Xu Renjie's eyes lit up: "Brother Zhu, now that the whole of Shaanxi is in chaos, we should take this opportunity to quickly attack the city and seize the land, and occupy more territory......

"No way!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "Although there is chaos at this time, the officers and soldiers are still strong. The more cheerful these rebels are now, the faster they will die. It is not difficult for us to take advantage of the chaos to attack the city and plunder the land, but we have also lost the opportunity to lay a solid foundation, and after Hong Chengchou has cleaned up some of the rebels, he will turn around and attack us...... When the time comes, it will be difficult for us to resist. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang concluded: "Instead of taking advantage of this chaotic time to compete for a large amount of territory that cannot be managed, it is better to take the opportunity to train troops and lay a good foundation for ourselves." ”

At this time, the total strength of Zhu Yuanzhang's army has been nearly 10,000, due to the occupation of Baishui and Chengcheng after the fame, the small group of rebels on the east road have come to vote, in just a few months, the strength of the army has swelled from 3,000 to 10,000, but the new 7,000 people are almost all untrained, unorganized and undisciplined rogue soldiers, compared with the 7,000 young men who light the lamp are no different.

Relying on these rabble, it is no problem to forcibly capture some small county towns with numerical superiority, but it is impossible to hold them after occupying them, and as soon as Hong Chengchou's officers and soldiers come, these guys will have to be scattered! Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to take advantage of Hong Chengchou's lack of skills to step up the training of these newcomers, so that they could become soldiers who could stand alone.

The leaders thought carefully for a while, and also felt that the leader was reasonable, so they went back and hurriedly stepped up their training to make ......weapons for the recruits.

This spring, there was still a hint of humidity in the air, and the farmers, who are very sensitive to the climate, breathed a sigh of relief. From the end of the apocalypse to the end of the third year of Chongzhen, the continuous drought has frightened the farmers, and now every year as soon as spring begins, they look at God with their eyes, hoping that God can give a spring rain like Chongzhen in the fourth year.

Fortunately, this year is also a rare good year in the Xiaoice River period, just after the Spring Festival, a light rain came, making the heaven and earth peaceful, and the Huanglong Mountain thieves who had only distributed a large number of fields from Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have seen their fields full of crops, and they were smiling one by one.

As usual, Zhu Yuanzhang got up before dawn and boxed in the yard. The courtyard where he now lives, just across the street from the Baishui Yamen, is a mansion that has been vacant after a small merchant has fled. Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhang Yingxian and the two of them to move in, each occupying a room, and there were dozens of empty rooms in the courtyard that no one could live in, and the mansion of Nuoda was deserted.

Zhu Yuanzhang likes this kind of coldness!

After two punches and a sweat, Zhang Yingxian walked over from the side, she was dressed very beautifully today, a light green silk shirt looked beautiful in the early morning light, and it looked like she had the taste of a young lady. In the past, when she was in Huanglong Mountain, all materials were scarce, and she wore coarse cloth clothes for several years, but now that she has come to the county seat, it is not difficult to get some silk clothes to wear, and she can give herself a little bourgeoisie. Fortunately, although she is dressed as a petty bourgeoisie, her heart has changed a lot, and the temper of those official ladies in the past is not visible at all now, and anyone who sees her will think that she is a gentle, virtuous, hard-working and capable woman.

Zhang Yingxian held a bowl of gruel and said softly: "Xianggong, you're tired of boxing, come and eat breakfast......"

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the stone bench by the courtyard, took the porridge and drank it, while Zhang Yingxian stood beside him, took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the sweat beads from Zhu Yuanzhang's cheeks, and said softly: "At this time, it is only early spring, and the weather is still cold, you are afraid that your close-fitting clothes will be soaked with sweat this time, I will go and get a piece of clothing for you to change, otherwise you will catch a cold in wet clothes." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang responded dryly.

Zhang Yingxian was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly, there was a heavy knock at the gate of the courtyard, followed by Miao Mei's voice coming in: "Brother Zhu, you should have gotten up early, right?" I'm about to hire some idlers to help with farm work, and Brother Leng Feng also asked me to hire people for him, do you want me to hire a few for you? ”

Originally...... Because several of the big leaders in the cottage have made great contributions, and they have received a large number of fields when they are rewarded for meritorious deeds, so they have become veritable landlords, and in a good year like this year, the crops will definitely grow well, and according to the rule, the landlord's family will invite a few more tenants, so that their fields can be harvested a little more.

Miao Mei got up early in the morning, and teamed up with Ma Xiaotian, Feishan Tiger, Big Red Wolf and others, wanting to go to the place where idlers live in the city and hire a few suitable crop men...... As a result, Yang Hong also got in, in fact, he only needed to send his own soldiers to hire people, but in order to get along with the old leaders, he deliberately handed over this matter to Miao Mei to help, which can be regarded as well-intentioned.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled secretly in his heart, Yang Hong, this guy was scared in the court, and he is really cautious now! Forget it, let him be. He tore open his throat and shouted outside, "You don't need to hire me, you can just take care of yourself." ”

"Great!" Miao Mei's voice was far away.

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to stand up and change into dry clothes, when suddenly there was a soft knock at the door, which was inaudible.

"Who is it?"

"It's me...... Plum...... Li Sanmei......"

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised: "What are you doing here with me?" ”

Zhang Yingxian went over and opened the door, only to see Li Sanmei blushing, flashing in through the crack in the door with a whoosh, quickly closing the door, and then turned around, and knelt on the ground with a pop: "Brother Zhu...... Help me! ”

"What? Rise up and speak! Zhu Yuanzhang's heart flashed a bad premonition, a woman came to him for help, it must be no good thing!

Really! Li Sanmei's face was flattened, and she said with a crying voice: "Brother Zhu, I have been at Brother Leng Feng's house for a few months, helping him bring tea and water, and cooking miscellaneous rice, but he is not sensible with a wooden fish head, and he still doesn't mention it to my father...... If it goes on like this, I can't be a girl who stays in his house so unclear, right? Brother Zhu, you are clever and invincible, you know astronomy and geography...... Help me think of a way to get him to marry me! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

Zhang Yingxian: "......"

"Zhu Bugs...... Why don't you speak? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

Zhang Yingxian: "......"

"Brother Zhu, don't be in such a daze...... I also have no choice but to think about it before I come to you to beg you, you have always been the most anxious and difficult, save the villagers from fire and water, why can't you save the little girl......"

Zhu Yuanzhang took three steps and made two steps, brushed the ground and flashed to the door, pushed open the door with his left hand, grabbed the clothes on the back of Li Sanmei's neck with his right hand, and threw it out, oops, Li Sanmei fell back to the middle of the street. Then Zhu Yuanzhang closed the door, plugged in the door bolt, moved a stone mill over, and hit the ground behind the door with a bang.

"Whew! What kind of mess is coming to me? Find your own way! Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and the courtyard suddenly returned to quiet.

Zhang Yingxian blinked beside her: "Xianggong...... You're so afraid of getting your hands dirty? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

Zhang Yingxian continued: "Xianggong is a flawless person, only this one flaw has been found by me......" She smiled softly: "If it is intrigue and conspiracy, Xianggong is first-class and powerful, and even those big officials in the court are not your opponents." But if you encounter true feelings and continuous water, the husband will be at a loss and don't know how to deal with it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

"It's useless for you to throw Li Sanmei out!" Zhang Yingxian suddenly became naughty: "I have the same thing to ask you for help, I have been in your house for several years, why don't you always understand my mind?" If I am so unclear, what should I do as a girl? Xianggong, you should give me a real marriage to me! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sweated profusely.

"How? Are you going to throw me out too? Zhang Yingxian winked mischievously.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed helplessly, walked to the door, first moved the big stone mill, then removed the door bolt, opened the door, and saw Li Sanmei still sitting on the ground outside the door. He beckoned, and Li Sanmei quickly jumped up and ran into the courtyard.

"Do you really want to marry Leng Feng?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"I really want to!"

"Didn't you say it was fun?"

"How could a girl be a joker about such a thing." Li Sanmei pursed her mouth.

"How can I understand the changing intestines of women." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly and said, "That's it, I'll go talk about the matchmaker, it's always okay, right?" ”

When he said the first half of the sentence, his face was facing Li Sanmei, and when he said the second half of the sentence, "It's okay like this", his face was facing Zhang Yingxian, obviously to give Zhang Yingxian an explanation.

When Zhang Yingxian heard this, a soft flower slowly bloomed on her face, she is not a stupid village woman, she understands Zhu Yuanzhang's way of speaking! Since Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was willing to help Li Sanmei's feelings blossom and bear fruit, the subtext of course agreed to let Zhang Yingxian's feelings be reciprocated.

She said lightly to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Xianggong...... That's it! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Then I'll go find the cold wind!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Ying lightly blessed: "Xianggong go back quickly, I will prepare wine and food...... There are also red candles...... Hmmm......" Later, two peach blossoms flew on her snow-white face, which was very cute.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but blush slightly.

It was when the atmosphere was beautiful that Li Sanmei suddenly spoke: "Sister-in-law, you are really a good person, you are actually willing to make wine and food and red candles for my marriage with Leng Feng...... Thank you so much! Can you please prepare a few more big red happy words, as well as red gauze tents and futon ......?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

Zhang Yingxian: "......"

"Xianggong, I see...... You'd better throw her out! ”

"Well, I feel the same way!"

(To be continued)