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When the family was celebrating behind closed doors, who expected the sudden change in the situation. The county received an order from the imperial court, saying that the people who were transporting grain to Liaodong were not strong enough, and all men of school age who had not served in the military must automatically report to the government and bring their own livestock to help the government transport baggage to the front. The Zhang family went to do it again, but Zhao Ergouzi and Lord Hugou had a cold face, not only refused to help, but also threw the gift out of the door, asking the Zhang family not to have a bad future. The five children had no choice but to drive the carriage and take the servants to report to the government, so their master and servant were stuffed into the torrent of grain transportation and rushed to the front line in Liaodong.

"The official asked me to be the head of the gang, and I took five people to transport grain, one trip after another, endlessly!" Zhang Wuwa cried enough, wiped her face with a scarf full of snot, and said sadly. "All the people are not allowed to go home and leave the team. Whoever dares to sneak away will be a mess when he is caught. Tired to death, beaten to death, just throw it to the side of the road, a few days, a few days and it stinks....."

"Ahh Li Xu let out a low exclamation, only to feel a cool breath rushing to his head. A moment ago, he was still excited by the great Sui army, and even took the initiative to ask for help, and made meritorious contributions to the country and the enemy, in order to repay the emperor's promotion. Now, the enthusiasm in my heart was instantly poured out by Zhang Wuwa's few words.

"I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I asked Xiao Shuang to sneak out and report to the family, so that my father could find a way to save me. Who knew that he was caught halfway, beaten a hundred sticks in public, cried all night, and died the next day. I thought I was going to die this time, but I went back and forth to Zhuozhou last month, and I heard that you were a big official here, so I took the opportunity of transporting grain into the warehouse and sneaked over to look for you! Zhang Xiu finally stopped sobbing and slowly brought the topic to the right place.

Xiao Shuang is Fifth Brother Zhang's personal scholar, and Li Xu once saw that child when he was in county school. In his memory, this person was about the same age as himself, and he was a rare companion who could play with him. didn't think that in the blink of an eye, the other party's life was over. I'm an officer now, and I'm in the most casual food guards, so I can't see these things outside the window. And most of those who have the same family background as themselves are enduring the torment of fate.

"Xu Guan, can you save me, if you stay up like this for a few more months, the fifth brother will definitely be tired to death!" Zhang Xiu's red and swollen eyes widened and looked at Li Xu with expectation. A small face full of cracks and spring ringworm is full of flattery, for fear that if you say something wrong, you will provoke the other party to walk away.

Li Xu didn't say anything, he didn't hear what Zhang Xiu was saying at this moment. Looking at Zhang Xiu in front of him, he Huo Ran understood why he said that he wanted to make a meritorious service back then, but his father suddenly became so angry. Fame is not something that ordinary people can set up, and in the face of sudden disasters, the children of rich families are always luckier than the children of poor families. Zhang Wuwa's family is down-to-earth, she brought a carriage to join the army, and she is still down-and-out to the point where she is now called a flower. I have no money or power, and if I had entered the transport team like the fifth brother, it is estimated that the corpse would have been filled in the ditches on both sides of the road by now.

"Xuguan, Xuguan, please save me. I know I've bullied you before, and I know my father can't help your uncle, please. Please! Zhang Xiu waited for a long time, but couldn't hear Li Xu's reply. Anxious and afraid, I couldn't help but choke again.

"Fifth brother, fifth brother, don't worry. Let me think about it first! Li Xu was brought back to his senses by the cry, looked around, and said in a low voice.

"Xuguan, please, please think quickly. Fifth brother will definitely repay you in the future! As soon as Zhang Wuwa heard that the other party's tone was loose, she immediately burst into tears and laughed. Snot and tears hung on his eyebrows, but he didn't bother to wipe them.

"Fifth brother, let's take a step to talk!" Li Xu grabbed Zhang Xiu's arm and pulled him away from the gate of the barracks. After walking more than 300 steps, he saw that there were few people around, stopped his body, and asked in a low voice, "Which army are you in, and who is the captain?" ”

"What kind of army, we are the people, where we come from, we are in which team. I am the fifth squad of the third brigade of the second regiment of the Shanggu team, and the team is called Wang Qi, a lame veteran ruffian with a bad heart! Zhang Xiu thought for a moment and replied loudly.

If Zhang Xiu was in the army of Liao at this time, Li Xu would have liked to rely on the favor of General Qian Shixiong or General Liu Hongji, except for his service. But at this moment, Zhang Xiu does not belong to any of the soldiers, and things are a little difficult to do. I don't have acquaintances in the place, so I recklessly come to the door, if the other party doesn't appreciate it, he will let Zhang Xiu be wronged.

After thinking carefully about his experience in the army, Li Xu slowly had an idea in his heart. By now, he had to hide Zhang Xiuxian in the grain protection army. Anyway, the food guards will not go into battle to kill the enemy, and the daily training is much easier than working in the transport team.

"You stay with me, I'll see if I can arrange for you to be a grain guard." Looking at Zhang Xiu's expectant eyes, Li Xu commanded in a low voice.

"Well, that's not going to work. The official lord said that unless we die on the road. Otherwise, even if he hides, he will not be able to run away from the temple. The elder brother escaped and grabbed the younger brother's tent, and the son ran away to catch the father......" Zhang Xiu was taken aback by Li Xu's words, waved his hand and said loudly.

"You are enlisted in the army, not desertion!" Li Xu explained with a smile. However, after only a year and a half of separation, he found that Zhang Xiu's thoughts were very childish. seems to have suddenly fallen off with himself, he became a big brother, and Zhang Xiu became a little brother.

Unbeknownst to the young man, the moment he left his hometown, the gap between him and his companions had already widened. Thinking that the fifth brother of the Zhang family was bullied and stupid in the grain transportation team, he stretched out his hand to dust off his body for him, and comforted him in a low voice: "I asked someone to send a military letter to the grain transportation team in Shanggu County, saying that you are in good health and have been conscripted into the official army." They have no enmity with you, so why bother to pull you back from the army! ”

"Really?" Zhang Xiu, the fifth baby, widened her eyes and asked in disbelief.

"Don't worry, with me, you'll be fine!" Li Xu smiled, grabbed Zhang Xiu's arm, and slowly walked towards his own military camp.

There are still many benefits of becoming an officer officially registered in the imperial court, at least when he went through the procedures for entering the camp for Zhang Xiu, the fifth child, Li Xu had a smooth journey everywhere he went. This does not include the great assistance of Wang Yuantong, Qi Poning and Qin Ziying. After hearing that the person who came was Li Xu's relative, one of the three of them made an empty tent for Zhang Xiu next to Li Xu's tent, one allocated good armor and mounts, and the third did not hesitate to send a military letter to the grain transportation team of Shanggu County.

"He's my fifth brother, I can't use him as a personal soldier!" Li Xu was a little embarrassed to explain to everyone. Every officer will have one or two cronies, and a few friends obviously regard Zhang Xiu, the fifth child, as Li Xu's henchmen who deliberately find an excuse to stay by his side.

"I can be the captain's personal soldier, and I am willing to take care of my brother!" Zhang Xiu, the fifth child, was not slow to react, and after learning that his cheap brother had just been promoted to lieutenant by His Majesty the Emperor, he immediately understood what position he should stand in.

After being a Minzhuang for such a long time, he has some understanding of the Great Sui military system. A lieutenant can have three brigade commanders, and each brigade commander can lead two team leaders, of course, if he is willing to have one team leader himself, this practice is beyond reproach, but usually no one does that, which will make people feel that the pattern in the brigade leader's mind is too stingy. As a personal soldier of the captain, he will have the opportunity to contact all the officers, and in the future, once there is a vacancy in the position above the team, it will be a common practice in the army to fill the vacancy with a personal soldier. Even if there is no opportunity to fill the vacancy for a while, the treatment of pro-soldiers is much better than that of ordinary soldiers.

Zhang Wuwa saw that a bright future was beckoning to him, and he was very glad that he was bold today and dared to find his cousin's camp. is also glad that he didn't bully his cousin too hard back then, at least he didn't let him remember any hatred in his heart......

Li Xu glanced at Zhang Xiu in surprise and reluctantly accepted the other party's choice. In front of outsiders, he didn't want to refute his cousin's face, nor did he want to give people the bad impression of 'getting a little rich, that is, abandoning family affection'. Although in my memory, this family affection is not a little thicker than the frost on the tip of the grass.

"In the future, Captain Li's daily life will be taken care of by you!" Qin Ziying glanced at the two cousins with interest and whispered to Zhang Xiu. Turning his head, he brought the topic to the banquet again: "Everyone congratulates you and General Liu on the Zhuangzi of Wang Dahu at two o'clock, go early, the emperor is under his nose, we can't make trouble too late!" ”

Wang Dahu's Zhuangzi is the Zhuangzi that Li Xu and Liu Hongji put when they first came to Liaodong. Although his family's population and land are less than one-tenth of that of the wealthy families in the Central Plains, in the remote place of Huaiyuan Town, this person can be regarded as a wealthy man. Now that the whole of Huaiyuan Town has been occupied by His Majesty the Emperor and his Sixth Guards, these small officers with sesame mung beans in the grain guard army are not qualified to go into the city to drink again, so they have to find a clean and neat house, drop hundreds of money, and put a few tables on the table.