After returning to Alan Village, Li Yang lay on the bed and slept until the next morning, feeling that his head was very dizzy and got up from the bed in a daze, looked around and wanted to find a sip of water to drink, pushed the door and walked out, as soon as he got out of the house, a strong sunlight shone over, and suddenly fainted, and he sat on the ground and shouted: Xiaozhuang-Xiaozhou

After hearing Li Yang's voice, the two sisters hurriedly ran out of the house: What's wrong with the young master

Li Yang's eyes looked very uncomfortable: Quickly bring me some water

Xiao Zhuang quickly handed over the kettle, Li Yang stretched out his hand and took the kettle, and drank it, and drank it with an "ah" sound, feeling a little more energetic

Xiaozhou came over with a copper basin filled with water: Young master, you should wash your face first

Li Yang nodded, took the copper basin, and after washing his face, he was really much more energetic, so he asked: How did I come back yesterday

Xiao Zhou smiled and said: Young Master, you were helped back by Jiang Yu yesterday

Li Yang looked at the two sisters a little shyly: Then young master, have I done anything embarrassing

Xiao Zhuang smiled: That's not true, young master, as soon as you came back, you fell asleep on the bed

A family member ran in and pointed to the outside of the manor, panting: The young master came from outside the door and several officers and soldiers said that they wanted to see you

As soon as Li Yang heard this, he followed his family to the outside of the manor, and an official soldier stepped forward and said respectfully: We are here to hand over the official clothes and armor to you on the order of the prefect, and the 10 villages circled on this map will be garrisoned by you

Li Yang took the map and glanced at it, signaled to the family to move the official clothes in, and asked him to go to the silver vault to get 5 silver coins out to these officers and soldiers, Li Yang put his hands together and saluted the officers and soldiers: There is a lot of work, brothers, the journey is tired, this is a little heart

The officer took the silver coin with a smile on his face: Thank you very much

After watching the officers and soldiers leave, Li Yang found Li Long-Li Hu and others and asked them to send the officers and soldiers to everyone, Li Long waved his hand and asked the soldiers to come and receive the official clothes: Come - come brothers, come and get the official clothes, this time you are all officers and soldiers

The soldiers happily took their official uniforms and put them on their bodies to see if they fit

Li Hu walked over a little unhappily and whispered: Young master, these official clothes are all old, and many of the sleeves in the official clothes are already torn

After Li Yang heard this, he looked at the elated brothers and whispered to Li Hu: Don't make a noise about this matter first, let the brothers become officials and soldiers first, and the most important thing is to wear this clothes, and after this period of time, we will make new official clothes for these brothers next year

Li Long nodded on the side: The patriarch is right

Li Yang looked at the two brothers: Li Long-Li Hu, you two go and inform the plateau that they come to the manor, I have something to discuss with you

At noon, the people gathered in the main room and sat on the chairs on both sides, and Gao Yuan looked at Li Yang: I heard Li Long say that the patriarch has something to discuss with us

Li Yang took out the map and handed it to everyone: We will be responsible for the ten villages drawn on this map in the future, and we are here to discuss how to protect these ten villages

Gao Yuan put the map on the table and looked at everyone: You see that Alan Village is in the middle of these ten villages, and Fifteen miles north of Alan Village are Dahan Village and Xiaohan Village. Twenty-five miles away are Dianke Village and Mantu Village, these two villages are also the intersection of Taizhou Mansion and Ningbo Prefecture, where bandits often come out to rob homes and houses

Ten miles to the west of Alan Village are Gray Village, Cole Village, and Tuoda Village, these three villages are relatively peaceful, the Song family's Luolun Village is 20 miles to the south of us, and Xilan Village and Lanxi Village, 20 miles to the east, are two Haikou villages, they mainly rely on going to sea to fish for a living, and the fishermen have rarely gone to sea since the continuous invasion of Haikou in recent years

In my opinion, let's take 400 people from Alan Village to Tuoda Village in the southwest, and then turn to the northwest, Dian Ke Village, Xiaohan Village, and Tuman Village, through the east to Xilan Village, Lanxi Village, and then to Luolun Village in the south, and finally return to Alan Village, and it will take about two days to patrol around these ten villages

Yuan Kui looked down at the map: the focus should be on the village of Dianke-Mantu in the north and the village of Lanxi-Xilan in the east, where the bandits and pirates have been causing trouble for many years

Guanshan smiled and walked over: The national war has just ended, and the bandits and pirates have been in trouble for many years, and the people are even more panicked

Li Yang nodded: As soon as you go back, you will send the armor and weapons to the soldiers, remove all the sleeves of the official uniforms issued as coats, and we will set off early tomorrow morning

Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui and others: Okay, let's go and prepare

Li Yang looked at Guanshan: Brother Guanshan, I want to build Alan Village into a town, can you please help draw a map

Guanshan was very excited when he heard it: I'll give it a try if it's so poor

As soon as dawn was the next day, Zong Ren rode his horse and led 400 soldiers to Tuoda Village with neat steps, and walked for more than two hours to reach Tuoda Village, where hundreds of adobe houses were built at the foot of a mountain, and not far from the fields were patches

As soon as the villagers walking on the village road approached the village, they began to avoid it, Li Yang immediately glanced at the villagers, and the villagers immediately turned their gaze elsewhere, and a trace of fear leaked from their faces, Li Yang's eyes frowned, and he wondered how could this be done, did it scare them

Li Yang got off the horse, led the horse by the hand, walked to the villagers, and said respectfully: "This fellow, we are a guerrilla army in this area, and I want to see the village chief, can you tell me where he is?"

The villagers glanced at everyone with their eyes and said, "I'll take you there."

Zongren followed the villager to the village chief's house, and the villagers shouted outside the courtyard: The village chief has a few military masters, come out quickly

An old man's voice came from the room: Here - here come

Out of the house, an old man in his fifties held a crutch in his hand: Ma Jiang, the head of Tuoda Village, has seen all the military masters

Li Yang stepped forward to give a salute: Old man, we are not military masters, don't call it like this in the future

Ma Jiang looked Li Yang up and down, and found that this person looked polite and a little bookish, and he knew some etiquette, much better than those arrogant martial artists in the past, and he looked quite pleasing to the eye and said "cough": Is there anything wrong with me

Li Yang looked at Ma Jiang with a smile on his face: Old man, we will be guerrillas within a radius of dozens of miles in the future, and today is the first time we have patrolled the door to familiarize ourselves with the distance

Ma Jiang looked at Li Yang: Oh, so that's the case, is there anything I can help?

Li Yang said softly: How many villagers can live here in this big village, old man, I look at the surrounding fields, there are not many fields, are there any strong people who are embarrassed here

Ma Jiang smiled: Haha-Tuoda Village has more than 780 villagers and 4,120 acres of land, if there are no natural disasters, the big guy can still be considered worry-free, as long as the Haikou does not come to attack here, it is still peaceful, I don't know where you are from Taizhou

Li Yang said softly: I am from Alan Village, which is not far from here

Ma Jiang said with some excitement when he heard it: I heard that there is a young master of the Li family in Alan Village who led hundreds of families to fight against the Haikou Bandits, and our Tuoda Village survived

Gao Yuan took over the words on the side: The old man won't hide it from you, this person in front of you is the young master of the Li family in Alan Village

Ma Jiang got up as soon as he heard this and said: In the past, we had to honor the officers and soldiers 200 silver coins every year, and in the future, Tuoda Village will hand over these 200 silver coins as always

Li Yang smiled when he heard this: It is our duty for the elderly to guard the border and secure the people, as for the matter of handing over the money and silver, don't mention it in the future, I hope that this money can be saved so that the villagers can live a good life, and we will rush to the next village when it is not early, and we will leave today

The Zongren set off from Tuoda Village and walked for nearly two hours on the mountain road before arriving at Keer Village, and found the village chief Yuan An under the leadership of the villagers

Yuan Anshili: I don't know what happened to your military masters' visit

Li Yang said to Yuan An: Yuan An, the village chief, we are the guerrillas who will patrol this generation in the future, and we are here today to let you get acquainted with each other and how many villagers and fields can be cultivated in this Keer Village

Yuan An looked at Li Yang: We have 680 villagers in Keer Village, and the land is 3,800 acres

After chatting with Yuan An for a few words, the people set off to continue patrolling, and when they arrived at Gray Village, they learned that the village chief was named Cao Yong, with 810 villagers and 4,000 acres of land, and Han Sanyou, the head of Dahan Village, with 721 villagers and 3,400 acres of land

Han Er, the head of Xiaohan Village, has 780 villagers and 3,600 acres of land, and Zhang Nan, the head of Dianke Village, has 950 villagers and 4,100 acres of land.

Niu Peng, the head of Mantu Village, has 1,200 villagers and 4,500 acres of fields, Chang Mu, the head of Xilan Village, has 935 villagers and 2,800 acres of fields, Lanxi Village has 812 villagers and 300 acres of fields, and Song Jiaping, the head of Luolun Village, has 2,200 villagers and 10,000 acres of fields

As soon as everyone entered the room, they all sat down on their chairs, looked at each other and laughed loudly

Li Yang shouted: Xiaozhou-Xiaozhuang, hurry up and get some water

The two sisters took the kettle and put it on the table with a teacup

Gao Yuan picked up the kettle and drank it with a "coo-dong" sound: this patrol is not an option

Yuan Kui came over: Yes, these brothers are too tired

Li Long looked at everyone: Dian Ke Village and Mantu Village are often infested by bandits who raid houses and rob houses, and these two villages should be the focus of defense

Li Yang leaked a puzzled expression: This gang of bandits has been wrecked in this place for many years, but why didn't the officers and soldiers bring troops to exterminate them

Gao Yuan twitched his nose: I have heard of this matter, this gang of bandits is entrenched in the Fengshuling at the intersection of Taizhou Mansion and Ningbo Mansion, it is said that the terrain there is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the bandits have arranged a large number of traps in the mountains and forests, and the Taizhou defenders have sent troops to encircle and suppress this gang of bandits many times, but they have all fled to Ningbo

Li Yang looked at the plateau: Then why didn't Taizhou Mansion and Ningbo Mansion send troops to encircle and suppress this gang of bandits

Yuan Hong coughed lightly: In the early years, Taizhou Mansion and Ningbo Prefecture joined forces several times to encircle and suppress this gang of bandits, and when the official army attacked the cottage, this gang of bandits had already fled, not only was it useless but the anti-official army would also be injured by the trap, and this gang of bandits took advantage of the attack of the Haikou and the outbreak of the national war and revived

Yuan Kui picked up the teacup and drank a sip of water to moisten his throat: I have heard another rumor that this gang of bandits colludes with the officials and soldiers, and every time they rob a house, they will give a share of money and silver to honor the officials and soldiers

As soon as Li Yang heard it, he remembered that when patrolling various villages, the village chief would take the initiative to take out money and silver, and when the Haikou attacked, the officials and soldiers would come to ask for the silver, but they also ran away, and when the officials and soldiers chased and suppressed the bandits, they could all escape, etc., this matter should be eight or nine inseparable from ten, it seems that Lord Sun has other intentions in handing over these ten villages to us: who of you knows how many people this gang of bandits can have

Li Hu looked at Li Yang: When I was chatting with the villagers of Dianke Village, I heard him mention that this gang of bandits is very vicious, with a scale of 3-4,000 people

Li Daniu was a little surprised when he heard this: I didn't expect that there were so many bandits, and there were only more than 800 of us in total, which is a bit big

Guanshan smiled slightly: According to the poor road, a patrol team of 300 people should be sent to patrol and guard in Dianke Village, Mantu Village and Xiaohan Village, and 200 people should patrol and guard Xilan Village-Lanxi Village and Luolun Village

100 people went to the relatively safe village of Toda-Kohl-Gray Village-Dahan Village to conduct inspections, and asked each village to organize no less than 100 village soldiers to protect the village, and once one village is in trouble, the other nine villages will jointly support, so that we can deploy nearly 2,000 people

Li Yang nodded slightly: Just do what the Guanshan Daoist said, I am distributing 50 cavalry to you, and once I find that the bandits are coming, I will report immediately

Gao Yuan got up: Dianke Village-Mantu Village-Xiaohan Village will be in charge of me, Gao Lin and Li Long

Li Daniu said softly: Then Xilan Village-Lanxi Village-Luolun Village will be handed over to me and Erniu and Li Hu

Yuan Kui crossed his arms: The remaining four villages will be handed over to me and Yuan Hong, and we only need to hand over the soldiers to Li Song to build a brick kiln

Li Yang got up and saluted the brothers: The top priority of the brothers is to let the villages organize the township soldiers as soon as possible, and you will practice so that the ten villages can jointly deal with this gang of bandits

Watching the brothers leave, Li Yang and the Xiaozhou-Xiaozhuang sisters returned to the room after eating, picked up the book casually and flipped through it, wanting to learn about the continent through these books, but after reading it for a while, I felt that the eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and I fell asleep unconsciously

Feeling a strong sunlight shining in the haze, Li Yang got up from the bed with his eyes in his eyes, raised his hands and stretched his waist, and after getting dressed, he pushed the two wooden doors with both hands, and Jiang Yu was sitting on the stone platform at the door

Jiang Yu looked back at Li Yang with a disdainful expression: You can really sleep, they set off early on the plateau

As soon as the words fell, the wooden door of the house next to it "creaked" open, Guanshan walked out of the room, raised his hands and stretched his waist with an "ah" sound

Li Yang looked at Jiang Yu and smiled slightly: You look like I'm not the only one who can sleep

Jiang Yu glanced at Li Yang with white eyes: You two are really the same dog

Guanshan walked over: I'm going to go to the brick kiln in a moment to see how the progress is

Li Yang looked at Guanshan: I don't have anything to do today, I'll go with you again

After speaking, he looked back at Jiang Yu: Jiang Yu, you can also go out for a walk with us

Jiang Yu nodded

The three of them came to the wasteland in the north of the village, and Li Songzheng was standing aside with a drawing in his hand and looked at the soldiers: Where to dig a little deeper, it must be tamped

Li Yang looked at Li Song and shouted: Second child

Li Song looked back and saw that it was the boss and hurriedly walked over: Boss, you came just in time, now the foundation of the brick kiln is almost the same and is now being tamped, tomorrow the green bricks will be transported from Taizhou City and will begin to be capped, and the brick kiln will be almost built in more than 10 days

Li Yang was a little surprised when he heard it: So it takes more than 10 days for the brick kiln to burn bricks

Guanshan shook his head on the side: After the brick kiln is covered, two batches of bricks should be burned first, which controls the fire and gout are very heavy, and whether you can burn good bricks depends on these two things

Li Song looked at Li Yang: The boss needs to recruit 100 craftsmen to make bricks in the brick kiln right now, and only 100 soldiers need to be left here in 5-6 days

Li Yang whispered to Li Song: These craftsmen's salaries are also given a silver coin per month, and if Alan Village is not enough manpower, they will go to other villages to recruit them, and the construction of brick kilns is all about working hard and giving the soldiers a little silver

Li Song nodded: Leave this matter to me, boss, do you also go and prepare for marrying your sister-in-law

As soon as Li Yang heard that it was right, what should I do about it, the three of them hurriedly returned to the manor and discussed with their mother, who came to Luolun Village with the bride price and Song Jiaping to set the marriage of the two in 3 days

Alan Village is busy with the wedding, the manor is full of red silk, the family members are holding paint in their hands to paint all the doors and windows in the manor red, the maids clean every house, Li Song bought back 500 catties of candy from Taizhou City - 5 carriages of fruit - 5 cows - 10 pigs

Three days later, Li Yang and his brothers came to the door of the Song Mansion in Luolun Village with a mighty team of relatives, beating gongs and drums along the way, Li Yang raised his hand and gently buckled the door, and Song Jiaping and Wang Ruofang walked out of it with a "creak".

Li Yang saluted the two: The nephew has seen his uncle and aunt

Song Jiaping was not happy when he heard it: Why do you still call me uncle now

Li Yang gave a gift in the second time: I have seen my father-in-law and mother-in-law

Song Jiaping nodded slightly: This is about the same

Wang Ruofang turned around and shouted: Girl, come out quickly, don't be sluggish

Song Shiting walked out of the courtyard wearing a red wedding dress with a red hijab on her head, probably out of nervousness, her hands were clasped tightly together, Li Yang stepped forward and helped Song Shiting onto the sedan chair, Song Jiaping and Wang Ruofang stood outside the text and looked at Song Shiting reluctantly

Li Yang whispered to the second elder: Father-in-law and mother-in-law, why don't you go to Alan Village with me, the carriage behind is prepared by the two of you

Song Jiaping was a little embarrassed and said: I'm afraid this is a bit unruly

Wang Ruofang on the side looked at Song Jiaping unhappily: I am such a precious girl if there is anything unruly, I must see him marry with my own eyes, and my son-in-law is so sincere, if you are confined to those false courtesies, don't go

After speaking, Wang Ruofang walked towards the carriage, Li Yang also hurriedly stepped forward to help his mother-in-law into the carriage, Song Jiaping shook his head helplessly and followed into the carriage

Li Song shouted loudly to everyone: Licheng Huizhuang

"Bang-Bang", "Dong-Dong", the soldiers began to beat gongs and drums, and rushed to Alan Village