"Well, if you can make everyone eat fish today, I'll make you a fishing rod myself, how about it?" Long Yuan casually found a stone and sat down, and said to the guard with a smile.

"Really!?"

The guard was pleasantly surprised, and he was ready to show his hand.

"You kid, are you still afraid that Steward Long will not be able to break his promise?" Lao Zhang scolded with a smile on the chest of the guard.

When everything was ready, the guard came to the river with a homemade improvised fishing rod and took out a writhing earthworm from a bamboo cage and threaded it on the hook.

thump

The rod is raised high, and the silver line draws a perfect arc in the air under the pull of the hook, and finally falls to the middle of the river.

The guard sat down cross-legged, stuck his rod in the soft ground, and waited for the fish to take the bait.

One of the three guards who had been selected by Lao Zhang before walked lightly to the guard's side, and the two chatted familiarly.

"Steward Long, are you going to organize this person into the team as well?" asked Lao Zhang in a whisper in Long Yuan's ear.

"Well, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and there are no people around the waterway along this way, so you can't eat dry food all the way in the future! Besides, he grew up by the river when he was a child, and after he became familiar with the water, it was also of great help to the exploration of trade routes. Long Yuan said his thoughts.

"But ......"

Lao Zhang pointed to the two people fishing by the river, as if he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Long Yuan with a wave of his hand.

Long Yuan moved and changed to a more comfortable position, tilted his head and looked at the two people by the river with interest, "I know what you mean, those three people have probably guessed our thoughts, he proposed fishing at this time, and that person should have revealed it to him." ”

Long Yuan tilted his chin and pointed at the guard who had been selected before, and then continued: "But what does it matter, it doesn't matter if you know our intentions, the important thing is that he can show his value, not to mention that this also reflects their connections, so a little trick is harmless." ”

Hearing Long Yuan's explanation, Lao Zhang suddenly realized something, and his rough old face brought up deep and shallow ravines, and he couldn't stop nodding.

"But in the future, these people are under your hands, you must be careful not to let them form gangs, as long as there is some competition between them, but you must not tear each other down, or even stab each other in the back. During the conversation, Long Yuan didn't forget to remind Lao Zhang.

After all, in Long Yuan's view, a team cohesion is very important, and it is not comparable to individual ability. Of course, Long Yuan is not against individualism, but the premise is that this person's ability must be recognized by others, but obviously they can't do this yet.

Time passed little by little, and just when everyone was waiting a little impatiently, the fishing guard ran back happily.

"Good luck today, I caught four big fish!" the angler raised his hand and shook it, showing off his loot ostentatiously.

Seeing the big fish in the hands of the fishing guards, everyone cheered, and then the other person who had been selected before glanced at the guards who were also cheering beside them.

The guard nodded understandingly, then stood up and said loudly, "Since there is rare game, then I will also show you a hand today!"

"Good!"

The crowd clapped their hands in agreement.

The guard expertly washed the scales of the four fish, and then took out a large iron pot and a pile of bottles and cans from the baggage that accompanied him.

"Well, I said you wouldn't carry these everywhere, would you?"

Yin Ying, who couldn't wipe the saliva on the corner of his mouth, leaned up, curiously opened all kinds of strange-shaped bottles and cans, and found that they contained all kinds of spices.

"My mother-in-law was afraid that I wouldn't be able to eat well outside, so she specially prepared it for me. ”

The guard explained to Yin Ying with a happy face.

"It's good to have a daughter-in-law. ”

Yin Yingren touched his smooth chin and muttered to himself.

"Haha, look at this little ghost, before the hair grows, he starts to want to please his wife!" one of the guards laughed and put his arm around Yin Ying's neck, and the other big hand rubbed Yin Ying's head indiscriminately.

"Hey, little ghost, when I go back this time, how about my uncle introduce you to a girl?

Some of the guards talked about meat jokes in a hurry.

"Cut, master, I'm not rare!" Yin Ying sneered at the guard's jokes, and then said with a look of fascination: "My future daughter-in-law must be a lady, no matter how bad it is, it must be a small jasper." ”

"Haha, little guy Sichun!"

Everyone laughed heartily at Yin Ying's words.

"Whatever you laugh at, don't laugh!"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Yin Xiang was a cat that had been stepped on its tail, yelling and yelling.

Yin Ying's stop not only failed to stop everyone, but made them laugh even more. Even Long Yuan, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, was amused by Yin Ying, who was playing treasure.

In the midst of the frolicking, an appetizing fragrance wafted out, and everyone quickly got up and gathered in front of the iron pot, looking at the fish stewed in the pot, the saliva was like a flood that burst the embankment, and the unstoppable flow could not be wiped clean.

"The time is a bit rushed, and the work is average, and the next time everyone comes to my house, I will personally take charge of the table and sit a whole fish feast for everyone. The guard was humble at first, and then made a promise to the crowd.

"Steward Long, Zhang Tou'er, this is yours. "One of the guards didn't take care of himself like the other guards, but came to Long Yuan and Lao Zhang with two bowls of fish soup first.

"Thank you. ”

Long Yuan smiled and took the bowl in the guard's hand.

"No, you're welcome. ”

Flattered, the guard waved his hand and ran away, one of the guards looking up and nodding at him in satisfaction.

"These bastards!"

This scene completely fell into Lao Zhang's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice.

Because the guard who nodded just now was also one of the people who had been selected before, it was obvious that these three people had already begun to recruit people in advance, and the competition between the three of them had already begun.

Lao Zhang naturally knew about their careful thoughts, and he believed that Long Yuan had already seen that although there were quite a few complaints, since Long Yuan had not spoken, it was not easy for him to have a seizure, so he could only wait and see what happened.

"Don't be angry, you can just train more in the future. Long Yuan put down the dishes and chopsticks, chuckling and appeasing Lao Zhang.

Bang dang!

Just as Lao Zhang was about to say something, a crisp sound attracted everyone's attention.

I saw a guard lying on the ground and fainting, his facial features twisted together, and his expression looked very painful.

The other guards also noticed that the situation was wrong and wanted to get up to investigate, but they all fell to the ground one after another, and their expressions were the same as the previous guards.

"What's going on!"

Lao Zhang was shocked, and quickly got up and pulled out the long knife on his waist to pose as an enemy, and suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, as if there were countless insects and ants gnawing at his internal organs, and then he felt dizzy, his eyes were black and he fell to the ground, and the long knife in his hand also fell off.

"Hehe, you idiots, you don't really think you can catch a fish so easily, do you!

A figure covered in black cloth slowly appeared, letting out a strange smile.

"I didn't expect you to be quite alert!" Two points of demonic red light swept towards Long Yuan from the black cloth, and then pointed to Yin Ying who was lying on the ground and said, "You kidnapped my Gu Ding, right?"

"You're finally willing to show up, and I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Long Yuan slowly stood up, hooked his lips and smiled, his voice with a bit of mocking coldness.