The Xishan annex of the Zhang family was actually just a storage zài like a forest hut.

But since Zhang Hongwu practiced martial arts, this place has expanded, after all, Zhang Hongwu will enter the West Mountain to hunt and hone his martial arts at a certain time every year.

Now, he thought that he couldn't use it anymore, after all, this was Zhang Hongbin's territory at the moment.

After getting the Xishan Annex, Zhang Hongbin spent five hundred taels of silver to let people renovate it again, and it can even be said to be expanded. Not only were several simple houses built for the next people to live in, but a vacant land was also expanded.

If you are a person of insight, you may find that this vacant land is completely opened up according to the model of the school field.

Thirty children were brought back, and the first thing was to give them a bath and, most importantly, a thorough wash of their heads. They had all lived in a very unhygienic environment, and lice were inevitable on their bodies. Zhang Hongbin didn't want them to be infected with any infectious diseases because of the problem of lice, and any of them died young, which would be a loss for him.

These children are still too young at this stage, and if they are given ten years, they may be able to cultivate a group of Yunwen Yunwu's henchmen. However, there is obviously not enough time, and starting from July next year, Wang Jiayin, Yang Liu, Bu Mud, and others will launch an uprising in Shaanxi. Originally, if he didn't have his own butterfly, his own guard, Wang Er, would have launched an uprising earlier.

Well, perhaps as the landlord class of the Ming Dynasty, it is strange to use the word uprising. Whether it's just reading a novel or a textbook, after reading the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty for so many years, I will always blurt it out subconsciously.

The children were bathed and their clothes were ready...... Well, naturally, there is no way to make them fresh, these clothes are old clothes bought at pawnshops. In fact, in this year's pawnshop, there will be ready-to-wear for sale. Tailoring and sewing is basically a necessary life skill for women in this era. But it's also true that my husband and son are wearing clothes that I have sewn with my own hands, and it feels really warm.

The clothes were ready-made, and some scraps of silver were spent on them, and as for the problem of not fitting them, they had to settle down. Zhang Hongbin has entrusted the women under the name of the Zhang family, and they will soon come over to measure the height of these children, and the cloth and wages will be paid by Zhang Hongbin, at least two sets of clothes will be tailored for these children, and a batch will be ordered in the next three months. The people's heart project can not tolerate the slightest sloppiness.

The children changed into clothes, although they were old clothes, but they were much better than their previous tattered clothes, and their hearts were full of gratitude to Zhang Hongbin.

"Okay, give me all the silence!" Zhang Hongbin clapped his hands and motioned for the children in front of him to be quiet.

Out of awe of the main family and gratitude to Zhang Hongbin, the children were very well-behaved and quiet. Silently watching him, waiting for his instructions.

"Since you have sold yourself to me, you will be my people from now on! Remember, your master is only me, after all, the money I bought you was earned by myself, and it has nothing to do with the Zhang family. Okay, I'll ask you now, if anyone in the future, even someone from the Zhang family, says that they want you to work, who do you listen to? Zhang Hongbin asked very strictly.

"Listen to the third young master!" Li Dingguo was very smart, and he quickly answered the correct answer.

Under his guidance, others also responded, Zhang Hongbin is like this, so that these children subconsciously understand who they should listen to.

"Li Dingguo, you are very clever, I like clever children! From now on, you're going to be the captain and you'll be in charge of helping me manage these boys. By the way, you can choose one of those boys to be your deputy. "Meritorious service must be rewarded, and Li Dingguo's cleverness must be rewarded sufficiently.

"Third Young Master, I choose Liu Ruoqi to be my deputy." Li Dingguo seems to have already been selected and pulled Liu Ruoqi out.

"That's good, Liu Ruoqi, in the future, you will be Li Dingguo's deputy, and as the deputy captain, you will assist me in managing these boys." Zhang Hongbin nodded, but he was a little worried in his heart, that is, where did he seem to have heard the name Liu Ruoqi.

Looking at Liu Ruoqi again, he is about nine years old, older than Li Dingguo. He didn't seem to like to talk much, and only answered when he was appointed as the vice-captain. As for the further situation, it will be slowly observed in the future.

"Haruka! You take those five girls, and they'll be handed over to you later. Teach. Normally, you're responsible for helping the boys and us with the laundry, cooking, and so on. Of course, at this stage, at least half a year, I have specially invited someone to be responsible for doing these things, and after half a year, I will try to make sure that you can do something appropriately. Zhang Hongbin naturally won't forget his personal maid, and this time he came to the Xishan Annex, but he brought Chunxiang over.

"Yes! The maidservant obeys! Haruka was also well-behaved and quickly responded.

Thus, the management class of twenty-five boys and five girls was confirmed, and the rest awaited further instruction.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye, and after the children's morning exercise during the day, they began to study in the morning, and after three hours, there was a three-hour physical training, and; Two hours of team training. Zhang Hongbin may not be a qualified soldier or a qualified instructor, but he still understands the basic elements of military training.

In this process, Wang Er and the ten guards also trained with these children. The difference is that according to the different age groups, Zhang Hongbin has formulated the training difficulty of different conditions. The ten guards had to each have about twenty pounds of sandbags tied to their bodies; Wang Er was even worse, and the fifty catties of sandbags were directly added.

After a day of intense exercise, rest for half an hour and then start eating. Zhang Hongbin was also willing to spend a lot of money to buy meat for these guys. Not to mention those children who have never seen meat even since they were born, just ten guards and Wang Er, they may not be able to eat many meals of meat throughout the year.

Gobbling up is naturally inevitable, but seeing that everyone is almost the same as a virtuous person, the people who were originally strangers have also begun to become more familiar.

After dinner, there is at least three hours left to study. These children are the first people in this world to enjoy the light of candles. Of course, candles made of beeswax don't count...... That's too expensive.

In the past five days, Zhang Hongbin has done some business with the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, and there is naturally no way to sell rice noodles and tea, but there is no problem with the sale of soap, this time Zhang Hongbin directly sent out 100,000 pieces of soap. I heard that many people from other provinces also come here to buy this kind of soap and sell it in their provinces.

At the same time, Zhang Hongbin also inquired that those merchants from other provinces sold soap for five times the price of pancreas. But if it weren't for that, where would they be willing to come all the way to other provinces to buy goods? It is not impossible to say that seven times or even ten times the price of pancreas is not impossible.

After selling soap and getting a sum of money, Zhang Hongwen learned about the candle deposit, and after confirming the purchase price, he decisively bought nearly 100,000 packs of candles. The profit is not much, but the expensive thing is that this is a consumable, and it will flow for a long time.

Before and after, the cost in the supermarket finally exceeded five hundred taels of silver, seeing this number, Zhang Hongbin couldn't help but sigh that five thousand taels is so far away.

With the money, Zhang Hongbin bought another batch of strong men. They are all strong men over fifteen years old and under thirty years old. The difference between them and children is that older people are not qualified to study in the morning, but they can choose whether to attend classes in the evening. They have to be in charge of the chores of the Nishiyama Annex, and at the same time, they have to train harder. Of course, meat is naturally indispensable to them.

There is an opportunity to read, and these strong men will choose to come to listen to books at night. In fact, in the evening, Zhang Hongbin said that he was teaching, but in fact, he was constantly teaching them the opportunity to brainwash them. Let them subconsciously feel that they should be loyal to themselves, no matter what decision they make, it is right, even if it is a rebellion, they have to obediently jump into the fire pit together!

Seriously, Zhang Hongbin may not be a qualified political commissar, but it is still possible to fool the people of this era.

At least, he can still play with the stick and carrot method.

"Young master, but you plan to do something big?" One day, when Zhang Hongbin was correcting his homework, Wang Er came to his side and asked in a low voice.