After Liu Renyu finished cooking the disobedient Sun Mourning Yun and buried the unlucky Zheng Youqian's family, there was only one day left before the deadline given by Hong Chengchou to send troops.

He had a lot to do on this day, and the first thing he had to think about was the problem of eating the people under his own rule.

The reason why we have to consider the issue of eating is because the geographical location of Jingbian Fort is not very good.

However, it is said that this Jingbian Yingbao is located on the southern edge of the Mu Us Desert, and most of the north, northeast, and northwest are semi-fixed sand dunes or sand dunes, on which only sparse pasture grass grows, and only a Lu River passes through it in the south, bringing some wetlands and river beaches, and 20,000 acres of farmland are derived along this river.

These 20,000 acres of farmland can be used according to Liu Renyu's policy, and each household can be divided into more than ten acres, which does not seem too small, but most of the land in the northwest is barren, and the output is not as good as that of the Guanzhong Plain, let alone the south of the Yangtze River.

That is to say, even if Liu Renyu tidied up the water conservancy and used the method of greenhouse seedlings, the output per mu of land was only 400 catties, and it was 400 catties without shelling.

Therefore, in order to let each family live a relatively prosperous life as much as possible, Liu Renyu decided to separate some people to engage in animal husbandry and animal husbandry.

Of course, in order not to damage the environment and lead to predatory development, Liu Renyu intends to limit the number of herders. At present, he plans to divide 100 households first, and he will allocate cattle, sheep, horses, and herdsmen to graze their own herds.

As for the breeding industry, Liu Renyu planned to set up pig farms and chicken farms, and he also allocated piglets and chickens, and the people raised them themselves.

He doesn't plan to develop too much of this farmer, he plans to divide 20 households to pilot first.

In addition to these measures, he also asked Du Ruonan to help go to Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang to buy sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn seeds.

Although the yield of these foreign imported products is still relatively low, but fortunately, they are very drought tolerant, and they only need to put their seeds into these barren soils, pay attention to apply enough fertilizer, and replenish water in a timely manner, and they can almost be stocked.

With the help of these miscellaneous grains and the financial support of the Du family, the foundation is solid, and he, Liu Renyu, can rest assured that he can recruit another 500 full-time soldiers to be responsible for the war.

He told Ma Tianjun all these thoughts about himself, and Ma Tianjun didn't say a word, and did all of them.

At the time of purchasing, because Shaanxi was in turmoil at this time, it was not easy to buy cattle and sheep, Ma Tianjun took the initiative to contact the Mongolian Tumut Department under the instruction of Liu Renyu, hoping to exchange the tea, medicinal materials and cloth needed by the Mongolians for cattle and sheep.

Later, in order to get horses, Liu Renyu even agreed to exchange iron pots and grain for horses on the grassland.

Regarding Liu Renyu's decision, Ma Tianjun has a lot of complaints.

"My lord, if the northern captives get the iron pot, cast it into a weapon, and then go south to plunder, I am afraid that we will suffer." Ma Tianjun said worriedly.

"Hehe, at this time, my Ming defenses are in vain, that is, they don't sell iron pots to them, they don't want to rob them, rather than this, it is better to exchange the iron pots for their horses. Arm us, and when the Mongols come, they will fight them back. ”

"What the adults said is reasonable." Ma Tianjun was convinced.

"Oh, by the way, when you trade, try to pick small tribes, and when you buy horses, make sure you buy good horses. The standard of a good horse is this, when the foal is born, the North will lead the mare to the hillside, and then whip the mare, at this time the foal that can run to the hillside to protect the mare is a good horse, you want to buy this kind of horse, understand? ”

"Yes, my lord, the humiliation has been written."

"Well, the people who are willing to graze and breed, give them preferential treatments, foals, piglets, lambs, chickens, and calves, all for free, and free rent for a year, and go and talk to them about their good life."

"Yes, sir."

After talking to Ma Tianjun about the problem of eating his own people, Liu Renyu went to inspect the excavation of the tunnel and the expansion of the city.

However, it was said that the miners under Li Jiye were digging pits and digging soil, and of course they were handy in digging tunnels, which went without saying.

As for dredging the moat and digging the trench, it will only need to wait until Father Zhao repairs the city wall in the east before it can be carried out.

On the excavation site, Liu Renyu found Li Jiye, who was in command, and planned to explain the work for a period of time in the future.

"Jiye, the standard of the tunnel is still the same as our hometown in Beibao, when you finish digging the tunnel, you will send someone to Shanxi again, and then recruit 108 miners, people are recruited, you remember to hand over the books to the logistics department."

"Yes, my lord, I know. That, hehe, sir, I have something I want to talk about, you said that we are the president of Qian after all, and there are only more than 200 people under our hands, what is this called, do you see if you can recruit more people? Li Jiye said with a smile.

"You think I don't want to! I preside over such a big stall, and I need money and food everywhere, if I only care about your army, will the people still need to eat? ”

"I'm not saying that, don't take it to heart, my lord."

"I know, you just have to rest assured, as long as the conditions allow, I will definitely expand the army, after all, the current thieves will come out with a leader, and they will have 3,000 people in their hands. Although our soldiers are strong in combat, we can't stand up to the number of them. ”

"Then when are we going to recruit them? My lord, please give me a quasi-letter. Li Jiye suddenly said eagerly.

"Look at you, it's here again, you can get the matter at hand done first. When it comes to recruitment, I have my own plans. Liu Renyu said solemnly.

"Yes, my lord, I know what I do." Li Jiye sneered.

After talking to Li Jiye about recruiting troops and digging tunnels, Liu Renyu went to see the construction of the city wall.

However, it is said that the city wall of this Jingbian Fort is five miles in radius, and the wall is two feet high and one foot high, and it was only built with rammed earth as the wall when it was built during the Jingtai period of Daizong. During the reign of Emperor Longqing, it was covered with bricks and stones.

Now, in order to accommodate the new arrivals, it has to be expanded on the original basis.

This project of repairing the city wall, according to Liu Renyu's meaning, requires Zhao Datie's construction team to build another section of the city wall in the east, circle a piece of land, and then dismantle the original city wall in the east.

The purpose of this is to prevent the enemy from coming suddenly without walls to rely on.

Most of the bricks and stones used in the construction of the new city wall came from Zhangjiabao, which was sacked by mountain bandits. That Zhangjiabao is only 30 miles away from Jingbian Fort, and it doesn't take a lot of effort to haul bricks and stones back and forth by horse-drawn carriage.

The construction workers who participated in the construction were naturally all the people of Jingbian Fort who were registered in the household registration book.

Among these people, those displaced people brought by Liu Renyu from Beibao in the town knew that the construction of the new city was for their own new home, and they were naturally extremely excited and worked extremely hard.

The original people in Jingbian Fort were naturally not as energetic as these homeless people who were placed, but they were forced by the strong pressure of the overseer, and secondly, they were grateful to Liu Renyu for giving them the land, and the future life would definitely be good, and third, they would work for Lord Liu, and they had enough meals and wages, so they still worked harder to do the work in hand.

Liu Renyu rode a horse, standing outside the eastern city, watching the people under his rule busy with their feet on the ground, the foundation of the new city wall has already begun to take shape, of course he is very satisfied.

"Daddy Zhao, the people are working very hard, so we have to prepare more rice and meat for them. As long as they are working, whether they are men or women, they are fed, and only when they are full can they have the strength to work. Liu Renyu advised.

"My lord, you just have to rest assured, this matter is in charge of the matter sent by Mayor Ma, everyone is still very satisfied with the food, and no one complains." Zhao Datie replied.

"Well, that's good, please ask Daddy Zhao to work hard and speed up the progress, it's an eventful time now, maybe there will be thieves at any time, or the northern captives will kill them." Therefore, the sooner it is completed, the sooner the people can be protected. ”

"My lord and relieved, I only need to repair such a little city wall, and it won't take much time, but I think that this new city wall can be repaired in a month at most."

"If this is the case, it would be great, we still have to concentrate on repairing the walls first, and then build houses in the city in peace." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"That's it." Zhao beats the railway.

"Then Daddy Zhao, you can take care of the matter of repairing the city wall, I'll go elsewhere to see."

After Liu Renyu said goodbye to Father Zhao, he passed through the east gate, entered the fort, and then went straight to the barracks and school grounds.

However, he said that in the past few days, according to Liu Renyu's thoughts, since he has the strong support of the Du family, and the money and food are still sufficient, he plans to recruit another 500 full-time soldiers.

The newly recruited people, plus the original 500 regular army, can just make up the strength of a department, a thousand regular army, and all of them are regular troops at the level of Jiading, in this part of Yansui, if you take a defensive position, you can barely gain a foothold.

According to the regulations, the target of this recruitment is a young adult between the ages of 18 and 35 who hold a Jingbianbao household registration, and the other requirements are that they are of good character, in good health, and have no hidden diseases.

At the time of recruitment, in view of the fact that being a soldier was still a profession with no future in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty at this time, in order to attract aspiring young people to join the army, Liu Renyu specially ordered the theater troupe of Zhenbeibao to stage a drama of "Zhang Erdan's Turning Over" to reverse the concept of the people.

Zhang Erdan of this drama is an extremely poor, ordinary household with four walls, struggling to survive in Zhenbei Fort, living people are not like people, ghosts are not like ghosts, how bitter Coptis is, how bitter he is.

But since Lord Liu arrived at Zhenbei Fort, he built city walls, repaired houses, opened fields, and wanted to recruit soldiers.

Zhang Erdan was alone anyway, he didn't rely on it, so he simply bit his teeth and joined the army, so he was assigned a good field, a full month or two of salary, and monthly rations, these are all direct hairs from the logistics department, and Shangguan has no way to deduct them.

Then Zhang Erdan trained diligently, because all indicators were excellent, he was promoted to captain, and then followed Liu Renyu out to suppress bandits and fight Jiannu, and he was promoted to 100 generals.

Now he lives in a big tiled house that only exists in the south of the Yangtze River, raising a beautiful beautiful girl, and his life is boundless, and he does not envy mandarin ducks or immortals.

Several people in the troupe worked hard to perform together, and the story of Zhang Erdan's life as a soldier was performed for three days, and Zhang Erdan's encounter in this drama left a very deep impression in the minds of the people of Jingbianbao.

Who said that being a soldier is a chore and not being welcomed, that is the old yellow calendar, and now if you want to live a personal life in Jingbian Fort, you have to join the army.

This is the common idea of the people who watched the play.

So, when Liu Renyu came to the barracks and school, he saw this scene. Almost all the young men between the ages of 18 and 35 in Jingbian Fort lined up here, waiting for the various units to be responsible for the selection of recruits, and the barracks were full of people and extremely lively.

On this colonel's field, the crowd was divided into four teams, waiting for the test at the sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, archers, cavalry, etc.

The first step is to observe the momentum to see if there is a fierce spirit that a soldier should have, if not, I am afraid that it will not be able to intimidate the enemy, so it can only be eliminated.

The second step is to conduct a basic ability test, that is, a physical fitness test, and it is not possible to fight as a soldier without good physical fitness.

The physical fitness test items are weight-bearing running, push-ups, and pull-ups.

The third step is to hold each blade and play two times to see if there is a posture and whether it is a material for killing people as a soldier.

Liu Renyu took his guards to ride on the horse and watched for a while, and felt that it was not a problem to recruit 400 regular soldiers to come out, so he planned to go back and rest.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to return, Sun Wuxian, who was beside him, suddenly squinted his eyes and exclaimed: "I'm afraid that our cavalry is just a ruthless character here!" ”

"Oh, what ruthless character?" When Liu Renyu heard this, he stopped his mount and asked with great interest.

"My lord, look, the young man standing at the front of the cavalry registration office, that arrogant demeanor, fierce eyes, grinning posture, and the young man behind him are all hiding away from him, and he dares to bet with his head that this person must be a 'big worm'."

"Yes, I heard that you were also a famous 'big worm' before you became a soldier, since you said so, then you should go and try how that young man is." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Yes, my lord, I will go now." It is said that Sun Wuxian usually likes to cause trouble the most, and now that he has received Liu Renyu's order, he can justifiably provoke trouble, and he is naturally overjoyed.

But when he was about to turn his horse to meet the young man for a while, he didn't guard against being stopped by Liu Renjie.

"My lord, the lowly position is in charge of the cavalry, and that young man will be my subordinate in the future, what is his quality, let the lowly position try." Liu Renjie said pleading.

"Hey, I said you ........" Seeing that the fat in his mouth was about to be robbed, of course Sun Wuxian stopped doing it.

"What are you, what is the first iron law in our army? Let's hear it. Liu Renjie asked Sun Wuji.

"It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders." Sun Wuxian said helplessly.

"Isn't that right, do you have anything else to say?" Liu Renjie asked.

"Nope." Sun Wuxian grimaced, and the urn sounded and the urn aired.

"Count you as acquaintances. My lord, I'll meet him. After Liu Renjie finished speaking, he turned his horse and came to the cavalry recruitment office.

At this time, the teenager was being questioned by the recruiting staff.

"Name?"

"He Yaozong."

"Age?"

"18 years old."

"Bring me the household registration book."

The recruiter looked at the household registration book carefully, pouted, and said: "You are only 17 years old this year, you are not old enough, according to the regulations, you can't join the army, go back, and go to Dongcheng to work." ”

"What if I'm less than 18 years old, the ones on the back of my forehead who are older than me haven't been beaten all over the ground by me looking for teeth." He Yaozong's right hand was clenched into a fist, his thumb pointed at himself, and he said with a big grin.

"You just can be like Wu Song, it's useless to kill a few big insects, if you can't say no, it's not okay, okay, go quickly, otherwise I'll call someone to bombard you away."

"No need, since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers, if this He Yaozong is really powerful, it doesn't matter if he is less than eighteen years old." Liu Renjie, who had been standing on the sidelines and watching, opened his mouth.

"Yo, you're here." When the recruiter saw Liu Renjie, he was going to salute, but was stopped by Liu Renjie.

"Your name is He Yaozong, right?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to be a cavalryman?"

"Cavalry is the most imposing, and can ride horses."

"Hehe, you're quite knowledgeable." When Liu Renjie heard the words 'the cavalry is the most majestic', he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"The majesty of the cavalry is naturally true, but do you know how to ride a horse?" He asked again.

"When I used to work for my lord, I rode a donkey." He Yaozong said quite conceitedly.

"Hehe, I've ridden a donkey! That's it, you just need to practice again, and you can ride a horse. However, if you are under the age of 18, you cannot be recruited into the army. ”

"Hey, after talking for a long time, you still won't let me enlist in the army, so why are you talking so much nonsense here?" When He Yaozong heard this, he thought that Liu Renjie was scolding him, and he was dissatisfied.

"Don't worry, don't worry, there's another way, as long as you can win against me, you can enlist in the army." Liu Renjie smiled faintly.

"Really?" He Yaozong said happily.

"Seriously." Liu Renjie looked at He Yaozong, who was happy, and couldn't help but be a little funny.

Just kidding, have you been a fool of me Liu Renjie and adults in the past few years? Our kung fu is not something you can imagine.

Obviously, Liu Renjie is very confident in his kung fu.

And just when he was still thinking that he could take He Yaozong down within a few moves, he didn't watch out for He Yaozong without saying a word, and suddenly raised his hand and sprinkled a handful of lime with lightning speed, which hit Liu Renjie's eyes.

The lime sprinkled into the eyes, and when it encountered the water vapor on the retina, it immediately brought a burning sensation, burning Liu Renjie's eyes.

"Ah, my eyes." Liu Renjie was in pain, and involuntarily covered his eyes with his hands and shouted loudly.

At this time, He Yaozong immediately bullied himself and kicked Liu Renjie in the stomach with a small flying foot.

Liu Renjie's lower abdomen was hit hard, and his whole body bent under the pain.

Seeing this, He Yaozong picked up a stone from the ground, jumped up, and simmered it at Liu Renjie's head with this stone, and immediately smashed Liu Renjie to the ground.

How could it be!?

Seeing this scene, the entire school field was silent.

When the man in charge of recruiting soldiers saw this scene, he was shocked, and immediately pulled out his saber and shouted, "Take this guy down quickly." ”