After walking around the big workshop and answering a few questions from several master craftsmen, Zhu Youxiao felt a little bored while putting down his thoughts.

Leaving Xiao Xuanzi to discuss with Sun Yuanhua about the equipment of the Intelligence Bureau, Zhu Youxiao walked out of this huge workshop area.

There is no destination, stop and go, sway, and before you know it, you will come to a trading market.

Looking at the lively but clean market, which has the feeling of a farmers' market in later generations, he finally became interested.

"This Hong Chengchou is really a great talent!"

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that the idea of this kind of integrated farmers' market was quickly established by this guy just after he mentioned a few words to Hong Chengchou.

A short distance after walking through the gate of the farmers' market, I saw more than a dozen teenage children, led by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, standing on the side of the road, watching the buyers come and go.

In front of them, there were several pheasants tied with straw ropes, and the pheasants were still alive.

It's just that now in the capital, because those high-ranking officials and nobles are almost wiped out, there are very few people who want to enjoy their appetites, and everyone is busy with their feet, but few people ask about the price of the pheasant.

Of course, it may also be that the asking price of the pheasant is too high, and occasionally someone shakes his head and leaves as soon as he asks the price.

Zhu Youxiao stopped.

He wasn't interested in a few pheasants, but he was surprised to see the dozen or so children.

This group of children, dressed in rags and full of vegetables, looked like a group of orphans.

But what is strange is that they are obviously headed by the tall boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, although they are sloppy, their eyes are clear, neither arrogant nor humble.

What makes Zhu Youxiao feel most incredible is that the real center of this group of different children is a young boy who is only a teenager.

Bidding and inquiring about customers are all done by this young man.

This little boy, although he looks only ten years old, is obviously taller than the average boy.

He is about 1.6 meters, tall and thin, but his skeleton is extremely large, and his palms are very wide.

Of course, compared to the tall fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who led them, it was not surprising.

The young man who took the lead, about fifteen or sixteen years old, was more than 1.8 meters tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, holding a large wooden stick, like an eagle guarding food, guarding this group of children, with a fierce eye.

"Pheasant?"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up, and he seemed to think of something super funny, so he strode forward and asked:

"Little brother, how do you sell these pheasants?"

"This big brother, this pheasant is alive, it must be more expensive than dead."

The teenage boy introduced it unhurriedly, and it seemed that his own goods were extraordinary, "One is fifty wen, and four are one hundred and eighty wen." ”

This price is not low, one or two pieces of silver in this period is equivalent to about 1,300 yuan in later generations, and it has strong purchasing power in the Apocalypse year.

However, this little boy has no choice, they haven't eaten enough for two days, but they heard that there is food in the capital, and they have just followed the team of displaced people and came to the capital after a long journey to survive.

This group of homeless orphans who have just come to the capital, they just gathered all the way and depended on each other for their lives.

And because there are too many things now, Yan Yingyuan can't do everything, and the government has not implemented a rescue plan for orphans.

Yan Yingyuan only ordered people to build a few large wooden sheds near the Sifang City Gate, and asked people to give porridge every day to supply them to those wandering orphans, so that they would not starve to death.

These pheasants were captured by the fifteen or sixteen-year-old tall boy who led him up the mountain with a group of orphans.

I want to come to the farmer's market and sell it at a high price, buy some rice and noodles, and give my younger brothers and sisters a good meal.

Although there is a porridge shack at the gate of the city, it is only to keep these orphans from starving, but who doesn't want to eat a real full meal?

"Good! I bought them all. ”

Zhu Youxiao asked casually while taking out the money: "Little brother, what's your name?" ”

He had some broken silver on his body, and it was very inconvenient for him to go out and hang out alone, and he had no money.

"Big brother, my name is Li Dingguo."

This young man, who has grown up, was very happy to see his pheasants sold at a high price, "Our eldest brother is called Yongzhong." ”

He pointed to the tall young man who was watching from the sidelines.

"Li Dingguo?"

"Nima!"

Hearing this, his heart was suddenly shocked, and Zhu Youxiao's action of taking out the money suddenly stopped: "Li Dingguo, this kid's name is Li Dingguo?" ”

He hurriedly looked intently, and saw that this little guy who was very extraordinary at a young age was probably the legendary hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty.

It can be said that this Li Dingguo was the only hero in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who could be called a national hero.

In Zhu Youxiao's own cognition, this guy is a fight with Yue Fei and Yue Wu Mu in the Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that when he was a teenager, he was delayed by a generation of big Kou Zhang Xianzhong, and in the end, even if he was brave and talented, he was unable to return to heaven and ended up with a tragic death.

"This little guy actually came to the capital?"

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "It is estimated that he heard the propaganda of a large number of people sent by Xiao Xuanzi, and in order to survive, he came to the capital with a large number of displaced people." ”

"Yongzhong?"

Zhu Youxiao obviously felt the extraordinaryness of the other tall boy.

As the saying goes: like gathers like.

The eldest brother who can lead a group of teenagers to the capital on a long journey and come to the capital safe and sound, and convince Li Dingguo, the little guy, is obviously not an ordinary person.

"This Eternal Loyalty ......"

Zhu Youxiao is now unforgettable, and the historical memories he had seen in his previous life flashed quickly in his mind......

"Yongzhong? Isn't this one of the four fierce generals of the late Ming Dynasty, Hao Shaoqi! ”

This eternal loyalty, to fight, every battle must be the first!

I especially like to carry the battle flag, charge ahead, and kill people like hemp!

Therefore, his real name was basically forgotten later, and everyone called him Hao Shaoqi.

"That's right!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao suddenly realized something, "Aren't I going to form a loyal Praetorian Guard?" In the future, we will be responsible for the use and storage of those strengthened weapons. ”

"What could be more suitable than these orphans?"

"There is no better candidate for brainwashing education than these orphans. These people, who have been brainwashed and trained since childhood, and have been educated by all kinds of loyalty to the country, are the most suitable for forming a Praetorian Guard. ”

Grade young, not enough strength?

Just strengthen it twice! At a young age, you can kill the enemy bravely.

Lao Tzu only needs their loyalty, and everything else is drizzle.

"Well, that's it."

Zhu Youxiao knew that Li Dingguo was very smart and not easy to fool, so he simply said straight to the point, "Li Dingguo, are you interested in being a soldier?" It's an elite army with three full meals and meat for every meal! ”

For these homeless orphans, there is nothing more attractive than a full meal and a meal with meat.

"Soldiering?"

Went to the army at such a young age?

Li Dingguo looked at Zhu Youxiao with some doubts, but from his clear eyes, he only saw sincerity, and did not feel even a trace of malice.

However, having meat at a meal is one of the ultimate dreams of an orphan.

He swallowed his saliva, thought for a while, and said, "It's not impossible for you to be a soldier, but my brothers and sisters must follow along." ”

Following the team of displaced people all the way to the capital, this group of orphans who depend on each other already have a deep feeling, and it is absolutely impossible for Li Dingguo to leave them behind.

"Of course you can bring your siblings with you!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, "Not only that, but the eldest brother also wants to organize all the orphans who wandered to the capital together to select an elite army!" From now on, you and Yongzhong will lead this army together. ”

Seeing that Li Dingguo had been convinced, Zhu Youxiao handed him a piece of broken silver, which was the money to buy pheasants.

There is a clear distinction between public and private, and he doesn't want to leave a bad impression on Li Dingguo, a little guy.

Then, with a few pheasants in his hand, he walked in the direction of the imperial city with a dozen or so orphans.