After the New Year's Festival, Lu Chuanzong and the four returned to Weihai to report the results to Chen Xin, who met the four of them alone in his new office.

"Where did the person who smelled incense go at that time?" Chen Xin also frowned slightly after listening to the Smelling Fragrance Sect that appeared halfway, he had no good impression of these sects, the organization of the White Lotus Sect system was very hidden, very destructive, and constructive. Moreover, Shandong is one of the places where the White Lotus Sect is most prevalent, and Xu Hongru raised troops from here a few years ago.

Zhang Dacheng said: "I didn't have time to follow, the first thing that day was to assassinate Han Bin, I thought that Han Bin's subordinates should be able to find the Smelling Fragrance Sect, and they can also follow them in the future." ”

Lu Chuanzong agreed: "I didn't arrange for Brother Zhang to follow me at that time, I don't know if I missed the adult's business?" ”

Chen Xin shook his head and said: "No, you are doing the right thing, the primary target is Han Bin, the Wenxiang Sect is only an emergency, and the trunk and branches cannot be confused." I'm just worried that this Smelling Fragrance Sect is making trouble in Dengzhou, which is the most important hub to support Dongjiang Town, and there is no room for error. ”

Lu Chuanzong said tentatively: "Then, do you want your subordinates to go to Dengzhou again?" ”

Chen Xin thought about it for a while and decided: "No need, this smelling incense sect is not a day and a half, it is to pull some complaining people everywhere to join the sect all day long, we don't have the manpower to follow up on this matter, you will go to Beijing in a while, and please pay attention to Mr. Song when you pass through Dengzhou, it is best to use the manpower of the Dengzhou government." ”

After that, he smiled and looked around at the four of them, Lu Chuanzong and Zhang Dahui needless to say, then Nie Hong saw Chen Xin's eyes, put away the fierce light in his eyes, and squeezed out an awkward smile, Zhou Shifa also looked respectful, from this time, these two people have a good appearance, if there is such a disgraceful task in the future, it can be handed over to them to do, so that Lu Chuanzong is still mainly in control of the army.

"This time, all of you are very good, exceeding my expectations, the only drawback is that during the execution of the assassination, Han Bin lost his ability to resist with one blow, and overall I am very satisfied. Shifa and Nie Hong were both promoted to non-commissioned officers, and their monthly salary was treated according to the commander of the army. ”

The four of them all grinned, Lu Chuanzong had money after going to sea, but these ten taels were rewarded by adults, which showed that they were a kind of appreciation, and they were worth far more than ten taels. Nie Hong had never received so much silver, and he couldn't help but rub his hands when he thought that he could still be treated as a military commander.

Chen Xin's voice continued to sound in the room: "Han Bin's matter is over here, and he must not mention it in the future, otherwise it will be dealt with as a violation of the confidentiality clause of military law." But the matter is not all over, you have sorted out the experience and details of this operation, and recorded it in a book, and the names of people and places in it are fake, and I will check it after writing. In the future, you can bring your own men, so you can get started quickly. ”

The four of them looked at each other with embarrassed faces, Lu Chuanzong was about to speak, Chen Xin waved his hand and smiled: "If you can't write, just ask Wang Daixi to write, a few days before the conference in the Qinglou selling clothes, and also learned a lot of words, now every afternoon Mr. Liu lectures for half an hour literacy class, sometimes I also go to speak, the four of you have to learn, the military law stipulates that literacy less than 500 can not be promoted, after Han Bin's incident, I have higher expectations for you, several of you are talented, but don't delay the future because of this matter." ”

Nie Hong's mouth was wide open, he had killed people with a knife handle several times, but he had never touched this pole, and he had never heard of being promoted to an officer to be literate. After all, Zhou Shifa is from the city, and when he was a child, he was exposed to it and knew it somewhat, and there was no psychological barrier. Lu Chuanzong followed Chen Xinhou and also recognized some of them, and in comparison, Nie Hong was the most difficult household.

Lu Chuanzong scratched his head and said, "My lord, why do you have to learn to write." ”

Chen Xin glared at him: "If you don't learn to write, you only kill people?" Military discipline and drill code for people to read to you? At present, you are in charge of two teams of people, what will you do in the future, what will you do in the future, what will happen to the hundred teams, you will not be able to look at the past one by one, if there are too many people, it is a matter of time before the exchange of paperwork is a matter of time, and this matter is not negotiable. ”

When they came out of Chen Xin's office, the four rookies who killed people without blinking their heads drooped their heads, and they did not have the high spirits when they left Dengzhou.

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All the new houses have been repaired during the New Year's Festival, more than 20 beautiful brick houses, after Liu Minyou's cottage design master's efforts, the military camp is in the southwest corner of the cross street, and now there are five large barracks and five small barracks. Each soldier has a large barracks, all of which are brick and wood, five small barracks for five officers and instructors, and there is also a public bathhouse, a public toilet and a lecture hall in the barracks.

The military households' individual residences are in the southeast corner, and now there are only about a dozen households, each with a single room, and Chen Xin collects them a monthly rent of one penny of silver, and when the cost is full, he should sell it to them, and these people's salaries are more than one tael, and there is no problem with this mortgage.

The barracks and residential areas are designed in the south, so that it is easy to expand in the future, the northeast corner is the school temple and other public facilities, the northwest corner is Liu Min's planned work area, and the only enterprises introduced are his garment shop and Tang Zuoxiang's iron workshop. The surrounding pier wall has not been repaired for the time being, here the north is near the sea, and the west and south are surrounded by Weihaiwei's pier forts, which are in a relatively safe position. Only two wooden watchtowers were built on the hill and on the south side.

Tang Zuoxiang is in his own house, Chen Xin has built a single room for these family members, these people have come out of a compartment, becoming a bedroom and a living room, Tang Zuoxiang's two children are running around inside and outside the house, they live in a brick house for the first time, although it is smaller, but it is much better than their original grass house in Tianjin, a carpenter who came together in Tianjin is measuring the size of the room, ready to make a bed for Tang Zuoxiang.

"Daddy, this wall feels so thick." Tang Zuoxiang's wife rubbed against the wall.

Tang Zuoxiang looked at the child with a smile and said, "This is made of bricks, of course." ”

"It's good, it's a little smaller, I think the original craftsman has eight tile houses in their family, how can our family have six or seven rooms in the future, the eldest baby is ten years old this year, and in a few years I should say that my daughter-in-law, this hut is not successful."

Tang Zuoxiang glanced outside the door and said, "In a few years, we will save the silver, and we will buy land to build a big house in the south, and Mr. Liu will divide the land." ”

Tang Zuoxiang's wife looked yearning, and then sighed again: "It will take dozens of taels to build a big house, and our family can only save a few dollars of silver in a month, when will we have to save it?" ”

"Master Chen has said that in the future, it will be divided into basic monthly salary and monthly salary, and you may be able to get two or three taels of silver a month, and this turtledove will be made soon, and there will be a separate reward."

"Daddy, how much reward can I get?"

Tang Zuoxiang proudly gestured a finger, "Ten taels!" ”

"Wow." My wife was dizzy. That way, they'll be able to repair the house next year.

"His father, you have to work hard, yesterday Aunt Li said that Wang Huzi is eyeing your craftsman's position, and he has been working hard to make a nail piece for Lord Chen these days, saying that he wants to make a armor for Lord Chen, you don't want to be compared to him."

"What? The king's beard on the dog day, no wonder the table at home is not done, it turns out that he is busy doing this, and Lao Tzu also has to go to work and put out the turtledove. You bring me the workshop for lunch. ”

"Okay, let's go." His wife hurriedly brought cotton clothes, put them on Tang Zuoxiang, and watched him turn around to the northwest corner before turning around to make a fire to cook.

The kitchen of his house is outside the west wall, with a stove made of stones and bricks, Tang Zuoxiang's wife called the well water, it is about to be the Chinese New Year recently, she also has spare money in her hand for the first time, ready to cook something delicious for the old and young, and when she saw that the firewood pile was not too much, she thought about it slightly, put down the things in her hand, and came to the entrance of the village, where more than ten villagers were waiting for Danlang.

"Auntie, buy me." A group of people saw that there were customers, they all gathered around, the new military households here lived in brick houses for more than a month, Weihaiwei all the dungeon forts were spread, many people came to see the excitement, the cloth shop and grain store in the Acropolis came to send Danlang, donkey carts, to sell things here, and some villagers in Mazidun sold firewood and wheat straw here.

Liu Minyou in the watchtower on the east mountain, saw a group of people around Tang Zuoxiang's wife to sell their products, this small town designed by himself has shown vitality, with the timely payment of monthly salary, new businesses may be formed nearby, this land is calm and simple, he has slowly begun to get used to the life here, watching the life of these military households slowly get better, he has a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

In the distant wasteland, the twenty new military households, all of whom were from Weihaiwei, could dig the soil in winter, and it was not as hard as Dai Zhenggang thought it would be. Liu Minyou asked them to try to dig it, and then dig the ditch after he and Gong Baihu had discussed it.

Chen Xin, a military household of these 20 households, has made it clear that he will not pay monthly salaries, and at the beginning he let them work, take care of food and eat every day, support them, and later distribute the land to them and collect some rent. The clan is a professional soldier, and at most they help when they are busy farming.

Liu Minyou glanced at the port again, the two wooden trestle bridges had been repaired, and the two ships finally had a nest, where Liu Minyou also planned a barracks, all of which were used by sailors, and he estimated that there would not be too many sailors, and there would not be much space left. I heard that Scar has begun to recruit people, the land near Weihai is barren, although the aquatic products are good, but it can't be exchanged for silver, so the monthly money of one or two or five is opened, and the registration is very enthusiastic, Chen Xin arranged Wang Zugui as his deputy, this person listens to Chen Xin's words more, Chen Xin is ready to change Qin Lufang back after the New Year, and strengthen the control of sailors.

Liu Minyou watched a circle, came down from the watchtower, went to the school in the northeast corner, saw if the tables and chairs were finished, just walked to the door, and heard the sound of chopping wood inside, seven or eight people from the logistics team were picking up big axes, cutting hard according to the instructions of a carpenter, the tables and chairs they made were actually a few long wooden boards, polishing the rough edges of the corners, and not hanging their hands.

Liu Minyou thought that there would be more than 30 children of all sizes sitting in class here, and suddenly a very warm feeling swelled up, at least he could change their fate, he still didn't think that Chen Xin could dominate the world, although Chen Xin was doing it, but Liu Minyou thought that once Chen Xin's strength could not reach, he would not hit the south wall.

Liu Minyou has actually slowly liked the place of Weihaiwei, which is located in the easternmost part of Shandong, with inconvenient transportation, very remote, much more peaceful than the Central Plains and Beizhili, and there is a way to retreat by the sea, and he can live peacefully here in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he thinks that it is actually the greatest happiness. In the future, find a small island and escape with people, at least you can save the lives of many people, and it is not in vain to come to the Ming Dynasty by yourself. The only thing is that the person doesn't know what's going on, Liu Minyou rubbed the gloves on his hands, covered his mouth and sighed.