As soon as I walked out of the courtyard, there was a rush of gongs and drums on the side of the school yard, followed by bursts of cheers.

Han Xiufeng was wondering who had eaten the bear-hearted leopard and dared to beat the gong and drum, and the big head said happily: "Fourth brother, those turtle sons are afraid of being looked down upon, and they are playing with knives and sticks. It's similar to those performers on the flyover, taking turns to fight, but it's lively! ”

Thinking that Zhili not only has a strong folk style, but also has a tradition of practicing martial arts, during the New Year's festival or when it comes to the market, some young people who like to show off can't help but jump out and show their hands, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but laugh and said: "These turtle sons, just play it, and even beat gongs and drums to cheer up." ”

"Anyway, being idle is idle, it's better to be lively than not to be lively," the big head likes to join in this kind of fun, and grinned again: "Besides, it's not for them to play by themselves, it's Master Yongxiang and Yang Debiao who let them show their hands." They are all locals, and some of them have known each other before, and this trick is very energetic, and no one wants to compare with the other. ”

The people over there in Yangzhou weren't so noisy, Su Jueming felt funny, and couldn't help but ask as he followed: "Mr. Yuan Qian, so many of them have all practiced martial arts, they are all practicing families, and they can use both hands?" ”

"It should be, but it's just fun, looking at the excitement, I can really clean up three or five of them!" The big head said proudly.

Han Xiufeng scolded with a smile: "There is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world, don't talk too much." You must know that this is Zhili, not Taizhou. Even in Taizhou, someone can beat you. ”

"Who in Taizhou can beat me?"

"You are really a noble person who forgets things, how did you forget Lao Jiu to clean you up?"

"Lao Jiu, ......" mentioned Liang Jiu, scratched his neck, and said with an embarrassed face: "Lao Jiu can't be counted, Lao Jiu has really practiced." Besides, it's not like I can't beat him, I'm letting him. Fourth brother, if you don't believe it, go and ask Ji Er, is it my strength or Lao Jiu's strength. ”

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that you are as thick as a cow, and Liang Jiu is naturally not as big as you in terms of strength, but you are brute force. usually makes a move, Liang Jiu can play you around. If you really fight to the death, Liang Jiu can kill you with a single look. But these words will not be said, because it is useless to say them, after all, expecting him to practice martial arts is as unreliable as expecting him to study.

Just as he didn't know what to say, Ji Da and a middle-aged Confucian student came from the entrance of the crowded village.

"Late Yun Qijun, meet Master Han!"

Han Xiufeng stopped, smiled at Yun Qijun, who trotted forward and bowed down as soon as he saw it, and asked, "Brother Ergan, why are you so free to come here today?" ”

Ji Yunfei's student, Yun Qijun, took out a letter from his sleeve, presented it respectfully, bowed down again, and said: "Master Han, when the teacher returned to Beijing, I was worried that Master Han was a newcomer and there was no one around him, so Qijun had the courage to recommend himself and come to work. ”

Han Xiufeng had expected him to come, so he bowed back, and then while opening Ji Yunfei's letter, he reminded with a smile: "Brother Ergan, you are willing to come to my river camp to serve, I can't ask for it." However, the river camp is not as good as other yamen, not only does it not have much oil and water, but it may also have to go into battle! ”

"Master Han rest assured, Qi Jun has already thought about it, my Qing Dynasty is in an eventful autumn, and my generation of scholars should serve the imperial court from Rong, besides, Master Han, are you not a civil official?"

Han Xiufeng didn't want to go around in circles with him, and he didn't have the time to be polite with him, so after reading Ji Yunfei's letter, he asked, "Is everything arranged at home?" ”

"Master Xie Han cares, and all the family affairs have been arranged." Yun Qijun, who was rich and dangerous, didn't think that he would be able to be named on the gold list in another two years, was really open-minded, and arched his hand and said sideways: "Master Han, Qijun didn't come alone, the last time I came, I heard that you were recruiting soldiers, and Qijun had the courage to bring twenty young people, all of whom were innocent, honest and reliable Zhuangli disciples. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect him to come with someone, put away the letter and asked, "Brother Ergan, are you willing to guarantee them?" ”

"Ki-joon is willing."

"Okay, since you're here, let's stay." Han Xiufeng beckoned him to go to the school field together, and said with a smile: "Brother Ergan, you are different from Dezhong, you have a meritorious reputation, you are a person in the township, since you came to work in my river camp, you can't be without a reputation." As soon as Ming'er morning, the official submitted a letter to the Provincial Department to help you ask Lord Wu for an errand to help with the camp. ”

Yun Qijun was waiting for this sentence, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Master Xie Han takes care of it, and Master Xie Han carries it." ”

"Thank you, thank you, you are Master Ji's protégé, this official is both Master Ji's fellow countryman and Master Ji's junior, such as a fake family, since it is a family, there is no need to say two families."

Having a teacher is different, thinking that there is a commission of the Taoist Department, it will be much easier to find a proper lack in the future, Yun Qijun was overjoyed with excitement, and bowed down to thank him.

Han Xiufeng didn't care about being polite with him, so he led them to the entrance of the village, and the people who gathered around the school field to watch the excitement gave way, and Cui Hao, who was sitting on the pergola that he had just built yesterday afternoon and talking to a group of gentry, got up and said: "Qin Ci Segu Batulu is known as Qin Jia Zheng Wupin Top Belt Wearing Flower Feather, acting on the south bank of the Yongding River, and Master Han is here!" ”

With Cui Hao's shout, Chen Chongtong and more than a dozen gentry sitting on both sides of the pergola stood up to greet each other. Yongxiang, Yang Debiao, Guan Pengcheng and other military attachés who were watching the excitement just now hurriedly ran to the pergola to pay their respects.

In such a cold day, the offspring who was boxing bare-chested didn't dare to fight anymore, and he couldn't even take care of his clothes, so he fell to his knees with a pop. The more than 300 young people from all over the village who sat around the school field watched the excitement, or laughed and played, or ate snacks, did not dare to be as unscrupulous as before, some were busy getting up, and some just turned over and knelt down.

Without waiting for Chen Chongtong to speak, an old gentleman in his sixties bowed down and said: "The student Yongqing County Hemp Zizhuang Wang is blessed to visit Master Han, the student is late, and he begs Master Han for forgiveness." ”

Although this is an old boy who has failed many times, he is a figure with a head and a face in Yongqing County, especially in the area of hemp, with thousands of acres of land at home, the most powerful piece of land next to Huangzhuang, and there is also an industry in the capital, and it is said that there is a nephew who was admitted to the juren and is now an official in Shandong.

Han Xiufeng was as polite as ever, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Ask Xiufeng for forgiveness, why did you say this, Xiufeng has just arrived, and it is not too late for you to come at all!" ”

There was a talented Wang Youfu in the family, and he really wanted the old Wang family to produce one or two more military attachés, so he pointed sideways to the twenty or so villagers sitting on the edge of the school field and said proudly: "Master Han, didn't you say that the regimental training in the village was good when you deigned to come to the cold house last time, and the old man sent all the descendants who gave you martial arts that day." When you get here, they are all your soldiers, and if you don't listen to your orders, you will not be able to make a lesson, and you will not be able to make a weapon, and you will not be able to give face to the old decay. ”

"You always sent them all here, so won't there be no one in the village?"

"If you want to talk about young students, there are many in the village. Master Han, if you are worried that there are not enough people here, it is okay for the old man to go back and help you recruit another twenty or thirty. ”

How could Han Xiufeng not know what these gentry thought, they now lack everything but people, even if these people sent are all killed in battle, they will not feel distressed, but will make a big splash to win the reputation of "Loyal Village", because these are all distant nephews and even tenants' babies.

It would be better if one or two could make meritorious contributions, which would not only show the status of his old Wang family, but also those descendants who risked their lives to win an official and a half-position could not forget them, these clan elders, and no matter what happened to the family or even the village, they naturally could not sit idly by.

In short, these gentry at the feet of the Son of Heaven are shrewd, and no one will make a loss-making deal.

Han Xiufeng beckoned him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Enough, enough, enough, if you really want to send another twenty or thirty people, the official really doesn't dare to accept it, because the Communist Party is so much food and salary, and he can't afford to accept it again." ”

"Master Han is really good at laughing."

"This official is really not joking, Brother Yixiang, has Old Man Chen from Bajiao Village, Wanping County, arrived?"

"Master Han, Old Man Chen hasn't arrived yet, but the next official estimates that it's almost there." Chen Chongtong hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Then let's wait a little longer, it's not in a hurry anyway."

"Why don't you send someone to the ferry to take a look?"

"No need, sit down, let's talk and wait," Han Xiufeng sat on the top of the crowd, this pergola was carefully arranged by Chen Chongtong yesterday afternoon, not only in the tent set up a red gourd blue Luo table red silk umbrella, but also erected four wooden signs on both sides of the main seat.

The outermost two sides are quiet and avoidant, and the two sides on the inside are the official title plates used when traveling, one side is engraved with the name of Qin Ci Segu Batulu, and the other side is engraved with the words of the same knowledge of the south bank of the Yongding River with the top belt of the five products of Qin Jiazheng, in the words of Chen Chongtong, without these ceremonial guards, it will not be able to show the prestige.

Looking at Ji Daji and the others who were on the side of the division with their waist knives, as well as a group of barracks clerks from the Provincial Administration and the secretary of the Yamen of the River Hall, Han Xiufeng secretly smiled and said that he had been an official for so long, and today was the first time that he was a bit official, at least he had the honor guard of the official master.

I don't know if Yongxiang is too uncomfortable in Beijing, but he also likes to be lively, so he actually smiled and asked: "Master Han, those young and strong swords and guns just now played well, if you don't let them continue to play, you will sit here anyway and wait." ”

Today's people are not only young and strong people from more than a dozen villages in three counties, but also people from ten miles and eight townships who heard the news and rushed to see the lively people, the school field has been surrounded by water, and the trees and even the roofs around the school are full of babies, more than the people who rushed to the big market.

It was very lively just now, Han Xiufeng didn't want to spoil the excitement of the big guys, so he picked up the tea offered by a bookstore and said with a smile: "Let's go on, this official has also opened his eyes." ”

"Huh!"

The people who could be sent here were all the gentry who sat on both sides, and the sturdy offspring carefully selected from their respective villages, and most of them had practiced martial arts, and they were already village warriors before they came. In Yongxiang's opinion, they are all good soldiers, and they are not known how many times stronger than those Eight Banners disciples in the capital who are eating and waiting for death, so he turned around and walked in front of everyone, and shouted at the top of his voice: "It was the horse farm just now, and then it is the turn of Nan Erbao, and one of the brothers of Nan Erbao came out, showing his hands for Master Han to see." ”

Without waiting for the young man below to speak, the rich man Xu of Nanerbao got up and said: "Xu Sankui, I didn't hear Master Yongxiang call you, hurry up and play a set of punches, and you will be rewarded for your fight!" ”

"Yes."

As soon as the rich man finished speaking, a sturdy man got up and ran to the pergola, wrapped the whip around his neck, bowed down and said, "Little Xu Sankui, give you a set of back punches." After finishing speaking, he straightened up, like a showman, and made a circle of gestures, and then started fighting.

The drum sounded again, and the drummer seemed to have a tacit understanding with Xu Sankui, who was boxing, and the drum beat was all on the idea of punching or closing the punch, and won bursts of applause.

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