The cold wind kept knocking on the windows, pulling the torn window paper back and forth, making a tearing sound. The cold wind blew into the room from the breach, making Liu Yan, who was boiling something, subconsciously shrink his neck, but he still looked at the situation in the pot intently.

It was a rammed-earth house, with no decent furnishings in it, except for a broken wooden chest and a few miscellaneous items, and the only thing that could be used was a strong bow hanging on the wall, and a spear lying horizontally on the ground.

This is a fire road pier under the jurisdiction of Lingshanwei in the eastern part of the Ming Dynasty, which is under the jurisdiction of the Lingshan Weixia River Village in front of the thousand households of Wangjiazhuang. This fire road pier is called Dapandun, which is located in the south of Wangjiazhuang, near the sea, so it is not remote, but it is not a prosperous place.

At this time, there were a lot of plant ashes boiling in the pot in front of Liu Yan, and he was boiling alkaline water, and at the same time, many fragments appeared in his mind.

Although Liu Yan is in the fire road pier of the Ming Ling Mountain Guard, but the soul is from the 21st century of the later generations, originally a history department of a big northern city, and then crossed over here by coincidence, and after opening his eyes, he was attached to this, Liu Yan, who served as the head of the fire road pier as the chief flag officer. And today is the second day.

Liu Yan took a deep breath, and the cold air went straight to his lungs along the trachea, which made people feel extremely refreshing. At this time, Liu Yan gradually accepted the reality, he had no relatives in the later life, and he was admitted to the university by relying on the welfare of the country, and he was alone. The only thing that gives Liu Yan a headache now is how to survive in the current Daming.

It is now the tenth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1637, Li Zicheng has been making trouble in Shaanxi for more than ten years, and the entire northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty has been stirred up. And the Jiannu outside the gate are also raging, and the alarms are constantly being alerted almost every year in various parts of the Nine Sides, and a large number of Jiannu are not breaking through the Nine Sides and going south to plunder.

Today, the world is in chaos.

If you want to survive in such a world, you must have extraordinary capital, the first thing is to have enough starting capital, and then gradually grow up with Liu Yan's identity as the chief of the banner.

"This pot of alkaline water is okay, the plant ash and water are mixed together according to the ratio of notoginseng, and then you need to ......"

Fortunately, Liu Yan had a wide range of knowledge in his previous life, and in addition to being familiar with history, he also knew some small things to make money, and boiling soil soap was one of them. At this time, Liu Yan stirred the iron pot, and the alkaline water used to make the soil soap was basically done, and the remaining important raw material was oil.

Liu Yan considered that pork and other meats are expensive now, and if they are used to make soil soap, soybean oil can also be used, and it is better to save a few taels of silver saved in his hand.

"Is Captain A awake?"

Liu Yan was staring at the iron pot and thinking, suddenly a voice came, and then a man pushed the door and walked in, Liu Yan knew this person, this man's name is Chen Xun, he is a small flag officer in the fire road pier, and there are two dun soldiers under him, which is considered to be the cronies of Liu Yan, the original commander.

Liu Yan looked at Chen Xun and saw that he was thin and small, and a mandarin duck fat jacket was worn on his body, which looked very wide. A melon seed face is very white, and with a thin figure, Chen Xun looks very weak, as if a big cold wind can blow him down.

What impressed Liu Yan was that this Chen Xun was good at firearms, and he often manipulated a worn-out bird gun on weekdays, and boasted about his skills to others from time to time, but the rest of the people in the pier didn't look at it, just when Chen Xun didn't have melee skills, he was just bragging.

Chen Xun walked in and saw Liu Yan standing in front of the window, and said with a smile: "Captain A is better." ”

"Something?"

At this time, Liu Yan also put on his mandarin duck battle jacket, and also put on a pair of red jacket shoes on his feet, and a red hat wrapped in cotton cloth was at hand, which was also picked up by Liu Yan and put on his head. At this time, it was February of the tenth year of Chongzhen, and the climate along the coast of Shandong was still very cold, as soon as Chen Xun came in, he was wrapped in a cold wind, and Liu Yan suddenly aroused goosebumps.

"Captain A, we're running out of water in the pier, just now Wang Yue asked me to take someone to fetch water, I'll come over and let me know, lest Captain A turn around and find me."

Liu Yan frowned slightly when he heard this, and some situations in the fire pier appeared in his mind.

This Wang Yue is the same as Chen Xun, they are all small flag officers in the dun, in addition to the two of them, there is also a small flag officer named Liu Dayu, the three of them are in charge of some dun army, there are a total of 12 dun soldiers in the dun, together with some family members of the dun army, there are more than 20 people in this big pandun.

And what makes Liu Yan feel a headache is that the original owner of this body, Liu Yan, has been very wretched, Liu Yan's parents died early, the family is in decline, in addition to the few taels of silver accumulated in his hands, the original 100 acres of job field and 50 acres of incorruptible land have long been sold, and they are also bullied by Shangguan from time to time.

Although Liu Yan himself looks like a tiger and has a good martial arts, he does not dare to embarrass others on weekdays, and is even a little cautious. In the face of Liu Dayu with a backstage and the sinister Wang Yue, Liu Yan has always had to get by, so he was suppressed by the two of them, so that in this big plate, Liu Yan, the chief flag officer, has almost been hollowed out.

However, the current Liu Yan is no longer the Liu Yan who was only willing to make promises before, but Liu Yan who has revenge!

"Carrying water?"

Originally, Liu Yan was ready to ignore Liu Dayu and Wang Yue, and was ready to get the soap out first, but now the top priority is to get his first pot of gold and develop it as soon as possible. As for Liu and Wang, as long as they don't get in their way, they will ignore it for the time being.

However, Chen Xun's words made Liu Yan suddenly realize that if he didn't deal with the two unstable factors of Liu Dayu and Wang Yue, he would not be able to concentrate on making money and developing at all.

Liu Yan snorted coldly and said, "Wang Yue and you are both small flag officials, what qualifications does he have to arrange things for you to do?" ”

Chen Xun smiled bitterly and said, "Captain Jia, you also know that although Wang Yue told me, this matter must be Liu Dayu's idea. ”

Then Chen Xun leaned into Liu Yan's ear, lowered his voice and said: "Captain A, you forgot, that Liu Dayu is the nephew of the old lady Xu of Wangjiazhuang, although this person is only a small flag official, but it is not something that Captain A and I can provoke, that old lady Xu has hands and eyes in Wangjiazhuang, and even has a relationship with the thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village." ”

"And I heard that Liu Dayu boasted, saying that he was entrusted with the relationship of Old Lady Xu and wanted to take the position of the first chief!"

Liu Yan frowned slightly, it seems that if he wants to gain a foothold in Dapandun, the first thing is to knock Liu Dayu and Wang Yue, the two small flag officials, and take back control of Dapandun, otherwise everything planned will be in vain.

So Liu Yan said: "This is Dapandun, here is my final say!" ”

Chen Xun was a little surprised, today's Liu Yan was very different from the past, and those eyes were no longer dodging, but flashing with fine light.

"Humph! There are a total of twelve dun soldiers in the dun, and the two of them led ten people, they don't go to carry water, but want you to take two dun soldiers out, what is the reason! ”

After speaking, Liu Yan pushed the door and walked out, Chen Xun was afraid of causing trouble, so he hurriedly followed.

Liu Yan walked out of the house and immediately smelled a pungent stench, I don't know if it was the smell of cow and horse dung, or the sour smell of garbage piled up together, in short, it was an indescribable unpleasant smell.

Liu Yan stood at the door of the house and looked around, and saw that the fire pier could be described as dirty and filthy, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Chen Xun leaned around Liu Yan and said in a low voice: "Chief A, don't mess with Liu Dayu and Wang Yue, it's better to have more than one thing, I'll take someone to fetch water." ”

Liu Yan's face suddenly fell, glared at Chen Xun, and then pulled his legs and left, looking for Liu Dayu and Wang Yue among the figures in the pier, while observing the situation in the dun.

Since Liu Yan came here, today is the first time to carefully observe the situation in the pier.

The outer wall of the Dapan pier is built of rammed earth, and there are no bricks, Liu Yan visually measured the circumference of the Dapan Dunbao wall is about more than 100 meters, more than 20 people live here in the pier, eat, drink, and sleep in it, these pier troops also have no rules, so the sanitation in the pier is naturally not much better, there is garbage everywhere, and even mosquitoes and flies can be seen flying in the cold wind!

Liu Yan walked along the wall, on the left side was a row of houses where the dun soldiers lived, more than 20 people lived here, and the well in the dun was also here, but it had already dried up, otherwise there would be no need to go out to fetch water.

On the right side are houses such as sheep pens and arsenals, and some miscellaneous items are piled up next to them. In addition, next to the lookout platform facing the gate, a stone tablet was erected, which recorded the names of the dun soldiers and their families in the Dapan pier, as well as some materials in the pier.

"There are a total of 16 defenders in Dapandun, including Liu Yan, the chief of the general banner, Liu Dayu, the small flag officer, Wang Yue, the small flag officer, Chen Xun, the small flag officer, and 12 dun soldiers and 11 family members. Several ...... of furniture items in the pier"

“…… There are two three-eyed guns and one bird gun in the pier, and the fire line of the sub-medicine is complete. Each of the Dun soldiers had a bow, a sword and a gun, and thirty arrows. …… One military flag, two flagpoles, three pairs of flag ropes, six lanterns, one war drum, two soft ladders, six firewood piles and tobacco soap, 17 piles of rolling stones and wood, and all ...... of cows, horses and wolf dung"

This kind of stele is set up in the fire road piers in various places, the purpose is to prevent the dun army from fleeing, and to facilitate the Shangguan to come to check the quantity of materials in the pier.

But at this time, Liu Yan looked around, and now the materials in the pier did not match the records on the stone tablet at all, and he couldn't help but snort coldly.

At this time, everyone in the dun saw Liu Yan, the mandarin duck battle jackets on those dun soldiers were dirty and torn, and those family members also had vegetables, most of them looked malnourished.

But whether it was Dunjun or those family members, seeing that Liu Yan, who was the first captain, was not in awe at all, nor did he disdain to please him, but instead seemed to be watching a play, with a playful expression on his face.

Liu Yan naturally saw it in his eyes, and ignored the others at this time, and then saw Liu Dayu and Wang Yue on the lookout.

Liu Dayu is tall and big, under Liu Yan's visual inspection, Liu Dayu is at least more than 1.8 meters, with a pair of small eyes on a big face, and his sparse hair is even tied in a bun a little unstable.

And Wang Yue is of medium stature, also with a pair of small eyes, but when he laughs, he gives people a sense of cruelty, he is completely a smiling tiger, and standing next to Liu Dayu, he is often patting his ass, a typical villain.

Seeing this, Liu Yan couldn't help but sneer: "The turtle is looking for Wang Ba, it's really a raccoon dog!" ”

At this time, Liu Dayu and Wang Yue also saw Liu Yan, and the two stood on the lookout and looked over without saluting.

Liu Yan looked at the pier and almost everyone noticed this side, either gathered around to see the excitement, or watched this side from a distance, so he immediately made up his mind and said loudly: "Xiaoqi Wang Yue, come down!" ”

Everyone was shocked, Wang Yue was also stunned, although Liu Yan was his own official on weekdays, but he had never been like this, what happened today?

Wang Yuetie was about to have a seizure with a blue face, but was stopped by Liu Dayu: "Go and see, what kind of nerves does this product have!" ”

Wang Yue went down the soft ladder to the lookout, Liu Dayu also came down, the two walked to Liu Yan, and were about to speak, but Liu Yan pointed at Wang Yue first and said: "There is no water in the pier, you take someone to fetch water, go now!" ”

At this time, Wang Yue was completely angry, Liu Dayu also frowned, and secretly said that this stuffy thing had changed sex, and Wang Yue thought that Liu Yan was deliberately making enemies with him?

"I said Captain A, I have already asked Chen Xun to do the matter of carrying water, what else do you want me to carry water!"

Saying that, Wang Yue pointed at Liu Yan with a wicked smile, and said lightly: "You are the chief flag officer, but we will arrange the things in this pier, what are you worried about!" ”

Liu Dayu on the side laughed when he heard this, and at the same time paid attention to Liu Yan, wanting to see Liu Yan's expression at this time. The two didn't take Liu Yan in their eyes at all, which shows how aggrieved Liu Yan was before.

There was tension here, everyone in the pier held their breath, Chen Xun stood beside him at a loss, and was about to take the initiative to take someone to fetch water, so as not to have a direct conflict between Liu Yan and Liu Dayu and Wang Yue.

At this moment, Liu Yan's whole person suddenly moved, and before Liu Dayu and Wang Yue could react, a fan-like palm slapped directly on Wang Yue's face.

"Smack!"

After a crisp sound, Wang Yue's whole person turned around in place a few times, and then fell to the ground with one heel. Everyone was dumbfounded on the spot, in the eyes of everyone, Liu Yan just didn't show up for two days, how could he suddenly become so bloody as if he had been reborn.

When Wang Yue raised his head and glared at Liu Yan viciously, the left side of his face was already swollen, and the corners of his mouth and nose were covered with blood, which showed the power of this slap.

"What do you see? I'm Captain A, what should you do when you see Shangguan, don't you know what humility is! ”

Liu Yan looked at Wang Yue, who was sitting on the ground and didn't dare to move, and then looked at Liu Dayu, who had raised his eyes and clenched his hands into fists, and then said to the two: "That's it for today, but you remember: only this time, next time any of you dare to defy Shangguan, it won't be a slap in the face!" ”