On August 15 of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the sky was still good. Early in the morning, Xinxiang Village was blowing and blowing, and Yu Guozhen personally took a team of nearly 100 people out of the village, and crossed the Yuhong River by boat on the wharf in two times.

When the boat passed by Changmen Pier, Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "Actually, Changmen Island is in the Yuhong River, we can build a bridge here, and use Changmen Island as a transit to connect both sides of the Yuhong River." However, the bridge had to be built higher so as not to affect the waterway. ”

The general next to him smiled bitterly, he was a little nervous in his heart, not only because today he would be the first to marry among the entire Jiawei teenagers, but also because there was about to be a big battle today.

"What, nervous?"

"Yes."

"Whenever there is a big event, you need to be calm, the more nervous you are, the easier it is to make mistakes." Speaking of this, Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "Naturally, if you are nervous about the candles in the cave room, just say what I said earlier." ”

"Little official!"

"But there's one thing I wanted to say before...... Then Luo Yiniang is fifteen this year, right? Yu Guozhen asked.

"Yes, petty officer."

"I think it's better that you don't rush to have sex with her, even if you can't hold back, ask her clearly, and try to avoid her from getting pregnant now."

Hearing Yu Guozhen talk about this, not only Jiang An, but also the surrounding teenagers all raised their ears to eavesdrop, and a few of them couldn't hide their expressions, and they all held back a bad smile on their faces.

"Little, petty officials!"

"I mean really, only fifteen...... She's just a little girl, she's not yet full, and if she is pregnant with a child at this time, it's really ......."

"This ...... Didn't the little official invite a stable woman? ”

"Wen Po is still in Xiang'an, if they don't come, can you trust Wen Po in Qinzhou?" Yu Guozhen snorted.

"Ahh Shokishi scratched his head, this is a big problem.

"Hahahaha, I'm not afraid that you will get married, so let's come back obediently and live with us." Tian Boguang laughed: "I said veteran, if your daughter-in-law suspects that you can't do it, how should you explain?" ”

"Shut up, in front of the petty officials, Hugh is talking nonsense." Qi Niu shouted.

Tian Boguang held back a smile, but he didn't dare to be sarcastic. While they were talking, the boat had crossed the Yuhong River and arrived on the opposite bank. When the second trip arrived, they followed the mountain road and disappeared into a dense forest.

Not long after they disappeared, a fishing boat sailed out of the dock and began to sail out to sea. On the docks, people were busy preparing for the feast from noon to night, and no one seemed to notice the departure of the ship.

"Sure enough, it was gone." On the red tower, Luo Jiuhe saw this scene and smiled slightly: "The little official is really not missing. ”

"That's nature." Zhang Zheng said on the side: "Since I followed the little official, I haven't seen him miss!" ”

Luo Jiuhe nodded: "The little official will hand over the matter of guarding Xinxiangzhai to you and me, we have to do a good job so that we can not pay for it." Zhang Zheng, I don't know why, I feel that the mind of the little official seems to be very urgent, as if something is driving him, we are all under the great grace of the little official, if it weren't for him, I would not be planting those two acres of thin fields in Xiang'an now, or serving labor in the state city, and I don't know what it is like to have a full stomach for the rest of my life......"

Without waiting for him to finish, Zhang Zheng also nodded and said: "Jiuhe, you are okay, there is always a home, although you can't eat, you can't starve to death." But if I hadn't been a petty official, I would have become a starving ghost in Denglai! My life is a petty official, and now that I see the veteran getting married, I have a head start in my heart! ”

"Haha, you want to marry a daughter-in-law too?"

"That's nature, I'm eighteen." Zhang Zheng said with a smile.

After a while, he suddenly said again: "The little official should have already told you, right?" ”

"You mean after this battle?"

"Hmm."

Luo Jiuhe smiled and nodded slowly: "Having said that, you will come to replace me and take over the position of the second team leader, Tian Boguang will be the deputy of the teaching team for you, Lao Niu still does not move." ”

"What about you, presumably the petty officials are of great use to you?" Zhang Zhengdao.

Although they are loyal to Yu Guozhen, they are also extremely concerned about their future. Among Yu Guozhen's guards, an ordinary guard member, as long as he is rated as a first-order, has a basic monthly salary of three taels of silver every month, plus various subsidies, it is not a problem to get five taels of silver at all. And their food and clothing don't cost money at all, if you save some, the five taels of silver are almost for nothing. The income of the gang leader is about twice that of ordinary guards, about ten taels of silver a month, and when it comes to the level of their team leader and team vice-president, they can simply get thirty taels a month!

However, they didn't have much to use the silver, and Yu Guozhen asked Xiaolian to come forward and collect most of their salaries for preservation, and they could withdraw them at any time with the deposit receipts when they wanted to. This is mainly to prevent some of them from gambling excessively, because Yu Guozhen has a very high prestige among the young guards, so this strategy has not been resisted in any way.

"I'll pick a few people and build the second battalion in the family guard. You belong to the first battalion, and Brother Dazhu is the battalion, but he is not in charge of things now, only in name, in fact, Wu Ya, the deputy battalion and the first team, is in charge, you have to be careful, Wu Ya is not as easy to get along with as me. ”

"You know, he's the most vindictive." Zhang Zheng snorted.

Luo Jiuhe and Ye Wuya are as tricky and eccentric, but Luo Jiuhe always has a yellow tongue on his mouth, so he has a good relationship with the young man of the family guard, and Ye Wuya's surname is much more yin, everyone should be careful when talking to him, so as not to be hated by him.

Zhang Zheng has a good relationship with Luo Jiuhe, but he doesn't get along well with Ye Wuya, and he is extremely unhappy when he thinks that this person may become his top boss.

"You should have two teams in the second battalion, right?" Zhang Zheng asked.

"At present, there is only one team, and I am part-time, manpower, the petty official said, I will choose. Haha, do you want to come to my second battalion? ”

"If you pick me, who will be on the second team?" Zhang Zheng pouted: "It's too fake." ”

"The second battalion has a nickname, and the petty official said that it is called the Maritime Surveillance Team, haha, this name is interesting."

"Maritime Watch?" Zhang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed surprise: "What do you mean by the little official, the second battalion is a sailor?" ”

"Yes, the sailor, it should be said that it is the navy, but now it is only the Xinxiang Coastal Surveillance Brigade, referred to as the Maritime Surveillance Brigade." Luo Jiuhe said: "But this is internal, we can know it in our hearts, and the second-order family guard and below don't know." Externally, we have two battalions, the first battalion is the Xinxiang Agricultural Reclamation Construction Battalion, and the second battalion is the Xinxiang Fishery and Seafood Battalion. When the petty officials told me this, they also said to themselves, 'Protect the family and defend the Ministry of Agriculture, and expand the territory and fishery political bureau', I don't know why the petty officials said that. ”

"This also needs to be asked, the petty official has lofty ambitions, he has always taught us to be loyal to the country, and one day, the petty official will lead us to fight with foreign thieves. I can see through it, relying on the court and the officers and soldiers, except for the Ministry of Rites sending people to send people to be beaten in the face, I can't expect anything, and if the country has something to do in the future, we still have to rely on us! Zhang Zheng's words were sharp: "A few days ago, didn't the petty officials say that the ghosts of Tessio Europa specialize in looting, killing tens of thousands of Chinese remnants in Nanyang, and the red-haired ghosts invade Penghu, rob the people, slaughter my compatriots, and sell them into slavery, but the court is appeased......

What Yu Guozhen said was that on July 7 of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Dutch occupying Taiwan raided Nanao and plundered Xiamen. Hearing that these red-haired ghosts are so domineering and arrogant, the Jiawei boy is angry, especially when Yu Guozhen said that they have built Xinxiang well, and the red-haired fan will also loot like this, the Jiawei boy is even more violent.

"However, to build a second battalion, we don't have sea boats, and now there are a few of them, which are only suitable for running in the Yuhong River or not out of Longmen Island. There are sea ships, we are not enough sailors, and Yu Dahai, who came back to coax the petty officials, why did the petty officials keep them, isn't it that he and his subordinates are good at maritime affairs. Luo Jiuhe said: "Therefore, in this battle, one is to rob ships, and the other is to rob people. ”

"When you say that, I understand." Zhang Zheng nodded.

"But the petty officials also confessed, our surname is the most important thing, if we are not absolutely sure, we would rather kill people and sink ships than give them the opportunity to hurt us." Luo Jiuhe said with a smile: "It's a big deal, it's to build your own ship, and the petty officials ......."

Speaking of which, he realized that he seemed to be talking too much. This is the excitement that he was finally appointed to take charge alone, although he has gone through a lot of experience under Yu Guozhen, after all, he is only seventeen years old, which is as old as Yu Guozhen, and one year younger than Zhang Zheng.

"Don't worry, I won't talk too much." Zhang Zheng laughed: "Let's rest for a while, at least until noon, the thieves will attack." ”

They got down from the red tower and walked along the mountain road to the village. Halfway through, Zhang Zheng complained: "This Ruth has to be repaired, didn't the petty officials say that they want to cement this?" ”

"All of a sudden, where can I take care of this, now the manpower is barely enough, the little official is already thinking about building a few more kilns, the Zhizhou is urging what glass to burn, it also needs to be built, in addition, the iron we brought is consumed very quickly, the little official said, our iron smelting and casting workshop must also be built...... Waste is waiting to be rebuilt, cement must be used everywhere, this road, let's wait and talk about it. ”

While the two were talking and laughing, the nervousness that was originally a little due to the approaching enemy slowed down slightly, and when they reached the middle of the stockade, the two looked at each other tacitly, and then waved their hands and went to find their subordinates.

There was a commotion outside the village, and by the time it was two o'clock in the morning, that is, ten o'clock in the morning, the guests from all walks of life had already arrived. The fragrance of wine and meat permeates the wharf of Xinxiangzhai, which makes people salivate, busy people, and colorful silk everywhere, making the festive meaning on the wharf more and more intense.

Almost at the same time, outside Longmen Island, the departing fishing boat arrived, and above the mast of the fishing boat, a green silk cloth waved in the wind, falling into the eyes of Zhang Da Scara on an island and reef in the distance.

He turned his joy into murderous energy, and nodded to the group of pirates behind him: "Anchor, sail!" ”

(To be continued)