The air in the courtyard is exceptionally fresh, the sky is clear and blue, the rising sun is so bright, it is about to enter September, the wind blowing in his face is slightly chilly, Li Jie took a deep breath, only felt that his limbs were all unobstructed.

There is no pollution, no haze, the air in Chang'an is really good, with a refreshing fragrance, which is probably the biggest benefit of crossing here. After practicing boxing, Li Ming's door was out, there were fewer pedestrians on the street than usual, some doors were closed, and the owner was either in trouble or moved his family away. Chang'an City has lost its former prosperity, there have been displaced people outside the city, and various festivals have made rebellions, even in places actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty, there are rebellions from time to time, and Huangchao has destroyed the Tang Dynasty step by step.

Li Jie rode out of the city, some homeless people on both sides of the road were sitting or lying, and no one came to take care of them. It was just a whisper of pleading, and a few people were lying on the ground, no longer breathing. Xing'er and Manniang in the car were already in tears, and their eyes looking at Li Jie were full of pleading. Li Jie felt their gaze but didn't dare to look back, because he knew that as long as he turned back, then the car would never be able to go again, and the homeless people would surround the car, and if they didn't get anything, there would inevitably be accidents.

At this moment several horseback housekeepers escorted a carriage to overtake them, and when they stopped not far from them, a fat man got out of the carriage, and his fat face was full of oil. The homeless people did not dare to move forward, and stood far away. The fat man's lustful eyes swirled around the homeless, as if sensing danger, some of the homeless people lowered their bodies, the fat man didn't seem to find the target and turned to get into the car, and the carriage turned around and ran into the city quickly.

The carriage walked again, the situation was getting worse and worse, Li Jie knew that the whole territory of Huainan was about to fall into the hands of Huang Chao, and discussed with Wang Yue, Liu Qi and others for a long time, Liu Qi thought that recruiting troops in the name of assisting in the defense, as long as the number was not too large, Tian Lingzi should not have much reaction. But the most important thing is timing, the timing when even Tian Lingzi reacts and can't do anything about it.

The two girls in the carriage were silent, and their laughter was never heard again. Li Jie knew that such a scene was difficult for the two girls to accept, but Li Jie couldn't persuade him. Send the two girls out of the city to Huangzhuang today, and then they will not be allowed to enter Chang'an City again, Li Jie has to gradually leave Tian Lingzi's sight. Five miles outside the Huangzhuang, the two secret sentinels of the Jinyi Guard lay in the grass, watching everything around them. The field has been harvested, and the field is gloomy. The withered yellow weeds were scattered among the fields, and the two people muttered quietly, and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and the two of them lay on their stomachs and did not move. When Li Jie was about to ride a horse, he suddenly said, "Both of their feet are exposed, and they will be punished for sanitation tonight." The two stood up dejectedly, and Li Jie smiled, "Pay attention to the changes in the surrounding environment in the future, the environment is not immutable, you must make appropriate disguises according to the surrounding environment." "Two people give up their hands" and understand their humble duties! Li Jie smiled, "Continue to lurk." ”

After entering the manor, Li Jie found Xue Liang and Ma Liu, and said to Ma Liu, "Sixth son, how have you studied in the past few months?" "Ma Liuyi handed over" His Royal Highness, the humble duty has been completed as much as possible! Li Jie said, "Today, I promoted you to a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, and ordered you to go to Lulong to lurk, collect intelligence, and develop personnel." Investigate the current Lu Longjie envoy and provoke the relationship between him and his powerful generals! Prepare us for our entry into Lulong! Ma Liu gave up his hand again! ”

Li Jie ordered someone to call the general manager: "Is there a shortage of food in the village?" The steward replied, "Back to Your Highness, about 70,000 stones." Li Jie thought for a while, "You send someone to recruit coolies outside the city, about twenty years old, and the requirement is that there are elderly people and children at home!" The number of people recruits five hundred, two buckets of millet every day. Let them dig the soil every day for ten miles outside the eastern city, and transport the soil to the west of the city the next day. On the third day, it was transported back to the east of the city to fill the pit, and it took ten days. "The chief manager is confused" Your Highness, why is it so arranged? Li Jie explained, "I don't raise idlers, I don't need those who sit and wait for food to come." And I don't know the details of them, so this is the best way, and in ten days someone will make a choice, and the rest is what I need. ”

Wang Dali got up in the morning, his stomach was hungry, and he looked at the old lady and son in the shack, the old lady had woken up, but she was hungry and unwilling to get up. The daughter and son were so hungry that they cried quietly, and the wife comforted softly with a sad face, and took out a steamed cake from her arms, which was given by going into the city yesterday to help a grain store carry a big bag. There are two in total, and the family has already eaten one separately last night. Take out half of the steamed cakes and give them to the old lady, and give the rest to the wife, the old lady said, "My son, you have to go to the city to find work in a while, you can eat!" Mother is not hungry! Wang Dali smiled, "Mother, I'm not hungry, I'll go into the city to find a job in a while, rest assured Mother, you will definitely not be hungry!" The old lady sighed and didn't say anything, but just took a bite of the cake and handed it to her daughter-in-law.

Wang Dali was a hereditary military household in Huainan, serving as the fire chief, and there were ten people under him. Huang Chao led the thief army into the country, and Shangguan fled without a fight. He fled back to his hometown with his men, fearing the scourge of the thieves, and fled all the way west with his subordinates and their families. Seeing that he was about to arrive in Chang'an, he and everyone sold their weapons to a manor, and the old wealth bargained, and only got five stones of grain, even the food of dozens of people with small people, which was completely eaten in ten days, and he could only take his brothers into Chang'an City as coolies.

Wang Dali, who was about to take his brothers into Chang'an City, suddenly saw more than a dozen people coming over, one of whom seemed to be a person in charge, stood on a stone, and shouted to the people who came around, "My master can't bear to wait for hunger and cold, and he specially recruits 500 young people to work, and he must have a family." Wang vigorously squeezed forward, "Master, I and a few others are all small families, please take them in!" Someone came to register, Wang Dali hurriedly took the brothers forward, and after verification, each person was given a bucket of rice first, and a pillar of incense was given time to bring the family over. Wang Dali hurriedly took people back and brought their respective families with them. Thousands of people came to a hillside in the east of the city, and some people came to each house to register and receive a tent. Then 500 young men received tools to start working, and on the first day 500 people dug and piled aside, and when the sun was about to set, they called it a day, and each of them received a bucket of millet. The family sits together, boiling millet in a clay pot on the fire, and in it is wild vegetables picked in the field with his wife. After a few days, the family finally had a full meal. The next day, 500 men carried the excavated earth to the west of the city, poured it down, piled it up, and returned in the evening. The wife had already cooked the millet, eating the millet and looking at the children who were playing on the side, Wang Dali smiled, how many days have not seen the smiles of the children.

At dawn, five hundred young people came to the west of the city, and transported the soil that was piled up yesterday back to the east of the city to fill the pit. But no one said anything for the sake of the family. Five hundred people tossed back and forth in ten days, and several of Wang Dali's subordinates came to him, "Big brother, what's going on with this family, you can't abuse people like this if you have money!" Wang Dali smiled: "Are you short of rice?" A few people shook their heads, and Wang Dali said, "Anyway, the family can eat a full meal, and they can save a little bit in the past few days, but what will they do after ten days?" "A few people were silent, yes! What to do in ten days!

Ten days later, 500 people are confused after receiving the millet, what will they do in the future? At this time, a person walked over, stood in front of everyone and said, "In the past ten days, you have actually made a choice, everyone will go back and have a good meal with your family, and tomorrow will give you a surprise!" The crowd went back with trepidation, and thousands of people waited anxiously for the sun the next day.

When dawn came, thousands of people poured out, waiting for the news that would decide the fate of their family. Xue Liang brought people here, and 500 people were recruited as Zhuang Ding, and their families also settled in a residence. Thousands of people wept bitterly when they heard the news, and we finally had a home. The old people are all placed in the houses vacated by each family, and the rest of the families are still placed in tents, and Li Jie does not plan to build a house because it is not necessary. Each family gave a pair of breeding rabbits, but Li Jie still asked that after giving birth to a litter, each family could eat one every month, but the fur had to be handed in. The 500 people were given three buckets of millet every day, and another 500 yuan every month, and everyone was very happy. Li Jie felt that he had become an evil exploiting class.

Because of his organizational skills, Wang Dali was appointed as the leader of the team of 50 people, and he could receive an extra 100 yuan a month. This made the whole family happy. Everyone was dumbfounded when they got the weapon, they had never seen such a strange weapon, longer than a spear, and the whole spear was a triangle with a five-spear head. In fact, this is the famous five-six-style three-sided military thorn in later generations, but Li Jie made the blacksmith in the army longer and thicker. Cheng Moyu didn't think so at first, but after a shot was stabbed in a pig, the onlookers were all dumbfounded, and they couldn't stop the bleeding at all, so they could only watch the pig's blood drain up. The eyes of everyone looking at Li Jie were full of awe! Demons! Absolute wickedness! After this attempt, all the pikemen in the army changed their outfits and changed to this three-edged spear.

The monotonous training of the 500 people began, every day was to stab to the right, and the five-row 100 team was "the first row of right stabs, the second row of right stabs, and the third row of right stabs." "After training, I ran circles around Huangzhuang, ten miles in the morning and evening every day. And Jinyiwei and those people are not so good that they go out every day to lurk, and the children go to grass the rabbits after dawn, Li Jie stipulated. The first kid to catch the lurking prize was half a pound of rabbit meat, and the guy who was caught had nothing to eat at night. So every morning is the children's favorite time, and the brocade guards are complaining. Looking at his subordinates who were caught, Xue Liang said, "No way, Your Highness's trick is too damaging, but I like it, you can train hard!" The frustrated subordinate also said, "Loss is loss, but it also forces the brothers to train harder!" ”