Glaring at Sun Defu, Yang He continued: "Brother Sun, are you worried that I will quit my brothers, right?" The commander handed you over to me, if I quit my brothers, are you still human? Not to mention that they can still move, even if they can't move, they can't do anything, I still raise them, how much military pay was in the past, how much military pay will be in the future, a big son will not be less brothers. ”

As soon as Yang He's voice fell, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting: "Master Qian! ”

Yang He turned his head to look, only to see a group of soldiers kneeling on the ground in unison, kowtowing to him.

"What? Get up! Yang He said busily.

"Mr. Qian's righteousness, I really don't know if I repay Mr. Qian." Said the first soldier.

Yang He stepped forward and pulled the soldiers up one by one and said, "My brother, what do you say to repay, don't forget, we all crawled out of the pile of dead." ”

Waving his hand, he stopped the soldiers from talking, and then pointed to a few wounded soldiers and said, "Do you feel that you are injured, disabled, and useless?" You may think so, but I don't. ”

Pointing to the mountain, Yang He continued: "If I think you are useless, how can I leave my family under your care?" In fact, I have more important things for you to do besides letting you take care of your family. ”

"Mr. Qian, please say, the brothers will never give up." The soldiers were busy.

"I've already started recruiting new recruits, and I'm going to have you as instructors." Yang He said.

"This ...... Many of the brothers are disabled, how can they train recruits? The soldier at the head said.

Yang He smiled: "The hand is broken, the leg is okay, right?" Can you run with the recruits? If the leg is lame and the hand is fine, you can teach the recruit to make a knife and a gun, and shoot a gun. You don't tell me that you're disabled and can't even hold back the recruits. ”

"As for those recruits, Lao Tzu can clean them up with one hand." A soldier shouted.

Yang He laughed when he heard this: "Isn't this over, the key is that you are all veterans of a hundred battles, and your combat experience is the most valuable." ”

"The brothers will definitely train an elite division for Master Qianzong." The soldiers shouted.

Yang He smiled and nodded.

After a while, Yang He continued: "In addition to training recruits, there is another more important thing I want to arrange for my brothers to do. ”

"Although Lord Qianzong commands, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, the brothers will not give up." A soldier said.

Yang He nodded: "You know what place Yihong Courtyard is, right?" ”

"I know, it's the largest green building in Funing County." A soldier said.

Yang He said: "Now Yihong Courtyard was bought by a friend of mine, and he also opened a casino in Funing County, he wants to ask me to arrange a few people to help Yihong Courtyard and the casino, I need more than ten people under the age of 30, shrewd and capable people to Yihong Courtyard and the casino as a small servant." ”

"Mr. Qian, when you go to Yihong Courtyard to be a small servant, isn't it just to be a turtle? Even if the brothers ask for food, they can't do such an errand. A soldier said.

Yang He smiled silently.

At this time, a soldier said in a deep voice: "I'll go!" ”

Yang He looked at the soldier and couldn't help but be stunned, this person's name was Chen Dingwei, and he was Sun Defu's deputy. However, this person is usually silent and rarely speaks, but he didn't expect to be the first to speak today.

"I'll go too." Another soldier said.

Yang He smiled, this person's name is Xu Erzhuang, and his name is Erzhuang, but his figure is not strong, on the contrary, he is still a little delicate, and he is very smart, and he is Sun Defu's right-hand man.

As Chen Dingwei and Xu Erzhuang spoke, seven or eight more soldiers agreed to go to Yihong Courtyard on an errand.

After counting the number of people, Yang He smiled and said, "Okay, the brothers who agreed to go stay, and the rest of the people will disperse." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they hurriedly saluted and retired.

After the soldiers left, Yang He looked at the crowd: "Tell me, why did you agree to be a servant in Yihong Courtyard and the casino?" ”

Chen Dingwei hugged his fists and said: "With the character of Mr. Qian, I will not arrange for my brothers to work in places like Yihong Courtyard and the casino for the sake of my friends. ”

Yang He smiled, looked at Xu Erzhuang and said, "What about you?" ”

Xu Erzhuang said with a smile: "Mr. Qian, when you are a turtle prince, you only need a clever and obedient person to do it, but the adult actually asks a shrewd and capable person, hehe, needless to say, there must be something else, and the adult himself said that there are very important things for the brothers to do." Although we are not shrewd and capable, as long as it is arranged by adults, we will do our best to do a good job. ”

Another soldier said: "The villain is already a wasted person, Mr. Meng Qian will not give up, he still retains it, the villain has nothing to repay, and he is willing to go to the soup for the adult." ”

"Exactly." The rest of the soldiers said.

Yang He nodded, his eyes swept around everyone's faces, and said solemnly: "You should know what kind of place the Qinglou and the casino are, you can meet any kind of people in such a place, I arranged for you to go there to do things for nothing else, just to let you listen to the news, no matter what the news, as long as you think it is useful, write it down for me." ”

Xu Erzhuang said with a smile: "Mr. Qian, our brothers have all been scouts, and what we do is to find out the news. ”

Yang He shook his head: "It's not that you deliberately want to inquire about the news, but I just want you to pay attention, in fact, the difficulty of this task is not in listening to the news, but in your identity, especially in Yihong Courtyard as a small servant, it is inevitable that you will be sent, some guests may not treat you as a person, I am worried that you can't stand that anger." ”

Xu Erzhuang said with a smile: "As long as we can do things for Mr. Qian, what is it for us to be angry." ”

All the soldiers said: "Yes, we are not afraid of going to the soup and fire, what is it to be angry." ”

Yang He nodded: "Okay, Xu Erzhuang, you take four brothers to Yihong Courtyard, Chen Dingwei, you take four brothers to the casino, I will ask my friend to appoint you two as stewards." ”

After a pause, Yang He continued: "Also, my friend has other businesses, if he is not there, you two will keep an eye on those two businesses." ”

When Xu Erzhuang heard this, he hesitated for a moment and asked: "Lord Qian, there is something unclear about the humble position, why did the adult arrange for the disabled brother to do this." ”

Yang He smiled: "You have been a soldier, this point cannot be hidden, if you are in good health, others will have questions, how can you make a living like that?" Only if you are injured and physically disabled, no one else will suspect it. ”

"Your Excellency is wise." Xu Erzhuang said.

Yang He waved his hand: "Okay, you guys are ready to go, I'll take you to see Shopkeeper Fan tomorrow." ”

When Chen Dingwei and Xu Erzhuang heard this, they hurriedly retired with their subordinates.

After the soldiers left, Li Maochun sighed softly and said: "Fourth brother, you just said that I should not be tired, in my opinion, you are much more tired than me, and you have to worry about everything." ”

Yang He shook his head: "Big brother, now is the most difficult time, you have also seen that we have no available talents in our hands at all, my brother is young, and he should do more." ”

Smiling, Yang He continued: "But don't worry, big brother, I have already started to cultivate and select talents, as long as these people grow up, they will get better in the future." ”

Li Maochun nodded silently.

……

Early the next morning, Yang He and Li Maochun took Chen Dingwei, Xu Erzhuang and others to the county seat of Funing County, handed over Chen Dingwei and others to Fan Liu, and after instructing Chen Dingwei and others a few words, Yang He went straight to the county office.

When I arrived at the county office, I saw that Zhang Fengqi was arranging for the errand to post notices.

Seeing Zhang Fengqi's resolute action, Yang He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is a person who does things.

explained to Zhang Fengqi, asked Li Maochun to sit in the county government to preside over the conscription, and called Zhao Liangsong to assist Li Maochun, and then Yang He took Zhang Fengwu straight to Yanghekou.

After turning around at the mouth of the Yanghe River, Yang He said to Zhang Fengwu: "The terrain here is flat and the water source is sufficient, what crops do you think is suitable for planting?" ”

Zhang Fengwu pondered for a while and said: "I don't know much about crops, but I heard that there is a crop called sweet potato in the south that is extremely high-yielding, and most of the people here have no surplus grain, and the most important thing now is to be self-sufficient in the first year, otherwise, it is a great burden to just feed these people, so I suggest that adults send people to the south to buy sweet potato seeds and cultivate sweet potatoes." ”

"Sweet potato? How high is the yield? Yang He asked.

"It is said that the production capacity per mu is four or five stones." Zhang Fengwu said.

Yang He was puzzled: "The yield per mu is four or five stones, why doesn't the imperial court promote it?" ”

Zhang Fengwu said with a wry smile: "It's not that the imperial court doesn't promote it, it's that many people don't believe that sweet potatoes can have such a high yield, and the common people will not take the risk of sowing sweet potatoes before they see the yield." ”

Yang He nodded silently, Mo said that in ancient times, it was in modern times, and most farmers were reluctant to try to plant new varieties, and they would only follow after seeing others harvest them.

It's not that farmers don't have guts, it's that food is about their livelihoods, and they don't dare to risk their livelihoods.

After pondering for a while, Yang He said: "Before the imperial court promoted it, did you try to plant it?" ”

Zhang Fengwu smiled bitterly: "I haven't heard of the imperial court trying to plant, but I heard that Fujian has vigorously promoted it and used it to survive a famine." Well, by the way, there was an official in the imperial court who tried to grow sweet potatoes and wrote a book "Sweet Potato Shu". ”

"What's this man's name? What is the current position? Yang He asked.

"This person's name is Xu Guangqi, who is currently the imperial historian of Henan Province, and is ordered to train troops in Tongzhou." Zhang Fengwu said.

Hearing Xu Guangqi's three words, Yang He only felt his head buzz.

Xu Guangqi is a great scientist in Chinese history, this person is proficient in mathematics, astronomy, calendar, military, agriculture, water conservancy, can be described as an all-round, practical scientist, the most famous work in later generations is called "Agricultural Administration", in addition, geometry is the first translation of him.

At this moment, Yang He felt that his brain was a little insufficient, such a great scientist, he actually had the opportunity to see it with his own eyes.

After a long while, Yang He came to his senses: "Where do you say this Lord Xu is now?" ”

"Training in Tongzhou." Zhang Fengwu said.

Yang He nodded silently when he heard this.