Two carts were pulled to the back of the City God Temple, and the temple wall was only half left and there was a gap, which was just right for entry and exit. But the car couldn't get in, so a group of people had to move inside.

was moving, the food was delivered, and Li Dan ordered everyone to eat first.

When they gathered around to see, there was meat and vegetables, but it was stewed tofu with green vegetables and pork, and there was another oil and losu (eggplant) strips. People who had never seen much meat immediately couldn't leave the soup bucket.

The calf first held a bowl to Li Dan, but after he took it, he told:

"In the future, we are not at home here, you have to remember that you are not allowed to serve me food until everyone has served the rice, understand?

I haven't assembled today, first of all, as long as I am in the camp, the soldiers will be given priority, followed by the captain, and finally I! ”

As soon as he picked up the bowl, he saw a familiar face dangling outside the wall, and he hurriedly came out to see that it was really Li Qin.

I saw that he was wearing a beige arrow sleeve covered with dust, with a net towel on his head, a brown scarf on the top, and a sweaty face.

Li Dan smiled and asked, "You slipped out of the shooting range, right?" Look at this dirt! ”

"Third brother, I heard that you led the troops, and my heart itched so much that I couldn't stay." Li Qin wiped his face with his sleeve, and begged with a smile:

"The third brother and the county lord will talk about it, count me as one when you go on the expedition."

"I'm not riding a donkey to Lake Biwa to go on a walk, this is a husband who should be sent out of service, are you fifteen?"

"This," Li Qin pouted, "Do you have to be fifteen?" ”

"According to the decree, those who are over fifteen years old are considered adults, and in addition to calculating taxes, they can also ask their mother-in-law." Li Dan made fun of this tiger-headed little brother.

A few brothers who were eating next to him laughed: "Shiro will go back first, bear with me a little, not at this time!" ”

"Yes, little boy, you come to San Lang now, can the family agree?"

"You haven't bowed a long distance yet, what are you going to do in a hurry to go to war? It's enough to have our brothers, right! ”

"Alright, alright!" Li Dan waved his hand, pulled his younger brother and said, "It's not that the third brother doesn't want to take you there, but the imperial court decrees that you can't go if you are less than fifteen."

Go home, don't let your aunt know about looking for you everywhere. After a few years, you will grow taller, draw the bow harder, and shoot more accurately, and the third brother will have no reason not to take you out! ”

It was easy to persuade Li Qin to reluctantly turn around and leave, Song Xiaoniu came behind him with a chew in his mouth, and asked, "You really don't take Shiro?" Will he be angry? ”

Li Dan tilted his head to look at him and asked rhetorically, "Do you know that he is coming to me?" ”

The calf was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Yo, I need to serve some food, it seems that this is not enough to eat!" After saying that, he ran away.

After eating, Li Dan picked up the shield and spear given by the county and looked left and right, and then the people brought by Gu Da arrived.

He leaned in front of Li Dan with a face full of embarrassment: "San Lang, I have brought all the people, and the tools are outside the wall, but ...... One more person. ”

"Huh?" Li Dan was thinking about something, looked at him and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Brother Mao, you know, the helper of Lao Ji in the ready-to-wear shop."

Li Dan blinked, and a small figure appeared in his mind. This baby was exiled to Yugan a few years ago, and no one knows his parents.

Lao Ji gave a mouthful of food to eat, and on weekdays, he helped to do some work to deliver clothes, and also helped the neighbors run errands or something.

"What is he doing here? How can a child get married, this can't be counted! Li Dan spoke, and immediately saw something strange in everyone's eyes, only to realize that he was only two years older than the child.

"I'll talk about him later, first call everyone in to cut the grass and tidy up the empty field, how can this grass be practiced without more than half a human head!"

Li Dan instructed Gu Da's people to mow the grass in front, and Liu Er's (Liu Hongsheng) people hugged the grass to the corner of the house in the northeast corner and piled it up, and asked Yang Yi, who had just arrived, to take people to shovel and dig the ground, remove the grass roots, stones, and broken bricks.

Everyone worked, and a man with a tall head was arranged to guard the gap, Li Dan called the calf aside and secretly told him to observe everyone's situation, who was lazy and slippery, and who was scolding .......

Then he saw Li Biao and the man behind him, beckoned them in, and asked, "Who is this, you found it?" ”

"His name is Zhu Qing, and he escaped from Ganzhou. Originally, he also bought and sold livestock, but he was robbed of his capital and ran away from his daughter-in-law and had no children, so he fed people here, took care of the livestock, and ate his food.

He is willing to follow us, and I will bring it to the third uncle to take a look. It's good to stay, it's not ...... He also told him to go back to raising mules and horses. Li Biao said softly to Li Dan, but there was a bit of pleading in his eyes.

Li Dan didn't expect this guy to have sympathy in addition to flattery, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the man, seeing that his body was quite sturdy, and his hands were thick, he thought about it and asked, "Will you take care of mules and horses?" ”

"Yes."

"What else?"

"Well, any villain who has something to do with livestock does." The man's voice was not loud, but he pronounced clearly: "Ploughing pigs, slaughtering sheep, changing hooves, midwifery, breeding, these can all be done, and common diseases can be cured." ”

"Literate?"

"I've read books, and my father teaches them, all of them are veterinarians, Soma and the like." He said and looked up at Li Dan: "Later, when I do business, I will also settle accounts and keep accounts." ”

"Okay," Li Dan stretched out his hand and patted Li Biao: "You found us a generalist." ”

Li Biao grinned happily and hurriedly asked Zhu Qing to salute. Unexpectedly, Li Dan immediately said again: "But he doesn't belong to you, just follow me." ”

"Huh? So, then I'm alone in this traffic? ”

Li Dan turned his head, beckoned, and shouted, "You, come here." "Brother Mao, who has been squatting under the wall, jumped up and ran over." Why do you want to follow us? How nice it is to stay in town! ”

"It's not good, it's not interesting!" Brother Mao shook his head: "Godfather took me in, I want to earn money and filial piety, and I have to give him a pension in the future." You can't earn a lot of money by running errands for others. ”

He said as he headed down again, and his voice grew lower.

Li Dan was moved, he really didn't expect this picked up doll to have such thoughts.

Lao Ji and the Hun family took over the garment shop from their father, and they have been in charge for half their lives, and now they only have a seven-year-old daughter in their forties.

But just now, he rejected Shiro's .......

"You want to repay my support, but you have to know that my marching method here is not as comfortable as outside, you can think about it. If you disobey the order, I will be punished! ”

Li Dan stood in front of him and spoke like an adult, although he was only two years older than him, he was a head and a half taller than the other party.

He looked at Brother Mao and nodded, turned his face to Li Biao and said, "I know that he is famous for his fast feet, so I just happened to run traffic with you, and found him a mule with good foot strength."

If you are young, you don't count your head, you just have to eat, and if you make meritorious service, you will be rewarded and divided into silver like everyone. But brother, you have to go home and help me do something now. ”

"What's the matter?" When Brother Mao saw that he wanted him, his eyes were bright.

"Take this back to your father, and say it's what I want."

Li Dan took out the word "complement" and handed it to him, gestured on himself and told him how to use this thing, and instructed the black cloth used to cut Baotou, as well as the number and price, and took out a consistent banknote from his arms for him to carry.

The little one ran home happily. Li Dan asked Li Biao to go back immediately, pick six good mules and four healthy donkeys. He didn't know the progress of Chen Gang's father and son, but at least he estimated that it would take so much.

"It's all about taking away? Is it good to buy general goods? Li Biao asked.

"No, it's better to buy better. I'm going to buy a Zhuangzi at the White Horse Temple, and I'll use it over there when I come back. Li Dan told him:

"Cattle can be bought later, but they won't be needed on the road this time, they're too slow. You can ask someone to help you see each other first, there are indeed good cows that can be kept for three or five, and we will pay the money in one after we come back. ”

It took a lot of work to level the ground, and it took two hours to do it. gathered the people, Li Dan suddenly found that Zhang cymbals were mixed in the crowd.

"What are you doing here, not at home to recuperate?" He walked straight over and dragged him out to ask.

Zhang cymbal smiled: "I heard that you are all here, how can you be without me?" Besides, the injury is already healed. ”

Li Dan knew that he was actually dislocated in his forearm, not really fractured, so he glared angrily and didn't say anything, and turned to gather everyone to announce a few things.

First of all, the county should set up a regimental training, and the people's team is an auxiliary soldier outside, and after returning home, they can enter the regiment to practice to get money and eat food as a regimental soldier.

But if the training can't be continued, or those who violate discipline and smear everyone's face during this period will be expelled.

Secondly, the preparation was announced. He and Yang Yi, Gu Da, Liu Hongsheng, Song Xiaoniu, and Zhang Cymbals each brought two arms, a total of six tithes.

From tomorrow onwards, all activities will be based on the unit; Li Biao and Mao Zai run the traffic and are responsible for message delivery; Zhu Qing was appointed secretary and was responsible for the management of livestock and supplies.

Then the elders chose their own people. But with the addition of people who came with Yang Yi, the total number is still ten short.

Li Dan thought that in the past two days, someone should report to the barracks one after another, and when someone came, the team that sent people would pick it first.

He arranged for Zhu Qing to go to the yamen every day to guard, and there was a person who could not afford to hire a substitute soldier, who was honest, strong, or had a skill, and said hello to the barracks and led him to the City God Temple, at least to make up the number of these ten people.

Seeing that it is getting late, make an appointment to gather tomorrow and call those who have not arrived to be responsible for moving bricks and demolishing collapsed beams. Then Li Dan asked everyone to dismiss and go home, and come back tomorrow with their luggage.

Then Li Dan first arranged for Zhu Qing to go back and quit his job, anyway, this person Li Dan wanted to use it, and he would definitely not let go.

Then he called the commanders together and said, "Tomorrow we will start training, but I have to teach you first."

We are all chiefs, each with two troops, that is, ten people, what the chief learns, the soldiers are like.

In addition, starting tomorrow, there will be a military law, and you must know a few articles of the military law first, so as not to set a crooked example for others. ”

After speaking, he first explained the military law to them one by one, and then led everyone to practice four things: resting, standing upright, walking in unison, and turning left and right.

Everyone wondered, what's so hard about this? can see Li Dan kicking out his left foot with a "snap", and then standing in place for a long time without moving, several people were dumbfounded.

"San Lang, this, we all have to practice?" Liu Hongsheng asked.

"You have to practice, you have to practice like me. The soldier stood upright, and the commander trained the captain, who then trained the four soldiers under him. Practice not only standing, but also sitting and walking.

When you see a superior shouting 'Hello sir', you can say 'yes' or 'understand' when you answer, and shout 'report' when you speak or make a request.......

In short, it's all written here, take a good look at it when you go home tonight, and memorize it, so that you can teach your own soldiers tomorrow! ”

All of them were literate, but to a certain extent. The characteristic of Jiangxi is that the literacy rate is second to none, so the number of people in this province is always the highest in the number of people on the Jinshi list every year.

"All to remember? Saburo ....... ”

"What do you call me?" Li Dan stared at Gu Da and asked.

"Uh......," Gu Da was stunned for a moment, and immediately changed his words after receiving Yang Yi's reminder in his ears: "Chief, sir......?" ”

"You want to speak, have you ever shouted 'report'?"

"Report...... Sir! ”

"Stand up and shout the report."

"Report!"

"It's so much better. You see me do it again. Li Dan stood upright, rested for a while, and then stood upright, shouting: "Report to the chief!" Then he looked at everyone, stood behind his hands, and asked, "Do you see clearly?" ”

The crowd replied, "I see it clearly, I see it clearly." ”

"It's too chaotic, first stand upright, look ahead, and then answer, 'I see it clearly', understand? Do it all over again! Did everyone see it? ”

"I see it clearly" After shouting, several people looked at each other, and they all felt very excited.

"Got it? Standing is a signal, and if you do anything after standing upright, everyone will be neat and uniform, and there will be no mess.

If someone is not with everyone, it means that his mind is not with everyone, and such a person will have to criticize, beat him twice, and if he can't do it, he will be punished for running in circles along the wall or squatting.

There have been two experiences of being punished, and everyone remembers it. Li Dan's words caused everyone to laugh softly.

"The point is that we want everyone to remember: 60 people have one heart to do things well and go home together.

Those who only care about themselves, those who complain about others, those who shirk responsibility, and those who don't talk nonsense are kicked out!

He can go to the General's Mansion to sign up to stay and defend the city, but he can't face bandits and thieves with us, because this kind of person will betray his teammates to protect himself!

That's why I'm training, if 60 people have 60 hearts, no matter how good the car is, it will fall apart, right? ”

"What Saburo said makes sense, uh no, the chief is right! Let's go out of the door, and the soldiers outside are fighting fiercely and chaotically.

If you don't twist into a rope, when you see the thieves, you will either scatter in a hurry, or like yesterday, a large group of people can't catch a single person, so how many of us can come back alive? ”

Yang Yi said, his words made everyone nod slightly.

"I really didn't expect Saburo to teach us this. Yo, I forgot again. Sir, I thought I would teach you martial arts and battle formations. Zhang said.

"It's okay, everyone can still call me San Lang in private." Li Dan smiled and waved his hand and said:

"If you practice well, you will be taught some battle formations later, and you will learn how to protect yourself when you encounter enemies.

As for martial arts, first, there is too much time, and I will learn it when I come back, and second, that thing is not as effective as the battle array when it really comes to the battlefield. You'll find out in a few days. ”

Behind the City God Temple, there are usually not many people here, only some beggars and homeless people hang out here.

Because there are still piles of supplies in the dilapidated wings, it must be guarded.

Li Dan wanted to stay on duty, but suddenly saw Zhu Qing walking into the gap with his luggage on his back. "Why are you back?" He asked, "Is this a resignation?" ”

Zhu Qing nodded: "I thought that those things needed to be guarded, so I came over." That's not my duty, I have to watch it at night! ”

Li Dan and others were impressed by him. Li Dan nodded and said, "Okay, light a fire to keep warm, pay attention to fire prevention." Then he turned to Song Xiaoniu and said:

"You are a calmer, and from tomorrow onwards, two people will be arranged to guard the door and guard the materials with Zhu Xianggong every night, and there must be no mistakes."

He also arranged for Yang Yi and said: "Make a wooden fence there to make a camp gate, and the collapsed wall must be repaired."

There is also the side hall, we changed it, at least the other half can be used to shelter from the wind and rain, divided into two small rooms, one for the garrison to rest, and the larger one for our deliberations.

From tomorrow onwards, after lunch, everyone will do these two things together, and they will be completed in three days. Please ask Brother Xiao Yi to take the lead in this matter. ”

When Yang Yi heard this, he immediately replied with his feet and stood upright: "Yes!" ”