On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Weibei battalion posted a notice and began to recruit a new batch of soldiers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe expansion of the army in Dingbei County is just a formality, and the main source of soldiers is still from the refugees collected by the Weibei Battalion over the years, and the young and strong among them are selected to be absorbed as soldiers. The standard for recruiting soldiers in the Weibei Battalion has been in accordance with the rules set by Marshal Di himself until now, and it has not changed at all over the years. The three generals are also personally responsible for this matter, strictly guarding every level. The three generals have been in the Weibei camp for many years and have rich experience, and this time they directly went into battle to select soldiers. As long as the age is over 16 years old, and under the age of 26, the Weibei battalion is honest and simple. Whether the young man is strong or not is secondary, through these years of constantly going north out of the grassland to sweep the small tribes of the Tuliao people, the Weibei camp now has sheep, and the soldiers can eat a broth the next day. Those who are emaciated enter the camp and let this mutton be raised for a while, and they will be strong enough. The three of them have accumulated the experience of picking soldiers for so many years, which is quite accurate, many scoundrels are mixed in the homeless youth, and they want to enter the Weibei camp to eat, but after being asked about the details, they didn't say a word, took a bundle of ropes, and sent them directly to the mine as coolies, and none of them were missed. This gang of rags is also a scourge to stay among the homeless, so it is better to send them to the mine as soon as possible.

The three generals were in charge of the military affairs, and the old medical officer Sun took the two apprentices to start rectifying the agricultural affairs and preparing for spring ploughing. If the Weibei camp wants to survive in this troubled world, the most important thing is actually two things: "farming" and "war". In the morning, Li Deyi followed a few veterans of the logistics department in the camp who were quite inky to copy the notice of advising farmers that the master personally customized. Medical Officer Xiao Liu personally took a few soldiers who could count to take stock of the seeds, farm tools, ploughing cattle and other materials available in the Weibei camp.

Throughout the morning, Li De kept copying the notice until his wrist was sore, and he couldn't help but lament: "Headache, how many more copies do you have to write?" Old Medical Officer Sun listened to this beside him, and picked up a wooden stick and looked at Li Deyi's cheek, "Don't talk nonsense, for the teacher to know that you have a terrible headache every day over the years, especially at night, your headache is even more split." I've endured it all these years, and I can't stand it if you write a few words today? What did you say when you were a teacher? Li De saw that the master was serious, and he didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and replied honestly: "You must have concentration to cultivate the original qi, and if you don't have enough concentration, you won't be able to go far." Hearing this, the old doctor Sun put down the wooden stick and said solemnly: "Even if you remember clearly, continue to copy honestly." The teacher also knew that this was really too slow, and he couldn't copy a few copies in the morning. It's a pity that the literate and copying soldiers of our Weibei Battalion are now all used for the division, and there are really no more people who can write. The old soldier who was copying with him next to him saw Sun Junshi training his apprentice, and was covering his mouth and snickering, and when he heard this, he also nodded his head together: "Yes, yes, old soldier, we are a little short of manpower." ”

Li Deyi was reprimanded by the master, his eyes rolled, and he began to please the master, and said with a scowl in his face: "Master, I have someone!." I have a few older children there, and they are already writing well, so I can ask them to help me copy them. Old Doctor Sun pretended to be angry and said, "If you don't say it earlier, go back and find it quickly." Li Deyi agreed, turned around and ran out. Old Medical Officer Sun scolded with a smile behind him: "This kid, Bai Chang is such an adult, and he is still so angry." An old soldier joked: "Master Sun, you are content, you are such a young apprentice who has taught students who can write." It's amazing to be a gentleman at such a young age. Old Doctor Sun didn't miss a look on his face, and said secretly in his heart: "If I let you know that he can still enlighten the child, I don't know what expression to make." ”

As soon as Li De returned to the wounded barracks, he directly ordered more than a dozen children who could write well, forcibly arrested them, and also learned and sold: "Copying can help you practice concentration, but you can't do it without concentration on the cultivation road." When more than a dozen children heard that Brother Li asked him to be in charge of copying, they were all very active, and they all said that they would definitely copy hard, and Li Deyi, who still wanted to encourage them a few words, swallowed the rest of the words back. With the help of these dozen children, the old doctor Sun happily became the shopkeeper, and when Li Deyi took the children to finish copying, he said lightly: "The work of posting and reading the notice will be handed over to you later, and you must make sure that the people understand the content of this notice." Li Deyi just wanted to complain bitterly about how the master could let the children stand on the street on this cold day to read the notice, but when he turned his head, he saw the dozen or so older children looking at him expectantly, and the children were obviously sincerely happy that they could contribute to the Weibei camp. Li Deyi asked helplessly, "What do you want to say?" Guo Erniu, who has always been bold, spoke first: "Brother Li, can we wear military uniforms and carry red tassel guns this time?" ”

After glancing at it, he found that the rest of the children were also waiting for him to nod his head in agreement, and Li Deyi agreed: "Okay, go, remember to wear a few more clothes, it is not as good as in the house outside, after a long time, the cold wind has frozen through the clothes on the body, and it is very cold." When the time comes, don't dislike the bitterness of medicine if you are infected with the wind and cold! The children couldn't help but cheer, laughed and ran back to pick up and prepare. Li Deyi picked up the copied notice, carried a jar of paste, and walked out. Old Medical Officer Sun said in the back: "Before leaving later, I will go to the Huotou Camp to get a hot meatloaf and put it in my arms, it is warm, and I can eat it when I am hungry." ”

More than a dozen children, one carrying a hot meatloaf in his arms, carrying a red tassel gun on his shoulder, wearing a new military uniform, walked happily behind Li Deyi. In front of his head, Li Deyi held a stack of notices with a bitter face, led the children to walk slowly, and posted one at the intersection. Looking at the notice in his arms, and then at the dozen or so radish heads following behind, Li Deyi felt that there were not enough people, and he couldn't finish posting it today, so he frowned and began to think of a way as he walked.

After posting a few notices, Li Deyi turned his head and commanded Cheng Daqi, and Cheng Daqi said, "Got it." He turned around and ran back. Li Deyi finished posting a notice at the intersection of the city, stopped leaving for the time being, and began to beckon the nearby villagers to come and have a look.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, come and see, Weibei Camp has given you good seeds and farm tools! And the ploughing ox calls! This voice shouted out, hula, and the crowd directly surrounded him, shouting: "What? Sending farm tools and seeds? And ploughing cattle? As a soldier, you should read it. "Little brother, read it quickly, everyone listens to that." Li De saw that the crowd was almost gathered, and began to read the contents of the notice aloud, and explained it to the people as he read it.

"This means that if you go to Weibeiying to sign a deed, you can be issued with farm tools and seeds, and when the autumn grain is harvested this year, the autumn grain will be used to offset the cost of farm tools and seeds. The same is true for ploughing cattle...... "Li De explained to the villagers in detail one by one at the beginning, and the deed should indicate how many people in the family, where they live, how to protect people, and so on.

After talking for a long time, Li De saw that the heat was almost over, and everyone in this area should understand, so he pulled out and prepared to go to the next place to post a notice. At this time, Cheng Daqi came back and brought Li Deyi a gong as instructed. After taking the gong and striking, Li Deyi led more than a dozen high-spirited children behind him to shout along the street: "Folks, Weibei Camp has given ...... seeds and farm tools for spring ploughing."

Fortunately, the county seat of Dingbei is not large, and it took a morning of work for Li Deyi to walk through every street to ensure that every household heard the content of the notice. Thinking about it, he felt that it was almost over, and he should complete the task assigned by the master, so Li Deyi walked back with the children.

On the way back, Li De, who had completed the task, felt relaxed, turned his head to look at more than a dozen children, but his face was broken, and he no longer had the elation he had when he first went out. Walking through the streets and alleys all morning, even shouting and cold, several children were not tired, their small bodies were a little not ironing, and their faces were not ruddy and vigorous. Li Deyi reminded them: "Are you all tired, what about the meatloaf that you asked you to bring in front of your head?" Hurry up and take it out and eat it, pad it first, and then go back to the camp to drink hot mutton soup for you! "I found a sheltered corner, and let the children take out the meatloaf that was still warm in their arms and eat it. After eating a meatloaf, the children's frozen blue faces regained their vitality and became cheerful again.

When he returned to Weibei Camp, it was already past dinner, and the children who stayed in the camp had already eaten dinner, so Li De took a dozen children to Huotou Camp and said to the fat man Wang: "Brother Wang, you can get some food for the children, go out for a morning, but these children are hungry, and boil some hot mutton soup." I'll go to Master first to report the situation. ”

Grabbing a leg of mutton, Li Deyi rushed straight to the master. When he arrived outside the master's door, Li De threw aside the leg of mutton that he had eaten with only bones, tidied up his clothes, wiped his oily hands behind his cheeks, wiped them clean, and then pushed the door into the house.

"Master, everything you have explained to me has been done." Li De shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door. Old Medical Officer Sun nodded: "I know everything for the teacher, I have been shouting all morning, and my throat is tired." It's hard for you, come up with such a way, did you learn a trick from the street showmanship? Looking up at Li Deyi with a smile and looking up and down, and at the mimeographs on Li Deyi's pants that were rubbed out by his hands, the old medical officer Sun said again: "You came here without eating?" Running and eating along the way, how much cold wind does this have to choke. In the future, you are not allowed to do this, you are young and don't take good care of your body, and when you reach the age of being a teacher, you will suffer. Next time, if you don't have time, you can bring food to Master's place to eat, and the two of us can talk while eating. As he spoke, Old Doctor Sun took out a bag of salt-baked peanuts, a bag of dried pork, and a bag of dried fruits from behind him, untied them with a brush, and placed them on the small table in front of him.

Li De looked at these three snacks with beads, his eyes were about to fall out, wiped his saliva and said, "It's still the master who feels sorry for me." "I used to sit down and start eating. Old Doctor Sun haha: "Don't worry, it's not over, you can take a look." After speaking, he actually went behind him and took out two drunken chickens, Li Deyi was so beautiful that he didn't even have time to speak, so he directly reached out and grabbed one. In the entire Weibei camp, the drunken chicken made by the master is the most authentic, but it is easy not to taste it. As soon as Li De tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, Meimei took two large bites, and when she looked up, she found that the master didn't move. Li Deyi wondered, "Master, do you eat too?" Old Doctor Sun picked up the wine cup with a smile and took a sip: "Don't worry, don't worry, your senior brother hasn't come over yet, this is just for your senior brother." ”

When Li De ate half of the drunken chicken, Dr. Xiao Liu also came over. As soon as he entered the door, Dr. Liu saw the master who was already drunk and the junior brother who was full of oil. Doctor Xiao Liu had been busy all morning, and he was also hungry at the moment, so he didn't care about anything else, so he sat down on the chair next to the table and ate a lot. Just watching the two apprentices eat a lot, the old doctor Sun drank a little wine and said unhurriedly: "Eat slowly, don't choke, there will be good things later." Before the old doctor Sun finished speaking, Wang Zhuangbiao came in, and he also entered the room with a large food box he was carrying in one hand.

Old Medical Officer Sun pointed to the box and said, "That fish was caught in the winter on the Xiaoqing River a few years ago, and it has been kept fresh in the ice, and it was steamed today." These are the two biggest ones, one for each of you. This dozen eggs are also specially left for you by the master, eat, eat. There is also this button meat, which is specially made with fresh fish made by the master, taste it, the taste is amazing! The big fat man next to him said with a smile: "This is the button meat with fish sauce, and the sprinkler family hasn't eaten it yet, but when it comes out of the pot, I secretly tasted a chopstick, and the birds in the Huotou camp smelled the taste and my tongue was almost hungry." ”

Looking at the big fish that was seven or eight catties, and at the two big pots of buckle meat, Li Deyi raised his head and glanced at the master, and said, "Master, why did you suddenly get so many delicious foods today?" Tell me what's going on. Hearing this, Old Medical Officer Sun hesitated for a while, and said: "Last time you went deep into the grassland with your senior brothers, your master and I were scared at home, I was afraid that something would happen to the two of you, isn't this to make some delicious compensation to compensate the two beloved disciples." Hehe, eat, eat quickly, this steamed fish will not taste good when it is cold. "Medical Officer Xiao Liu didn't care so much, he just caught a big fish, picked it up and gnawed it. Wang Da Fat said: "Okay, the food has been delivered, and the Sprinkle family will not stay long, and the Sprinkle family will not be able to stand the fragrance after a long time." After saying that, he left directly.

Li Deyi looked at the master, but the old doctor Sun just blindly asked him to eat more, and didn't say anything else, and looked at the senior brother, what the little doctor Liu ate was called a fragrant one, and he didn't have time to pay attention to Li Deyi's small eyes flying over. In the end, Li Deyi simply didn't care, and ate a good meal first.

After eating this meal, Li Deyi touched his round belly, tilted it on the master's kang, roasted the hot kang, and said comfortably: "His Majesty Taizu of the Pingzhou Dynasty is really a god, and the fire kang he invented casually is so comfortable. Old Medical Officer Sun personally made a pot of tea for the two apprentices, and each handed a cup to his hand.

Doctor Xiao Liu took a sip of tea, as if he had expected it, and asked directly, "Say, Master, where do you want to send us this time?" How many people to take? Old Medical Officer Sun smiled and said, "I can't hide anything from you, or you kid knows what the master thinks." Master will say it bluntly, our Weibei camp is located in the far northwest, although it is adjacent to the Qingyuan River, there are mountains, rivers and land, but there is one important thing that is extremely scarce. When the old doctor Sun said this, he deliberately sold a pass. Li Deyi asked stupidly, "What's missing?" Master? I feel that there is no shortage of good food and drink every day. ”

Doctor Xiao Liu next to him listened to his junior brother's stupid words, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he looked at him and said: "That's because you don't lack it, you are Master's baby pimple, and your skills are passable now, who dares to withhold your food in this Weibei camp." Have you ever eaten the food that ordinary soldiers eat? Haven't you tasted that salty? Li De opened his mouth, pondered for a while and said: "I have eaten a few times, it is a little light, but when I was at home before I came to Weibeiying, I could only taste a little salt after a few meals, and I was used to it for a long time, so I didn't take it seriously." ”

The old doctor Sun buttoned up the wine cup, touched the long beard under his chin and said: "Now that the troubled times have come, after the teacher estimates that after the spring land is thawed, the world will be completely chaotic. At that time, people from all walks of life will rise in all directions, and they will fight against each other endlessly. After a long time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to get a little salt here. If a person does not eat salt for a long time, he will lose his strength and will have other diseases. Therefore, the teacher wants to take advantage of this last opportunity to send you two to get a batch of salt. Originally, I planned to send the two of you to Xijingluo to try my luck a few years ago, but I was delayed by a big battle. ”

"I said that yesterday I saw Master secretly preparing manpower vehicles and pack horses, and it turned out that this was for this purpose. Master, where are we going to buy salt this time? How many people do you want to bring with you? How much silver and gold should I bring? How much salt to buy back? Doctor Liu threw out a few questions one after another, and Old Doctor Sun was prepared, took out a thin piece of paper from behind him, and handed it to the apprentice. Old Doctor Sun continued: "This matter must be the two of you, and now you two are one of the strongest combat forces in our battalion, second only to Wang Zhuangbiao. But Wang Zhuangbiao is a rough man, only suitable for fighting on the battlefield, and I am afraid that he will kill people if he disagrees, which adds a lot of trouble. After thinking about it, I can only send the two of you. It is said that Han General can also go, but you already know that Han General does not know how to count, and it is okay to count a few heads, if such a large transaction is added and subtracted, it will cost him his life. ”

"Now that the war in this world has started, there are homeless people and bandits everywhere, not to mention such a large amount of salt, even those heroic and righteous soldiers along the way are afraid that they can't bear to catch a mouthful. There are many crises along the way, and we have to do it. Doctor Liu continued Master's words.

"Without further ado, everything should be done, manpower, for the division has already been prepared, you will set off this afternoon, rush overnight, the sooner you come back, the safer. Remember, buying salt is the first priority on the way, and you must not fight with others at will, so as not to cause trouble in vain. Old Medical Officer Sun told again and again.

Li Deyi nodded next to him and agreed, and when the master finished speaking, he patted his head and said, "I'll go and assign homework to those children first!" ”