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Xiao Tianjian found Feng Gouzi next, Feng Gouzi and Li Lingfeng were already in a hurry, just waiting for Xiao Tianjian to ask them about the situation of this trip, as soon as they saw Xiao Tianjian looking at him, Feng Gouzi immediately jumped up and said loudly: "General Qiqi, Brother Humble and Ling Feng did not live up to the general's expectations this time, and the matter was done!" This time, we first went to Pingyang Mansion and found the business name of the Fan family, and as soon as we showed our identity, the people of their Fan family did not dare to slack off, so they immediately notified Fan Yaoshan, who was in charge of their shopkeeper, to come to see us, and they were still serving us with good food and drink. （）

After Fan Yaoshan, the shopkeeper of the Fan family, learned the news, he set off from Taiyuan overnight, and it took three days to rush to Pingyang Mansion, and we handed over Miss Fan's letter to him, this Fan Yaoshan seems to really love his baby girl, and he agreed to the conditions we put forward, that is, there is a clause that he is not worried about his daughter, so he has to send someone to see his daughter, by the way, discuss with the general what to do in the future, and discuss how to release his daughter, and send two maids to take care of his daughter, By the way, I also brought back a lot of things for his daughter, and we came back this time, and we brought them back by the way! ”

Xiao Tianjian's eyebrows jumped, and he was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that this time Fan Yutong's letter still played a role, this Fan Yaoshan is really nervous about his daughter! actually agreed to his conditions in one breath, it seems that Fan Yutong's status must not be low in her father's mind, so he nodded and said, "You two have worked hard!" Where are they now? ”

Feng Gouzi immediately replied: "Right now, they are in the village, and they don't dare to let them move around without permission, and they didn't tell them, Miss followed the general out, but just said that the general was not in the village, and after the general came back and saw them, he could make a decision, whether they could let them see Miss Fan, and he had to listen to the general's wishes!" ”

"Excellent! After our discussion is over, I will go to meet them, by the way, who is from the Fan family this time? Does it have a weight? ”

Feng Gouzi nodded and said: "The person who was sent by the rich man Fan this time is the chief housekeeper of their Fan family, saying that there are many things in the Fan family, he can have the final say, his name is Fan Xi, listen to him, Miss Fan is also what he watched grow up, this old housekeeper is very attentive, and the ears of those of us who are talking along the way are about to become calloused, and I ask them every day how the situation is now!" Seems to be more interested than his father! Alas! When I got back here, I hid quickly, or else I would have annoyed him to death! Hey! ”

When Xiao Tianjian heard this, he secretly thought, 'Yo, it's actually an old acquaintance, wasn't the last time I met Fan Xi, the housekeeper of the Fan family?' Dare to love this old housekeeper is really interested in Miss Fan! ’

"Good! Anyway, I don't care about it for a while, I'll see him later! You and Ling Feng have done a good job, you have to take credit! Xiao Tianjian waved his hand to let Feng Gouzi step back.

Then he asked Yan Chongxi, "Brother Yan! This time, you led your troops out and told the big guys! ”

Yan Chongxi nodded and stood up and replied: "General Qiyu, this time I went out with Brother Zhao and Brother Li, first to the Qinshui area, but we didn't do it first in Qinshui, but directly sneaked around Qinshui and rushed to Yicheng and Fushan County, where to go, we did it separately, there are really a lot of big families over there, especially the old wealth in Yicheng County, Zhuangzi has a lot of grain, we only beat Zhuangzi, and then we got a lot of grain and cattle, I wanted to do two more, but I was really afraid that I couldn't bring it back, so quickly retreated into the territory of Qinshui County, on the way back, and laid a big village in Qinshui County, made a lot of grain, mules and horses ploughing cattle, all loaded and pulled back, in addition to grain, mules and horses, ploughing cattle, this time also got one or two thousand taels of gold and silver, bronze also made a lot, loaded a few carts back! It can be said that the harvest is quite fruitful! The specific number of lowly officials has not been counted, and they have to ask Old Man Jin to report to the general! ”

Xiao Tianjian was overjoyed after hearing this, could it be that his character had exploded now? One by one, the good news came back.

"And what about the losses of the brothers who went out this time?" Xiao Tianjian first stopped Master Jin, who was about to stand up to answer, and then asked Yan Chongxi.

Yan Chongxi's face immediately became solemn, and he replied: "The casualties are not heavy, twenty-one soldiers were killed in the battle, and twenty-five people were wounded, most of them were lightly injured, three soldiers died of illness, four people were killed in battle, and eleven were injured, all of them were minor injuries!"

Mainly on the way back to the big village in Qinshui, the people in the village resisted very fiercely, and there are two bowls, and there is a tiger squat cannon, we attacked the village to fight a little harder, the casualties are relatively large! The Fran machine guns and tiger squat cannons we brought couldn't suppress them, and they suffered some losses, but later they still piled up powder kegs under the Zhuang wall, which blew up the Zhuang wall and killed them in the Zhuangzi! Otherwise, it would not be easy to knock it down! However, our gunpowder, this trip out, also used a seven, seven, eight, eight, and there is not much left, if you go out next time, you have to find a way to get gunpowder first! Otherwise, I am afraid that these cannons will not be used! ”

Xiao Tianjian's mood became heavy all of a sudden, this trip out, although Yan Chongxi and they gained a lot, but the losses were really not small, the soldiers brought the soldiers, and there were more than 60 casualties, and most of them were soldiers, and the loss of everyone was enough to make Xiao Tianjian feel painful.

But distressed is distressed, Xiao Tianjian also knows that they are licking blood on the knife edge in this business, dancing on the tip of the knife every day, and there is a possibility of dying at any time, every member of the Xingtian Army has already had such mental preparations, but what makes him uncomfortable in his heart is that they have just stood on their feet, and these subordinates have not even married their wives, so they just died, and they are really a little sorry for them.

So he nodded and asked bitterly, "Have you brought back all the wounded brothers?" Have you written down the names of your dead brothers? ”

"I dare not forget our rules, the bodies of the brothers who died in battle, the ashes have been brought back with the army, and none of the names have been pulled off, and they have all been recorded! The injured brothers were also brought back properly! Now that they have been moved to the medical camp and handed over to Doctor Lu to treat them, most of them must be able to return to the team soon! Yan Chongxi replied.

"Good! I will personally visit them when I go back, and everyone should also prepare, in the Chinese New Year's Eve, I will personally pay tribute to those brothers who died before us, and comfort their spirits in heaven! After the year, Master Jin remembered that he should choose a place in Lotus Village as soon as possible to build a martyr's shrine for our dead brothers, send someone to carve their names into a monument, put them in the martyr's shrine, and specially find monks to surpass them! In the future, any brother, as long as he dies in battle, can enter the martyr's shrine to worship! We will never forget any of them! We can't let them suffer any more under the Nine Springs! Xiao Tianjian stood up and took off the hat on his head, and said to everyone with a solemn face.

Immediately, everyone in the righteous hall stood up and took off their hats to show their respect for the brothers who died, and Master Jin immediately received the order, saying that he would immediately start to build the martyr's shrine of the Xingtian Army in the next year.

Then after Xiao Tianjian sat down, everyone sat down again, but the atmosphere was a little dull.

"The deceased is gone, and we don't think about it anymore! At present, we are still lacking in the ability to attack fortifications, especially in terms of firearms, our tiger squat artillery and Fran aircraft are still a little insufficient, and we suffer losses in the artillery battle with the enemy, especially when attacking the fortifications! So in the next year, I have to think of a way to cast a new cannon, and I can't let the brothers suffer because of this! As for gunpowder, I know, now we are buying a large amount of earth nitrate locally, and then preparing gunpowder ourselves, this problem should be solved in the next year!

But let me remind you again, if anyone dares to pee on Lao Tzu in the future, be careful of being caught by me and cut your guys! Let's go to the toilet honestly, and in the future, our gunpowder and food will depend on your and urine! Did you hear it? After Xiao Tianjian sat down, he said to everyone, and then his expression relaxed, joking with everyone.

After everyone in the hall heard this, there was another burst of laughter, and Zhao Erdonkey asked very funny: "General, why will our and urine have something to do with our gunpowder and food in the future!" Grain, it is understandable, it can be used to make manure on the ground and strengthen the field, so what does this gunpowder have to do with feces and urine? ”

Xiao Tianjian saw that everyone was very interested, and most of them didn't know about nitrate, so he popularized science by the way, and said to them: "Of course it is related, you must know that when you make fertilizer, you can also accumulate nitrate, during the manure period, the surrounding soil will form nitrate, we sweep up these soil nitrate, you can boil it into saltpeter, you all know, gunpowder has the most saltpeter, if there is no such thing, let's just grab it, estimate that you guys, I don't know how many brothers' lives to fill it!"

At the same time, feces and urine also attract flies and mosquitoes, which will cause plagues, so you must remember that if the feces and urine problem is not done well, it will ruin our Xingtian Army, and no one wants to be infected with the epidemic!

So, the big guy not only has to do it himself, but also to your subordinates, and be honest with me, this matter is not a trivial matter! Do you remember it all? ”

The people in the hall immediately responded with a bang, not daring to take this incident as a joke anymore.

"My lord! This trip to Brother Yan and they came back from collecting grain, but the harvest was not small! The grain alone is enough to bring back as much as 2,000 stones! There are nearly 100 carts, 13,000 taels of silver, 270 taels of gold, countless copper coins, all kinds of bronze utensils add up, roughly 3,000 catties, 130 mules and horses, 150 ploughing cattle, dozens of pigs and sheep, by the way, these guys, even other people's dogs are not left, and they have brought back more than 20 dogs of all sizes! We seem to have dog meat to eat during the Chinese New Year! That's at least enough for us to last two months! The big guy can rest for the New Year! After seeing everyone laughing, Master Jin reported to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian took the carbon pen and wrote it in his notebook, and after calculating it, he shook his head and said: "The harvest is indeed not small, if it is just us people, it is estimated that if we don't go out to get food for two months, it should be no problem!"

But don't forget, our expenses are much bigger now than before, not only to feed us, but also to feed the local people, miners, and craftsmen!

After the New Year, it is the spring famine, and it is also the busy farming season, the people have no food to eat, so they have to leave the land and go out to escape the famine. Therefore, during this time, a lot of things have started in Shuangfeng Village, and we also take advantage of this opportunity to work for relief, so that the people can not only eat, but also take the opportunity to use people to do more practical things.

Especially at present, the Shuangfeng Village is rebuilding the wall, and this side will also rebuild the wall and the gate in the future. After calculating it in this way, I estimated that the grain I got back this time would not last even a month!

Therefore, we have a long way to go, and we must not only not relax because of this, but also work harder! I also know that everyone has been busy all year round and wants to rest, but at the moment we are far from the time to rest, we have to take advantage of this New Year's season, when the poles are resting and those big households are also relaxed, we have to go out to do the big ticket, before the Shangyuan Festival, we must get more food back!

From today onwards, the big guys can take a rest, and on the morning of the second day of junior high school, I will personally lead the troops out to do a vote!

Also, none of the twenty or so dogs are allowed to kill me, and the sows and ewes must be left for Lao Tzu, and no one is allowed to eat them! Don't even think about ploughing cattle, in a short period of time, the beef thing is gone from everyone! You can't do it again, like before, catch the rich man's ploughing ox and kill it and eat meat! If you want to kill, you can only kill the old and can't work!

Those dogs are well raised for me, distributed to various places, and let them watch the door for us, you must know that the dog nose and dog ears are much stronger than people, and it is the best thing to guard against sneak attacks, and you want to give them as treasures to Lao Tzu to raise, have you heard? ”

After everyone heard this, they laughed again, although this New Year's Festival can't be stopped, but the big guy will not have any complaints, especially Xiao Tianjian said that he will personally lead the troops out to fetch food in the second year of junior high school, and who is willing to do it among the generals under his command!

So a group of people stood up and shouted to go out on behalf of Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian thought about it, nodded and said: "Since everyone has no opinion, then it will be done, anyway, there are still a lot of things here, I can't rest in Lotus Village, I want to run back and forth in a few places to see!" Go out and collect food for me.

Luo Li, this time you take people out, Shi Ran will go with you, Feng Gouzi's subordinates will also go with you, and the rest of the people will stay to rest, we will take turns to go out to fetch food in the past few months, at least let our grain depot be full, and keep enough grain for more than half a year! ”

Everyone suddenly got up again to respond, Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said: "Master Jin arranged, tonight a banquet will be held to wash the dust of the brothers who go out, give credit to the brothers who go out, reward those who should be rewarded, promote those who should be promoted, kill a pig at night, add vegetables to the brothers, take out some wine, and reward the brothers to drink!" I'm taking the time to have a drink with everyone! I don't have time for this for the time being! You will reward the brothers for their merits together with Tietou and Luo Yingjie on my behalf! Be fair! No favoritism! ”

"Yes!" Tietou stood up behind Xiao Tianjian and answered loudly, and Master Jin and Luo Yingjie also hurriedly got up and gave up their hands.