Chao Gai and others feasted Ou Peng, Ma Lin, Jiang Jing, Tao Zhongwang, everyone turned over and drank, talking very speculatively, it turned out that Ou Peng was born as a military general, and immediately kung fu was quite good, with a big lance rarely had opponents, Ma Lin is a healthy house, that is, now Nanjing people, Ma Lin is a son from a brother, nothing likes to play the flute, music is very good, of course, this is not the main business, Ma Lin with a pair of short knives, very proficient in hand-to-hand combat, immediately kung fu will also have some, but limited by weapons, The short knife must be easy to suffer a big loss in the confrontation on the horse, Jiang Jing was born in the account room, he has loved planning since he was a child, and he is a rare talent with skilled bookkeeping skills.

Tao Zhongwang's arrangement has been decided, the establishment of an engineering corps, for the time being, will be given the treatment of the head of the capital, and then the reward will be given when he goes to Tokyo to have merit.

Ou Peng and Ma Lin did not arrange their positions for the time being, and first familiarized themselves with the rules of the army at Liu Tang's office, and then made arrangements.

Chao Gai asked Jiang Jingdao: "Your skills will definitely not be able to arrange for you to go to war, there are three places to go, see which one you are willing to choose,"

Jiang Jing said: "Brother talk about it,"

"The first place to go is Song Wan's logistics office, Song Wan is in charge of grain and grass, and the daily bookkeeping work is also very busy, and he needs a master to sit in charge, the second is Liu Liang, Liu Liang has a lot of our business, and the daily turnover is tens of thousands, and the third is the newly established money bank, called HSBC Bank, but the scale is still very small, only in Yuncheng, Jeju, and Tokyo, there are three branches," Chao Gai said,

Jiang Jing said: "I'm very interested in Qianzhuang, why don't you let me go to Qianzhuang to be the chief bookkeeper and ensure that the accounts are clear,"

"Okay, I'll arrange for you to go to the money village tomorrow," Chao Gai immediately made a decision,

At noon on this day, Chao Ran was on duty at the garlic head patrol station in Jinxiang County, the so-called patrol station is actually a fortification built on the side of the road, made of bricks and stones, generally a patrol station is made of ten patrols, of course, there will be twenty patrols in important places, the patrols are on duty on the road in three shifts, mainly to check the people who lead the ploughing cattle, those who hold children in their arms and so on Some suspicious people, the recent theft of ploughing cattle in Jinxiang County has occurred several times, Chao Ran's face is also not bright,

Although the weather is very cold, but because the New Year is going to be a lot of pedestrians, cars and horses on the road, staring at the morning and nothing to find, the patrols change shifts to rest, Chao Ran sat on the stool next to him, and suddenly found that there was an old man in front of him, who looked to be in his sixties and had a hunched back, and the old man was holding a cow, which was a little thin, and the reason why the calf should have just been weaned, and it had not recovered its former strength,

Chao Ran went over with two patrols, "Old man, which village are you from, where are you going with the cattle on this cold day,"

"Oh, I'm from Xiaoshigou Village, and I'm going to Yanzhou Mansion to give this cow to my daughter,"

"Yes, why is your cow so thin, has it not been fed for several days," Chao Ran asked, Chao Ran found that the cow had ear tags on its ears, this is a cow on credit, and it cannot be bought and sold until the account is repaid.

The old man said, "Just eat the grass with a mouthful, where is the material for him to eat,"

"You threw away the supplements from the horse market," Chao Ran said.

The old man squeaked and couldn't speak, Chao Ran signaled the two patrols to pounce on the old man, he didn't expect this old man who was shaking when he walked so smart, kicked over a patrol, turned around and ran to the field, where is the old man's appearance, it is clearly a young man's dress,

Chao Ran whistled and shouted, more than a dozen patrolmen chased after him with water and fire sticks, the patrols were all soldiers who had received formal military training, running cross-country all year round, but I didn't expect to catch up with a cattle thief, this guy jumped up and down twice,

There happened to be a village in front of it, and there were more than a dozen idlers basking in the sun at the entrance of the village, and the patrol shouted: "Help catch the cattle thief,"

There was a great chaos in the village, and the men picked up the guys and joined the round-up team, and the cattle thieves saw that the situation was not good, and when they dared to enter the village, they ran along the path into the field,

Originally, there were more than ten people catching fast, but now at least hundreds of Zhuang Ding with spears and knives followed to catch up, and the nearby villages also came to support, five or six hundred people searched for a cattle thief, the momentum was huge, this cattle thief could really run, escaped to a forest, hid on the top of the tree and hidden, fortunately a sharp-eyed person found out,

"The cattle thief is here, the cattle thief is here," Zhuang Ding called,

Chao Ran came over and saw that the tree was too tall, at least ten meters high, Chao Ran said: "You have no way out, hurry up and surrender,"

The man was quite leisurely in the tree, and said, "This tree is tall and big and comfortable, I just won't go down,"

It's not possible to persuade you to surrender, it seems that you can only find a way,

Chao Ran asked the patrol behind him, and said, "Which of you will climb a tree and go up and arrest him,"

The rangers shook their heads, indicating that they would not climb trees.

There is no one in Zhuang Ding who has this skill, so he can only do it like this.

Zhuang Ding said: "Chao patrol, set fire, and burn him directly,"

Chao Ran hurriedly shook his head: "That's not good, although he is a cattle thief, he has not been tried, and it will be against military rules to burn him rashly,"

Some said, "Then cut down the tree,"

Cutting down the tree and being afraid of falling to his death, finally someone said: "Let's not set fire, we don't cut down trees, let's smoke, he can't stand the smoke and will naturally come down,"

Immediately lit a fire next to it, and covered the fire with damp firewood after it burned, and the smoke came up, and the man on the tree couldn't stand it, and the cough that was smoked by the smoke didn't stop, and he couldn't stand it, so he shouted helplessly: "Don't smoke it, don't smoke it, you guys are making bacon, I can't go down, I can't go down,"

The man climbed halfway and didn't move, and then ordered someone to let go of the cigarette, this man said: "Let's talk about it, you don't want to beat people when I come down, my small body will be killed in three or five strokes, you see, I threw away all the short knives, and I am defenseless,"

Chao Ran said: "Are you looking at too many people, you are timid,"

"The people in this place are too strong, every family has a knife, can you not be afraid, you must not beat me, if you don't agree, smoke me to death,"

Chao Ran said: "Come down, although the people of Jeju are fierce, they will not kill indiscriminately, and they will hand you over to the government for trial,"

This guy came down, Chao Ran pulled him back to the patrol station, and did the registration,

Chao Ran asked, "Name,"

The man said: "Time has changed,"

"I've stolen a few cows, where are you going to sell them?"

Shi Qian said: "Heaven and earth conscience, I stole this cow, this time I came to Jeju to prepare to take refuge in Brother Chao Gai, I was thinking that there is no meeting gift, you plan to steal a cow and sell it to buy some meeting gifts,"

Chao Ran was stunned, this matter is not easy to do, it seems that it can only be handed over to Chao Gai to deal with,

Shi Qian said: "It's not good for me to make meritorious contributions, I know where the cattle thief is,"

"Okay, if you can really find the cow that has been lost in the past few days, it will definitely fall lightly,"

Shi Qian said: "What's so difficult about this?"

Immediately, Chao Ran went to a nearby valley according to Shi Qian's instructions, and found the three recently lost cows, this cattle thief is a local broken household, so lazy to collude with outsiders to steal cattle and sell them, but found that it was too difficult to want to go abroad, so he had no choice but to hide in the mountains, and he didn't expect to let Shi Qian, who also stole cattle, find out

Chao Ran returned the four cows to the lost farmers, and the cattle thieves were handed over to the Yamen of Jinxiang County for trial.

Chao Gai listened: "It's hard work to solve the case this time, the New Year is coming, the patrols will be given twenty catties of meat per person, and you will lead the team to check the patrol stations after you go back, and see the morale and atmosphere of the patrolmen,"

Chao Ran said: "Chao Tuanlian rest assured, I'll go and check,"

Chao Gai called Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, and Gongsun Sheng all the three military advisors, and told him about the time move, Gongsun Sheng frowned, and said: "At this time, he has a strong ability to move to the upper house, and he doesn't know how to open the lock and pick the door, and there are many rumors on the rivers and lakes, he belongs to a person who is both good and evil, and the Special Operations Department needs people like him, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to control and do things that damage our reputation,"

Wu Yong said: "Now our Yuncheng regiment is thriving, just four new heroes, Tao Zhongwang brothers led the engineering troops to Tokyo, Ou Peng, Ma Lin, Jiang Jing also have their own appointments, this is the result of our reputation, so this time can not be turned away, there is a way that Zhou Gong spit out the world and return to the heart,"

Zhu Wu said: "That's the truth, Shi Qian is a talent, no one is perfect, there will always be shortcomings,"

Chao Gai said: "Yes, Shi Qian must accept it, but he can't just forget about stealing cattle, he will definitely be punished, there are too many of us, there are no rules, there is no circle,"

Now there are six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, and there are dozens of generals, and it is obviously unrealistic to rely on brotherly feelings alone, and military law must be strictly enforced.

Immediately, Chao Gai and several military advisors personally went over and released Shi Qian from the carriage, Chao Gai said: "I am very happy that Brother Shi Qian can come, I am ready to reuse you as the battalion commander, and Shi Xiu and them will be treated,"

Immediately asked Jiao Ting to give Shi Qian a fifty percent settling-in allowance, and Song Wan distributed a close-fitting leather armor and a short knife, Shi Qian's tears of excitement were bursting, and he said: "Shi Qian is willing to repay his brother's love,"

Chao Gai said: "The scale of Jeju regimental training can be now depends on the strict military law, and you can't pass so easily by stealing cattle, otherwise other generals will definitely not be convinced,"

Shi Qian said: "I admit it with three knives and six holes, my brother will definitely not embarrass my brother if he treats Shi Qian as a brother,"

Wu Yong shook his head and said: "Stealing cattle is generally punishable by fifty whips, but you finally have merit and help solve other cases, but ten whips are still inevitable,"

Shi Qian gritted his teeth: "I admit it, let's fight,"

Chao Gai said: "Drink first, and give the Shiqian brothers the wind,"

That night, almost all the important officers in the barracks arrived, and a new person with high skills came, of course, there were also people who were not interested in Shi Qian's martial arts, or they didn't look down on it, and Shi Qian didn't argue, Chao Gai valued him.

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