In August in Chuzhou, it is cool in the morning and evening, but it is still hot at noon.

Huo Bao came out of the study with a few companions.

Seeing that the little fat man Guo Pu's forehead was full of sweat, Huo Bao asked someone to go down to prepare the ice bowl.

Now he lives a very regular life, reading with Master Lin in the morning, and occasionally when Master Lin is busy, he is the substitute teacher of Master Song.

In the afternoon, he went to the state camp to practice the method by himself, and also supervised the child soldiers' drills.

Song Qianzhi's family, who didn't know how to ask at the beginning, did not have the initial rebellion when he came to the state government again, and he was much calmer.

Huo Bao chose him as a companion, firstly, because of his good grades, and secondly, for the sake of Mr. Song.

Seeing that he was honest, he didn't replace him.

As for Wu Yuan, because he is a little martial artist, his skills are very good, and he is stronger than the hundreds of households in the boy army.

Huo Bao wrote it down in his heart, but he didn't arrange it directly.

The framework of the child soldiers has come out, except for Zhu Qiang, Hou Xiaoming, and Li Yuan, who have not yet returned, and the one hundred and fifty child soldiers around them, the other more than 1,000 people have now shrunk back to practice. is the Jinling news point, Huo Bao has been transferred to his father.

There is Huo Bao under the leadership, as well as Zhu Gang and Liang Zhuang, and Shi San, Qiu Wei and others who are behind, are also exposed, and there is no shortage of manpower.

The last person, Guo Yan, is silent and shy, but he has an inner show.

Huo Bao wanted to use the Guo family before, just to improve the military rations.

After the state banquet, he also met with Master Guo and the father and son of the shopkeeper Guo.

Nowadays, the soldiers' rations are all old grains transported from Jinling, and there are three kinds of grain, rice, and beans.

There are three meals a day in the barracks, bean porridge in the morning and evening, and one meal at noon.

When on the march, it is inconvenient.

Huo Bao wants to bring out instant noodles, but you can imagine that in these years, edible oil is precious, and fried instant noodles cannot be prepared on a large scale; The process of non-fried instant noodles is more complicated and is no longer considered a convenience food.

Then Su Yisu noodles, and after chatting with Master Guo, I knew that noodles were available in the Tang Dynasty.

The "dragon beard noodles" in the Tang and Song Dynasty scripts are called noodles.

However, no one has popularized somen noodles to military rations.

The process of making dried noodles is not simple, dragon beard noodles cannot be made, but thick noodles and noodles are not difficult.

It's just that there is not enough raw materials.

In order to prepare the noodles, Huo Bao also specially mentioned it to the owner of the horse village and arranged for someone to go to Chuzhou to buy wheat.

Chuzhou is next to Henan Province, where the living habits of the people are the same as Henan, and wheat is the staple food.

In addition to dried noodles, Huo Bao also fried rice and fried noodles.

Huo Bao is still thinking about the staple food, and Guo Wei has silently figured out the convenience food package.

Similar to the instant noodle seasoning packets of later generations, it contains minced meat and vegetables, as well as ground fine salt.

One pound of soup dumplings is enough for a team of 100 people.

You can make noodle soup directly from somen noodles, or you can use it as a soup when eating dry food.

If Huo Bao and Guo Wei were not acquainted, they would have to wonder if he was wearing it.

Huo Bao told the owner of the horse village about this and gave Guo Qian a credit.

The owner of Ma Zhai also felt that the convenient dishes were wrapped well, and in addition to the merits, he was also rewarded with fifty taels of silver.

Guo Yan was encouraged, but he still didn't like to talk much, but he was studying it with all his heart.

There is a Huo Bao who knows about the convenience food of later generations, and now Guo Hao has begun to study rice noodles and dried rice buns.

Wheat has been purchased several times, but the quantity is limited, so I can only continue to think about millet and rice.

"Bao Ye, I want to ask for leave in the afternoon, the rice noodles will be dried for two days, and there will be five points of water left in the morning!"

Guo Yan said: "In the future, it will be cold for a day, and it will be almost saved in three or four minutes." ”

Huo Bao looked at the dark circles under his eyes, nodded and said, "If you want to go back, you can go back, it's just that it's good to study during the day, and you are not allowed to stay up late anymore!" The body is the capital, even if you don't go to the barracks, you have to run a few laps at home to stretch and stretch your muscles! ”

"Hmmm! I'm running laps at home! ”

Guo Yan was so busy that he couldn't even wait for the ice bowl, and hurried home.

Guo Ke looked at his cousin's back, and his eyes were full of envy.

Huo Bao looked at it in his eyes and felt a little unbearable.

Guo Cao was only nine years old and had only finished opening at home.

Master Lin is still talking about "Historical Records", which is not too difficult for Song Qianzhi and Wu Yuan, who are a little older, but it is too complicated for Guo Cao.

Also in the afternoon there was the boy barracks.

Song Qianzhi has practiced his body, and he can draw a bow and shoot arrows; Wu Yuan used a big knife, and he learned the authentic sword technique handed down from the army of the previous dynasty.

When the two entered the barracks, they fell into the oil cylinder with a mouse.

Song Qianzhi and Shi San smell the same, and the two of them are competing and competing together.

Song Qianzhi has been defeated repeatedly, and he can't wait to apprentice.

He is Huo Bao's companion, how dare Shi San hold it up?

In the end, the two friends talked about each other, but they were a little anxious and Meng was not out of focus.

Wu Yuan here, looking at the knife team in the boy barracks, his eyes were also red.

On the contrary, it is Guo Cao, who is here for many years, and he doesn't show anything, and he hasn't even found his friends, so he is a little pitiful.

The ice bowl came up, Huo Bao ate it, and pondered about it.

Wu Yuan is the seedling of a military general, and it is a pity that he is only by his side.

Guo Fu is still young, and he should be released home, otherwise he will not be able to say that his homework will be delayed.

Now Guo Sanye is under the command of Shui Jin, Guo Wei is named in logistics, and it doesn't matter if Guo Cao is not there.

Seeing that everyone was eating about the same, Huo Bao said: "Guo Cao has worked hard for the past two months, I don't have to go to the camp for a while, and I will start going home to study tomorrow!" When you reach the age of thirteen, you will report to the boy soldier camp! ”

Guo Pu stared at his round eyes and said in surprise: "What Bao Ye said is true?" ”

Huo Bao smiled: "Still looking forward to being fake? ”

"Don't hope, don't hope!"

Guo Pu was afraid that he would regret it, and his little head shook like a rattle.

is so immature and innocent, this is a spoiled child.

Song Qianzhi and Wu Yuan looked at Huo Bao with faint expectations.

Huo Bao said: "Wu Yuan's sword skills are correct, are you willing to go to the sword team to be a coach?" ”

"Leader?" Wu Yuan was a little surprised.

The young man was impatient, and wanted to lead his troops directly to kill the enemy.

However, he has also seen in the past month or so that there is no shortage of big and small leaders among the child soldiers, but the leaders are not wealthy, and they are all loaned.

"I do!" Wu Yuan nodded immediately.

Shi San is now the head of the sect, and he has hundreds of archers on his body, which shows that being the head of the sect does not conflict with the two things of leading the troops himself.

Huo Bao nodded and said: "If you are the head of the sect, you don't have to start as a small soldier, and the treatment of the tun chief, and the vacancy of 100 households can be filled by 100 households." ”

"Hmm!" Wu Yuan nodded hurriedly.

Huo Bao looked at Song Qianzhi again.

Song Qianzhi's physical fitness is good, but in the end, he is a disciple of a scholarly family, and he is not good at anything.

Song Qianzhi was a little nervous.

He used to be very arrogant and boasted of being extraordinary.

But those who have been hit one after another in the past two months have begun to feel inferior.

"Qian Zhi followed Gao Yue first, and being a literary instructor is also the treatment of the tun chief......"

"Master Bao, can I join the archers?"

Song Qianzhi pleaded a little.

Huo Bao said: "When you join the archer team, you can only start from a small soldier, and the captain and chief will be promoted to the next level......"

The rules for the promotion of child soldiers are becoming more and more perfect, and Song Qianzhi does not have the skills of Shi San and Wu Yuan.

"Just a little soldier, I will work hard, and I won't embarrass Bao Ye!" Song Qianzhi puffed up his chest and promised.

Huo Bao nodded and said, "If you are not afraid of hardship, go ahead!" ”

Wu Yuan was stunned.

He thought that Bao Ye would keep Song Qianzhi by his side, and even Song Qianzhi sent him away, could it be that the companion he left behind was Guo Qian?

Even Song Qianzhi realized that he was a little distracted when he thought of this.

I listened to Huo Baodao: "Mr. Lin is busy after the holiday, and the class here will be stopped, even Guo Wei and I will not stay, just let him go to the sixth master to listen to the errand......"

In fact, it is because of the companionship that Master Lin and Huo Bao are inconvenient.

Some things can't be said in class.

The name of the left and right companions is to win over and appease the Chuzhou gentry, and more than a month's qualifications are enough.

After lunch, several people came out of the state office.

Guo Fu went home, and Huo Bao and the three of them rode to the camp.

As soon as I was not far away from the state office, I saw dozens of riders coming in front of me, escorting more than a dozen carriages, coming slowly.

Looking in this direction, it is going to the state capital.

Huo Bao was still hesitating, and the knight had already come out to ride.

"Bao Ye!"

Huo Bao couldn't help but be stunned.

Who is this dry, black and slippery one?

The male duck's voice is a little ear-scratching.

The person who came had already turned over and dismounted, and when he saw Huo Bao's expression, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Bao Ye, it's me, Xiao Er!" ”

Huo Bao also got off the horse and was very surprised.

Zhu Qiang? Zhu Xiaoer?

How much did this suffer?

After two and a half months of hard work, the chubby little fat man has become like this?

This is the beginning of the voice change, no wonder it sounds eary!

The convoy has stopped.

"Is it Xiaobao?"

The one who greeted him with the curtain was none other than Du Laoba.

Huo Bao didn't care about talking to Zhu Qiang, and hurriedly went over to say hello.

Taken aback again!

Du Laoba, who had "thinned" more than 200 pounds before, is now round twice, with a slit left in his eyes and a chin gone.

"Eighth uncle! It's back, my father and sixth uncle have been talking about you! ”

If it weren't for Du Laoba who sent someone to send a letter back, Huo Wu and the owner of Ma Zhai would have sent someone to find it.

Du Laoba smiled: "Didn't you run into your ninth uncle, and followed the boat...... Your ninth uncle heard that you wanted to inquire about the salt farm, so he gave you one directly, saying that it was a meeting gift for you, and you remember to send someone over to take it over! ”

Send the salt works, this is a big deal!

Huo Bao was curious: "Uncle Nine has built a salt farm on the island?" ”

The island that goes out to sea from Songjiang and is regarded as a nest is the conspicuous Chongming Island, right?

Or is it a false shot, but it is actually the side of the Zhoushan Islands?

Du Laoba waved his hand and said: "It's a lot of trouble to build a salt farm!" Your ninth uncle doesn't have that patience, he directly led people to rob a salt farm, which is not small, and there are more than 2,000 salt workers...... 120 stone of salt per month...... Your ninth uncle said, it's not enough to tell him, he grabbed another one, there are a lot of Songjiang salt farms! ”

Huo Bao was speechless when he heard this, and looked at the row of carriages behind him: "This is all salt?" ”

"Weird heavy, how much can the carriage hold? Didn't the fifth brother ask for a boat before? The sea ship is too big for river transportation, your ninth uncle sent someone to Quanzhou to buy a few new ships before, this time from Songjiang, by the way to pull the salt back, all in Binjiang warehouse. The ones you bring back now are prepared by your ninth uncle for the two sisters of the foal, half of which is the dowry of the foal, and half of it is the 100-day gift and the first birthday gift for you! ”

Huo Bao was surprised at first.

Can the new ship go all the way from Songjiang to Binjiang?

Is there a naval army in the middle?

This ninth uncle has hands and eyes to the sky!

As for the gifts of these ten or so carriages?

Huo Bao is embarrassed.

The marriage date of the foal is set for the end of October, and it is reasonable for the uncle to prepare the dowry in advance.

I am thirteen, and I still receive 100-day gifts and birthday gifts, don't you think it's strange?

But this ninth uncle is really heroic.

It's just that it also shows that my father has not had any contact with these brothers in the past ten years since he returned to his hometown.

Otherwise, this gift will not be made up more than ten years later.

The street is not the place to talk.

Huo Bao said to Song Qianzhi and Wu Lin: "The two of you go to the camp by yourself and tell my father and Tang Ye that the eighth master is back; Sent a message to Huo Bao again, and Zhu Qiang, the captain of the auxiliary forces, came back and asked him to bring Zhu Gang and Liang Zhuang over! ”

Tang Guang is training soldiers in the big camp these days.

Huo Wu was also over there, taking Xue Xiao and Lin Jin to train the 3,000 men and horses under Du Laoba's name, as well as the 4,000 recruits recruited this time.