On the potholed dirt road, a group of people drove ox carts and pulled full loads of goods to the county seat.

This group of people is the volunteers, and Zhang Lin is the person in charge and goes to recruit people.

Touching a handful of sweat, Zhang Lin asked, "Li Si, how far is it!" ”

From the morning departure, it was already past the hour, and I walked for most of the day, untied the water bladder and poured a few mouthfuls.

Li Si ran over and said, "Platoon commander, according to this rush, there will be another hour." ”

Zhang Lin nodded, close to the county seat, and there were obviously more villages on the far side of the road, "Well, stop and rest, Li Si, you take the volunteers to publicize!" ”

Li Si took more than 50 volunteers, put down his spear, and then ran into the village to start propaganda.

There were no less than ten such things along the way, that is, when they saw that the official road was not far away, some villages sent volunteers over to inform the people of those villages that the volunteers recruited people to work, and there were fifteen copper coins a day, plus three meals a day.

With such favorable conditions, the people who couldn't eat enough at home were very excited, but they didn't know if it was true, and they still had a wait-and-see mentality, so the volunteers found five young people in that village, each with fifty copper plates, and asked them to go to Zhangjia Village to inquire about the truth of the matter. When the young man returns, he will know if it is true.

The people let down their guard against the volunteers, in fact, they have observed the volunteers, first of all, although the volunteers are dressed in sackcloth, everyone is dressed neatly, and the sackcloth is new, and the volunteers walk neatly, they don't look like bad people, the tone, and the demeanor of walking give people a righteous and awe-inspiring look, uh, that is, the hair seems to be a little wrong.

But who cares about this, people didn't rob your baby, people love short hair, look at the volunteers' faces are ruddy and clean, compared to those people who are wearing tattered linen clothes and look dirty, the volunteers' score can be scored ninety.

Although you can't just see the surface when you look at people, the volunteers are too deceptive, giving people the feeling that they are from big families, otherwise everyone has a ruddy face and a straight chest when they walk, and they all have a feeling of being a tiger. I don't know how much worse it is from those people who are pale and dispalicated!

The Volunteers went all the way, all the way to publicize the recruitment information of the chief.

"Village Chief, it's a big deal, look outside!"

The name of the village saw a group of strange people coming, and then stopped outside the village, a little frightened, fortunately those people did not have weapons in their hands, otherwise the name of the village would not have run away to inform the village chief, but fled directly from the village.

The village chief is an old man who is over half a hundred years old, and his brows furrowed when he heard the villagers' reports, could it be that he is a military ruffian from somewhere.

"Where are they now?"

The villager said, "Those people stopped outside the village, as if waiting for the principal to go out and talk to them about things. ”

The village chief almost died of anger, if those people are unreasonable, cut him with a knife, who to reason, you come to me, just let me explore the risk, it's okay, if something goes wrong, the person who goes up to talk about things will definitely be the first to be unlucky!

However, he is the head of the village, and in this village of five hundred people, his status is considered the highest, and if he does not come forward, who will come forward.

The village chief came out on crutches, the village was fenced with wood, usually to prevent wild beasts or something, really going to fight, these wooden fences are useless, there is no one at the entrance of the village, they are so frightened that they run home to hide.

The village chief is on crutches, followed by five young and strong people, and several people are downcast, there is a feeling that the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return!

The village chief took a few people out outside, looked at the people who came in a neat row of five elements, and stood there quietly without saying a word, but the village chief clearly felt a burst of momentum rushing towards him, and almost knelt down.

Although the village chief is over half a hundred years old and very old, he didn't dare to rely on the old man and sell the old, so he stepped forward respectfully and asked carefully, "Master Jun, I am the village chief here, do you have any instructions for coming to our Zhaojiazhuang?" ”

Li Si came out of the queue, he was used to this kind of compliment from the people, he was quite happy at the beginning, and it was like that after more, but he still enjoyed this kind of compliment from others, Li Si was a poor tenant before, who would compliment him, not to mention a "big man" like the village chief, others complimented him, it was because of the volunteers behind him, this Li Si still understood. "We are volunteers, and the chief needs a large number of people to help us do things, so let's come out and recruit people, and each person's salary is fifteen wen a day, plus three full meals a day. I know you won't be able to, take it, this is for you, you can send a few descendants to listen to it, the place is Zhangjia Village, you can follow the official road. ”

Li Si gave the village chief a small cloth bag, which was 100 yuan, and gave them the passage fee, "By the way, there are many villages near here, after you find out the truth of the matter, if you want to earn copper money, you can go over and do things yourself, and help us publicize by the way." "It's not too much to take the money and help promote it by the way.

Li Si returned to the queue and shouted, "Turn back and walk in unison." ”

The Volunteers left the village chief with a background and just left. The village chief and a few young and strong men stood there in a daze, looking at the volunteers who were getting farther and farther away. The village chief opened the cloth bag, which contained copper coins, checked them with his hands, and guessed the appearance of a hundred coins with experience.

The village chief is older and has seen a lot of things, but some strange people, the village chief has an indescribable weirdness, but in the eyes of those people, the village chief sees justice and awe-inspiring, more like officers and soldiers than the court officers and soldiers he has seen.

As for whether it will be a thief, the village chief tried to ask himself if he would not be wrong, if it was really a bandit, a bandit or something, those people were full of tyranny in their eyes, killing and killing, and the old man was cold in his eyes, and it was difficult to hide the killing in his eyes.

But in the eyes of these people, although there are also killings, the village chief feels that they kill people as a matter of course, above board, what kind of person is this!

Several people behind him also heard Li Si's words and looked at each other, "Village Chief, are you saying true!" ”

Zhao Shu hoped that what that person said was true, the five younger siblings in the family only had a bowl of clear porridge with few rice grains every day, and for a young man like him, there was enough to eat! His eyes were not as sharp as the village chief, but he felt that those people were very powerful.

The village chief believed Li Si's words, such a righteous person, plus he dressed so cleanly, it was only found by those rich and big families, just look at their complexions.

The village chief, "Things should be right, a few of you take ten documents in front of each other, go to Zhangjia Village that person said to inquire, and come back to make plans." ”

After saying that, he gave everyone ten cents of copper coins everywhere.

Although I believe eighty percent, but I have to see it myself, so that people can do things in the past, and now a season of rice has been harvested, and the people are idle at home. Because some time ago, the government took away fifty percent of the grain, and some of the people went to the county to see if they could find a livelihood.

A few people put away the copper coins and began to hurry.

The people who were hiding in the village, seeing the departure of the volunteers, did not look back, and ran out to ask what was going on.

The village chief relayed Li Si's words, and when he heard such news, he was a little moved, he had a hard time these days, and there were fewer ways to make money, but now that he has a way, of course he wants to go and see it.

The village chief said, "I asked Zhao Shu to inquire about the situation, and they will know what's going on when they come back tomorrow, so let's go back, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!" ”

The village chief spoke, and the people all talked and left.

Li Si took the volunteers back to the resting place, "Platoon commander, the matter is done." ”

Zhang Lin: "Disband, let's rest, wait for lunch before leaving." ”

All the way down, I didn't encounter any special circumstances, it's okay, in fact, it's those bandits, or some thieves and the like, pulling so many things, Zhang Lin doesn't believe that those thieves don't have eyeliner, and many people he met along the way, maybe there are spies of thieves, but there are too many people, so you can't catch all the people you meet.

The thieves have not yet acted, and the reason may be that they see that the volunteers are not easy to provoke, and whether a team can eat them, but those thieves are experienced, and when they see the way the volunteers march, they retreat very familiarly.

The volunteers all held spears, walked straight and mighty, walked in a neat line, every movement made the previous spies frightened, this is much stronger than those county officers and soldiers, don't look at only a hundred people, but if you want to eat these people, the difficulty is not ordinary.

Zhang Lin stopped to rest for an hour before setting off again. The rest of the journey is not far away.

Zhang Lin and they rested on the side of the road, because of the proximity to the county seat, many caravans passed by, and these caravans were protected by dozens of people, and they did not stop when they saw the volunteers.