The militia was divided into 12 battalions according to the structure of the official army, Jiang Yu-Hengyan-Li Pingping-Li Zuo-Li You-Guan Meng-Qi San, and there were 5 battalions without a commander, so I remembered the group of people who knew kung fu before, and inquired with the officials that these people lived in an alley in the southwest region

After finding their quarters, I went to the door and looked into the courtyard: was there anyone—was anyone home?

After a few sounds, a voice came from the room: Who?

Li Yang: Li Yang, the leader of the People's League, complained that he was a strong martial artist and invited him today

After a "squeak" the door opened, a man walked out of the house, he opened the door and invited me to wait in the courtyard, and after a while, a man of about thirty-five or sixteen years old came out of the room, this person looked very energetic, with a heroic face, with a standard men's hairstyle, wearing a square scarf on his head, two thick eyebrows, his eyes were bright, he had a mustache on the corner of his mouth, and he was wearing a brown green gown, and the towel felt at first glance that he was an authentic scholar

"I've seen Lord Li in Xiatie Mountain, I don't know what your lordship has to teach you today."

Li Yang hurriedly arched his hands: Brother Tie smiled Now I am just a cloth cloth, and I came here today to invite Brother Tie to the militia to go on an errand

Tieshan: Dare to ask why the head of the Li family wants us to go to the militia to find an errand

Li Yang: I saw all of you when the pirates attacked, and thanks to your righteous actions, I was able to defeat the pirates in the future, I should have come to thank you a long time ago, but there are too many things recently, please forgive me

Tie Shan: Master Li, you are too polite to show your hands

Li Yang: It's a pity to live in seclusion here with your skills, can you have the honor to invite you to the militia to show your strengths?

Someone standing aside: Then what kind of official are you going to give us?

Tie Shan: Don't be rude, don't blame the head of the Li family for this being my brother Tie Feng

Li Yang: Don't get in the way, Brother Tie wants to be willing to invite me as the commander of a battalion

Tie Feng: What kind of officer is the commander of the first battalion?

Li Yang: Although this militia is not part of the official army, its structure is all set up according to the army, and each battalion has 500 militia members, one deputy commander, and one monthly salary of 4 taels of silver

Tie Shan smiled slightly: Thanks to the love of the Li family master, but Tie Shan is used to living in the field and has no intention of becoming an official

Li Yang: Brother Tie is currently in an eventful autumn in Zhejiang, and the official family is also powerless in many things, as the saying goes, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, although we are not in the official family, we should also care about the family, the country and the society, only the country is stronger than the people can truly live and work in peace and contentment

Taizhou is near the sea, when there are pirates attacking, to kill the people and loot property for fun, it can be said that there is no evil, there is the danger of war in the south, there are pirates in the east, and Taizhou soldiers are few, it is difficult to cope with the changes in the situation, the establishment of the militia is to ensure that the compatriots are not slaughtered by thieves, but also to return the peace of the people, Brother Tie, you are a talented person, I sincerely invite you to the militia to show your skills

Tie Shan: The Li family has a lot of talents, and we are all farmers for generations, and it is difficult for us to take on great responsibilities

Li Yang: Brother Tie, you are too modest, if you think that the position or the position is just right, I can think of a way

Tieshan: I don't know anything about the Li family, and I hope you can tell me the truth

Li Yang: Brother Tie, but it doesn't hurt to say it

Tieshan: You have placed so many Li people for the official family and reclaimed the fields and divided them to cultivate, and when the Haikou attacked, you mobilized nearly 10,000 townships in the north to bravely relieve the siege of Taizhou

Li Yang: "Haha", Brother Tie offended several officials in the national capital because of some trivial matters, so he ended up in such a situation, but someone still has to do it

After speaking, he had a trace of sadness on his face, and blurted out when he remembered a poem: Thousands of miles of sadness and autumn are often guests - a hundred years of illness and solitary stage - the troubled times are not my intention to be a marquis - I only wish that Cathay Pacific will be peaceful

After hearing this, Tie Shan couldn't help but exclaim: Good poetry-good poetry, I didn't expect that the head of the Li family had such a talent and courage to make Tie feel admired, and the matter of the militia also asked the head of the Li family to allow me to discuss with everyone and reply

Li Yang arched his hands: Then I won't beg for mercy, the militia is waiting for Brother Tie and you to arrive at any time

Seeing Li Yang leave, Tie Feng walked to Tie Shan's side: Commander, you really plan to go to the militia group

Tie Shan: Hua Ye ordered us to monitor the Li family's every move, then we will take this opportunity to infiltrate the militia and master the soldiers of the first battalion, and it will be more convenient to find out the news in the future, and send someone to tell Hua Ye about this matter, and when the next instructions arrive, we are making plans

Tie Feng: It's the Commander

Tie Shan looked up at the sky behind his hands: Thousands of miles of sadness - a hundred years of illness, a good poem, just a few sentences to write the sorrow of the ages, today's Zhejiang country has more than a hundred years of illness and there is no cure to save you, it is not the right time, no wonder Hua Ye is so interested in you

The clothes designed for the soldiers of the militia incorporate a lot of modern elements, the upper body is a set of blue short shirts, the collar is a small round stand-up collar, the placket is tied with buttons in the middle of the style according to the appearance of a modern shirt, the two cuffs are sewn with three red strips of cloth that can be folded into short sleeves, the lower body is a pair of loose black cloth pants and a pair of black cloth shoes, and the head is wearing a round cloth scarf with red thread embroidered with the word "militia" on the forehead

Li Song took the drawings to the city to find a tailor shop and inquired with the shopkeeper, the good guy made a set of clothes according to the drawings and cost 600 lines, even though Li Song told the shopkeeper that such clothes could be cheaper to make 6,000 sets, but the shopkeeper did not let a penny after hearing about it, and Li Song had no choice but to give up

After returning to the manor, Li Song met Li Yang in the courtyard who was counting the belongings of the militia: Boss, I went to Taizhou City to inquire, and it costs 600 lines to make a set of clothes according to the drawings

Li Yang: It's so expensive, if it's 500 lines, it's about the same

Li Song: Boss, let's open a tailor workshop in Alan County and use the money needed to make 6,000 sets of clothes as capital, so that we can save some costs and solve the livelihood of some people, and we can make a profit in the future

Li Yang: What do the second tailor's workshop need?

Li Song: A few houses and enough cotton

Li Yang: I will take care of the second child's house, and you will be responsible for recruiting tailors and purchasing the cotton cloth needed

Li Song: Boss is now in short supply of cotton cloth everywhere, and if you want to buy cotton cloth in large quantities, you can only go to the south

Li Yang: Nanguo

Li Song: That's right – Nanguo is not only a land of fish and rice, but also rich in cotton

Li Yang: Then the second brother, you should go to Zhang Le Workshop first, and when we are done with the things at hand, we will go to the south together

Li Song slapped his thigh excitedly: Then I won't be a merchant during this time, boss, then you have to find someone to take care of this tailor's workshop

Li Yang "um" has to find someone, but there seems to be no one suitable for business among us

Li Song: I think sister-in-law Shiting is more suitable for business

Hearing him say this, it's really like this, Song Shiting does have a business mind, so it is very suitable for her to take care of the tailor workshop, and there is absolutely no problem for her to maintain the daily expenses of the tailor shop: the second child, let's go separately

Li Yang trotted all the way home with his hands on his shirt, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted softly at the top of his throat before he saw anyone: Madame-Madam

After hearing this, Song Shiting walked out of the wing: What's wrong with the husband

Li Yang sat down on the chair, picked up the kettle on the table, and brought himself a glass of water: Madam, sit down, I have something I want to discuss with you

Song Shiting sat next to me: What's the matter?

Li Yang: Madame, I want to open a tailor shop

Song Shiting: "Hi, what's there to discuss, how much money can a tailor shop cost, you can open it if you want to."

Li Yang's face was serious: Madam, I want to open a tailor shop with 1-2 hundred workers

Song Shiting: Husband, why do you suddenly want to open a tailor shop?

Li Yang: Madam, I want to change the same clothes for all the people in the militia group, and it costs a lot of money for the tailor shop outside to make 6,000 sets of clothes, so it is better for us to use the money to open a big tailor shop ourselves, and the second child has to take care of the caravan's business, and I still need a lot of things to do with Zhang Le, madam, you see if you can take care of this tailor shop

Song Shiting: Husband, I haven't done business

Li Yang: "Hi, Mrs., what's so difficult about this, if you have a job, let the tailors do it, you just give them the money to start work, and as soon as the tailor shop opens, there will be a big business of 6,000 sets sent to the door."

Song Shiting: Then you can give the tailor shop a name

Li Yang: Let's call it Shiting Garment Factory

Li Song chose a place near the roadside in the northeastern district of Alan County to make the factory site, and the stones, bricks, wood and some other materials needed for the construction of the garment factory had to be transported one after another

In a magnificent house, more than a dozen musicians play the beautiful and elegant sound of the piano, several beautiful girls wear colorful clothes and dance enchantingly with the sound of the piano, there is a circular pond in the middle of the courtyard, dozens of blooming lotus flowers float on the water, and hundreds of koi fish of different colors swim in the crystal clear water

Hua Ye lay on his side under the gazebo, enjoying the beautiful sound of the piano and the enchanting dancing, from time to time he would grab a handful of fish food and throw it into the pool, the fish food was scattered in the pool water, splashing one after another, hundreds of koi flocked to compete for food, the calm water surface became surging in an instant, and after a while, it returned to its previous calm

Hua Ye couldn't help but look up and laugh, clapping his hands "good-good"

A swordsman wearing black chain armor came to Hua Ye's side and bent down: Hua Ye Tieshan sent someone to report quickly, the Li family in Alan County wanted to invite him to the militia to be the commander of any battalion, and Hua Ye was asked to show him how to deal with this matter

Hua Ye sighed lightly: Tie Shan is a righteous and trustworthy person, but in the end, Li Yang noticed it, and it actually caught his attention, so let Tie Shan plan to the militia group, and blend into the Li family to better grasp his movements

Swordsman: Hua Ye's subordinates think this is an opportunity, so it is better to let Tie Shan find an opportunity to get rid of Li Yang after he infiltrates the militia

Hua Ye: There's no urgency here, I really want to see what big waves he can make

The militia conducted military drills on the school field as in the past, the two battalions led by Li Zuo and Li You were trained mainly by cross guns, and were good at distributing phalanxes and horizontal formations, the battalion training under the command of Guan Meng was mainly based on broadswords, and was good at fighting at close range and breaking through the enemy's defenses, and the battalion training under the command of Qi San was mainly based on swords and shields, both offensive and defensive, and good at cloth shield walls, Li Pingping had brute force, so his battalion training was mainly based on blunt weapons, regardless of the level of kung fu, as long as a hammer greeted the body, not to say a life, it was also a broken muscle. Don't look at the fact that there are only 4 more commanders, but the overall combat power of the militia has improved a lot, and the battalions are secretly clamoring to learn from each other

After receiving Hua Ye's instructions, Tie Shan and Tie Feng took more than a dozen companions to the school to find Li Yang, and as soon as they saw Tie Shan, they bowed respectfully: The words of the head of the Li family made Tie Mou mouth suddenly, and today Tie Feng and I brought more than ten brothers to join the militia

Li Yang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Brother Tie, it's great that you can come, I'll let them deploy the two battalions of soldiers to you and Brother Tiefeng."

Tie Shan: Master Li, you are too polite, Tie Feng and I can take charge of a battalion of soldiers, and I hope you can do it

Li Yang: Then according to Brother Tie's words

At this time, a soldier ran over: Young Master-Master Sun is here

Li Yang: Where is it?

Soldier: Lord Sun is heading this way, and he'll be there soon

Li Yang turned to Tie Shan and bowed: Brother Tie, please forgive me for not accompanying me

Tieshan: Family Master Li, please take a look around first

As soon as Li Yang came out of the school field, he didn't run a few steps before he met Master Sun who came to inspect, and he quickly knelt on the ground and clasped his fists with both hands: The grass people don't know if the adults are missing from their visits, so please forgive me

Sun Yuanwu: Get up, you don't have to make such a big gift in the future

Li Yang stood up from the ground: The grass people thanked the prefect

Sun Yuanwu raised his hand and gestured forward: Take this mansion to your militia group to have a look

Li Yang respectfully made a gesture in the direction of the school, "My lord, please first" Sun Yuanwu "Well, put his hands behind his back and walked in front of me, I followed him closely, as soon as he arrived at the school, he heard a majestic drum sound, "Dong-Dong", every drum sounded on behalf of an action order, "Ha", after the militia heard the drums, they would wave their knives and slash or stab, every action was clean and full of power, and the commanders stood in the front row to see if there was any laziness in training

Sun Yuanwu praised with satisfaction after seeing it: The line is powerful and not chaotic - yes, it is enough to see that you have put some thought into the militia group

Li Yang took a few steps forward and shouted to the militiamen in front: Stop

When the militiamen heard this, they shouted "whew" and gathered their steps and stood up straight, and the militiamen stood in a large phalanx in a vertical and horizontal row, standing tall and motionless in the scorching sun

Li Yang turned around, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and shouted "Kneel"

I only heard the sound of "poof", and the militiamen knelt neatly on one knee and held their weapons with both hands, and then Li Yang shouted: The grass people and the 6,000 soldiers of the Alan County militia have met the prefect

The militiamen shouted in unison, "I'll see the prefect."

Sun Yuanwu sighed: Okay-it's worthy of being my Taizhou disciple, don't kneel on the ground, get up quickly

Li Yang: Master Xie

Militiamen chant "Thank you"

Sun Yuanwu: The government came to you today for two reasons

Li Yang: Please show me

Sun Yuanwu: The national capital issued an order that the number of the Alan County militia should not exceed half of the local defenders, and they were not allowed to wear armor - they were not allowed to be equipped with siege equipment - they were not allowed to form heavy armored cavalry

After saying that, he turned to look at the entourage: Geng Qing-Gan Hui, the two of you will be under his tent as the overseer

Among the entourage, two people covered in heavy armor walked out, and they looked like they were about thirty-two or thirteen years old, and they both had a ring-headed knife hanging on their waists: the last general Geng Qing - the last general Gan Hui had seen...

Although I am the commander of the militia and have thousands of soldiers, I do have no official position, although Wubu has no real power in the army, but he is also a dignified eight-rank official

Li Yang hugged his fists and bowed to the two: The grass people have seen the two of them

Geng Qing hurriedly stepped forward to help me up: If there is any rudeness, please forgive me, I just don't know what to call you for a while

Li Yang: The two of you will call me Hongting, and the military discipline of the thousands of people in this militia will depend entirely on the two of you in the future

Gan Hui: The two of us will do our best to live up to our high expectations

Li Yang: Then I'll ask you two to take you around to learn about the affairs of the militia group

Geng Qing: Then there will be labor

Li Yang shouted: Li Zuo, you take these two to get acquainted with the militia

Li Zuo ran over and looked at the two: You come with me

Sun Yuanwu saw that after the two of them left: You should pay more attention to these two people

Li Yang: Your Excellency, even if you don't talk about the grass people, you can guess that the national capital sent these two people to the militia to spy on us

Sun Yuanwu: "Well, it's good that you know it in your heart, you must not do anything out of the ordinary, otherwise even this government will not be able to protect you."

Li Yang: Your Excellency, please rest assured that the grass people will abide by the will of the national capital

Sun Yuanwu: "Well, that's good, I want to ask you for help with a private matter in this house."

Li Yang: What can adults and grass people do for you?

Sun Yuanwu: There are two distant relatives in this house who have been idle at home for several years, and they have some guns and sticks on hand, so let's see if you can find them an errand in the militia group

Li Yang: There are just two positions left in the Great People's League, as long as they don't dislike it, they can take office at any time, and the monthly salary of the commander is calculated according to the official family's eight products, and the monthly salary is 4 taels of silver

Sun Yuanwu had a smile on his face: Okay, your militia is very high, in the past few days, the government has let those two unsuccessful guys come to the militia, if they don't listen to the greetings, you should clean up and get out of the way

Li Yanghan smiled: Please also tell me the names of the two of you, and I will arrange for the two of them to take office when they come

Sun Yuanwu: My two relatives are called Sun An and Sun Wu

Li Yang: The grass people have written it down

Sun Yuanwu: The last thing is that this year, the general is personally responsible for the purchase of military funds in the southern part of Zhejiang, and the general has handed over the important task of purchasing military funds to the Taizhou government, and in the next few days, the government will gather several powerful businessmen in Taizhou and ask them to quote the low price of the required military materials to the lowest price

The government will hand over the important task of purchasing military funds to him, and then you will also go to participate in the preparations, while there are still a few days left, you are the most pleasant person in the government and the general, the general is bent on training you to become a military merchant, you must not let him down

Li Yang looked puzzled: Is there any difference between an adult, a military businessman and a businessman?

Sun Yuanwu: Of course it's different, military businessmen are businessmen who specialize in purchasing military supplies for the army, but all military businessmen handle big business, and the profits are also very considerable, and military businessmen can also enjoy some privileges that businessmen do not have

Li Yang looked curious: What are the privileges of the military businessmen

Sun Yuanwu: When you become a military businessman in the future, you will slowly know