Tian Biao looked at it, and laughed: "Disrespectful and disrespectful, it turned out to be Jiaodutou, the water washed the Dragon King Temple, it was all our fault, I invited a guest to drink to make amends." ”

Jiao Ting said: "Young man, you are angry, and it is normal to fight." It's gone, it's gone. ”

Tian Biao said: "No, I have to have a treat, let's go to the best restaurant in Zhending Mansion to drink." ”

"This can't work, I'm busy, I have to go back in two days, and I'll have a bar another day." Jiao Ting said.

Tian Biao said: "My two brothers, Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue, also asked Jiao Dutou to let go, and I will be responsible for all losses." ”

"These two guys have injured my four brothers, and they have already made me pick off my hands and feet, anyway, they are also wastes, if you want to bring them back, I will give it to you." Jiao Ting said.

Tian Biao said: "Oh, there is such a thing, the audacity to injure officers and soldiers, it must be dealt with strictly, I really know the face and don't know the heart, I only recruited these two people for five days, I didn't expect it to be so cruel." Fortunately, Jiao Dutou severely punished the two murderers. ”

Jiao Ting said that there was still something to do, and he didn't eat the wine invited by Tian Biao. Tian Biao took people back to Zhending Mansion, and Jiao Ting will continue to recruit people in the afternoon.

Xiang Zhong said: "Tian Biao is known as a smiling tiger, I'm afraid it's not so easy to soften, so you have to be careful." ”

Jiao Ting said: "It's better to call it Brother Jiao, or Brother Jiao." Tian Biao, this kid is very insidious, once you find out that the two of you are not with him, I am afraid it will be detrimental to your two families. ”

Xu Yue said: "The two of us, the old in the family, the youngest. There is no house and no land, so it is better to go to Yuncheng. ”

Jiao Ting took out twenty taels of silver from his bag and said: "The two of you are not weak, my brother is likely to take in the two of you, and the settlement fee is fifty yuan per person, but I don't dare to make decisions for my brother, each person will give ten taels of silver first, and the two of you will go back to clean up and prepare to follow the team to Yuncheng in the next two days." ”

The two were very moved, but they didn't expect to get ten taels of silver in one fell swoop.

Xiang Zhong said: "You are not afraid that we will take the silver and go to Tian Biao again." ”

Jiao Ting laughed: "Haha, the two of you are people who value righteousness and neglect life, we are the same kind of people, you can see it at a glance." Besides, you two know better than me who Tian Biao is, and following him is nothing more than bullying and bullying the people and doing bad things, I don't believe you will do this. ”

Xu Yue said again: "How much more do you need for long-term farming?" There are still many idlers in our village who have nothing to do. ”

"The more the merrier, over fifteen years old and under forty years old, as long as they are in good health, male or female." Jiao Ting said.

Both said that the village could recruit a lot, because many people had almost no land at home, and the poor only had a few broken grass houses, and there was no nostalgia.

Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue went back to the village to clean up, and Jiao Ting took the soldiers and the strong men in the village to continue to recruit people in the afternoon, but the effect was average, after all, it was a sensation in the morning.

This was the case on the second and third days, with more than 100 people signing up every day. On the third day, he was going to rush to Yuncheng, and on this day there were five hundred and twenty-five people gathered in Lingshou Town, including Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue, and Jiao Ting temporarily bought horses for the two of them, equipped with simple weapons, and let these two people be responsible for the order of the team. The men who came to pick up the strong men also arrived, and there was only a small group of fifteen people, including ten cavalrymen, and five villagers. The cavalry are all elite lancers under Liu Tang, and Zhuang Ke is the Zhuang Ke of Hebei Dahao Chai Jin's family, and the five of them are very familiar with the situation in Hebei, whether it is the government or the green forest road, they all know people, and generally no one is embarrassed.

The leader of the team is a squad leader, and when he sees Jiao Ting, he has to call Dutou.

"Jiao Dutou, on the order of Chao Tuanlian, we are here to pick up people." The squad leader said.

Jiao Ting said: "Okay, but why did you come so quickly?" ”

The squad leader said: "We are working in Cangzhou, and we came over after receiving the news from the Chao regiment to practice flying pigeons." In addition, there is also an order from Chao Tuanlian, asking you to assist Ma Ling in setting up three or four recruitment points in Zhending Mansion. ”

"Assist Ma Ling? Didn't he follow Duan Jingzhu to traffic horses? ”

"I don't know about this, this is Chao Tuanlian's handwritten letter." The squad leader said and gave a small note to Jiao Ting, Jiao Ting knew Chao Gai's words, and he couldn't make a mistake.

Although Jiao Ting is very familiar with this area, after all, his eloquence and communication skills are limited, so it is obviously not very suitable for Jiao Ting to recruit people.

The cake shop in Lingshou Town was almost swept away. A team of more than 500 people was protected by ten cavalry, assisted by Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue, and marched towards Yuncheng. People who come to see off relatives and friends cry together, there are very few times to travel far away in these years, and it is very risky to go far away, and there is a taste of life and death.

A young daughter-in-law stuffed the package into her husband's arms and cried: "The child is his father, there are more than a dozen eggs in the bag, and two pairs of cloth shoes." ”

"I know, what are you crying about, I'm going to be a soldier. Jiao Dutou said, when I officially become a soldier, I will have the consistent money in a month, and when the time comes, we will buy a house in Yuncheng and take your mother and mother to live. "It's humane.

"Woo, woo. It's easy to say, the house is so easy to buy, I just ask you to be developed and don't forget that there is a daughter-in-law at home. ”

There is also an old lady who came to see off the child, and an elder brother who came to see off his younger brother, crying constantly.

Jiao Ting doesn't care if he sees it, there is a way to be kind and not to be in charge of soldiers, and reason must overcome feelings.

"It's time to go, I'm going to walk a hundred and ten miles a day, don't delay, let's go back, don't worry, there are cavalry escorting the way safely." Jiao Ting said. The team hit the road and set off.

Watching the team gradually move away, Erwa asked, "Brother, when will we go back to Yuncheng." ”

"Why are you in a hurry, you still have to assist Ma Ling, I don't know when Ma Ling will arrive, let's go, let's go to Zhending Mansion now, maybe Ma Ling is already waiting for us in Zhending Horse City."

There were more than a dozen people in the group, but there were few horses, only three horses. Fortunately, it is not a long distance from Lingshou Town to Zhending Mansion, and all the way, it has already arrived at Zhending when it is just dark. It must be a border city, and the standard black sky closes the city gate. It's impossible to get into the city, but the horse market is outside the city and is out of the way.

Jiao Ting went to the horse market to find a big car shop, resettled the strong men in the village, arranged for them to eat in the store, and then sleep. Jiao Ting only had two babies and the two of them went out to find Ma Ling, and naturally went to the inn to find someone, and after careful questioning, sure enough, Ma Ling had arrived and lived in a mid-range inn.

Jiao Ting came to visit directly, and when dangdang, dangdang, knocked on Ma Ling's door.

Ma Ling opened the door and said, "It turned out to be Brother Jiao, please come in, please come in." ”

Jiao Ting said: "You kid is elusive, didn't you drive the horses back to Yuncheng with Duan Jingzhu a few days ago?" ”

Ma Lingdao: "You don't know this, our brother is very powerful, now as long as you arrive in Shandong, there is a Tianya Inn, and there is a Chao family's business house, then it is safe." So there's no need to go back to Yuncheng. Besides, Duan Jingzhu only needs to command the trafficking of horses, and now there are more than 50 people. I plan to participate in the Yuncheng group training, and the first thing my brother arranged for me was to recruit people in Hebei, the more the better. It's just that I'm worried that my brother won't be able to settle it. ”

"Don't worry, it's okay to have one hundred and eighty thousand. It's just that it's not easy to recruit people, and recently there is a local tyrant in Hebei, called Tian Hu, and this guy is also recruiting people who are abducted and abducted. Jiao Ting said, "I have already sent a letter to my brother, presumably my brother has received it." ”

Ma Ling frowned and said, "Tian Hu has heard of this person for a long time, and this person is not ambitious. Some time ago, they wooed me and Duan Jingzhu and made us refuse, but we didn't expect them to be recruiting strong men. ”

"Yes, Tian Biao is still in Zhending Mansion. When I was in Lingshou Town, the two of us fought once, I'm afraid there will be a conflict sooner or later, we have few people, I'm afraid we will suffer. Jiao Ting said worriedly.

"That's the truth, we have too few manpower, but we won't suffer much loss, there are twenty guys from the horse team here, all of whom are first-class kung fu, although the horses are not as good as the trained light cavalry, but the battle in the rivers and lakes will definitely not suffer."

"There are also 30 strong men in our village, all of whom have practiced boxing and kicking with my father, so it must be no problem to fight. I'll send someone back tomorrow to call me over, we'll use it temporarily, and my brother will definitely have an arrangement." ”

"Well, that's it. I just hope that Tian Biao's kid doesn't mess around, and if he dares to mess around, he will have to fight. Ma Ling said.

Ma Ling is still very serious about his work, and soon talked about recruitment. Although the matter was handed over to Ma Ling to be responsible, Jiao Ting was Chao Gai's personal entourage after all, and he knew many things in detail.

"Although it is said that both men and women are recruited, it is mainly the men who go out to do long-term work, and there are very few women. I have concerns, maybe I think I'm going to pick up my daughter-in-law after settling down or something. If you want to recruit more, you can't do a lot of publicity. Jiao Ting said.

Ma Ling thought so, and said: "There are still a lot of people in the big towns such as Lingshou and Xinle in the north of Zhending, and these two places will be promoted for another five days. Then go east to Xinji, Jinju and other towns, and finally south to Zhaozhou Bridge. In this way, thousands or even tens of thousands of strong men will definitely be recruited. Of course, this is only a temporary mobile recruitment, and after it stabilizes, two perennial recruitment points will be set up in Lingshou Town in the north and Zhaozhou Town in the south. ”

"Okay, you're better than me in doing this, I'll listen to your arrangement." Jiao Ting said, "I plan to go back in five days, just in time to bring a group of strong men back to Yuncheng." ”

The recruitment of strong men is still very easy to carry out, the main reason is that because of natural disasters**, coupled with the loss of land, many families have no financial resources, and the only way out is to go out as long-term workers to eat. Ma Ling's effect on leading people out is naturally much better than Jiao Ting's, his publicity eloquence is good, and there are more people who come to sign up. At the same time, Ma Ling is better at observing people than Jiao Ting, and eliminates those who are lazy and weak, so as to ensure the labor ability of the strong Ding team. On the third day of Ma Ling's tenure, he had already signed up for 600 strong men, and even if 200 people didn't come when he set off, there were still 400 people, so it was enough to take care of them.

Jiao Ting wants to go back to his hometown to say goodbye to his father, and then go to Yuncheng. Early in the morning, Jiao Ting took his second child and three soldiers, all on horseback, and rushed to Pingshan quickly, but he didn't expect to encounter danger on the road.

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