get the promise of Zhu Shouyi and Luo Yunqu, but seeing that Luo Yunqu was a little disdainful of him, he didn't mind, he knew that in order to suppress these wild men, he not only had to lead by example, but also had to be able to show strength.

Zhu Hao immediately instructed Luo Yunqu: "Old Luo, you go and gather the brothers who are still in Yangzhou and gather in the martial arts field early tomorrow morning." ”

The martial arts field of Zhufu is in the northwest corner of the house, about the size of half a football field in later generations, and some goods are stored when not in use, and it is usually used as a place for families to practice martial arts, and there are several rows of two-story earthen buildings in the west for families to live.

After breakfast, Zhu Hao came to the martial arts field early, and gathered at the specified time of three o'clock, but saw that only Luo Yunqu waited for less than a hundred people to arrive on time, and couldn't help but feel a little angry, and then walked up to the high platform to stand still.

It wasn't until nearly half an hour later that the rest came to the martial arts field one after another, and during this time, Zhu Hao was nailed to the high platform motionless like a statue, and looked coldly at the men laughing and laughing below.

Seeing Zhu Hao standing motionless for half an hour, Luo Yunqu couldn't help but admire a little, and the disdain in his eyes couldn't help but fade a little.