Xiucai Xin Weilin, the word three provinces, was originally a native of Taomu Village, Taiyuan Prefecture, a year ago he traveled to a relative's house in Lijia Village, Gansu Town, and was supposed to go to Beijing to participate in the spring examination after the year.

However, there was a severe drought in Lijia Village this year, and the autumn grain harvest in the fields failed, and the peasant households were unable to pay the grain tax after renting the grain in the fields to pay the landlord's grain rent.

Facing the wolf-like tax collector, Xin Weilin, who relied on his talent status, of course had to stand up, angrily reprimand the tax collector, and led the crowd to resist taxes, and was arrested in the county jail without accident.

There was no interrogation or interrogation in the lobby and county, and on the day Xin Weilin entered the prison, he was picked by the cell boss to break his hamstrings, break his legs, and even add a stick and whip, with a posture of wanting his life.

Soaring to win fame, as long as he sends a piece of paper to Taiyuan Mansion Xuezheng, he will have nothing.

In desperation, Xin Weilin accepted his fate, and happily pleaded guilty, admitting that he had instigated farmers to resist taxes, although he was deprived of his Xiucai register, he also allowed himself to survive in prison for a month.

Li Xunwu and Li Xin'an Dian sold their family's belongings, spent money to go to prison, and after visiting, they learned that Xin Lilin had been sentenced to exile for thousands of miles, and he took the flail on the road on the winter solstice; My legs are broken, my hamstrings are picked, it's a terrible journey.

Without money, don't expect mercy from the servants, perhaps in order to save trouble, they will make a black hand on the way, and leave a corpse in the wilderness who can find it, just report the outcast's illness and death on the way.

In desperation, Xin Weilin, taking advantage of Li Xunwu's visit, signaled him to go to Shiguantun, the gravel fort, to find the hundred households Ximen Xiao Ye; After all, Xiao Ye sent Zhang Anlin and his son to Lijia Village from afar to send pension money to the families of the two Li family boys who had been missing for many years.

Sure enough, less than ten days after Li Xunwu left, he was taken by the cell boss to Lang Zhong, treated his broken leg, bandaged his wounds, and drank hot gruel; Tonight, I finally got out of the rancid prison.

Xin Weilin, who was lying in the carriage, blinked a few times with a pair of eyes on his pale face, and slowly closed his eyes; Needless to say, the Ximen Baihu spent money and entrusted favors to him, so that he could escape from death, and before he could meet him, he already owed a great favor.

The sound of talking and footsteps outside the carriage gradually faded away, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the cold wind passed in front of him; The dim lantern was held high, "Xin Xiucai, come down and wash up, let's rest here first," with a strange tone, Xin Lilin couldn't help but open his eyes, and directly saw a round face.

Baodes sent off the officer, came to the carriage with his escort, and lifted the curtain with a smile, but only glanced inside, and could not help but cover his nose and retreat; However, this is the guest that Baihu explained to be carefully entertained, and Baodes had to force a smile.

"Dare to ask, sir, your surname, the three provinces are injured and can't be respected, I hope to forgive me," in the carriage, Xin Lilin asked softly, but it was just a sentence, which already made him breathless.

"Hehe, Xin Xiucai, I, Baodes, am the owner of Fuguilou, someone asked me to settle you for a few days first, recuperate your spirits, and send you to where you should go by my own vehicle," Baodes smiled, "The banquet has been prepared, let's send it to the room for Mr., and come back tomorrow,"

With Baudus's arrangement, the two big men stepped forward and carefully set Xin Lilin out of the carriage and carried him to a warm room; A large steaming wooden barrel, a wide wooden bench, and a delicate maid standing next to it.

Sitting next to the maid was the town's doctor, Lewy, who was invited by Badesther to check on Xin Lilin's injuries.

On a table in the middle of the room, there are several plates of exquisite vegetarian dishes, a small basin of meat and vegetable soup, as well as a bowl of rice and a pot of Fenjiu, waiting for Xin Weilin to eat after taking a bath.

Xin Weilin quietly accepted Baodes's arrangement, and finally slept peacefully.

The next day, Xin Weilin, who was dressed in a gray robe, looked much better, ate a bowl of gruel, drank the medicinal soup made by the maid, and sat in a wooden wheelchair.

Even a wheelchair can think of it, I'm afraid that the owner of this rich building is not so simple, holding a teacup in her hand, Xin Lilin looked at the bright sunlight outside the window, and then found that the window frame was a transparent "glass" that she had never seen.

"Go, please come to Mr. Fortez, and say that I have something to ask," after a long silence, Xin Weilin put down the teacup, and a trace of solemnity appeared on his delicate face; "Yes," the well-behaved maid bowed down and walked briskly out of the room.

Soon, Bowers, who was in the living room on the third floor in front of him, came to Xin Weilin, greeted him with a few words, asked him about his injuries with concern, and sat on the wooden chair opposite by the way.

"Mr. Baodes, the three provinces are loved by the wrong people, and I am grateful to save my life from the prison, and I hope that Mr. will tell me that he saved my life, but that Shiguantun Baihu Ximen Xiao Ye?" For Xin Weilin's questioning, Baodes did not hide it.

"Haha, Xiucai is anxious and wise, and can deduce that a hundred households are behind, don't blame the hundred households for more entrustment in the letter, to rescue you carefully, these three thousand taels of silver, it seems that there is really no white flower," Badus, who stretched out his thumb, said very appreciatively; With this talent, if Xiucai hadn't broken his legs and his hamstrings were wasted, he really wanted to keep this person as his housekeeper.

What if you don't have the identity of a showman, what businessmen want is a talented helper, not a showy shower for poetry.

Of course, in the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible for a disabled person to stand in the hall, and the officialdom should not be delusional. Xin Weilin has realized this.

"So, Ximen Baihu spent a lot of money to save me, what do you mean?" A decadent helplessness flashed in Xin Lilin's eyes, and he asked softly.

"This, I don't know, it seems that Baihu responded to other people's requests, so I knew that there was a person," said lightly, Baodes didn't say much, and said a few more words, comforted Xin Weilin a few words, and left.

After recuperating for a few days, Baodes assigned a military man to push Xin Weilin around the Fugui Building, and Xin Weilin also liked to go to the teahouse on the first floor to ask for a plate of pastries and a pot of hot tea, and listen to the chatting and laughing of the merchants; He can listen to this for most of the day.

The complicated news, after his meticulous research and judgment, couldn't help but arouse great curiosity about the Baihu officer he had never met.

To be able to fight with the Mongolian Tatars on the grassland, grab a trade route, escort Persian goods to Gansu Town, and gain a foothold in Shiguantun, where there is no production of grain, is already bold enough, transferred to Yonghetun, was attacked by horse thieves and burned down the Tunzi, and dared to directly lose the old Zhuangtun and go to the old sheep to build a new Tunzi, the courage is not abundant.

"This Ximen Baihu has offended all the people inside and outside, and the situation doesn't look good," Xin Lilin pinched the salted soybeans, carefully put them in his mouth and chewed them, and drank the hot tea in the cup in one gulp; If he knew that Xiao Ye and Jiang Jie, the commander of the town, were mortal enemies, he probably would have dispelled even the idea of going to Lao Yangkou to have a look.

In his hometown, Xin Lilin is known as a ghost talent, reasoning about the current situation, seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, extremely accurate, if it weren't for the enthusiasm in Lijia Village, he is still a handsome talent; However, providence makes it difficult to even walk now.

"Okay, Xin'an and Xiaoren are still in the old sheep's mouth, and I have also taken advantage of the kindness of others, so let's go and take a look first," Touching the faintly painful wound on his leg, Xin Lilin turned his head slightly and glanced at the soldier standing beside him, "Let's go back and rest early,"

Shiguantun, Hu Shibiao, who had already woken up, leaned on the soft couch on the kang, and closed his eyes without saying a word with a complicated expression.

The guards around the kang front, these guards were all selected by him in the gravel fort, and it stands to reason that he has followed him for many years, and there should be no dissent; However, today, his intact eyes could see several of their changing expressions.

"Well, how long has the official been asleep?" After a while, Hu Shibiao opened his eyes, twisted his neck from side to side, and his whole body was sore and uncomfortable, as if he was rusty.

"Baihu, you have been asleep for ten days, it is the Qin Banner Officer and the Lei Banner Officer, who are escorting you back from the grassland," the guards standing by the fire kang reported in a low voice, "Our brothers, thirteen have died, and two are being healed by Li Langzhong,"

"Hehe, there are only five of you left," Hu Shibiao smiled with a pale face, and grinned self-deprecatingly, "The official is incompetent, but he is tired of your heavy casualties,"

"Say, a few of you have come in, there is not even a sentry outside, there must be something, say it, the official will not blame you," Touching the white cloth wrapped around his right eye, Hu Shibiao asked in a condensed voice.

"Baihu, yesterday the secretary Wang sent silver, with our salary, and what kind of subsidy, saying that the sergeants who went to the grassland have it," the guard said worriedly, "We didn't dare to agree, the silver is still there,"

Following the fingers of the guard, Hu Shibiao raised his eyes and saw that on the table in the middle of the house, a small iron box was quietly placed there, and it was obvious that it contained a silver ticket.

There are only 100 households, and the salary of the sergeant is to use a silver ticket, I really don't know, how much water he got in Ximen Xiao Night, Hu Shibiao scolded secretly in his heart, and asked casually, "How much silver?" ”

"One thousand taels of silver for the bereavement, three hundred taels of silver for a month, fifty taels of silver for one hundred households, and one thousand taels for the subsidy, a total of two thousand three hundred and fifty taels," the guard said cautiously, "The twenty brothers have all paid their money last month,"

"Si," Hu Shibiao gasped when he heard this, "Good handwriting, good guts, good Ximen Xiao Ye, no wonder, no wonder those Shiguantun military households, regard you as a real hundred households, my old / Hu is just a façade,"

In the event of a war or military affairs, military households have food and salary, and they usually either rent land for a living, or rely on their craftsmanship to eat.

But if you think about it, there is no half an acre of land here, if Xiao Ye followed the practice of other hundred households, it is estimated that the military households would have run out long ago, and even the artisan households would be difficult to retain.

After being stunned for a while, Hu Shibiao came to his senses and snorted coldly, "Does Ximen Baihu still have anything to say?" "There will be no pie in the sky, and Hu Shibiao will naturally not be dazzled by this money.

"Yes, Ximen Baihu said that the tablets of the brothers who died in the war will be sent to the land temple for worship, so let you take care of your injuries first, and the salary will be the same, and he will take care of the military affairs for the time being," the guards hesitated, "A few of us, we will go to the training ground in the afternoon to practice, and follow the little six sons and them,"

"Nonsense, Lao Tzu is not dead yet," Hu Shibiao was immediately angry, a little silver, you just turned your elbow out, I was really angry. Thinking of this, Hu Shibiao waved his hand to fan the guard, only to find that his right hand was wrapped in a thick strip of cloth, and there were dark red blood stains oozing on it.

Suddenly, a chill came down from his head, and Hu Shibiao felt that the pain in his right hand, head, and body was unbearable.

"Baihu, don't be angry, the little ones won't leave you," the guards swore with tears in their eyes, and the other four guards also swore poisonous oaths one after another.

"The captain died under the Tartar arrow, our force is too weak, if we don't practice our skills, where can we avenge you for the hundred households," the guards knelt in front of the kang and smashed their heads again and again.

Hu Shibiao forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at his guards coldly, "Say, how is the injury of this official, and what kind of revenge do you want to revenge?" ”

"Lord Baihu, your right hand was shot by a tartar, the little ones were only concerned about bandaging the wound at the time, and they didn't find that the arrow was poisonous, and when they returned to Shiguantun, it was already too late," Thinking about Hu Shibiao's right palm after opening the cloth strip, the guards were trembling all over, and the rotten flesh fell off as soon as it was touched, where is the hand.

"Ximen Baihu sent someone to urgently invite Dr. Liu from Gansu Town, and he can only and only amputate the palm of the Baihu Lord, otherwise his life will not be saved," the guards finally confided the truth under Hu Shibiao's forced gaze.

"Fortunately, the arrow that hurt the eyes of Baihu was not poisonous, otherwise Dr. Liu would be helpless,"

On the mortar-made ondol, the cover was thick, but Hu Shibiao was cold and speechless for a long time, and he realized at this time that Xiao Ye was not seizing his military power, but protecting himself and protecting his position in the hundreds of households.

If Qianhu learns of his injury, I am afraid that his fate will be to turn back into a crippled military household, where can he keep his wealth outside his body.

"Huh," with a long sigh, Hu Shibiao collapsed on the soft couch, and said sourly for a long time, "Go, you go, remember, Ximen Baihu treats me well, and I must not do ungrateful things, and those pensions will be handed over to the families of the brothers,"

This trip back and forth, if it weren't for Xiao Ye's flag officer, who insisted on walking the Gobi and the desert, and trekking back and forth from a long distance, I am afraid that he would not just walk the two grasslands for dozens of miles, but he still lost his temper because of this, no wonder people even ignored themselves; The Tartar cavalry has become a mad dog, and they can't shake it off even if they stick to it.

"Baihu," Hu Shibiao's frustrated order made the guards cry like rain, choked Peng Peng and kowtowed, bidding farewell to this boss who had followed him for a long time, even if it was to avenge Baihu, they had to leave.

From now on, Hu Shibiao will have his family to take care of him, and he can be regarded as living peacefully in Shiguantun.

However, these guards did not leave Shiguantun, and their families, as well as the families of the brothers who died in the war, will be sent by Huang Fugui to Laoyangkou Stone Fort; In the future, their relationship with the Gravel Castle will become more and more estranged.

The military households living in Shiguantun, as well as the Tianjia shops, have to be moved to the old Yangkou Stone Fort, where the terrain is much safer; Riding the tide are the fly-like petty traders who will not be allowed to go up the mountain in the future.

When Xin Lilin sat in a carriage and began to rush to Lao Yangkou on the tenth day after being carried out of the prison, outside the Lao Yangkou fire pier, the construction site was full of people, and people came and went.

With the support of water umbrellas, a large amount of yellow plaster is piled up into a hill, and there is sand and gravel on the spot to sift; After the poured square stones were dried and solidified, they were hoisted by long poles and placed into the dug foundation.

Xiao Ye planned to set it up as a civilian stone fort, which was mainly inhabited by military households, artisan households, hunters, and those peasant households, and even Wang Qing's escort team also lived here; The sergeants were mainly trained in Shiguantun, which was a purely military location.

Except for the annual solar term, which allows their military households to go to the land temple to offer incense and worship, at other times, Xiao Ye is not allowed to enter.

The stone houses built in the stone fort are all built with stucco, two floors up and down, according to the format of two rooms and one courtyard for each family, neatly arranged in the stone fort, Wang Dali has already calculated, the stone fort is built, there are enough 300 households to live in it, and it will be crowded if there are more.

The strength of the people is great, and the speed of the construction of the old Yangkou Tunbao makes the construction site the same every day.

The stone fort is no more than one zhang and five feet high, and the circumference is not more than four miles, which is a common practice, but there is no tunzi of any family, and the tun wall will all be made of plaster; The stone castle was built with a huge amount of mortar, and Xiao Ye was silent, and the others were all invisible, and they didn't spend a penny of their own money.

The most important thing is that in addition to the flag sergeants, there are also reserve sergeants on duty in the tunpu, who are called servants to the outside world, and they are not only responsible for guarding the fort wall, but also responsible for the guard of the water umbrella, the garrison of the warehouse, and they can go to the mill to work in their spare time to earn money; These soldiers are also Xiao Ye's future soldiers.

Naturally, there must be a small market in Tunpu, and the mill maintained by the escort team is near the Beibao Gate, where a large number of laborers will gather in the future, and the wages obtained will be able to support the family.

These plans were not thought up by Xiao Ye, but by Li Xunwu's suggestions; After drinking sour tea with Li Xunwu a few times, Xiao Ye decisively handed over the daily management of this Tunbao to Li Xunwu, assisted by Ma Gui, and supervised by Wang Dali.

After all, Wang Dali, who is illiterate, still has to manage the mill in the quarry, and his energy is really limited.

has no identity, and in the future, he will go to the Thousand Households to report a chief flag officer, and Xiao Ye is still willing to do it.

The old Yangkou Tunbao was built very quickly, and the craftsmen who kept working day and night put a piece of stucco stone like a building block, mixed with plaster and mortar to overlap the bricks, and a stone fort with two gates in the north and south gradually took shape.

The North Fort Gate is left for the craftsmen to transport sand and gravel raw materials, and the South Fort Gate has become the main passage for people to enter and exit.

Huang Deshan's vision is very keen, the old Yangkou Tunbao has not yet been built, he found Li Xunwu, greeted in the wasteland outside the fort, surrounded a vacant land, a cart of charcoal pulled over to hoard, and sold to the residents in the fort in the future, he took advantage of the location.

With his demonstration, Tian Fangjun and the deacon of the Wang family also ran over from the workshop area, and at the fork near the avenue, they built a stucco stone house, preparing to build shops and restaurants.

Xiao Ye didn't pay attention to the nearby wasteland, as long as the merchants could plant Coptis chinensis trees and build many houses, it would attract more displaced people to come over.

The three merchants who coincided with his ideas had already begun to recruit homeless workers in Gansu Town.

In the middle of November, the cold wind gradually rose, a carriage came slowly from the avenue, and the carriage passed by, it was four fast horses, Qin Shi with a subordinate, one person and two horses, hurriedly galloped towards Gansu Town.

Since the middle of the month, the Tian family caravan entrusted by Fuguilou has sent two truckloads of grain and mineral materials to Shiguantun, Xiao Ye has received a secret letter from Deputy Qianheda Guanglin that in the future, the caravan going to Shiguantun will carry other goods that are not hindered, but iron, copper, saltpeter and sulfur are absolutely not allowed to appear, otherwise they will be severely punished, this is a private notice from the government.

Although Shiguantun is under the jurisdiction of the Gravel Fortress, it is still in the Tartars' sphere of influence, and it is easy to find an excuse.

In order to prevent the Mongol Tatars from obtaining military supplies, in fact, they wanted to cut off Xiao Ye's plaster business, if nothing else, the number of military households under Xiao Ye gradually increased, and it was even more important to rely on the production of those two stone mills to survive.

Xiao Ye, who came back from the training ground, after getting the secret letter, thought about it for a while, and sent his personal guards to find Qin Shishi, "Go, find an opportunity to kill Jiang Jie to this official, don't leak traces,"

If you want to say that there are no Jiang Jie's hands and feet in this matter, Xiao Ye really doesn't believe it, so she naturally thinks of her wife and concubine, who are still recuperating in the house. In particular, the long scar on Mei'er's face made his heart twist.

The father-in-law explained that he was not allowed to lead troops into the side wall in violation of the law, so sending the hunter team would not violate his promise.

Gansu Zhenqiu is about to go, even if Jiang Jie is lazy, he has to show up to deal with it, plus Qin Shi is holding a Mauser rifle, if he can't find a chance to kill this opponent, then he has to go to Huang Hanxiang's Bailong Lake to loosen his muscles.

Xin Weilin's carriage arrived at the old sheep's mouth fire pier, and the military man who drove the car found the vigilant sergeant, not to mention anything else, as soon as he flashed the iron plate on his neck, he knew that it was his own person, "Xin Xiucai, Lijia Village, Gansu Town, want to see the adults of a hundred households,"

Coincidentally, Xiao Ye rode to the fire pier, and was in the room on the second floor, talking to his wife and concubine, when he saw Xiao Liuzi coming up, "Xiao Liuzi, is there something?" ”

"Lord Baihu, there is a Xin Xiucai outside, he wants to see the adult," Xiao Liuzi said with an unkind face, just now he asked Xiucai in the carriage to come out, and the people didn't even pay attention to it, but it made him angry enough.

"Xin Xiucai?" Xiao Ye frowned, then let go, and laughed loudly, "Another scholar is here, Xiao Liuzi, don't neglect the official's guests,"

Seeing that her husband had something to do, Mei'er, who was sitting on the soft chair, pursed her lips and smiled, "Brother Xiao, you are busy with yours, I still have accounts to read, and Lena also has to learn," Mei'er, who had long green silk hanging down her temples, like Lina next to her, has quietly matured a lot after such a life and death experience.

"Yes, husband, you are busy with you, just come and accompany us at night," Lina, who had the splint on her arm removed, said with a smile, "My sister and I haven't been intimate with you for a long time," As soon as these words came out, Mei'er's cheeks suddenly turned red, and Xiao Ye was also stunned; The little six sons who were standing at the door had already gone out and downstairs.

"You damn girl, you want to die," Mei'er dropped the brush in her hand and slapped Lena with a wave of her little hand, and the two girls made a mess.

Xiao Ye looked at the frolic in front of him stupidly, his eyes smiled into a slit, the two girls who had recovered from their injuries had regained their spirits, and the guilt in his heart was much less.

Xiao Ye, who was in a good mood, came to the outside of the fire pier and saw Xin Weilin in a wheelchair, and then suddenly it turned out that he couldn't get on the fire pier, not under the pretext of hypocrisy, so it was easy to say.

Sitting in a wheelchair and looking at the lively crowd on the construction site, Xin Lilin was very fascinated, Xiao Ye did not disturb him, waved his hand to let the military man retreat, and stepped forward to support the back of the wheelchair, and watched the busy scene in front of him with him.

The big black man Li Shan was dressed in an earthy yellow field uniform, carrying a fire/gun on his back, a wide ox belt tied to his waist, a hunting knife, a short fire/gun, and a pair of soft leather boots on his feet. There are hundreds of households in the fire pier, and the captain is in charge of close guards, and they only monitor the perimeter.

I haven't seen him for more than half a month, Li Shan's haggard face has a glow, and after continuous drills, his body bones are stronger, and even the momentum of speaking is enough.

What surprised Xin Weilin even more was that Li Xin'an, who had always spoken quietly and kindly, held the account book on the construction site and followed Wang Dali, and the two pointed to the fort wall of the construction site from time to time and discussed loudly.

"It seems that Li Zi and Xin'an are doing well, much better than in the village, but I don't see where Xiaoren is?" Xin Weilin, who was talking to himself, looked at everything in front of him softly; These busy people, although their physical strength is strong or weak, but the indescribable spirit makes them do their best and run before and after to build the stone fort.

"Filial piety? He is a busy man now, seeing that the hour is still in the workshop area, looking for the deacon of the Huang family to ask for iron bars," Behind him, a clear and loud voice came, and Xin Weilin turned around and saw a tall young man with arrowy eyebrows, looking at him with a smile.

This tall man of his own age, wearing khaki clothes, up and down, looked very eye-catching; However, Xin Weilin, who had already seen Li Shan's dress, would not be surprised, "It's Ximen Baihu in person, scholar Xin Weilin, I've seen Baihu adults,"

"Oh, you can guess at a glance that it's the official, and the eyesight is good," Xiao Ye stepped forward with a smile, half-squatting next to Xin Weilin's wheelchair, and looked at the construction site in front of him with him, "The official is Ximen Xiao Ye, Xin Xiucai, you can be regarded as coming,"

"Xiucai? Baihu laughed, the three provinces have already taken away their fame, but it's just a cloth cloth," Xin Weilin pursed his lips bitterly and stretched out his hand, "Compared with Baihu, the wise man who shelters the world, I'm afraid you are the only one who has a stone path,"

On the back of his hand full of scars, the staggered blood scabs made Xiao Ye slightly stunned, he didn't expect that a thin scholar, who had not recovered from a serious injury, could be so calm and composed, not to mention, his hamstrings were broken, his legs were broken, and it was difficult to heal.

"Don't dare, Xiao Ye is just doing his best, the people who can come to join me can't survive at home, give them a place to live, eat a bowl of full rice, that's all," Xiao Ye got up solemnly and replied in a deep voice, "Moreover, they have joined the military household, and they are my brothers,"

Not to mention Li Shan's man, even Xiao Liuzi's boxing skills are hot, and he is very handy at learning fire/guns, and he is a flag officer; It is said that Li Xin'an's arrival cleaned up Yonghetun's confused accounts, and also made Mei'er no longer embarrassed, and how much help he gave Wang Dali was enough to make Xiao Ye admire the reader.

Oh, it's Li Xunwu's stinky temper, he doesn't recognize people, Xiao Ye can only pinch his nose and endure it, people who have the ability may have a bit of character.

"Baihu is right, a place to live, a bowl of full rice, the people only need so much, but they still can't get it," Xin Weilin smiled bitterly, "To say a fair word, just like me, I will become a waste,"

"No, where is the waste, what I lack here is a reader, oh, does Brother Lin have a table?" Xiao Ye looked at the somewhat decadent Xin Weilin with a sideways face, "Ximen Xiao Ye, the word stone road,"

With such a straightforward question, Xin Weilin was still difficult to adapt to, and said with a strong smile, "The scholar has three provinces, and three provinces a day."

"The knowledge of a scholar is profound, and I will ask for more advice in the future," After speaking, Xiao Ye got up and pushed the wheelchair, "Let's go, let's go to the room and see how the meal is prepared?" ”

Xiao Ye pushed Xin Lilin in front, Junhan and Xiao Liuzi glanced at each other, smiled helplessly, and followed behind.

In the open space to the west of the stone fort, more than a dozen military mothers-in-law are busy cooking, lined up in a large stove, ten large iron pots, steaming wheat porridge; Baskets of flatbread, as well as boiled and rotten beef and mutton, are fragrant.

"Baihu is here," the mother-in-law saw Xiao Ye a lot, so she would not be restrained, greeted with an open voice, and continued to do her own thing.

When eating at the hour of the hour, you have to do a good meal, and you can't delay the two meals at noon, day and night, and the rules set by the hundred households, if they delay the meals of the nearly 400 people, then the Wang priest will definitely deduct the wages.

The craftsmen followed the direction of the well in the fire pier and drilled two wells in the tunpu, and now there is no shortage of draft water on the construction site.

Two bowls of wheat rice, piled with oily pieces of meat on them, Xiao Ye served a bowl, and Xin Weilin also stuffed a bowl in his hand, "Come, taste our Yonghetun rice," holding the chopsticks broken by grass branches, Xiao Ye rushed to Xin Weilin Yile, squatted next to him and ate it.

"Hehe, it's a good informality, then I'll try it too," Xiao Ye's easy attitude made Xin Weilin smile happily, holding rough chopsticks, and gulping up the wheat rice; Hot rice and meat pieces, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes when he ate it, and he sighed.

At night, in the barracks tent next to the construction site, there was a lot of snoring, and in addition to the soldiers on guard, there were only four scorching bonfires burning in Bibi.

In the room on the second floor of the fire pier, Mei Erlina next door had already rested, Xiao Ye and Xin Weilin were sitting at the wooden table, a pot of ale wine and two side dishes, talking quietly in the candlelight.

Facing Xin Wei Linnei, who came to take refuge, Xiao Ye didn't know that he just came to see first, but regarded him as his own; A disabled person came from afar with a wheelchair, and since he came, he didn't have to go.

Xiao Ye's alcohol consumption is extremely poor, coupled with this spicy Lin Man and the edge of his eyes, a glass of ale wine is in his stomach, and naturally the conversation box will be opened; Taking advantage of the slightly drunken wine, Xiao Ye did not mention anything other than the magical stone mill, and confided in the original place.

A young hundred-hundred-household, who can hide things in his heart for so long, is already very determined, and when he encounters the opportunity to confide, he naturally can't finish his words; He said it happily, but the more Xin Weilin listened, the more shocked he became, and the more he listened, the more bitter the smile on his face became stronger.

In this way, it seems that he can't go, even if he has to go, how far can people let themselves go, can they get to the gravel fort? Xin Weilin, who was secretly lamenting, scolded himself in his heart for letting a bowl of wheat rice be bought, not to mention, but also to take his three brothers.

Oh, thinking of those three stupid brothers, Xin Weilin naturally thought of the villagers in Lijia Village, and now, he didn't even have the mind to be lucky.

There are more than 30 people in the family of three tax collectors in Gansu Town, and there is no trace overnight, who else can do it, the main family behind the rich building.

Xin Weilin, who has experienced the disaster of imprisonment and recuperated in Fuguilou, now understands that Xiao Ye has a great friendship with the Persians, no wonder he will destroy the three families in one go, and he is ruthless.

After drinking the wine in the pot, Xiao Ye went to the back room to rest, Xin Lilin sat alone under the lamp and candle, chattering about the leftovers on the plate, chewing slowly, now, he has regarded himself as the think tank of a hundred households, and he has to take care of him before talking about anything else.

Early the next morning, Xiao Ye went down to the second floor refreshed, ran to the well to fetch water and wash, except for the sergeants on the platform, the other sergeants and family members in the fire pier had already gone to the construction site to help, twenty copper a day plus three meals for free, it would be a fool not to go.

Even the families of the sergeants came from afar on the fire piers under the jurisdiction of other hundred households, and the flow of people on the construction site was constantly increasing.

found Xin Weilin, who was resting on the first floor, the two had breakfast, Xin Weilin got into the carriage, and Xiao Ye rode a horse to accompany Shiguantun.

At the foot of Shiguan Tun Mountain, Xin Lilin looked at the ruined Shiguan from the window of the carriage, "Shidao, why don't you build a pass in Shiguan, you have yellow plaster here,"

"The Tartars dare to come, the official power should be used for training, and the other hundred households dare to come, let the Tartars use them to train the soldiers, and the pass is best built in the heart, not under the feet," Xiao Ye on the war horse replied with a smile, under the sun, the white teeth were very gloomy in Xin Weilin's opinion.

"This person, maybe he can assist," Putting down the curtain, Xin Weilin leaned on the couch, looking at his injuries and retreating, speechless. If Xiao Ye was an official like an inspector, maybe Xin Weilin would be willing to accompany him, but a hundred households, hey.

There were more than 800,000 soldiers in the Ming border army in Zhengde, and firearms accounted for nearly half of the combat strength of the whole army.

Shiguantun is now much quieter, as the military households have moved away, the popularity seems to be much weaker, only the craftsmen in the quarry are still tirelessly quarrying stones every day, knocking them into small pieces, and moving them to the mill to put them into stone mills, in exchange for monthly wages.

As the family members will move to Lao Yangkou Tunbao, some of the craftsmen here will also leave, but the rest will be turned into servants, with food and wages, just like Lao Yangkou Tunbao, as Xiao Ye's reserve troops.

In Yang Tianshou's private school in Tunli, there was the sound of reading and the faint sound of fire/gunfire on the training ground in the distance, which made Xin Lilin subconsciously look up at the sky, such a contradictory scene, it is rare to see it in his life.

Hu Shibiao came back from injury, Yang Tianshou moved to the private school, and now there are many empty houses in the tun, and Xiao Ye is bound to have an office here, and the abandoned hundred households will be opened again.

In the small courtyard, Xiao Ye and Xin Weilin sat on the stone bench, the guards brought tea, the two drank tea silently, for a long time, Xin Weilin put down the teacup, "Baihu, the current situation you are facing is already in danger,"

"The winter solstice is approaching, the Mongol Tatar invasion is just around the corner, they have suffered here, and it is the edge of their territory, they will not let go of the horizontal thorn in the throat, the Madao Stone Fort is the gateway, and it needs to be strictly guarded."

"The business of Fuguilou is booming, and someone is bound to reach out to take it, so as not to take precautions, so as not to harm hundreds of households,"

"Gansu Town secretly does not allow military funds to come here, and the thousands of households in the Gravel Fort ignore it, just waiting for you and the Tartars to fight for a defeat, and the fisherman's profits can be obtained,"

"Jiang Jie and the horse thief will not let go of the opportunity to plot against you, no matter how you count, you are a loser,"

"Shiguantun does not have a workshop for making weapons, and all rely on outsiders, although it can be protected from outsiders' prying eyes, but once the weapons are consumed too much, the sergeant will be left with flesh and blood,"

"Hundreds of households hide soldiers outside the pass, but the strength is still thin, it can't withstand consumption at all, the young and strong population is still too small, but more food is a weakness, and the grain trade is cut off, and Shiguantun is declining,"

"It is understandable to escort the Persians to get commissions and even firearms, but one is to damage the troops, and the other is that the Persians will not always hire your soldiers, once things change, the consumption of firearms is huge, where does the money come from?"

"I heard that Baihu used the population to exchange goods with the Persians earlier, although the rumors are not true, but if you want to damage your reputation, others will easily do it,"

There are no outsiders here, Xin Weilin broke his fingers, analyzing them one by one, Xiao Ye's weaknesses were clear at a glance, which was also the reason why Gravel Castle ignored him.

At the end of the day, there is still no reliable foundation, and everything is built on the beach and cannot withstand the wind and rain.

Xiao Ye listened to Xin Weilin's words, nodded lightly, his expression was solemn, he could listen to other people's words, especially the bad words, he paid more attention; Advice is good for action, and my father's earlier teachings dare not be forgotten.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from the gate of the courtyard, and a scholar in a green robe walked in with a paper fan.

My God, does Ximen Baihu like to find scholars with weak legs? Xin Weilin thought sullenly, but his face was silent, staring at it, just as he collided with the visitor's sight.

With the attitude of the guards outside and letting the people enter on their own, Xin Weilin knew that the person who came was in Shiguantun, and his identity was probably not ordinary.

"Baihu, you're back," the green-robed scholar bowed, and seeing that Xiao Ye looked good, he turned his face to look at Xin Weilin, "This benevolent brother, I think it's Xin Xiucai in the Baihu household, I'm Wang Ziliang, and the word is Liu Ren,"

"Hehe, Brother Liu Ren," Xin Weilin bowed his hand and said apologetically, "It's inconvenient to get up because of the injury, Xin Sanxing is rude,"

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone is their own people, how can you say it," Wang Ziliang's sharp eyes swept over Xin Lilin's hand, and he chuckled, "There is Li Langzhong in this tun, and he will come to show you later,"

"By the way, it's like this, why didn't I forget it," Xiao Ye patted his head in annoyance, "Mei'er also confessed when I came, I forgot what I said, I should fight, I should fight,"

Seeing that Xiao Ye got up and was about to greet the guards, Xin Weilin's heart warmed, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "Baihu is not in a hurry, finish talking first, Li Langzhong can't run, and it won't get in the way later,"

But Xiao Ye still stood up, called the guards, and went to invite Li Muchen.

Wang Ziliang sat down, the paper fan was gently tapped in the palm of his hand, and when he saw Baihu sitting down, he pondered for a while, "Shicai is at the door, and when I heard the last few words of the three provincial brothers, Liu Ren bowed to him, but Liu Ren also wanted to add the meaning of Baihu,"

"First of all, the shock is small, hundreds of households have already arranged people to do it, and in less than ten days, Jiang Jie's life will be difficult to protect,"

"Secondly, the Persians are far away from Shiguan, but the goods are sufficient, and the brothers on the grassland outside Shiguan will not stop escorting the goods, not to mention, Lina, the concubine of the hundred households, is the granddaughter of the Persian village chief,"

Two simple sentences show Xiao Ye's advantage, even if he loses the attack and defense with the Tartars, but the trust of the Persians is still there, so what does it matter if he loses once.

Such a tough attitude, although Xiao Ye did not say it personally, but as Xiao Ye's confidant Wang Ziliang, what he said represented the attitude of a hundred households, and Xin Weilin knew it.

"At present, our military affairs are to assist the hundred households to deal with miscellaneous matters, eliminate hidden dangers, and the hundred households will make every effort to deal with the invasion of the Tartars, perhaps, they have begun to assemble," Wang Ziliang emphasized lightly, which made Xin Weilin wake up in shock.

Yes, this is Shiguantun, everything is focused on military affairs, and the others have to lean back, "Thank you Brother Liu Ren for your advice, the three provinces are reckless," Xin Lilin solemnly crossed his hands and saluted, in exchange for Wang Ziliang's kind smile, the two of them will be the auxiliary staff of Ximen Baihu in the future.