Li Yan left the county office and returned to the barracks. At this time, Li Zhong, Li Mu, ****, and Li Dong were all there.

"How?" Li Zhong asked, "What should I do with Ma Xunpress?" ”

Li Yan smiled: "Don't deal with it." ”

"Don't deal with it?" Li Mu asked suspiciously, "How much does he want?" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Not everyone is greedy for money. But he warned me not to take it anymore. ”

"It's not good." Li Mu frowned and said.

Li Yan said with a smile: "He said his, let's do ours." It can be expanded outside the county, and there are many displaced people in the direction of Defu recently, and they can collect as much as they can. ”

"Fourth brother," **** interjected: "Our hometown in Huaiqing has also caused a disaster, and our family's grain harvest is not good." Shall we bring some people from my hometown over as well? ”

Li Dong also nodded and said: "Yes, it's good here, instead of those irrelevant people, it's better to take our fellow Huaiqing over." ”

Li Mu glared at the two of them and said, "What are you all doing here?!" Let the court serve a pot?! I told you when I came, we are exterminating the race, and you didn't take it to heart?! ”

"But aren't we still officers and soldiers now?" A little aggrieved said: "Our hometown is really affected, we always have to help." ”

Li Zhong also taught a lesson: "No matter what, you must keep your mouth shut in the future, and you can't talk about your hometown casually!" ”

"Got it, second brother." , Li Dong and the two lowered their heads and whispered in agreement.

Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "Since my hometown is not having a good time, let's send them some food." But send it quietly, and don't let the family publicize, they just have enough to eat. People don't use it, and they will talk about it when they have the opportunity in the future. ”

and Li Dong finally stopped being depressed, and said happily: "Fourth Brother Xie." ”

Cannibalism is also common in Huaiqing Mansion, north of the Yellow River, and they also came to Li Yan because they couldn't eat enough at home. Now that they are full, they naturally want their families to get out of the predicament of starvation. Li Yan asked people to send some grain and rice to the family, which is the best reward for the family.

After that, Li Yan instructed: "Send some people to Suizhou to see, have the thieves there withdrawn?" Gao Xun pressed the next stop and wanted to go to Suizhou. ”

Li Mu agreed, and then asked Li Yan: "Fourth brother, can we accept those soldiers guarded by Yang?" ”

Li Zhong reminded: "You have to think twice about this question. If those ruffians enter our team, it will have an impact on the whole team. And there is also Yang Shoubei there, will he be stabbed to Kaifeng? ”

Li Yan thought for a while and said firmly: "Accept!" You can't let people have no way to do it. As for the ruffians, then train! It's time to train them, and they don't dare to be ruffians! ”

"Okay, then I'll take it." Li Mu said with a smile: "In the past two days, more than 200 people have come to our barracks to ask, and Yang Garrison is going to be alone." ”

Li Yan smiled: "That's because he has no ability, no wonder others." ”

Outside the northern city, the camp of Yang Garrison.

"What about people?! Where have all the people gone?! Yang Shoubei roared loudly.

He had just returned from the city, and he had been in the city for the past three days, tired of being at home, and going to the ceremony of Duke Zhou with a few of his concubines. When I have time, I have to go to his outer house to warm @ save it. In short, he has back pain and kidney cramps in the past few days, but he is in pain and happy.

Of course, he can't really die, as the saying goes, there is no ploughed land, only tired cows, and he is not hungry @ thirsty to the point of dying. In the past three days, he still met with the gentry and Zhang Dianshi in the city, and he also discussed with these people to see how to deal with Li Yan. However, that Gao Xun press seemed to be a little unreliable, he just listened to the appeal, and he didn't go to the hall or receive the paper, and he didn't seem to have the intention of catching Li Yan who broke the rules.

When he returned to the barracks, he found that the barracks were empty, with only a few soldiers on guard duty, and a few military schools throwing dice in the military tents to gamble. The rest of the people didn't know where they went.

Hou Guangtai replied: "The soldiers have been gone for more than half a year, and now that they have returned to their hometowns, they are naturally homesick, so they are given a vacation and let them go home to have a look." ”

"Then why don't you tell me?!" Yang Shoubei roared angrily.

Hou Guangtai was a little disdainful, but he still bowed down and clasped his fists, and said in a low voice: "I sent someone to find the general, but I didn't see you." The soldiers were anxious to return home, and with two months of unpaid salaries, a mutiny was possible if they were not allowed to return. Therefore, the subordinates made the decision, gave the soldiers a holiday first, and asked the general to punish them. ”

Yang Shoubei then retracted his anger, nodded and said, "Well, you did a good job." The merits and demerits are offset by no reward or punishment. ”

"General Xie is tolerant." Hou Guangtai thanked.

Yang Shoubei suddenly asked, "We still have two months of military salaries that have not been paid?" ”

"Yes, if the general is not in a hurry, he should send some to his brothers." Hou Guangtai whispered: "Now that the world is difficult, grain and rice are getting more and more expensive, if you don't pay the brothers enough money, the brothers will have to complain." ”

"Salary," Yang Shoubei did not respond to Hou Guangtai's suggestion, but touched the beard on his upper lip and said to himself: "Yes, according to the rules, we are also considered guest troops, and the food and salary will be provided by the garrison the next day." Well, I have to go to Su Xianzun and ask him to distribute food and pay us. ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't say hello to Hou Guangtai, but hurriedly took his own soldiers on his horse and ran towards the county seat.

Hou Guangtai looked at Yang Shoubei's back, and when Yang Shoubei walked away, he scolded in a low voice: "Insatiable!" Sooner or later, the brethren will not follow you! ”

However, he was a little strange, he gave the soldiers a holiday in batches, but the first batch of soldiers who went out almost never returned. If it's an officer, it's okay to say, maybe somewhere to play, and it's okay to come back later. But the soldiers basically didn't come back, which is a little weird. But he didn't dare to stop giving other soldiers a holiday, so there were fewer and fewer soldiers in the camp.

The few soldiers who came back were not locals, and they came back after having fun in the city. The local soldiers, on the other hand, basically did not come back. Even the few of Yang Shoubei's henchmen who came back were all frowning, and their questions were all presumptuous, and they always got together and muttered something. All in all very strange.

Garrison Yang rode a horse, took his guards, and waited at the city gate for a long time before being let in by Li Yan's men. But Yang Shoubei didn't go in, and he saw many people queuing up near the city gate to sign up. Originally, it was not his concern, but he accidentally saw his soldiers. And among these people, they are basically his soldiers, which makes him have to stop.

"Maralin! What are you doing?! Yang Shoubei frowned and shouted loudly.