Just when Tang Zheng was exercising himself, Cheng Pu came back and brought back bad news. When Tang Zheng saw Cheng Pu, Cheng Pu was saying something to Cheng Ying, and the little girl's expression was very unhappy.

Seeing Tang Zheng coming, he said happily: "Brother Zheng is here, you haven't taken me out to play for a long time." ”

"I'm not busy learning horsemanship during this time, I'll definitely take you out to play when I have time." Tang Zheng said to Cheng Ying with a smile.

"Hmph, you're going to fool the kids, and you don't know when you have time." Cheng Ying said with some grievances: "Now the eldest brother doesn't play with me anymore, and Brother Zheng doesn't pay attention to me." I won't be with you in the future, unless you go with me today. Tang Zheng and Cheng Pu smiled and shook their heads, there was nothing they could do with Cheng Ying.

At this time, Grandpa Cheng came,

"Girl, today your eldest brother and Brother Zheng have something to discuss, you can go play by yourself first." Cheng Ying can be coquettish to Cheng Pu and Tang Zheng, but he doesn't dare to his grandfather.

It's not that grandpa doesn't like her, it's just that Grandpa Cheng is more strict with her. Cheng Ying had no choice but to pout and leave.

"What's the matter with my eldest brother coming back today?" Tang Zheng said to Cheng Pu.

"Brother Wei came back today to discuss something with you, and Brother Wei plans to resign from the post of warden."

"Why did you quit, not to do well." Grandpa Cheng interrupted Cheng Pu without waiting for him to finish speaking, and although the warden was not in this era, he was also a celebrity around the county order.

rashly heard that Cheng Pu was going to resign, and Grandpa Cheng was also surprised.

"Father, listen to me first." Cheng Pu shook his head and continued: "The imperial court received news that someone in Julu was going to revolt and rebel, but the imperial court did not pay attention to it, and only ordered all states and counties to strictly investigate. For example, today is already in chaos, bandits are everywhere, and the people are struggling to make a living, but the court has done nothing. So I was going to resign as a warden and join the army. ”

"Big brother, what is your goal? Or maybe someone said something to the eldest brother. Tang Zheng is not surprised that Cheng Pu has this kind of thought, and Cheng Pu in history is also brave and strategic.

According to the development of history, Cheng Pu should have defected to Yuan Shao first, and then he followed Sun Jian after he was not taken seriously. I don't know if it's because of Tang Zheng's influence, Cheng Pu has no plans to take refuge with anyone now.

"What is my goal there, but if there is chaos and bandits all over the place, and now the saint has nothing to do and only cares about his own pleasure, Liu Hanjiangshan is afraid that it will be over. I'm just looking for self-preservation. ”

"Are you thinking too much, although it is not very peaceful today, in case the saint suddenly wakes up, and there is the help of the princes in the court, it is only a matter of time before the world is prosperous." Grandpa Cheng said with some indifference.

"But now the princes of the court and the eunuchs in the palace are pouring into each other, and the court is full of miasma, and in the past few years, there has been a drought every year, and the crops have not been harvested, and the taxes have not been reduced by half a cent, but they are constantly increasing the taxes every year, how long can the Han sit on this way." Cheng Pu shook his head, and was already dissatisfied with the princes and saints in the court.

Grandpa Cheng seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Tang Zheng.

"It's not surprising that the eldest brother has such an idea, Grandpa Cheng only saw the harvest in our village but didn't know that if today, there would be a great drought in the country, coupled with serious land annexation and heavy taxes, and the peasants would not be able to survive for a long time. Besides, the homeless grandfather we recruited some time ago also saw what kind of situation they were. It's not that people can't afford to eat, and even if they don't have land to cultivate, they can't eat enough. Grandpa Cheng's face was dejected, and he didn't say anything anymore.

Tang Zheng knew that in this era, under the influence of the patriotic idea of loyalty, Grandpa Cheng felt that the sky was about to fall, and he felt uncomfortable, which was for sure.

But Tang Zheng didn't know how to persuade the old man, so he could only let him slowly figure it out by himself.

"Since the eldest brother intends to join the army, why not seek the position of county lieutenant of Tuyin, the younger brother heard that the post of county lieutenant has been vacant for a long time. What's more, the eldest brother has worked hard for Xu County for all these years. Presumably, the county order will sell the eldest brother a face. Tang Zheng said that the head was the Tao, and Cheng Pu was also excited.

"Once the eldest brother wins the post of county lieutenant, we can recruit troops in the name of suppressing bandits, and we will be invincible in the future, whether it is self-preservation or what the purpose is." Cheng Pu felt very reasonable after listening to Tang Zheng.

"After listening to what my younger brother said, I also think it is feasible to be a brother, although I am familiar with martial arts, I don't know the military formation."

"Big brother, don't worry, no one is born to know everything, they all learn and learn in the process of moving forward, besides, isn't there a younger brother?" Tang Zheng showed Cheng Pu the results of his training during this time.

"Could it be that the training method of the junior brother can be popularized and anyone can learn it? Is the younger brother willing to teach others? Cheng Pu asked in surprise.

You must know that this era is not like what to learn like later generations, and there are a lot of results from a search on the Internet. Now the emphasis is on the father to the son, the son to the grandson, the son not to the daughter, there are many masters who have to keep a hand when teaching apprentices.

What's more, the military family is righteous, and you must know that military training has always been a secret of the soldiers.

"The eldest brother just has to fight for the position of county lieutenant, and the younger brother is responsible for the rest." Tang Zheng said nonchalantly.

"Only with soldiers and horses in our hands can we have a certain amount of self-preservation." Grandpa Cheng listened to the rebellious conversation between the two brothers beside him, and his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly turned around and went out, out of sight and out of mind.

Cheng Pu is also the first time that he feels that his little brother who came back is more capable than himself. Cheng Pu has never felt that he is inferior to others, and he can also put himself in the same position as others.

This time, Cheng Pu felt that he was not as good as his little brother. Both of them had no interest in talking, and Tang Zheng confessed to Cheng Pu and returned to the room.

The next day, Cheng Pu returned to the county early in the morning, and he didn't say goodbye to Tang Zheng, but just asked Cheng Ying to tell Tang Zheng to wait for his news.

Tang Zheng was also too lazy to be idle, except for the five-kilometer cross-country running that could not be touched by thunder in the morning and evening, the other training was appropriately reduced.

Tang Zheng has been accompanying Cheng Ying everywhere in the past few days, and Cheng Ying is also happy these days. This kind of life didn't end until Cheng Pu's return five days later.

Cheng Pu brought back his appointment as a county lieutenant, and the Xu county order also allowed him to recruit 500 village warriors to suppress the bandits.

Tang Zheng and Cheng Pu were locked in the study for a long time to discuss, and when Cheng Pu came out, he immediately returned to the county seat, and Tang Zheng also went to discuss things with Grandpa Cheng.

"You said you want to recruit a group of displaced people? I also need to recruit some craftsmen. Blacksmiths and masons still have a majority? Boy, although I don't know what you and Demou are planning, but recruiting so many people will not last long. Grandpa Cheng said worriedly.

"Grandpa's food, you can rest assured that the five hundred homeless people recruited are allowed by the county order, and the county is responsible for this part of the grain. By the way, these 500 people were recruited by the eldest brother after he became the county lieutenant, and the county ordered him to recruit them to suppress the bandits. Among them, only the craftsmen need to be responsible for ourselves, and there are too few craftsmen in the village, and the blacksmith can only make some iron nails or something. Tang Zheng has long wanted to recruit a group of craftsmen, and Tang Zheng's idea is to build a city based on the current village.

The conditions of the village are good, the back is against the mountain, the two branches of the mountain are like a pair of hands holding the village in their arms, and building a wall at the entrance of the village is in danger of being closed by a husband and ten thousand people.

Taking advantage of this time, Tang Zheng wanted to build the city wall first. Grandpa Cheng didn't say anything anymore and turned around to make arrangements.

Tang Zheng also went to the construction site to find Cheng Hu and Erniu, Cheng Hu is now responsible for the firing of cement, Erniu is the grandson of Cheng's housekeeper and Tang Zheng is about the same as the second in the ranking is called Cheng Mo, as his name suggests, he is as strong as a cow, but he is silent, because Cheng Ying, who is second in line, has been calling him Brother Erniu, and everyone has begun to call him Erniu.

Cheng Mo is now responsible for digging coal because of his strength. Tang Zheng looked for the two of them mainly to recruit 500 county soldiers, Tang Zheng told the matter, Cheng Mo and Cheng Hu both said that they didn't want to dig coal and burn cement and wanted to join the army, Tang Zheng also agreed to let them go to the mine and cement kiln to select a group of strong young people.

The only son in the family is usually treacherous, don't do things. After explaining these things, Tang Zheng also went back, now the soldiers are easy to find, it is not easy to get weapons and equipment, especially armor, in the Han Dynasty, it is generally the elite of the elite to wear armor, for example, so-and-so has seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers, of which one-third of the armored soldiers can be good.

Tang Zheng wanted to build these 500 county soldiers into the backbone first, and then develop and grow with these 500 county soldiers. Now don't talk about the armor, even the cowhide for making leather armor is not there, and the weapon Tang Zheng thought about it was built according to the standard Mo knife of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Mo knife was a famous killer. As for the armor, Tang Zheng hasn't thought about it yet, the armor of each dynasty has its own strengths and weaknesses, such as the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was strong and had many cavalry, so the armor of the Tang Dynasty was mainly light, and the Song Dynasty lost the land of Yanyun at the beginning of the founding of the country, and did not produce cavalry, so the heavy infantry of the Song Dynasty, their heavy armor and infantry armor were the existence of a hard confrontation with the cavalry.

Tang Zheng didn't think about it for the time being, and everything would wait until the craftsmen were recruited.