A cold snap came from the north, and the north wind howled non-stop all night, but fortunately, by this time, the displaced people had repaired their houses and brought back enough cotton clothes in Jinan City.

These days, the homeless people are able to eat well, so when this cold snap hit, there were not too many deaths.

The next day, Zhaojia Village suddenly became lively.

People braved the cold wind to gather together, and one by one the young and strong people stepped forward to be tested.

"If you become a member of the Zhao family, you can receive five buckets of grain every month, as well as one or two taels of silver, not to mention paying tenant rent, so that the whole family will not have to worry about their livelihood in the future." The homeless people were talking one after another, and those young people were excited.

Five buckets of rice in a month, and one or two pieces of silver, plus no need to pay tenant rent, if it is a bachelor, the Zhao family will also take care of the family's food, and they will not need the five buckets of rice and one or two silver.

If you have a small family, it is not a problem to feed three or four people with a tael of silver in Wudumi, but if the family is smaller, the family is exempt from tenant rent and can be self-sufficient.

As long as you become a family, food and clothing are not a problem, and it is not easy to start a family. Most of these displaced families have been torn apart, and the idea of starting a family is even more urgent.

Zhao Yan stood in the middle of the field with more than a dozen family members, and a young man stepped forward to accept the test, only to see that he was struggling to hold the stone lock, and after only five lifts, he couldn't lift it.

"Unqualified." Zhao Yan shouted, "Next." ”

Immediately, another young man jumped out to be tested, and there was only one item tested by Zhao Yan, and that was the stone lock. What he wants is to be strong and strong, and if he can lift twenty stone locks, he is qualified, but this stone lock weighs thirty pounds.

With great strength, the general physique is good, and only with a good physique can it withstand the harsh training and avoid any accidents.

The number of students recruited this time is 300, and half of the more than 7,000 displaced people are young and strong, and the probability of selection is 1 in 10.

The young man who failed the test was laughed at for only five strokes. But the young man did not walk into the crowd, but came to Zhao Yan.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yan asked.

"Boss, I heard you want paperwork?" The young man asked out loud, this person was none other than the hesitant Zhang Buyun.

Zhao Yan's eyes lit up and asked, "Can you write?" ”

"In Xia Zhang Buyun, Laizhou Mansion is an itchy student, and he can write." Zhang Buyun replied with his chest puffed, but his voice was not loud, obviously afraid that too many people would know that he had been a thief.

Scholar! Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed, these days Zhao Quan also recruited some documents from outside, but most of the diplomas are not high, many of them are children, and they are still competent in writing and writing, but there are only a few who can carry heavy burdens.

"Can you do arithmetic?" Zhao Yan asked again, most of the documents I have come into contact with in the past few days know arithmetic, but there are also a small half who don't know it, and most of the literati who learn arithmetic want to change careers to become shopkeepers, accountants, etc., so they naturally want to learn.

But the humanities with a high diploma made Zhao Yan a little worried, and said that some of the high-ranking officials in the late Ming Dynasty didn't know arithmetic, and as a result, they miscalculated the logistics when they led the army.

"Yes." Zhang Buyun nodded.

"Okay, in the future, Brother Zhang will be the clerk of my Zhao family, and I will go to the housekeeper in a while and ask him to arrange it for you." Zhao Yan was happy in his heart and found another literati.

Zhang Buyun arched his hand and retreated, going to find Zhao Quan.

What made Zhang Buyun decide to stay was because Zhao Yan led people to recruit family members today, and Zhang Buyun was still a little uncertain about his guess.

After all, even if a landlord is training soldiers, there are only so many dozens of people, and it will definitely not become a big climate. But now that he wants to expand the number of family members, this makes Zhang Buyun even more sure that the Zhao family's ambitions are not small.

Zhang Buyun is a very arrogant literati, although he only has the identity of Xiucai, but he has a full grasp of Zhongju, and the reason why he stayed in the Zhao family is his personal speculation about the general trend of the world.

Zhang Buyun is not only familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but also often reads some miscellaneous books, so his vision and knowledge are much higher than those of ordinary literati.

For example, thieves are rampant today, natural disasters are continuous, and the imperial court is losing and retreating in Liaodong, all of which show the demise of a dynasty.

The fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was greatly related to the thieves, and the Song Dynasty was destroyed by Hulu.

Nowadays, thieves are everywhere, the official army is difficult to exterminate, there are traces of following the footsteps of the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, and then the Jiannu is raging in Liaodong, and has unified Mongolia, there is a great trend of prosperity, and the Ming Dynasty also has traces of the footsteps of the Song Dynasty.

Natural disasters have been continuous since the late Wanli period, in Zhang Buyun's view, it is the sky that does not help the Ming, and the last two little emperors in the late Southern Song Dynasty are very similar, the last two little emperors in the late Southern Song Dynasty went to sea, one drowned in a storm, one was attacked by a meteorite, fortunately it was missed.

This time, the rebellion of Kong Youde in Denglai, Kong Youde went to sea and encountered a storm, and then surrendered to Jiannu, which was also done by God in Zhang Buyun's view.

There are all kinds of signs that the Ming Dynasty is about to die.

But for this speculation, Zhang Buyun is not sure, it is just a guess. That's why they will waver in whether to participate in the imperial examination, if the Ming Dynasty is about to die, participating in the imperial examination is tantamount to having no way out.

Now seeing Zhao Yan here to collect the homeless people, recruit family members, not greedy for enjoyment, quite brave, and understand the way of governing the army, I heard that he is still a showman, and he has financial resources in the family, he is simply a good lord in troubled times, so Zhang Buyun feels that he should be a person who can assist.

Zhang Buyun has already made up his mind, if Zhao Yan is not ambitious, he can also slowly order it, and if he can achieve hegemony in the future, he can also be crowned a marquis and worship the elephant.

Zhang Buyun is quite ambitious, but this ambition is limited to the highest achievements of the literati, and he does not have the ambition of a yellow robe. Zhao Yan is Zhang Buyun's best choice.

Although Hu Lu's momentum is booming, he is a foreign race after all, and if he is not good, he will go to Huangquan, and at the same time, he is just icing on the cake in the past, and he will not achieve anything.

If you choose a first-class thief to assist, then you may be exterminated by the official army at any time. Moreover, most of the thieves only know how to destroy and do not produce, which will make the world worse.

And Zhao Yan is different, not only knows how to collect the displaced people to resume production, but also understands the way to govern the army, the Zhao family has more financial resources, if Zhao Yan has the ambition to dominate the world, in the long run, he will definitely be more successful than the thieves. What's more, the Zhao family is at the beginning of the casting industry, and now they have a better chance of being reused, which is also the difference between the icing on the cake and the charcoal in the snow.

But Zhang Buyun is naturally prepared with both hands, if Zhao Yan is a mud that can't support the wall, then he will definitely leave, or go to the imperial examination, or find another good master.

In the afternoon, the list of selected families was announced, and in a burst of envy, the three hundred young men straightened their chests.

Zhao Yan immediately announced that he would rest for two days, and then arrange the training of Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue two days later.

Zhao Yan has been busy with military training for more than half a month, and he has devoted himself to the training, although this strong body can hold on, but he is tired.

There is still a long way to go in terms of military training, Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue can only share part of it, and Zhao Yan has to personally go into battle with a knife for many things.

"You kid, you've been living in that tent for half a month, and you're all thin like this, look at your dirty." Zhang pulled Zhao Yan distressedly, and hurriedly said to Yuan'er: "Take Yan'er to take a bath, and stew some soup for him later." ”

Although the Zhang family was distressed, they were still very relieved in their eyes, the Zhao family had not been dilapidated in the past few months, but had been run by his son, and he was happy.

"Yes, ma'am." Yuan'er answered.

As soon as he walked out of Zhang's sight, Zhao Yan hugged Yuan'er, hugged her soft delicate body in his arms, and leaned over to kiss Yuan'er's red lips.

"Huh......" Yuan'er sighed, and was directly soft in Zhao Yan's arms.

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