After Li Changsheng left, Fang Jieli reported: "Young master, I have already agreed with the prefect that the purchase of Li Yuanwai's field will be entrusted to his name. When the young master and Li Yuanwai went to the house, he would also go to the house to do it. ”

The Ming Dynasty was rife with corruption, and it was best to have good relations with local officials in Nanjing. Guo Wendong has a lot of precious foreign goods, which will inevitably be coveted, and if he has no power and no backstage to support him, it will be much trickier to deal with when someone deliberately looks for trouble.

Guo Wendong sent Fang Jieli to see Zhou Daofei, the prefect of Tianfu, and sent daily necessities, and expressed his intention that there was land to be dedicated to his name.

Zhou Daofei accepted the gift unceremoniously and agreed on the spot, there are more fields to bring more income, why not.

Guo Fu has been openly recruiting nursing homes for more than a month, and a large number of people have come to apply.

Yu Yufeng strictly implements Guo Wendong's requirements and selects candidates carefully, even if they have no military experience and martial arts, it doesn't matter, and their physical fitness must be good.

The 30 nursing homes were selected from hundreds of applicants, which can be described as one in a hundred, and each of them has very good physical fitness.

As for the others that were not selected, but the overall situation was better, Yu Yufeng registered them, and if they still need to recruit nursing homes in the future, they will be hired first.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yu Yufeng reported to Guo Wendong.

"Young Master, thirty guards have been recruited, and my subordinates have found that there is a newly recruited guard who is not bad, and my subordinates feel that he has the characteristics of a soldier. He said that the Yellow Book was lost, but he only said that his name was Chu Yuan. ”

"Bring him to me."

Soon, Chu Yuan was taken by Yu Yufeng to Guo Wendong.

Chu Yuan was in his early twenties, tall, and he was lowering his head and didn't dare to look directly at the young master.

"Chu Yuan, have you ever been in the army?" Guo Wendong asked.

"No, I have never served in the army!" Chu Yuan immediately denied it.

"And what about your yellow book?" Guo Wendong asked.

"Half a year ago, the yellow book at home was lost!" When he said this, Chu Yuan's expression flickered.

"Your accent is not like the Jiangnan people's clan, and you can't get the yellow book, I think you used to be a soldier, maybe you were a deserter." Guo Wendong suddenly said in an accentuated tone.

At this moment, Chu Yuan panicked, which confirmed his status as a soldier.

He knelt down to Guo Wendong and said, "I beg the young master not to report it to the government." He was a native of Shandong, a military household for generations, and his military land was occupied by officers, and he was once conscripted to serve in the army under Liu Liangzuo, the chief soldier. The lowly position really didn't want to work for his life like this, so he found an opportunity to escape last year. My uncle opened a workshop in Nanjing, so he came to defect. The young master recruited the nurse, and he was high, so he came to defect. I just want to be the young master's guard with peace of mind, and after a few months, I will save enough money to marry a wife and have children. ”

He was very worried, if the young master reported it to the government, then he would be finished. He defected to his uncle for nearly a year, and spent a lot of effort to learn the Nanjing accent, and he still spoke with a slight Shandong accent.

In the late Ming Dynasty, there were indeed many military households fleeing.

Guo Wendong said: "I have never treated my subordinates badly, as long as you serve with peace of mind, the silver treatment you should have will be issued on time." If you behave well, I'll give you a promotion and a lot of money. Get up! ”

Seeing that the young master had no intention of blaming, Chu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.

Guo Wendong pointed at Yu Yufeng and said, "Captain Yu, like you, was a soldier before, and he was dissatisfied with the miasma in the Ming army, so he came to Jiangnan. ”

It turned out that the captain was also a deserter, and Chu Yuan was even less worried.

Yu Yufeng bowed to Chu Yuan and said, "I turned out to be President Qian under Liu Zeqing, but fortunately I left that bastard in time and had the honor to serve the young master." ”

Chu Yuan also shook his head and said, "I hope the captain will teach me more martial arts in the future." ”

A few days ago, Yu Yufeng showed his martial arts in public, and the nurses admired it all.

Yu Yufeng said: "I am also under the account of the young master, and I should teach myself." ”

After Chu Yuan left, Guo Wendong asked Yu Yufeng about the specific situation.

According to Yu Yufeng, Chu Yuan's physical fitness is very good, and he also has a good foundation in martial arts.

"You'll have to be busy in the future. As you know, I am buying land on a large scale, and my family business is big, and I need a large number of nursing homes to defend it, and I need to expand it to a few hundred people. ”

"I'm the young master's captain of the guard, this is what I should do."

"In the future, my fields will no longer be rented to tenants, but will be directly cultivated, and men between the ages of 18 and 30 will be recruited to cultivate crops on a regular basis and conduct militarized training during the slack period."

At this moment, Yu Yufeng was surprised.

Guo Wendong led him into the main room and closed the door.

Yu Yufeng is not a fledgling person, the young master did this, and his expression was serious, he estimated that the young master had more important things.

I only heard the young master say again: "The thieves are powerful, and they attacked Fengyang a few years ago. Now Li Chuang's strength is stronger, last winter, Li Chuang defeated the Ming army led by Sun Chuanting in Jiaxian, Henan, and the future of the Ming Dynasty is worrying! And the Emperor Taiji outside the Guanwai is eyeing the Guannei, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not enter the Central Plains. We need to be prepared to protect ourselves if an enemy comes. I want you to train the peasants I have recruited into qualified soldiers who can take up arms and fight at any time, can you do that? ”

Sure enough, it's a big thing, it's a big thing.

Guo Wendong looked at Yu Yufeng, and then said: "In the future, you will be the leader of my troops, and your income will be at least several times." Starting from the next month, your monthly salary will increase to eight taels of silver. ”

Yu Yufeng did not hesitate, knelt down to Guo Wendong, and said: "My subordinates are willing to go to the soup for the young master, and they will do their best." ”

Guo Wendong helped him up and said, "Come on, come on, let's eat together tonight." ”

After dark, Guo Wendong had dinner with Yu Yufeng in the east wing.

The dinner was very rich, with all kinds of seafood, beef and mutton made of modern condiments, and Guo Wendong occasionally served vegetables to him, which flattered Yu Yufeng.

"Yu Feng, who is in the family? But are they all in Nanjing? ”

"My humble father has passed away, my mother is close to the age of sixteen, my wife gave birth to a son and a daughter, a daughter is twelve, and a son is ten years old, all of whom have settled down in Nanjing with me."

Guo Wendong was very concerned about him, and asked again how the family was doing, whether his son was from literature or martial arts, and his mother was in good health.

"If Lingtang is uncomfortable, you can bring it to the hospital for free treatment, and if it is inconvenient to come, I will let Mrs. or Dr. Chen go."

Guo Wendong's concern for him is half-truths and half-truths, learning from the methods of ancient monarchs to win over his subordinates.

Hearing the young master's words, Yu Yufeng was very grateful for him so much, and even vowed to serve the young master in his heart.

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The Ming Dynasty household registration book has the name, place of origin, family property status, etc., because the booklet of the household delivery department is covered with yellow paper, so it is called the yellow book.