As the sun sets, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians and caravans on the official road during the day. Standing on the top of the slope and looking out, you can vaguely see the Laifeng Station in the distance.

As the saying goes, "looking at the mountain and running a dead horse", it looks like it's not far away, but it will be dark when you get there.

Chen Hu accompanied Hong'er, who was pregnant with Liujia and had difficulty moving, to relieve his hands in the woods, and lifted Fuhong'er up the pole, and was about to let the porters continue to hurry, when he suddenly found that Fei Erye was standing under a tree and looking down to the north.

"Fourth master, it's not early, we have to hurry." Chen Hu led the horse to Han Xiufeng, who was teasing the baby, and reminded.

The Han family has added Ding!

Qin'er helped Han Xiufeng give birth to a big fat boy in Baipingyi in Leping County, Shanxi, and it was precisely because she couldn't hurry up after giving birth to a baby, so she was delayed on the road for nearly two months.

Han Xiufeng was holding in his arms the young master of the Han family, who had just been born for sixty-three days, and Second Master Fei and Gao Yunfeng helped think of more than a dozen good names, but Han Xiufeng didn't adopt any of them. I named the baby Han Shilu, and when I heard it, I knew that the little master was born on the road.

Han Xiufeng carefully handed the baby to Qin'er, who was sitting on the pole, looked back and said with a smile: "The hometown is timid, the second master is homesick." ”

Chen Hu subconsciously asked, "Didn't you come to Fengyi ahead?" ”

"Laifengyi is in the territory of Bishan, the bottom of our feet is the boundary of Bishan, the county seat of Bishan is in the north, and the second master is not far from the county seat, so he looks north."

"It turns out that it has arrived, then I will ask Chen Bu to accompany him back to the old man's house for a while."

"You are right, we are in the southernmost part of Bishan, far away from Bishan County."

"How far is it to your house, and how many days will it take?"

"I'm not far away, come to Fengyi is to go to the horse gang, get up early tomorrow, and you can almost arrive tomorrow afternoon."

As soon as Han Xiufeng's words fell, Second Master Fei suddenly turned around and walked over and said, "Walk along the stream with the fragrance of grass and trees, and turn to the platform water." The peach blossoms on the other side smiled at me, and the catkins across the bridge were busier than people. There are many new shops in the wine flag and wild trails, and the fishing boats are like hometowns. Drunk and gossiping with his neighbor for a long time, Xi Tong urged him to say goodbye to the slanting sun! Zhixing, Qin'er, it's almost rest, if you don't hurry up, the mountain gate of Fengyi will be closed. ”

Han Xiufeng said with a smile while motioning for the porters to set off: "Let's go, listen to your old man, hurry up and go to Fengyi and let them taste the phoenix!" ”

Qin'er asked curiously: "Fourth brother, what kind of fish is the anchovy, is it delicious?" ”

Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Fei Er Ye shook his head and said: "Laifengyi has been the land of fish and rice since ancient times, Ba Zhiyun in "Huayang National Chronicles": soil plants and mountains, livestock and six animals, silkworms, hemp, fish, and salt are all tribute. Our "Bishan Chronicles" also contains: the genus of scales includes river carp, cliff carp, silver carp, trout, seven-star fish, red tip fish, sub-scarf fish, etc. Qin'er, Zhixing said that the phoenix is not a kind of fish, and the seven-star fish, red tip fish and blue peeled fish produced in the Fengbi South River, the taste is extremely delicious, for the tribute of the past dynasties, you rarely come to Fengyi once, you must not taste! ”

Although the journey was hard, it was not lonely to be accompanied by two masters who had read the books of the sages. Everywhere they went, Fei Erye and Gao Yunfeng could quote scriptures and tell everyone about the history and allusions of this place like a storyteller.

Qin'er was about to say that she must try it, but Gao Yunfeng suddenly smiled and said: "Second master, the poem you chanted just now is really appropriate, especially the last sentence 'Xi Tong urges farewell to the slanting sun', which can be called the finishing touch." ”

"That was Yang Geng, who was the prefect of Wuchang in Hubei during the Jiaqing Dynasty, and the poem was written by Yang Geng, who was a person who was the prefect of Wuchang, Hubei, and wrote a poem when he passed by the mountain at our feet, and the poem was called "March 5 to Fengyi Diaoyutai to drink". Second Master Fei paused, shook his head and said: "During the Daoguang period, Wang Mengeng, the then prefect of Chongqing, came to Fengyi, and also left a poem: The ancient post is vast and falls in the west, and the Fengyu of Linqiong is amazing. The thousand-year-old cliff is looking for Dan holes, and the hundred-foot-high Wu remembers the old habitat ......"

Although Qin'er didn't understand it, she felt that the old man was singing all good poems, not to mention that this poem was still written by the Lord of Futai during the Daoguang Dynasty, and habitually probed and advised: "Shi Chang, did you hear it, I will recite the two poems that the second master said tonight." ”

The little guy sitting in Han Xiufeng's arms riding a horse together was pitiful with his little head on his back, Han Xiufeng stroked his head and said: "These two poems are very good, and my father is also the first time I have heard of them, and my father will recite them with you later." ”

"Okay, I'll carry it with you."

……

While walking, listening to Fei Erye and Gao Yunfeng's poems, time flew by, and before he knew it, he rushed to Laifengyi.

Although you don't need to pay for the room in the official post, the environment of the official post is really not as good as the inn, so everyone did not go straight to the official post as usual, but picked an inn that looked relatively clean.

Coming to Fengyi was as lively as the post shops on the official road of Chengdu and Chongqing that I had passed by before, and the stinky boys such as Chen Hu, Ge Erxiao and Chen Bupanic waited for the porters to put down their luggage, and then went shopping while looking for a place to eat.

In fact, you don't have to deliberately look for it, the inn is surrounded by restaurants and restaurants. Han Xiufeng and Qin'er waited in the inn for a long time, and Lilac came to say that Chen Hu and they had bought the food.

As before, there are two tables.

The men ate in one room, and the women and the children ate in the same room.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into Chen Bu's house, Chen Hu asked curiously: "Fourth master, why are the guards stationed in Fengyi neither the Yamen nor the shop soldiers of the post station, and they are not the Baozheng Armor Chief, but they are all some village warriors, and they still stop me for interrogation!" ”

Han Xiufeng beckoned Second Master Fei and Gao Yunfeng to sit down, and explained: "Actually, it's not a village warrior, but a group practice. ”

"Team training is not the same thing as Xiangyong?"

"Only those who help the officers and soldiers to suppress bandits and quell chaos are called village bravery, and those who wash away thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and vicious gangsters at their own doorstep, and protect the territory and the people are called group training."

"But our Hai'an's group training is not as wide as those outside the group training tube."

"A place is different from a place, the people of Hai'an are simple, there are not so many thieves, and there are many respected gentry, if the people encounter something, they don't have to go to the yamen to sue the officials, just go to the gentry such as Dean Gu. And we not only have a lot of immigrants here, but also because the mountains and the land have been peaceful for a long time, and there are also many displaced people who have nothing to do. ”

Han Xiufeng sandwiched a piece of "Coming to the Anchovy", and continued: "The five sides are miscellaneous, the customs are not pure, and there are even prunes...... That is, bandits, forming groups of gangs, hiding knives and axes, robbing during the day and robbing at night. The yamen can have a few officials, and they can't even manage the city, let alone the countryside. Therefore, it is rare to hold group exercises in other places, but it is normal in our place. ”

Speaking of these, Fei Er Ye had something to say: "Sichuan is not as good as you Jiangsu, our Sichuan literary style is not prosperous, and there are not many scholars in the city, let alone the countryside." In addition, there are people everywhere, so the countryside is a family name without a family name, and there is no defense of rudeness, even if it is a gentleman's family, there is rarely a spectrum! ”

Chen Hu subconsciously asked: "So you say that the countryside relies on regimental training?" ”

"That's true, but it's not entirely true."

Han Xiufeng took over the conversation and patiently explained: "Because there are many people from other places, the yamen asked people from various provinces to elect a guest chief and let the guest chief help manage it; We call the market here a rush, so each town elects a respectable field covenant in the same way as the other places elect the township covenant; The yamen's money and grain taxes can't be collected without help, and Baozheng Jiachang does this. As for public security, it has to rely on group training. So it's good to come to Fengyi, or to go to Magang in my hometown, there are several people who are really in charge. ”

"The guest chief, the field appointment, the chief of the Baozheng and the regiment?"

"Yes, but each regiment will not only have a regimental correction, but also a supervisor. One article and one martial arts, the supervisor is generally filled by the civil supervisor, and the regiment is generally filled by the military supervisor. ”

"Zhixing, you said it earlier." Second Master Fei couldn't help but correct: "In the past, all ordinary incidents such as land, marriage, and debt quarrels were not allowed to be interfered with by all regiments. Now the management of each regiment is getting wider and wider, and even the money and debts are resolved at any time, so that the people of ten miles and eight towns only know the regiment training but do not know how to protect the armor. ”

"Think about it, in the final analysis, there are many people in the group training, and only the team training can serve the public." Han Xiufeng nodded, thought about it and looked at everyone again: "An Min Mo is not good at eliminating thieves, and Mi Thieves are not good at training groups." Therefore, the regimental training here is more domineering than the officials in your hometown, and the charter of the regimental training in Ba County clearly reads: In case of robbery during the day, take it and send it for investigation, if you dare to resist arrest, you will be killed; If you dig a hole at night and enter the house, steal pigs, cattle, food and clothing, and send them for treatment, if you dare to temporarily refuse to hurt the victim, you will also be killed; ”

"Are they okay with their lives?"

"As long as the dead are bad people, it's fine."

Yang Dacheng didn't expect the group training in this place to be so ruthless, and felt that it was interesting to follow Master Han to hold a group practice here, so he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Fourth Master, why can you kill a thief who robs during the day as long as the thief resists arrest, and when he encounters a thief who robs at night, he has to wait for the thief to hurt the victim before he can be killed?" ”

"Why don't you even understand this," Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Chen Hu turned around and said: "Those who rob in broad daylight are bold, almost like rebellion, of course, they must be killed." The robbery at night shows that the person is cowardly, he only dares to steal and rob, and he does not dare to rebel, so he naturally does not need to be ruthless. ”

"And this said, then if I am a thief, I will not rob it during the day, I will steal and rob it at night." Yang Dacheng grinned.

"A dog can't spit out ivory!" Chen Hu glared at him, turned around and asked, "Fourth Master, it's a bit interesting to hold a group exercise according to what you say." ”

"What do you mean?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, picked up the bowl and said, "Not to mention that I don't think it's interesting, even if it's really interesting, I don't need to do it." ”

"This is natural, you don't need to bother with this kind of thing, just let a few of us do it."

"I don't mean that, I mean that Ba County lacks everything but team training."

"Quite a few already?" Chen Hu asked subconsciously.

"Not a lot, but a lot, so many that I can't remember." After Han Xiufeng finished eating the food in his mouth, he thought about the group exercises in the few places he still remembered, and said: "When I went to the capital with Datou to surrender, there were not a few regiments in the city, and the world has not been peaceful in recent years, my father-in-law said in the letter that the city began to hold large-scale group exercises, not only there are fang groups, box groups, and even street groups, and there is a group on one street!"

There are more regimental training in the countryside, and what I remember alone is the Golden Sword Regiment of Zhili Liujia, the Shizhu Regiment of Cili Liujia, the Fuxing Regiment of Zhili Yijia, the Shiyan Regiment of Zhili No. 4 and No. 5, the Baolong Regiment of Zhengli Erjia, the Chaoyin Troupe and Tiangong Regiment of Renli Qijia, the Jade Emperor Regiment and Hexi Regiment of Renli Shijia, the Tuqiao Regiment of Xiaoli Sanjia, the Longyin Regiment in Longyin Town, and the Shilong Regiment in Longyin Countryside ......"

Chen Hu was dumbfounded, and couldn't help asking, "So much?" ”

"It's really rare and weird," Second Master Fei glanced up at them, and said lightly: "Shiling Regiment, Yuanzhen Regiment, Jing'an Regiment, Sichuan Main Regiment, Zhiyuan Regiment, Restoration Regiment, Dizang Regiment...... There are so many regimental exercises in Ba County that it is estimated that even the county master can't figure out how many there are. ”

Chen Hu didn't expect the people of Ba County to like to hold group exercises so much, and asked with a smile: "Then can we do it?" ”

Han Xiufeng groaned: "Naturally, it has to be done, otherwise if the emperor asks about it in the future, I won't know what to do when the time comes." But you don't need to take it too seriously, you can just run a small group of twenty or thirty people in the village when you get home, and you don't have to charge any group fees from your neighbors. ”

"Only run a small group of twenty or thirty people, fourth master, then what should we do?"

"If you have a daughter-in-law, you will have a baby, and if you don't have a daughter-in-law, I will ask someone to help you say a daughter-in-law, and then give birth to a baby with a baby. If you think it's boring to give birth to a baby and bring a baby, you will work in the field or lead the people in the regiment to practice and practice. Besides, the people here are not as willing to endure hardships as the people in your hometown, men, women and children all like to play mahjong, and there are many people who smoke big cigarettes, so don't follow the learning. If I find out who is addicted to gambling or smoking, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing anyone! ”