After a short period of fear, Chen Chao's family confirmed that their family was safe. You persuaded her husband, it seems that the man surnamed Long is a righteous person, you must not fight against him again, after all, he is a bandit__

Chen Chao was also caught in a fierce ideological struggle. Long Qian's purpose in recruiting him is clear, that is, to use his popularity. But once he agrees to cooperate with the bandits, his reputation will be damaged, although he has no intention of career, but he still wants to be a rich man and enjoy honor. Although he refused Long Qian's invitation at first, he was also worried in his heart, and the reason was still what You Shi said, after all, the other party was Xiangma, not the government.

But what the so-called Mengshan Army under Long Qian's command did really didn't look like a ringing horse! Chen Chao can see from the dozens of people stationed in Chenjiaya. The practice is not stopped every day, the people are never disturbed, and the behavior is civilized, so that the ignorant villagers of Chenjiaya instead regard the garrison of the Mengshan Army as a rare scenery, children see it, adults also watch it, and even the women began to watch these bandits.

Although Chen Chao has no military career, he has never heard of such a strict military discipline Xiangma, and he has really done nothing in the autumn, let alone molesting women and plundering goods, and even rarely goes to the village's homes. After living in Zhuangzi for a month, the villagers were normal, and even the women did not avoid them.

That guy really has a set.

When Long Qian talked about the purpose of establishing an autonomous committee, Chen Chao was moved, Mengshan Army helped the villagers to harvest crops and repair houses, which deeply moved Chen Chao, he really felt that this was a very special army, not to mention the horses, it was the official army, who would have imagined that the official army would help the people harvest autumn and repair houses? After Long Qian proposed water conservancy construction, a plan to solve the problem of Chen Jiaya and Bai Wei's food once and for all, Chen Chao finally decided to cooperate with Long Qian.

As Chen Chao's mood improved, Chen Shu, who had been quite depressed for a while, also became excited, especially after meeting the real foreigner David.

That day, Long Qian was invited to Chen Chao's house in Chenjiaya, and in addition to his guard Li Sancai, he also brought a foreigner with yellow hair and blue eyes and slender eyes. Chen Shu, who was preparing lunch with her aunt You Shi and her cousin Chen Xian, saw this scene and couldn't help but scream.

"Oh, why did you bring a foreign devil to my house?" Chen Shu, who had flour on her hands, pointed to the foreigner and asked Long Qian, who was greeting Chen Chao.

"Hehe, I told you about the United States, you don't believe it. This is an authentic American. Long Qian didn't care about Chen Shu's faux pas, but felt that this outgoing girl was innocent and unorganized.

The American smiled and said hello, "Hello, excuse me." "An authentic Shandong accent.

"Ah, what else does he say about us?" Chen Shu became more and more surprised.

"Shu'er! Don't be rude! Go ahead and get your business done! Chen Chao frowned and said, "Please, talk in the house." He lifted the curtain and let in Long Qian and his two retinues.

Of course, he was the young American David who stayed in the Mengshan Army for more than half a year and applied to join the Mengshan Army. Divin.

When the main force of the Mengshan army set out, David followed the Song and Jin kingdoms to stay in Mengshan. Then he was taken to Zhengjiazhuang by Feng Guozhu, an American young man with a good physique who was seriously ill after arriving at the new station, with a fever, cough, and couldn't get up from bed. First of all, he refused to drink Zheng Haoran prescribed Chinese medicine, and the black medicinal soup was a wizard's deception in David's opinion, because the high fever did not go away, under the coaxing of Long Qian, David drank the first pair of Chinese medicine in his life, and his illness was cured. This gave him a preliminary understanding of Chinese medicine.

"The Chinese have contributed to the civilization of the world, and we have summarized four major inventions: gunpowder, the compass, papermaking and movable type printing. In my opinion, it might be more appropriate to say that it was discovered. In fact, the greatest contribution is Chinese medicine and diet, which is the essence of traditional Chinese culture. Long Qian smiled and said to David, "Don't doubt Chinese medicine, it's the real science." ”

After preparing to start digging the canal, David actively participated in the exploration work, any earthwork requires mathematical knowledge, and David's role in this regard is highlighted, take a wooden pole and stand there to compare and draw, calculate on paper for a while, and the data needed will come out, and the results of the stupid method verification prove that David's calculation is extremely accurate, which makes Ning Shijun very admired.

"Okay, I don't see how many moments you have left. It's not for nothing. Ning Shijun smiled and patted David's shoulder.

"That's it. It's trigonometric functions, you don't understand it. But Commander Long understood. What David admires most is Long Qian, who seems to be omnipotent. A hard-working Chinese student, David is now fluent in Shandong dialect to communicate with his Chinese comrades, and of course with the villagers.

Although Zhengjiazhuang is large, there is no church. The legendary foreigner appeared alive in front of them, which surprised the villagers who had never seen a foreigner, and this foreigner was still wearing the military uniform of the Mengshan Army!

Cheng Da Niu was a little puzzled, in his understanding, foreigners didn't a good thing! How can Commander Long, who is good everywhere, recruit foreigners? Long Qian patiently explained to Lao Cheng: Just like rich people have good and bad, foreigners also have good and bad. Didn't you see that David was busy measuring the aqueduct when he was sick? He's been with me for almost half a year, a nice young man. This dispelled Cheng Daniu's dissatisfaction.

The construction of the canal is about to begin, and the self-government committee that has been set up is busy with its feet on the ground. Prepare tools, silver two, divide lots, set construction periods, and have a lot of things to do. Moreover, as an autonomous committee, Chen Chao felt that there were some problems with the operation of this committee, and there were some things to discuss with Long Qian, so he asked Long Qian to talk to Chen Jiaya's house, but he didn't expect Long Qian to bring David here.

It was still in the hall where the last time we had a long talk, Chen Chao invited Long Qian and David to sit down, and his eyes naturally did not leave the yellow-haired and blue-eyed David.

"Hehe, Master Chen must be curious about why there will be foreigners in our army. In fact, David asked to join our army. I didn't agree. Isn't it, David? ”

David smiled and nodded, and told Chen Chao in his already fluent Shandong dialect about his experience of going up Mengshan Mountain.

"I see, then, when will Mr. David return to China?"

"Mr. Chen, Westerners' name habits are different from mine, his surname is Diwen, his name is David, so you can't call him Mr. David. Ha Lu Ha. Long Qian hurriedly corrected.

Chen Chao was a little embarrassed. He really doesn't understand the rules of foreigners.

"Mr. Chen, I have no plans to return to China for the time being."

"For what?"

"I want to see the future of the Mengshan Army, and I think it will surprise me. In the future, I will write a book about the Mengshan Army, which will definitely sell well in my country. ”

Long Qian interrupted David's nagging, "Mr. Chen, I came this time to talk to you about the canal again, and I have already prepared it here, and it will be excavated in a day or two." The biggest problem is that there are too few explosives, and if you can think of some of them, the project will be much faster. ”

That small hill is a difficult point, Long Qian has taken it all, but for this requirement, Chen Chao is difficult, "I'm afraid it's not easy." The gunpowder in your hand was still obtained by Zheng Jing, and I don't have his relationship with the government. ”

"It's okay, it's just a bit of a task to do without explosives. Bai Wei's side, it's all right? Long Qian opened and brought a picture on the table, on which the direction of the canal had been carefully drawn with a brush and segmented.

"Okay, Xiao Guanyu has to pick up a day to start construction__" Chen Chao leaned over and looked at the picture carefully, "Oh, what do these circles mean?" ”

"It's called a contour line, and the denser the circle, the higher the terrain." Long Qian explained, "You can't delay it too long. The weather is already cold, and besides, I am worried that the officers and soldiers will make a move. As soon as the battle began, the project had to be stopped. ”

This is what Chen Chao is most worried about, "Mr. Long, the official army is here, what should you do?" ”

"I can only fight. Can't I be caught? ”

"Can you beat it?"

"As long as the people support me, I will definitely be able to fight." Long Qian was full of confidence.

Will the people support it? Chen Chao thinks it will. When a large number of Sanzhuang's sons joined the Mengshan Army, and when the Mengshan Army made a series of moves to benefit the people and benefit the people, the people at least would not welcome the official army to drive the Mengshan Army away.

"Retreat, with all due respect, I don't want you to meet with the officers and sabers. You're so talented, I've seen it, and there's a good way to get through it. In that way, Sanzhuang will always be your home__" Chen Chao said sincerely,

"I don't want to confront the government head-on, but the initiative is not mine. Just to find a way for my brother to survive, I really don't think about anything else. Okay, since the matter of repairing the canal is no longer controversial, let's take it easy, how about a game? Long Qian diverted the topic.

That's exactly what I mean. When Uchiko heard that you were coming, she prepared early in the morning and killed a chicken. Let's have lunch here. ”

"Thankfully, Mrs. Sister-in-law." Long Qian smiled, "David, you followed me to get naked." Later, if you have tasted Madame's craftsmanship, you will know the subtlety of Chinese cuisine. ”

"I'm afraid Mr. Devon is not used to it, right?" Chen Chao looked at David, who was sitting quietly on the side.

"Hehe, I like Chinese food very much." David said with a smile.

Chen Shu boiled water, broke the teapot with one hand, and held a hand-woven basket with crispy dates in the other.

"Thank you." Long Qian reached out and took the teapot.

"I heard that you also recruit female soldiers on your team?"

"Yes. I have a nursery, and there used to be only seven female soldiers, but now, there are a dozen. ”

"I want to go, okay?" Chen Shupu's big eyes flashed and stared straight at Long Qian.

"Shu'er!" Chen Chao leaned the chess box heavily on the chessboard.

Chen Shu turned around and walked out.

"Retreat, you accept female soldiers, what will they do in the future?" Chen Chao felt that Long Qian was good at governing the army, but this was the only thing that made it difficult for him to accept.

"Mr. Koshino, the army actually needs female soldiers, and they have an advantage in terms of caring for the wounded. As for the future, when they marry and have children, they can do whatever they want. By the way, this time to renovate the winter clothes, Guizhuang's tailor Sun has helped a lot. I will be grateful to him. Long Qian slapped a sunspot on the chessboard.

"No, you're a great chess player, where can you go first?" Chen Chao took the black chess piece and played a new piece.

The two quickly immersed themselves in the chess game. David didn't know how to play Go, and he couldn't stand it after watching a few steps, so he looked up sharply and saw Chen Shu waving at him through the bamboo curtain, so he got up and went out.

In less than a hundred steps, one of Chen Chao's big dragons died of anger, and Chen Chao wiped out the chess game, "Come again." ”

"Don't stop it, it's ready." Chen Shu said loudly.