"Yes. I plan to find a house in the city for my aunt to live in." As he spoke, Li Dan saw Song Xiaoniu and Bei Xi's eyes widening, and said quickly:
"After thinking about it, I decided that renting is not a good option. It's either a loan or a purchase. I want a separate yard. The main house faces south.
You don't have to worry about anything else these two days. Just look for this house. If you find it, let me take a look. I'll make a decision if it suits me. "
"Two days? Sanlang, isn't this a little too hasty?" Beixi said first.
"There is no time." Li Dan shook his head: "The county asked me to be the leader of the team. I will lead 60 people on a business trip to transport food and grass to the counter-rebellion officers and soldiers. We must gather in Wannian County within fifteen days. If I fail to arrive within the time limit, my team leader will be cut off. Head!"
"Ah?" Both of them shouted at the same time. Bei Xi was scared, and Song Xiaoniu was excited: "Sanlang is going to go on an expedition, so he must take me with him!"
"It's just to transport grain and fodder. It's not like going into battle to kill the enemy. Why are you joining in the fun?" Li Dan waved his hand.
"I have to protect you, otherwise this long-term follower will be in vain?" Maverick chirped: "You have to say that I am two years older than you."
"We'll discuss this later. You can find a place for your aunt to live in tomorrow first." Li Dan took out a document and said:
"The Yamen has sent all the transfer letters. I will go to the county tomorrow to answer the transfer. I will find out where and who the sixty people under my charge are. And then there is another important thing that others have entrusted me to do."
Having said this, I thought of an important joint, raised my head and thought about it, then looked at Mavericks again:
"Go home and tell Uncle Ma Jiu that I want to separate from Qianyuan. His servant contract is with Uncle Zeng Wu. I'm afraid I have to make a decision early on where to go. "
"It's easy to talk to my uncle, just follow Sanlang and my aunt." Maverick said.
"You can't be their master!" Beixi rolled her eyes at him.
"Okay, I've finished what I want to say. You go back and get some rest early. You'll be very busy tomorrow!"
Li Dan waved Mavericks home and told him that the house didn't need to be too big, but he had to wait quietly. Song Xiaoniu agreed and went.
Here Beixi quickly went to the fire room to fetch water for Li Dan to scrub. Aunt An in the kitchen was already swaying from sleep. She finally helped Li Dan lie down before she went to rest.
In the side room, Beixi covered Li Dan with a thin quilt and asked softly: "Where is my brother's silver hairpin? Why did you just use a branch to deal with it?"
"Yo!" Li Dan sat up immediately: "Meng'er's hairpin is still in her clothes. I gave her the silver one."
Bei Xi didn't say anything. He went over to touch it, took out the jade one and showed it to him, and asked, "Is this the one?"
Li Dan nodded and reached out to take it, but Bei Xi took it back and put the branch into his hand:
"Take this first tonight. You can't help but jump up and down with this jade. I'll make a silk bag for it, put it properly inside, braid a rope and garnish it with a necklace, and hang it next to your body. ?”
"Don't make it that complicated." Li Dan smiled and shook her hand: "Use cotton cloth to make the dough and stuff it with some cotton wool. If it's too beautiful, I'm afraid it will fall into the eyes of a thief."
He added: "My Beixi is considerate and knows what Saburo cares about."
Beixi's face turned red, and she took out her hand and looked at him angrily: "It's fine, but I'm still thinking about your sister Meng'er in my heart. Think about it carefully, I'm going to bed, otherwise I won't be energetic tomorrow. I’m doing something for you.”
When he woke up in the morning, Beixi told him that it was past midnight. Li Dan quickly washed up and practiced horse steps, stone locks, punches and push-ups as usual.
Xiao Qian stood at the door with a smile and watched her stepson practice for a while, then went back to the house to have a bowl of porridge.
Li Dan is the breakfast prepared by Aunt An every day, which is the usual cow (goat) milk, eggs, porridge and two pastries, with some side dishes.
Bei Xi stood beside him and waited on him with a smile. After he finished eating, she dressed him up and called Song Xiaoniu, who was waiting in the kitchen after finishing his meal, to come out and they went out together.
Song Xiaoniuruo only had two meals a day at home, but he had three meals a day with Li Dan, two of which were meaty, and he ate the same food as Li Dan in the morning, so he grew strong and the meat on his arms was as strong as a stone. generally.
The master and the servant went out to the street, but they separated and went about their own business. Song Xiaoniu went to Li Biao and asked him to introduce Fang Yazi (real estate agency).
Li Dan first went to Mrs. Lao's house to quietly ask Aunt Song about her appearance, then went to Renli Inn to describe Su Siniang, and then came to Yaqian Street.
In his arms was the "Tiao Shu" that his aunt gave him last night and was delivered to his home by someone from the county government. It read:
At the request of the Lord of the Mansion, a man aged between fifteen and under sixty is recruited from your Mansion to go to Ten Thousand Years to prepare for the transport of baggage and auxiliary troops. He must gather at the county government office before a certain date. If he exceeds the time limit, he will be dealt with according to the military law.
Finally, there is Magistrate Fan’s signature and seal.
When the officer at the gate of the county government office saw it was Li Sanlang, he immediately smiled and took him straight in to the third courtyard on the east side of the lobby to meet Xiao Gui, the director of the military room.
"Oh, Saburo, you're here too early!
When people get this transfer, they have to pack their bags and prepare dry food, and then they have to estimate the date before coming to the county to report. It's useless for you to come so early! "Master Xiao clapped his hands and said.
He is the son of Xiao Zhan, a scholar in the county. After passing the scholar examination, he did not plan to continue his studies. Because of his father's reputation, he joined the county government and worked in the county government. After seven years, he finally waited until Fan Xianzun took office and won his appreciation. In the principal's seat.
But how can there be so much military service in peacetime? This place has always been an idle yard, but it has suddenly become hot in the past few days.
"Old Xiao, to be honest, I can't wait for them to come by then." Li Dan was a little surprised, since he was the first one, so he told Chief Xiao:
"Let's do it like this. I'll go greet myself and see how many brothers are willing to go on this trip with me. I'll raise as much as I can. You'll make up for the missing amount. How about that?"
"Hehe," Mr. Xiao said happily. He was shocked when he saw Li Sanlang on the list yesterday, for fear of offending this young man.
Unexpectedly, the situation was just the opposite. Little Yuanba became a boy who gave away money, which made him extremely surprised and pleasantly surprised.
After too long of peace, no one wants to let their children go to the battlefield, not even close. Ordinary people would definitely stay away from this kind of thing. If someone is willing to go for them, it would be nice to pay!
And this is an opportunity to take advantage of others. He has been sitting on the bench for so long, so he would not let such a good thing pass him by! This Li Sanlang is a stupid young man, but he is good at giving money to himself.
Chief Xiao immediately clasped his fists: "It would be best if Sanlang can recruit enough people. Brother, I will provide all conveniences here and wait for good news."
"Okay, that's what I want from you!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he was not too polite, cupped his hands and turned away. Manager Xiao knew that he was looking for help, so he was happy to do whatever he wanted without worrying about etiquette.
When he came out, he bumped into Mr. Sun from the execution room. He was walking towards the lobby with something that looked like a list in his hand.
Li Dan remembered that Han An was probably going to come to negotiate with him today about Yueying, so he said hello intentionally.
When Master Sun saw that it was him, he thought that he already had two scholars and a scholar, so he had to give him some face, so he stopped and asked with a half-smile: "Why is Sanlang free to come to this yamen today?"
After Li Dan showed the transfer letter, he realized: "Oh, it turns out that Gao Sheng led the team, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Hey, I'm just taking care of a few civilians, why are you so happy?" Li Dan pointed at his hand after speaking: "What are you busy with, sir?"
"Young master, I don't know, but there have been three orders from the mansion in recent days.
One talked about dispatching civilian men, and the other talked about organizing local militia groups to prepare for thieves. Each county organized 200 to 500 people depending on its ability.
Alas, in any case, there is chaos in the south, and some unscrupulous people here are ready to take action!
Fan Xianzun said that if two team leaders are sent out this time, whoever can do the job well will have a place in the militia in the future.
Sanlang, you are both civil and military, so there is nothing wrong with me congratulating you in advance! "
"Oh, so there is still such a section?" Li Dan noted it in his mind and said with a smile:
"Thank you for your good fortune. If the student succeeds in the future, he will be indispensable for his good wine and food!"
Then he asked: "Sir, you just said two, is there another one?"
"Here, this is it." Manager Sun unfolded the thing in his hand and showed it to him. It turned out that it was a wanted list, and it said:
There was a thief named Jiang Bin who killed the head of a household in Leping County and robbed 364 taels of tax money. He also colluded with lake bandits to intercept business travelers, killed eunuch Cheng Mou, and massacred merchant Cai Qing's family. After being encircled and suppressed by the army, he fled without knowing his whereabouts.
Therefore, all counties are ordered to conduct strict searches to ensure that no one escapes or looks for an opportunity to commit another crime again. If the bandit is caught, he will be rewarded with twenty taels regardless of life or death.
"That's it!" Li Dan nodded: "The student union has warned all the heroes in the north of the city to immediately capture any thieves and send them to the master for disposal."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Manager Sun was overjoyed and said three good words in a row. He knew Li Dan's appeal in Beicheng, so it would be great to have his help.
Li Dan achieved his goal and left on the pretext of recruiting people. Manager Sun took the newly printed list and wanted to go to the main bookkeeper to stamp it with the county magistrate's seal, so the two of them separated and went their separate ways.
Li Dan rushed to the restaurant and called Liu Er first, and the two walked into the market together to find Gu Da and Yang Yi.
Gu Dagang had just finished resolving the dispute between two merchants over land occupation. When he heard that Li Sanlang was looking for him, he hurriedly came to see him.
Li Dan took the two of them to sit in a candy shop at the entrance of West Market and asked, "Where is Xiao Yi?"
"Went to White Horse Temple." Gu Da replied.
"What's he doing there?"
"Didn't you say you want to buy a manor? It is said that more than ten years ago, someone gave the temple more than 120 acres of land, a few thatched houses, ten acres of pasture, and four acres of vegetable gardens, and borrowed three acres from the previous abbot. One hundred taels of silver.
Unexpectedly, the family fell into decline and has never been able to redeem it, so now the land is cultivated by tenant farmers all year round. However, the temple was not good at running the business and taking care of the fields, and the monks were not allowed to practice pure cultivation.
Therefore, the current host has long wanted to rent out the code. As soon as you mentioned it yesterday, Xiao Yi remembered this matter. He started thinking about taking over this land, so he hurriedly ran to the temple to have a talk this morning. "
"I received three hundred taels, how could I sell it so cheaply? Didn't Sanlang only use two hundred taels?" Liu Hongsheng snorted.
"Who knows, maybe this guy is so eloquent that the monk agreed because he was happy?" After hearing what Gu Dayi said, the three of them all laughed.
"I'm not here today for Zhuangzi." Li Dan said, and then he took out the calligraphy book and showed it to them.
Gu Da is illiterate, but Liu Hongsheng has attended four years of elementary school (equivalent to the first to fourth grade of elementary school). Let's see if he can read it. Hearing Li Dan's explanation again, the two of them were very happy: "So Sanlang is an official?"
"What an official!" Li Dan scolded in a funny tone, "Is it considered an official to lead people to escort grain and transport grass?"
"Then, after all, you are in charge of sixty people!" Gu shouted.
"Well, it's for these sixty people that I came to discuss with you."
Both of them were stunned when they heard this: "What's wrong, Sanlang? It's impossible that the Yamen didn't give you manpower. You want us to find it ourselves?"
"It's almost the same as this!" Li Dan smiled bitterly: "It's said that these people can't report until the assembly day, damn it!
I have no idea how many people will come on that day and what kind of goods they will bring. A soldier is a murderous weapon, but I ended up taking a bunch of people with me to accompany the army.
If not enough people come, where will I find them? If you fail to arrive after the time limit or if there are insufficient people, the team leader will be held accountable. It will be too late to cry when you are hit with a military stick! "
"Then, what should we do?"
