Since the Zeng family has enemies in the local area, it will be easy to do, Chao Gai said: "The head of Chao Xun has recently begun to set up a team for the purchase of medicinal materials, with a staff of fifty people, trained and managed by you, all equipped with weapons, and also equipped with sea vessels. When I first go to Jinguo, I will send Li Han to lead a team to assist you, but the second time you will have to rely on yourself, everyone has their own work. ”

Chao Wei said: "I understand, I will definitely do my best." ”

Chao Gai arranged for Chao Wei to choose a weapon, and this guy took a long-handled heavy axe, a two-foot-long handle, and a fifteen-pound axe, which was used by the guards to cut trees.

"Owner, I have a proposal, the caravan weapon uses this axe, the Jin country has a very strong control over the weapons of the Han people, and it is very troublesome to find the spear and the knife, but the axe is a logging tool and can be carried, as for the bow and arrow, you can buy it from local hunters."

"Okay, just follow what you said, each person will have a short knife, a fifteen-pound big axe, and a bow and arrow, and you will buy it separately when you get to the Jin Kingdom."

Chao Gai's business is not small, and it is also tightly limited to Yuncheng, which is still very rare to go to the mysterious country of Dajin to buy ginseng medicinal materials. However, as soon as Chao Xun announced the matter, he immediately recruited a team of fifty people, of course, all of whom were familiar with it, and there were two guys who knew how to travel cars and horses. They are all transferred from other businesses such as hotels and grain stores, and the new recruits are added to their departments. After all, it's too worrying to go to other places and use new people.

During the day, Liu Tang taught everyone boxing and kicking, and fighting skills such as Pu Dao, and explained the black words of the rivers and lakes, incisions, and how to guard against black shop bandits. Li Kui taught everyone how to use the axe, and Li Kui's tricks are simple and practical, and everyone will learn it. Ruan Xiaoqi taught everyone basic swimming and other knowledge. In the evening, Professor Chao Wei identified the quality of ginseng, as well as other common medicinal materials. As there are no seagoing vessels for the time being, the training time will also take time, and it is expected to take place at least in early June.

On the way back to Wujiazhuang, a person rode a donkey, shaking his head.

March is a sunny day, the air is fresh, and the wheat is rising, what a beautiful season it would have been if it hadn't been a little dry.

This man is also in his twenties, with a medium-thin build, eyebrows like green mountains, eyes like stars, fair skin, and a little beard on his chin. This person is none other than Chao Gai's friend, Wu Yong is also.

"Tsk, it's really dry this day, I don't know how the wheat is at home." Wu Yong muttered to himself, and couldn't help but give the little donkey's buttocks, and at this time a big grasshopper jumped over the donkey's head, and the donkey was startled.

Wu Yong got off the donkey, led the donkey to the grass on the side of the road to watch, and was startled when he saw that there were five or six grasshoppers within a radius of one step, although the number of grasshoppers was not much, but the grasshoppers reproduced quickly, and it might increase several times in another month or two.

The locust plague, an ominous thought came to me, sweat broke out on my forehead, and I couldn't care about riding a donkey, so I pulled the donkey and hurried home.

As soon as I entered the door, I bumped into my father leading a donkey out.

"Father, what are you going to do?" Wu Yong asked.

Wu Yong's father said: "Don't be sour, it's not okay to call your father." I'm going to help my neighbor water the ground. ”

Wu Yong said: "Don't be busy watering the ground, I think there is going to be a locust plague, let's hurry up and prepare the food." ”

"You little rabbit knows how to wander around all day long, and you know how to take care of things at home." Wu Yong's father scolded.

Wu Yong said: "Dad, I call it a study tour." ”

"What kind of study tour, I think it's just wandering. Chao Gai of Dongxi Village had already informed him that a large flock of chickens and ducks would come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and he would eat up all the locusts near our village in three or five days. Wu Yong's father said.

"Oh, the method of herding chickens and ducks to cure locusts is recorded in ancient books, but I didn't expect Chao Gai to know." Wu Yong said.

Wu Yong's father said: "You haven't eaten yet, let your mother cook you something delicious, and feed your donkey some food by the way, you can see how thin you have become." ”

Wu Yong said: "Skinny donkeys are only worthy of showmanship, and it's not good to be fat." ”

", I feel like let's eat, Dad is going to water the ground." Wu Yong's father led the donkey away.

Wu Yong entered the house, but the old lady didn't say Wu Yong, just asked long and short, afraid that he would be hungry and thirsty along the way. Wu Yong went out for more than half a year this time, and went to Kaifeng to look for something to do, but obviously didn't find anything, so he had to come back.

"How did our house be renovated, and why did my father lead a donkey." Wu Yong asked.

Wu Yong put a bowl of egg noodles in front of Wu Yong and said, "It's all thanks to the good friend you made, Chao Gai Chao Baozheng." During the time you were out, he came three times, renovated the house for our family, and sent two donkeys and a water wheel. The waterwheel is easy to use, and you can wring water by putting on a donkey. ”

"This, when did Chao Gai be so polite to me, this guy knows how to practice martial arts and boil his muscles and bones, and give money to those good men in the rivers and lakes." Wu Yong said in surprise.

"Chao Gai, it's been amazing recently, newly opened a department store, a horse market, a car dealership, expanded a restaurant, raised countless cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, and merged Dongxi Village and Xixi Village, known as Chaojia Village, more than 5,000 people, more than 1,200 people in Guangzhuangding, and often practiced." Wu Yongniang said.

Wu finished eating the noodles with three times and five divided by two, got up and walked out.

"Why are you going, you're going to go out just when you get home." Wu Yongniang asked.

Wu Yong said: "Chao Baozheng is looking at the thatched house, I have to go and see." ”

"What, three donkeys, people have already given us two donkeys, don't you want someone to ask for a third donkey." Wu Yong's mother said that Wu Yong was clever when he was a child, and he actually did something cheap to make money.

Wu Yong went to the south of Chaojia Village and found that the road had become wider, at least two carriages could be paralleled and there was still extra land, and then there were two wooden watchtowers, and a row of spiked horses were placed on both sides of the road, and there were still wheels under the horses, as long as they were gently pulled with ropes, the road was immediately blocked.

There were five sentry posts, each holding a hunting fork, and they saw Wu Yong from a distance, and one of them said: "This is not Wu Xue, what is the matter with my village." ”

Wu Yong said: "Come and find Baozheng." ”

"The owner is not in the village, I'll take you to the camp."

Chao Gai had told the people on duty here that if Wu Yong came back, he would take him to the camp.

Wu used to the camp, this time it was a real shock, the people on duty in the village were loose and sloppy, and there was not much vigilance, but it was completely different here, and it was found that when they arrived at the gate of the camp, two tall soldiers were wearing brown uniforms, with cowhide belts around their waists, and they were holding reed leaf guns more than one person high, boasting knives on their waists. Standing straight, motionless.

Someone came over to verify that it was Wu Yong, so he sent someone to take Wu Yong in.

In the middle of the huge teaching field in the camp, the two of them are fighting each other. A big black man, bearded with steel needles, and two plate axes in his hands. Another big man had a long axe in his hand and fought for more than a dozen rounds, obviously fighting with each other. These two people are none other than Li Kui and the newcomer Chao Wei.

Suddenly, Wu Yong heard the sound of the horse's hooves, and five fast horses galloped over, and the first one was a black handsome horse, an unusual divine horse. The man on the horse was even more powerful, wearing cowhide armor, holding a halberd in his hand, a sword at his waist, and a large bow on his back.

"Haha, Brother Wu Xian is finally here, I'm looking forward to it every day." Chao Gai flew off his horse and walked over quickly.

Wu Yong looked Chao Gai up and down, and said, "Brother, this weapon, this horse is really rare in the world." ”

Liu Tang next to him also came over, and said proudly: "Brother, this horse is sweat and blood, and the horse is a horse in the west." The elder brother's painted halberd is called the Golden Dragon Swallowing Heavenly Halberd, which is made by the same craftsman as the halberd of the overlord of Western Chu back then, the bow is called the Cloud Piercing Moon Chasing Bow with a long range and great power, and the waist knife is called the Heavenly King Kaishan Knife, which is made of refined steel. ”

Chao Gai said: "By chance, this horse was sent by a Zhuozhou hero." This weapon was given to me by a Taoist priest. ”

"Congratulations, brother." Wu Yong Dao Xi.

Chao Gai called Li Kui, Chao Wei and others over, and said: "Stop first, I'll give you a grand introduction, this is my good friend, good brother, Mr. Wu Yong, who is rich in five cars, talented and eight buckets, and different from ordinary literati, he doesn't like poetry and songs, but loves formation and military, comparable to Kong Ming of the Three Kingdoms." ”

Everyone gave Wu Yong a gift, but Wu Yong didn't dare to hold it up, so he returned the salute one by one.

Chao Gai introduced: "This is Brother Liu Tang, who has a good simple knife in one hand, and his fists and feet are also exquisite, and he is extremely brave. This is the Li Kui brothers, with a pair of plate axes, they are as powerful as a tiger. This is the Hua Lei brothers, who use a mixed iron rod and are skillful in their fists and feet. These two should be known, Chao Zhang, Chao Ran, I used to be my personal follower, and now I worship me as a master, and my fists and feet have improved, and I have learned something in just a few months. This is Chao Wei, who makes a long axe, walks in the Jin country all the year round, can speak the Jin country, and is the shopkeeper of the village. There are also three brothers of the Ruan family of the water guard team who are not here, and they have set up another water camp, in Luhua Village on the edge of the water berth. ”

Wu greeted them one by one.

Wu Yong said: "As soon as I came in, I thought that I had arrived at the barracks of the Tokyo Forbidden Army, and it was really a mighty army." ”

Liu Tang was quite unimpressed, and said: "Brother, it's better to let Mr. Wu open his eyes and let the people in our platoon practice how about it." ”

Chao Gai nodded and agreed, Liu Tang quickly gathered fifty people, practiced the queue, archery, and knife skills, and Wu Yong was very surprised to see it, especially the bow and arrow, and the humanoid target shot by fifty people thirty steps away almost missed. Looking at the soldiers in their twenties, they were all fierce and fierce, and Wu Yong admired them very much.

Chao Gai asked everyone to continue training, and went to the barracks tent alone with Wu Yong.

"I heard that my brother has made the business of the business bigger, why did he train so many private soldiers." Wu Yong asked.

Chao Gai asked rhetorically: "Except for those outsiders, the rich man, which family doesn't have hundreds of private soldiers?" ”

Wu Yong said: "Other families also have private soldiers, but I'm afraid it's not as fierce as my brother's practice, looking at this momentum, it is completely stronger than the forbidden army in Tokyo." ”