Two carts full of things were pulled behind the Chenghuang Temple. Only half of the temple wall remained and there was a gap, which could be used for entry and exit. But the car couldn't get in, so a group of people had to move inside.
While moving, the food was delivered, and Li Dan ordered everyone to eat first.
When we gathered around to take a look, there was a meat dish and a vegetarian dish, but it was stewed tofu with vegetables and pork, and there was also a fried eggplant strip. People who had never seen meat were immediately inseparable from the soup bucket.
Mavericks first served a bowl to Li Dan. Unexpectedly, he took it and told him:
"From now on, our marching law here is not at home. You must remember that you are not allowed to serve me food before everyone has put their rice bowls. Do you understand?
We haven't gathered yet today, so let's do this first. From now on, as long as we are in the camp, the soldiers will be given priority, followed by the corps commanders and chiefs, and finally me! "
After saying that, as soon as I picked up the bowl, I saw a familiar face hanging outside the wall. I hurriedly came out to see, and it turned out to be Li Qin.
I saw that he was wearing beige arrow sleeves covered with dust, a net scarf on his head, and a brown silk scarf on top, and his face was sweaty.
Li Dan asked with a smile: "Did you sneak out from the shooting range? Look at the dirt!"
"Third brother, I heard that you are leading troops, and I feel so itchy that I can't stay still." Li Qin wiped his face with his sleeves and begged with a smile:
"Third brother, tell the county magistrate that you can count me in when we go to war."
"I'm not riding a donkey to the Bipa Lake for an outing. I'm on duty to serve my wife. Are you over fifteen?"
"Here," Li Qin pouted: "Do you have to be fifteen?"
"According to the law, those who are over fifteen years old are considered adults. In addition to calculating taxes, they can also beg their mother-in-law." Li Dan joked about this tough-headed little brother.
The brothers who were eating next to them all started laughing: "Shiro, please go back first, be patient, not at this moment!"
"Yes, young master, if you come to see Saburo now, will your family agree?"
"You haven't even finished your bow yet, so why are you rushing to the battlefield? Our brothers are enough, right?"
"Okay, okay!" Li Dan waved his hand, took his younger brother and said, "It's not that my third brother doesn't want to take you there, but the court decree states that you can't go until you are fifteen.
Go home, don't let your aunt know about it and look for you everywhere. In a few years, if you grow taller, draw the bow harder, and shoot more accurately, the third brother will have no reason not to take you out! "
After finally persuading Li Qin to turn around and leave reluctantly, Song Xiaoniu came up behind him chewing in his mouth and asked: "You really don't take Shiro with you? Will he be angry?"
Li Dan tilted his head to look at him and asked, "You know he's coming to find me, right?"
The calf was stunned and immediately said: "Hey, I have to go get some more food, it seems that this is not enough!" After that, he ran away.
After dinner, Li Dan picked up the shield and spear given by the county and looked left and right. At this time, the people led by Gu Da arrived.
He approached Li Dan with a face full of embarrassment: "Sanlang, I have brought all the people, and the tools are also outside the wall, but... there is one more person."
"Huh?" Li Dan was thinking about something. He looked at him and asked, "Who is it?"
"Brother Mao Zai, you know, the helper of Lao Ji of the tailor shop."
Li Dan blinked, and a small man appeared in his mind. This kid was exiled to Yugan a few years ago, and no one knows his parents.
Lao Ji was given a pitiful meal, so he helped deliver clothes and run errands for the neighbors on weekdays.
"What's he doing here? How can a child have a husband? There are countless things he can do!" Li Dan said. He immediately saw something strange in everyone's eyes, and then realized that he was only two years older than the child.
"We'll talk about his business later. Let's get everyone to come in first to cut the grass and clean up the field. How can we practice with the grass covering half of our heads!"
Li Dan ordered Gu Da's people to cut the grass in front, and Liu Er's people piled the grass under the corner of the house in the northeast corner where half of it had collapsed. He also asked Yang Yi, who had just arrived, to lead people to dig up the ground. Once again, remove grass roots, stones, and broken bricks.
Everyone worked, and a man with a high chest and head was placed at the gap to guard the gap. Li Dan called Maverick aside and secretly asked him to observe everyone's situation, who was lazy and slippery, who was swearing...
Then he saw Li Biao and the man behind him, waved them in, and asked, "Who is this? Did you find him?"
"His name is Zhu Qing, he escaped from Ganzhou. He used to do livestock trading, but he was robbed of his capital there, and his wife and children were lost. So he feeds people, takes care of the livestock, and makes a living here. .
If he is willing to follow us, I will bring it to Third Uncle for you to see. It's appropriate to stay, but it's not appropriate... He is also asked to go back and raise mules and horses. "Li Biao said softly to Li Dan, with a somewhat pleading look in his eyes.
Li Dan didn't expect that this guy could be sympathetic besides being flattery. He couldn't help but look up at the man and saw that he had a strong body and thick hands. He thought about it and asked, "Can you take care of mules and horses?"
"meeting."
"What else?"
"Well, any little person who has anything to do with livestock can do it." The man's voice was not loud, but he enunciated clearly: "They can do pig breeding, slaughter sheep, shoe shoeing, midwifery, breeding, etc., and they can also cure common problems. "
"Can you read?"
"After studying, my father taught me things like veterinarians and horsemen." He raised his head and glanced at Li Dan as he spoke: "Later on, when doing business, I also learned how to do accounting and keep accounts."
"Okay," Li Dan reached out and patted Li Biao: "You have found us a generalist."
Li Biao grinned happily and quickly asked Zhu Qing to salute. Unexpectedly, Li Dan immediately said: "But he doesn't belong to you anymore, just follow me."
"Huh? Well, then I am the only one doing the fellowship?"
Li Dan turned around, waved, and shouted: "Come here." Mao Zaidi, who had been squatting under the wall, jumped up and ran over. "Why do you want to follow us? It would be better to stay in the city!"
"No, it's boring!" Mao Zaidi shook his head: "My godfather took me in. I want to earn money and be filial to him, and I have to support him until his death. I can't earn as much money by running errands for others."
As he spoke, his head fell again, and his voice gradually became lower.
Li Dan was moved. He really didn't expect this picked up doll to have such thoughts.
Lao Ji and his wife took over the tailor shop from their father and ran it for half their lives. Now they are forty years old and have only a seven-year-old daughter. Unexpectedly, this young man is willing to take care of her as his biological father, which is considered a blessing.
But just now, I rejected Shiro...
"If you want to repay your kindness, I support you, but you have to know that my marching laws here are not as comfortable as outside, so think about it. If you violate the order, I will punish you!"
Li Dan stood in front of him and spoke like an adult. Although he was only two years older than him, he was a head and a half taller than him.
Seeing Mao Zaidi nodding in various ways, he turned to Li Biao and said, "I know that he is famous for his fast feet, so I am just running a business trip with you to find him a mule with good feet.
If you are young, you will not be counted among others. You will only care about the food. If you perform meritorious service, you will be rewarded and receive money like everyone else. But brother, you have to go home and do something for me now. "
"What's the matter?" Mao Zaidi's eyes lit up when he saw that he wanted him.
"Take this back to your father and say it's the product I want."
Li Dan took out the word "Bu Zi" and handed it to him. He gestured on his body to tell him how it was used. He also asked him to cut the black cloth for the headband, the number of people and the price, and took out a regular banknote from his pocket. Let him take it.
The little guy ran home happily. Li Dan asked Li Biao to go back immediately and pick six good mules and four healthy donkeys. He didn't know the progress of Chen Gang and his son, but he estimated that they would need at least this much.
"These are all meant to be taken away? Should I just buy ordinary goods?" Li Biao asked.
"No, it's better to buy something better. I want to buy a Zhuangzi over at White Horse Temple, and I'll use it there when I get back." Li Dan told him:
"You can buy the cows later. We won't need them for the time being on the road this time. They are too slow. You can ask someone to look at them first. If there are indeed good cows, you can keep three or five of them. We will just pay the money together when we come back." "
It took a lot of effort to level the ground, which lasted two hours. After gathering the people, Li Dan suddenly found Zhang Bo mixed in the crowd.
"What are you doing here, instead of recuperating at home?" He walked straight over and pulled him out and asked.
Zhang Bo chuckled: "I heard that you are all here, how can you miss me? Besides, the injury has healed."
Li Dan knew that his forearm was actually dislocated, not really broken, so he glared angrily and said nothing, then turned to gather everyone to announce a few things.
First of all, the county should set up a regiment for training. The civilian team would serve as auxiliary soldiers outside. After returning home, they could join the regiment for training, get paid, and serve as regiment members for food.
However, those who cannot persist in training, or who violate discipline during this period and bring disgrace to everyone will be expelled.
Second, announce the preparation. He, Yang Yi, Gu Da, Liu Hongsheng, Song Xiaoniu, and Zhang Bo each took two troops, totaling six pieces.
From tomorrow onwards, all activities will be based on Benshi; Li Biao and Mao Zaidi are responsible for transportation and message delivery; Zhu Qing will be the sexton, responsible for the management of livestock and supplies.
At that moment, the chiefs selected their respective persons. But including the people who came with Yang Yi, the total was still short of ten.
Li Dan thought that people should report to the barracks one after another in the past two days. After the people arrived, the dispatching team would pick them first.
He arranged for Zhu Qing to go to the Yamen to guard every day. Those who could not afford to hire agents, who were honest, strong, or had skills, would say hello to the military office and lead him to the City God's Temple. At least he would have to collect these ten Number of people.
Seeing that it was getting late, we made an appointment to gather at 9:00 tomorrow, and called on those who hadn't arrived to be responsible for moving bricks and demolishing collapsed beams. Then Li Dan asked everyone to disperse and go home, and come back tomorrow with their luggage.
Then Li Dan first arranged for Zhu Qing to go back and resign. Anyway, if Li Dan wanted to use this person, he would definitely not let him go.
Then he called the chiefs together and said: "We will start training tomorrow, but I have to teach you first.
We are all experts, and each of us leads two troops, that is, ten people. Soldiers will become what our experts have learned.
In addition, starting tomorrow, there will be military law. There are several articles of military law that you must know first, so as not to set a wrong example for others later. "
After that, he first explained the military law to them one by one, and then led everyone to practice four things: take a rest, stand at attention, walk in unison, and turn left and right.
Everyone was wondering, what's so hard about this? But when they saw Li Dan kicking out his left foot and then standing there without moving for a long time, several people were dumbfounded.
"Sanlang, do we all have to practice this?" Liu Hongsheng asked.
"Everyone has to practice, and they have to become like me. The soldiers stand upright, and the commander trains the commander, and then the commander trains his four soldiers. Not only the standing posture, but also the sitting and walking postures are practiced.
When seeing a superior, shout "Hello, sir", when answering, say "yes" or "understand", when speaking or making a request, shout "report"...
In short, it’s all written here. Take a good look at it and memorize it when you go home tonight, so that you can teach your soldiers tomorrow! "
These people are all literate, but to varying degrees. The characteristic of Jiangxi is that the literacy rate is second to none, so the number of people from this province always ranks first in the annual Jinshi list.
"You have to remember everything? Saburo..."
"What did you call me?" Li Dan asked, staring at Gu Da.
"Uh..." Gu Da was stunned for a moment. Hearing Yang Yi's reminder, he immediately changed his words: "Sir, sir...?"
"You wanted to speak, but did you shout 'report'?"
"Report...sir!"
"Stand at attention before shouting the report."
"Report!"
"This is much better. Watch me do it again." Li Dan stood at attention, paused, stood at attention again, and shouted: "Sir!" Then he looked at everyone, stood still with his hands behind his back, and asked: "Did everyone see clearly? ?”
Everyone replied: "I see clearly, I see clearly."
"It's too confusing. Stand at attention, look ahead, and then answer 'I see clearly'. Do you understand? Try again! Did everyone see clearly?"
After shouting "See clearly", several people looked at each other and felt that it was quite exciting.
"Understood? Standing at attention is a signal. If you do anything after standing at attention, everyone will be in order and there will be no mess.
If someone is not with everyone, it means that his mind is not with everyone. Such a person will have to be criticized and caned twice. If he fails, he will be punished by running circles along the wall or doing squats.
Everyone will remember the experience of being punished twice. "Li Dan's words caused everyone to laugh softly.
“The key is that we need everyone to remember: sixty people must work together to complete things and go home together.
Those who only care about themselves, those who complain about others, those who shirk responsibility, and those who don't talk nonsense will be kicked out!
He can go to the General's Mansion and sign up to stay and defend the city, but he can't face bandits and bandits with us, because this kind of person will betray his teammates to save himself!
This is why I need to train. If there are sixty people and sixty minds, no matter how good the car is, it will fall apart, right? "
"What Sanlang said makes sense, uh, no, sir, you are right! We are traveling far away, and there is a fierce fighting and chaos outside.
If we don't form a rope, the thieves will disperse in a rush when they see them, or like yesterday, a large group of people can't catch any of them, so how many of us can come back alive? "
Yang Yi said, his words making everyone nod slightly.
"I really didn't expect Sanlang to teach us this. Oh, I forgot again. Sir, I thought he would teach you martial arts and battle formations." Zhang Bo said.
"It doesn't matter, you can still call me Sanlang in private." Li Dan smiled and waved his hand and said:
"After the formation is practiced, we will teach some battle formations later to help everyone learn how to protect themselves when encountering enemies.
As for martial arts, firstly, I don’t have enough time and I will learn it after I get back. Secondly, that thing is actually not as effective as a battle formation on the battlefield. You will know this in a few days. "
No one usually comes here behind the Chenghuang Temple, only beggars and homeless people hang out here.
Because there are still supplies piled up in the dilapidated wing, this must be guarded.
Li Dan wanted to stay on duty, but suddenly he saw Zhu Qing walking into the gap carrying his luggage. "Why are you back?" He asked, "Did you quit your job?"
Zhu Qing nodded: "I thought those things needed someone to guard them, so I came here. That's not my duty. I have to guard them at night!"
Li Dan and others looked at him with admiration. Li Dan nodded and said, "Okay, let's light a fire to keep warm and pay attention to fire prevention." Then he turned to Song Xiaoniu and said:
"You are the governor. From tomorrow onwards, arrange for two people to guard the door and guard supplies with Mr. Zhu every night. There must be no mistakes."
He also arranged for Yang Yi: "Build a wooden fence at the gap to serve as the camp gate, and repair the collapsed wall.
We also modified the side hall so that at least the other half can be used to protect it from wind and rain, and divided into two small rooms, one for the garrison to rest, and the larger one for us to discuss business.
Let’s start working on these two things together an hour after lunch tomorrow, and we’ll have three days to complete them. Brother Xiao Yi, please take the lead on this matter. "
After hearing this, Yang Yi immediately put his feet together and stood at attention and replied: "Yes!"
