"Winter is coming."

Ye Chang spoke slowly, not in a hurry or impatient, as if he was talking about the most ordinary things. His attitude made the tense atmosphere a little, and everyone couldn't help but nod.

Although these Hanmin people in the capital can now distinguish the message conveyed by the gong, after all, they have not been really trained, and their discipline is still much worse.

"Before he came, Gao Baosheng oppressed the good, so that the monarchs' families were poor and had no clothes. We all live in Liaodong, and we are tossing and turning in the forests and seas to survive, the so-called watching and helping each other. Poetry clouds, how can it be said that there are no clothes, and the same robe ...... with the son"

Ye Chang didn't speak very deeply, and everyone present could understand it, they couldn't help but be stunned, and those who understood the poem couldn't help but look at each other.

Then he watched Ye Chang wave his hand, and a large curtain behind him was suddenly lifted, revealing something underneath.

All of them are thick cotton clothes and cotton pants, these cotton clothes and cotton pants, but the style of the Tang people, piled together like a hill, at least there are hundreds of sets, and there may even be more.

Most of the Han people present were poor, and they were originally thinking about how to survive this winter, but when they saw these cotton clothes and pants, their eyes became hot. A set of cotton clothes is precious in such a winter, but what makes people feel more heart-warming is the care of Ye Senjun represented by this set of cotton clothes.

"Each chief of security, bring the people you protect, and then come to receive winter clothes in order." Ye Chang said again.

Immediately there was a cheer.

Fan Jiyong shouted the loudest, remembering that Zhang Quanzhun wanted to take away his Yongye Tian with an old winter coat, and now Ye joined the army and directly issued it to himself, under the strong contrast, he couldn't help blurting out: "Ye joins the army, and he is willing to join the army and fight with Beisha City."

At this time, everyone cheered for a while, and his voice suddenly sounded, and everyone was stunned.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Fan Jiyong's usual cowardice was gone, and he was angry: "I am in exile in Liaodong, there is no tile on the top, no inch of land below, no food to wrap my belly, and it is difficult to keep out the cold." Ye joined the army, fed me, clothed me, protected me, and my parents were just like that. Today, the Goguryeo dog slaves in Beisha City want to attack, if Ye joins the army and is defeated, the food and clothing of the field house are not mine."

This is said to the hearts of the people, most of whom have no place to stand, and now they finally see a little hope for life, and some people want to destroy it.

"Exactly, I also want to join the army"

"Join the army, join the army, fight for Ye Langjun"

Everyone shouted, Ye Chang gestured to the side, and suddenly a gong sounded, everyone understood what he meant, and quieted down again.

"You are not trained, you only rely on the courage of blood and qi to go into battle, Ye will never let civilians go into battle." Ye Dao said with a smile: "You have the heart of your fist, Ye feels the same way, but as the strong man said, you are not fighting for Ye, but for your own fields, food, clothing, wife and children." If you really have the heart, join the militia, train first, and do some things like carrying grain and patrolling. ”

The next step was the distribution of cotton clothes and trousers, and the cotton production of several estates almost doubled compared to last year, because farmers now learned how to grow cotton, and because of the expansion of the planting area, the production of cotton clothes and quilts has also increased. And because I saw that the income from planting cotton was much higher than that from growing grain, many nearby landlords were also seeking planting. Ye Chang himself is also preparing to promote cotton planting in Liaodong in the coming year.

The cotton clothes were sent to Fan Jiyong's hands, whether it was cloth or warmth, it was much stronger than stuffing reeds in linen. After Fan Jiyong grabbed it, he couldn't wait to change it, only to feel that he had never worn such warm clothes in his life.

He had never been a bold man, but this time, he was finally bold.

Seeing that everyone was happy to put on new clothes, Fan Jiyong pulled the chief of his first guarantee: "I want to join the army, Sheng Baochang, how do you say to vote?"

"I'll help you ask, but, Fan San, you are really impressive today, didn't you say a few months ago that you were the only one in the family and refused to go to the militia?"

Fan Jiyong smiled, a little embarrassed, and didn't speak.

A few months ago, when the fields were just distributed, Ye Chang recruited a group of people to serve as militiamen, and the chief of security mobilized Fan Jiyong to go, but Fan Jiyong could not live or die. He only thought about cultivating his twenty acres of Yongye land, accumulating some belongings earlier, and then marrying a daughter-in-law. But then he found that he was tired and tired of working in the fields alone, and the people who joined the militia were on duty in the morning and evening, and they worked together and dozens of people helped each other, and it didn't take long to complete it. At that time, he regretted it a little in his heart, but Ye Chang didn't mention the matter of recruiting militia again, so he didn't dare to ask for it.

Now it is different, Ye Chang's act of distributing cotton clothes made him completely return to his heart, and the mutual assistance of the militia made him have no worries, but gave birth to a heart of profit, and took the opportunity of the invasion of Quan Gaihong to propose to join the militia, which is a matter of course.

Ye Chang left Lushun for a month, Nan Jiyun emphasized military affairs over civil affairs, and there were a lot of things backlogged, so Ye Chang quickly left the assembly hall. In the evening, when the business was settled, he went back to the assembly hall to see if the militia recruitment was over, but he heard that there was an argument there.

"It's strange, could it be that someone wants to join the militia? Also, the so-called militia is a guard reserve, and it can only be recruited when the physical condition meets the standard, and if there is a disability, it can only be regretted.

But when I came recently, I realized that it was not the Tao of Lu, and it was a few Goguryeo people who were arguing.

The costumes of the Goguryeo people were similar to those of the Han Chinese, but the buns were different. They shouted, but they said that they were also going to join the army, Ye Chang frowned slightly: He gave a naturalization order before, and the Goguryeo people ignored it, why did he want to join the army at this time?

"It's good to join the army, we also want to join the army, and we also have to divide our clothes" Seeing him coming, those Goguryeo people came up and shouted.

Ye Chang's eyes swept over these people, and now there are still about sixty Goguryeo families in Duli Town, half of them have a little property, and the other half have a poor family, among these people, there are both poor families and some people with a little property.

"You also want to join the militia?" Ye Chang asked with a smile: "The militia works hard, from morning to night, either training or on duty, and sometimes even delays the housework at home, do you also want to join?" ”

"If you have clothes to wear and food to eat, you naturally have to join," one person said with a smile.

A Han man next to him said: "This guy is talking nonsense, he still wants to exchange an old winter coat for my Yongye Tian in the morning."

It was Fan Jiyong who spoke, and because of his early performance, Ye Ying, who was in charge of recruiting the militia, was very satisfied and stayed to help. Fang had just quarreled with this group of Goguryeos, and it was he who took the lead, believing that the Goguryeo people were not eligible to join the militia.

"How can there be such a thing, it's just a joke, Yongyetian, even if I get it, it can't be mine." Zhang Quanzhun said with a smile.

"He also said that Quan Gaihong would call, and our Yongye Tian would be gone."

Zhang Quanzhun's face changed slightly: "At that time, I didn't know if Ye Senjun came back, I haven't seen Lushun's response for so long, I was anxious, I made a mistake without choosing my words, and I asked Lord Ye Senjun not to remember the villain......"

This Goguryeo man has sharp teeth, Fan Jiyong can't say anything about him, and he has all the tricks he sees. Fan Ji's courage was so red that his face turned purple, but he said repeatedly: "He can't enter, he is a Goguryeo, he can't enter"

"Ye Senjun said that the Goguryeo people are actually the remnants of the Han people and the descendants of Emperor Yan" Zhang Quanzhun said proudly: "Ye Senjun also issued a naturalization order before, although I am a Goguryeo, I also have a Han heart"

Ye Chang smiled dumbly: "That is the case, these Goguryeo people will also allow them to join the militia." ”

Seeing that Fan Jiyong still wanted to admonish, Ye Chang waved his hand: "No need to say more, Fan San, I still have one more thing for you to do, you come with me." ”

Ye Ying went to pick up these Goguryeo people, Ye Chang took Fan Jiyong aside, found some chores for him to do, and sent him away.

By the time the recruitment was completed, there were more than 3,000 militia under the Lushun system, and almost all adult men had joined the militia, but the number of guards was still 350.

What reassured Ye Chang was that these three hundred and fifty people were future professional soldiers, all of whom were trained by him, and some of them had seen blood when attacking the surrounding villages, so they had some combat experience. Moreover, the main force among them is either the children of the relatives who came from Xiuwu, or the Luoyang victims who have received Ye Chang's life-saving grace, in terms of loyalty, Ye Chang is very relieved.

"Fifth brother, those Goguryeo people, you also let them join the militia?"

Not long after he returned to Lushun, Nan Jiyun, who heard the news, hurried over with a surprised face, and said straight after seeing him.

He has a straight temper, and he is naked to Ye Chang, so he has no shy time when he speaks, as long as he thinks of it, he says it.

Ye Chang said with a smile: "Why, there are few Han people in Liaodong, if we want to make a career, we can't do it without enough manpower, these Goguryeo people, strictly speaking, many of them are descendants of the Han people, if they can be used by me, it is also a good thing." ”

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts." Nan Jiyun shook his head and said, "These Goguryeo people, when you issued the naturalization order, they didn't take it seriously, and now if you want to start a war, they will be kind enough to help?" ”

"Hehe, yes, that's what my brother said, so they take us for fools too." Ye Chang laughed.

There must be a ghost behind this group of Goguryeo people, and now what makes Ye Chang wonder is whether this ghost comes from the outside or from the Goguryeo people themselves in the capital. However, no matter where this ghost comes from, Ye Chang feels that finding it out at present is not the best solution, and keeping it for his own use is the right way.

"What do you mean...... Want to borrow their hands? ”

"Brother guessed right." Ye Chang smiled.

Zhang Quanzhun joined the militia as he wished, and his heart was very happy, and the next morning, he ran to Lushun after gathering at the assembly center, like most of the young men in the town of Duli. Now the sand road between Duli and Lushun has been repaired, and it only takes more than a quarter of an hour to get there. When they arrived at Lushun, they did not enter the camp, but in the training ground outside the camp.

On weekdays, Lushun trains the militia and protects the army, and it is here.

Nan Jiyun appeared in front of everyone, and when his gaze swept over Zhang Quanzhun's face, Zhang Quanzhun immediately showed a flattering smile. Nan Jiyun nodded, and then shouted: "Today you all have to conduct a drill, before the drill, someone has to go to the arsenal to get weapons, who wants to do this?" ”

"I," Fan Jiyong was the first to shout.

"I'm willing to go, a few of us can go" Zhang Quanzhun heard the "arsenal", his eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted not to be left behind.

Fan Jiyong glared at him, but he didn't care. Fan Jiyong muttered: "This group of Goguryeo dog slaves is still arrogant now"

Nan Jiyun saw that many people were willing, so he ordered more than ten people at the moment, and Zhang Quanzhun and his group of five Goguryeo people were all among them.

However, Fan Jiyong didn't click it, and he was somewhat disappointed.

These more than ten people followed Nan Jiyun to the camp, the arsenal, as one of the most important buildings, is located in the west of Lushun, and now it is just a small independent courtyard, but enough space is reserved around. When they arrived here, the vigilance was obviously stricter, and it was Nan Jiyun who led them and passed through three sentry posts successively.

"How many blades do you have in Curry?" After entering the courtyard, Nan Jiyun asked the warehouse manager.

"All that's left is a few whistle sticks and bamboo guns." The Vault replied lazily.

"What, why is there only that, I remember that there were thirty-five armors, fifty bows, fifty lances, and two hundred horizontal knives in the arsenal, why was there only that?"

Zhang Quanzhun followed Nan Jiyun's side, and when he heard these numbers, his eyes couldn't help but light up, he lowered his head, not letting others see his face, and secretly wrote down all of them.

"What can I do, these equipment, some time ago with the master to transport to Weizi Village, I have only three hundred whistle sticks and five hundred bamboo guns left" Na Kuguan sighed and said: "I joined the army and didn't bring supplies when I came back this time, he said that five hundred pairs of armor soldiers will be sent in the spring next year, and this year I have to deal with it." ”

Nan Jiyun was furious when he heard this: "How can you deal with it, Beisha City over there will attack at any time, just rely on these whistles and bamboo guns, how can you deal with them?" ”

"If you want to attack, you have to break Weizi Village first, and we also rely on Weizi Village as a barrier, otherwise how can we hold it by relying on these short brown raw melons in front of us?"

The words of the treasury manager made Nan Jiyun even more annoyed: "If the thieves bypass Weizi Village and come straight to attack Duli and Lushun, what should we do?" ”

"No way, how dare a thief have such guts. General Nan, you just have to rest assured, just survive this winter, after this winter, five hundred sets of armored soldiers can fight the thieves head-on. ”

Nan Jiyun was worried, and sighed: "Now it can only be like this, I hope these newly recruited militia can have some combat power......"

After receiving the whistle stick and bamboo gun, Nan Jiyun began to train these militiamen one by one, and everyone worked hard, because Nan Jiyun said that if you behave well, you can add meat and vegetables at noon. Zhang Quanzhun and others performed more prominently, and they were praised by Nanji Cloud Connection, which made Fan Jiyong even more unhappy.

After 10 days of drills and training, the temperature was colder than 10 days, and on November 15, the fourth year of Tianbao, the sea outside Lushunkou was finally blocked by ice floes, and the contact between Liaodong and Dengzhou was suspended. As the sea froze, the sky was shrouded in clouds, and with the cold wind came an almost suffocating atmosphere.