Li Xiao and the other 8 sentry riders cleaned up for a total of three days before they could clean up the entire pier of no return. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The excavated garbage was piled up 300 meters away from the downwind outlet to the south, forming a small hill. The ditch was also dredged to remove the dirty water and filth, and then re-filled it with fresh water from a nearby mountain stream. In the end, Li Xiao and others filled the basin with water and cleaned the entire non-return pier inside and out.

Everyone has been busy for the past few days, and their hearts are full of boredom. It's just that now looking at the now brand-new pier of no return, looking at the red lantern re-hung on the pier platform lookout hall, two new clusters of Ming Army sun and moon military flags are planted, and they are hunting and flying in the cool breeze of early autumn, and there is an inexplicable joy in everyone's heart.

Li Xiao immediately set a system, from now on, the pier must be cleaned every day, every three days need to be cleaned inside and outside with water, and at the same time, everyone should insist on taking a bath every day to ensure that from the environment to the individual, are kept clean and tidy.

Such seemingly trivial details and systems made the sentry riders quite resistant in their hearts, and secretly said that this hundred households were too careful and complicated. However, Li Xiao forcibly carried out the order, but everyone did not dare not listen.

On the fifth day when Li Xiao and others came to the pier of no return, the wounded sentry Wang Yishou had recovered, and after he returned to the Zhongtun Station in Guangning, he took the initiative to ask Gao Pu, the general general, to go to Li Xiao's side, and Gao Pu readily agreed.

Seeing this teammate who fought side by side with him come to the pier of no return, Li Xiao was overjoyed and warmly welcomed him.

After Wang Yishou returned, Li Xiao suddenly thought that maybe he should visit a friend.

This friend is Wu Liang, the former Dongjiang Town who lives in Xingshanyi.

These days, Li Xiao vaguely has a plan in his heart, he secretly thinks that Wu Liang, who has been a pawn and is familiar with military affairs, should be of great help to himself if he can come to this place of no return to work with him.

Xingshan Station is not far to the west of the Pier of No Return, after arranging for Tian Wei and Wang Yishou to lead the team to train, Li Xiao set off to Xingshan Station alone, and according to the address left by Wu Liang that day, he successfully found Wu Liang's residence.

Wu Liang, who was reading alone at home with his mouth closed, saw that Li Xiao, who was wearing a six-grade military attache uniform, came in, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and hurriedly welcomed him into the room, and then the two of them sat down separately.

Wu Liang served Li Xiao tea, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, after listening to Li Xiao's story of his experience of being promoted to a hundred households, Wu Liang hurriedly got up to congratulate Li Xiao, but was stopped by Li Xiao with a smile.

Li Xiao smiled and said: "It has been a month and a half since the beach in Jinzhou said goodbye that day, and I have not had time to visit Mr. Li, but it is Li's negligence. ”

Wu Liang hurriedly waved his hand: "Why did Li Baihu say this, Wu Liang was able to escape from death that day, all thanks to the power of adults." Adults are now promoted to 100 households, and there must be a lot of affairs, so how fortunate the students are to take the time to visit **** today. ”

Li Xiao laughed, then showed a solemn look on his face, and said to Wu Liang: "Mr. Wu, Li has a reluctant request, and I hope Mr. can agree." ”

"My lord, please speak clearly."

"Mr. Wu, Li is now sent abroad and does not return to Dun, although it is located in a remote area, compared to Guangning Zhongtun Institute, it is not very controlled, but it can be a career." Li Xiao stopped, and saw that Wu Liang was listening carefully to what he was saying, so he continued: "Mr. Wu once served as a pawn in Dongjiang Town, and he must be quite familiar with all things in the army. ”

Wu Liang was silent, and said for a while: "The student has no merit, is stupid, and has shallow knowledge, and I am afraid that he will live up to the trust of Li Baihu." ”

"Sir, Li Xiao sincerely invited, and I really admired Mr. for being a person who reads, knows books and reason, and is familiar with military affairs. Now that the country is in danger, the Tartars are invading the border, and the bandits are rising, it is the time when the people who study come out to show their talents and ambitions. Li Xiao continued earnestly.

There was a light beating in Wu Liang's eyes, and Li Xiao knew that his words had reached Wu Liang's heart.

People who study may not be greedy for wealth and money, and are indifferent to fame and fortune. However, no scholar is willing to just be a poor man, and he will never know about it, although the current Wu Liang is just a small predecessor, but if he has to show what he has learned, it is also his wish to benefit the world!

Wu Liang got up and solemnly said to Li Xiaochang: "I am not talented in the next place, and I am ashamed to be appreciated by the Lord of the Hundred Households." If adults think that micro-skills can be used, students are willing to do their best and dare not give up. ”

Li Xiao laughed and said, "Okay, good, I have Mr. to help me, like an extra arm." But I don't know when Mr. will be willing to come? ”

Wu Liang stood up and replied loudly: "The student is alone now, what do you have to worry about, you can go with the hundred households today." ”

Li Xiao was overjoyed, and after Wu Liang cleaned up, the two went out together.

Wu Liang looked at his small house with a nostalgic gaze, and after a while, Fang stepped on the horse and left with Li Xiao.

The two returned to the pier of no return, and Li Xiao personally chose a better room for Wu Liang to help him settle down.

That night, Li Xiao set up a banquet and invited a group of sentinels to ride the horsemen, which was regarded as picking up the wind and washing the dust for Wu Liang, and everyone feasted until late at night.

After the banquet, Li Xiao left Wu Liang, Wang Yishou, and Tian Wei to go up to the lookout hall of the pier platform together to discuss the future development of the pier.

The moonlight dissolves, the cool breeze is blowing, and in the dark blue and quiet night sky, there is a bright moon hanging high like a silver plate, and the soft and bright moonlight gently reflects the radiant faces in the observation hall.

Wu Liang, Wang Yishou, and Tian Wei all had an inexplicable excitement and joy in their hearts, especially Tian Wei, who had opposed Li Xiao.

Because he can discuss things like this with Li Baihu, it shows that Lord Baihu does not treat himself as an outsider, but makes himself a member of the inner circle of Lord Baihu.

Li Xiao looked around at everyone, and then told everyone what he thought.

That is, on the basis of the existing sentry horses, the total number of men will be expanded to thirty, of which twenty will be heavy horsemen and ten will be light horsemen.

After listening to Li Xiao's calm proposal, everyone's faces were full of surprise.

Originally, there were only 25 sentinels in the Zhongtun Station in Guangning, and this Deputy Li was stationed at the Pier, so he wanted to expand his team to 30 people, and the ambition of the Lord of the Hundred Households was really beyond everyone's expectations.

Wang Yishou took the lead in asking: "But I don't know what the heavy and light horses that the adults want to recruit, but what they are?" ”

Li Xiao explained that the two kinds of cavalry he recruited, light cavalry, were similar to night sentry cavalry, which were used for sentry, pursuit, and harassment. The heavy cavalry is a heavy cavalry with iron armor on both men and horses, which is used to charge, break formations, and assault.

Wu Liang said with a worried face on the side: "My lord, your ambition is commendable, but if you want to expand the number of people like this, we have no money and no food, how can we expand?" ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Don't worry, sir, Li has his own way to raise money and food, and if you have any opinions, you can tell the team directly." ”

Wang Yishou interjected: "Deputy team, do you know how much silver it will cost to recruit a cavalryman who does not collect at night? ”

"Righteousness, I would like to hear about it."

"The deputy, in the following opinion, to recruit a sentry horseman, for example, will definitely need the following items, such as horses, saddles, armor, swords, spears, etc., plus some such things as throwing axes, javelins, spears, hooks, crossbows, scimitars, medicine bags, kettles, spears, boring palladium, etc., which are used at night, but the cost is very expensive." Wang Yishou said with a worried face.

Li Xiao was silent, and Tian Wei on the side said hurriedly: "Lord Li, you may not know the price of these military items, I Tian Wei will come to tell you, now at the junction of Liaoxi and Mongolia, there is a smuggling horse market, the selling price is much cheaper than the horse market in the tun and the town, but it costs nearly 50 taels to buy a horse, and the price of the saddle is 18 taels, followed by the armor, but it is very expensive, according to the price of the weapons shop in the Zhongtun, a cotton armor will cost more than 40 taels, and an ordinary iron armor will cost nearly 100 taels. Finally, each of the riding knives and riding guns also cost 15 taels, plus flying axes and javelins and other objects, add more than 10 taels, so that the cheapest equipment for a sentry rider costs nearly 150 taels of silver. ”

After Tian Wei finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiao with an earnest expression.

Li Xiao's heart sank, this cavalry is really a luxury. The cost of this light horse, which is equivalent to a sentry horse, is so high, and the cost of a heavy horse with armor will definitely be jaw-dropping.

It's just that Li Xiao has a general consideration for these things in his heart. With that private collection of silver and gold, Li Xiao had full confidence in setting up this small army of thirty people.

"Your two opinions are very good, this team has said that the formation of this 30-person cavalry team, silver is not a problem. Do you have any comments? Li Xiao once again emphasized to dispel everyone's concerns.

"So my lord, the students are thinking, now that I am in a remote place, even if I issue a conscription banner order, it is not easy to recruit cavalry." Wu Liang whispered on the side.

Li Xiao smiled faintly: "I've also thought about this question, I'm thinking, if you can recruit from the displaced people from all over Liaoxi, it should be possible?" ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Tian Wei immediately shook his head and objected: "Deputy team, although there are many homeless people in various towns in western Liaoning, the people we recruit are all skilled in bowing and horses, and among these homeless people, I am afraid it will be difficult to find." ”

Li Xiao sighed and said to Tian Wei: "Tian Wei, it is indeed difficult to recruit skilled archers and horses directly from these homeless people. But there is no way to do it, I think that day, the senior general always recruited troops for many days in large military forts such as Guangning Zhongtun Station, and it was still difficult to recruit full personnel. In the intention of this team, only those who are physically fit and can ride horses can be selected, and after being recruited, they can be trained intensively for a while, and these recruits can barely be competent. ”

After hearing this, Tian Wei didn't say anything, and Wang Yishou next to him said again: "My lord, if it is like this, it is okay." It's just that most of these homeless people are dragging their families, and if they recruit one, their families will naturally follow. As a result, the daily cost of food must be very large, and I am afraid that I will not be able to settle down in the house in the mound. ”

After Wang Yishou finished speaking, Li Xiao pondered for a while, and then said: "It is my duty to settle the recruits' homes. After all, the choice is mine, in my opinion, but just pick some homeless people with few families first. In addition, I will recruit some plasterers from the middle of Jinzhou City, and then build some more rooms within the walls of the Dunma Circle, so that not only can the homeless people's homes be settled, but you will also be brought in your own homes, and each family can live in a separate room. ”

When Tian Wei Wang Yishou heard this, his face did not show joy.

Due to the shortage of houses in Guangning Zhongtun, their current homes are still in the tunpu in Shanhaiguan. If the room is repaired in this non-return pier now, they can all bring their families over, and the family can be reunited.

Li Xiao saw that everyone had no opinions, and then began to arrange the work that everyone had to do.

Wu Liang was responsible for the construction of the rooms in the pier, and recruited some plasterers from various towns in Jinzhou to come and build, and it was expected that 25 rooms should be built, and Li Xiao asked that all of them should be built within a month to ensure that they could be moved in when the weather was cold.

Wang Yishou and Tian Wei are jointly responsible for recruiting homeless people, and now in addition to Li Xiao, there are already 8 sentinels, so it is enough to recruit 22 more people. Li Xiao asked them to recruit personnel as soon as possible within a week and bring them to the pier of no return.

As for the recruits' horses, armor, weapons, etc., Li Xiao and the others decided after discussing that it would not be too late to buy them after the recruits had been trained for a period of time, otherwise it would be a waste to buy them first, and they would need to spend more beans to feed the horses.

After everyone left, Li Xiao stood alone on the lookout hall for a long time, he looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, and his eyes were full of hope.

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