After talking to Ma Guoxiang, the servant led him to Mrs. Ma's room in the backyard. His wife Ma Xiaofang and Mrs. Ma sat in the hall. As soon as Zhu Hongsan entered the house, he knelt down on his knees in front of Ma Xiaofang and said, "Madam, I was wrong, go home with me." I didn't sleep well last night without my wife's company, and I didn't eat well this morning, and you can see that my teeth are swollen. I'm going to pick up my wife early in the morning. ”

Ma Xiaofang was even more angry when she saw Zhu Hongsan's bear-like appearance, bowed her head and didn't speak.

Mrs. Ma was actually not satisfied with Zhu Hongsan, after all, her daughter was bullied. But how? In this environment, women have to endure it. In addition, seeing that Zhu Hongsan knelt down for Ma Xiaofang just now, it was okay.

Mrs. Ma opened her mouth and said, "Son-in-law get up and sit down first." ”

After Zhu Hongsan was done, Mrs. Ma said, "Do you know the virtuous son-in-law? Xiaofang is already two months pregnant. ”

As soon as Mrs. Ma spoke, Zhu Hongsan was really overjoyed, and immediately jumped up and asked, "Is Xiaofang really?" ”

Ma Xiaofang glanced at Zhu Hongsan with a flushed face, and then nodded.

Zhu Hongsan jumped up happily, hugged Ma Xiaofang and kissed him, and said, "Wife, do you know how happy I am?" Three generations of my family have passed it on. ”

Mrs. Ma said on the side: "Don't mess around with the virtuous son-in-law in the future, Xiaofang rode a horse to find you yesterday, do you know how dangerous this is?" ”

Hearing Mrs. Ma say this, Zhu Hongsan really regretted it, this time it was true. This is the first time I have experienced what it is like to be a father.

Zhu Hongsan respectfully knelt down in front of Ma Xiaofang and said: "Xiaofang, I swear by the ancestors of my Zhu family (Zhu Yuanzhang scolded: It's about my), I will never make you angry again in the future, I will definitely make you happy and have more children." ”

Ma Xiaofang chirped: "There is no right way in front of my mother." ”

Seeing his wife forgive himself, Zhu Hongsan was ready to take his wife home. Naturally, the horse could not be ridden, so Zhu Hongsan went out to find the housekeeper Zhu Kui to prepare the carriage.

Mrs. Ma's mother and daughter were left in the house, and Mrs. Ma said: "Daughter, you can't believe a man's words, you must fight to give birth to a boy, so that your position can not be shaken." ”

Ma Xiaofang said: "No, Xiao San is not that kind of person. ”

Mrs. Ma said: "Silly boy, look at your father, if it weren't for my mother who gave birth to your two brothers, would your father have allowed me to be bullied to such an extent?" ”

Ma Xiaofang smiled: "Mother, you also know that it is bullying your father." ”

Mrs. Ma said angrily: "What my mother said is good to you, don't look at Zhu Hongsan who is good to you now, when you are old in a few years, Fenghua is gone, and you don't have a son to support you, but you are uncomfortable at that time." ”

Ma Xiaofang saw that her mother was angry, and nodded understandingly.

This is Zhu Hongsan's carriage ready, the car is thick, farewell to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and then Ma Xiaofang goes home.

On the way, Ma Xiaofang asked, "Did you go to live in Ruyan last night?" ”

Zhu Hongsan hurriedly denied: "No, how can I be in that mood when my wife is gone." I slept on my own. ”

Ma Xiaofang said: "Master, I am pregnant now and can't have sex, Ruyan is my niece, if you go, I can only be happy how can I be angry?" ”

Zhu Hongsan thought: It's strange that I believe you. Then he swore that he didn't go to the smoke.

Ma Xiaofang believed it. said: "I want to know that I am pregnant, and I really shouldn't have ridden a horse yesterday." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "It's okay, my son must be a big hero, this little setback can be rare for him." ”

Ma Xiaofang smiled and didn't speak.

Back at the farm, Zhu Hongsan gathered everyone to announce the good news that he had a child. Everyone congratulated him.

At night, because Ma Xiaofang was pregnant and couldn't have sex, Zhu Hongsan had to go to the Ruyan room to live. Unexpectedly, Ruyan deliberately catered to it tonight, and did a lot of actions that he didn't want to do before. It made Zhu Hongsan really strange. Asked what was going on. Ma Ruyan's fluttering words made Zhu Hongsan feel that Gong Dou was coming. Because what Ma Ruyan said was: "Master, I also want a child." ”

The rabbit crisis has finally been satisfactorily resolved. Zhu Hongsan also felt that he had done too much before. It's better to take care of it, so I'm concentrating on serving my wife at home these days.

On the third day, Ma Jingyuan led 200 people from the Ma family to the farm. These 200 people are not all relatives of the Ma family, most of them are tenants and domestic slaves. After all, the Ma family has just developed for two generations, and it is still far from those big families, so it can only be said that it is an upstart.

Zhu Hongsan first asked Ma Jingyuan to lead people to repair the barracks first, after all, there are a total of 1,000 people, and the house is definitely not enough to live in. After finishing the work, he led Zhu Hongyi and the two non-commissioned officers to the displaced people to collect people.

When I arrived outside the city, I saw that there were many more displaced people, and now there were about 30,000 people. It's faster than the people in the county.

Zhu Hongsan asked Qian Yong and the others to shout: "Accept people, take care of two full meals." ”

It doesn't matter if this shout, seven or eight thousand people came at once, and the displaced people on the side are still pouring here. Zhu Hongsan went to a box and shouted with an iron microphone: "No women, no children, just eighteen-year-old young and strong." ”

After a thousand miles of trekking, most of the displaced people who can come here are young and strong. Zhu Hongsan: They can pick hard. Basically, choose some people who have no home and no mouth, don't look at the sick, don't look at the image obscene. As long as those who look loyal and honest. So on the first day they received 500 people, and on the second day they received another 200. Zhu Hongsan thought about it, plus the two hundred people of the Ma family, it would be nine hundred. With my current strength, it's almost enough, and if I have more indigestion, I'll talk about it later.

Like those non-commissioned officers and students, in the first half of the month, these 900 people first ate some delicious food and appropriate low-intensity exercise. Half a month later, these 600 people, plus the 30 non-commissioned officers and students in the early stage, stood on the playground and waited for Zhu Hong's three lectures. Zhu Hongsan stepped forward and looked at Ma Jingyuan standing in the crowd. This guy has made Zhu Hongyi choke enough in the past half a month, but he has persevered. Because I told him when I came, here you are not the third young master of the Ma family, nor my eldest brother, you can do whatever you do, you can eat whatever you eat, and if you can't get out. I didn't expect this guy to really persevere, it's quite impressive.

Zhu Hongsan took the iron megaphone and said loudly: "I am your master, how have you eaten in the past half a month?" ”

"Very well, sir!"

"How's your stay?"

"Very well, sir!"

"Well, if you have eaten me, and those who have lived in me are my domestic slaves, and your lives are mine. From now on, my words will be an order, and you will not be able to frown even if you are to die. You know? ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Non-commissioned officer, tell me how much you pay a month."

"One tael a month, sir!"

Zhu Hongsan said to everyone: "You heard it, if you become a soldier of the militia through training, you will also have one tael of silver per month, which will be distributed in full, and there will be no discount, and no one will drink the blood of the soldiers." ”

The people below began to talk to each other: "One or two silver, it's really a lot if you don't fold the color." ”

Zhu Hongsan then shouted: "Now for everyone's peace of mind, first give everyone five taels of silver for the settlement fee, if you want to do it, just take the money, if you don't want to do it, then please go by yourself." ”

As soon as I heard that there was money to take now, who would leave? No one moved.

Zhu Hongsan shouted: "Okay, since no one is leaving, it is to agree with what I just said, and if you take the silver, you can't say that you want to leave." Everyone knows that my militia was set up with official permission, and in order to defend the place, so if you leave, you will be a deserter, and you will be beheaded according to military law, you know? ”

"Yes, sir!"

Seeing this, Zhu Hongsan motioned to the non-commissioned officers and students to bring up the silver, four thousand five hundred taels of silver, a total of fifteen large boxes. After opening it, there was a silver light, and many people had never seen so much silver in their lives. They all looked at it.

Zhu Hongsan asked the soldiers to walk in front of him in rows, and every time the soldiers passed, Zhu Hongsan handed over an ingot of five taels of silver to the soldiers, and cried when he saw that many people received the silver. talked about why his loved ones didn't make it to the end.

Now there are not many people, and the silver must be distributed by hand, how can Zhu Hongsan let go of this good opportunity to buy people's hearts. After the distribution, the official training begins.

Zhu Hongsan divided the 900 people into 30 squads, each team of 30 people, and the captain was called the platoon leader, which means a platoon. Both the current pikes and the future musket platoons are the basic units. The platoon commander was already a low-level officer in Zhu Hongsan's plan. Official positions above the platoon level will not be arranged first. Zhu Hongsan wanted to see the training.

Completed in groups, and then formal training. Zhu Hongyi is the chief instructor. His family affairs have been decided, and a few days ago, he went back to Ma's house and asked for Ma Ruhua's deed of sale from Mrs. Ma. Zhu Hongyi and Ma Youfu have already discussed and are ready to marry Ma Ruhua on the sixth day of the fifth month.

Seeing a group of non-commissioned officers and students seriously training these recruits, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but laugh secretly, these non-commissioned officers were also recruits half a year ago, and now they have a decent appearance. Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan thought of what his father said in his previous life: The army is a melting pot, and no matter what kind of iron you get into it, you can turn it into steel. Thinking of his father in his previous life, Zhu Hongsan said secretly: Dad, how did you live in your previous life?

A month passed quickly, and a large number of talents were really discovered through training. Nine company commanders have been selected, six are non-commissioned officers and two are homeless. Qian Yong and Zhao Si were selected one after another, and Ma Jingyuan was also elected as a company commander because of his training efforts. Ma Jingyuan stood out and was among the best in the queue and learning. Of course, Ma Jingyuan has read books, and his comprehension ability is of course faster than others, plus he ate well when he was a child, and his body is good and physical. Naturally, no problem.

It's just that the positions of the three battalion commanders have not been decided. originally wanted Zhu Hongyi to be one, but if he didn't do it, he had to stay by Zhu Hongsan's side.

Zhu Hongyi thought about it, it was better to have a big competition and see who led the strongest team and who was the battalion commander.

With his mind decided, Zhu Hongsan asked the nine company commanders to prepare. It is scheduled to organize a large-scale contest of the whole army in half a month. The three people who won were the battalion commanders, who were in charge of the three hundred people in one battalion.

The nine of them went down and prepared not to mention it.

After returning home, Zhu Hongsan asked Ma Xiaofang: "Your third brother didn't come to intercede with you?" ”

Ma Xiaofang asked, "No, what's wrong?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Oh, I want to choose three battalion commanders, I thought Ma Jingyuan could come to you to intercede." ”

Ma Xiaofang said: "You look down on my third brother too much, my father used to scold him because he couldn't compare to my two brothers in reading." But my third brother is not a waste either. ”

Zhu Hongsan pursed his lips and said, "It's not waste, but also let me tie up the tree and pick off my pants." ”

Ma Xiaofang heard her husband mention the previous troubles, and said angrily: "It's not that you are a scoundrel. ”

Zhu Hongsan thought: I didn't expect Ma Jingyuan to be different from what he thought.