The empty houses in the valley were filled again, and the village was rejuvenated. This time, there are more than 100 young and strong refugees who have joined the new group, and more than 100 family members have also been brought with them. Zhang Chu had to change the management method and organize the young and strong to form a security team, known as the "Daming Security Team". The players were asked to call Zhang Chu the captain, not some master.

The contingent has designated a special barracks area for centralized training and militarized management in peacetime. When the team members are in the barracks, they concentrate on food and lodging, and pay a small amount of military pay every month, and the military salary is mainly distributed to rice grain, and the military salary of a team member is enough to feed another person without starving to death, but it is also not enough.

In order to allow others to survive, Zhang Chu asked the workshops that made weapons and armor to hire the old and weak, and distributed a small amount of food according to the amount of work completed.

A few days later, the exploits in this battle were counted. Zhang Chu decided to hold a commendation meeting, and all the people in the valley gathered in the empty field of the village, and the meritorious personnel who participated in the battle were put on newly made big red flowers and invited to the front desk. Zhang Chu gave a speech praising their performance in battle. In the end, the rewards were announced, and the two best performers were each rewarded with five buckets of good rice, the other five people were each rewarded with two buckets of good rice, and all the team members who participated in the battle were awarded one bucket of grain each. The grain was distributed on the spot, and every member of the team who received the grain showed a long-lost smile on his face while holding the rice bag.

The next day, in the newly built cemetery outside the village, the six members who died in the war were ceremoniously buried, and Zhang Chu ordered Zhu Xiucai to make a detailed record of each of them, and one day these people will enjoy greater honor, Zhang Chu made an oath in his heart.

The largest house in the village has become a place for everyone to discuss matters, and Zhang Chu called it the team headquarters. The old men who followed Zhang Chu at the earliest were all called over, and Zhang Chu announced a new division of labor, and the team was divided into two teams, with He Jin and Yang Biao as the team leaders respectively. Blacksmith Yang is in charge of the blacksmith workshop for crafting weapons. Carpenter Wu is responsible for the management of the workshop where the team members make clothes, cloth armor and other utensils. Zhang Chu and Zhu Xiucai were responsible for the deployment and distribution of materials. After the arrangements were over, Zhang Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally didn't have to worry about everything in detail.

All the personnel have a place to eat and lodging, and they should not freeze and starve to death in the coming winter. Zhang Chu, an old and weak member of the family, could only find another way, and found an old man who was familiar with agricultural affairs among the new people who entered the valley to be responsible for agricultural production in the valley. The old man's name is Tian Changshan, and the farmer for generations is very proficient in the work in the field, although he is almost fifty years old, his body is still very strong. As winter approached and there was no farm work to do, Zhang Chu still asked Tian Changshan to lead the old and weak to level the land in the valley and dig ditches to prepare for the next year's production, so that the old and weak could get a little food as a reward through labor, which was actually a disguised relief.

For the more than a dozen orphans newly taken in, Zhang Chu named them the Junior Military Academy, led by Li Qiang and Zhang Guo to follow him to learn knowledge, and also unified food and lodging.

The people sent out to inquire about the news came back, and there was no sign that the government would send troops to retaliate against the robbery of Wenta Village and the killing of the landlord of Zhou, which made Zhang Chu relieved.

Tell everyone to perform their duties, strengthen production training, and be vigilant. Zhang Chu decided to go out for a long time and have a different kind of long-distance attack.

Yang Liu and ten other team members were singled out, two of whom also had experience in business. Zhang Chu changed into a better suit, tied up his half-grown hair, and wore a corrugated brown hat, giving him the appearance of a young businessman.

When Zhang Chu sent people out to buy, he was also constantly collecting information from all parties. It was learned that not only a large number of peasants were bankrupt now, but even the soldiers of the imperial court were in danger of being in danger due to the officers' deduction of salaries, especially the situation of the guards, and the soldiers of the guards were in fact the slaves of the guards at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the fields of the guards were occupied by the officials and became private fields, and the soldiers of the guards were driven to work for many years, but they could not leave. Yulin Wei in Shaanxi Province is now in turmoil, there are constantly people making trouble, and some people have fled to join the ranks of the homeless, Zhang Chu got a valuable information from the fleeing personnel, Yulin Wei has a small hundred households called Yanshuiguan, specially built weapons for the guard, the guards are craftsmen, at this time their lives are more difficult than other guards, the land of the guards is less, and they can't get the money and food they should get for the weapons, many guards soldiers and their families are hungry all the year round, Now most of the soldiers in this guard are contemplating their escape. The target of Zhang Chu's trip was the 100 households in Yanshui Pass, which was 300 miles away, and Zhang Chu said when he was in action: This was a long-distance raid, and it was a run to kidnap all the people in this 100 households, and it was a run of greater significance than killing all the officers and soldiers of a guard station.

Zhang Chu and his party of twelve people set off with four carts, loaded with firewood and grass, and hidden grain and a few cans of soju underneath. These soju are real spirits that Zhang Chu has distilled in a still that is one size smaller than the last time the oil was distilled.

Five days later, Zhang Chu and others rushed to the Yanshui Pass Hundred Households, and Cao Baihu, the official of the health center, built a residence in the town. Zhang Chu and the others walked down the street and immediately attracted the attention of the elderly and children who were resting in the sun next to them.

Zhang Chu went over to salute the old people and asked, "May I ask who has the final say here?" Can you find a place to stay? ”

The children quickly ran away, and after a while, a man in his forties was brought out of the workshop, and bowed to Zhang Chu: "My surname is Deng, my name is Deng Qingnian, and he is the general flag here, is there anything that can serve the guest officer?" ”

Zhang Chu observed this Deng Qingnian, and saw that his clothes were shabby, his face was full of vegetables, and he was obviously a poor man struggling in hardship. So he said, "We are passing merchants, and we want to see what we have to buy here, and we want to stay here." ”

Deng Qingnian smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid the guest officer will have to run for nothing, we really have nothing to sell here." If you want to buy something, it's best to talk to Lord Cao Baihu. "Several years of famine have left the families of these guards with nothing, and recently due to the rebellion of the displaced people, there are also rich families who secretly buy weapons from the guards, but everything is under the control of Cao Baihu, and the soldiers of the guards do not get any benefit.

"Maybe you have something I want to buy, can I talk to you inside?" Zhang Chu did not give up and said to Deng Qingnian.

Deng Qingnian invited Zhang Chu and his entourage into the grass hut next to it, and after sitting down next to the simple table in the house, the owner of the house poured a few bowls of hot water. Zhang Chu looked at the skinny owner in the house who had a smile on his face but could not hide his misery, and his heart was very heavy, too many people lived such a life without food.

"How are you going to take everyone through this winter?" Zhang Chu turned to Deng Qingnian and asked.

This sentence poked Deng Qingnian's sore spot, and it was difficult to answer Zhang Chu's inquiry, the salary has been in arrears for a long time, and there is no intention to distribute it until now. Many people have run out of food at home and depend on gathering wild vegetables for a living, and seeing that the weather is getting colder and there are fewer and fewer wild vegetables in the fields, it seems that people will starve to death again this winter.

"I have a thousand stones of food to feed you, and a valley for you."

"Who are you? What are we going to do? Deng Qingnian understands that there is no such thing as a free meal in this world.

"I just want you to build weapons for me," Zhang Chu replied.

"You are ......" Deng Qingnian stood up, and the words behind him were not spoken.

Zhang Chu didn't move but continued: "We are not bandits, we just want to protect our village, we are a security team, we will not rob indiscriminately, we will not kill innocents indiscriminately, I just took a fancy to your technology." ”

"Where are you?"

"We are in Yanchang County, our village is in a valley, there is a place for your people to live, I want you to build weapons for me, we have to defend not only our own village, but also the surrounding villages."

"No, the old and weak who can work are gone, and if they are not killed by the government, they will starve to death."

"I will take you all away, young and old."

"How can I trust you?"

I have food on the cart outside, and if I agree, I will immediately distribute food to you, and if I want to deceive people, there will be a large number of people who will go with me without deceiving, and your technology will save you, and you can feed your family. Zhang Chu pointed to the big car outside and said.

"You can feed your family, you can feed your family!" Deng Qingnian read it in his mouth. In the end, I made up my mind. "I'm going to talk to the old brothers."

Zhang Chu nodded silently.

Deng Qingnian went out and found a few more influential brothers, originally everyone was ready to escape from the guard when they couldn't survive, plus the temptation of food, first eat a full meal, the big deal is to become a homeless person to flee the famine everywhere, everyone made up their minds to follow Zhang Chu away.

The food was quickly distributed, the enchanting smoke rose from the houses, the packing was quietly carried out, and the entrance to the village controlled the entry and exit of the people. The day of departure is set for tomorrow evening.

Early the next morning, Zhang Chu took an entourage to the town to visit Cao Baihu of the guard, Cao Baihu did not know the name when he heard it, but he still met Zhang Chu in the face of the rich gifts, after greeting Zhang Chu said that he wanted to pass through this place often through the Chamber of Commerce, and now the ground is not very peaceful, and he wants to get acquainted with Cao Baihu, and he will have a good response in the future, so he specially set a banquet in the town's restaurant to invite the Baihu Lord. At noon, Zhang Chu and Baihu got together in the restaurant very happily, and when they were drinking, Zhang Chu specially took out the spirits that were said to be his hometown and invited the adults of the hundred households to taste, and also sent two altars to the soldiers who could not come to eat in the Baihu Mansion. Lord Baihu and his entourage tasted the taste of spirits and it was really extraordinary, Zhang Chu was respectful to Cao Baihu and frequently persuaded him to drink. He deduced that he had limited alcohol and drank very little, so he was ridiculed by everyone, and soon Zhang Chu quit the table for not being able to drink, and remitted the banquet money at the counter and went back to the hotel to sleep. Only Cao Baihu and his entourage were left, and they didn't leave until it was getting late.

When night fell, the people of the entire hundred households acted silently, all the tools were loaded into the cart, the old and weak people also got into the cart, and everyone finally looked at the land in their hometown and marched in the direction of Yanchang County in batches.

The pro-soldiers of the hundred households woke up from the hangover until noon the next day, fortunately, the adults of the hundred households were still asleep and were not punished, and it was not until noon that the pro-soldiers found that the soldiers in the hundred households, including family members, men, women and children, were gone, and hurriedly ran to report to Cao Baihu, and it took a long time for Cao Baihu to wake up from his sleep, and Cao Baihu immediately sent people to look around but had no clue. Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Baihu immediately took the money to Shangguan to make some money.

There were a large number of displaced people wandering in various places, so the procession of more than 200 people scattered to walk did not attract attention from all sides. Zhang Chu had already arranged for people to take over food and lodging, and after six days of walking, all the personnel finally arrived safely in the valley, arranging accommodation and rebuilding the workshop was naturally busy.

When Zhang Chu returned to the valley, the people in charge of all aspects naturally came to report the situation in the past few days, and the training and production were quite normal. It's just that He Jin mentioned that because of the defeat of Wenta Village, the team has been strengthened and has an influence in the surrounding area, and some people have found out the news and asked to join here, but many of them should be bandits who work alone, and He Jin and they didn't dare to take them in. But two days ago, another person came, this person is called Li Yi, who used to be a small banner of the border army, because he organized the brothers to make a salary, offended the boss, and the salary was successful, and the head was also retaliated, Li Yi had to flee and become a horse thief. This person has been mixed in the army, and he also has a horse, which should be of some use, He Jin didn't dare to call the shots, so he let him stay and wait for Zhang Chu to come back.

After hearing this, Zhang Chu said to everyone: "We are called Daming Security, we want to protect the territory and the people, it's time to clean up the bandits around who are working alone, and we will suppress the bandits in the next step." Let me meet this Li Yi first. ”