Chapter 179: Recruitment

So in the business and financial management of the criminal Tianjun, it was handed over to Fan Yutong to take care of, from which Xiao Tianjian shared a considerable amount of work, and Xiao Tianjian is not without a little strength, after all, in this era of bookkeeping, they still use old-fashioned bookkeeping methods, and the number writing used is also traditional Chinese, whether it is bookkeeping or watching, it is very troublesome.

Arabic numerals are far from being popularized in China at the moment, and the Chinese know little about them, so when Xiao Tianjian was fine, he taught Arabic numerals to Fan Yutong and asked him to use Arabic numerals for accounting.

At the beginning, Fan Yutong was not interested in this kind of ghostly Arabic numerals, and it can even be said that he scoffed, but after Xiao Tianjian took time one day to use Arabic numerals to change an account book in a very short time, Fan Yutong discovered the advantages of using Arabic numerals for bookkeeping, which is not only simple and fast, but also clear at a glance, and even for some people who don't know how to write, this kind of Arabic numerals is quite simple to remember, and can replace the original traditional Chinese characters for simple bookkeepingIn this way, it has great promotion value for people who are generally not highly educated.

So Fan Yutong changed her disdain for Arabic numerals, and began to study hard, and in a few days, she became familiar with the way of using Arabic numerals for bookkeeping, which made her workload also reduce a lot, Fan Yutong was very curious about this, and asked Xiao Tianjian why he understood this kind of thing, Xiao Tianjian then laughed and talked about him, refused to confess honestly, and fooled the past, which made Fan Yutong even more curious about Xiao Tianjian's background.

On this day, Xiao Tianjian inspected the drills of the soldiers and horses of each battalion in the camp of the Xingtian Army under the Lotus Village, and then walked to the self-retained army of the Xingtian Army.

There are some people here who are busy taking care of all kinds of crops in the fields, the crops in the military reclamation fields of the Xingtian Army are very different from the crops planted by ordinary people, and a considerable amount of land here is planted as an experimental field, in which corn and sweet potatoes are planted in batches, and most of the rest of the plots are mainly vegetables, which are used to improve the quality of food in the Xingtian Army, so that the subordinates of the Xingtian Army can eat some vegetables regularly.

Xiao Tianjian squatted on the ground and carefully observed the growth of the corn and sweet potatoes sown in batches, and the old man Chen who was in charge here immediately ran over, don't look at it only half a year, this old man Chen seemed to be a little stronger, walking on the ridge of the field and walking like flying, it can be seen that the food is good, plus the mood is good, it is really good for Chen Laohan's health.

"It turned out that the general came to check it out in person! The little old man didn't know that the general had arrived, and he was far away! As soon as Chen Laohan saw Xiao Tianjian, he hurriedly gave Xiao Tianjian a salute.

Xiao Tianjian straightened up and stood up with a smile and waved his hand: "Don't be polite, I have a little leisure today, come over and take a look at the growth of the seedlings here, but you are tired again!" ”

Chen Laohan was very moved to see such a big figure as Xiao Tianjian, but he was still so polite to a person like him, so he took Xiao Tianjian to inspect the field, pointed to the ridges of corn and sweet potato seedlings in the field and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General, please see, this was planted in March, and now it is about to bear ears, these were planted in April, and the growth is also good, and these were planted in May and June, and now the growth is not bad, but these things, Xiao Lao'er has never planted them before, so he can only grope for them. But please rest assured, the general is concerned about what the general ordered! Fertilizer and water don't dare to lack them at all, as long as there is a harvest, it will be good!

Look at this side again, there are some vegetables here, including beans, courgettes, cucumbers, cabbage, and radish, hehe! The little old man has been planting all his life, and it is the first time that he has planted so many vegetables this year! No, this large piece is a pumpkin, and the growth is gratifying! It's a lot, this thing is also a good thing, on weekdays, we poor people dare to plant some in front of the house and behind the house, in the field, reluctant to occupy an area, but this thing has a lot of knots, a melon seedling can bear a lot, the big one can weigh more than ten pounds, and it tastes sweet, it is also a rare disaster relief food, and next year, this thing can also let the people in our area have a lot of more, but it is a good thing! ”

Chen Laohan led Xiao Tianjian to give Xiao Tianjian guidance in the military field, Xiao Tianjian knows many things here, and later generations often eat them, but in this era, he is also rare to eat some, after all, the common people have a little land, they are all tightly planted food, and they are reluctant to take it out to grow vegetables, that is, after having these military fields this year, he only ate some vegetables, otherwise, he still has to eat dried wild vegetables, or pickles, it is really rotten to eat.

When the old man said this kind of pumpkin, Xiao Tianjian saw what kind of melon it was! Isn't it exactly what later generations often call pumpkins? This thing is really good, the fruit is very large, the yield is also high, you can steam and eat it after it is ripe, cook porridge, the taste is also good, and it does not occupy much land, no one will do it if he takes out a large plot of land to plant this, and the old man chooses this species, it seems that he also sees that the output of this thing is large enough.

So he nodded while looking at it, and said to the old man: "Yes, they are all intensively cultivated, and the growth is really good!" This is all your credit! It seems that I invited you to come, uncle, I invited the right person! Hehe! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare! Xiao Lao'er has never had a few comfortable days like this half a year in his life, if it weren't for the general to protect the people in our Yangcheng area, Xiao Lao'er wouldn't know where to throw this old bone this year! What the general ordered, the little old man would never dare to be careless! No, a lot of dishes are almost ripe during this time, and the little old man simply lives on the ground, and he can't let people steal them!

We, poor men, just hope that our Xingtian Army can get better and better, if it weren't for Xiao Lao'er's age, Xiao Lao'er would be willing to follow the general to fight! No, this time the general said to recruit troops, so I let my two unsuccessful sons go, but it's a pity that the general only accepted one, not that I'm talking nonsense, now I don't know how many descendants in this Yangcheng want to join our Xingtian Army! As long as the general wants someone, even if it is to lose his head, we juniors are willing to follow the general!

No, many people's daughters are staring at the heroes of our Xingtian Army, and they are eager to marry the heroes in the army, and some people don't know how many people they entrust, so they try to marry their daughters! ”

After Xiao Tianjian heard this, he laughed, speaking of which, this is indeed a practical problem, most of his subordinates are bachelors, who doesn't want to have an heir! So during this time, after the reorganization, many guys began to marry wives, and he no longer interfered in this kind of thing now, as long as someone is willing to marry, he is happy to let his subordinates get married.

In the past, in order to reduce the drag, he picked people to pick singles, but now the situation is different, they have laid down this large piece of territory, then it is time to let his brothers have a home, only in this way, his soldiers can be more at ease to follow him, because after having a family, they have an extra responsibility, one more thing to protect, and will not be a person to eat and the family is not hungry, Mencius didn't also say, the way of the people is also, those who have a constant property have perseverance, and it is not a way to always let his subordinates be singles, They followed him to the death, at first just to have something to eat, but now that they have food to eat, they have more needs, and marrying a wife is the first problem.

So during this time, he also knew that many people were asking matchmakers to tell the officers under him about matchmaking, and he went with the flow for this matter and made them families one by one.

There is another reason that cannot be put on the table, that is, after the officers under him get married, they will go out to march and fight with him in the future, and it is impossible to take their wives and children with them, and the wives and children will stay in the village, so it will be easier to control some of these subordinates.

It happened that during this time, his Xingtian Army was also in the process of reorganizing and recuperating, and these guys who wanted to marry wives also took advantage of this opportunity to marry wives one by one, and their beautiful feet did not touch the ground.

After turning his head and laughing, Xiao Tianjian asked Chen Laohan: "Now that the summer harvest is over, I am also very busy during this time, I don't have time to go to the township to have a look, you can't let the plot be empty this season, boss, you are familiar with it, tell me what to plant?" ”

Chen Laohan immediately nodded and said: "This is very easy to do, some plots were planted with winter wheat last winter, and the winter wheat in these plots has been harvested in early June, Mr. Fu in the army has already asked Xiao Lao'er, for the plots of winter wheat that have been harvested for a long time, soybeans and sorghum have been directly planted, so that these soybean sorghum can be harvested again for more than a month, and you can quickly plant winter wheat again, so that you can harvest two seasons of grain a year, and the plots that have just been harvested now, It's too late to plant soybean sorghum, but you can't be idle, you might as well plant buckwheat now, whether you can catch up with the harvest, if you can catch up with the harvest of a season, then you can harvest some buckwheat, even if you can't catch up with the harvest, when you should plant winter wheat, you should also press the green, at least when the plot goes back to plant winter wheat, the fertility is also greater, and next year's winter wheat harvest will be more! If you don't want to grow buckwheat, plant alfalfa, this thing is the best pasture, livestock like to eat, people can also eat as vegetables, so that next year all plots can be double-cropped, then no one will have a famine! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded again and again after hearing this, there are professional and amateur things to do, it seems that farming is also a university question, so he can't do it, especially after hearing that Fu Deming has come to ask, he feels even more relieved, and his impression of Fu Deming is much better.

Fu Deming is a hard-working talent, and this person is also from a poor background, he knows that he cares about the people, he still has ideals, and he is willing to devote himself to his subordinates as a thief, and he does not want to be a vassal of the government, like this talent, he is only worried that there are too few subordinates, now it seems that the biggest gain of fighting Li Jiazhuang is not the money and food obtained from Li Jiazhuang, the most important harvest is to accept Fu Deming's talent, he did not take into account many things, Fu Deming took it into account, it was really a lot of worries for him, So he no longer worries about agriculture, with Fu Deming's gang taking care of him, he believes that Fu Deming will do a good job.

While talking to Chen Laohan, a fast horse rushed to the ground, jumped off the war horse alone, strode towards Xiao Tianjian, and presented a letter to Xiao Tianjian.

After Xiao Tianjian asked, he learned that the person who delivered the letter was Feng Gouzi's subordinate, and the letter was specially sent to him by the Fan family.

So he opened the envelope and read it, his face changed slightly, he sneered, and tore the letter into pieces, scolding: "The court is wishful thinking, and it actually uses Huairou to appease me and make me the eagle dog of the court!" Phew! ……”