The Mingyuezhuang Medical and Health Department has expanded the Sanjin compound, using the cheapest rammed earth walls, and the lime coating looks a little neat.

After Liu Xiaoci took over the medical and health department, the first fire burned on Old Man Zhang and Liu Zhihe, two old men who were close to madness, were jumping to their feet.

Old Zhang had a headache, "What's wrong with the old man's room being dirty, as for reducing the old man's budget?" ”

"Grandpa Zhang, you dissipate your anger first, Rong Xiaoci said slowly." Liu Xiaoci smiled and asked the old man to sit down, and then made him a cup of tea.

"It's not just our medical and health department that has reduced money and food, except for those laboratories. Grandpa Zhang may not know that except for straight bows and spears, the production of weapons workshops has stopped. ”

Old man Zhang squirted tea all over the ground, "How can this be?" We don't use gold, silver and copper coins inside our Zhuangzi, we only bring in some tea, salt, cloth and vinegar from the outside, how did it come to this point? ”

"Oh, the workshops opened by those gentry families are all over the Han River, and Zhuangzi's income in the past two months is only 30% of what it used to be. The fortress of Mingyuezhuang can be built slowly, but the displaced people outside have to give a lot of money and food before they can be self-sufficient in the mountains. Gongzhong is organizing everyone to move the workshop to the side of the Han River, and it will also consume money and food......"

Liu Zhi and this famous doctor have adopted widows and orphans for many years, traveled around, and their knowledge far exceeds that of Old Man Zhang, "That is to say, there are a lot less people who have entered, but a lot more people have come out, this is what it means." That's not right, how did Gongzhong survive? ”

"Gongzhong began to accumulate money and food from the day the little master took power, and now it is almost used, and the little master lends all his share to the public middle school. Aunt Xiong, Aunt Lei and Grandpa Cao took the lead, and most of the workshops in Zhuangzi were losing money. According to the calculations of Zhang Zhanjun and Siyanzai, the shipment of ironware and cold-proof clothing will have to increase threefold before Gongzhong can survive. "There are some things that Liu Xiaoci doesn't understand, so he can only read from the book.

Old man Zhang had forgotten about fighting for money and food, and asked anxiously: "Don't you say that those gentry are robbing us of our business?" Iron-making, garment-making...... Damn, they don't even let go of the shoes and hats business of the families of the fallen soldiers?! ”

Liu Zhihe was also worried, "Li Xiang boy, oh no, what kind of trick does the owner have to turn the situation around?" Xiaoci, tell me quickly, as long as you can explain it clearly, our two old men will do what you say. Seeing through Xiaoci's cunning, Liu Zhihe, who was anxious to know the answer, made a promise.

"Thank you, master, it's still the master who is good to me." Xiao Ci's two dimples are very cute, and she has to add two little tiger teeth, "Our owner-in-law's father-in-law is coming back, I don't need to say anything else, right?" ”

Old man Zhang stood up suddenly, "Are you saying that the old village owner Liu has a way, yes, the old village owner was born in the Xiang army in his early years, and the former officials and subordinates should still retain some friendship, and it is not difficult to make a fortune with them......"

Liu Zhihe exhaled lightly and pulled the noisy old man Zhang away. When summer came, the two old men had to clean their dark huts and follow the rules of hygiene in the future. In addition, it is necessary to introduce the official document charts and scientific verification methods that have been preliminarily verified by the weapons workshop and Li Xiang's laboratory, that is, the method of analysis, hypothesis, verification, experiment, summary, and analysis.

The two old men didn't want to embarrass Liu Xiaoci at all, they came over to complain, after all, they had been hiding in the small black house for many years to do some terrible things, and it was difficult to come out once, of course, they had to find someone to nag. Liu Xiaoci also knew it, so he thought of a trick to let the two old men have steps down.

The second fire that Liu Xiaoci burned was to split the medical and health department, which was equivalent to burning on her own head. Liu Xiaoci himself will be taught by Liu Zhihe and other doctors, and the traditional medicine skills of the Great Zhou Dynasty; Wang Xiaochen continued to practice knife skills with Old Man Zhang, and spent all day with the corpse; The thoughtful Cao Wenwen worked hardest, and she was responsible for the preparation of the finished medicine plan proposed by Li Xiang, that is, the preparation of pills and powders.

The third fire burned by Liu Xiaoci also left a strong mark in history. It's pitiful to say, in order to show her face in front of Li Xiang more, Xiaoci couldn't wait to take over the time control and overdue accountability trial plan formulated by Li Xiang. Since then, Liu Xiaoci, Wang Xiaochen and Yu Wenwen, plus the two old men, have lived a life of continuous rotation, and this management method of strictly controlling time made the villagers of Mingyuezhuang shudder for the first time. The system must be improved slowly, and at the beginning, it will be "a little busy", and it is good to get used to it......

The bell of the council hall rang, waking up Liu Xiaoci, who was smiling at the corners of his mouth. Before she could get out of the medical room, a long bull's horn sounded, which complemented the sound of the bell. Looking at Mingyuezhuang from the sky, I saw a large number of people pouring out of the building area surrounded by several foundations and blocked by a small river, and several flocks of pigeons flew around Mingyuezhuang.

The fiery red sun seemed to ignite the passion of the villagers, and everyone ran to the south gate with cheers. Although I don't understand why the cheap father-in-law suddenly returned a few days after leaving, Li Xiang, along with all the high-level officials, also walked south. Intentionally or unintentionally, Liu Xiaoci walked to the right of Li Xiang, very close......

The soil on the ground trembled slightly, and a thin line appeared on the southern mountain pass, which then quickly stretched into a black band. After another ten breaths, the sound of "boom" turned into the sound of a dense iron hoof stumbling on the ground like a bean.

The knights on the horses were shouting loudly, and they were coming straight to the south gate, and all the horses had curtains and cuirasses, and the red-robed hunting of two hundred knights fluttered.

Li Xiang could barely breathe, and he felt that his breathing was much harder. Looking at Qin Zhong, Xiong Chengwu and Yang Jianchuan, whose faces were pale and at a loss, Li Xiang felt the suppression of the infantry by the cavalry for the first time.

Without special training, sophisticated equipment, harsh military law and a high degree of collective identity, the infantry on the plains could not fight at all in the face of cavalry! Looking at the cavalry rushing straight over, Li Xiang understood the intention of his cheap father-in-law, this is to make a deep impression on himself!

Zhang Qingping was accustomed to seeing the galloping momentum of thousands of horses in the north, and basically did not react; Yang Yingdong has seen more mules, biting his lip and using blood to keep himself awake; Liu Sheng squinted at the hundreds of horses, trying to find the one he was most satisfied with.

"咴咴咴~~~" The five horses in front stood up in front of the south gate, and the rest of the knights automatically divided into two parts and ran towards the river.

Li Xiang shouted to Uncle Zhao, "The water in the river can't be drunk, tell those knights, and let them send a few people to follow our people to get horse feed and boiled water." By the way, don't let them wander around. ”

Li Xiang patted Xiong Chengwu and the three of them on the shoulder a few times to show encouragement, "A few of you, go and gather the guards, the new barracks and the young men on duty, hold all the important places, and inform all the women to stay indoors." ”

After doing all this, Li Xiang returned to his place, and his legs finally stopped shaking.

Liu Chengdong has just been away for more than ten days, and he is actually getting more and more energetic, which should be because he has re-led the troops. The golden-red steel scale armor, coupled with the golden-red steel helmet and fiery red cloak, would be the same as the gods if it weren't for the scars and tattoos on the face that ruined the image.

Liu Chengdong stopped his horses and saw that except for a few who were running or fainting, everyone else was standing in place, and nodded with satisfaction. Zhang Tianlei, who was uninvited on the side, found that the group of mountain buns in Mingyuezhuang did not completely collapse in the face of the rushing cavalry, and he was shocked, and secretly said that he was worthy of Liu Chengdong, a loyal and brave heirloom, and he actually trained Zhuang Min so well? ! How could he have thought that there was still half of Li Xiang's credit in this?

Li Xiang took eight steps forward and shouted loudly: "Dare to ask your father-in-law, have you ever won a big victory?" ”

"Invincible, no war."

"Are there any injuries?"

"Sleep well, eat well, pain-free and disease-free." Liu Chengdong patted his belly, Zhuang Min laughed, and Liu Sheng's beard rose.

"Have you ever been homesick?"

"I don't want to think about it, I don't want to think about it all the time!" Liu Chengdong's voice was a little dry, although he hadn't been away for a long time, he was always thinking about everything in Mingyuezhuang.

"Catch the wind, wash the dust, dismount!"

Lei Cheng's wife and Zhen Laoshi's wife stepped forward. One held Liu Chengdong's cloak so that Liu Chengdong could dismount, and the other untied Liu Chengdong's cloak, held the dust and swept it gently.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun were also washed away. Finally, Zhang Tianlei and Zhang Wanli's grandson Zhang Yongnian, who came to visit, received them with a guest gift.

Liu Chengdong touched Liu Susu's head, and then passed through the village gate surrounded by Li Xiang, Li Mengkong, Carpenter and Old Man Zhang. Instructed Li Xiang to entertain Zhang Tianlei and more than 200 knights, Liu Chengdong returned to his house to rest for a while, and then came out to meet the guests.

After Liu Chengdong took over the more than 2,000 box troops in Nanyang, he was directly frightened by the erosion of that box army. Nearly half of the old, weak, sick and disabled, most of the weapons and ordnance were "lost", and only the independently formed cavalry still had 300 horses. Lord Yu sent a message and asked Liu Chengdong to hurry up and purge the army, and the imperial court soon asked the other party to use troops.

So Liu Chengdong rushed back to Mingyuezhuang with the cavalry team, and wanted to send more soldiers and weapons to the Xiang army to support the scene, and at the same time let the officers of the Xiang army take a look at the wealth of Mingyuezhuang, so that Liu Chengdong could completely control the army.

As the sun set and the moon rose, Liu Chengdong changed into his regular clothes and came out to entertain Zhang Tianlei and several subordinates in the council hall, and Li Xiang and several high-level officials accompanied him. The more than 200 knights were accompanied by Xiong Chengwen, Yang Jianchuan, Qin Zhong and others, Li Xiang did not dare to be careless, and secretly ordered Zhuangzi to be under martial law, Liu Chengdong actually did not object, and it is estimated that he can rest assured of the quality of those people.

Mingyue Restaurant's meatballs, sauce bones, braised pork, grilled fish and sweet and sour pork ribs and other hard dishes made Zhang Tianlei addicted, and after the wine was hot, Zhang Tianlei suddenly became difficult, "Brother Liu's Zhuangzi is really extraordinary, Zhuang Ding is young and strong people with weapons in their hands, it is really breathtaking." ”

Of course, Liu Chengdong is not easy to get along with, and directly reveals each other's scars. "Where is it, Brother Zhang's stockade was called a husband to be a guan, and the official army was defeated and returned after two attacks, Lao Liu really admired it. There are more and more displaced people in this northern land, and Zhuang Ding's martial arts training is just self-preservation. ”

Zhang Tianlei was bored, but he was not annoyed, he was originally made for Shangguan to see, he could be sure that the generals of the Nanyang Xiang Army who came over this time had the above eyeliner. The civil officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty like dog-eat-dog between military generals, and then they go up to mediate gracefully, if there is harmony between military generals, they are not at ease.

Liu Chengdong is also very sure that among the subordinates who followed him, there must be spies from Li Xiang or Lord Yu. So this afternoon, he was nominally resting, but in fact he was arranging the defense of Mingyuezhuang with Li Xiang, especially to hide a large number of bows and crossbows and armor.

The large playground was lively, and more than 200 knights and more than 100 soldiers of the nominal Zhuang Ding and the actual elder battalion were eating and drinking together. The juggling team of Mingyueji was invited, and a group of rough men were fascinated.

In a small nook and cranny where two knights huddled together and whispered.

"I looked around with the help of Izuku, and there was nothing to suspect, but there were three places that were too heavily guarded. Every powerful man has a secret, which is not abnormal, if you have to defend everything tightly, there will be a problem. A man with long hands and feet said, putting the wine bowl to his mouth as he spoke, and others thought he was drinking when they saw it.

"Most of these Zhuang Ding are new and tender, but they are very difficult to mess with, and they are all species that dare to work hard. Xiangye, please make a decree and let the people of our Imperial City Division take a closer look, is it a bit of a fuss. A middle-sized veteran said as he gnawed on the bones.

"Anyway, it's best if there is no problem, let's just finish the errand."

"That's right. Damn, the price of rice in Bianjing is getting more and more expensive, and the family is almost unable to open the pot, but it still makes us run around and work hard. ”

"Who's to say it isn't. However, this newly recruited General Liu is really a particular person, and the military salary for these two months has been paid sixty percent, plus the ...... given by the Imperial City Division It's just enough to make ends meet......"

Seven days later, Li Gang and Yu Yunwen received a secret letter from the Imperial City Division, and then carefully compared with the information provided by the gentry officials involved in the Mingyueji business, Liu Chengdong completely confirmed the identity of a heroic and powerful man with no ambitions. So Li Gang, Yu Yunwen and Zhao Ding, who had just returned to each other, were relieved.