The flavor of the year has passed, and the first month of the eighth year of Zhide has the characteristics of Jingzhou.

I didn't spend several years in one place, but felt that the army was more like home.

Zhide joined the army in April of the third year, and it will be five years, and there are still many soldiers in the team who came out of the Shandong training camp, and now most of them are the backbone of this army, of course, there are some people who are not motivated or incompetent, and have been in the team as the head soldier, Tang Yuan wants to take care of them, but after thinking about it many times, he still decided to take care of only those who are outstanding, and those who are lazy and lazy, they seem to have no future.

Tang Yuan joined the army at that time, and the required age to join the army was eighteen years old, and only a few special talents like Chen Bao and Tang Hu were exceptionally admitted, and after five years, they were already twenty-three years old. At this age in the countryside, as long as the family is not too poor, they basically talk about their daughters-in-law, and some veterans can't help but feel nostalgic for their hometown and want to leave the army.

"If it's a big soldier, consider letting them go. But there is no military spending, so there is no entanglement for them. I can pay for a hundred people to go back. Tang Yuan said to Liu Zhan: "You go to count and see how many people want to leave, and let Nalan Xin draw up a retirement plan, the big head soldier and the captain can apply for retirement in five years, the chief and the captain can retire in eight years, and the centurion will have no more years to go up, if they want a home, they can consider settling in Jingzhou." ”

"It seems that the general is planning to stay in Xiangcheng." Liu Zhan said with a smile.

"I don't think it's going to be too short. If you set off, it will also be temporary, and you will have to come back sooner or later. Tang Yuan said in a speculative tone.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Liu Zhan nodded and walked away.

There is such an unwritten rule in the army that officials above the rank of commander can apply for marriage, and marriage is not allowed at the level of captain and below.

In fact, this has been a centuries-old tradition in the army, and soldiers can understand it, but this kind of resentment is difficult to calm, especially when there is no war, soldiers are uncomfortable, and when they have nothing to do, they will always talk about women.

"Report to the general, General Cao sent someone to send five thousand sabers." Zhang Ga came in and said.

"Oh?" Tang Yuan was overjoyed: "Please come in with the person who sent the knife, I want to entertain you." ”

"General, you don't have to. The man put down his knife and walked away with the team. ”

"Don't even count?"

"That's right, they said they had counted it before they set off."

Tang Yuan smiled and said in his heart: "Yes, what people sent you, even if something goes wrong, can you still find it?" Presumably, the person who delivered the knife could not be mistaken, otherwise it would not be me who was fooling, but himself. ”

Tang Yuan went out to take a look, the quality of these knives was very average, but this had already solved the urgent needs of the army. When the soldiers have weapons, the troops can be called troops. As for the armor, I'll get it slowly later.

Originally, he planned to go to suppress the bandits and get some equipment, but Cao Dingbang said that he was going to go by himself, and a few years ago, he set off with his troops with great fanfare, and he didn't hear of any vigorous battles, so their people came back with gongs and drums, saying that they had exterminated the three hundred bandits, and after showing their heads to the public, they were buried on the Huangpao Peak.

But Tang Yuan didn't even see a corpse, and of course he couldn't run to ask Cao Dingbang.

"It's time to put a few eyeliners in Cao Dingbang's team." Tang Yuan rubbed his nose and said, "Nalan Xin, I asked you to train carefully, how are you training?" ”

"Report to the generals, all of them are elites."

"How many?"

"Ten."

"Ten ......" Tang Yuan frowned and said: "There are not many soldiers, but they are refined, I see you streamline it again." ”

"That'...... Five? ”

"Up to three."

"Only three?"

"That's enough." Tang Yuan rummaged through the box: "Prepare more money for them, and give them some bosses, so that they can be petty officials, so that they can inquire about the news quickly and have a high chance of survival." ”

"You can't afford to spend this money yourself. It's a pleasure to give it to someone. Nalan Xin smiled bitterly.

"Are you short of money?" Tang Yuan opened the box completely, and there were already several hundred taels of silver inside.

Nalan Xin was surprised: "Actually, I don't want to get money at all, otherwise, the money would have doubled in my hands." ”

"What are you going to do?" Tang Yuan grabbed a few silver ingots and handed them to Nalan Xin: "The rest of the money will be given to you, you take it to hatch eggs for me." I'd rather look at your businessman's mind. ”

"This matter must be discussed with Jing Guogong, it is best to use the façade of their house, and I will solve the matter of the goods."

"You're so capable?" Tang Yuan was curious.

"When you were in Luoyang, when you were fine, you went to the streets to throw money to help the poor, but what about me, I made friends everywhere and made some merchants and horse teams. I have their address and the situation of the goods, and as long as they deliver the goods, I will settle the official affairs for them, and they will be happy. ”

"Okay, I'll solve the official matter. Don't be in a hurry to write to those businessmen, I'll talk to Meng Zhaoyang about it. I don't know how his shops are doing, and they are not as prosperous as my store in Luoyang. Tang Yuan said with some pride.

Nalan Xin's eyes were dull and slightly disdainful: "Your life is really good." ”

"Less nonsense." Tang Yuan packed up his clothes, "I'll go see Meng Zhaoyang, you can go with him and talk to him about business." The so-called leveling of the official face is actually his way to settle the situation. I only know one Cao Dingbang in Xiangcheng, and his level is too high, so he can't give me a head for trivial things, right? Then we don't treat people as swords. ”

Came to Xiangcheng, Jingguo Mansion.

Nalan Xin looked at the gate and only pouted, "Where is this like a Guogong's home, if it is an ordinary person, it can be regarded as a high-ranking family, but it is the same as the identity of the Guogong...... It really doesn't match. ”

Tang Yuan looked at Nalan Xin and suddenly smiled: "You just keep this kind of compassionate appearance and go in with me, and then stimulate Meng Zhaoyang well, so that he must agree to do business with us." In addition, when he leaves the store, we have to fight for fifty or five accounts. And he also has to manage these shops, and he has so many idlers, I think it can come in handy. ”

"General, those people used to be the old lady of the Meng family, can they work?"

"Now that they're all down like this, what kind of old lady are they doing?" Tang Yuan said: "If you want to resume your previous life, you have to suffer a little now, and when you make money, they will hire outsiders." ”

Report the door and find Meng Zhaoyang.

Today, Meng Zhaoyang was going out with a few thugs to collect money, but he walked around a lot and didn't get much money.

He came back dejectedly, and when he heard that Tang Yuan was looking for him to do business, his eyes lit up.