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. "Hey, why are you back?" He asked, "Have you resigned from your job?"
Zhu Qing nodded: "I thought those things needed someone to guard them, so I came here. Isn't that my subordinate's 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.
As for the side hall, let’s renovate it. I think the other half can also provide shelter from wind and rain, and divide it into two small rooms. One is for the garrison to rest, and the larger one is 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!"
Li Dan felt it was necessary to go home at night. Of course, he couldn't rest immediately even when he got home.
After hastily wiping his hands and face, and eating a few mouthfuls of food, he began to think about and write a ten-day training plan. Seeing that he was writing seriously under the lamp, Beixi lightly lit another candle.
When Li Dan found out, instead of getting angry, she praised her for doing the right thing: "The candle is a small matter, but the eyes are more important. You are very good and can distinguish priorities."
Not only will you do this to me in the future, but you will also do this to yourself! "These words made the little girl's heart sweet.
Over in the big house, Xiao Qian has already started to clean up. The flames of the oil lamps flickered, and the interior of the house did not appear to have changed much. In fact, the luggage had been packed away in the cabinets and cages and could be taken out at any time.
She was watching Zhen'er working, and suddenly she stretched her head to look through the window towards the side room. Needle noticed it, turned around and said with a smile:
"It's different when Sanlang becomes an official. He still does things under this light. He usually goes out to play, but now he has gone to bed early. Look at this light, it must be the candle that Beixi added to him."
"It's nothing to waste a little wax." Xiao Qian sat up straight and murmured: "Isn't it the same when the master was working? As a man, money is secondary, work is the first."
After thinking about it, I got out of bed. Zhen'er hurriedly took the cloak and put it on her, helped her out, and walked slowly to the window.
Xiao Qian looked at it quietly for a while and then said, "Brother Dan, it's already very late. Didn't you say you have to get up early tomorrow? Go to sleep."
"I understand, aunt, don't worry, there are a few things that I can't let go of, and I'm afraid I'll forget them, so I write them down in a hurry, and then I go to bed after I finish them.
Although there is still some cold moisture on the ground in the evening after Grain Rain, my aunt should not stand in the yard and go back to the house to rest early. "Li Dan replied in the room.
Xiao Qian said "Hey" and slowly turned around and went back.
Today, the front yard called her over, and Mrs. Gao, who was showing off as the matron of the house, told her that the three houses had been separated and each of them was independent, and that she would soon move out of the yard.
"Oh? What do you mean, madam, let us move with you?" Xiao Qian asked calmly.
Mrs. Gao pretended to sigh: "I originally wanted to spend my whole life with my sister, and have someone to talk to during the day.
Unfortunately, even if my uncle and uncle take care of us, the property allocated to our house is still limited.
There is nothing we can do. The elders have gone through hardships, and the family has just started to improve, so there are only so many left.
You see, people here chew what horses feed, how can I care about you mother and son?
Fortunately, I heard that you had a rich dowry back then, and living alone with Brother Dan, mother and son, you should be able to live a good life. It also saves me from having to go to your place all day long to enjoy the autumn breeze, don’t you think so, sister? "
"As a family, we should help each other. If we are in trouble, my sister will take action. Why should we be polite to each other?"
"Ouch, what you said is so true, it makes me feel embarrassed." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Gao ate her tea and said no more words.
Xiao Qian didn't let her go, and asked: "Then, what's the point of moving? My sister is young and has never experienced it, so she still needs to ask her sister for advice."
"Ahem, we are not from a prince's mansion or a prime minister's house, how can it be that complicated?" Mrs. Gao stopped with her hand on her lips:
"Each hospital can just take away the people and things they need. But the furniture in your house is all old, so why not just leave it behind and buy new ones instead?"
She glanced at Xiao Qian as she spoke: "It's not difficult for my sister to return to Huaixi. My uncle has friends in Nanchang. It's easy to say hello and help find a boat."
This is said, and the meaning inside and outside is almost the same as letting someone cleanse themselves and leave the house. Xiao Qian sneered in his heart but was not in a hurry to expose her.
"Well, this happened so suddenly that I haven't thought about it. Since my sister has spoken, Sanlang and I have discussed renting a small yard before he leaves, and we can make other plans after he returns."
Xiao Qian said and stood up to leave. She knew that Mrs. Gao wished she could leave Yu Qian as soon as possible so that she could hold on to the property assigned to her second house, but she didn't know that this was a drop in the bucket in her eyes.
Xiao Qian wants to stay here temporarily, not to fight for steamed buns but for reputation. Why not give it to Saburo?
She guessed that the third wife had come to make peace with it, and Mrs. Gao finally understood that it was legally difficult to get hold of her sisters' dowry, so she didn't mention it at all.
The next best thing was to want her to leave, so that he could quietly seize the share of the ancestral property that should be given to Saburo.
In fact, Li Dan's recent contributions to the county made it difficult for Magistrate Fan to be too biased towards the second room. After all, he was asking for help from Li Dan and was expecting the young man to help him successfully complete his term.
Even if Gao Shi gave him a banknote, it was not worth destroying the Great Wall for such a small profit.
Ma Jiu came in the afternoon and told her that she had resigned from Zeng Wu, saying that she was old and she was willing to follow her nephew wherever he went.
Xiao Qian reciprocated by asking him to be the housekeeper of the family, with a monthly salary of two to five yuan. Ma Jiu bowed silently, as if he had accepted the errand.
The first thing he had to do was to find Fang Ya named Sun to make a pawn and sell a white deed, then pay the money to transfer the property, make repairs, buy furniture and other items, and move in five days.
Looking at the candlelight in her stepson's room, Xiao Qian felt satisfied. Once this child's mind is on business, he is not as worrying as when he was wandering around the market.
Maybe when I come back from this business trip, I can join the team training and be a team leader or sentry manager, which is a serious job at least. She turned around and nodded to Needle, then quietly went back to the house under the moonlight.
The next day, before dawn, Li Dan got up and listened to the watchman's banging sound. The second quarter of the Yin hour was just right.
Bei Xi also woke up and got up to look for a long gown to help him get dressed. Li Dan waved his hand and asked her to change into a short shirt and long trousers, tie her waist with a blue cloth scarf, put on a net and scarf on her head, and use the branch to tie her hair.
After hurriedly grabbing some snacks and goat's milk, he took Song Xiaoniu, who was already waiting, out. At about nine o'clock in the morning, we arrived at the back of the City God's Temple.
This place has been renamed a small school field by him, and there are a lot of people waiting for him.
"Why are there so many people?" Li Dan looked around a little strangely.
"Some refugees and beggars wanted to join, but I didn't respond. They were called in early in the morning and they were all waiting by the wall." Zhu Qing said.
"Well, you did the right thing! Pick some who are in good health and strong, and let them wait under the wall. If anyone does not do well or violates discipline and is eliminated, they will take the vacant spot."
Li Dan affirmed, and then said to the leaders: "First form the team, pull them out and run, see who can't keep up, and memorize all the leaders. Those who want to join stay, they don't have to follow."
After that, let each team stand in a column from low to high. Li Dan helped his team of ten people decide on the order. He stood at the front and faced the first person.
Then have them count the numbers one by one from back to front. After the person at the front of the register shouted "ten", Li Dan stood up straight, turned back to the right and said loudly:
"Reporting the team rate, there should be ten people in the first team, but there are actually ten people, report completed!" Then turned 90 degrees to the left and looked at each leader:
"Did you see? If I do this, Yang Yi will be on the second team. Come on."
After all five teams reported their numbers, Li Dan returned to his own team and stood at the front of the team, telling everyone that each team could not overtake and must follow the front team.
If someone in the team cannot run, the entire team should help him keep up. "Which team loses its teammates, and which team doesn't get meat for lunch!"
After saying that, Li Dan ignored the screams behind him and shouted: "Run, let's go!" He was the first to leave the school gate.
The others had to quickly follow after expressing envy and jealousy at the guards who were left on duty.
On this trip, I ran straight from the Chenghuang Temple to the East Market, then back to Yaqian Street and back again, covering almost half of the city.
The common people like to watch the excitement, so there was a sensation that day. Many people ran to the back of the temple and peeled off the low wall to see what was going on inside.
"Oh, I heard that Li Sanlang is going to lead an army on an expedition."
"What are you doing, really going to fight the lake bandits? I heard they caught the spy!"
"They are just auxiliary soldiers. What do you know? To put it bluntly, they are just civilians!"
"Auxiliary soldiers are also soldiers. Didn't you notice that the one standing guard at the door has a knife hanging on his waist?"
"King Crab Wuhe, so what if he hangs a knife? Do you dare to kill people?" Then everyone burst into laughter.
The Crab King Wu who was guarding the gate didn't care after hearing this, but instead pushed his chest higher.
"You know what the heck, Li Sanlang is the reincarnation of Little Yuanba. Once he's done practicing, he can kill even rebels, not to mention lake bandits and road tyrants!" he said proudly.
The neighbors laughed heartily when they heard his arrogance.
Li Dan was happy when he heard this, shook his head and raised his hand to Zhu Qing and Li Biao, and arranged for them to take some brothers to repair the outer wall. The others demolished the two collapsed side halls, and collected the wood, bricks and tiles for later use. .
At this time, Li Dan gathered the corps commanders and chiefs in a corner of the school ground to start special training.
The soldiers, those who made clay, those who took soil from the middle remnants, and those who carried carts, worked in full swing for a while. Even the few refugees and beggars joined in silently, sweating profusely.
By noon the wall had been basically built.
Li Dan asked the leaders to train each other in pairs, one shouting commands and the other performing actions. He waved to Zhu Qing and Li Biao, and said to Li Biao:
"Lunch is almost ready. You will take five brothers to push the cart to Liu's store later. Where are the donkeys and mules I asked you to find? You won't let the brothers pull the cart by themselves, right?"
"Third uncle, I'm not busy here and I can't leave. I'm going to fetch the animals now and come back to take the people."
Li Biao turned to leave, but Li Dan stopped him and asked him with a straight face: "Just leaving like this? Have you forgotten the rules you just taught?"
After being stunned for a moment, Li Biao remembered, hurriedly stood at attention, and said loudly: "Sir, can I go fetch the animals?"
"Okay!" Li Dan added, "If you are too busy, go to Sai Kuixing and ask him to buy livestock for you. He is also familiar with this business."
"Oh, that's right!" Li Biao looked at Li Dan's eyes and quickly stood up: "Yes, sir, I understand!" Seeing Li Dan nodding, he sighed and ran away.
"Sanlang, oh, sir, why are you taking so much trouble? Isn't it better to be more casual like usual?" Zhu Qing asked confused.
"This is to establish a superior-subordinate relationship. Everyone in the team understands who is the superior and who should listen. They will not forget it no matter how chaotic the battle is.
As long as he sees someone with a higher rank than himself, he is accustomed to obeying and knows that he should listen to this person's orders.
What we are teaching you now is not how to kill the enemy, but the habit of relying on the group to save your life! "
