Because of their previous experience, the people recruited this time were arranged to live and work in an orderly manner. A few years ago, everyone was poor, and it was impossible to say that they could look down on it, and the people from other places quickly integrated into the big collective of Huangzhuang. The manpower is sufficient, and the speed of the renovation of the Huangzhuang is getting faster and faster, and the second batch of people sent to the village also arrived 2 days ago.

To put it mildly, looking for this kind of labor to do relatively simple work, Daming is everywhere, Zhu Houwei values their next generation more, that is, children, once they are cultivated, they will burst out with great power, and Zhu Houwei can also have the confidence to realize his various ideas.

In the past two days, Bai Yulian began to frown coldly at the two brothers. A few days ago, Ding Li, the daughter of Craftsman Ding, recovered from her injuries, and her parents' funeral was also completed seriously by Liu Jin, and then she was sent to the Bai family to be accompanied by Bai Yulian, Bai Yulian was also very happy, and smiled at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao was happy for most of the day, and Zhu Houwei also muttered that this big brother was useless for most of the day.

Ding Li had just arrived at the Bai family, and she hadn't come out of the psychological haze yet, she didn't speak much or laugh, but after a few days of getting along with Bai Yulian, she finally began to slowly improve. Ding Li is also very sticky to Bai Yulian, she follows everywhere she goes, and sleeps together at night, Zhu Houzhao was unhappy for a while after hearing about it. After Bai Xiaode came back, after Zhu Houzhao's explanation, he was also very sympathetic to this little girl, and naturally agreed to Ding Li to stay. But what I didn't expect was that Bai Xiaode got up the next day and found that this 5-year-old girl kept serving tea and pouring water for Bai Xiaode, and she was very attentive, and it was strange that Bai Yulian did not stop watching from the side, so Bai Xiaode asked Ding Li to stop and asked softly, "Xiaoli, is there anything you want to say to Uncle Bai?" Ding Li's eyes shrank, and she said a little hesitantly, "I want to learn martial arts." Bai Xiaode paused for a moment, looked at the little girl's somewhat dim eyes, and said, "Okay, I agreed, if there is anything in the future, I will say it directly, and you don't need to do this." After speaking, he glared at Bai Yulian, only to see Bai Yulian grimacing at him. Ding Li was happy, Bai Xiaode shook his head with a smile and said, "Xiaoli, practicing martial arts is boring, and you are very tired, can you hold on?" "It's true, if you want to achieve something in martial arts, you must practice three summers in summer and three dogs in winter, and you can't stop, the little girl is only 5 years old, Bai Yulian is a strong character, otherwise she may not be able to survive that year.

At this time, Xiao Ding Li said, "I can do it, Sister Bai told me that I can do it." With firm eyes, Bai Xiaode, who was watching, sighed and nodded.

"Sister Lian, I'm looking for you, Xiaoli, my sister has brought you something delicious." Before anyone arrived, the little girl's voice reached the ears of several people. As long as someone in the Bai family is at home, the gate is not closed, and the security of Li Zhen is very good (Jinyiwei does not dare to be presumptuous, and competently acts as a high-quality urban manager, and the security is not good), at this time, the Zhu Houzhao brothers, who are not in class today, have already walked to the courtyard with their sister and are almost in the main hall.

As soon as the words fell, a small, delicate little face appeared at the door of the main hall, looking at the few people in the room with a smile. Then he stepped into the main hall, and Brother Zhu Houzhao also followed, and bowed his hand and said, "Mr. Bai, excuse me." Bai Xiaode stood up with a smile and bowed back, "Where, where." ”

The little girl ran to Ding Li's side and said, "What are you doing?" "Ding Li has also been familiar with this eldest lady of the Zhu Mansion these days, there will not be so many barriers between children, once they start to get acquainted, they will break through the obstruction of identity and communicate with a pure heart.

"Miss, I want to apprentice and practice martial arts with my master." Ding Li looked at the little girl with big eyes and said seriously. As soon as the little girl heard it, she knew "Is it Mr. Bai?" Are you going to be Sister Lian's junior sister? Ding Li nodded: "Master has already agreed." The little girl's eyes rolled, and her little face was flat, "No." Everyone couldn't help but stare at her, only to hear the little girl continue, "Then I also want to apprentice, Xiaoli, you have to apprentice behind me, and be my junior sister in the future." Ding Li didn't feel anything, and nodded a little blankly. The others were a little crying and laughing. The little girl turned around, ran to Bai Xiaode, and said firmly, "Mr. Bai, my son also wants to apprentice." Bai Xiaode was also a little at a loss, so he had to look at her two brothers, but Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "The three of us brothers and sisters are out of Mr. Bai's door, which is also a good story, and we have practiced martial arts, and we brothers don't have to be afraid that he will be bullied in the future, Mr. Bai might as well agree." ”

Bai Xiaode had no choice but to nod. Ding Li and the little girl each poured a new cup of tea, Ding Li knelt down and served it to Bai Xiaode, the little girl also knelt down, Bai Xiaode quickly said, "The princess doesn't have to be like this, don't be so red tape." Unexpectedly, the little girl said firmly, "The ceremony cannot be wasted, I am very sincere." The two brothers couldn't help blushing a little, they had just served a cup of tea and didn't kneel. Bai Xiaode had no choice but to quickly turn on the teacup, take a sip, and help the little girl up, and then quickly turn Ding Li's tea, take a sip, and help her up.

The little girl stood up happily and shouted "Master" to Bai Xiaode, Bai Xiaode smiled and nodded. Then the little girl patted Ding Li's shoulder, "Little junior sister, whoever bullies you in the future will tell the senior sister, and the senior sister will help you get it back." "looks very righteous, and if it continues to develop like this, she may become the first leading sister in history. Ding Li also replied seriously, "I know, senior sister." The little girl happily jumped in front of Bai Yulian, hugged her hands, and made a salute from all over the world, (this is the etiquette of greeting people in the rivers and lakes, one hand clenched into a fist, and the other hand intersected) shouted "Senior sister".

Bai Yulian also replied, "Little junior sister", and both of them laughed. Ding Li also did the same, and first said to Bai Xiaode, "Master." Bai Xiaode also smiled and nodded. Then he went to Bai Yulian and saluted with his fists, and shouted seriously, "Senior sister." Although Bai Yulian looked at the pretending mature little face and wanted to laugh, she still held back and replied seriously, "Little junior sister." ”

Then Ding Li ran to Zhu Houzhao and saluted, "Second senior brother." Zhu Houzhao was a little embarrassed, but he still called out the little junior sister in return, Zhu Houwei next to him almost didn't laugh out loud, he had a unique memory of the "second senior brother". Ding Li saluted Zhu Houwei next to him again, and said, "Third senior brother." Zhu Houwei looked at the serious and serious Ding Li, and felt a lot of deep feelings in his heart, so he replied "Little junior sister" and then continued, "In the future, you must practice martial arts seriously, and you must study hard in the future, and you will be the first majestic female general of my Ming Dynasty in the future." Ding Li's eyes lit up and asked, "Third Senior Brother, can you beat the bad guys as a female general?" ”

The children's world is relatively simple, and it is difficult for Zhu Houwei to explain it clearly to Ding Li, but in order to give her a clear goal and reduce the previous painful experience, he still said, "Well, the general is to fight the bad guys, and of course the same is true for the female general." Ding Li nodded heavily.

Everyone over the age of 10 here knows why Ding Li asked this, and there was silence in the main hall. The little girl didn't know why, she looked left and right at everyone, a little puzzled.

Bai Xiaode opened his mouth at this time and said, "Yulian, you take your senior sister to the courtyard, I am the two highnesses and still have something to discuss." He knew that the day after he returned, the two brothers would come to the door and there must be something to say. Bai Yulian took the two junior sisters out of the main hall, and there were only three masters left in the house.

After knowing each other for a few years, Zhu Houzhao basically omitted those politenesses, Zhu Houzhao said straight to the point, "Mr. Bai, my two brothers are now in charge of the sea and water defense and land battalions, and now they are training in the army, and the number is only 50, and now these 50 people are almost trained and can be regarded as low-level officers, so the top priority now is to expand." “

Speaking of this, Bai Xiaode frowned slightly, "Two highnesses, although 60,000 people were recruited from Shandong this time, including about 20,000 middle-aged men, but these people are unbearable and can only be recruited by the people, but this time they joined the army, they became military households, and it is difficult to recruit people." “

Zhu Houzhao brothers looked at each other and smiled, Bai Xiaode is indeed not a mortal, and he said the key to the problem. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help asking, "What Mr. Bai said is very true, I don't know if there is a solution?" ”

Bai Xiaode took a sip of the teacup, frowned and remembered, the two brothers sat and didn't bother. After a while, Bai Xiaode frowned and said, "I don't think it's as good as this, there are mines all over the Ming Dynasty, and there are many in Gyeonggi, so you can buy some miners from those mine owners." These people have a good physical foundation, and they only need to be raised for a while to become strong men, and they are also highly disciplined, so such soldiers are still very good. Zhu Houwei couldn't help but admire this master who was both civil and military. He was absolutely right, and the best option right now. You must know that decades later, the famous "Qi Family Army" was trained by miners.

Brother Zhu Houzhao has discussed it yesterday, and today he is mainly here to ask Bai Xiaode's opinion, after all, his understanding of the Ming folk is far more than that of the two brothers, and one person is short, and it is good for multiple people to discuss it, but I didn't expect it to coincide. Zhu Houzhao said: "Sir, this is very good. Then the two brothers looked at Bai Xiaode with a smile.

Bai Xiaode smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am going to go on the expedition again." "A joke, the three of them have fun together.

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