Soon, more than forty new military households gathered together and looked at Liu Yan nervously. Dapan Dun's original twelve Dun troops and a dozen famous family members also gathered in front.
Chen Xun and Wang Yue stood beside Liu Yan, one on the left and one on the right. The three of them stood facing the crowd. The open space in front of the Dapandun Suspension Bridge turned into a meeting place.
Liu Yan looked around and saw a group of Dunjun and military households looking at him respectfully, and a sense of pride arose in his heart. Now he has about sixty people under his command, which means he has some wealth, and these people are the capital for starting his own business.
At this time, Chen Xun on the left has a firm gaze and is Liu Yan's absolute confidant. Wang Yue on the right had a signature flattery smile and looked like a villain. Liu Yan didn't bother to pay attention to it, as long as he could run errands for himself for the time being.
Liu Yan paused and said loudly: "Now that the ten new brothers have a place to live, this Dapandun will be your new home. From now on, whether it is the original Dun army or the new army, Every household means we are all one family, all brothers and sisters of me, Liu Yan! As long as you follow me, Liu Yan, and farm well, you will have enough food rations in the future and you will be free from hunger and cold!"
After Liu Yan opened the ceremony, he explained his plan to open up wasteland and farm fields along the Nanhe River. Liu Yan just wanted to let everyone know that if he followed him, he would have a good life. When he came to this big market, he had hope.
Then Liu Yan changed the topic and said: "Of course, I, Liu Yan, am not a good person who doesn't ask for anything in return. I will take you to farm and bring you a good life. You must obey my orders and cooperate with me. Let's advance and retreat together. If anyone disobeys my orders, or does some cheating, don't blame me for being unkind. Those who do this will be expelled from Dapan Dun and severely punished!"
The twelve Dunjun soldiers were naturally determined, especially after having the soap workshop. Seeing that the good times were coming, who would have second thoughts?
As for the ten newly arrived military households, when they saw the conditions of Dapandun and knew that they were about to open up wasteland for farming, they were also afraid of being driven away by Liu Yan. At this time, they all kowtowed their allegiance. Liu Yan was very satisfied when he saw this.
Later, in order to facilitate management, Liu Yan divided the ten military households into two departments. Chen Xun and Wang Yue each managed five military households.
This is also Liu Yan's test of Wang Yue, giving Wang Yue some power to see if he can be used. If this person cannot be used, he must be driven away as soon as possible to avoid interfering with his own money-making and development and leaving nothing but disaster.
Of course, such extensive management is only temporary. After Liu Yan's farming affairs are on track, he will start to recruit some useful people from these ten military households to enrich his own people. When the time comes, we will redistribute the men and horses in the pier. These are things for later and will not be mentioned for now.
Early the next morning, Liu Yan followed the agreed plan and asked Wang Yue to lead his people to stay in the mound, and he led the ten military households to continue building nests to accommodate more people.
Then Liu Yan asked Chen Xun to take one hundred and fifty taels of silver and his four Dunjun troops to Lingshan Acropolis to purchase. Liu Yan himself took four Dunjun troops to the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, preparing to go and ask for more. Some material support.
After leaving Dapan Dun, Liu Yan and his party drove the ox cart to the northwest. When passing by a Huangshan Dun, the newly adjusted defenders in the Dun saw everyone passing by, all looking like Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. Then he lazily sounded the gong a few times, fired a small blunderbuss, and informed his neighbor that he would no doubt ignore it.
After everyone passed Huangshan Dun and walked for a long time, the Qianhu House in front of Xiahe Village appeared in front of everyone.
The Thousand Households in front of Xiahe Village is an important place under Lingshan Guard. Wangjiazhuang and the Ancient Town Inspection Department to the east belong to it, and the fortress is very neatly built.
The Qianhusuo Fort in front of Xiahe Village has a circumference of three miles and 411 steps. The fort wall is more than three feet high. It was originally built with rammed earth. Then it was all covered with bricks in the 23rd year of Wanli. Qianhu Zhang Hailin is now the defense officer. , led his troops to garrison the fort, with hundreds of war horses and nearly 300 officers and soldiers.
In addition, there are hundreds of military households in the fort, with a population of more than 2,000, and many pedestrians coming and going.
There are two city gates in front of Xiahe Village, the south gate and the west gate. There are suspension bridges, trenches and other defensive facilities outside the city gates.
Liu Yan and others entered the fort from the south gate. After checking Liu Yan's waistband, the gatekeeper looked at Liu Yan up and down for a while, then waved for Liu Yan and others to enter.
Compared with Wangjiazhuang, Qianhusuo in front of Xiahe Village is indeed much more lively. At least there are many more shops along the street, and the flow of people is much denser. It is said that there are more than 40 shops in each street in Qianhusuo, and there are more merchants coming and going. It's numerous.
But the only thing that remains unchanged is that there are also many temples in Qianhushu in front of Xiahe Village, as well as the same dilapidated and dirty buildings and streets, and the same numb-looking and ragged soldiers and civilians coming and going.
There are four streets and twenty-eight alleys in the Qianhu House in front of Xiahe Village. The Qianhu Official Office is located on Dongda Street on the east side of the castle, which is very easy to find.
After Liu Yan came in, he first found a shop and made a generous gift. Then he came to the front of the Qianhu Official Hall and handed over his name sticker to the gatekeeper of the primary school. He hoped that he would inform him that he wanted to see Xun Hu, the garrison officer, so he said Liu Yan, the commander of Wangjiazhuang Dapan Dunjia, asked to see him.
Xun Hu, the official in charge of the garrison, was an acquaintance of Wang Wenzhen and was also an official of a hundred households. This time, the official document issued by Wang Wenzhen was to be submitted to Xun Hu.
With that said, Liu Yan handed the gatekeeper five coins to the primary school. The primary school's eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed and said, "Mr. Liu Qi is so polite and refreshing. I will report it right away. Mr. Liu The flag will be here later."
Liu Yan smiled and cupped his hands: "Thank you."
After a while, the primary school came out and said that Mr. Xun wanted Liu Yan to come in.
Liu Yan cupped his hands with a smile and asked several Dunjun soldiers to wait outside while he followed the small school in.
Xun Hu's duty room with thousands of households was on the right side of the official hall. After passing through the ceremonial gate and the lobby, he soon came to Xun Hu's duty hall. At this time, Xun Hu was bending over his desk and looking at some documents. The little The school general Liu Yan came here, reported to Xun Hu, and then winked at Liu Yan. Liu Yan smiled and nodded to him, and the small school went out.
Liu Yan stepped forward to kowtow to Xun Hu. After Liu Yan performed the full set of rituals, Xun Hu slowly stood up and walked over, smiling and indicating that Liu Yan did not need to be polite.
Liu Yan handed over the gift list, and also presented the official document issued by Wang Wenzhen, the team leader, expressing his gratitude to the Dapandun brothers and asking Xunhu to accept it.
Seeing the rich gift list, Xun Hu nodded with satisfaction, and then asked about Liu Yan's purpose. After hearing this, Xun Hu pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Liu Yan, you are farming for your country. This is a good thing. Now there is Wangjiazhuang." The official document of the team leader Wang Wenzhen is here, and I should strongly support it. But now the entire institute is short of cattle and seeds, and the military households are also lacking... Well, I will ask someone to take you to see it. Let’s see what I can find for you.”
"In addition, I have two small flag officers here. They are also talented people. I will also allocate them to you for use. How about it?"
After saying this, Xunhu called a general flag officer, gave a few instructions, and asked him to take Liu Yan out.
Liu Yan had no choice but to go out with the general flag officer. He felt that Xunhu was bureaucratic and arrogant and difficult to get close to. He was a little worried about the outcome of this trip.
The chief flag officer was around thirty-six or seventeen years old. He was short and fat. Compared with Liu Yan's tall and burly figure, he was a full head shorter. His two burnt yellow whiskers made him look very tall. Obscene.
Liu Yan first felt that this man was slick and arrogant, and he looked like a villain. He had seen Yue Ming, the commander-in-chief of Wangjiazhuang, who was also in charge of food, grass and baggage. Compared with that rough man, the two of them were comparable to the commander-in-chief in front of him. It's a stark contrast.
Liu Yan asked the chief flag officer to allocate cattle seeds to military households. Unexpectedly, the chief flag officer said in an official tone: "Haha, Mr. Liu, right? This matter of farming is completely different from guarding Yandun. Yes, we have many forts with thousands of households, and almost every fort lacks people, cattle, and agricultural tools. The materials in the fort are just these. If everyone comes to ask for it, I will be in a difficult position."
Upon seeing this, Liu Yan naturally understood the meaning, so he immediately took out a piece of silver worth about three taels, handed it to the flag officer, and said, "Please give me a favor, sir."
The flag officer's eyes suddenly lit up. He slowly put the money into his arms and sighed: "It's okay, we are all brothers from the same place. Please help as much as you can."
After a while, Liu Yan left the Qianhu Official Hall, called four Dunjun soldiers, and asked them to go with him and the flag officer to the nearby treasury to collect supplies.
Everyone was very happy when they heard that more supplies had been allocated, but the final result left Liu Yan and others stunned. The supplies they received were only three cows, five pairs of plows, five hoes, and a man who helped Liu Yan in front of Xiahe Village. Empty promises advertised in the house and nothing else.
After the flag officer left with a smile, Liu Yan cursed bitterly: "Damn it!"
Seeing Liu Yan's anger, the four Dunjun soldiers did not dare to say anything at this time, so they just stood aside and bowed their heads in silence.
But when Liu Yan saw the two small flag officers assigned to him, his eyes lit up.
After introduction, these two small flag officers turned out to be from Ye Bu Shu!
One person is named Miao Shao. He looks about 27 or 8 years old. He is tall and strong. The muscles on his body can almost burst his clothes. A scar is very conspicuous on his face. This man is a bit unkempt and unshaven, but He doesn't speak rudely, and gives people a very organized feeling.
The other person's name is Xu Ming, who is also 27 or 28 years old and is a good friend of Miao Shao. Xu Ming is slightly shorter, but equally strong. Unlike Miao Shao, Xu Ming's skin was very white. Although the mandarin duck jacket he wore was very shabby, it was washed very clean, forming a clear contrast with Miao Shao.
Liu Yan talked with the two men for a while, and he was overjoyed. He had found a treasure this time, so he pulled the two of them onto the ox cart, and then asked several Dunjun soldiers to move the things onto the ox cart first, and then drove The ox cart and the three oxen left the fort and returned.
On the way, Liu Yan, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming talked from time to time, and then they learned that they were at odds with Shangguan from the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village, and publicly rebuked Shangguan for corruption, and were kicked out.
Liu Yan comforted the two of them, saying that Dapan Dun would never let his superiors take advantage of his subordinates, and he could guarantee that. Miao Shao and Xu Ming immediately became interested in Dapan Dun.
However, Liu Yan felt a little unwilling when he thought that he had led his people to travel such a long way and only allocated such a small amount of supplies.
So Liu Yan said to everyone: "Don't go back to Dapandun now, go to Wangjiazhuang!"
Anyway, Liu Yan still has more than one hundred taels of silver in his hand, so he should go directly to Wangjiazhuang to buy some more.
Just as Liu Yan was about to go to Wanfu Oil Factory, the soap production this month had begun to increase. Although the soybean oil sent by Wanfu Oil Factory this month had increased by ten kilograms, Liu Yan estimated that it was still not enough.
According to Liu Yan's idea, starting from this month, every time he delivers goods to Wangjiazhuang Baihu Official Hall, he must go to Wanfu Oil Factory to determine the demand for the next month to avoid going back and forth for additional orders.
So Liu Yan and his party changed direction and went straight to Wangjiazhuang.
