In the middle of August.

Zhang Fugui went back to his hometown in Baoying County and stayed for four or five days.

But these few days were the happiest days for his family.

The adoptive father and adoptive mother were very happy, because with the help of Zhang Fugui, a strong laborer in the field, the rice was quickly harvested, saving the money for short-term labor.

The four younger sisters were very happy, because the elder brother had brought them back a lot of delicious food this time.

There is sweet toffee.

There are snacks such as dried tofu, spicy strips, and potato chips.

There are also the latest canned sea fish, dried cuttlefish, dried hairtail, etc., which are salty, fresh and fragrant, and the four sisters are rushing to eat them.

His wife Tong Xiuer is very happy, because Zhang Fugui bought her a few sets of good-looking and fitting clothes, and also taught her to ride a bicycle by hand, promising that as long as she learns how to ride, she will spend money to buy her one.

Tong Xiu'er shook her head again and again: "No, the bicycle is too expensive, don't break the bill for me." She also has some knowledge, and when she saw someone riding a bicycle in the market town, passers-by avoided it, because the bicycle cost 10,000 taels of silver, and she couldn't afford to pay for it.

"The internal purchase price of Xujiazhuang is 1,000 silver dollars, I am a member of the Zhuang protection team, and I can also enjoy a 50% discount, as long as 500 silver dollars can buy it, and if you save a little more, I can buy it for you."

Zhang Fugui said, a few months ago in the battle outside the harbor city, he shot 12 salt merchant soldiers, and killed 24 defeated soldiers on the way to deliver the letter, ending more than 30 lives in total, these are counted as military merits, rewarding 360 silver dollars, Zhang Fugui felt that killing a group of scum and animals was not worth showing off proudly, but for the sake of white flowers and silver dollars, the next time he encountered such an opponent, he could only kill more ruthlessly.

At least I could have bought my wife a bike sooner.

"Okay, buy it for me later, it's just such a valuable thing, we have it in the small people's house, I'm afraid it will cause disaster, and when we can stay together for a long time, it's better to buy it again."

Tong Xiu'er thought for a while.

"It makes sense."

Zhang Fugui's expression suddenly became serious and he agreed very much.

The world is getting more and more chaotic, the public security environment of the people is getting worse and worse, road bandits and bullies, and road-cutting thieves are blooming everywhere, coupled with the ferocity and cruelty of the officials and officials, and the landlords and gentry are not benevolent to the rich, and many places have begun to fall into a state of order collapse.

For example, the postman in charge of delivering news and delivering materials in Xujiazhuang, because the bicycle they were riding had encountered at least dozens of roadblocks, so they could only desperately try their best to find a way to kill the road bandits until they collapsed and were frightened.

Zhang Fugui naturally attaches great importance to the safety of his family, and is also worried that he will be jealous and hateful by others, so he privately took out a lot of silver dollars to buy off the patriarch of the village, and several partners in the same village who have played since childhood, and also took out hundreds of silver dollars, or to help this brother make up the bride price fee, or borrow money to help that brother build a house, or introduce to Xujiazhuang to work for a short time, through such a pay, so that some people in the village do not dare to bully their family at the same time, really in trouble, whether it is the patriarch or those partners, will stand up to help, It is impossible to sit idly by and watch - in ancient societies, if there was no clan protection, but only atomized individuals, the fate would have been very miserable.

Speaking of which.

Zhang Fugui immediately remembered one thing, that is, Xujiazhuang is going to start a new round of recruitment of village guards, that is, the recruitment of family members in the eyes of outsiders, and this time there are tens of thousands of recruits, although most of them are only recruited internally, but there are also a thousand indicators for recruiting foreign Ding Zhuang.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fugui greeted around the village, called the best playmates over, and told them that Xujiazhuang was going to expand the family, and they all had a chance.

"Brother Fugui, can I also go to be the Xu family's dealer? I married my daughter-in-law last year and have a child, is it really possible for me to choose? ”

"Of course, it may be chosen, Xu Jiazhuang's priority is to have parents, a good family with wives and children, but those who are single-family dare not ask for it, this is your advantage!" Zhang Fugui said.

"Not good! I just got married this year, and my daughter-in-law hasn't passed the door yet, so am I not at the bottom of the line? The other partner's face changed dramatically.

"Then you quickly take your daughter-in-law through the door in advance, immediately round the house, and then claim that you are pregnant with a child, and we will testify to you, so that it is possible to choose." Zhang Fugui said.

"Good! I'll go and get my daughter-in-law now, and my mother-in-law should agree. The partner immediately got up and went into action.

"Brother Fugui, I haven't married anyone, I'm alone at the moment, what should I do?" In the end, this partner panicked and cried out urgently, the opportunity to change his fate was in front of him, was it just a miss?

"Don't panic, I still have a way!"

Zhang Fugui said: "In this way, you fell in love with the girl of that family, immediately took a gift to propose, and then said to the woman's family, as long as you can immediately set a marriage, round house, let you become a family, and when you pass the selection to become a family member of the Xu family, the future will be a great wealth, they can follow you to eat and drink spicy, and you only need to write an oath and swear not to live up, I believe that there will be people willing to marry their daughter to you." ”

"I ...... I have a sweetheart, she is your sister Zhang Daya. The partner said with a red face.

"Get out! The eldest girl is only 14 years old, don't think about hitting her, be careful that I kill you! ”

Zhang Fugui smashed it with a punch, this bastard, he treats him as a brother, he actually wants to be his brother-in-law, he just doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

"I'm wrong Brother Fugui, I don't miss your sister anymore, I'll change to another object!"

The partner hugged his head and scurried, and on the same day in the neighboring Wangjia Village, he negotiated a seventeen-year-old girl named Wang Nianjiao, and the two sides reached a cooperation, and the house was completed that night, and if the partner failed to become the Xu family Zhuangding, Zhang Fugui would give 100 silver dollars in economic compensation.

All in all.

For these partners who have played from childhood to adulthood, Zhang Fugui can be said to be benevolent and righteous, and he has paid a lot, I believe that no one can say any gossip, he really did 'Gou Fugui, don't forget each other', and pulled the people around him with all his might.

……

More than ten days later.

Harbour City, inside the barracks west of the city.

"One-two-one, one-two-one!"

"Turn left, keep up with the right, and take a breath!"

"Walk in unison, one, two, one, just walk!"

"Recruit Wang Yannian made a mistake, punish all push-ups ten times, start!"

Huge square.

The recruit training is in full swing, and the green squares are all implementing the same set of training syllabus, and there is an earth-shattering roar all the time.

There is a way that there are 10,000 people, boundless and boundless, tens of thousands of people are training here at the same time, regardless of wind and rain, they have to go out to drill and line up, temper their physical will, such a scene is undoubtedly very spectacular and shocking.

On the east side of the square near the edge, there is a neat square of 120 people, led by Zhang Fugui, his training style is very strict, is a well-known devil company commander, as long as a short time away, the phalanx will sound one after another wailing and complaining, see Zhang Fugui's figure appear, and return to a group of elite appearance.

That's right.

Zhang Fugui was promoted.

From the previous commander who was only in charge of ten people, he was promoted to a company commander because of his outstanding performance and outstanding military achievements, and the number of brothers under his command increased more than tenfold, although most of them were new recruits.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the three partners brought by Zhang Fugui from his hometown all successfully passed the recruitment assessment and joined the company in charge of Zhang Fugui, serving under Zhang Fugui - the physical fitness of his three fellow villagers and friends is actually relatively average, and they belong to the kind that can be eliminated and reluctantly recruited, but with Zhang Fugui's help and guarantee, they all passed.

And this kind of behavior of promoting fellow villagers, no matter what kind of organization it is, is not very compliant, and it should be prohibited, which will bring a lot of bad atmosphere, but this time the top management of Xujiazhuang did not restrict and prevent, but adopted a tacit attitude, because this aspect is inevitable, and secondly, it is also a good way to prevent the infiltration of ghosts, after all, fellow villagers, know the roots, it is unlikely that there will be problems, and the kind of outsiders of unknown origin who do not have the guarantee of their fellow villagers are worthy of vigilance, even if they have good physical fitness, they may not be able to pass.

Zhang Fugui knew the trick, so he not only did not give special care to the three fellow villagers he brought, but saw that they were weak in physique, and had to 'add materials' to them every day, which was very strict.

The sound of Dangdang Dang rang out.

Countless recruits relaxed, and today's training is finally over.

"The others are disbanded, Zhang Changgui, Zhang Yonggui, Zhang Haigui, the three of you stay and practice for half an hour!" Zhang Fugui said.

"Brother Fugui, our performance today is okay, we haven't missed a single time."

"Spare us, Brother Fugui, our training has been able to keep up, and the company is at least average, why bother?"

"Brother Fugui, I was really wrong, you can beat me hard, don't give me more training."

The three of them immediately complained bitterly, complained again and again, and even had a trace of remorse, knowing that the training was so hard and they would be treated with additional materials, maybe they would not come.

"Don't call me Brother Fugui, there is no one to talk about in the army! Continue to practice for me, unless you can rank in the top ten and speak with strength, don't think about canceling the additional practice. ”

Zhang Fugui had a frozen black face, suppressed their complaints and dissatisfaction, and had to continue practicing honestly.