An hour later.

Li Man took Li Yang and the three of them to turn around the entire barracks, including the barracks and stables.

After the transfer, Li Yang was inevitably a little disappointed,

The barracks are slightly different from the dilapidated sheds in the construction sites of later generations, the workers of later generations sleep on beds, while the soldiers in the battalion sleep on couches.

"It's raining." Looking at the dilapidated barracks, Li Yang sighed.

Li Man nodded when he heard this, followed Li Yang's gaze, and said in a deep voice: "Before practicing martial arts, I gave you a task for my father. ”

Since entering the camp, Li Yang has guessed his father's intentions, and after hearing his father's words, Li Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's true." ”

Seeing Li Hu and Han Bao looking at him with a confused expression, Li Yang said helplessly: "Renovate the barracks." ”

"My son is smart, and he can understand a little." , Li Manman was full of relief and said: "The way of martial arts is like sailing against the current, the hardships are abnormal, and it is difficult for those who have no perseverance to succeed." Therefore, before practicing martial arts, start by renovating the barracks, and endure hardships in order to become a master, compared to the hardships of martial arts, such small hardships are not worth mentioning at all. ”

This is a test set by Li Man for Li Yang and the three of them, and only those who successfully pass the test can follow themselves to practice martial arts.

In fact, Li Man just asked Li Yang and the three of them to do some manual work behind the craftsman's ass.

"Isn't it just with mud? What's so hard about that? Li Hu didn't care at all, and said with a big grin.

For Li Hu, this test is simply not too simple.

Han Bao frowned and looked at Li Yang, hoping that he could solve the doubts in his heart for himself.

Li Yang smiled: "It will be a little dirty and tired, but other than that, there is really nothing to worry about." ”

Han Bao's face was stunned when he heard this.

Taking advantage of the gap, Li Man moved his gaze to the several carriages that followed.

Seeing this, Fu Bo stepped forward, came to Li Man's side, and explained softly: "The master mother learned that the three sons were about to learn martial arts with the lord, so she prepared some precious medicinal materials in advance. ”

Li Man nodded abruptly and said with a smile: "Madame has a heart." ”

As he was talking, a hundred and ten steps ahead, dozens of craftsmen in ragged clothes and carrying tools on their shoulders met the eyes of Li Yang and others.

Li Man ordered people to summon them to the front, and he wanted to instruct them a few words.

The county soldiers were ordered to step forward, ordered the craftsman to put the tools aside, and then brought them to Li Man.

After the craftsman bowed, Li Man stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Yang and the others, and said straight to the point: "I have recruited four laborers for you, and from today onwards, they will eat and live together with you, and renovate the barracks together, everything will be as usual, and there is no need to treat them differently." ”

When the craftsmen heard this, they all deducted their heads and promised.

Although what Li Man said is high-sounding, the craftsmen don't think so, what does it mean that there is no need to discriminate? Isn't this the place where there are three hundred taels of silver?

pity the hearts of parents all over the world, and Li Man, who is a father, is not exempt from vulgarity, and he shows timidity with one mouth.

In the following month, Li Yang, Li Hu, Han Bao, and Wang Liang followed behind a group of craftsmen and worked hard for a month.

Although Li Man has the intention of taking care of him, but Li Yang and the four of them are very disciplined, the four of them pick dirty work and work tiringly, and in just one month, the four of them have become much darker, and they have also grown stronger.

The craftsmen also followed Li Yang and others to get light, since Li Yang and others entered the camp, the food of the craftsmen has undergone earth-shaking changes, from two meals a day, to three meals a day, big fish and meat, open to eat, nearly a month, the craftsmen intuitively feel that they are living in heaven, simply happy to fly, work, humming songs, eating meat, such a day, it is really a good day that has never been had.

One of the things that craftsmen often say these days is: I wish it was a dream that I would never wake up from.

This is not false at all.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, since the beginning of Hengling, the world withered, and the people were not able to make a living.

Ordinary people, not to mention eating meat, if they can eat a full meal, the people can be happy for many days.

As far as the end of the Han Dynasty is concerned, if there is wheat rice, weed soup, and soybean sauce to eat, it can be called a well-off family, and here it is a well-off family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

The coastal people may still be able to go to the sea to catch some fish and shrimp to satisfy their hunger, but the people in other regions may only be able to eat soil. If you want to improve your diet and eat meat, you can only find someone to eat.

Therefore, with the light of Li Yang and others, the craftsmen lived a dreamlike good life for a month.

In addition to meat, Li Yang and the four of them had to soak in a medicinal bath for half an hour before going to bed every day, and drink a bowl of medicinal soup made by Fu Bo himself.

The medicinal soup and medicinal bath are additional benefits prepared by the Yang family.

As the world often says, the poor are rich in literature and martial arts, and the rich in martial arts is mainly rich in the medicinal materials used to quench the body and exercise the body, a bowl of medicinal soup, a medicinal bath, and hundreds of silver coins are needed, which is only the amount of silver needed for a day.

The period of practicing martial arts, measured in ten years, hundreds of dollars a day, and tens of thousands or even 100,000 dollars a year, medicinal materials need to be prepared according to three servings for Li Yang, Li Hu, and Han Bao, so that this number must be multiplied by three, that is to say, if you want to practice martial arts, you need to spend at least 300,000 yuan a year, and then multiply this number by ten, and in ten years, the silver money required to practice martial arts alone will consume at least three or four million yuan.

Although Wang Liang and Li Yang practiced martial arts with Li Man, he was not qualified to enjoy such treatment, although the Li family was not bad for money, but Wang Liang was not worthy of the Li family's payment of such a high price, because, for now, he was not worth that price.

Half a month's work was deliberately delayed by the craftsmen until a month before the renovation was completed, Li Man also turned a blind eye to this, and he didn't see it, his original intention was to let his sons suffer some hardships, and everyone took what they needed.

A month later, Li Man personally came to inspect and accept.

Standing in front of the brand-new barracks, Li Man's eyes lit up.

Previously, the barracks for soldiers to rest and sleep were mostly made of adobe, with thatched roofs, and the lifting frame in the house was less than one zhang, to be exact, the lifting frame was about seven feet five (about one meter seventy-three), but it was difficult for any taller soldier to stand up straight in the house.

Rao is such a harsh living environment, but the young and strong people are still rushing to join the army, because being a soldier can eat enough.

It's a pity that the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny, and the people have the intention to be soldiers and kill thieves and defend the country, but the court has no intention of recruiting.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the number of garrisons in each county was not large, and the number of garrisons in the border counties bordering different races ranged from thousands to 10,000, while the number of garrisons in the inland counties could not even reach 2,000.

It can be seen that the army's meal is not easy to mix.

Today's brand-new barracks is a little different from the previous one, the walls are still made of adobe, but the capping is very different, the new barracks is covered with solid wood, solid wood is wrapped in tarpaulin, and the top is covered with thatch, which is a double layer of protection, even if it rains, there will be no leakage.

Inside the house, the lifting frame is as high as one foot high, and it is very spacious.

In each house, there is a fire kang, there is a fire road in the kang, although it is a large shop, but there is no problem to keep out the cold, the kang side is placed in a wooden box, which can be used by the soldiers to place sundries, a corner of the house is placed with two square high sheets, for the use of placing things, there are four wooden hangers with a height of one person in the door, the soldiers can hang the clothes here, and each house has ten wooden basins built-in for the soldiers to wash in turn.

The stairs, corridors, and floors are all made of wood, and they crunch when you step on them.

The above expenses are all from the Taishou Mansion, which is the first benefit that Li Yang prepared for the soldiers.

The barracks are divided into two floors, with 50 houses on each floor, and a total of 100 rooms on the two floors, exactly 10 people, which can accommodate a soldier to live in.

"Whose masterpiece?" , Li Man asked in a deep voice, with a hint of displeasure in his tone.

In Li Man's view, an overly comfortable living environment will help the soldiers to increase their arrogance and pleasure, and gradually wear out the blood of the soldiers, which is not a good thing.

When Li Yang heard this, he saluted and said, "Father, the son designed the sketch of this barracks, and the craftsmen made it according to the drawing. ”

Li Man hummed lightly, turned to look at Li Yang, and said slowly: "My son is kind, and my father knows it, but .....", Li Man suddenly changed his words. Said solemnly: "This move is tantamount to adding to the snake, this barracks is too luxurious, and it is not good for the army." ”

Under Li Yang's uncertain expression, Li Man sighed and said, "Don't let the soldiers have a heart of arrogance and luxury, this move is not a blessing for yourself and the country." ”