Li Mao never thought that he would be an officer, but since he did it, he had to do it decently, and the basic skills of archery, horse riding and archery must be mastered, out of fear of the future, Li Mao has stepped up the training of basic skills these days, and now his equestrian and archery skills have basically reached the level of a general, and the foot combat skills of knives, guns and clubs have been regarded as outstanding.

Get up early to practice swordsmanship and archery, and practice equestrian and archery in the afternoon, this is the rule that Li Mao set for himself.

After practicing a knife in the back garden, and practicing a stick technique with Mo Qi's magic power, Xiaoru sent rice porridge, oil cakes and pickles, because of Li Mao's demonstration, the family has long been accustomed to three meals a day, too late at night and a late night lifestyle. In order to compete for favor, Xiaoru worshiped under Li Mao before Su Qing, and generally mastered the cooking method of "Li Family Cuisine", frying, frying, cooking, boiling, stir-frying, baking, slipping, and learning well.

Because of Xiaoru's progress, Li Mao has significantly reduced the number of times he eats out, at least he can't eat breakfast at home. "If you want to capture a man's heart, you must first grab his stomach", this wise saying, Xiao Ru engraved on the head of the bed, remembered in his heart, recited from time to time, and gained every day.

As soon as a bowl of porridge was drunk, Qingmo and Zhang Xuan walked in, Qingmo was wearing a shirtless shirt, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead, it seemed that he was temporarily caught by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan is now the Marquis of Yu, the protector of the city defense battalion, and is in charge of law and order in the army. Li Mao's secret visit last night caused such a big problem, and he should be responsible. After receiving Zhang Yanghe's report, he investigated the matter overnight, and then reported Ma Hedong and Chen Lan, and the two leaders of the city defense battalion looked at each other, both feeling that a catastrophe was coming. They wanted to inform Li Mao about the expansion of the city defense battalion, but Shang Helai refused to let him, and after weighing it again, the two quietly suppressed the matter.

Li Mao has also changed from a top boss to an outsider who needs to be fooled in their hearts, and now an outsider has caught such a big handle on him, how this matter ended, the two of them have no bottom at all. They have long heard of Li Mao's strictness, and they have already understood it if they are not emotional, and there is a way that the county officials are not as good as the current management, although they have Shang He to support them, but Li Mao is the top boss, and the officials are crushing people to death! Besides, he is a good hand at stirring up trouble, but he has never heard of anything extraordinary. He picked something out but had to carry the black pot himself, and the two were depressed about it.

I stayed up all night and didn't sleep, early in the morning of the second day, Ma Hedong and Chen Lan dragged Zhang Shui and took Zhang Yang and other interveners to the outside of Li Mao's house in Yuanxiangfang, Ma Hedong and Chen Langong pushed Zhang Zhuo to go first to explore the mouth, Zhang Zhuo couldn't shirk it, so he went to find Qingmo, Qingmo was practicing knives, and he didn't know anything about last night. Zhang Xuan went to ask Mo Mao Shentong again, and Mo Qi Shentong didn't know, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Mao accidentally bumped into it when he went to the street, and he didn't deliberately find fault, so there was still room for redemption.

Li Mao didn't talk to Zhang Xuan alone, he asked Xiaoru to put away the table, asked Qingmo to call Ma Hedong and Chen Lan in, and said to Qingmo: "Go and put on some clothes, whose girl is willing to marry you if you have a problem." ”

After listening to Ma Hedong's explanation of last night's incident, Li Mao said earnestly: "The city defense camp presses the streets, pickets treachery, and maintains the law and order of the city. Gushan Town has 3,000 households, 15,000 people, 3,000 military households, 12,000 people, and 27,000 people. Now the flow of changes is everywhere, the place is not peaceful, you are all old people in the army, well-informed, how cruel the harm of the displaced people, needless to say, one day the city changes, how to face the old folks. ”

Ma He Dongdao: "The sin lies in the last general, it is the last general who takes it lightly, last night the last general discussed with General Chen and Zhang Yuhou, and from today onwards, all those who have mixed in through the back door will be eliminated, and the black sheep who hire others to serve on behalf of the soldiers will also be removed." All the soldiers of the city defense battalion were put into camp for training, and if they couldn't endure hardship, they let him go home and pick up their children. ”

Li Mao praised: "Okay, a soldier should have the appearance of a soldier, and the spirit of the city defense battalion should not be on par with the people, but should have the appearance of a soldier." ”

Li Mao also instructed Zhang Xuan: "Marquis Yu is in charge of the law and discipline in the army, and cannot be a formality, with two generals as your backing, your methods must be hardened, and the black sheep will not be tolerated, and if the evil spirit is not defeated, the righteousness must not be publicized, and an army without righteousness is a rabble, which will only harm people." ”

Zhang Xuan is a nail planted by Li Mao in the city defense camp, but under the attack of Ma Hedong and Chen Lan, it has been difficult to do anything.

Li Mao said again: "As Marquis Yu's subordinates, there is no soldier, how to picket treachery and hypocrisy, enforce the law and discipline, and run thin legs, you can't do a few big things." Everyone laughed for a while, and Li Mao said to Ma Hedong and Chen Lan: "The military system of the national dynasty, Marquis Yu also has to lead the troops, the flank brigade is safe when marching, and the camp acts as a patrol policeman, and pickets treacherous hypocrisy on weekdays." Yu Hou of the city defense battalion is also a soldier, and few people under him are afraid that it will be difficult to succeed, right? ”

Ma Hedong knew that this was Li Mao asking for real power for Zhang Xuan, whether the city defense camp Yu Hou led the troops, the military system was not clearly stipulated, if before, he must find a reason to oppose it, after all, Yu Hou was in charge of the troops and it was not good for him, but last night's incident made Li Mao grasp the handle, and stabbing it would inevitably make Yu Hualong look down on himself, and now Li Mao is broad-minded and will not be held accountable, and he will not have any blood, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to be good.

Thinking of this, he and Chen Lan glanced at each other, and replied with a smile: "It should be so, I think I will hand over the A-shaped team to Zhang Yuhou to manage, that is the elite of the army." ”

The city defense battalion has three teams, each team of 40 people, the first team ranks first, after Ma Hedong took over the city defense battalion, it was transformed, the officers and backbones of the team are his confidants, he said this is not only to show sincerity, but also to leave a back hand, with him as a commander of the army, Zhang Xuan did not command the first team.

Li Mao saw through his intentions at a glance, and said with a smile: "Marquis Yu led the troops to facilitate law enforcement, there should not be too many soldiers, I think twenty people are enough, and it is not appropriate to dismantle the original establishment, the personnel are selected by Zhang Yuhou himself, and those who are insufficient can be recruited from outside." The amount is not enough to report that I went to apply to General Yu. ”

This plan is also acceptable to Ma Hedong and Chen Lan, and the selection of personnel by Zhang Xuan himself will undoubtedly increase Zhang Xuan's position in the city defense battalion and weaken their influence, but Zhang Xuan's troops are not many, and they do not crowd out their establishment, so they are not a big threat.

Since Feng Bu was asked to set up the Simian Street Detective Department, Li Mao has consciously built his own team in the army, but he is only limited by the positioning of the Simian Street Detective Department and cannot use it. The city defense battalion was not the main force of the Qing navy, but it was the same as the army in terms of organization and nature.

"These twenty people must be carefully selected, not too old, upright, intelligent, healthy, simple in social relations, preferably read for a few years, know a few words, have a masculine personality, and have the potential to be a team leader. I'm not afraid of thorns, but I don't want the kind of sheep that are submissive. Those who do not honor their parents should not be honored, those who do not respect their parents at home cannot respect their officials outside. Everyone has to build a special file and carefully review their details, and heroes don't ask about their origins, but they must know the details. ”

After staying up all night, Li Mao finally finalized the first batch of ten candidates with Zhang Xuan, he had personally interviewed these ten people, and he was generally satisfied, and once again explained the criteria for selecting people, Li Mao rubbed his red eyes, and said to Zhang Xuan: "Eat breakfast and then leave." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the blue and white sky outside the door, and grinned: "I have to go back and cook for the old lady and the girl." ”

Zhang Xuan took the old lady and daughter from Baoding County a few years ago, the mother Feng Shi was old and had a leg disease, and it was very inconvenient to walk, and the daughter was young and young, and the grandparents and grandchildren could not take care of themselves, and all the housework was handled by Zhang Xuan.

After sending Zhang Zhu away, Li Mao washed his face with cold water and went back to the house to make up for sleep.

With his head next to the pillow, and as soon as his eyelids were closed, he was screamed by Qingmo anxiously:

"Something is wrong! Chengwu City broke the thieves last night, and thousands of people died. ”