"Yu Qianhu's army has set off, and it is expected to arrive within three days, and the two teachers must also prepare as soon as possible", as soon as Guan Zhen learned the news of Yu Dahai's troops, he immediately rushed to tell Ma Jiwei and Sun Hao.

"The weapons and bounties have been distributed, and our five hundred families are ready, and now we are only waiting for the army of more than 1,000 households, but the thief leader Yang Ming has not returned to the county seat for a few days", Sun Hao said, Ma Jiwei was also very worried: "Did you say that Yang thief has already noticed it." ”

"No, if you notice it, you can still keep the two teachers until now", Guan Zhen was saying, and saw the servants of the Sun Mansion running over: "Master, the Yang thief has returned to the city." ”

"Back to the city, did you bring a lot of soldiers and horses back?" Sun Hao hurriedly asked.

"No, the little one heard from the people in the torture room that the Yang thief would not go out of the city these days, saying that he was sick and wanted to rest for a few days, and according to most of the gendarmerie brigade directly under the Han Army stationed on the outskirts of the city, he also left the county seat.

"According to this, there are less than 100 thieves in the county?"

"So to speak."

"It's really good, as long as the Yang thief stays in the city, we will have the opportunity to catch turtles in an urn, and when the army of more than a thousand households arrives the day after tomorrow, it will be his Yang Ming's death!" The cautious Ma Jiwei couldn't help but smile after hearing this, and his confidence improved a lot.

The gentry in Dongxiang County were about to move, but Yang Ming was still indifferent, in order to celebrate Gu Xiaoyuan's birthday, at this time, he simply pushed off all military and political affairs and stayed in the county government to make a fruit cake for Gu Xiaoyuan.

"Childe, do you see this going down?" Xu Shuixian's face was now covered with flour, and he came to Yang Ming like a clown in Peking Opera and said.

Yang Ming took the opportunity to scratch Xu Shuixian's nose and said, "Keep kneading, this effect is not good, add some sweet potato powder." ”

"Oh", Xu Shuixian stuck out his tongue and walked over to continue beating its flour, and Yun Die also brought the ground fruit juice over at this time: "Young master, take a look, is this okay?" ”

"Almost, go and bring the egg I sold again, break it and separate the egg white from the yolk, then stir well, and then you can make a cake", Yang Ming said and kissed Yun Die's eyelids, sucked the juice that remained on Yun Die's eyelids and said, "Go ahead." ”

"Okay", Yun Die smiled, turned around and kissed Yang Ming, and then giggled and left.

"This little girl", if Yang Ming hadn't been covered with sweet potato powder on his hands at the moment, he would really want to slap Yun Die's fragrant buttocks.

There are not many materials needed to make cakes, only low-gluten flour and milk, but it is difficult to find milk in the Ming Dynasty, especially in Dongxiang County, so it can only be replaced by fruit juice, low-gluten flour is also easier to obtain, just add starch, now sweet potatoes have been greatly promoted in Dongxiang County, and the starch-rich sweet potatoes can be ground into flour and added to high-quality flour to achieve the goal. The most difficult thing is that the baking cannot be controlled at a constant temperature, but as long as the heat is well controlled, it can be successful with a few more attempts.

"Okay, the first Western-style pastry in the Ming Dynasty is baked, and now it's almost a candle to celebrate Yuanyuan's birthday", in order to please the beauty, Yang Ming can be described as painstaking, hard work for a day and a night to finally make the finished product, and can't wait for the two personal secretaries to come to watch, Yun Die and Xu Shuixian were also surprised by this, and wanted to taste it secretly several times.

"Young master, can I taste it first", Yun Die took her slender index finger in her mouth and stared at Yang Ming with a pair of big sparkling eyes.

"No, when your birthday arrives in the future, I will naturally do it for you", Yang Ming said and hugged her and Xu Shuixian into his arms, and asked while wandering up and down his hands: "Have you learned the song handed over to you?" ”

"Isn't it just a few words, I have already learned it", Yun Die said and asked with a sinister eyebrow: "Young master, do you say that Miss Plug will burst into tears when the time comes, and then promise each other." ”

"Go away, vulgar! Is your young master doing this for this, your young master and I are romantic, understand, you are not allowed to question your young master's sacred belief in love in the future", Yang Ming can now be said to have stolen half a day of leisure, flirting with the two maids while talking about the wind and snow, until Bai Qian walked in, he sat back on the chair seriously: "What's the matter?" ”

"Childe, the restless people have moved, and they are ready to surround the county government tonight!" Bai Qian said and then said:

Yang Ming smiled coldly: "Okay, I remember that the county fish scale book that Gui County Cheng once gave me recorded several large landlords with thousands of acres of fertile land, among which these two people seem to be in the top few, originally I didn't want to have a rough and brutal land revolution, but I didn't expect these two people to give me a chance, divide these two people, plus the Guan family, half of the Haoqiang in the entire Dongxiang County will be gone, and it will be easier to do things when the time comes." ”

"Childe, isn't it time for the cavalry to be dispatched", Bai Qian said again.

"Don't worry, tell Lan Guanwei that I will give all 200 horses to his first battalion, just to expect him to train me to train a fine horse, I don't expect him to be more capable in the short term, but if even a few hundred family members can't help it, then I would rather hand over all the war horses to Zhang Yuanwai as a means of transport than give them to him!" Although Yang Ming said this, he would not really let the precious two hundred war horses be used as mules, but after hearing this, Lan Guanwei trained the cavalry team of the first battalion overnight.

As soon as Bai Qian left, Yang Ming hurriedly asked Yun Die and Xu Shuixian to change into their special angel clothes, and walked towards Xilin Academy with a fruit cake with a small candle inserted.

"Everyone cheer up, but whoever catches the Yang thief will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, and those who kill a thief will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!" Sun Hao was talking when he saw his wife running over: "Master, it's not good, Lian'er is gone." ”

"What! Didn't I tell you not to go out tonight", Sun Hao naturally didn't think that his son would go to Yang Ming to tell the truth, but the officials and soldiers of Yu Qianhu would enter the city later, these officers and soldiers would not be as disciplined as the Han army, and it was inevitable that they would rob their homes, he didn't want his lone seedling to die in the chaos, so he immediately ordered: "Send a few people to find it!" ”

Xilin Academy, Sun Lian, the prince of Sun Mansion, was roaring at this time: "Plug Xiaoyuan, why is this, my student members in Tangtang County are not as good as a thief, do you know, I stooped to be a thief, and came to this Xilin Academy to study because of you, but you have rejected me again and again, I am not as good as that thief, I have 10,000 acres of fertile land, tens of thousands of silver, hundreds of slaves, as long as I marry me, I will enjoy endless glory and wealth." ”

"What's going on, how can someone make a noise here in the important place of the academy", as soon as Yun Die came, she saw a jade-faced scholar shouting loudly in front of the courtyard gate, and it was still Miss Block's name, Miss Block's country is beautiful and fragrant, and it is nothing to provoke countless men to fall in love, otherwise the young master would not be so attached to her, but she was angry that this guy actually spoke disrespectfully to her young master.

"Governor Huihua, this person is the son of Sun Jiaoyu, and he is the head of our academy, and we have not driven him away several times," replied the security officer in charge of the academy's security.

"Then don't you know that drag him away, the regulations of Xilin Academy clearly stipulate that it is forbidden to make noise in the middle of the night, and he should be expelled from the academy for such a person!" Yun Die pouted angrily, and finally Yang Ming pinched her Sakura lips and said: "Forget it, don't worry about these people, but I didn't expect my sons and brothers of the Ming Dynasty to confess so clumsily, since he said that we are thieves, let him see how thieves interpret love." ”

Yang Ming smiled and walked in with Yun Die and Xu Shuixian, and a team of gendarmes followed behind him immediately followed over to sanitize the three of them in the middle.

Sun Lian saw Yang Ming and others coming over, he hurriedly shut up, and he was also a little afraid in his heart, after all, he had just scolded Yang Ming for being a thief, but the matter had come to this point, and he was unwilling to kowtow and beg for mercy, so he simply had the courage to snort: "If you want to kill, you have to ask for convenience, this son will never frown, but it's a pity that Miss Du and I have been separated from each other in this life, and we are about to separate yin and yang." ”

Yang Ming smiled and ignored Sun Lian, and hurriedly said, "When I light the little candle, you will start singing, remember?" ”

"Remember, hehe", Yun Die and Xu Shuixian replied with a smile and looked at the room in the attic that was still lit.