Volume 18 Chapter 7 The Old Land of Xibo Becomes New (II)
Luo Zongshan has not gotten up so early for a long time, today in order to catch up with the first wave of labor in the afternoon, he got up before dawn, he was busy all morning, and he was really a little tired.
In a daze, someone suddenly pushed him and shouted in a low voice: "Lord Qianhu, Lord Qianhu, it's time to get to the place." “
Luo Zongshan got up, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and looked around, and there was only one left, he and the honest old Liu, who was honest with him, were left in the carriage.
He stretched his waist and asked in a daze, "What about Lao Zhang?" “
Lao Liu said respectfully: "Lord Zhang went down to gather the whole team, will your old man go down now?" “
Luo Zongshan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What old man, am I old, let's go, get out of the car, get out of the car." “
The two got off the train, and a hundred sturdy guards were already lined up in a neat phalanx on the platform, Luo Zongshan stepped forward and looked at everyone's clothes carefully, and felt that there was no problem, so he waved his hand and said: "Pay attention to the image, line up in a double formation, and walk in unison." “
After that, he wrapped his hand back, and took the lead in moving forward, behind Lao Zhang on the left, Lao Liu on the right, one person carrying a skewer of bacon, and followed up, and then behind, a hundred sturdy guards automatically lined up in two columns with neat steps, and followed majestically, looking like that.
The acropolis outside the Sileng Fortress has been expanded several times, and the station they went to was not a passenger station, but a freight station on the periphery of the passenger station.
The street outside the railway station is still the same street, but there are two more horizontal streets on both sides, one is dedicated to selling things, which has bacon, bacon, pork, leather goods, medicinal materials, mountain delicacies, piglets, paparazzi, horses, etc.; The other is for eating, drinking, and having fun, and there are restaurants, brothels and so on.
When he came here, Luo Zongshan directly raised his hand and shouted to stop the team, then took out a handful of dragon coins, counted out three one hundred taels, stuffed them into Lao Liu's hand, and confessed: "Lao Liu, you take them to have a meal first, then go to the market to buy ten cages of piglets, and then go back to the train to wait, remember, drink less, no trouble, no prostitution, whoever is disobedient, I will kill him." “
Lao Liu nodded and took the dragon coin, stuffed the bacon in his hand into Lao Zhang's hand, and then walked to the street of the restaurant with a hundred strong guards.
Luo Zongshan watched his subordinates slowly walk away, and then said to Lao Zhang on the side: "Go, follow me to visit Master Ma." “
With that, he strode in the direction of the fortress with his head held high.
Behind Lao Zhang is called a depressed, this handful of bacon is twenty or thirty pounds, just one handful walked all the way he already felt a little hand pain, now it's good, let him carry both alone, he wants to divide Luo Zongshan a handful, but he is afraid of being scolded, so he can only carry two handfuls of bacon aggrievedly, and follow with his stuffy head.
The two of them entered the fortress one after the other, this fortress has not changed much, but there are a lot more people in it, each thousand households will send a hundred people to take turns to garrison every month, plus the five commanders and the personal soldiers of the commanders, there are more than 3,000 people stationed in the fortress all the year round, but it is a lot more lively than before.
Luo Zongshan is also a relatively famous thousand households in the Fifth Capital Division, there are really not many people standing guard in this fortress who don't know him, so he came all the way to the barracks of the 21st Wei not only no one stopped him, but there were also people who kept saluting him all the way, making him so happy that his mouth couldn't close together, and the head was even more like a quail.
Outside the study of the commander Ma Kai, Zhang Yue, the captain of the personal guard, was still standing there loyally, the two were also old acquaintances, and they were naturally cordial when they met, and Luo Zongshan smiled and said as soon as he arrived at the door: "Xiaoyue, you are so diligent, is Master Ma there?" “
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Lord Luo, don't bury me, Lord Ma is waiting for you inside." “
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he patted Zhang Yue on the shoulder and said, "Then I'll go in first, and I'll invite you to drink when I'm free." “
With that, he straightened his military uniform, straightened his waist, and walked in small steps.
The commander made Ma Kai bury his head there to deal with official documents as always, and now he has all the people under him, all kinds of mineral income, tunwei rotation training arrangements, development planning of the jurisdiction, and the performance appraisal of thousands of households, etc., etc., there are endless things to do every month.
As soon as Luo Zongshan came in, he gave a military salute and said loudly: "My subordinates see Master Ma." “
Ma Kai had already heard him talking to Zhang Yue outside, and when he heard this rough voice, he slowly put down the brush, raised his head and said kindly: "Lao Luo, you came early, do you want to eat here again?" “
Luo Zongshan explained with a smile: "Hehe, isn't there a great shortage of people in the subordinates, it's urgent, so I came early." “
Ma Kai looked up this time, just in time to see Lao Zhang, who was carrying two handfuls of bacon and his face was full of discomfort, he couldn't help but shake his head with a smile and said: "You, it seems that bacon doesn't cost money, every time you come to mention so much, those young men below have not eaten your old Luo's bacon for a few days and called me, you raised their mouths." “
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Master Ma, this bacon really doesn't cost money, the firewood is ready-made, and the meat is also hunted in the mountains. “
Ma Kai shook his head with a wry smile and shouted at the door, "Xiao Yue." “
Zhang Yue jumped in as soon as he staggered, this old Luo's bacon is really delicious, although the food in the barracks is okay, how can it be compared to this good mountain treasure, he looked at the bacon carried by Lao Zhang and was already greedy.
Ma Kai saw that his saliva was about to flow out, and he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Just your kid's greed, bring it over and let your sister-in-law fry a big pot, and then call someone to make a pot of good wine, there is not much to do in the afternoon, wait for me to accompany Lao Luo to drink a few glasses." “
Zhang Yue obeyed the order, and then took the bacon in Lao Zhang's hand and went happily, but Luo Zongshan asked a little impatiently: "Master Ma, when will the car transporting labor arrive in the afternoon, do you have a letter?" “
Ma Kai nodded and said, "I arrived on time in the afternoon, have you written your recruitment notice?" “
Luo Zongshan was shocked when he heard this, and he also wanted to sign a job announcement!
He couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Master Ma, no one told me about this, why do you still need a job recruitment notice?" “
Ma Kai couldn't help but shake his head and said: "There are so many thousands of households, and people are needed everywhere, if you don't write notices and sit there, who will come up to find work?" “
Luo Zongshan was so embarrassed, he said hesitantly: "The subordinates are ready to let people shout when the time comes." “
Ma Kai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "So many people get together, noisy and shouting, a few people can hear you shouting, hurry up and write one, don't be unable to recruit people when the time comes." “
With that, he stood up, turned around and turned over a stack of three-foot-long red paper on the bookshelf, took out one, and put it on the table, waiting to give way to Luo Zongshan.
Luo Zongshan hurriedly raised his hand to stop: "Master Ma, please write for you, I really can't see that word." “
Ma Kai shook his head, stood there, picked up a thick brush, and said with a smile: "Say, if you want to write something, it's best to be novel, tempting, more than ten thousand households are rushing to get someone." “
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he hurriedly used his brain, tried his best to think about it, and after thinking about a cup of tea, he finally held back a sentence: "The white flour bun is enough, and you eat meat every meal." “
Ma Kai couldn't help but laugh when he heard his words.
Luo Zongshan asked with a face full of shame: "Master Ma, is it special soil?" “
Ma Kai shook his head with a smile and said, "No, no, no, this slogan is very good and tempting." “
After that, he picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote two columns of big characters on the big red paper: white flour buns are enough, and meat is eaten every meal!