Guan Mingke stood up with a heavy expression and saluted back to Zhou Lei: "Zhou Qianhu has such a loyal heart to serve the country, and this official admires it very much. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The official promised you about Tuntian, what do Zhou Qianhu need, as long as the official can do it, the official will do his best. ”

"Thank you, Lord Guan." Zhou Lei said, "The subordinates go back to plan, if they need to plough cattle, waterwheels and other things, the subordinates will have to trouble the adults to buy them on their behalf." ”

"You're going to pay for money?" Guan Mingke's eyes widened again.

"Master Guan, did anyone give it away for nothing?" Zhou Lei asked rhetorically.

"No, no." Guan Mingke patted his chest, "It's all on the elder brother, just let it go." ”

Guan Mingke's heart almost blossomed, he earned five thousand taels of silver in the last castle, although he had to give more than three thousand taels to General Lu Bing, but he could also leave two thousand taels less. Now that Zhou Lei wants to buy farming tools again, won't he have to make another profit.

Zhou Lei saw Guan Mingke's thoughts, smiled secretly in his heart, and said: "Lord Guan, the subordinates of Tuntian haven't told the chief soldier yet, I don't know if I need to report to the chief soldier?" ”

"No, you don't." Guan Mingke waved his hand again and again, and then told the chief soldier that he would still score the silver, "Brother, I will be in charge, don't disturb the chief soldier." ”

"Thank you, Lord Guan." Zhou Lei made another request, "The subordinates also hope that Master Guan can help his subordinates for the last favor and recruit some homeless people, so that the subordinates can take care of food and housing." ”

"No problem, as many outcasts as you want." Guan Mingke asked secretly in his heart, "You Hainan Wei still want people and don't want people, why are you so rich?" ”

"Master." Wang Chengen was holding Lu Baozhong's recital by Chongzhen's side, "The recital of the general army of Xuanfu Town has arrived." ”

"What did you say, is there any news of the Yulin Bay militia?" Chongzhen is most concerned about these remnants of the Song Dynasty.

"Back to the master, there is something about the Yulin Bay militia." Wang Chengen replied, "Lu Baozhong said that Zhou Qianhu, who led the troops of the Yulin Bay People's League, did two things in Xuanfu Town, one was to build the city and train the troops by himself, and he was not stationed in the original guard; The second is that they are recruiting displaced people to open up the wasteland. ”

"Tuntian? Why did they want to Tuntian? ”

"Master, Lu Baozhong's recital quoted a passage from Zhou Qianhu's original words, do you want to listen to it."

"Read."

"Zhou Qianhu said, 'Although his subordinates are not Ming people, they are also descendants of China. The subordinates are not talented, and they hope to recruit displaced people to Tuntian, one for the stability of my Daming Jiangshan Sheji, the second is to relieve the worries of Long Live and the adults, and the third is for the people of Daming to have a full meal. That's all. ’”

"A mouthful of food, that's all." Chongzhen pondered for a long time, and suddenly said, "Intention."

Zhou Lei, a thousand households in Xuanfu Town, and Wang Qianxiang, a thousand households in Datong Town, although they are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, they are worried about the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty, train the army diligently, and rule appeasement, and I am very pleased. 100 taels of silver and 10 pieces of brocade. I hope that when I can solve the chaos, I will support the wings. Chin this. ”

After Wang Chengen finished writing the holy decree, he asked: "Master, not long after these two people left, the master rewarded them so vigorously, and the slaves were worried that they would not be pampered and arrogant. Also, although Zhou Qianhu said that he was concerned about state affairs, he built a city and stationed alone, and this slave felt that something was wrong. ”

"Merit must be rewarded, and it is difficult for them to think for me."

Wang Chengen didn't speak again when he heard Chongzhen say this, but Chongzhen suddenly changed his words: "Wang Chengen, you draw up another secret decree to the general soldiers of Datong and the general soldiers of Xuanfu, pay close attention to the behavior of these two people, if there is any change, you can cut it first and then play." ”

"Huh." Wang Chengen let go of his mind slightly, "The slave obeys the order, and the slave will do it immediately." ”

Zhou Lei and Yang Tao stood in front of more than 100 homeless people, and these people naturally divided into two groups to stand separately. Some of them were sent by Guan Mingke, and some of them were brought by Zhang Weiqing. The complexion of the people brought by Zhang Weiqing was obviously better than that sent by Guan Mingke.

"Your Excellency." Zhang Weiqing stood behind Zhou Lei and said, "These people and villains are all neighbors, and I heard that adults need people from Tuntian here, so they all volunteered to follow the villain." ”

"Thank you, old man." After speaking, Zhou Lei walked in front of these people, "Are you willing to farm and live here?" ”

None of the people spoke, and a man of about forty in the crowd boldly asked, "My lord, is it my lord's cattle to farm here?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Lei looked at the person who spoke, "We not only plough cattle for you, but also take care of food and shelter, and help you build a waterwheel." ”

"Then we do." Gradually, the number of people who spoke increased.

"Very good, you guys go settle down first, and we'll be ready to eat in a while."

Zhou Lei arranged for someone to take these people down, and walked in front of the group of people next to him.

"You were all sent here by Lord Guan, would you like to farm and live here?"

None of these people answered Zhou Lei, and they all looked at him with dull eyes.

Yang Tao shouted from behind: "What does it mean that adults ask you something, why don't you make a sound one by one?" ”

Zhou Lei waved his hand, stopped Yang Tao's questioning, and walked in front of a thin girl.

"Little sister, how old are you this year?"

"Back to my lord." The little girl said timidly, "The girl is sixteen years old this year. ”

"How old are you?" Zhou Lei wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, although the girl in front of him was not short, but looking at her appearance, she was only twelve or thirteen years old, how could she be sixteen.

"Back to my lord, the little girl is sixteen this year." An old man beside the girl said.

Zhou Lei took a closer look and understood in his heart. The girl was not young, but had been lacking in nutrition for a long time, her body was too thin, and her face was covered with dust, so she looked only twelve or thirteen years old.

Zhou Lei listened to the old man's conversation, and seemed to be a person who had read a book, so he straightened up and hugged his fist at the old man: "Old man, dare to ask your surname, what is your relationship with this girl, and who else is in your family?" ”

"This is the villain's granddaughter." The old man replied, "The villain's name is Li Zhongkun." The family is all gone, and only the villain and this granddaughter are left. ”

"Would you like to stay here, old man?" Yang Tao interjected and asked.

"What do you want or not?" Li Zhongkun replied, "In these years, as long as you can have something to eat, it all depends on the arrangement of adults." ”

"Yang Tao, you take them to settle down first." Zhou Lei watched Yang Tao take these people down, and turned around to say a few words to Zhang Weiqing.

A sergeant ran over from a distance: "Report to the sir, someone is coming from Yulin Bay." ”

"Someone from Yulin Bay? Who is it? ”

"Report to the chief, they said that it was from the science and technology group, but it was led by Chief Zeng."

"Zeng Guangxian is here?" Zhou Lei didn't say a word, turned around and ran to the gate of the barracks.

More than 20 people were standing at the door of the barracks, pointing fingers at the construction of Yulin Fort, and Zeng Guangxian was discussing something with Geng Rui.

"Zeng Guangxian."

Zhou Lei didn't even call the chief, ran over and hugged Zeng Guangxian. It has been more than 3 months since he left Yulin Bay, and this time he saw his own person for the first time, and Zhou Lei hugged Zeng Guangxian for a long time and did not let go.

"Zhou Lei, Zhou Lei." Zeng Guangxian finally broke free from Zhou Lei's embrace, "You're about to strangle me to death." ”

Only then did Zhou Lei remember to salute Zeng Guangxian: "Hello, sir." ”

Zeng Guangxian returned a military salute: "This is our science and technology group, Geng Rui, the leader of the group, you know." ”

"Acquaintance, old acquaintance." Zhou Lei arched his hand at Geng Rui.

"Chief Zhou, I have to thank you in the next place." Geng Rui also saluted, "If it hadn't been for Chief Zhou and Chief Li to arrest me back from Wagangzhai, I still don't know where to cry." ”

"How many years have passed, why are you still mentioning that?" Zhou Lei beckoned, "Go, go, go in first." ”

After placing these people, Zeng Guangxian and Zhou Lei stayed alone in the Chinese army's big tent.

"Why are you here?" Zhou Lei asked, "Are there any instructions at home?" ”

"No specific instructions." Zeng Guangxian said, "Geng Rui, don't they want to come to you, and they want to go to Wang Qianxiang's place, let me come and have a look at it together." There are just 2 of you here, and the distance is the farthest, and the family is a little uneasy. ”

Zeng Guangxian's words made Zhou Lei bow his head silently. Zeng Guangxian patted Zhou Lei, he understood this loneliness. It's like being abandoned by heaven in an uninhabited mountain, where no one talks to you, no one talks to you, no one even knows who you are.

"It's nothing, you get used to it after a long time." Zhou Lei relieved himself, "Let the family rest assured, if there is really anything, I will go to Beijing with Wang Qianxiang to find Jiang Beiming and them, there will be no problem." ”

"Zhou Lei." Zeng Guangxian changed the subject, "What do I think of how many women you have here?" ”

"Oh, that's the outcasts I recruited." Zhou Lei replied, "Didn't the family mean to let us Tuntian, so I asked Guan Mingke to help recruit some homeless people, and I just let you bump into it when I arrived today." ”

"Is it really a homeless?" Zeng Guangxian smiled, "I can see that there is a little girl inside, and she looks pretty good." ”

"You've got a look in your eyes." Zhou Lei also smiled, "I haven't seen who is good-looking, you can see it?" ”

"Forget it, you can take a good look. But you should also find a daughter-in-law, how old are you, or find one here first, anyway, you have no one to accompany you here. ”

"Don't talk about me yet." Zhou Lei pointed at Zeng Guangxian and said, "Don't you have a daughter-in-law, and you are not younger than me." ”

"I'm not kidding you anymore." Zeng Guangxian stopped laughing, "There are a few things I want to explain to you." There are a total of 22 people in the science and technology team this time, Geng Rui took 10 people to stay with you, and the rest went to Datong Wang Qianxiang. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Lei nodded, "There's more." ”

"Also, the family wants you to form a cavalry unit here." Zeng Guangxian continued, "You also know that the cavalry company that Han Wantao worked so hard to build up was finished in Liaodong. There are too few horses in that place in Yulin Bay, so the family hopes that you can reorganize the cavalry in this place. ”

"There's nothing wrong with forming cavalry." Zhou Lei thought for a while, "There are indeed a lot of horses here, but what about the source of soldiers, the people who use the Yulin Army or the locals?" ”

"With the Yulin Army." Zeng Guangxian said, "The family means not to use local soldiers first, it is not easy to control." First of all, we can draw a part of our infantry, we can first form dragoons, ride and attack, and dismount to fight. ”

"Okay." Zhou Lei replied briskly, "I will do my best." ”

"Nothing else." Zeng Guangxian asked again, "What other difficulties and requirements do you have here?" ”

"It's a lot of difficulties, and it's useless to talk about it." Zhou Lei smiled, "Let's find a way to solve it ourselves." But I do have one. ”

"What requirements?"

Zhou Lei suddenly said solemnly: "I hope that the family can send two of their own people, one to Xuanfu Town and the other to Datong Town." ”

"I will, I'll do my best to apply with my family." Zeng Guangxian grabbed Zhou Lei's arm, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

"Ugh." Zhou Lei shook Zeng Guangxian's hand and asked, "How did you arrange your next trip?" ”

"I'll stay with you for a few days, follow Geng Rui and them to check the surrounding mineral situation, and then send the other science and technology team to Wang Qianxiang. Then go to Beijing to have a look, and finally go to Dengzhou, from Dengzhou to take a boat back to Yulin Bay. ”

"You're not easy either." Zhou Lei stood up, "Let's go, let's see if they are settled, have a good chat with me tonight, I haven't chatted with my own people for a long time." (To be continued.) )