After the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Yan finally finished dividing the land to the sixteen families and made the boundaries of the land. Here near Qilizhai, there are hundreds of acres of barren land, and he just needs to circle it out. Let the land of these sixteen families be next to each other, and it will be easy to manage.

And those who chose to leave were far away from the barren land carved out by Li Yan, and they themselves began to occupy the land. However, they are all in charge of their own families, at most two or three families who are familiar with each other are next to each other, and the others are consciously separated from each other, anyway, the land here is enough for them to divide.

Although the wanderers who left did not take much food with them, they did leave with them some gold, silver and jewels that they had quietly hidden, which had been stolen by the original thieves. Li Yan and the others did not collect these gold and silver treasures as soon as possible, mainly because Li Yan, the leader, had no experience, and just controlled the grain in the village. And Li Mu and those border soldiers disdain to pay attention to these gold and silver, their families are all in Shaanxi, even if they take these treasures now, they can't bring any improvement to their families.

Li Yan ignored the small actions of the displaced people who left, as long as these people did not affect his plans, he would not interfere with these displaced people. After that, Li Yan asked the border soldiers to start training these sixteen recruits, so that they could become qualified soldiers as soon as possible.

But the result disappointed Li Yan. When Li Yan went to see them training recruits, he found that these recruits were practicing freely under the leadership of the border soldiers. Knives, clubs, spears, maces, bows and arrows, horseback, etc., the border soldiers taught them all kinds of weapons and skills that they thought they were good at. It makes the cottage not like a military camp, but more like a performance in the market, a mess.

"Stop! Stop it! Li Yan loudly told the soldiers to stop.

"What's the matter, Fourth Brother?" Li Mu stopped instructing the two recruits, came to Li Yan's face, and asked puzzledly. The other soldiers also stopped inexplicably.

Li Yan asked angrily, "Let you train these recruits, that's what you do?!" ”

Li Mouzhang Erjin Kong-confused, replied: "Aren't we practicing?" ”

"I want soldiers! Not a martial artist! Li Yan said loudly: "How long can you train a soldier with this practice?!" The moon stick knife is a gun for a lifetime, they don't know, and you don't know either?! By the time you train these soldiers to look like this, we will have no bones left to be beaten by the officers and soldiers or other thieves! ”

Li Mu was also angry, and replied loudly: "Fourth brother! What kind of fire are you making?! All the elite soldiers are trained in this way, not only us, but also the chief soldiers, deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrillas of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, which of the subordinates is not trained like this? ! Huang wins! Come, come and tell me the fourth brother, how did you practice in Yansui Town? ”

This called Huang Desheng has the hereditary official position of Yulinwei at home. However, when he arrived at his grandfather, the family began to decline, and by his father's time, the family's land was also bought by the commander, if it weren't for the fact that their family didn't leave the family heirloom and let him mix with a small colonel in the border army and receive a share of money and food, their family would have been unable to survive a long time ago. However, with the drought in Shaanxi, the thieves rose one after another, and their money and food could not be sent, so he gritted his teeth and followed the brothers to make a fuss, and later although he received a death-free card, he did not dare to go home, so he had to join the team of thieves.

"Childe," Huang Desheng bowed his hand to Li Yan and said, "The generals' families all practice like this. They were originally skilled men with bows and horses, serving as the escort of the generals in peacetime, and as the sharpness of the whole army in wartime, charging into battle and fighting the enemy first. This is how they usually practice on the martial arts arena to enhance their skills. ”

Li Yan didn't know what to say. I don't know when the generals of the Ming Dynasty began to recruit family members, maybe after the military system of the guard station could not function. At the beginning, it was still used as a supplement to the Weisu army, but now, Jiading has become the absolute main force of the Ming army, and the other soldiers are just a number of people and just a show. The guards in the founding period were completely reduced to slaves in Tuntian, and they had completely lost their combat effectiveness.

"Come here! Gather! Li Yan ordered loudly.

The border soldiers and recruits surrounded them in twos and threes, and stood in a fan.

Li Yan was very dissatisfied, and he loudly lectured: "The army is a whole!" The level of personal kung fu has little impact on the entire military formation! From today onwards, you must do what you are told! Now, line up first! ”

"Quick! Fast! Fast! A few of the border soldiers scolded the recruits and told them to line up.

"You too!" Li Yan ordered unceremoniously: "You all stand in formation!" Lead by example and set an example to your new brothers! ”

The border soldiers who were still alive just now were stunned for a moment, and they all looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu waved his hand impatiently and shouted, "Didn't you hear?!" Stand in line! My fourth brother has the final say here! With that, he himself stood at the front of the line.

The border soldiers had no choice but to reluctantly stand in the queue, and more than two dozen people stood in two rows, although they were not neat, but at least they formed a queue.

Li Yan stood still in front of the queue and said solemnly: "From today onwards, you will be soldiers under my command!" I promise to keep you fed! Let your family eat! Let your family no longer suffer from abandonment and displacement! No longer be bullied and forced by the officials! But the first thing you have to do is obey my commands! ”

All the soldiers were silent, and they themselves were quite unconfident. The border soldiers stayed, and that was because their boss Li Mu stayed; The recruits joined in order to have enough to eat every day and earn a food ration for their families so that they could survive the winter. As for the ten acres of land, it is just something that can be seen but cannot be touched, and they just have the attitude of giving it a try, and it is best to be able to plant it without paying more taxes. If they are still exploited by the government, then they will continue to go into exile, no matter which leader they follow, they can still eat a mouthful of food.

Li Yan didn't care about the soldiers' true thoughts, he continued: "Today's first training is to stand in line! Before I say it's over, whoever messes around will halve dinner! Save and reward the soldiers who obey the order! Start now! ”