Throw a pebble on the calm water of the lake, and you will see the water rippling, rippling, aquatic plants drifting, swimming fish passing through, and there is also a high possibility that there will be mud and sand.

Lao Luo is facing a similar situation now, starting from Li Mo's visit, people continue to come to Lao Luo's camp to understand the situation, this understanding can be said to be a neutral word, in fact, except for someone like Li Mo who leads the official visit, the rest of the people are not so formal.

It is worth mentioning that Li Ji's teacher, Ms. Analia, had a deep conversation with Lao Luo, a woman who has suffered from war and has a different sensitivity to war. If you know that this lady Annalia's surname is Pella, and her lineage comes from the Macedonians who liked to conquer the West Alexander the Great thousands of years ago, and from the Macedonians who liked to fight and conquer the most, you can know how many battles she has experienced or heard of.

Analia just didn't want to be disturbed by the war for the time being, and Lao Luo exposed this false tranquility, in this era, there is no peace without strength, the Sylfan royal family is in turmoil, the power is scattered, the Turks in the east and the Georgians in the west are not the people who keep their promises, don't talk about this small Tang city with only 30,000 or 40,000 people, and there will not be much peace in the entire Sylvan Plain.

It's not that she can't see this clearly, it's just that Ms. Analia, who has an ostrich mentality for a while, was persuaded by Lao Luo, and Li Ji will follow Lao Luo to settle in the East, and she, a woman who has only heard of the East, has also begun to have expectations for the East, and the result of this conversation is that Ms. Analia and several of her student servants often stay in Lao Luo's camp to educate and cultivate children's literacy and etiquette, and they will also follow Lao Luo's team to the East in the future.

Things are moving forward step by step, but unfortunately these are the only ones who react a little faster.

Of the four largest families in the Tang camp, only the Li family came forward, and the rest of the families and even Zhang Lu of the Zhang family did not show up, and most of the people who disturbed them were looking for excuses to get closer, and there were also conceited and brave people who came to find someone to compete, and there were also bitter masters who were bullied by the Georgians to seek revenge, all in all, there were all kinds of people, fortunately, these did not need Lao Luo to come forward, and naturally there were soldiers guarding the entrance of the camp to block them. Helton, who is very skilled, was arranged by Lao Luo to be the reception officer, and the two black guys next to him, Naga and Mnaqi, followed him as Dharma protectors, and Cui Shibalang was sent to do the recording, so there was no need to worry about these trivial matters.

Therefore, there is Helton's entertainment on normal visits, and with years of tempering his tongue, Helton copes with ease; Now these two guys are much taller and stronger than before, especially Naga can only be said to be a big man, but now it is like a black iron tower, and the guy who tried to provoke the competition immediately withered when he stood next to Naga, you must know that the weight of Naga this guy can even be compared to Stan's big man, plus dark skin and white teeth, it is easy to scare these "warriors" who are mostly no more than 1.8 meters tall; As for those who had been bullied by the Georgians, they were introduced to Cui Shibalang, and he recorded every grievance, and how to find justice for them depended on the reaction of the Georgians, which made Lao Luo gain a lot of favor among the locals.

Although the troubles are a headache because of trivial troubles, they may achieve unexpected results when sorted out.

Although Lao Luo didn't expect a ruffian, two black gods and a troublemaker to do anything, but it turned out that the work of these guys was indeed fruitful, at least the communication with the local people was much smoother, and even the soldiers in the camp occasionally went to the city to buy supplies and saw them with awe or gratitude.

Disturbances outside the camp cannot interfere with the camp, at least for safety.

As Lao Luo's lectures deepened, the soldiers' knowledge began to increase. At least the tactical sign language at close range has been learned, many things don't need to be said at all, the soldiers with tacit understanding often communicate with a glance or a few gestures, and many guys who were once complained about their loud voices now usually use tactical sign language to quarrel, which is a very interesting thing, because Lao Luo found that the receptivity of these fighters is not weaker than that of later generations, on the contrary, these professional soldiers have an extraordinary sensitivity to things related to war.

Lao Luo used rhinoceros horns collected in Africa to make more than a dozen horns, this thing's unique sound can be used as an alarm, the low-frequency sound can be transmitted far away, and at the same time, it can also be played in different lengths to transmit guard information. The smooth flow of information has greatly increased the efficiency of camp vigilance, and at least the people on duty do not have to worry about the problem of too late for backup.

The children in the camp were divided into four groups after arguing for a day, and the two little girls Luo Jiachen and Luo Jiawu became two group leaders, and the other two group leaders were Luo Jianiu and Luo Yihu (Yi Yin), the reason for the argument was that the captain could not be the captain by brute force, and the wandering children were very sensitive to wisdom and fairness, so the election of Luo Jianiu and Luo Yihu was not entirely because of force, and then it was the distribution of members, because all people are actually the whole, The children are strong and weak, and the strong must help the young. As a result, the members of each group were strong and weak, large and small, and the assigned results took care of everyone.

The result of the final grouping is very satisfactory to Lao Luo, although these children have seen a lot of people's warmth and coldness, but the little heart has not become cold, with such a stable living environment provided by Lao Luo, there is no internal strife, but they understand the meaning of unity. You know, when Lao Luo ordered the children to form their own groups, he was even worried that they would fight each other.

And when Lao Luo asked why they were grouped like this, the aggressive little girl Luo Jiawu said: "Because the third uncle said that we want to be brothers and sisters, we are a family." ”

These children touched Lao Luo at once, if Lao Luo originally took in the homeless children because of pity, then now he really likes these sensible children.

Then Lao Luo customized a short-term training plan for the children, Lao Luo took into account factors such as age and weak physique, the current projects are carried out in the way of games, such as group relay round-trip running, throwing sandbags, tug-of-war, flat drilling nets and other content that requires team cooperation, since it is a group competition type training, then there must be punishments and rewards, the way of punishment is to wash the dishes for the winner who loses, and the reward items are Lao Luo's wooden knives made of hardwood, wooden swords and slingshots and other gadgets, It's not a valuable thing, but it's very much in line with children's liking.

In these years, even little girls know how to put safety first.

In the next two days, the people outside the camp gradually became sparse, and Lao Luo received a special person in the Tang camp, Dunne, who was known as a civilian elder.

As he learned more about the Tang camp, Lao Luo had already heard of this popular among the civilians, and there was a lot of information about this civilian elder that Helton and the scout soldiers had gathered. This elder named Dune was originally a master craftsman, good at carpentry and metalworking, and was originally quite prestigious among many craftsmen, but later the elders of the four families could not argue and make decisions because of their disagreement, so they selected such an elder among the commoners, and then used the voting system to decide the overall development ideas of the craftsman camp.

After the status of this rising elder among the commoners was stable, he did not lean on the four families of Li Zhang Peiwei, but insisted on helping the commoners solve their problems very wisely, in Lao Luo's opinion, this Elder Dune was simply a typical example of a commoner leader, even in later generations, such a figure was rare.

Du Ne came to see Lao Luo in a craftsman's clothes, of course, not the kind of dusty and oil-stained overalls, although his status among the commoners is very transcendent now, but he still has not forgotten his own specialty, he is always used to wearing the original uniform to walk around the workshops of various civilians. His approach gave Lao Luo a very good impression, which is in line with the image of a pragmatic civilian leader.

"Welcome to Elder Du, I haven't heard Elder Du's name since I came here." Lao Luo greeted this person who took the initiative to visit him very warmly, and at any time, a dedicated and dedicated person is worthy of respect.

"Thank you General Luo, I haven't heard much about General Luo." Dune was also very satisfied with Lao Luo's attitude, most of the soldiers of this era gave the impression of being rough and barbaric and arrogant, and it was hard to believe that the leader of such an extraordinary team was actually very cheerful and enthusiastic.

"Don't call General Luo, I'll do three at home, and Elder Du will call me Luo Sanlang." It's not that Lao Luo doesn't like the title of general, but at the moment there are only more than 100 soldiers, and it is a little ridiculous and generous to call him a general.

"It's okay, I don't care if I call it or not, Luo Jia Saburo, call me Lao Du or Du Lao Ducheng, and the craftsmen in the city call me that." Du Ne is also not polite, Lao Luo's face gives people a straightforward impression, and through understanding, it is also a good way to get closer to each other from the title.

"Then call you Du Lao, I am a straight-tempered soldier, if you are offended, please take care of Du Lao." Lao Luo rarely said such modest words, even if he had never faced the patriarchs of the Cui Fan family in Mombasa. It's really that the over-aged Du Ne in front of him is a selfless person who deserves his respect.

"Good! Good! That's it, "Lao Du is very happy, the old man has not yet spread, but since ancient times, the word "old" in China is a respectful word, meaning the elder, a respectable person, the Tang Dynasty called the old man of a certain village is such a custom, and it is more respectful to put the old word in the back, "I am also a straight temper, if there is a verbal offense, San Lang is not strange." ”

"It's good to say, a rare and selfless person like Du Lao deserves the respect of a young man like me, and you don't have to be so polite." Lao Luo is also very happy, most of the straight-tempered people have no secrets in their hearts, and most of the fighters he chooses are such character.

"San Lang, then I'm welcome, the purpose of my visit is to ask, why is San Lang here?" Lao Du felt that the greetings were almost the same, and asked bluntly.

Lao Luo also likes to get straight to the point, and since the other party asked, he also talked about the incident of meeting Li Ji and his party in Byzantium, and then agreeing to return to the East. There is nothing to hide, according to Lao Luo's original plan, everything should have begun to be prepared, but I didn't expect Li Zhan and Zhang Lu to be so selfish. Then don't blame him in the future, this Elder Du in front of him is a rare collaborator, and it is even safer to gather the local civilians to return together than to recruit the local clans. At that time, the civilians will be lost one after another, and under the implication, it will be seen how these selfish people react.

After listening to Lao Luo's story, Lao Du fell into deep thought, "San Lang, what do you think of the life of the local Tang people?" ”

"To tell you the truth, Du Lao, there should be no more than 5,000 local Tang people, right? The total number of people is only thirty or forty thousand, and how many soldiers are there? In this place, there are alien races all around, and once they become greedy, it will be a catastrophe of extermination. "Lao Luo is not alarmist, but expounds the facts, you don't see, whether in the South Seas or in the northern snowy fields in later generations, the wealth of the Chinese people is the target of robbery and killing by foreign races.

"You're right, the royal family of Sylvan can't protect us now, the Abbasids can't do anything here, the Georgians are not a good thing, and the Turks are even more savage. The land of the four wars, the land of the four wars! "Lao Du can become an elder, naturally he is not just a blind person who knows how to look at the person in front of him, he is just a little hesitant.

"So, thirty-six plans, go for the best plan." The clan is not strong enough, everywhere is a place of four wars, Lao Luo will not say this kind of words, he just paraphrases the idea in Sun Tzu's Art of War, "Du Lao, only by returning to the east, where our clansmen are everywhere, can the clan expand, so that it will not be like now, many men marrying wives are troublesome." ”

"San Lang, you're right, but how can thirty or forty thousand people migrate to the East? The Turks on the road will surely pounce like steppe wolves. The last half sentence is also the fundamental reason why the artisan battalion has been stranded here for so many years, otherwise who would not want to return to their hometown?

"Old Du," Lao Luo said, staring into Lao Du's eyes, "What if I have a way to defend against the Turks and let most of the people here return to the East?" ”

"What do you say? Really? Lao Du was stunned.