Everyone hesitated, but quickly made a decision.

"Okay." Iron Bull's rough and thick palm slapped on the table, then picked up the wine bowl and drank it clean.

Because he drank too quickly, he blushed for a while, and said: "The officials cramp and pull out the bones, and they don't treat us as human beings." Since Lord Xiaoqi supports us, we will do it. ”

"That's right." Li Yong's eyes flashed and he nodded emphatically.

"Since the brothers agree, then the younger brother will also sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman." Zhang Sheng said with a smile.

They are grateful to Wu Nian.

As agreed. Wu Nian just paid them the military salary in full, and now he had to help them get the part of the general flag from the hands of the general flag Chenggao.

This is completely against the general flag, and Wu Nian has nothing to do.

Can't they, the little soldiers, cower and winch?

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"Okay." Wu Nian restrained his smile, and his eyes suddenly sharpened.

The four of them drank wine in the kitchen for a while, and Wang Gui walked in from outside, bent down to Wu Nian and saluted, "Lord Xiaoqi." Elected. ”

"Good. You go first. Wu Nian nodded and asked everyone to go to the small courtyard first. He went to his room, brought a small box, and placed it on the floor.

In the courtyard, more than a dozen young people were panting. Six of them were overjoyed, while the rest were dejected.

Wu Nian stood in front of the door of the hall, hugged his fists at everyone, and said, "Brother who was not chosen." I'm sorry to let you run for so long. Each man came forward and received ten copper plates. ”

Wang Gui, Li Yong and the others all looked at Wu Nian in surprise, and then showed admiration.

There were nine people who were not selected. Ten cents per person is ninety cents. You can buy forty-five catties of rice.

For them, this is not a small amount.

But Wu Nian said to take it out, so he took it out.

And Wu Nian does things really without leakage. Those who were selected and those who were not selected came happily and left happily.

No one is guilty, no one complains.

It's a natural thing.

"Thank you, Lord Xiaoqi." The bitter gall that was running was about to spit out, panting, and the nine people who were dejected were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly hugged their fists in thanks.

Wu Nian nodded, then bent down and opened the box, revealing the copper coins inside, and asked the nine people to come up in turn, divided the ten copper coins, and let them leave happily.

"Brothers. Let's go to 100 households to report together. Wu Nian said to the rest of the people.

"Yes."

Of course, the crowd should be in unison. Wu Nian then took out some knives, spears, bows and arrows from the room and handed them to the recruits.

After making preparations, the group went to the hundred households.

There are only thirteen officials in the hundred households, but there are still some scribes who manage the roster, grain, grass, and materials on a daily basis.

Wu Nian's small banner has only five people. But the names on the roster are full.

That is, paper soldiers.

Wu Nian found the clerk in charge of the roster and replaced the recruit's name.

After doing these trivial things, Wu Nian led everyone to the open space in front of his row house, and asked Li Yong to lead everyone to line up.

This is what a small flag looks like.

Six pikemen (shield men), four archers, and a small banner.

It's just that the imperial court hasn't issued a war jacket for many years, and the recruits don't have a battle jacket, so they have to find a way to get a set.

There are also weapons that are also confiscated Black Tiger Gang, not big guns, but spears.

When you have money, you have to let the blacksmith make a unified weapon.

We are a regular army, not a ragtag army.

"Brothers. Practice every three days, starting today. Li Yong. I have put you in charge of the archers. Iron Bull, I command you to be in charge of the pikemen. You teach recruit training. ”

Wu Nian raised his head, full of might.

"Yes."

Li Yong and Tie Niu were not surprised, and they responded very loudly.

Immediately, Wu Nian asked the soldiers to train, and he himself picked up a big gun and planned to train. The flesh of man is made of steel.

Now he looks like he can bluff people, but when he really goes to the battlefield, he is just a stronger soldier, and he still has to practice, keep practicing.

Li Yong whispered a few words to Wang Gui and asked him to lead the troops. He came to Wu Nian's side and said, "Lord Xiaoqi." What should we do for lunch? ”

When you come to the barracks for training, of course, you have to take care of the food.

According to the military regulations of the Great Chu State, soldiers are not allowed to leave the barracks at will.

The rice they receive is a, not a daily meal. The food eaten daily was handed over to the cooks by hundreds of households, and burned to the soldiers every day.

And now that the army is loosely managed, this batch of grain has of course been embezzled by officials.

Wu Nian had already taken a countermeasure to this, and said boldly: "I'm responsible." At noon, we went to buy food. According to the standard of three bowls of rice and one egg per person. ”

I can't bear the child, and I can't catch the wolf.

If you want to train a good soldier, you have to spend money.

Li Yong took a deep look at Wu Nian, if the military attaches of the Great Chu State were like Wu Nian, then the army of the Great Chu State would be invincible in the world.

What are you afraid of Mengyuan people.

"Yes." Li Yong put his feet together and bent down deeply at Wu Nian.

The drill is of course hard, especially for the recruits.

But at lunchtime, when the recruits saw the rice and a boiled egg, they immediately became excited.

Eggs.

They can't eat such a precious ingredient a few times a year.

It's great to be a soldier, to be a soldier.

"Ladies and gentlemen. This egg was not issued by the imperial court, but by Lord Xiaoqi out of his own pocket and sent it to you. Li Yong took a deep breath and said in a loud voice.

"Thank you, Lord Xiaoqi." Iron Bull was the first to respond, stopping his chest and waist and saying loudly.

Then it was Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng.

These veterans knew that Wu Nian was a person, and they reacted quickly. The recruits froze.

This official is really a good official.

He even paid out of his own pocket to buy us eggs.

"Thank you, Lord Xiaoqi." The recruits took a deep breath and lined up.

"Don't care. That's as it should be. After all, it's easy to be someone else's soldier. When I was a soldier, I had to practice every three days, which was really hard. ”

Wu Nian smiled slightly and said.

Everyone knows that this is a kind word. Everybody's a military household, you know.

These officials have a lot of land at home.

Not only did they eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, but they also let the soldiers help farm and repair houses.

It's nothing to practice once every three days.

When it comes to spring ploughing, it's really tiring to help the officials farm.

Everyone is clear and grateful to Wu Nian.

After eating, the soldiers practiced more energetically. Can't be sorry for the eggs of Lord Xiaoqi.

Now the barracks are vacant, and the soldiers are scattered in hundreds of households.

Wu Nian led his own small banner to practice in the barracks, and he was in full swing.

Soon the entire hundred households knew about it.

It also came into the ears of Cheng Gao.