In the dark, Pei Minqiu woke up from her sleep, she heard a sound of Suosuo, and felt that there was someone in the room, she casually pushed her husband next to her, but she pushed it empty.

"Husband, is that you?"

"Hmm!" Yang Yuanqing agreed.

Pei Minqiu's heart was put down, it turned out that Suosuo's voice was her husband, "What time is it now, is it dawn?" ”

The windows were hung with thick curtains to block out the light from the outside, so that the hour could not be seen.

"Sleep! It's still early, and it's only four watches. ”

Pei Minqiu was startled, what did she do when she got up so early? She touched the fire sickle next to the bed, lit the candle, and saw Yang Yuanqing wearing an ordinary soldier's uniform, bending over to put on boots, and his hair was long and draped.

Min Qiu pursed her lips and smiled, holding her cheeks and looking at her husband's dress, I don't know what thoughts he had again.

"Husband, come here!" Min Qiu stretched out his jade lotus-like arm and beckoned to him.

"What?" Yang Yuanqing put on his boots and turned around and asked.

"I'll tie your hair."

Min Qiu sat up from the quilt, she was wearing only a belly gown, revealing her plump and delicate mutton fat-like skin, she patted her side, "Sit down!" ”

Yang Yuanqing sat down beside her, Min Qiu knelt on the bed, carefully pulled up his hair, and whispered a joke in his ear: "When you go out so late, are you going to be a flower thief?" ”

Yang Yuanqing reached into her jade strand with his backhand, groped and smiled: "There is a lady like you who is like a flower and jade." I'm going to be a flower thief. ”

"Don't...."

Min Qiu pulled his hand away, blushed, pillowed his chin on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "Or sleep a little longer?" ”

Yang Yuanqing restrained the desire in his heart and shook his head with a smile.

"You bad guy!"

Minqiu punched him in the back. Jiao said: "Then you just want to go out and be a flower thief." Right? ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said nothing. Min Qiu just played a joke with him, tied his hair in a bun for him, and when it was firm, he pushed him and said with a smile: "Go!" Flower thief. ”

She slipped into the covers and closed her eyes, "Hmm! It's still warm inside the quilt, it's so cold outside, only fools go out. ”

Yang Yuanqing gently kissed her pretty face. He walked out quickly, and Min Qiu slowly opened his eyes, and his gaze became extremely gentle. He knows what his husband is going out for, today is the first day of recruit training, in fact, he should live in the barracks, this is his tradition. It's a busy month at this time of year.

"Hey! It's not easy to be a manager. ”

Min Qiu sighed lowly, at this time, she couldn't sleep anymore, got up and put on her clothes, and walked to her child's room.

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Every year in October, is the season of recruiting new recruits in Fengzhou, Fengzhou is the implementation of the military system of the government and the military system combined with the recruitment system, every man has to join the army after the age of eighteen, the only son does not join the army, the second son is drawn a ding, father and son are in the army, the father and son stay, the brother is in the army, the brother is left and the brother stays, but even if he does not join the army, he must join the militia group, and there is a monthly salary after joining the army, and the grain of the tuntian is distributed at the end of autumn.

The number of Fengzhou troops was customized to be 30,000, but after Yang Yuanqing became independent, it became 60,000, and this year it will soar to 100,000, so the number of recruits in the late autumn of this year is 40,000.

For a large agricultural county like Fengzhou with a population of more than 200,000 households, the standard of the imperial court is that six households raise one soldier, so the population of more than 200,000 households to raise an army of 100,000 is indeed a bit heavy, but fortunately, the land of Fengzhou is fertile, irrigation is convenient, and it has the advantage of the entire Hetao Plain, so the army also carries out self-cultivation in the fields, which can basically solve the problem of military rations, and the burden on the people is not too heavy.

The first thing the recruits do when they enter the camp is physical training, they have to run 50 miles every day for a month, these soldiers are also militia groups, and there is strict training in peacetime, this kind of high-intensity patrol training just allows them to change from civilian to soldier as soon as possible.

The training of the recruits began before the fifth watch, starting from the military camp outside the city, running in the direction of Dali City, fully armed, armor, war knives, bows and arrows, shields, military blankets, and running with a weight of more than 20 catties, but not running to Dali City, running to 25 miles halfway, and then turning back.

Under the starry sky, 40,000 recruits were divided into 20 teams and ran on the wide gallop road, which was a very spectacular sight, a group of soldiers lined up neatly, running silently, and the training officers next to them followed on horseback, they held leather whips in their hands, and their attitudes were stern, and if they dared to hide from the treacherous and slippery people, the leather whips would be ruthlessly drawn.

Five miles away from the city, a dark shadow quietly joined the team, followed by a dozen black shadows also joined the team, and it happened that an officer saw it, he didn't dare to say anything, they had been told in advance, if someone on the road joined the training, not to make a fuss.

But the curiosity in his heart still prompted the officer to rush forward, and quietly looked at the black shadow who joined the team, through the starlight, he suddenly saw clearly, so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, wearing an ordinary soldier's uniform, the same weight and the soldiers ran The person turned out to be their manager Yang Yuanqing.

The officer leading the troops was extremely nervous, how could the general manager appear in his team, and if something happened, how would he explain? He was worried that it was redundant, the dozen or so black shadows behind him were Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers, protecting him at any time, and this officer was also the first time to bring recruits, he didn't know that Yang Yuanqing actually appeared in the recruit training team every year.

Yang Yuanqing saw him, smiled and waved his hand to him, and the officer leading the troops felt a trace of emotion in his heart, he didn't say anything more, and silently rode a horse to follow Yang Yuanqing.

"This little brother, where is his ancestral home? What is your name? ”

The sky was getting greener, everyone was sweating, Yang Yuanqing ran while running, and asked the recruit next to him in a low voice, the recruit was very young, and he looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he smiled shyly: "I am from Chang'an, my name is Jiang Xiaofu, what about you, eldest brother?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Skillful! I am also from Chang'an, and my surname is Yang. ”

The recruit suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked, "My family's old house is in Chang'an Pingkangfang, where is Brother Yang?"

"My family is in the main workshop. I haven't been back for years. ”

"There are a lot of dignitaries and nobles living in Wubenfang, and the Yang Mansion is also there, which is the hometown of our manager, Brother Yang, have you seen the manager?"

"I've seen it! I stayed with him for a few days. ”

"Have you ever seen the Steward shoot an arrow? I heard that the archery skills of the chief manager are unparalleled in the world. ”

"His archery skills are so-so. But there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the world. There are many nameless masters with strong archery, and the unparalleled in the world is just a reputation that cannot be taken seriously. ”

"Who are you to dare to talk nonsense here!" Suddenly, a vicious voice came from behind him.

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw a burly young descendant behind him, who was also ten years old, extremely big-shouldered and round-waisted, and was glaring at him with anger on his face.

"We are the best in archery in the world, which is recognized by the heroes of the world. How old are you, and you even said that you can't take it seriously? ”

His voice was loud and full of questioning fury. attracted many people to look over here, and the officer next to him was furious, whipping at the young man, Yang Yuanqing's hands were quick. He grabbed the whip with his backhand and scolded him angrily, "Don't beat the soldiers again!" ”

The officer was so frightened that he suddenly forgot Yang Yuanqing's identity at this time, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes!" Humble obedience. ”

His 'humble obedience' caused an uproar among the soldiers around him, and the eyes of the recruit Jiang Xiaofu beside him were frightened, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Brother Yang, you... Who is it? ”

Yang Yuanqing glared at the officer fiercely, he knew that it was difficult to hide it, so he simply ran out of the team, waved his hand to the recruit next to him and smiled: "Brothers, I am Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Fengzhou, from today onwards, I am also a recruit, running with all the brothers, we will be companions for a month, back then, I was a small fire chief, today, I am still everyone's fire chief!" ”

In the team, the soldiers exclaimed, and they all looked at Yang Yuanqing who was wearing the same military uniform as them in disbelief, this is their manager, training with them, many soldiers were moved and shouted, "Long live Governor Yang!" ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed and said: "Don't shout the word long live!" ”

He didn't allow the soldiers to shout long live, but thousands of soldiers shouted together, "Long live Chief Yang!" Banzai! ”

It was a cry from the heart, and these young soldiers were touched by their stewardship on the morning of their first day in the army.

The burly soldier slapped himself hard and scolded: "You idiot, except for Mr. Yang himself, who would dare to say that his archery skills are so-so." ”

This is his idol, he was so excited that tears came out, and he also raised his arms and shouted: "Long live Mr. Yang!" ”

The young soldier Jiang Xiaofu also shouted excitedly: "Long live!" ”

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

Yang Yuanqing's face became serious, like a strict fire commander, "Rectify the team, don't talk anymore, pay attention to the same pace, and speed up and run." ”

The soldiers were in good spirits and quickened their pace and ran north, the ranks neat, 'Click! Click! The sound of leather boots filled the rhythm, and everyone's hearts began to boil, and they felt that they had gradually become a real soldier.

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After running fifty miles, the sky was already bright, and Yang Yuanqing no longer participated in the training of the recruits, but returned to the chief yamen under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers.

As soon as he walked to the yamen, he saw Xiao Jin, the new chief of the Inner Guard Mansion, hurriedly walking, Xiao Jin was also a soldier in the army in Dunhuang, and he was also a famous family of the Xiao family, he served as the Fengzhou military warehouse Cao participated in the military, Xie Sili was sent by Yang Yuanqing to Yang Xuangan, Xiao Jin took over the post of the head of the Inner Guard Mansion.

Xiao Jin also saw Yang Yuanqing, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "If you have an urgent matter, report to the chief manager!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Let's go in and talk!" ”

Walking into the business room, Yang Yuanqing sat down, the fifty-mile run was not exhausting for him, but made him energetic, he asked first: "How is the Han Ji grocery store controlled?" ”

Xiao Jin bowed and said, "Back to the chief, that Han Chang has already surrendered to us, and he is willing to cooperate with us." ”

"Just give him that heavy armor."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, and then said, "Wait, don't let Li Yuan feel that it is so easy to get it." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Yang Yuanqing turned the topic back, "If you have anything urgent, let's talk about it!" ”

"There's news from Sili."

"How?"

Xiao Jin took out a letter and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "He said that he has become Yang... Gong's staff. ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled when he saw him change his words temporarily, "It's okay to call him by his name directly, I sometimes call him by his name." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Yuanqing took out the letter and read it, nodded, Xie Sili lived up to the trust and became Yang Xuangan's staff, and the next step was to see how he implemented his strategy.