In June, the small town of Fushun in eastern Sichuan is already under the scorching sun. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWalking in the hot sun, I felt as if my back was on fire. Just bask in the sun for an afternoon, and the next day will be the end of the skin bursting and cracking. In the afternoon, the streets were crowded with pedestrians, and they did not go to the middle of the road unless necessary, and they all tried their best to shrink into the shadows under the eaves. The thick shade cast by a few stout yellow cypress trees in the streets and alleys has become an excellent place for idlers to swing the dragon gate and brag and chat.

Since the chaos of the Li family's brotherly rivalry a year ago finally ended with Li Yongzhong's victory, Fushun's largest salt merchant has been constantly in the news. For example, the young head of the family, Zhong Guan'er, is said to have built a dock fort outside the city, and the people who went to help him came back and said that those who had not seen it really couldn't even think of it; Some people envy and say that the Li family treats people really well, one meal of meat for three days makes you full, and it is half white rice and half miscellaneous grains on weekdays. In the end, someone said about the Li family's guards - seriously, now it is not only the Li family's people, but also the militia of Fushun, this is the official brand that Zhong Guan'er asked the county lord to ask!

"This is the Li family's well field that doesn't recruit people, otherwise, I will break my head and get in!" An idle man who was wearing only a sleeveless coat with an open chest and exposed his arms spat on the ground, and said to the surroundings with an extremely envious look: "Last time I came to the Li family well field to recruit people, you didn't see that battle!" Don't Chinese New Year's Eve more than that! Don't be unsure! Don't be cheating! And those children," he squinted his eyes and thought for a while, counting them to the people around him: "Don't be homeless and unemployed, don't have a bad reputation in your family!" I have to test my strength again, just like that, those who want to go, the outside of the Li family almost lined up in front of the West Lake Academy! ”

Someone asked funny: "The guarantor, strength, conduct, and age all know what's going on, but why don't you want a notorious family?" It's not that I have a bad reputation. ”

The idle man smiled proudly, but the **** had asked the people of the Li family, and he happened to be pretentious at this time: "I don't understand, right?" It is said that this is the rule set by Zhong Guan'er! The family is just parents, brothers and sisters, and then there are mothers-in-law and cousins, these are the closest people, you **** with these people in one place, if there is really anything bad, can you be alone, alone, what is the body? ”

Someone grabbed a white sentence next to him: "Be alone!" It caused a burst of laughter from the people around him.

"Yes, yes!" The idle man hurriedly picked it up, glared at the kid who dared to show off in front of him by the way, and continued: "The bad reputation of this family has come out, can you still pat your chest and say that you don't know about your own family?" I was the first to disbelieve! ”

Everyone listened to him with relish, and then sighed again. Someone said: "A few years ago, when the Li family was still there, I worked in the well field for a few days, and I happened to meet Zhong Guan'er to come to check. ”

His words aroused the interest of others, and someone immediately urged him to go down and say, "Then you have seen Zhongguan'er?" Calculate the age, that's still a doll's house, right? ”

The person who spoke in front of him nodded, "That's not it?" looks really good, average height, but not squeamish at all, young and young, everywhere is neat and clear, those dozens of years old stewards are managed obediently in front of him! He doesn't scold people, let alone beat people, but one look at you will make you turn your legs and stomachs! ”

"The dolls raised by this rich and noble family are different from the dolls of the Xiali family." Someone sighed: "Zhong Guan'er is not very old now, right?" People just made a big mess, how many people in this county dare to speak in front of him now? Even the county magistrate looked up to him! ”

A few people were sighing, but suddenly saw a young man named Liu Zhu'er, who was working for a short time everywhere on weekdays, was barefoot, and was not afraid of being hot underground, panting all the way over, standing still and breathing, he said intermittently: "Li family, Li family......" He snatched the tea cup of others and drank it a few sips, before he had the strength to say: "I'm recruiting again!" This time, I heard that the guards are recruited! ”

The idlers were suddenly startled, you look at me, I look at you, after a while, throw down a few rotten fans, and are not afraid of the sun, the weather is hot, jump up, and suddenly run without a figure! made Liu Zhu'er stupid in place, and it took a while to react, jumping to the ground and scolding unkindly, while pulling the pu fan on the skull, and running towards the Li family.

"Don't mess around! Don't mess around! The guard who maintained order wore a large hat of sunshade crepe and held a two-foot bamboo board in his hand, and when he saw someone who was cutting in line and shouting and running around, he threw it at the thigh without saying a word, and at first there were people arguing with him, but immediately a few big men wearing indigo armor and folding felt hats came and carried him away, so that no one dared to violate the taboo.

Wang Huanzhi is the same, wearing a blue armor and a folded brimmed hat, and the old face is standing in an unobtrusive corner. He watched it for a while, and when everyone came honestly from the back row, he sighed, and said to the man with a complicated face: "Jiang Teamzheng, your method is really good." ”

The young man known as Jiang Teamzheng was very humble and refused to take credit, only smiled: "This is not an idea in the next thought, this is the method used to train the new guards in the team in the past, it is said that it was the initiative of Zhong Guan'er and Cao Teamzheng, and it is just Xiao Gui Cao Sui." ”

In such a hot weather, Wang Huanzhi and he stood here for almost half an hour, his own straight body in plain yarn was already hot, Jiang Team was sweating like pulp on his forehead, and his back was wet and he refused to take off his hat and undress. Master Yan's eyes became more and more admiring, and he couldn't help but persuade: "There are people under them outside to take care of, we might as well go in and wait, drink saliva, and rest our spirits." ”

Team Jiang was smiling and politely refused: "It's good for the master to go by himself, but it's inconvenient to go down - there are rules in the team, and if there is an errand, Shangguan has to stay in a place where everyone can see it, otherwise Zhongguan'er will know, but he won't be able to escape a meal." ”

Since learning about Li Yongbo, Li Yongzhong has rearranged and planned all parts of the Li family. Li Yongbo's wife is now widowed with her children, so in order to prevent people from talking, Li Yongzhong simply bought a piece of land adjacent to the Li family, and built a three-entry courtyard to live with his sister-in-law and nephew, which is connected to the corner door of the alley between the house; He demolished the original three-entry and four-entry courtyards, built the ground with granite slabs as a school field, and then built a circle of through-shop wings as the residence of the guards on weekdays. This time, the Li family's guards were recruited and placed in the newly renovated school grounds.

When the time came, all the people who came to sign up were registered one by one, and after registering their names, surnames, years, and addresses, Jiang Team Zheng instructed the guards to take these men who had not dared to make a noise since the Li family to the school grounds, and ordered the door to be closed, watching the two heavy black lacquer doors creak shut, Jiang Team Zheng and Wang Huanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and the two glanced at each other, with a look of luck on their faces.

Wang Huan smiled, walked first, and said: "This time to recruit people, don't talk about Zhong Guan'er, even Jin Liang and He Tai are not there, the old man's heart is really up and down, I am afraid that I will poke out some basket for Zhong Guan'er, and I will not be able to clean it up at that time." ”

Team Jiang also nodded and said, "That's right." Although this is an old thing, Zhong Guan'er and Cao He are not there, and they are also at a loss. ”

The two of them walked as they talked, but in a moment they had already arrived at the school grounds. The originally empty venue is now full of people standing on the ground, Wang Huan's heart is a little counted, and he is startled, I am afraid that there will be no more than a hundred or ten! But this time, they were only going to recruit sixty people! This means that half of them will be brushed off!

When they were in line, they had already learned the lesson of shouting and moving, and now although they were still exposed to the sun, these sturdy men did not dare to complain. However, the Li family did not mean to treat them harshly, and when they stood quietly, they saw that a guard who had already seen it carried a few wooden barrels full of water and placed them in the corner, and someone shouted three times in a loud voice: "If you are thirsty, come over and drink water quickly!" No noise, no pushing! If you want to go to the toilet, say it now! Someone will take you there! ”

It was so busy for a while, and there was a long time for a stick of incense, and finally got to the point. Team Jiang jumped on the high platform with a strange-looking tin roll horn and shouted loudly: "My surname is Jiang, and my name is Jiang Daquan!" I won't say much about what you're here for, but in a group of ten, someone will say something to do with you! No noise, no running around! If there is anything, call the guards who will bring you! It's hot, so let's move faster and suffer less! ”

Jiang Daquan finished speaking concisely, and then jumped off the stage, Wang Huanzhi had just drunk water, and was holding a pu fan for a while, and his face finally had some energy, and when he saw Jiang Daquan coming, he quickly asked someone to bring him water. Jiang Daquan was not polite, and reached out to take it and poured it in one go, which quenched the thirst in his mouth.

Although there was chaos in the field at this time, there was not much loud and silent noise. Not only did Jiang Daquan make it clear first, but it was also the guard with a bamboo ruler who walked around the field, and when he saw someone running around and shouting, he hit the ground. The bamboo ruler is made of aged bamboo, which is wide and thick, and it can immediately swell a finger-high purlin mark on the body!

The guards have a clear division of labor, take people to test their strength, take off their clothes to see if they are strong, ask the name and surname of the guarantor, and complete the rules one by one. Those who came to apply for recruitment were just some young laborers who had no vision, and they had already been honest and obedient after the guards' various methods, and they didn't dare to fall into their eyes and lose their qualifications.

It may be true that they don't have much knowledge, but they don't lack eyesight - in the eyes of the people of the time, the more rules people have, the more prosperous! The Li family's rules may be strange, but they are not incomprehensible, and then look at the guards around them who are almost the same age as them - thick figures, ruddy complexions, eyes with gods, neat clothes, and orderly behavior, these hard-born laborers are all hot in their hearts, everyone is vying for the first, lest they fall behind and lose their chance to improve! (To be continued.) )