Jiao Ting can also be regarded as returning to his hometown, giving a horse to his uncle and uncle and two sisters who have been married, and the whole Pingshan Village is a sensation.

Father Jiao watched everyone busy, and he couldn't say anything, after all, his son was accompanied by five soldiers, and he would definitely be entertained when he came from afar. Father Jiao pulled Jiao Ting to the side and asked, "I said how much money did your kid make, and you bought seven horses for everyone at once, and you didn't discuss it with me." ”

Jiao Ting said: "Dad used to educate us not to say that righteousness is important, not to mention money. Besides, I bought horses for the long-term development of our family, because we have thin land here, and it is more convenient to use horses to plow the land. ”

"It's also said that each of our families has dozens of acres of land, and it's not the same thing to have livestock without arable land." Daddy Jiao said.

"There's one more thing I'll discuss with you." Jiao Ting said.

Daddy Jiao said: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"That's right, it only cost more than 100 guan to buy a horse, and there are still 150 guan on my body, leave 100 guan for you, and I want to do something for the villagers in the remaining 50 guan." Jiao Ting said.

"What do you want to do?"

"I think, buy some chickens for everyone, although the village is poor, but there are still miscellaneous grains, and the elderly family has ten or eight chickens, and selling eggs can also be exchanged for some money."

"This." Daddy Jiao hesitated.

"Dad, you don't agree?" Jiao Ting asked.

"No, I agree. It's just five or six hundred chickens, which is not a small number. ”

"It's fine, a chicken doesn't cost much."

Father Jiao wondered: "I remember that you kid couldn't beat a fart with three sticks, why do you have so many good ideas now." ”

Jiao Ting said with a smile: "This is all our method of group training, in Yuncheng, the entire county is rich and flowing, and there is nothing else, nothing more than raising cattle and horses, chickens and ducks." Pumpkins are planted in front of and behind the house, mulberry trees and honeysuckle are planted on the barren hills and slopes, and even fish are raised in the rice fields. Almost every family in Yuncheng can now eat meat, which is better than Jiangnan in the land of fish and rice. ”

Father Jiao was also a person who traveled from south to north back then, and although he was old in martial arts, he was not weak, so he was very knowledgeable, and said: "You are my son, I shouldn't have doubted you, but what you said is a bit excessive, every family has meat to eat?" If you are an old man, who has no children and no daughters, where will there be meat to eat? ”

"Such old people also have meat to eat, meat and eggs. Every year Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Day. The county sent people to deliver meat and eggs to their homes. Usually there are 30 catties of grain every month, which is a true thing. Jiao Ting said.

Father Jiao sighed: "That will cost a lot of money and food." And that king rice yields thousands of catties per mu and doesn't brag about it. ”

"Of course there is no bragging, a thousand catties is a conservative statement, if the yield of one thousand pounds per mu on the fertilizer is no problem, then the big king rice stick is greedy. Of course, the price is not cheap, a pound of Tianwang rice seeds costs ten pounds of grain in exchange, and I spent a lot of money to get these two mules. Jiao Ting said.

Father Jiao said, "How much land can these two mules plant?" ”

"Fifty acres of land is still no problem, but this can't be planted, and new seeds must be bought every year."

"It's not that my dad is selfish, we have twenty acres of land in our own house, and your two sisters' families are also living tightly, so I don't divide the Tianwang rice seeds when I look at them. Let's grow our own. Daddy Jiao said.

Jiao Ting said: "Okay, everything is arranged by Dad, but I want to take Dad to live in Yuncheng, and I can often take care of you." ”

Father Jiao said: "I won't go, people always love home when they get old, and they are not lonely when there are so many people in the family." ”

"Okay, it's all up to Daddy." Jiao Ting said.

The banquet outside has been prepared, the banquet in the countryside does not use plates, I like to use bowls, Jiao Ting's clothes are still very high, eight bowls. It's just that the mountains are poor, and they are basically radishes, cabbage, greens and the like, and only a few meat dishes.

Jiao Ting's return caused a sensation in three or five nearby villages, and young people who practiced martial arts and had good skills came to Jiao Ting one after another, asking Jiao Ting if he still needed someone to practice in Yuncheng. Jiao Ting said, yes, as much as you want. However, not everyone can become a soldier, if they are not selected, they can go to work in factories, and if they don't even want to work, they can only go to farming. ”

Someone asked, "How much does farming cost a month?" ”

"I have always paid for food and housing for a month, but it is relatively far, and there are still 500 miles to the east of Shandong." Jiao Ting said.

Everyone asked gossipingly, Jiao Ting quickly couldn't resist, but the five cavalry brought by Jiao Ting were all carefully selected, two of them were cultural people, and they spoke smoothly, these two people came forward to vacate a house of Jiao Ting's family and use it as a temporary registration. Mainly looking for recruiting soldiers, this one should choose the strong, the young and the good. There are also craftsmen and tuntian, craftsmen and craftsmen, masons, blacksmiths, and carpenters. The choice of Tuntian workers is broad, and the requirements are the most relaxed, basically over 15 years old, under 40 years old, of course, there are infectious diseases, yellow muscles, thin muscles, and major disabilities are certainly not good. After all, you have to cross the sea by boat to go out to farm.

There are more than 50 young people in Pingshan Village who have signed up, all of whom want to be soldiers, Jiao Ting knows that their foundation is good, but he doesn't dare to take care of everything, he just said that as long as he passes the test, he will definitely be able to become a soldier, and as for cavalry and infantry, he has to obey the arrangement.

Erwa said, "Brother, I want to go with you too." ”

"You're still young, you're only fifteen. Tell me, why do you want to be a soldier? Jiao Ting asked.

Erwa said: "When a soldier has a long knife, if you are not a soldier, you will be fined if you take a kitchen knife." There were also horses and armor to wear. ”

"Hey," Jiao Ting sighed, "What you see is only the side of the scenery, the soldiers have to endure hard training, how many pairs of shoes have been grinded, how much sweat has been shed, and you have to work hard when you are fighting, don't go, take good care of your father at home." ”

"No, I'm going to go, if you don't take me, I'll go by myself." Erwa said, "This is how to live every day at home, I want to live like you, and men have to use their own skills to create a world." ”

Jiao Ting was surprised, he didn't expect this younger brother to have such great ambitions at such a young age, and asked, "Do you know that your father wants to go out and become a soldier." ”

"Yes, they agree. said that a good man is ambitious in all directions, and he is at home and hugs his nest. Erwa said.

Jiao Ting said: "Okay, in the matter of being a soldier, everything depends on you, and I will not take care of you because you are my younger brother." ”

"Don't worry, the old Jiao family has no seeds." Erwa said.

Jiao Ting has been away from home for several years, and when he finally came back, of course he was willing to talk and chat with his father. Dad said, "How big is your regiment, and how many soldiers do you have to recruit." ”

"There are not many recruits, but we need a lot of farming, and tens of thousands of them are not many." Jiao Ting said.

Daddy Jiao said: "Then hurry up and recruit, Lingshou Town, Xinle Town, Zanhuang Town, and Luquan Village near here are all places with many people, and the plains are no more land than the mountains, most of them are tenants, and the days are tense, and there is a guy named Tian Hu recently, who is also recruiting, but I always feel that he is not right, rather than letting Tian Hu recruit people, it is better to let you recruit them, at least there is a guarantee of life." ”

"Why is there a person named Tian Hu who is also recruiting? When is the matter. Jiao Ting asked. Since he found Heilong Island, more than 100,000 immigrants can be immigrated to the southern part of Heilong Island, so Jiao Ting still plans to recruit more people in his hometown.

"It's probably half a month."

Jiao Ting was worried that Chao Gai didn't know, so as not to delay the big event, Jiao Ting said: "I'll go and get busy and come back soon." ”

Jiao Ting went out and brought a pigeon cage, there were two carrier pigeons, which were given to Jiao Ting when Chao Gai came, saying that if there was anything important, he would use the flying pigeon to pass the book, and he would receive the information soon.

Jiao Ting wrote a short letter, released a pigeon, and asked him to report to Chao Gai.

There are dozens of large and small villages in the vicinity of Pingshan Village, and they have also recruited 3,500 people for factories and iron mines, but few are willing to go to the sea to settle the fields. If you want to recruit Haituntian, you have to try your luck elsewhere.

When he came, Chao Gai said that he asked Jiao Ting to recruit some Tuntian if he met a suitable one. Chao Gai didn't say the number, in fact, he just let Jiao Ting rest and visit relatives, but Jiao Ting is a real person, and he can recruit as much as he can recruit without saying the number.

Where is the poverty in this vicinity, that is a town store dozens of miles away from the north of Zhending Fu, which is almost next to the border, called Lingshou Town, with a population of tens of thousands, most of the people have no land, and the family is poor. Jiao Ting thought about it and added that he was only six people, which was a bit less, not to mention that he had to leave two at home, so there would be four left.

"Erwa, you go and select ten strong and healthy people from our village, let's go to Lingshou Town to recruit people." Jiao Ting said.

As soon as the second baby heard that her brother had arranged things, she immediately did not hesitate, there were more strong men in the village, and she quickly found more than ten people, and a group of five people rushed to Lingshou Town to recruit people. In recent years, have there been any people who have gone out to work, yes, and there are many, mainly because the tenants have no land at home, and there are many people who go to the fields to do long-term work, but generally there are ten or eight long-term workers, and it is rare to recruit on such a large scale as Jiao Ting.

Lingshou Town is just a big village, there are many small villages nearby, because there is such a wall near the border pass of Da Liao, and Da Liao has not invaded in recent decades, so the defense is abandoned.

Jiao Ting brought people to Lingshou Town, rented a house in a small inn, moved a long table, and began to advertise the recruitment of farmers. Generally, long-term workers only have 300 wen a month, so Jiao Ting's publicity immediately attracted a large number of people to report. Jiao Ting was busy, and he didn't notice that there was a strong man next to him, and he smashed a hole in the table angrily.

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