"Daddy, about my injury this time, it's actually ......"

"Okay, my own son understands it, I don't bother to listen to what you are causing trouble, and I will convene the uncle of the clan to discuss the matter later, you are also sixteen years old, let's participate with you." Without waiting for Xu Hui to finish speaking, Xu Zhong got up and went to the back hall.

Xujia Hall, located in the center of Xujiabao, is a three-entry courtyard, the front yard is open, it is the place used by the clan assembly, the middle courtyard is close to the atrium, it is the place where the elders of the clan deliberate, the backyard is the ancestral hall, the place where the ancestors are ranked, it is said that this courtyard is the middle of the Tang Dynasty Xu family migrated from Shandong and built here, it lasted hundreds of years, after several repairs, it is still the most important building in the whole Xujiabao.

Follow my father to the atrium, the uncles and adult brothers at home have arrived, and the Xu family has passed on to my father's generation, a total of three brothers, my father is two, I have an uncle and an uncle, and my own generation, five brothers, I am the eldest. Although Uncle Xu Hui has never been an official, he treats his brother as a brother and a father, and has the highest prestige in Xujiabao, but unfortunately he died four years ago, and passed the position of patriarch to the fourth brother before he died.

In his own generation, except for Xu Yao, the eldest uncle of the second brother, and Xu Kun, the third uncle of the fourth, who served in the army, the rest of the brothers are all at home.

"Okay, all the brothers and nephews have arrived, Da Lang, please introduce the situation at home in the past two months," Xu Chong sat on the left side of the main seat, looked around at everyone, and said.

"Second uncle, this year's spring ploughing has been properly arranged, but last year's year was not good, there was not much grain stored at home, and there was not a few snows in winter, I am afraid that this year is not optimistic, and I hope that the second uncle will make plans early." The boss Xu Huang saluted and said, "In addition, the official family sent troops to levy Liao, which led to the interruption of Liao's trade, and there was a deficit last year, and the gap was not small. ”

"Hmm" Xu Chong took a sip of tea and thought for a while, "The official family is conquest of the Liao State, let's not say whether it is appropriate or not, since the plan has been set, the subjects should be fully supported, and the field tax should be paid in time, but the tenants of the Xu family are all old people who are family heirlooms, and their lives are more difficult when the year is not good, and the subsidies that should be there cannot be saved, as for the matter of money and food, it is better to make another plan." ”

"But......" Xu Huang was still arguing, and Xu Chong waved his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Second uncle, after the year, the official family issued an edict, recently the bandits and bandits on the east and west roads of Hedong and Hexi have been rampant, and the army is difficult to scruple about the northern expedition, and requires the villagers everywhere to organize militia group exercises, and this matter is also on behalf of the second uncle." Xu Jiuzuo said.

"The militia? It's not like someone will send a pillow when I'm sleepy, I'm still worried about what reason to use to officially train the army, this errand must be taken down. When Xu Hui heard about the group training, his eyes lit up.

"The last thing I need in Xujiabao is a good son, but the food consumption of training the militia will definitely increase greatly......"

"Daddy," Xu Hui, who participated in the discussion for the first time, stood in front of the hall and saluted, "Daddy, uncle, brothers, the official family ordered the training of the militia group, which is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, I have many heroes in Xujiabao, and there are many fathers who often practice, bandits dare not bully, but the surrounding villages and towns are often harassed by bandits, I remember last year, Donglin Village suffered from bandits, not only most of the property was looted, but also five or six people died. Xu Hui cleared his throat and continued, "Besides, although I, the villagers of Xujiabao, are fierce, but the bandits are not easy to think of. And we can not be compared with bandits in all aspects of weapons and armor, if we train the militia group, we can get the assistance of the imperial court's weapons, and then it will not be sophisticated equipment, but the combat power of the militia will inevitably increase greatly, coupled with the father's art of war strategy, at that time, not only self-preservation, that is, the bandits are not known, this money and food, should be spent. “

"It's rare for Gorou to have this insight, helping the villagers, and getting along with the surroundings is my Xu family's consistent criterion, and the matter of the militia is so decided, as for the drill, it is still according to the old practice of farming when the farmers are busy, and training the soldiers when the farmers are slack." Xu Zhong said in a deep voice.

"Daddy, I have a different opinion, a few days ago I looked through the family book, Xujiabao has more than 2,300 villagers, including more than 500 men between the ages of 16 and 40, all of whom can be soldiers in wartime, I think that in addition to the 30 families in the house, we should select another 100 regular soldiers for special training, and the rest should be trained as auxiliary soldiers according to the old practice, so that we can train the 130 soldiers who attack fortified positions, the auxiliary soldiers are the guard, and the regular soldiers are the attack, complementing each other, and they can defend the neighbors and eliminate the bandits."

"Second brother, I think Gorou's opinion is feasible." Xu Tong, who had not spoken, spoke.

"Okay, just do it according to Goro's opinion, Goro, since you put forward the idea, the specific operation of this group training will be handed over to you, this year is also sixteen, next year is going to crown you, it's time to do something serious, the province is out all day long to make trouble for me, talk about it first, you can't fall behind in reading." San Lang, you have to keep an eye on your fifth brother in this matter. Xu Zhong finally clapped his head.

"Yes, Daddy." "Yes, second uncle," the brothers saluted.

Out of the door of the council hall, Xu Hui hurried to catch up with the third brother, "Third brother, our brothers still have to discuss this matter, this is the first time my brother has done something, and I hope the third brother will mention it more." ”

Xu Jian looked at Xu Hui in surprise, for this little brother, Xu Jian loves himself, but there is still a little fear in the faint sense, who doesn't know that this kid is a bastard little bully, relying on his strength and practicing a lot of martial arts, he always thinks that the eldest brother, his father's second, his third, except for the eldest brother Xu Huang has a little prestige in front of him, other brothers never give much face, but after all, they are the younger brothers in the clan, and they are all held in the palm of their hands. Is the sun coming out of the west? It's the first time I've spoken so kindly.

"What did the fifth brother say, you are a great talent, and the elder brother will help you run errands, and the matter of military training has to rely on the fifth brother's Wen Taowu strategy." Xu Jian said with a smile.

"What did the third brother say, fighting and causing trouble, eating, drinking and having fun, the younger brother is an expert, and this training is also a novice, doesn't the third brother want to help me?"

"Where is it, what does the fifth brother need to do, even if he speaks, the elder brother will never give up. This, your eldest nephew in the fifth brother's family is studying today, and the newly invited pedant is about to arrive, and the third brother will go to Zhang Luo and Zhang Luo first. Xu Jue said goodbye.

"Third brother, go quickly, my brother will sort out his thoughts tonight, and discuss it with the third brother tomorrow."

Throughout the afternoon, Xu Hui took Liu Er around Xujiabao, he wanted to see what this small village he lived in was like.

The overall layout of Xujiabao is rectangular, the street is relatively neat, there is a small earth mountain in the north of the village, the south of the village is the threshing floor of the villagers, the east of the village is a small river, it is said to be a small tributary of the Hutuo River, the west of the village is the main road of Xujiabao to the outside, it is in response to the former Vermilion Bird, the rear Xuanwu, the left green dragon, the right white tiger is exquisite, presumably there must be people who are proficient in feng shui among the ancestors who migrated here, it is really a treasure of feng shui.

However, what Xu Hui is uncomfortable about is that the villagers seem to be very afraid of themselves, and when they see themselves coming, they can hide, and if they can't hide, they come up and say, "The little officials are fine", and there is nothing else. This is also the fact that the bastards under the predecessor Xu Hui are not welcomed, and they can only slowly make the villagers change, but these overlord behaviors in the past may not be beneficial to recruitment and training. Seeing that it was getting westward, and the injury on his head was not completely healed, Xu Hui went back to his house to serve his five internal organs temple.