When Zhang Miao was inspecting the blacksmith workshop, Deng Lihua had already arrived at the entrance of Sanshui Village.

Yesterday, I returned to Dengyi for one night, learned about the situation from the relative ranger of the butcher shop, and learned that my father Deng Tu did not return to the butcher shop for many days, and stayed in Sanshui Village most of the time.

"Brother Zhong is already stunned to be a soldier now."

"What's so good about being a soldier, the soldiers of Sanshui Township train all day long, it's very hard, and they often send troops to suppress bandits, it's too dangerous, we have persuaded Brother Zhong many times, how good it is to stay in the butcher's shop, kill pigs and sell meat every day, eat wine and have fun, and be very happy, but Brother Zhong doesn't listen to what he says."

"Lihua, you are back, you must persuade Brother Zhong to stop him in Sanshui Village."

Everyone had different opinions, and they all asked Deng Lihua to persuade Deng Tu to come back.

Teresa Teng smiled and was noncommittal. In fact, she knew in her heart that what her father had decided to do would be difficult to persuade back. If he covets comfort, why should his father come back, how good is it to stay in Xiangyang to open a butcher's shop? With the care of his uncle Deng She, it is not difficult to gain a foothold in Xiangyang.

Everyone has dreams in their hearts, and their father also has it, unlike his uncle Deng She, who hopes to improve the status of the Deng family through marriage, his father wants to gain fame by virtue of his martial arts!

However, if you want to join the army, there are many opportunities, such as staying in Xiangyang, and having your uncle's care can at least get a position as an officer in the Xiangyang army, isn't it much better than being a village soldier in Sanshui Village?

What is the magic of Sanshui Village that makes my father willing to stay there? Deng Lihua was very puzzled, because Deng Tu did not explain the specific reason for staying in Sanshui in the letter.

So when she got up early in the morning, Deng Lihua decided to go to Sanshui to visit her father and ask the reason.

Before she arrived at Sanshui Village, she heard a faint shouting sound, she couldn't help but speed up her pace, and when she came to the entrance of the village, she saw that on the threshing floor, four or five hundred soldiers were lining up in a neat line for drills.

Under the command of the military flag and trumpet, four or five hundred people changed various formations quickly and neatly.

The circular array, the square array, and the wild goose array, one by one, the formations are changing with each other, and Deng Lihua is dazzling.

Although she doesn't know much about training, she still has a vision, just from the change of formation, this seems to be a real elite division.

Considering that this township soldier was only established in the autumn, and it has only been three or four months now, it is really amazing to be able to perform like this! Could this be why my father stayed?

Half an hour later, the queue training ended, and the township soldiers dispersed, and each hundred generals were taken by the commander to train their own combat skills.

had to report that his daughter was coming, Deng Tu handed over the 100-person team in his hand to the two tun chiefs to take the training, and led Deng Lihua to the village residence to talk.

After chatting about daily life, Teresa Teng asked the doubts in her heart.

"Lihua, what do you think of this village soldier?" Deng Tu did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"The queue is neat, the morale is high, and it can be called an elite division." Teresa replied.

"This is just the surface you see, in fact, we have sent troops more than ten times in a row, exterminated thousands of bandits, and now the entire territory of Huyang does not say that Haiyan River is clear, but there are a lot fewer bandits." Deng Tu said with a smile, "Although we didn't exterminate that Zhou Cang, and we didn't avenge the brothers who died for our father and daughter, sooner or later, we will be able to defeat Zhou Cang." ”

Deng Lihua said: "Father, did you stay in Sanshui Village just to avenge a few uncles?" ”

Deng Tu nodded, and shook his head again, "Yes and no." At first, it was Zhang Miao's kid who grabbed me with words and asked me to stay and help, after all, he saved our father and daughter, and I couldn't refuse when he made a request. Later, I got used to the life of a village soldier, but I couldn't let go, I trained all day long, and my life was very fulfilling, and I felt happier than drinking wine and eating meat in Dengyi. How? Daughter, don't you want me to stay here? ”

Deng Lihua smiled and shook her head: "As long as Father is happy, his daughter will support you in everything." ”

"Hahaha, it's my Deng Tu's daughter." Deng Tu laughed.

"But Father, just a few months ago, when we set off for Xiangyang, Sanshui Village was still poor and white, and the villagers had no food and clothing, so Zhang Miao's kid went to Xiangyang to sell honey candles. How can this Sanshui Village develop so fast in just a few months? There are 500 township soldiers alone, plus the family members and people, I'm afraid there are thousands of people in the entire Sanshui Village, right? Teresa asked.

Deng Tu nodded: "Now the total population of the entire Sanshui Village has exceeded three thousand, which is almost the same as Deng Yi. ”

Deng Lihua asked: "But, what do they use to feed so many people?" ”

Deng Tu said: "Part of the income is the bandits, the whole Huyang was robbed by the Yellow Turban thieves, although most of the property was taken away by the thief Shuai Zhoucang, but there are a lot of thieves left, we exterminated them, obtained the money and food in the thieves' nest, and used it to settle the people, Sanshui Village has the current scale."

The other part is Zhang Miao's credit, you follow Zhang Jin's fleet back, when you know what he is doing, go to Xiangyang to sell honey candles and soap for food. ”

"Soap?" Deng Lihua was stunned for a moment.

"No, this is this thing, it's very easy to wash your hands and face." Deng Tu said as he took a piece of soap from the table and put it in Deng Lihua's hand.

Deng Lihua looked at it repeatedly, this thing was slippery and smelled fragrant, but she had never seen it before.

"I don't know how Zhang Miao's brain grows, creating this unprecedented thing, I heard that this thing sells very well among the big families in Xiangyang, and this piece is worth hundreds of dollars!" Deng Tu sighed, "It is said that Zhang Miao opened his mind after being knocked out by you last time, I didn't believe it at first, but now I can't help but believe it." ”

Deng Lihua looked slightly ashamed when she heard this: "Father, don't talk nonsense." ”

Deng Tu sighed: "Where did I talk nonsense, don't you know what Zhang Miao's kid used to look like a bastard?" But now, the entire Sanshui Village has the current situation, and most of it is because of him.

He can make honey candles and soap, compose poems, and is proficient in arithmetic, and even Fan Adu, a disciple of the divine doctor Hua Tuo, admires him. And this all happened after you knocked him unconscious, how can you make me not believe it! ”

Deng Lihua raised her eyebrows slightly, and she couldn't figure out these and couldn't understand them.

"Lihua, you also saw on the way here, thousands of acres of winter wheat are planted around Sanshui Village, and after the summer wheat harvest, the people in the village no longer have to worry about hunger. Sanshui Village will become stronger and stronger, and what is even more shocking is that Zhang Miao actually opened a college in the village to teach the children in the village to read and write. Deng Tu looked around and said in a low voice, "Can you imagine how powerful Zhang Miao will be when the children in these villages grow up and become talented in a few years." There are soldiers, food, money, and a large number of talents, such a person is simply a hero! ”

"Father, he, he's really as powerful as you say?" Deng Lihua's voice trembled.

"Isn't it so powerful, you go around the village, just ask and you'll know." Deng Tu patted Deng Lihua's shoulder and sighed, "After reading it, you should be able to understand the reason why I called you back." ”