Everyone pushed aside the bushes and looked at the place where the sound came from, and at this look, everyone almost burst into laughter, only to see two or three hundred juvenile urchins scuffling together, many of them still holding sticks in their hands, but probably saying that they were not allowed to hit the vital points, only to the buttocks, many naughty pants were open, showing a butt outside, and the wow-wow-wow screams who were beaten by the sticks, which was extremely interesting to watch.

"Where did this naughty boy come from, really...."Jiang De shook his head, did these ancient children fight in groups when they had nothing to play?

"Lord, these children are not simple, they seem to be secretly in line with the way of soldiers in this fight." Zhu Wu squinted his eyes and said to Jiang De.

Jiang De sighed, looked carefully, and sure enough, he found that something was different, these naughty boys were not fighting indiscriminately, but some were responsible for attacking, some were responsible for defense, and both sides were playing well, what surprised Jiang De even more was that these children still had reserves, more than a dozen of the strongest children were half-squatting behind the bull riding children on the left, and at first glance they wanted to give the opposite side a fatal blow, and the one on the right was not simple, more than a dozen children were walking around from the outside, and it seemed that they were also preparing to give each other a sneak attack.

"Where did this kid come from? Sure enough, there are some doorways, such a soldier-using thinking, if no one teaches it, it can only be said to be a genius in the use of soldiers! Jiang De said approvingly, who said that Song Guo was a weak scholar, but no one gave these geniuses a stage, when has there ever been a shortage of talents in China for thousands of years?

"Kill! Capture the Wu brothers alive! The group of children who had bypassed the battle line shouted loudly, and each took out his stick in his hand and rushed forward.

"I've known you had this trick for a long time! Above! The child riding the bull also roared, and saw that the children squatting behind him were half holding wooden planks and half holding wooden sticks, and rushed up, and the children holding wooden planks were the strongest in front, and they did not care about the other party's attack, but they hit the people who came hard, and after hitting the opponent's formation, the children behind followed and hit, and it didn't take long for all the sneak attackers to fall to the ground.

"The enemy is defeated! Kill!! The children on the bull rode loudly, and the children who had defeated the sneak attack rushed into battle, causing the morale of the children on the left to soar, and the children on the right were quickly defeated.

"Don't retreat, come on! Give it to me! A child on the right, who was different in height from the others, rushed forward with a stick, and the child on the left hurriedly stopped him, and it took a long time to hold him down with a dozen people.

"Humph! What do you think? I said Quduan, said okay, Liupan Mountain will be our victorious army this month, you are not allowed to fight any prey on the mountain, and you are not allowed to touch a single medicinal herb, you Zhenrong army will go back and eat your own! The kid riding the bull said proudly.

"Wu Jie! You despicable villain, just wait, we'll win next time! The suppressed child yelled loudly, unconvinced.

Wu Jie? Could it be the twin stars? Jiang De's eyes lit up, and he stood up and said, "Where is the child?" is so naughty and playful, aren't you afraid of beating people to death? What about your adults? ”

Hundreds of naughty boys looked at Jiang De's side, and they didn't expect that there were other people.

Wu Jie, who was riding a bull, shouted to Jiang De, "Who are you?" This is our business, it has nothing to do with you, go fast, go fast, sit slowly, don't blame the master, I beat you! ”

So unruly! It's completely a bear child, Jiang De walked down and said, "What a big breath, I want to see, what can you do with me?" ”

More than a dozen black-clothed guards pulled out their blades, Niu Gao was in front, Li Zhong was behind, Zhu Wu and Xu Guanzhong were on the left and right, although there were many naughty boys, but looking at those bright blades, where did anyone dare to move.

Wu Jie didn't expect Jiang De to have so many guards around him, so he immediately swallowed his saliva, and a bunch of bear children who were pressing Qu Duan also stood up and hid to the side, Jiang De looked around and asked, "What are you guys doing here?" So many people are fighting, what about your adults? ”

Qu Duan stood up and said to Jiang De, "This is the practice of our two armies, you are not a local, right?" ”

Jiang De asked with some curiosity, "Can any of you talk to me?" As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of chocolate from his arms, threw them to Wu Jie, Qu Duan, and a few naughty boys around him, then peeled them off and took a bite of them first, and said, "I see that it's not the first time you've fought, I'm from the Daimyo's Mansion, is this your custom?" ”

Qu Duan took a bite of it, and after only one bite, his eyes lit up, and he said in a loud voice, "It's so sweet, what is this?" ”

Jiang De smiled, "This is called chocolate, it is my family's specialty, you can talk about it." ”

Wu Jie also took a bite and laughed, and then handed the chocolate to the others and said, "You can also take a bite, but it is delicious." ”

Qu Duan saw Wu Jie's like this, and handed it to the others, and then said to Jiang De, "This Liupan Mountain is located at the junction of the victorious army and the Zhenrong army, and the villagers of our two armies need this mountain to chop firewood, collect medicine and hunt, but this mountain is so big, everyone comes, and there will be contradictions." ”

Wu Jie continued, "It turns out that our two armies fight for this mountain from time to time, and I don't know how many people have died, decades ago, Han Xianggong came here, and ordered us to go up the mountain this month, and they will go up the mountain next month, but the things on the mountain are different every month, especially some precious medicinal materials, which are gone after the season, and there are still people stealing up the mountain from time to time, so it still doesn't work."

In the end, we agreed on both sides that the children on both sides come here to fight every month, and whoever wins can monopolize the mountain for a month, and if they lose, they are not allowed to go up the mountain.

Today is the day of the battle between our two sides, and as you can see, our victorious army has won again! ”

Qu Duan snorted, "It won't be this simple next time, have you forgotten how you were spanked by me last month?" ”

"If you lose, you lose, and you still want to deny it?"

"Who denies you? The words of our Zhenrong army are counted, and this Liupan Mountain will belong to you next month! ”

Jiang De looked at these hundreds of naughty boys, and suddenly remembered that Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty in the past also found the source of soldiers by watching the villagers fight, thus creating an invincible Qi family army.

Jiang De asked Wu Jie, "I see that you all secretly combine the art of war in your fights, who taught you?" ”

Wu Jie shook his head and said, "No one teaches us, I think about it myself." ”

Qu Duan also nodded and said, "My family doesn't care about me on weekdays, and no one teaches me to read." I thought about it myself, too. ”

Zhu Wu exclaimed beside him, "In this way, both of you are manufacturable, are you willing to learn the art of war?" ”

Both of them had their eyes lit up, but they dimmed together.

"My family has no money, so I can't hire my husband to coach." Wu Jie was distressed because of poverty.

"My father died in battle, and my family has no money." Qu Duan said with his head down.

Zhu Wu looked at Jiang De, Jiang De nodded and said, "I see that the two of you are future generals, so let's do it, whether it is your victorious army or the Zhenrong army, you will have an IKEA oil mill storefront, and in the future, you two can withdraw your study expenses in the oil mill every month, in addition, I will send someone to prepare the military books you need to read in the oil mill, I hope that in the future you can become the pillars of the protection of my Chinese territory." Don't get involved in this fight, a good man should have the courage to fight, steal in private fights, and fight with his own people, it's not a good thing. ”

Both of them are not very old, but they are both from a hard background, Qu Duan is fine, there is a third-class borrowed position, and there are a lot of help from his father's comrades-in-arms, but Wu Jie has really never received such a favor from others, and he was immediately grateful, Wu Jie asked, "I don't know the name of Engong yet, Engong helps me so much, I am really waiting.."

Zhu Wu said, "This is Neihuang Jiangde, Jiang Xiaolangjun, the owner of the IKEA Oil Mill and Qionglou. ”

Jiang De took out two small brands from his arms, only to see that this brand is not gold, jade, stone, iron, special material, Jiang De said, "You take these two brands to your IKEA oil mills all over the country, they know that you are let me go, this must be taken well, do not lose it." ”

The two of them put it away and thanked Jiang De, Jiang De looked at the hundreds of naughty boys, and said to the two, "Among these, if there are people who are willing to study with you, you can also bring them, and the tuition and books are not for you." ”

The other naughty children were originally just envious of Wu Jie, and when they heard that they could also study with Wu Jie, they immediately bowed down to the ground and thanked them, Jiang De hurriedly asked everyone to help these children up, Jiang De looked at Liupan Mountain and said, "This Liupan Mountain is so big, I don't think it's a problem to feed 10,000 people, the problem on both sides of you is not that there is too little output here, but that the medicinal materials and prey you pick from the mountain can't be sold at a high price." ”

A teenager shouted from the crowd, "That's right, the fox I fought with Brother Jie's last time was sold for seven yuan!" That's a living fox with no wounds! ”

Wu Jie said to Jiang De, "This is my younger brother Wu Luan, but what he said is the truth, we are poor in the northwest, everyone has no money, and naturally things can't be sold for any price." ”

Jiang De said, "They don't pay a good price, I will come out, especially the medicinal materials, how many you have, how much I will collect, of course, you must also pay attention not to let the herbs be cut off and extinct!" ”

"Really?" Qu Duan also asked excitedly.

"Of course it's true, if nothing else, in a month's time, my caravan will come here to buy your mountain goods! In this way, you can stop fighting. Jiang De said with a smile.

"Xiao Langjun, this... On behalf of the people of our Liupan Mountain and the two armies, thank you Xiaolangjun. Wu Jie knew what Jiang De's words meant, and he was almost speechless with excitement.

After Jiang De sent two or three black-clothed warriors to convey his instructions, he had a meal with Wu Jie and the others, and Jiang De separated from Wu Jie and the others.

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"Since the lord likes these children, why don't you take them for yourself?" Zhu Wu said with some distress, in his heart, Wu Jie is a good candidate for his apprentice.

Jiang De smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, I'm afraid he is tempted, but this Wu Jie, Qu Duan staying here is more useful to us than being taken away by us." ”

Xu Guanzhong understood Jiang De's thoughts, and said to Zhu Wu, "Mr. Zhu, these two children can lead so many naughty children at this time, and it is only a matter of time before they join the army in the future and become the commander of one party. ”

Only then did Zhu Wu understand, Jiang De sighed, "I don't know if it's useful that day, okay, it's almost summer, let's hurry up and enter Shu!" ”

- Two months later

Standing on the big boat of the Yangtze River, Jiang De looked at the surrounding scenery, listened to the birds and beasts on both sides of the strait from time to time, and couldn't help but read, "The white emperor of the dynasty is among the clouds, and the thousands of miles of Jiangling are returned in one day." The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the ten thousand mountains. ”

"The lord is still interested!" Zhu Wu stepped forward and said with a smile to Jiang De.

Jiang De turned around and said, "It's Mr. Zhu, it's finally out of Sichuan, this Bashu is really the country of abundance, no wonder there can be a character like Sansu." ”

Zhu Wu nodded and said, "Yes, the geography of Bashu is different from the world, no matter who controls Bashu, he can not only defend against danger, but also take Jiangnan in the east and Guanzhong in the west, and become the emperor's business." ”

Jiang De sighed, "It's a pity that Zhao Ji's evil politics are mostly in Jiangnan, Hebei, Shandong and other places, this Bashu is quite stable, and there is no opportunity for us to wait, but this time it can be regarded as a harvest, and several major businessmen have ordered a large number of timber, and we will not lack raw materials for shipbuilding in the future." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Wu said with admiration, "The strategy conceived by the lord and Mr. Xu is really whimsical, and now that I think about it, I still think it's incredible." ”

Jiang De smiled: "It's incredible.... Where is our next stop? ”

Zhu Wu looked ahead and said, "If you walk for half a day, it should be Jingzhou." ”

Jiang De sighed and asked, "Mr. Xu, how are they?" ”

Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "It's still a little seasick, it's no wonder, Mr. Xu and Brother Niu Gao are both northerners, and it's normal that they are not used to taking a boat." ”

Jiang De sighed, "Today I know how difficult Cao Mengde was in the past, since ancient times, the northern army marched south, and most of them were defeated due to water and soil adaptation, and we must be vigilant about this matter in the future." ”

"The incompetence of the students has worried the lord." A weak voice came, Jiang De turned around, saw Xu Guanzhong who was being supported by Li Zhong, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Xu, how did you come out?" Let's go inside and rest, and when we get to Jingzhou, we will rest for a while, and then it's not too late to hurry. ”

Xu Guanzhong wanted to say something, but it was another wave, Xu Guanzhong slammed it, ran to the bow of the boat and vomited.

Jiang De looked at Xu Guanzhong worriedly, and Zhu Wu said, "Don't worry, my lord, after Jingzhou, the river will be calm, and Mr. Xu will be much better." ”

Jiang De nodded, it could only be like this, when he arrived in Jingzhou, a group of people rested for a few days, and arrived in Ezhou, which is Wuhan in the future.

Ezhou was not as prosperous as later generations at this time, Xu Guanzhong's complexion also improved at this time, and Jiang De and others sat in the restaurant, looked down and said, "Ezhou is as its name, choking the lifeblood of the Yangtze River, in the past, Huang Zu refused to be here for two generations of people and horses, which shows its danger." ”