Li Dan asked Zhu Qing to come closer, and said to the crowd: "I see that there are a few homeless people and beggars over there who are a little older, but they have thick hands and feet, and they should be okay to do things, pick a few and you can stay as a clerk." There is no salary, but three meals. Start training in the afternoon!

Now, you arrange for Brother Mao to take them to the mixed hall to take a bath, buy shirts and pants for each of them, trim their hair and beard, and take them to eat, four Hu cakes and a bowl of mutton soup per person.

Prepare a pen and paper to register their names, places of origin, family members, and who the pension will leave for them in case of death. Others have never started to make a register. ”

He explained, Zhu Qing promised a "yes", Li Dan was very satisfied, and suddenly asked, "Why don't you ask about money?" ”

"The chief must have an arrangement, why not allow the villain to put his beak?"

Li Dan said "ha", reached out and took out a few consistent silver bills from his arms and put them in his hand: "You use these first, and record them at any time." It's not enough, go to Renli Inn Su Siniang to withdraw it. ”

"The villain has a suggestion."

"Say."

"Please...... The commander allowed me to engrave a seal for the purpose of the marching officer. ”

"Marching Division, dedicated?" Li Dan's eyes lit up: "Well, good advice!" Allowed, you can do it quickly! ”

"Yes!"

Looking at Zhu Qing's back, Li Dan couldn't help but be surprised, this person not only knows how to raise horses, I don't know what else he will do?

In the afternoon, the training officially began. In the next two days, there was a lot of noise on the school field, and the scolding of the captains and even the chiefs kept coming.

These guys, Li Dan beat them on their arms and legs, and they all doubled it back to their subordinates.

The number of onlookers on the wall continued to decrease, and they gradually lost interest.

"Eh, what's the point of them lining up, walking, turning, and standing at a regular distance like this all day long?" Someone gets bored.

"That's it, this is also called military training? But they look good when they run in the morning, so many people have a footstep, it's amazing! Another said.

"I think people are just training their bodies, not fighting wars. Look, you didn't use knives, guns, and clubs? You have to run fast and move to transport grain and grass. It's not what you say it is! ”

"Seems to make sense!"

County Yari.

Master Fan received Zhou Dutou, who had rushed back from the dust, and urged him very happily and nervously to help General Zhaoyi recruit the five hundred people quickly.

Hearing that there had been bandits in the county, Zhou Du was shocked: "Only two were caught? Are they all Jiang Bin's henchmen? These thieves are also bold! Fortunately, Li Saburo is alert, otherwise he would ....... ”

"Otherwise, maybe this county has been attacked by the lake bandits." Master Fan sighed:

"This son's plan to scare the grass and scare the snake seems to be working, Tang reported that the lake bandits are gathering in the north of Raozhou hesitantly, it seems that they have noticed the night patrol regiment practice at the head of the city at night."

"Where's the group practice?" Zhou Dutou is strange.

"Ahem, it's actually the one hundred and twenty people under Li Sanlang and Zhao Cheng. One of them patrolled the northern city and the other the southern city, and they went back and forth to the city wall in three shifts at night. This was also Li Sanlang's idea. ”

Fan Xianling said: "But they are about to set off for ten thousand years, and the recruited regiment must be taken over quickly." The county is in a hurry, and only more than 100 have been recruited by 500 regiments, which is a lot of miles! ”

"Oh?" Zhou Dutou was even more surprised: "The Li and Zhao families actually cooperated?" That's ....... ”

"Where!" Fan Xianling couldn't cry or laugh: "They still do their own thing." Originally, I arranged for them to train together in the City God Temple, but who knew that the Zhao family hummed and chirped for a few days, and they never went! ”

"Training? What to train? ”

Fan Xianling laughed and said that you can see it tomorrow morning. This pass is so popular that Zhou Du is curious.

He was not only worried that Li Dan would do something out of the ordinary, but also wondered what he wanted to do. Well, it looks like we'll have to find a time to go to the City God Temple.

From the beginning of training, Li Dan asked Song Xiaoniu to go home and move to the school yard. Not only does he live in the City God Temple, but everyone else!

The two rooms were converted into a wing room, and the smaller one was given to Zhu Qing, Li Biao and Mao Zaidi to live in, and a row of board shops and a table became their temporary home.

On the other side of the wall, the grass against the wall is laid for Li Dan, the sleeping calf is by the door, and the door panel is set up in the middle of the house to make a tabletop, and a few benches are placed around, which is considered the conference hall.

The remaining bricks and tiles were used to repair the wall, and the remaining Li Dan asked someone to repair the remaining part of the side hall, and he felt that he still needed a safe place to make a warehouse.

At the same time, he taught Gu Danash to make brick molds and dry mud bricks, which were ready to be used to build dry bridges and barriers, which were equipment to train everyone to cross obstacles. Yes, if you have surplus wood, you can make a horizontal bar or something.

Li Dan entered the door and saw his Caopu, and thought that so many people couldn't sleep in the open all the time, since this land was occupied by himself, he should use it thoroughly.

He walked back and forth on the site of the demolished house, stroking the ruins and wondering how to build a few simple barracks.

It also reminded him of the problem of camping on the march.

Li Dan thought about drawing a schematic diagram of a military tent, using oilcloth as the top and bottom, bamboo poles and strips as bones, and propagating them to accommodate the soldiers, and they could be put away and bundled and placed in the carriage when marching.

He handed the picture to Brother Mao and asked him to show it to Lao Ji, and order fifteen first.

In fact, from the beginning of repairing the wall, Li Dan found that construction can exercise everyone's cooperation and help everyone quickly become familiar with it.

Therefore, after the council hall was built, Li Dan led everyone to use bamboo to make tendons, and used chopped hay and mud to build two rows of rammed earth houses on the foundation of the empty side hall.

This speed is fast, and the wall will be up in two days.

Just when everyone was worried that this thing would collapse when it rained, Li Dan asked people to go out of the city to collect more than a dozen truckloads of firewood and grass, pile them up inside and outside the wall, and burn them.

When the fire is extinguished and the walls are cooled, the bamboo inside is charred and black, and the walls become like red clay pottery, and even the ground is hard.

"Okay, now find wood to make beams, split bamboo as rafters, and spread tarpaulin and thatch on top, and then you can live in people! We'll all be able to get in. Li Dan said.

The old doors and windows are all ready-made repairs, and they have been originally reserved for ramming and can be installed.

While everyone admired, Li Dan's prestige in this small team rose a few points.

The greater the change, the better the conditions, the higher the motivation of everyone, and the change of the team is also very obvious. The pace of the morning run every day is more neat, and the slogan is louder.

The queue practice is from individual to double, to the whole team, to the whole team, and finally to the two and the whole team.

Not only did everyone learn to distinguish between left, right, and front and back commands, and learned how to pay attention to their position in the whole team with their peripheral vision.

Zhou Dutou had already been frightened once when he heard the sound of running outside in the morning, and he only had time to see the lively people and the back of the team when he jumped out of the door.

He pondered for a long time, and finally decided that he must go to the City God Temple today. I heard that it was the most lively before noon, so Zhou Dutou took the time to quietly come to the outside of the school.

Here, the people around are three layers inside and three layers outside. Zhou Dutou found a few guys from Nancheng probing their brains, and when they found Zhou Dutou, they either shrank their heads or grinned embarrassedly.

It turned out that the results of the training were to be tested at noon.

Zhou Dutou was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he saw the original boys in Beicheng walking in unison, walking in a ten-person horizontal formation, marching in columns, advancing in pairs, marching in the whole team, and stepping and turning halfway through the process.

Li Dan had already seen him, and immediately sent Mao Zai to invite him after the training.

"Chief Zhou, I'm Brother Mao of the Herald Order, and our team invites you to speak in the council hall." This little guy not only eats ruddy after a few days, but also speaks more eloquently.

Zhou Dutou followed him to the door, and as soon as he noticed that the words "Council Hall" on the wooden board next to the door were written by Li Dan, he saw himself appear at the door and hugged his fists:

"Zhou Dutou is back, it's hard all the way!"

"Li Sanlang, you're doing a good job. The night I came back, the big man was long and short. Okay, anyway, if you want to open it. ”

After speaking, he sat down at the table, and told Li Dan about the situation of the Chen family's mother and daughter on the way to Yingtian, and told him that everything was fine, and the two Tiqi did not do anything excessive, so that Li Dan could rest assured.

Then he asked Li Dan why he wanted to train these people, and Li Dan said that he wanted to keep everyone safe. Zhou Dutou groaned slightly: "If that's the case, I'm afraid it's better to teach them some martial arts, okay?" ”

"Martial arts is a personal skill, and there is no time to do it, so I have to learn team security, and the more I can survive, the better." Li Dan replied.

Then asked about the situation in the surrounding prefectures and counties, Zhou Dutou roughly said what he knew.

"What's the matter, didn't the Zhao family bring someone from Nancheng to join you? It seems that there is still something in their hearts that they can't solve. ”

Li Dan smiled: "I'm kind, if they don't appreciate it, forget it." Maybe I will say that I have something else in mind behind my back, so I don't force it! ”

"You have to be careful along the way, then Zhao Cheng is not a good person." Zhou Dutou admonished.

Li Dan waved his chin: "Don't worry, I have these people around me, and he can't get a bargain when he comes!" ”

Before parting, Zhou Dutou said softly: "I just saw a few people from Nancheng probing their brains. ”

"Yes." Li Dan nodded: "I've seen it a long time ago, but I guess they will find it boring in two days and won't come back." ”

"You're not afraid they'll learn it?"

"I can't learn." Li Dan shook his head confidently:

"You can't learn the essence of fur. You see, my people live in the school yard in a concentrated manner, and it is convenient to mobilize and command, so the patrols on the west and north sides are very regular, and the change of guard is also timely.

But not from the east and south, some of their people are lazy and do not come, and some of them are looking for a place to doze off at night, but our people are not.

Eating well, living steadily, and being with the brothers are both pleasant and reassuring, but the spirit is different.

Even if Zhao Cheng himself comes to see it, he will definitely not look down on it, and he won't think that there is any benefit to my set, believe it or not? ”

Zhou Dutou nodded, took a few steps and turned back and said:

"There are nearly three hundred recruits, and your men will hand over the city wall tonight. This way everyone can concentrate on training and get a good night's sleep! After all, it's time to leave in a few days. ”

Li Dan was overjoyed, or Zhou Dutou's prestige in the county was high, and the number of recruits rose so quickly. He hurriedly clenched his fists and thanked him.

In the past few days, people have come to the county to report, Li Xiong chatted with those who couldn't pay the money for the service, and picked seven or eight people to make up for it, plus the displaced people and beggars who had been absorbed before, Li Dan felt that there were enough people.

A few days later, Chen Sanwen said that the first carriage had been built. Li Dan ran to see that it was not bad, so he ordered Zhu Qing to find four people from the homeless people to serve as coachmen to practice familiarizing himself with the new car.

From the mules that have been bought one after another, two animals were selected and hung on the bridles for trial, and everyone said that the car was easy to learn and easy to use.

The car put five or six large stone slabs idle in the temple, the total weight exceeded 1,000 catties, and the two mules ran very easily, and it was easier to turn and retreat than ordinary two-wheeled vehicles.

Li Dan took a test ride and decided to improve the brake pads and replace the wood with iron sheets wrapped in thick leather. But this car can be used first.

Chen Gang estimates that with the existing manpower, it will take an average of three days to build one, and if more craftsmen are added, it may be faster. Li Dan said that then add five or six people and let Chen Gang choose them personally.

Counting that there can be four new cars before departure, Li Dan is very happy.

Now the northwest corner of the school yard has been changed into a carriage and horse shed, which already has six mules and two donkeys (used to pull the original two-wheeled vehicle).