After Li Yan sent five hundred taels of silver to Su Jing, he finally got his seal letter. Although he is still a village soldier, he has been recognized by the imperial court, and he is also an official position of the fifth grade.

But this is not surprising, in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, they were all guards. However, later, the guards fled seriously, and the law was abolished, and the current guards are just tenants. Today's main force is mainly recruited battalion soldiers, who are paid monthly salaries, making serving as a soldier a profession. But the imperial court is short of money now, so let Li Yan hang the rank of a township soldier and let the local people raise their own salaries, which can be regarded as reducing the pressure on the finances.

Li Yan returned to the barracks in the city with the Great Seal. Li Mu was holding the big seal and looking at it non-stop.

"Hehe, fourth brother," Li Mu said with a smile: "This copper seal is actually worth five hundred taels?" The 1,500 catties of copper we bought are only more than 200 taels, how many catties are there? ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "Five hundred taels for one Qi County, do you say it's worth it?" ”

Li Mu put down the big seal and nodded, "That's still worth it." ”

Li Yan instructed: "Let's go, go and see the training of the recruits." ”

The two soon arrived at the barracks outside the northern city. The soldiers here are training under the leadership of the new chief, but at this time they are all training to stand. It is to stand upright, not to speak, not to move, otherwise not only will you be whipped, but you will also be starved.

"I'm ready to stand up!" Feng Taichu, the new head of the bureau, ordered loudly: "Don't move!" Can't speak! Otherwise, there is no food! And two whips! ”

Feng Taichu was the first batch of displaced people to come to Qi County, and after they completed their training, they caught up with the 'Yuan Laoshan' and 'One Dragon' to attack. He was stationed in Ranzhai at the time, and in the search for thieves, he shot four thieves by himself, and his meritorious service was recorded.

"What's the use, what's the use of standing here?" One of the recruits asked disdainfully, "If you stand like this, you can win?" I felt that I still had to practice the equipment, spears, broadswords, bows and arrows, and only after practicing these could I win the battle. ”

"Wei Cheng!" Feng Taichu roared angrily: "Don't talk if you don't let you speak!" If you are a first-time offender, you will be punished with a whip first! ”

After finishing speaking, he came behind Wei Cheng and asked Wei Cheng to remove his shirt and slam Wei Cheng's back with the braid in his hand. Wei Cheng, on the other hand, stood still, but he could see that he was clenching his teeth.

"Are you convinced?!" Feng Taichu turned around, came to Wei Cheng, and asked loudly.

Wei Cheng asked, "I won't be beaten if I talk now, right?" ”

"You can convince or not!" Feng Taichu ordered loudly.

"If you want to say that I shouldn't speak, I'm convinced. But you haven't answered my question, and I'm not convinced. Wei Cheng said stubbornly.

Feng Taichu shouted loudly: "In the team, you have to listen to me!" Listen to the Chief! The commander told you to enter, even if the enemy's arrows are denser than locusts, you must let me in! The ruler tells you to guard it, even if the enemy's horse's hooves step on your feet, you will guard it for me! ”

"What if we surrender? Do we want to hear it too? Wei Cheng continued to ask loudly.

Feng Taichu pointed at Wei Cheng with a whip and shouted, "Surrender? Shame on you?! Dare to mention surrender?! For this, I will punish you with five lashes, will you accept it?! ”

The others all squinted at Wei Cheng with some disdain. They were all ordinary peasants, and when they entered the camp, they were repeatedly taught that it was shameful to surrender. And the idea of loyalty and filial piety has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and they are also people who naturally despise surrender morally.

Wei Cheng lowered his head and said, "Serve." ”

Feng Taichu nodded and praised: "It's still a man, and he knows shame." After finishing speaking, he came to Wei Cheng's back again, and asked Wei Cheng to remove his shirt and wave the whip at Wei Cheng's back with "pop". He hit very quickly, and he finished five lashes in just a few breaths, and the whip marks on Wei Cheng's back were red and swollen and oozing blood.

In this process, Wei Cheng just gritted his teeth and didn't scream.

Li Yan saw the whole process of the matter on the side, he came to Feng Taichu's side and ordered: "Give him some medicine in a while, don't hurt your body." ”

As soon as Feng Taichu saw that it was Li Yan, he immediately hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates have seen the general!" There is medicine in the camp, and there is also a doctor and his disciples, and his subordinates will give him medicine in a while. ”

Li Yan nodded, then went to look at Wei Cheng's injuries again, and ordered, "Put your clothes on." If you feel unwell, go to Dr. He immediately. ”

Wei Cheng lowered his head and said ashamedly, "General Xie." ”

"Have you practiced kung fu?" Li Yan asked curiously.

Wei Cheng got dressed and nodded, "I learned some guns and sticks when I was at home. ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "I have also practiced guns. But the battle formation is not a personal competition, how many can you fight alone, three? Or five? The enemy is rushing in hundreds, and how many can you deal with? If you don't obey the order alone, the whole team loses its position, not only will you die, but these brothers around you will also die, can you bear it? ”

"My subordinates know it's wrong." Wei Cheng lowered his head and whispered.

Li Yan comforted: "Train hard, and after you fight, you will know that you Feng Shi Chang is for your good." You have to train well now, and I don't want to send your ashes back to your family after the next war. ”

"Subordinates remember." Wei Cheng nodded.

"Subordinates remember the general's teachings." The other nine people were all clenching their fists and shouting loudly.

Li Yan left the team, came to the school review stand, and instructed Huang Desheng, the person in charge here: "Gather everyone, I want to lecture." ”

Huang Desheng immediately ordered his soldiers to give orders, and after a while, a group of soldiers came to stand in front of the school review table under the leadership of the captain.

Li Yan looked at the neatly standing team below and said loudly: "I have seen your training, very good!" Maybe you don't think it's useful to train like this. But what I want to tell you is that you are one, brothers! You must first learn to obey! It's like fighting alone! If some of you die in the future, I will take care of your family, and yours brothers will continue to fight and protect your family from humiliation with their lives! ”

Li Yan paused for a moment and continued: "You are all forced to be homeless, if someone wants to take back your fields and take away all your grain, will you agree?" ”

"No! Don't say yes! All the soldiers roared from their chests.

Li Yan continued to ask, "If someone wanted to do this, what would you do?" ”

"Kill back! Kill back! All the soldiers shouted loudly again.

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction and ordered, "I hope you will remember today's words and take them away to continue training." ”

After the soldiers were all taken away to continue training, Li Mu whispered beside Li Yan: "Fourth brother, you are really good at this. ”

Li Yan turned around and walked to the stage, and ordered, "Let's go, go to the barracks in the south." ”