"Why is that?"

Qingyang was knelt down by the three of them, and he was suddenly a little confused. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pulin leaned forward on his knees, and with tears in his eyes, he arched his hand and said, "I wonder what actions of the ministers have made the lord dissatisfied?" ”

Now Qingyang was even more confused: "How could I ever be angry with Yu Er and others? ”

"There is a shortage of manpower around the lord, why don't you tell your ministers to know, but instead seek from the lowly slaves?" Gui He also said with tears in his eyes, looking like he had been greatly wronged.

Without waiting for Qingyang to answer, Wenbo was not far behind and said: "The lord, the minister and the other three have many children in the family, and the eldest son is close to Lizhou. ”

Now Qingyang finally understood the intentions of the three of them, to put it bluntly, he just wanted to recommend their baby to his side, but he didn't expect these farmers who didn't know a single big word to speak so tactfully.

It's just that the eldest son of the three is not yet Lizhou? That's a bit of a problem!

Qingyang knew that Xing Guo had a more unique custom, that is, before the official coming-of-age ceremony of the weak crown, there was also a twelve-year-old Lizhou, which generally referred to boys.

When the boy in the family reaches the age of twelve, one or more families unite to choose a good day and an auspicious day, and hold a solemn ceremony to pay tribute to the heavens and the earth and the ancestors.

After that, they can be regarded as half an adult, who can initially participate in some affairs in the family, and have some power to negotiate with others on behalf of the family, and even Xing Guo recognizes that these underage teenagers enjoy most of the power of the country.

It is said that 200 years ago, Xing Hou, the 34th generation of Xing Guo, died on the battlefield of Xianyu's entry into the Kou, when Xianyu's army took advantage of the victory to attack the national capital Xingtai City, and Xingguo once faced the danger of extinction.

At that time, Xing Hou Shizi was only 12 years old, and with the full support of the four great ministers, he was ordered to inherit the throne of the monarch in danger, and he did his best to defend the city by men over the age of 12 in the national capital.

After hard fighting, not only did he repel this time, but he also made Xing's national strength rapidly stronger during his reign of several decades, laying the foundation for the continuous northward expansion of Xing's territory in the future.

Wait a minute! It seems to be far away!

The children of these three peasant retainers are not yet Lizhou, that is to say, they are not yet twelve years old?

"The lord is strange, the eldest son of the minister, Puzhi, is still five months away from turning twelve years old!" Pu Lin's face was full of shame, "But Guihe's eldest son, Quy Nhon, is now twelve years old!" ”

"The Lord forgives sins!" Wenbo was still unwilling to give up, he said with longing, "Although the courtier Wenyang is only ten years old, he has grown tall since he was a child, taller and stronger than the five young slaves who have reached the age of twelve, and I just hope that he will be blessed to serve the lord!" ”

The 10-year-old children are cramming around me, is this treating me as a kindergarten?

The three of them saw that Qingyang's face was a little unpleasant, and they were extremely worried in their hearts, in fact, they didn't think about sending the child over now, but they just planned to wait for their child to reach the age of twelve, and then ask the lord to take him in and teach.

Unexpectedly, the lord actually selected five young slaves, and claimed that if these slave cubs had meritorious service in the future, they would not only be able to obtain free status, but even their families would have the opportunity to take off their slave status and become Chinese people.

Now Pulin, Guihe, and Wenbo are in a hurry.

After all, the lord is a sergeant, and there are only eighteen places in the private army, and now the lord Zhong Kai has taken twelve soldiers to the north of the territory, and there are still six places left.

In this way, Zhong Rui, Yu Hai, Fang Jun, and He Jia have to be rowed out, and there are only two places left and right to draw, if you continue to rub it off, wouldn't it be the only two places, all of which will be snatched away by a few slave cubs?

Thinking of this, the three of them felt pity, after all, the three of them had been farmers for decades and could not practice anymore, so they could only pin their hopes on the next generation, and now the lord began to create a reserve force in order to cultivate his cronies, and when would he not join at this time?

Qingyang looked at the three of them with anticipation on their faces, thinking that it was necessary to strengthen the defense of the land as soon as possible anyway, the five young slaves were training, and the four teenagers were nothing, so let's take them in together, after all, the physique of the children of the farmer's family should be better than the children of the slaves.

The autumn rain has passed, and it is the mid-autumn season with clear weather.

Seeing that the Autumn Moon Festival was less than two days away, the slaves, led by three happy peasant retainers, were busy crushing the grain with the newly learned oxen pulling stone wheels.

The milled millet straw is also well collected and piled up, which is excellent feed for cattle and horses in winter.

After nearly twenty days of hard study, Qingyang's learning progress in ancient characters has been accelerating, and now he has basically understood the words of the first six pictures on the ancient leather scroll, and it seems that after the Autumn Moon Festival sacrifice, he can officially start forging his body practice.

The lord who was in a good mood was wandering around in the sealed soil, and suddenly found a question, how could all the 1,500 acres of land of the Qing clan be planted with corn?

Even in the ancient times of another world, there were whole grains, why didn't you see soybeans? What about grains like sorghum?

In the era of extremely low productivity, soybeans are a good protein supplement, which can provide most of the nutrients needed by human beings.

The busy farmers and slaves didn't know what the lord was thinking, and they happily looked into the distance as they worked, and the teenagers were working hard to train various forging skills.

Looking at the teenagers shouting loudly in their immature voices, whether they were farmers or slaves, they were very excited, although Lord Lian Po punished them very strictly, but the children were able to eat corn and rice to their heart's content, and they were happy for the children.

Even the wealthiest families of soldiers do not mean that all their children can be fed, and in the period of extremely low productivity, as long as they are not busy with farming or fighting, they can ensure that they are five or six full on weekdays, they are already very wealthy.

Four soldiers' children, four farmers' children, and five slave boys, by the way, there is also Lian Po, a big-bellied man, fourteen and a half children can really eat, and they can actually eat more than adults, but looking at the physique of more than a dozen teenagers gradually getting stronger, the lord feels that it is still a good deal.

Ever since Ji Dan's visit, Qingyang has been worried about what conspiracy Ji Clan will unleash again, and the longer the silence goes on, the greater the other party's movements.

Qingyang has already abandoned the childish idea of eating and waiting for death at the beginning, and is more and more eager for powerful force.

In this world where the strong are respected, it is most important to have a loyal armed force that can save lives, or the saying is good, money is like floating clouds, the wind blows eggshells, and wealth goes to people's happiness.

As it turned out, Ji's did not stop there, and since Lian Po began to lead the teenagers to start training, there were often people in the mountains and forests near the sealed land.

Qiu Niang, who was originally leading the soldiers' families to be busy weaving kudzu cloth and linen cloth, was also alarmed.

Hearing Qingyang and Lian Po's words, she suddenly glared angrily: "These rats dare to bully me, no one cares about the Qing clan?" Lord, you don't need to worry, wait until I arrange to teach those bastards a hard lesson, it seems that they have forgotten what happened ten years ago! ”

"This? What should Qiu Niang prepare to do? Qingyang couldn't figure it out, turned his head and asked Lian Po.

The black-faced boy made a helpless move.