Broken Golden Pavilion.
"Are you leaving?"
Sun Lei asked while drinking tea and looking at the autumn scenery of the water.
"We just left, heading straight to Jiangnan!"
Zhu Gui said.
"It seems that there are differences within the Mingjiao. Deng Yuanjue is obviously depressed and exhausted."
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"If a group like the Mingjiao starts to expand, various problems will naturally arise within it. After all, the three sects and nine schools are not all good, and they have various thoughts. How can these people get along well together?"
Xiao Jiasui said that he admired Sun Lei's current plan for the development of Liangshanbo. It was important to expand strength, but more importantly, people's hearts must be united. With people's hearts united, the truth that a thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant's nest has been proven countless times. .
"I guess the great monk can't stop it. The collapse of the river's embankment is not something that can be done in a day. How can it be stopped by human power."
Sun Lei shook his head. Deng Yuanjue was obviously a great monk with a desire to save the world, so he joined the Ming Cult and tried to use the Ming Cult to save the people of Jiangnan.
But rebels like the Mingjiao have never been good people, or it can be said that rebels since ancient times have not been good at anything. Their murders and arson are no worse than those of the previous dynasty, and they can even be said to be even worse. This was the case from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
And when Deng Yuanjue discovered that the Mingjiao he believed in had deviated from its original trajectory and gradually turned into a brutal cult, and he was unable to stop it, the feeling of helpless heartache was quite torturous.
"Don't worry about other people's affairs. Let's just take care of ourselves. How is the autumn harvest going?"
Sun Lei looked at the people around him and asked, what happens to the Mingjiao is all the Mingjiao's business, he only cares about Liang Shanbo's business.
"Don't worry, brother. Grain harvesting is progressing steadily in various places. Although there is some drought this year, we have dense rivers and canals in Liangshanbo, so it can be considered a rare good year."
Wen Huanzhang said, the autumn harvest is the most important thing in Liangshanbo right now.
"That's good. No amount of food is too much."
Sun Lei was satisfied that everything would be worthless in troubled times, except food, because a person cannot live without food.
Sun Lei led everyone around Liangshanbo. Almost all the soldiers went home to visit relatives, only the new recruits were still training.
"How many people have defected to the army recently?"
Sun Lei asked as he looked at the new recruits who were shouting slogans for training.
“There are too many, we can’t even collect them!”
Li Zhu shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, being a soldier has been a hard job since ancient times. Recruitment has been difficult in all dynasties. The common people only wanted to avoid military service, but in Liangshanbo, the opposite was true, and all the young and middle-aged men wanted to be soldiers.
"how many?"
Sun Lei asked curiously.
"The list that has just been compiled contains 40,000 people! All of them are young and middle-aged people."
Li Assistant spoke.
"Forty thousand people!"
Everyone looked surprised. This number was a bit too many. It wasn't that Liang Shanbo couldn't support them, but it was equivalent to absorbing all the young people around them.
"These 40,000 people are not only people from around Liangshanbo, most of them come from the East and West Roads of Beijing. Xicheng has caused great anger and resentment, and the people have no way of living. Many people came to serve as soldiers, thinking of serving as soldiers to feed themselves."
Li Assistant explained.
"It doesn't matter if so many people accept it, it doesn't matter if they don't accept it!"
Sun Lei was a little worried. If he didn't accept the offer, he would probably upset the hearts of the people. The people couldn't open the pot at home, and the young adults had big appetites. In order not to burden the family, he could only think of joining the army and risking his life in exchange for food. .
"Brother, since we are here, there is no need to drive them away. There are many fields around us. We should collect some soldiers and let them cultivate the rest first."
Xiao Jiasui pointed outside Liangshanbo and said with a smile.
"The words of the military advisor have touched my heart! It's not like there are so many fields! If Xicheng can plunder acres of land from the people, I can take it back from them. If they don't obey, I'll beat them into submission!"
Sun Lei burst out laughing. Those who robbed the people in Xicheng were the traitors and thieves who harmed the people. Liang Shanbo robbed Xicheng, he was a hero who robbed the rich and gave to the poor.
"elder brother!"
Ruan Xiaoqi's voice sounded, and Ruan Xiaoqi was seen pulling the cable and swinging from the ship to the shore.
"Xiao Qi, I heard that you are getting married? Brother, I haven't prepared the gift yet!"
Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoqi with a smile and joked, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi are going to get married soon, and the Ruan family's wife specially came over to invite her, saying that Sun Lei must go to the table.
"Brother, stop teasing Xiao Qi! It's the happiest thing in Xiao Qi's life for brother to come. What more gifts do you need!"
Ruan Xiaoqi scratched his head in embarrassment, his face even a little rosy.
"There must be a gift. If I don't give it to you, I have to give it to the bride!"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"Where's Xiao Wu?"
Sun Lei took a look and found that Ruan Xiaowu was not here.
"Fifth brother is even thinner than me, how dare you come here!"
Ruan Xiaoqi said.
"Who said that? Didn't I just come from my mother's place? You act like a hands-off shopkeeper and don't care about anything. Are you leaving my mother and sister-in-law busy with everything?"
Ruan Xiaowu came down from the mountain and stared at Ruan Xiaoqi.
"Hey, as long as Fifth Brother is here, I won't have to worry about it!"
Ruan Xiaoqi chuckled.
"The date has been set, and the navy has nothing to do. You guys have to go and get busy. Brothers are all waiting for the wedding banquet. If you don't have a good time drinking that day, I will throw you two into the pool. go."
Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi and smiled.
"Don't worry, brother! I will make sure my brothers have a good time."
Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile that this was a major event in their lives. Another group of brothers came to congratulate them, and of course they wanted to drink to their heart's content.
"You sailors are so drunk!"
Lu Zhishen patted Ruan Xiaoqi on the shoulder and smiled.
"Don't dare to compare with the master!"
Ruan Xiaoqi quickly begged for mercy. Every time they had a drinking party at a banquet, the navy army was the first to be defeated. There was nothing we could do about it. There were Lu Zhishen and Wu Song in the infantry army, and Du Bo, Sun An and others in the cavalry army. The navy army was really useless. Talents who can drink.
"It's time for the navy to expand. Zhang Shun has performed very well. He has been leading the navy very well during this period. This navy should have a battalion of yours."
Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shun with a smile and said, with Zhang Shun's ability and merit, he should have been promoted to a general long ago.
"Thank you brother!"
Zhang Shun was overjoyed, Sun Lei's words were enough.
"The ships should be built at Meng Kang's place, and it's time for you to set up your own fleet."
Sun Lei pointed to the back mountain of Liangshan, where there is a shipyard.
Sun Lei had long wanted to expand the navy, but the navy was really short of men. Although Li Jun and others were capable, they were new recruits and had no merit at all. It was inappropriate to be promoted to the position of commander all of a sudden.
As for the original deputy generals of the navy, Ni Yun, Di Cheng, Bu Qing, and Wang Dingliu were still far behind the main generals, and only Zhang Shun was enough.
"You will be selecting your soldiers in the next few days. The new ships also need to be familiar with Meng Kang and Ye Chun."
Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shun and said.
"Yes, brother!"
Zhang Shun bowed to Sun Lei.
"Don't be envious. I heard recently that you are very serious about studying navy warfare. I will arrange an assessment for you next month. If you pass, you two can command a battalion together!"
Sun Lei saw Wang Dingliu and Ni Yun looking at Zhang Shun with envy, and said with a smile, if the ability is not enough, then the number of people can be gathered, anyway, the hearts of the brothers cannot be coldened.
(End of chapter)
