Xu Zixian's face was dark, and his tall body was also a little thinner, but his spirit was vigorous and his expression was solemn, neither too reserved, nor deliberately close the distance with everyone, everyone felt that he was friendly and friendly, but he was awe-inspiring.

Such a person is really admirable.

"You have worked hard here." Xu Zixian didn't say too much to win over the relationship, salt, cotton, sugar, and tea, and after the goods of the Eastern Domain were ready, those big officials and gentry and merchant families would come, and it might be those people who came to ask for the Nan'an Hou Mansion, there was no need to put the posture too low, and it would not be easy to deal with it at that time.

Of course, most of the gentry and businessmen who came at this time were friendly, and they were also inextricably linked with the Nan'an Hou Mansion and the Changwen Hou Mansion, so they should be treated kindly.

At that moment, Xu Zixian continued: "In the evening, I pushed all the official affairs and held a banquet, and when the time comes, I will invite all the princes to the banquet, and we will have a good feast." ”

Everyone has felt the power contained in the Eastern Domain, and their hearts are also full of awe for Xu Zixian, this time the business agreement for cooperation has actually been negotiated, and the rest is nothing more than to meet with Xu Zixian, affirm the meaning of friendship, and also take a look at Xu Zixian's true attitude.

Obviously, everyone felt Nan Anhou's warm and welcoming attitude, and the endorsement of this matter, so that everyone could rest assured.

When speaking, the army queue did not stop, and people got on cars or rode horses in parallel with the army, but Xu Zixian always followed the army on foot and chatted with everyone.

Chen Duzhu finally couldn't help but say: "Why doesn't the prince go on the horse?" ”

Xu Zixian said: "When you practice with the soldiers, you should walk out of the barracks, and then return to the camp on foot, riding a horse on the way, and the previous efforts will be completely wasted." ”

"I see." Chen Duzhu clasped his fists and saluted, and his respect for the young clan in front of him was even greater.

No wonder Chen Dujing appreciates it so much, in addition to marrying his daughter, he almost took out half of his private pocket to help Nan'an Hou Mansion develop in the Eastern Domain.

And the people in the Changwen Marquis Mansion, whether it is Chen Duguang or Chen Duzhong, or Li Mingyu, Yang Fu and others of the younger generation, all praise Xu Zixian.

Chen Duzhu didn't know why before, but now he has completely understood.

Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian was originally wearing a gray round-necked military robe, with a cow leather belt around his waist, a knife with a barrier, and leather boots.

The salt packets, flint and flint and knives on his body were also obviously worn out, and they were obviously used a lot.

If it is an unknown outsider, when you first see it, you will only think that Xu Zixian is an ordinary martial artist, at most a military attache at the head level.

And this person is the Great Wei clan with 10,000 households, close relatives by blood, and an important town in the clan, if it weren't for the deliberate suppression of today, with Xu Zixian's merits, prestige, and blood closeness, he would have worshiped the prince a long time ago, and was even expected to spy on the prince's position within ten years.

If Jinshang still has no children in ten years, in addition to choosing the next generation as the heir prince in the near branch clan, there is also a way to raise the virtuous in the close branch of the clan.

This is also a precedent in this dynasty, Dezong has no children, and when he is young and young, he is seriously ill, such as choosing the next generation as the heir, which is the Gedu of the doubtful lord Shaoguo, at that time, he could only choose the older and sage in the near branch clan, and the result was that Wenzong was selected.

In today's world, the virtue of Jinshang is not enough, coupled with the frequent entry of Donghu, and the rampant bandits everywhere in the territory, the next generation of young people was not elected as the heir, so the higher Xu Zixian's prestige, the more embarrassing his position in the sect is, and the more suspicious he is by the Son of Heaven.

It is also thanks to the system of the Great Wei, in the former Tang or Wei and Jin dynasties, the Son of Heaven had already sent someone to hold the edict and give Xu Zi to death before he could be relieved.

Such a noble status coupled with his status and power in the Eastern Domain, but he is like an ordinary military attaché, such a person is obviously a natural achiever.

Behind the queue, in addition to the firefighters, there was a group of soldiers, solemnly carrying wooden boxes.

Chen Duzhu and others asked, only to know that it was a soldier who died in the long-distance training.

Four soldiers died of heat stroke or dysentery, and one died of a poisonous snake bite.

In the long march of more than 2,000 people, under extremely difficult conditions, more than a dozen people were persuaded to retreat one after another, dozens of people were forced to return due to exhaustion, and five people died.

From the farmland area to the settlement area, a large number of people have already heard the news.

The families of the dead on the march also arrived, and the grief was inevitable, and the women's howls were loud.

Xu Zixian let the bones of the soldiers be brought to him, surrounded by the government soldiers and onlookers, although the family members are sad, but the respect for Xu Zixian is not reduced, everyone knows that the pension is heavy, and there will be a grand military funeral, those who join the army, no matter what the reason for death, are unavoidable, even if it is the garrison of the army, died of floods, hard work, excessive labor, or long-distance running to contract diseases, epidemics, or died at the hands of bandits, it is unavoidable.

This was originally an era when the average life expectancy was less than 50 years old, men generally lived shorter than women, excessive labor and hardship, lack of food and clothing, no medicine, the ancients rarely recorded serious diseases, it is really because too many people simply did not live to be riddled with diseases because of a cold, typhoid, or pneumonia, or even mosquitoes, rats bite and die.

A disease like thirst disease will affect hundreds of millions of people in later generations, but in this era, it is a disease that only a very small number of nobles can get, and this is a disease of wealth.

Pension, don't worry about the future life, and even better than before the death of a loved one, this is the meaning of the Nan'an Hou Mansion to pay for the dead and disabled soldiers.

If the soldiers are told to worry about what is going on behind them, who is willing to fight at the risk of arrows and stones?

Some people are born with martial arts, in order to fight for fame and wealth, they don't care about their own safety, the ancient brave generals, the abdomen was cut, the intestines flowed out, it is nothing more than pressing back to the abdominal cavity and then fighting again, they have a constitution against the sky, such an injury can survive without dying after stitching, it is really amazing and admirable.

And most people just choose a way to live, it is good to be promoted and rich, but it is always more important to live without yourself.

Only by tying everyone together, everyone in the same boat, personal safety and the lives of wives and children, parents and relatives are firmly tied together, and using iron discipline and training in peacetime, so that they behave spontaneously in war, can ordinary people be pushed to death, and in front of them is a death trap composed of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and the soldiers will climb up to the top of the city, and the people at the head of the city are preparing hot oil and stones to welcome, and the arrows can open a fist-sized blood hole in the human body, and after the spear is pierced, The man bowed to the ground like a shrimp, unable to speak in pain, his bones were pierced, his internal organs were damaged, and it would take a long time for him to die.

The soldiers fought in the floods, in the mud, in the fire.

All the hardships and struggles are not so easy, but quite difficult and difficult.

It is worth it to win, but it is not easy for any ordinary person to become a soldier and defy death.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xu Zi first pulled out the knife hanging from the leather belt, rolled up the sleeve robe, and then he used the knife to cut his own arm, allowing the blood to flow down and drip onto the wooden box containing the bones of the dead soldiers.

"The death of a warrior does not require the weeping and wailing of a woman." Xu Zixian said with a normal expression: "He needs the blood of his companions even more, and in this way, send him on a long journey." ”

Under Xu Zixian's inspiration, Qin Dongyang and others also cut their skin and let blood spill on the ground.

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Yanshan was emptied before the end of May, and then the payment was sent one after another, and in less than half a month, the treasury of Nan'anhou Mansion had more than 200,000 yuan, and nearly 100,000 yuan would be sent in a short period of time.

Li Yi, Kong He, Fu Qian and others were the happiest, and many officials, craftsmen, and salt men were rewarded, and everyone was elated and happy.

This was the first stable source of wealth obtained by the Nan'an Hou Mansion in the Eastern Domain, and due to the influence of the salt ships, there were several more merchant ships that came to trade this month, and a large number of hoarded local goods such as sand gold and deer skins were also transported away, and the income was increased by tens of thousands of yuan.

If you count it in terms of money, it's hundreds of millions of dollars, which sounds quite scary.

For the investment of the Eastern Domain at this stage, such a return is enough to satisfy anyone.

At this time, the cotton has obviously bloomed, and the beans planted in a large area are also green, and in another two months, the cotton is harvested, and the beans are almost harvested.

There are still quite a lot of wasteland where crops are not grown, and many officials continue to cultivate on these wastelands, and many places are sprinkled with sesame seeds, which can drive away weeds more easily.

Walking on the road in all directions is already quite exciting.

After resting for more than ten days, Xu Zixian continued to lead the team to practice once, and then long-distance training was listed as a normal subject in the training subject.

It was quite difficult, even terrifying, but it was the kind of training that had a real effect.

At the end of May, Wu Weisan took most of the battalion of recruits to the Eastern Domain, and the existence of the Nan'an Hou Mansion in Nan'an Town was weaker, in order to avoid trouble, the old pawns who left a capital took turns to garrison, and the defense had rogues and bandits, and in order to guard the other courtyard, most of the manpower had been moved to the Eastern Domain.

After arriving in the Eastern Domain, twelve of the eighteen battalions of soldiers were on the island and six battalions were in Penghu, but the sailors also took turns to train in the Eastern Domain, in fact, it was not enough.

If everything goes well, Xu Zixian plans to recruit ten more battalions by the end of the year, including one battalion of cavalry, two battalions of the naval division, and seven battalions of infantry.

Xu Zixian discovered early on that some military attachés were suitable for fighting on the battlefield, some were suitable for the formation and then the formation, some were suitable for climbing the city first, and some were planning to move later, some were violent, the aggression was like fire, some were like a forest, and of course there were also heavy defenses, and when the enemy was charging, their troops were immobile and solid as a rock.

And some generals or veterans are not good at battle formations, but the training of recruits is quite disciplined, Wu Weisan did quite well in Nan'an, and appointed him as the director of the military training department, which can be regarded as making the best use of his strengths.

However, Xu Zixian has been most concerned about the textile factories built in the upper reaches of various streams.