Zhu Mian shook his head and said: "All those who have the talent to command have already been arranged, and there are no superfluous people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBrother Qiu, do you know who else can be the captain and team leader? ”

Qiu Rui pondered carefully: "It's true, there is no talent for commanding those who dare to die, and the courage of those who have command is insufficient, and it is inconvenient to reuse, and there are no other talents." However, why bother to choose from others, isn't the eldest brother fine, let him lead a song. ”

Zhu Mian exclaimed: "Brother-in-law? He doesn't like to talk on weekdays, nor does he like to socialize with people, can such a dull temperament be a long song? ”

Zhu Su and Qiu Qing didn't expect Qiu Rui to mention the son-in-law and concubine who couldn't beat a word with three sticks. Zhu Su asked hesitantly, "Qiu Yi?" How could he? Over the years, I have never heard of him practicing martial arts, so why did his nephew recommend him to take the position of music commander? ”

Qiu Rui scratched his head and said: "There are 200 soldiers in Yiqu, and there is no need for the eldest brother to fight in person, it doesn't matter if you don't understand martial arts." However, in the autumn of the previous year, I had seen the eldest brother and two of his servants shooting and hunting, and there was no case of a mistake within a hundred paces. Those who have this archery are more than enough for the long song of the vanguard. ”

Qiu Qing shouted angrily: "Hugh is talking nonsense, within a hundred steps, there is no false hair, that is the magic arrow Yang Youji." What virtue does Qiu Yi have, how can he be like this? ”

Qiu Rui was reprimanded and hung his head silently, Zhu Su hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, okay, Ruixian's nephew is now a military Sima, how can he still be so reprimanded?" Since he recommended Qiu Yi to be the head of the song, then Qiu Yi, Mian'er, go back to the house and call your brother-in-law to come, the old man and your uncle want to see your brother-in-law's magic shot. ”

Zhu Mian replied and hurried back to the house to find his brother-in-law. But he couldn't find it everywhere, so he ran to his sister's courtyard to look for it. But I saw a woman nine feet tall, with red hair and sharp teeth, playing with two children of four or five years old.

Zhu Mian asked, "Sister, where is my brother-in-law?" ”

This woman is Zhu Mian's own sister Zhu Zhan, and the children on the ground are nephews Zhu Ning and Zhu Yan. Zhu Zhan said casually: "It is not good for him to take the two children, and it doesn't matter if he lets the two children fight, it hurts their brother's affection, and he has been driven to the stable by me to remove the dung." ”

The two little nephews asked Zhu Mian to hug them with a well-behaved face, and Zhu Mian laughed and said: "Ning'er, Yan'er are obedient, the uncle still has something to do, after the matter is over, I will take you to ride a big horse, how about it?" ”

The two children happily let go of Zhu Mian, and Zhu Mian persuaded: "Sister, brother-in-law is also the concubine of Uncle Qiu's family, so it's not good for him like this." ”

Zhu Zhan said disdainfully: "That's Uncle Qiu Shi's son of the moth, Uncle Qiu Shishu looked at him and got tired of him, so he joined my Zhu family." Even if you are in trouble, you are my Zhu Zhan's person, I can call him as much as I want, if Uncle Qiu Shi doesn't like it, you can bring him back. I'm afraid that Uncle Qiu Shishu will not be willing to hand over the family business to this person with a foreign surname. ”

Zhu Mian shook his head, he didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to say a few words casually, and then went to the stable to find someone. Turning to the stable, I saw three young men dressed in coarse linen clothes, concentrating on removing dung. The leader is his brother-in-law Qiu Yi, and the other two are his companion servants Lu Ping and Cheng Qi.

Zhu Mian was happy by nature, so he only stood far away and said, "Brother, my father and Uncle Qiu Shi called you to go to Qiu's mansion." ”

Qiu Yi didn't say a word, just buried himself in his work. Zhu Mian shouted from afar again, Qiu Yi still ignored it, Zhu Mian knew that he heard it, but he didn't want to answer, so he had to stand aside and frown and wait. Until Qiu Yi shoveled all the dung in the stable, and two servants dragged it out and poured it out. He went to the water to feed the horses, washed the stains on his body, took off his old clothes, and put on half-new brocade clothes, and then walked in front of Zhu Mian and said, "Go ahead." ”

Zhu Mian was busy leading the way in front and came all the way to Qiu's mansion. Qiu Yi looked at the gate of Qiu's mansion, sighed with emotion in his heart, and walked in expressionlessly. I saw Qiu Qing looking at Qiu Yi with a look of disgust, and shouted from afar: "Just stand there and talk." Ruier said, you shot hunting in the autumn of the previous year, but you can take 100 steps, is it true? ”

Qiu Yi stood ten steps away from Qiu Qing and bent down to salute his father and father-in-law. I saw Qiu Rui looking at Qiu Yi expectantly, but Qiu Yi lowered his head slightly, did not squint, and said indifferently: "I think Brother Rui is wrong, it is good to be able to shoot a prey of twenty steps, how can he shoot a thing of a hundred steps." ”

Qiu Rui's face was disappointed after hearing this, Qiu Qing and Zhu Su glanced at each other, thinking that Qiu Yi was also honest and did not deceive at will, so he nodded and said: "Yes, I also think so, Rui'er and Mian Xian's nephew will soon become the newly recruited volunteers in the county. ”

Qiu Yi raised his eyebrows, was silent for a while, and then said, "It's okay." ”

Qiu Qing nodded, discussed a few words with Zhu Su softly, and then said: "Originally, I wanted you to be the leader of the vanguard song under Mianxian's nephew, but I forgive you for not having this ability." In this case, you should be the head of the guard song, and together with the song of Azhi, it belongs to the direct subordinates of the main general. Early tomorrow morning, you and the servants of the two families will go out of the city and set up camp in advance, ready to collect and select the volunteers. ”

Qiu Yigong responded: "No." ”

Just as he was about to retire, Zhu Su also said: "The two commanders under your command have been selected, but there are still two team leaders who are vacant. I have no one with your father for a while, and don't you have two of your own servants? happened to be in one of them, and it can be regarded as arranging two henchmen for you, so that no one can be available when you fall. ”

Qiu Yi thanked him and said, "Thank you, father-in-law." If nothing happens, the son-in-law retires and prepares to go. ”

Qiu Qing waved his hand helplessly, Qiu Yi bent down and retreated to the gatehouse, before turning around and leaving.

As soon as Qiu Yi went back to talk to the servants, Lu Ping immediately said with a smile: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, the day has come for the master to raise his eyebrows." ”

Qiu Yi said coldly: "What's the joy of this? None of the tun chiefs are my confidants, and the other two team leaders and dozens of Shiwu chiefs are all loyal servants of the two provinces, and even if I take this position, I am just a puppet leader of the two provinces. It just sounds good. ”

Cheng Qi said angrily: "In any case, since the master is the chief of the song, then he is the master of the song, if someone dares not to listen, the master can practice military law." After killing a few dog heads, see who else dares to treat the master as a puppet. ”

Qiu Yi shook his head and said, "Although I am not the son of the Qiu family, the Qiu family has the grace of nurturing and living for me. Although the Zhu clan treats me poorly, there are two sons of mine in the Zhu clan, how can they indiscriminately kill the loyal servants of the two clans because of their power. ”

Cheng Qi said indignantly: "Eight years ago, in order to ensure the inheritance of parents and children, the Qiu family almost killed the master, and the friendship between the master and the Qiu family has long been severed. And the second son of the Zhu family treats his father like a servant, and he doesn't have the slightest respect when he comes and goes. Why should the master bother with these two? ”

Qiu Yi was silent for a while before he said: "I was abandoned by my parents in the wilderness before I was a full month. If it was because of the problem of status and treatment, I would have eaten and drunk now, wouldn't it be better than when I was almost abandoned in the wilderness? In addition, my two sons are only four or five years old, and they have not yet studied at such an age, so they do not know etiquette, righteousness, and the way of father-son affection. The reason why this is so is because of my mother's careless teaching, and how can I, as their father, blame them for not being their fault? ”

Cheng Qi was still indignant, and Qiu Yi stopped: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it later, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and everything will be fine." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Qiu Yi and the second servant came to the open space drawn by the county soldiers outside the south of the city early, but more than 100 servants of the Zhu and Qiu families were nowhere to be seen, and no one came to set up a camp. Hundreds of poor people who came early to apply for recruitment were dissatisfied, most of them were extremely poor people, and they were half hungry every day, if it weren't for the Taiping Dao thieves who Zhaoling were captured and killed early, they would be the main force of the Yellow Turban Moth thieves in Zhaoling.

Finally, I saw a recruitment notice, and for every soldier recruited, there were thousands of dollars to be raised, and there were hundreds of dollars of money every month, and the money of a dozen stone of grain could be collected in a single day, which was enough for a family of five or six to have food for a month, which made the people in destitute not happy.

If the battle is won, not only will there be spoils to be collected, but also the reward of the main general, which is another benefit. Although it is easy to die as a soldier, it is better than seeing a family member starve to death. Therefore, as soon as I saw the recruitment announcement yesterday, someone immediately came early to grab a seat on the second day. The people who don't want to recruit soldiers in the county have not arrived for a long time, won't these people be angry.

Qiu Yi was also a little dissatisfied with the speed of more than 100 servants in the two families, knowing that the situation of the soldiers was like fire, and a moment later would be a major event. Since he is about to join the army, he is still so slow, how can he lead by example and become a general and a song? But Qiu Yi has not officially become the chief of the song at this time, so it is useless to be in a hurry, so he has to wait and wait.

Waiting for boredom, Qiu Yi secretly observed the temperament of the more than 100 people in front of him, thinking in his heart what kind of people he wanted to recruit into the army?

People with a fiery temperament are impulsive and irritable, dare to die in battle, and can fight bravely. But it is too rigid and easy to break, and it can be won but not defeated. Just like the fire of the prairie fire, although it can violently invade for a while, it cannot win for a long time. The army needs this kind of artificial warriors, but not too much, because too much will easily corrupt the atmosphere in the army. Out of 200 people in a song, 20 people are enough.

People who are timid and clever in temperament are calculating and cowardly, and do not dare to come forward to win, and it seems that it is not easy to be a soldier. However, timid people have a shrewd nature and the ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, which can greatly reduce the probability of defeat of the army. Moreover, they have a lot of thoughts and ideas, although they are not necessarily correct, but they can become a reference for the commander-in-chief to act, and the army needs such people to remind the commander-in-chief. This kind of person should not be too many, one or two of them can be enough, and it is easy to weaken the combat power if there are more.

A man of a wooden temperament is honest and obedient, abides by military discipline, and has no opinions, and the lord will go east if he wants to go east, and if he wants to go west, he will go west, which can be like an arm, and it seems to be a good choice for an army, and can be greatly recruited. It's just that this kind of person doesn't react quickly, learns slowly, and has difficulty in training, and if he doesn't practice for a long time, it's difficult to become an elite soldier.

It seems that if you want to train into a warrior, I'm afraid it's not easy, and it takes a lot of effort to do it.

He had never studied the art of war, and the Zhu and Qiu families were only from mere businessmen, and there were no other books in the family except for a few widely circulated "University", "The Mean", "Analects", "Mencius", "Poems", "Books", "Rites", "Yi", and "Spring and Autumn", which was difficult.