Li Ba, who was stinking all over, didn't care about the smell on his body at all, but Tang Long couldn't stand it. I haven't taken a good shower for more than ten days, and I'm itchy and uncomfortable, but I didn't expect Li Ba, a guy who had disappeared for most of the day, to suddenly come up with that stinky body as soon as he appeared.

Tang Ming would be polite to him, kicked his ass hard, and yelled fiercely: "Without further ado, let me take a bath first, grandma's, I haven't even been able to take a hot bath after floating on the sea for more than ten days." And you also come with me, is it necessary to get yourself covered in dust when you see a boat? ”

Li Ba only noticed his inappropriateness after Tang Ming's mention, and a rare look of embarrassment appeared on his honest black face. At the same time, I also remembered that Tang Ming's current identity is different, although the overseer, although it is only a title, it is not the emperor's own title. It was only in order to facilitate Tang Ming's work in Weihaiwei that Zheng He added this title to him. But even so, now his status in essence is one level lower than Tang Ming.

Just now, he was still calling Tang Ming a brother and brother like before, if he was guilty of a big disrespect, it would not be strange to be dragged to behead every minute. Thinking of this, he immediately put away his casual attitude, clasped his hands into fists, and said with a serious face: "Please come with me." ”

Tang Ming looked at Li Ba, who suddenly became serious, inexplicably, and couldn't figure out if this guy had a broken braincase, or if he was kicked mad by the angry kick he had just now, and he was so respectful to himself.

However, these are not what Tang Ming should be concerned about now, the world is the biggest bath, and his body is getting more and more uncomfortable, so he has no time to think about what Li Ba's sudden change is. Seeing that Li Ba was leading the way, Tang Ming called Xiaobai to follow.

The bathhouse was built next to a stream in the guardhouse, and a row of thatched houses were divided into a dozen rooms, which looked like a latrine from a distance.

Li Ba instructed the two soldiers to get three barrels of warm water and put them in the three adjacent compartments, Tang Ming, Li Ba, and Xiaobai were also assigned one. As soon as the master was promoted, Xiaobai's worth also increased a lot, and now even the treatment is about to catch up with Tang Ming, and there is a horseman who takes care of the barracks to take a bath.

After washing his body from head to toe, Tang Ming soaked in the warm water of the wooden barrel and moaned comfortably, the only fly in the ointment was that he was short of a cigarette, otherwise he would really beat the gods in the day of soaking in the bath and smoking!

As soon as he relaxed, Tang Ming remembered that Li Ba next door was a little too quiet, and couldn't help shouting: "Brother Li, what did you tell me just now, those sea boats that have been replaced can still be used?" ”

Li Ba was blindsided by Tang Ming's shout from Brother Li, hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously tested: "Lord Overseer, your current identity is different, the 300 defenders of Weihaiwei have to listen to you, I Li Ba can't afford this big brother!" ”

Tang Ming was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, it turned out that Li Ba's wooden lump was because he was an overseer, so he suddenly became well-behaved. After figuring out the reason, Tang Ming laughed and scolded: "Okay, you Li Ba, look down on me Tang Ming, don't you?" Isn't it just an Overseer? As for making you cautious like this, the title that the Inspector gave me is just to facilitate my work in Weihaiwei, do you bury your own brother like this? ”

"His grandmother is a bear, so I said, brother, you must not be a white-eyed wolf, causing me Li Ba to make a false alarm!" is like a cheap bone without scolding or being happy, Li Ba is the truest portrayal at the moment.

To put it bluntly, the misunderstanding was resolved, and Li Ba began to warm up again: "I said brother! I heard that the Overseer left his treasure ship for you, is this true? ”

They saw that Li Ba had returned to normal, and they were also relieved, they had just crossed over to the Ming Dynasty, and they could count their friends in the palm of their hand. A month of living alone on a deserted island, without even a person to talk to, made him almost on the verge of collapse. Therefore, when he returned to the crowd, Tang Ming cherished the friends he could talk to.

And a straightforward person like Li Ba fits his temperament, so he naturally classifies him among the friends he should cherish.

"There is still a lie in this matter, now that we have the treasure ship of the Inspector, we can also set sail in advance, Brother Li, you will arrange the manpower first when you go back, and we will set off early tomorrow morning!" This matter should not be delayed, and besides, Li Ba can't afford to wait now, and when he comes back, he will have to rearrange Weihaiwei's defense line, Tang Ming suddenly has a sense of urgency, but he likes this feeling, at least it makes him feel like he exists in this era.

Li Ba's acute problem was committed again, and as soon as Tang Ming's words were finished, this guy immediately jumped out of the barrel, put on his pants and ran out, shouting as he ran: "Brother, you soak first, big brother, I'll arrange it now, I'll make a fortune and make a fortune ......." ”

Tang Ming listened to the sound of Li Ba's ghost roaring, shook his head helplessly, got up and got dressed and came to the next door, only to see Xiaobai lying on the wooden board, the groom was holding a brush to brush it, looking at the wolf face enjoying the station, Tang Ming suddenly wanted to step forward and kick it.

When the groom saw Tang Ming coming, he immediately knelt down and sang a promise: "The grass people pay a visit to the Overseer." ”

Tang Ming has always been very disgusted with kowtow insects, but when he came to this era alone, he couldn't make changes, so he had to follow the local customs. After letting the groom get up, he reached out and took it out in his arms, and finally only took out a little bit of broken silver, with a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said embarrassedly: "You take this bit of silver first, and let Li Ba give you some more when you get back." ”

The groom obviously didn't understand what the overseer in front of him was going to do, why he gave himself the silver as soon as he came, and said that he would be rewarded when he turned around, and he was stunned for a while, and he even forgot Tang Ming's words.

In fact, Tang Ming saw that the groom was bathing Xiaobai, and he was embarrassed to let him work for nothing, thinking about rewarding him with some money, but he didn't expect to be urged out by the inspector in the morning, and forgot to bring some broken silver on his body. At this moment, seeing the groom looking at him blankly, he thought that it was because of the lack of silver, and others didn't want it.

Rolling his eyes, Tang Ming had no choice but to retreat: "In this way, you go with me to the account, and I'll give you some more silver, okay?" ”

Now the groom reacted, and immediately knelt on the ground with a plop, his head slammed on the ground, and he trembled and said, "Lord Overseer, the grass people are useless, if you don't do anything well, don't beat me away." The small family has a small family and raises horses in the barracks for a living, and if there is no such livelihood, my family will starve to death, so please be gracious to the Overseer! ”

Tang Ming's eyes rolled when he saw the groom like this, he saw that the groom was serving Xiaobai out of kindness, so he wanted to take some silver to show his gratitude, but he didn't expect this unintentional action to scare the groom like this, he shook his head with a wry smile, and had to explain softly: "I have no intention of expelling you from the barracks, rewarding you with silver is because you have served Xiaobai for meritorious service, hurry up!" ”

After listening to this explanation, the groom turned his sadness into joy, respectfully accepted the broken silver in Tang Ming's hand, and thanked him repeatedly! Looking at the endless grooms, Tang Ming had no choice but to ask Xiaobai to leave first.

A man and a wolf wandered in the barracks of the guard, Tang Ming suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon, almost all the soldiers in the guard were gone, except for a dozen or so who were on guard, the rest of them didn't even know where they went? Curious, he pulled a soldier to ask, only to learn that they had all gone to work in the fields.

This made Tang Ming feel even more confused, it was the first time he had heard that soldiers were going to farm when he was so big, if so, then the combat effectiveness of these soldiers could be imagined. It seems that Li Ba, the lieutenant, is really not very good, so I have to talk to him.

On the training ground in the guardhouse, there was a hot scene, more than 100 soldiers stood shirtless, standing in four columns, and under Li Ba's loud slogans, they stepped forward one by one to collect their weapons.

Tang Ming heard Li Ba's slogan from afar, and thought he was training soldiers, but he didn't expect to take a closer look and find that it was not what he imagined.

Li Ba's gang was actually handing out farm tools to the soldiers, and it seemed that they were preparing to lead the soldiers to do farm work. This is okay, if Li Ba continues to do nonsense in the guardhouse, let alone fight the Japanese bandits, it is estimated that the soldiers will not even know how to take weapons by then!

A few steps forward, grabbing Li Ba's collar, Tang Ming yelled at him viciously: "Okay, you Li Ba, is there a soldier like you?" No wonder Weihaiwei, which was defended by 300 people, was successfully attacked by dozens of pirates, not only was the grain robbed but also burned clean by a fire. ”

Looking at Tang Ming, who suddenly rushed out and roared at him, Li Ba was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he was also angry. The Ming Dynasty has set up guards since Zhu Yuanzhang opened the country, and ordered the soldiers stationed to be self-sufficient, and they can fight when they gather and take weapons in wartime, and when they put down their weapons, they are farmers, and each guard has its own means of livelihood. The monthly military salaries allocated by the imperial court were not much.

This rule has also been continued, because the Ming Dynasty could not rely on farmers to farm alone to feed so many soldiers, the lack of food made it have no other way but to make it self-sufficient, but if it was stationed in the Central Plains or more prosperous areas, it could also recruit civilians to farm for it, so that soldiers could practice normally.

However, like Weihaiwei, where Li Ba was stationed, the remote area is sparsely populated and faces the sea, so there is not much land suitable for growing food. Under such circumstances, it was impossible to recruit civilians to farm for them, so the soldiers in the guard post had to plant the land themselves. is such an ordinary thing, but now he is questioned by Tang Ming in front of his subordinates about his ability to lead troops.

It's no wonder if Li Ba doesn't get angry like this! At this moment, his innocent face showed a grim face, staring at a pair of bull's eyes, grabbing Tang Ming's hand that was pulling his chest, pulling him to turn around and walk towards the big tent.

More than a hundred soldiers who didn't understand what was happening were left on the training ground, standing there stunned. After coming back to their senses, they began to be curious, and after a while, the still neat formation began to slowly disperse, and gradually gathered around the door of the big tent, and they all pricked up their ears to hear what Li Ba and Tang Ming would do.