Yonghetun, golden autumn October, although it is not autumn high and cool, but the temperature is not as hot as a while ago.

The military households in the tunli, as well as the military households and craftsmen from the nearby tunzi, began to repair the tun wall under the shouts of Ma Gui and several old craftsmen.

And a large pile of yellow mud, add golden straw and artemisia grass, use a mold to make a square and thick adobe brick, and dry it to use.

The inside of the wall is made of adobe bricks, and a layer of green bricks is covered on the outside; The green bricks had to be bought from a few brick kilns, and Ma Gui had already asked the military household to say hello.

The adobe bricks are made of local materials, and the speed of construction of the tun wall is very fast, and a new wall can be repaired in one day.

"Boom," a section of the badly damaged tun wall was pushed by the craftsmen, kicking up a large puff of smoke and dust, and dozens of men and women waved pickaxes to dig out the foundation and began to rebuild.

On the lively construction site, people came and went, and some old people and children were mixed in, doing some odd work, Ma Gui ignored it with his eyes closed, but let the military households in the tun secretly thank him.

Xiao Ye didn't care about these, he was now in the martial arts arena in the backyard of the hundred households, and he was losing his temper in front of the two guards.

"Those who deliberately damage and lose their ordnance will be compensated according to the price for the first time, and the miners will be punished for a second time, you both know why you lost your crossbow," Xiao Ye carried the fire/gun and roared angrily, "I think I went to the quarry to move my muscles,"

Xiao Ye, who was spitting and flying wildly, trained the two guards so that their heads were about to stick to the ground, and the flag officials Zhang Pingfu and Wang Wanquan standing next to him were even more red as if they had drunk too much ale wine.

Without him, it was the sergeants under their command who somehow found two of the crossbows issued to them in one night, and two arrow magazines full of short arrows disappeared at the same time.

The two fire piers lost a total of four crossbows and forty short arrows, which was something that Xiao Ye had never encountered, and it also made the two guards who had suffered from the unjustified disaster ashamed.

Although they did not reprimand the two flag officials in person, Zhang Pingfu and Wang Wanquan knew that Baihu did not use the excuse to make trouble, it was to give themselves face, and once the matter was investigated, they would not be able to run away by compensating them according to the price.

After firing a fire, Xiao Ye's face softened a little, looked at the row of guards standing still with guns raised on the opposite side, and waved his hand impatiently at the two unlucky guys, "Go, find Uncle Kun to make up for the leading armament, and deduct the salary for next month,"

"Xie Baihu forgiveness," the two guards in a cold sweat hurriedly kowtowed and left, leaving the two flag officers standing still.

"Pingfu, Lao Wang, you two are too careless," Xiao Ye turned to look at the two flag officers, and the anger on his face did not subside, "Although this crossbow is not the standard armament of Qianhu, it is very sharp, once it is obtained by the thief, the fire pier will be dangerous, forty short arrows, you are welcome, use it well to hold the next fire pier,"

"Yes, the subordinate is careless," the two flag officers who had seen the power of the crossbow were sweating profusely on their faces, bowing down and not daring to raise their heads, sighing that their luck had really come home.

"Okay, you two don't go back, hand over the flag officer's waist card," Xiao Ye stood up and said lightly, and the words landed, which immediately made the faces of the two flag officers white.

"If you are not alert to danger, you will suffer sooner or later if you stay in the fire pier, go to the guards first, practice the firearms, and where you go in the future depends on your own intentions," Next, let the hearts of the two flag officers beat wildly, and they knelt on the ground happily, "Xie Baihu forgiveness,"

The treatment in the pro-guard team has been secretly spread among the sergeants, and the salary of a pro-guard is comparable to that of a flag officer, not to mention that it is by the side of a hundred households, so if he is released to be a flag officer in the future, he will be a descendant.

After Zhang Pingfu and Wang Wanquan thanked the hundred households, they touched their waists, waited for Xiao Ye to leave the martial arts arena with a bitter face, and hurriedly went to find Xiao Liuzi.

Back in the living room of the front yard, there were two lean black-clothed sergeants inside, who had been waiting for more than 100 households, each holding a coarse cloth bag with prominent edges and corners.

"Shang An, Shang Tie, you two have worked hard," Xiao Ye at this time, with a smile on his face, he lost the appearance just now, and walked to the table and sat down; The maid who was waiting next to her hurriedly served the herbal tea and withdrew with interest.

The hunters of Jiming Village, under the temptation of being well fed and clothed, finally threw themselves into the arms of Xiao Ye; didn't see that the old chief was treated as a flag officer, and the other hunters relied on their own abilities.

The skilled Orion, Xiao Ye's personal guard, will not let go.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, the two low-headed guards put the bag at Xiao Ye's feet with a smile, "Lord Baihu, fortunately, I don't disgrace my life, four military crossbows, forty short arrows, one is not less,"

"Hehe, you two guys, stealing things, stealing things, why did you take the waist cards of the two flag officers away," Xiao Ye shook his head helplessly, and took out two small silver tickets, "Tonight, go to the wing room again, give the two flag officers, eh, they are also guards, plug five taels to suppress the shock,"

The guards who were originally triumphant suddenly wilted, and the guards who slept in the military house, all of them were shrewd and oily masters, and they wanted to make a ghost in front of everyone, and it was estimated that they might miss too much.

"Hand over the waist card, go down, if you get the silver ticket before tomorrow morning, the two flag officers of the fire pier are the two of you, and the silver treatment remains the same," In the living room, Xiao Ye's deep voice made the two guards look happy, and hurriedly surrendered.

It's a big deal, the two of them shared some copper coins, invited their companions in the side room to eat and drink, and by the way, called the two unlucky guys, and found an opportunity to race the silver tickets into their packages.

Jiaokou Huodun and Xiqu Huodun are the location closest to the direction of Qingfeng Valley, where there are also deserted mountain roads that can enter the mountains, whether they can reach the grassland Xiao Ye I don't know, but the Tartars have not come back this year.

After Xiao Ye learned of this situation, he immediately realized vigilantly that the Jiaokou Fire Pier and the Xiqu Fire Pier were not as stable as they looked, and a battle could break out at any time.

The Tartars didn't move the two fire piers, probably because they didn't want to startle the snakes.

These two fire piers, Xiao Ye is not in his hands, and he can't sleep steadily, so it is imperative to replace the two flag officers and let his personal guards take charge of the fire pier, and doing something is nothing more than peace of mind.

Naturally, the other three fire piers must also be completely controlled in his hands, so that Xiao Ye will stabilize the connection with Shiguantun, without this plan, how can he let Hu Shibiao go to the grassland to find a source of goods safely.

With sufficient money, the repair of the Yonghe Tuntun Wall was very fast, and even Wang Yangwu's business gradually improved when there were more people, and he even took over a large order of 100 households, two wide carriages with tent windows, the kind of double wheel; A few days ago, the streets were still lonely, and there was a lot of laughter and laughter.

In the next few days, Xiao Ye recruited ten sergeants at the construction site of the tun wall, formed a flag team, and arranged for the guards to be the flag officers.

Because Zhang Pingfu and Wang Wanquan lost their crossbows, Zhang Zichang, Wang Daning, and Liu Shui'an were then recalled to the personal guards, and the new flag officers were served by the personal guards who stayed in the fire pier.

As for the rotating new flag officer, Xiao Ye reported to the Thousand Households, and he will be able to send it down in the near future.

As long as the military affairs of the Qianhu Institute can be completed, the small grass-roots officers have no official ranks, and no one will look at them.

October 15 is the Xia Yuan Festival, there is a temple fair in Gansu Town, and I have reported the Xiao Ye of the Thousand Households early, and I plan to accompany the female dependents to go around the temple fair; The two girls followed him, except for staying in the mountains, even in the compound, they never went out, and they nagged themselves more than once.

Thinking about Xiuxiu who was far away in Bailong Lake, Xiao Ye was very ashamed, but now he didn't dare to take Xiuxiu over, it was not a blessing, it was a self-defeating net.

When he went to Gansu Town, Xiao Ye mainly wanted to say to Baodes that the business of Fuguilou was not very stable, and then the transaction became an auction.

This hand immediately blocked the way of those small merchants, and even the big merchants began to fight endlessly, making a relatively calm Gansu Town Chamber of Commerce a chicken.

It's wise, sixty percent of the goods that Baodes gave to the Chamber of Commerce, honestly didn't dare to put them up for auction, otherwise it would be difficult to be a ghost now.

Perhaps, it is the customs of Baodes and them, Xiao Ye, who received the news, although he did not interfere with this kind of auction, he still had to warn him, lest this fat man touch the characters who should not be provoked.

Secondly, he also had to personally arrange for Bauders to buy raw materials, and by the way, help him solve some difficult things.

On October 13, Wang Yangwu sent people to send the carriage to the hundred households, with black-painted canopy windows and a sturdy body, Xiao Ye looked very satisfied, especially the dark compartment under the carriage seat, which was originally a place for rich people to place money and things, and it was quite good to hide fire/guns and other ordnance.

explained to Ma Gui about the affairs of the tunli, leaving a team of sergeants to watch the tun, a team of personal guards in the hundred households, Xiao Ye with a personal guard of thirty-five people, escorted the carriage and left Yonghetun in the early morning of the next day.

The group of people was shaking their horses, with red felt military hats, battle jackets and slurry washed, and a field backpack on each side of the saddle, with blankets and dry food and water bags on one side, and crossbows and earth-shaking thunder on the other side.

The guards carried a revolver in their arms, a mandarin duck jacket and iron mesh leather boots.

The fire/gun and rifle were hidden in the two carriages, so that when they arrived in Gansu Town, they would not attract much attention.

Xiao Ye rode a big green horse, surrounded by guards, walking beside the carriage, the carriage pulled by two horses, the wooden wheel inlaid with iron nails rolled, and went straight to Gansu Town on the avenue without hurry.

According to custom, two fast horses ran in front, Zuo Shi, who acted as a scout, and his companions galloped to a mile away with binoculars, and there was a team of five people behind the horse team, and the little six sons took the broken back; Several healthy horses roamed around, protecting the team tightly.

On the avenue, some pedestrians looked at this majestic horse team, and thought that it was a thousand households that went to Gansu Town, and they were envious.

Just when Xiao Ye rushed to Gansu Town with great interest, in Jiang Jie's house, there was a crackling sound in the study, and a roar continued to sound.

The officials sent by the government inspected the corpses left in the meadow, the corpses of the horse thief Cao Shangfei, and the eye-catching bullet holes on the corpses of the guards, and the muddled grass around them, all of which showed that the people who robbed Jiang Qinggui had not ordinary force.

The warhead dug up from the corpse was sent to Jiang Jie, who was no stranger to folding projectiles, and the rear-loading fire/gun passed in by the Persians was used for this kind of lead pellet.

Coupled with the confessions of the guards, a horse thief fire and the robbery of the Jiang family were settled by the government, and an arrest announcement was issued.

Gansu Weili has this kind of fire/gun, and the range is very large, even Jiang Jie Jiawei also has two in his hands, and there are also merchants who secretly sell them to Tartars.

But if you want to say that the most used number is Ximen Xiaoye; You must know that Xiao Ye's sergeant was the first to take out this kind of fire/gun, and then more than a year later, Fuguilou secretly started the sale of this gun, which is still the kind of designated transaction.

Until now, his son's life and death are unknown, but Jiang Jie has a vague premonition that Jiang Qinggui has encountered an accident, that is, his son is dead; If it weren't for Jiang Qinggui's concubine in the Gravel Castle, who gave birth to a boy two years ago, and his newly married wife was also pregnant, perhaps, Jiang Jie would have gone crazy by now.

Who was killed by someone else's only son, and he is old again, how can he not be sad and angry with his eyes, let alone Jiang Jie, who has always been eager to repay him.

After thinking about it, Jiang Jie speculated for several days, and finally determined that it should be Ximen Xiaoye's hand, but there was no evidence.

No evidence? Speculation is evidence, Jiang Jie believes that if Xiao Ye has a chance, he may be able to commit a black hand.

Today, he received a letter from Fang Shanshui, stating that in the days when Jiang Qinggui had an accident, Xiao Ye was not in Shiguantun at all, but went out to the grassland.

Suddenly, Jiang Jie aimed the signs at Xiao Ye, and the anger he had been aggrieved for many days was completely vented, and he smashed a neat study into a mess, and then leaned back on the chair angrily, his eyes blank.

"Okay, okay, it's really a wolf cub, he endures it so deeply, he dares to collude with the horse thief," Jiang Jie, who muttered to himself, looked at Fang Liang in a daze, and his tone was gloomy.

There is no evidence, the speculation is reasonable and fair, there is no need to dispatch officials and officials, he wants to take revenge on Jiang Jie with his own means, what he wants is a face, and he will take down the Ximen family in one fell swoop this time, and destroy the whole door without leakage, which can be regarded as solving the previous things that were pulled down together.

Even if Xiao Ye showed no signs of being suspected, Jiang Jie would take the opportunity to make a move.

Jiang Jie, who secretly regretted that he had not killed the killer before, did not delay any longer, contacted the officers close to him in the guard, and sent a large amount of silver tickets, one thousand taels of votes/documents printed by Tianjia Qianzhuang, and they were paid immediately at sight.

What he didn't know was that Lu Yidao, a big horse thief in the grassland, had already gathered people and horses, and along the barren mountain trail, he touched the mountains near Yonghetun.

Lu Yidao received the crying report from Cao Shangfei's subordinates, and immediately sent someone to find the eyeliner buried in Gansu Town, a long-term errand officer in the official office, followed him to the scene, and got the news a few days earlier than Jiang Jie, and soon the report reached Lu Yidao's hands.

The largest group of horse thieves on the grassland, their eyes were also fixed on Xiao Ye.

Without him, the power of the fire/gun is obvious to all, and the fire/gun in the hands of Sergeant Xiao Ye is the main target of Lu Yidao, not to mention that Xiao Ye still has some suspicions, so I can't complain about him Lu Yidao's ruthlessness.

There were not many pedestrians on the avenue, the horse team was moving fast, and the carriage was heavily cushioned, and Mer and Lena chatted and looked at the scenery outside with the two maids; This kind of mat made of silk coat is soft to sit on, and you can hardly feel the bumps in the road.

After a day's journey, before the gate of Gansu Town was closed, Xiao Ye and his party entered the city from the west gate, and the officers guarding the door saw their peers enter the city, and after checking the seal, they didn't even ask for the city tax, and waved their hands to let them go, which made Xiao Ye feel good.

The horse team entered the city and drove directly into the backyard of Fuguilou, where the guest rooms were ready, and Baodes pushed the banquet of today's merchants, and waited early in the backyard for the arrival of the hundred households.

The guards pulled the horses into the circle, and it was time to rest, Xiao Liuzi went to find the officer who guarded here, and Xiao Ye settled Mei'er and the daughters, and then went to the study with Baodes.

In the study, Xiao Ye talked with Baodes for a long time, and also understood the way Baodes operated the Fuguilou, so he did not interfere; As long as Baodes can establish a good relationship with the merchants and the government here, and is well-informed, he can transport the necessary raw materials to Shiguantun, he will be satisfied.

"Boydes, are you used to your family here?" Drinking light fragrant tea, Xiao Ye asked casually, this time, the Fortes family seems to be a lot more stable.

"Yes, I'm used to it, but I still have to adapt to the food," Speaking in a strange language, Bades stood respectfully in front of the hundred households, "The goods auctioned by Fuguilou have been in short supply, and I also ask the hundred households to supply more,"

In every transaction, there is his commission, although the cost is a bit large, but it can't stand those merchants to visit all day long, a lot of wine and banquets, Baudez's stomach has been blessed, the original appearance of a capable officer, soon turned into the face of a businessman.

"So, is there anyone who doesn't have long eyes, and can't get along with Fuguilou, let's listen to it," Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes and took a slow sip of tea, "Do things for this official, this official should relieve your difficulties,"

"This," Bauddes shrugged in embarrassment, "It's natural to be stared at, but a few tax collectors in Gansu Town always come to fight the autumn breeze, which is very annoying,"

No one has come to trouble on the official face now, but the little officials below are careless, someone should have come to test it, Xiao Ye smiled, and said nonchalantly, "Tell Xiao Liuzi their names and homes, and he will let people deal with it,"

"Oh, okay, I'll get the list tomorrow night," Bades thought that Xiao Ye would go to clarify the relationship, but he didn't hear Xiao Suo in Baihu's voice.

"The merchants in the rich building have all been withdrawn, only at the time of the auction, they only appeared on the third floor, I set up a tea room in the two-story building, invited a few storytellers, singers, and sold some pastries and meals by the way, people came and went, and those family members were very satisfied,"

"Well, you look at it," Xiao Ye thought about it, the news in the market, sometimes you can also find out the movements of the government, and Baodes's hand should be explained by Wang Ziliang.

After dinner, under the service of the two daughters of Mellina, Xiao Ye took a bath and went to sleep.

The day after tomorrow is the Xia Yuan Festival, he has to take his wife and concubine to the street, by the way, take a look at a few shops in the town, since the Tartars can get the three-eyed fire system, why can't he get the scarce materials.

Just when they were sleeping peacefully in the night, far away in the mountains northeast of Jiaokou Huodun, behind the mountain beams, a team of healthy horses stopped moving, and the war horses with chewing iron were gathered together, and the horse thieves with fierce faces began to camp at the foot of the mountain.

Most of the horse thieves with night blindness are not adapted to the night, and they can only do it after dawn if they want to act; However, this place has already walked out of the mountain road, less than fifty miles away from Yonghetun, and it is not enough to mention the speed of the horse.

Lu Yidao stood on the boulder, looked down at his busy subordinates, and said coldly to the henchmen around him, "Immediately send clever people to keep an eye on me near Yonghetun, tomorrow, Lao Tzu will wash Tunzi with blood, and all the seizures must be taken away,"

"Yes, chief," replied the henchman, and hurried down the high slope; Lu Yidao raised his eyes to look at the scarlet sunset, opened his big mouth and smiled, smiling very hideously.

I brought 300 good players, all of whom can kill and shoot, and under the raid on horseback, can a tattered tunzi be able to block it? Jokes.

I didn't know that Xiao Ye's family had gone to Gansu Town, Lu Yidao walked into his tent with confidence, and the horse thieves outside slept in the tent or in the woods, he didn't care, and the own strength that could survive occupied a tent or two felt blankets.