It is said that Zeng Yu sent some soldiers as scouts to Jinniuzhai to investigate the news since Liu Li's rebellion was counter-killed and suppressed. It's been eight days now, and these scouts are all cavalry, and they should have received the news from there and rushed back.

Just after noon, he was at his residence to ask if there were any soldiers in Zhoucang Cottage who had a skill, such as building weapons, medical skills, some manual skills, etc., and he planned to organize these people and set up a corresponding department separately.

Because he knows some of the techniques of the later generations, but he doesn't know exactly how to do it. Therefore, he plans to unify the training of these people with a skill and let them develop. In fact, what he wanted more was to find the inheritance of the Mo family, mainly the public loss class, because they were the most suitable ones in the world to do this.

But unfortunately, because of the opposition between Mozi and Confucius, after the Confucian family became dominant, the Mohist family completely lost the soil for survival. All the disciples of the Mo family were either killed, or changed their faces to other families, and the pure disciples of the Mo family are estimated to be extinct, just to see if they can find some who have mastered the inheritance of the Mo family's technology.

As for the other faction of the Mo family, it is said that he has gone from a chivalrous warrior who "kills one person in ten steps and does not stay for a thousand miles" to a man who kills people for a living, and I really don't know what to say. When Zeng Yu thought of this, he sighed even more that a dominant Confucianism would only imprison the thoughts of the Chinese people, and he needed to reproduce the contention of a hundred schools of thought and ignite the bright fire of Chinese civilization.

Zhou Cang heard Zeng Yu's sudden sigh of emotion, and couldn't help asking, "Does the lord have anything on his mind?" ”

"No, it's just that we have too few talents." Zeng Yu heard Zhou Cang's question and replied casually. But what he said is indeed the truth, just now Zhou Cang told him about the current talent situation in the cottage, and few of them have a skill.

In terms of blacksmiths, fortunately, there is a Li Hu, who usually repairs weapons and teaches some apprentices, I believe that after some time of training, these apprentices have grown up, and they can be self-sufficient in weapons. But in other aspects, such as medical skills, there are only nine people who know how to use medical skills, and they are only treating some minor illnesses and disasters, and major injuries can only be left to fate. There is no other technical talent.

But there is one thing that makes Zeng Yu happier. He heard Zhou Cang say that all the horses in the Woniu Cottage can ride horses, and if there are enough horses, they can quickly train into excellent cavalry. It's just that it's useless now, they only have dozens of horses, of which there are only a dozen or so that can be used as war horses, and the others can only be regarded as horses, and it's okay to engage in transportation, but it's impossible to ride into battle.

Zeng Yu asked Zhou Cang why he didn't buy some war horses, so that if they were all cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the Woniu Cottage would be greatly increased.

"Back to my lord, I have discussed with Lao Pei, and I really want to purchase some good horses. But first, we have just established ourselves in Woniu Mountain, and we have not yet established contact with some businessmen, so we have no way to buy horses. Second, we don't have enough money to purchase war horses, and now a war horse costs at least one and a half gold, we have been flowing before, and there is no way to get money, there is no money in the cottage, and even a hundred war horses can't be bought. Zhou Cang replied.

Zhou Cang didn't really want to be bandits, and they weren't the kind of people who killed innocents indiscriminately, they generally only met some businessmen and heroes, and they only asked for some food when they looted, and they didn't kill them all, so they only saved more than 100 gold from Jiuyuan all the way to Shangdang. Even Liu Li had more money than them, and after Liu Li was killed, his house was also searched by someone, and two hundred gold was found.

"I'll figure out a way to do this, and I'll go into the county town below, I think I should have collected the information I wanted, and then I will inform everyone to get money and food." Zeng Yu said to Zai Zhoucang.

He had arranged for Sun Hao to go to Anping County to collect some news about the heroes of the Shi clan and see those who were usually rich and unkind in the fish and meat township. Now that he has men, when the time comes, he can get rid of these powerful people, and he can not only get money, but also win a good name among the people. You must know that although the name is not good now, but it is just a flat-headed people, those scholars occupy countless lands, and the money and food in the family are only afraid that there is no family without a million catties, but also dozens of catties.

"I believe in my lord." Zhou Cang listened to Zeng Yu and asked him to wait for the news to receive money and food, and he didn't ask in detail, he knew that Zeng Yu said this, he must have already made a plan, he just listened to the plan and acted on it.

"I don't know what happened to Ziwu and them, the person we sent to find out the news = is there any news to send back." Zeng Yu suddenly diverted the topic, he wanted to go down the mountain as soon as possible, after all, one more day of time now, one more day of preparation time, and one more advantage in the future.

"Report!"

Zhou Cang was about to say that there was no news yet, but he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a report from outside, and Zeng Yu asked him to come in. When the other party came in, they saw each other's faces, which turned out to be the scouts sent out before.

The man saw that Zeng Yu and Zhou Cang were there, and after saluting, he said: "Lord Qiqi and Lord Zhou Cang, the younger one has just come back from Jinniu Mountain, and the second master and the pioneer master have won a big victory, and now they are already on the way back, and there are about three or four days left, and they can return here." ”

"Okay, you've worked hard, go down and get the reward." Although Zeng Yu was very confident in Wang Qing, after all, it was the first time to go on an expedition, and he was also worried that when he heard the exact news at this time, the joy in his heart was indescribable.

"I know that the lord's brothers are not ordinary people, but I don't know how they attacked this time, what they gained, and how many soldiers and horses they lost." Zhou Cang heard the big victory, but he was still a little worried. After all, no matter how he and Pei Yuanshao led the men and horses in the past, no matter whether they won or lost, there would be losses in the people, and this time it was said that it was a complete victory, and it is estimated that there will be losses.

"Don't worry, since it is said to be a big victory, I believe that our men and horses will definitely not lose too much this time, and there will even be an increase." Zeng Yu said meaningfully that he had explained to Wang Qing before that he would take as many prisoners as possible. They now need to expand their manpower, and the prisoners obtained by attacking the cottage are the simplest and most direct source of troops, and the quality is also good.

Zhou Cang always felt that Zeng Yu seemed to think of a lot of things in front of him, but he didn't bother to think about it anyway, as the big boss of the cottage before, there was no way, but now with Zeng Yu, he can rest assured that he will hand himself over to the other party. Zhou Cang listened to Zeng Yu's words at this time, and he was also very much looking forward to Wang Qing's expedition.

The three days passed quickly, and Zeng Yu sent people to investigate on the road every day. At noon on the third day, when the soldiers returned, they reported to Zeng Yu that Wang Qing and their men and horses were one kilometer away, and they could reach the gate of the cottage in an hour at most.

After Zeng Yu heard this, he asked his soldiers to inform Zhou Cang and lead all the soldiers who had no task to gather, including Liu Li's men in front, and he was going to meet them at the gate of the camp.

Zhou Cang listened to the notice of Zeng Yu's own soldiers, and asked his subordinates to inform all the soldiers who were training and resting to assemble, except for the men and wounded soldiers in the iron workshop and the medical hall in charge of Li Hu, everyone gathered in the school field after a quarter of an hour.

There were more than 500 people left behind in the cottage, although they had not undergone systematic training, but because of the small number of people, they gathered very quickly, and they all arrived at the school after a quarter of an hour.

Zhou Cang asked the centurion to maintain order, and he himself went to Zeng Yu's residence to invite him. By the time Zeng Yu and Zhou Cang arrived at the school grounds, all the people had already lined up in a neat queue.

However, at this time, although the school field is neat, it is messy. Almost all of them were talking to each other, including a few centurions, wondering what the gathering was going to be for today.

"Lao Zhang, do you know what the lord is doing when he suddenly asks us to gather?" A centurion asked.

"How do I know, I was resting today, and I was sleeping, when I was woken up by Brother Zhou Cang's personal soldiers, who informed me of the gathering and left in a hurry." The centurion, who was called Lao Zhang, replied.

"Do you think it could be that the previous two leaders failed to attack, were surrounded, and need us to go to the rescue." At this time, another centurion next to him joined the discussion.

"No, Lao Pei and they are leading most of the people in the cottage, how can they be surrounded." Lao Zhang said at this time that he didn't want to think about it.

"This can be said, I heard that there are three owners in Jinniu Village, and the three of them are brothers, and everyone's force is not inferior to Lao Pei." The centurion, who had just suspected that the attack had failed, said again.

"Lao Li, you are guessing blindly, how do you know the situation in Jinniuzhai." The first person to ask the assembly said at this time.

"Xiao Liu, this is what I heard the other party say. Last time, Lao Pei and I led my brother down the mountain and met the people of Jinniuzhai, the other party was the third master of Jinniuzhai, and he and Lao Pei fought for more than 50 rounds, regardless of up and down. Later, the other party said that he still has two elder brothers, namely the big boss and the second boss of Jinniu Village, and his strength is higher than him. Lao Li said to a few people.

"Brother Zhao, you are on duty today, and besides, you have been staying by Brother Zhou Cang's side, you must know what is going on, and you will reveal it to us." Lao Zhang said to the centurion next to him who had not spoken at this time. This person's surname is Zhao, because he is the third in line, he is named Zhao Ji. He is the earliest person with Zhou Cang, and he has the closest relationship with Zhou Cang, if there is any news, others may not know, he Zhao Ji should know.

"My lord, they will come over soon, just listen to their news." Zhao Ji saw that they were all looking at him with blank eyes, so he deliberately sold a pass. He did know the reason for the gathering, and when he heard the conversation of several people just now, his heart had already blossomed.

"Okay, you Zhao Laosan, everyone is an old buddy, can't you talk about it in advance." Lao Zhang heard from Zhao Ji's words that he really knew the reason.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you, it's not what you think, it's good news." Zhao Ji saw that the four of them seemed to be on fire, so he said cleanly.

"Good news? Brother Zhao, can you be more specific. This is Xiao Liu's voice.

"Don't worry, you see, the lord is here, and you will soon know the reason."

It turned out that Zeng Yu and Zhou Cang had already walked to the ring at this time, and were watching a few people and the soldiers behind them. From their point of view, Zeng Yu at this time, with a smile on his face, looked particularly confident, they had already believed Zhao Ji's words in their hearts, and guessed that something good should happen.