Early the next morning, Zhang Fengqi sent a maid to serve Yang He to get up.

After washing, Yang He followed the maid to the back house and had breakfast with Zhang Fengqi and Zhang Fengwu.

Then Yang He returned to the back hall and took a few books and came to the county yamenfang with Zhang Fengwu.

At this time, the sky was just dawning, and before Li Maochun, Zhao Liangsong and others arrived, Yang He picked up the book, sat by the brazier, and read by the firelight.

I had just read a few pages, and suddenly heard a person outside the door say, "Excuse me, are you recruiting a teacher here?" ”

Yang He looked up, but it was an old man in his fifties.

Yang He hurriedly stood up, handed the book to Zhang Fengwu casually, and arched his hand at the old man: "Exactly, is the old gentleman here to apply for Mr. Teaching?" ”

The old man hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Yes, I don't know who the military master is?" ”

Yang He smiled: "My name is Yang He, and I recruited Mr. Teaching." ”

The old man looked at the book that Yang He handed to Zhang Fengwu just now, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It seems that the military master doesn't need to teach Mr., right?" ”

Yang He smiled, beckoned the old man into the house, and casually brought a chair next to the old man: "Sir, please sit." ”

The old man hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Yang He smiled: "Sir, sit down." ”

"Thank you, Master Jun." The old man was busy.

After the old man sat down, Yang He smiled and said, "I recruited Mr. Teaching to teach to teach those recruits to read and write, I don't know if Mr. is famous?" ”

The old man shook his head, sighed, and said, "Old and talented, just a child." ”

Yang He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Tongsheng is enough, if the old gentleman has a meritorious reputation, I still feel that he is condescending." ”

Seeing that the old man's clothes were covered with patches and his face was full of vegetables, Yang He thought for a while and said, "The old gentleman's family is not very rich, right?" In this way, you register first, and after you finish registering, go to Fan's Silk Village to receive half a piece of cloth, ten catties of cotton, and then one or two pieces of silver, and I will advance you half a month's salary. ”

The old man was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stood up and slammed Yang He to the ground: "Thank you, Master Jun." ”

Zhang Fengwu said with a smile: "Lord Yang is the chief soldier of our regimental training in Funing County. ”

The old man hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Lord Yang, old and rude." ”

Yang He waved his hand and asked Zhang Fengwu to register the old man.

After Zhang Fengwu finished registering, he opened a slip and handed it to Yang He.

Yang He looked at it, took the pen from Zhang Fengwu's hand, wrote his name on the slip, and handed it to the old man: "Take this slip to the silk village to receive cloth and silver money, and come to the county government in three days." ”

The old man took the slip and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord Yang." ”

Yang He smiled and waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”

The old man gave a deep salute before turning and leaving.

After the old man left, Zhang Fengwu stretched out his thumb at Yang He: "Brother Ying Shi is clever, with this person appearing to say, how many teaching gentlemen can be recruited." ”

Yang He smiled: "I didn't think about it that much, you look at the clothes on the old man's body, obviously the family is in difficulty." Since we have retained him, we will have to give money sooner or later, so it is better to give it sooner to solve his urgent need. ”

"Brother Ying Shi is really insightful." Zhang Fengwu sighed when he heard this.

Yang He said with a smile: "Brother Qi is not bad, after listening to my words, he knows how to open a note, and I still wonder who to take the old man to." ”

Zhang Fengwu said with a smile: "As a staff member, if you can't even think of this, then my staff is too incompetent." ”

Yang He laughed when he heard this, picked up the book from the table, and read it again.

Yang He didn't come here to personally recruit teachers, nor did he come to check whether the recruits were qualified, these were the jobs of Li Maochun and Zhao Liangsong.

Yang He recruited the teacher just now, but it was only because Li Maochun and the others hadn't come yet that he asked Zhang Fengwu to do it for him.

Yang He came here to see the physical condition of the recruits and learn about the recruits' family background.

There are some things that do not need to be asked, the physical condition of the recruits and their family background can be seen only by looking at whether their bodies are strong, whether their complexion is good, and whether their clothes are complete.

If, after three days, the recruits have changed into military uniforms and are covered by new clothes, many things will not be visible.

Yang He read the book for a while, and Li Maochun took Zhao Liangsong and others to the county office.

Seeing that Yang He was also there, Li Maochun smiled and said, "What, I'm afraid that I won't come after drinking too much?" ”

Yang He waved his hand and smiled: "I'm just here to take a look." ”

Li Maochun smiled, and when Zhao Liangsong was ready, he immediately ordered the soldiers to open the door.

As the gate opened, a crowd of teenagers rushed in.

Seeing this, several soldiers shouted and ordered the teenagers to line up and register one by one.

Although these teenagers were quickly expelled by the soldiers, Yang He could already see the clothes of these teenagers clearly in this moment.

Seeing that most of these teenagers were dressed in shabby clothes, Yang He sighed softly. When you see the clothes of these people, you can know the family background of these people.

Listening to Li Maochun asking about the age, name, home address, and family members of these teenagers one by one, Yang He thought silently.

Most of these teenagers are sixteen or seventeen years old, which is the age of development, and they can't just patronize training, and they must eat nutritious to keep up.

Turning his head to look at Zhang Fengwu, Yang He said in a low voice: "Help me think, go back and find someone to buy a few pigs." ”

Zhang Fengwu nodded lightly.

At this moment, I suddenly heard Li Maochun say loudly: "We want to be fifteen to twenty years old, and you are only thirteen, so let's have some fun." ”

Then I heard a slightly childish voice say: "Master Jun, take me, my family is too poor, I want to be a soldier to support my family." ”

"Go, go, what kind of soldier is such a young child." Li Maochun said.

"Please, take me, I kowtow to the military master." The boy said urgently.

Hearing the young man kowtow, Yang He frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Maochun hurriedly said: "This child is only thirteen years old, and he wants to be a soldier. ”

Yang He shook his head: "Let him in, I'll ask what's going on." ”

When Li Maochun heard this, he said to the child, "You get up, come in and talk." ”

"You take me, and I'll get up." The kid shouted.

Yang He smiled when he heard this: "You come in, I will hear why you want to be a soldier, if you can convince me, I will let them accept you." ”

"What you say works?" The kid wondered.

"This is the chief soldier of the regimental training, you say that what he says doesn't work." Li Maochun reprimanded.

The boy was overjoyed and hurried around the table and entered.

Seeing that child, Yang He couldn't help but be stunned, this child is too miserable.

It was the beginning of March, and the weather was still relatively cold, but the child was wearing only a single coat, and the shoes on his feet were torn through a big hole, and his big toes were exposed, like a flower child.

Seeing that the child's face was bruised from the cold, Yang He hurriedly got up and pulled the child to the brazier, and then took off his coat and draped it over the child's body.

"Master, I'm not cold." The kid was busy.

Yang He shook his head: "Can't I see if you're cold or not?" ”

Pulling the child to sit down next to the brazier, Yang He said softly, "What's your name?" ”

The child said, "My surname is Ding, and my name is Gou Yu'er." ”

Yang He frowned when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Why do all these parents give their children such names, either dogs or dogs, can they give a serious name?" ”

Shaking his head, Yang He then asked, "Tell me, why do you want to be a soldier." ”

"I want to support my family." Ding Dog left.

"You're so young, why do you want to support your family? Who else is in the house? Yang He said.

"My father, my mother, and my sister." Ding Dog left.

Yang He frowned and said, "Doesn't your father support the family?" ”

"My dad is sick." Ding Dog left.

"What about your mother?" Yang He asked.

"My mother is also sick." Ding Dog left.

Yang He was puzzled when he heard this: "How old is your father and your mother this year?" Why are they all sick? ”

Ding Gou bit his lip when he heard this: "My father was beaten, and my mother is sick." ”

"What's going on! Tell me about it. Yang He said in a deep voice.

Ding Gou left: "Last spring, my grandfather was sick, and my family had no money to treat my grandfather's illness, so my father borrowed three taels of silver from Wang Yuan, and said that he would repay the money when he received the grain."

I don't think that the king did something on the IOU, and put usury, and when the autumn came, the king came out to collect the accounts, and asked my family to pay back fifteen taels of silver.

Where did my family get fifteen taels of silver, and finally I was forced to give the land to Wang Yuanwai, it was not enough to top the land, Wang Yuanwai also asked my sister to pay off the debt. My father had a dispute with Wang Yuanwai, and was beaten by the subordinates of Wang Yuanwai's family and snatched my sister away, and my mother became angry like this. ”

"Did you report to the police?" Yang He asked.

"It's reported, it's useless. The IOU had my father's drawing on it. Ding Gou left.

"IOUs? Didn't you say that your family gave the land to the king, and he robbed your sister, how can you still have an IOU? Yang He wondered.

"Wang Yuanwai said that my family's land and my sister are worth the money, and the capital has not been repaid." Ding Dog left.

When Yang He heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhang Fengwu.

Zhang Fengwu hurriedly said: "I'll go and ask my eldest brother." ”

Yang He nodded, turned his head to Ding Gouyu and said, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to call the shots for you in this matter." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Ding Gou was left to kneel and kowtow.

Yang He sighed, stretched out his hand and pulled Ding Gouyu up, touched Ding Gouyu's head and said, "Good boy." ”

After a while, Zhang Fengwu and Zhang Fengqi hurriedly came to the gatehouse.

Arching his hand at Zhang Fengqi, Yang He smiled and said, "Brother Longchuan, I guess Brother Qi has already told you, right?" Can you tell me, why did you protect the king in this case? ”

Zhang Fengqi arched his hand, sighed lightly and said: "Brother Xian doesn't know, that Wang Yuanwai was originally a member of the Ministry of Officials, and he returned to his hometown the year before last, how can this person be offended by my small county order?" ”

"What are the officials in charge of the Ministry of Literature, the Qing Officials?" Yang Heqi said.

Zhang Fengqi smiled bitterly: "The Department of Wenxuan and Qing Officials is responsible for the appointment, dismissal, and selection of civilian officials. Lifting, transferring. ”

Yang He nodded silently when he heard this, this Wang Yuanwai had held such a position, needless to say, he must have made friends with a large number of people, and it was indeed not something that Zhang Fengqi could afford to offend a small county order.