Arriving at the second courtyard, Masangou and the others were having breakfast.
They consume a lot now. They patrol the mountains and plains all day long around the village. They cannot keep up with their consumption by eating two meals a day, so they have long followed Han Zhen and changed it to three meals a day.
When he came to the dining table and sat down, Han Zhen picked up a pancake and asked, "How was yesterday?"
The monkey replied: "It's okay. I was a little uncomfortable at first, but then I got better."
"How are the workers? Is there anyone causing trouble?"
"Not really. They work very hard, but they are not skilled. Yesterday afternoon, a worker hurt his hand while chiseling rocks."
There is nothing that can be done about it. It is the first time for those villagers to fire a lime kiln. It is inevitable that there will be minor problems. They will be able to get better at it later.
"As you can see, it is not difficult to manage workers. Once you are familiar with it, you can promote a few workers to help manage it."
After a few words of encouragement, Han Zhen turned to Gu Song and said, "Don't go on patrol today. Go help me keep an eye on the stronghold."
Hearing this, Gu Song quickly shook his head and said, "I...I don't know how to build a stronghold."
Han Zhen scolded: "With Carpenter Huang here, you don't need to repair it. You only need to keep an eye on the villagers and don't let them be lazy."
Paying workers and providing enough food does not mean that he wants to be a good person. Such generous treatment is to allow the villagers to work hard and repair the village as soon as possible.
This man is a very strange creature. Most of the time, he fears power but not virtue.
The reason why these villagers are willing to listen to him is not because of his so-called bullshit personality charm, but because they are afraid of his bravery.
If he left it alone, believe it or not, this small village wouldn't be completed in a month?
Don't underestimate the simplicity of farmers in this era. It is not uncommon to find villages on Jingdong Road where they plow the fields when they are busy and rob when they are not.
Although the villagers in Xiaowang Village are not that exaggerated, they are definitely not as honest as they seem.
They may not have the courage to kill officials and rebel, but they always dare to play tricks.
"That's good."
Gu Si nodded in agreement.
After giving instructions and eating a few cooking cakes, Han Zhen hurried out of the house.
On the grain field, the villagers who signed up to join the army yesterday were already waiting there.
Han Zhen looked around, a cold look flashing in his eyes.
Yesterday, 11 people signed up, but now only 8 people came.
Seeing his expressionless face, Zhang and the others immediately felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. They couldn't help but swallowed and stood there at a loss, not daring to move.
After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, seeing that the three of them had not arrived yet, Han Zhen ordered: "You go to the house to eat first."
"yes!"
Zhang and others responded and stepped into the house.
Since he said he would eat three meals a day, he would definitely do it.
After a while, the eight people who had eaten and drank enough returned to the threshing floor and stood there quietly.
It wasn't until midnight, when the sun had risen completely, that the remaining three people arrived one after another.
Glancing coldly at the three people behind him, Han Zhen slowly said, "What did I say yesterday?"
One of them took a sneak peek at his face and replied cautiously: "I'll be here tomorrow...at twilight hours tomorrow."
"Ah!"
Han Zhen suddenly smiled.
I really don’t have the guts to kill officials and rebel, but I have the guts to be clever.
Dare you play word games with him.
"Let's go eat first."
Han Zhen waved his hand.
Seeing this scene, the three people looked happy, while Zhang and others looked at Han Zhen in surprise.
They thought these three people would be punished, but it turned out that they were exposed so easily.
For a time, the expressions were different.
In the second courtyard, the three of them each held a large bowl of wheat rice and squatted on the ground, eating and whispering.
One of them whispered: "I was scared to death. I thought I would be punished."
"hey-hey."
Another person smiled smugly and said: "What's the punishment? We followed his instructions and came to the barn at midnight, and it didn't exceed the hour. Why should we be punished?"
"Wang Wu is right. We are the only ones joining the army. If we leave, who will serve as soldiers for him?"
After saying that, the three of them looked at each other and smiled.
After eating two large bowls of wheat rice, they put down their bowls and chopsticks.
When the three of them returned to the barnyard, Han Zhen asked, "Are you full?"
"I am full!"
The three of them answered in unison, secretly happy in their hearts.
Hearing this, Han Zhen smiled slightly: "Very good. Now that we are full, let's start training. Everyone gathered around the barn and ran ten laps to warm up."
The barn is not big, only less than 300 meters in a circle.
Ten laps is 3,000 meters. It is neither weight-bearing nor cross-country. It is considered a normal training amount.
But at this moment, the faces of Wang Wu and the others changed drastically.
Just because they had just eaten!
Wang Wu opened his mouth, but he knew that he was wrong about being late, so he could only swallow the words.
Just run, or run slower at worst.
However, the next moment, Han Zhen continued: "We are required to finish the run within two quarters of an hour. If anyone fails to finish, don't blame me!"
Hearing the coldness in his tone, everyone was shocked.
Although frightened, Zhang and the others secretly rejoiced.
Fortunately, I came early, otherwise it would have been a disaster.
Although they had eaten enough, almost an hour had passed and they had already digested everything.
Wang Wu and the three of them are miserable!
Thinking of this, Zhang He glanced at the three of them with schadenfreude.
"Let's start now."
Under Han Zhen's command, everyone lined up and started trotting around the barnyard.
A normal adult male can complete three thousand meters in 20 minutes even if he does not exercise regularly.
Han Zhen gave them plenty of time, a full two-quarters of an hour, nearly 29 minutes.
The first two laps were okay, but by the third lap, the three people only felt a stab of pain in their stomachs, and the pain became stronger and stronger.
On the fifth lap, their faces had turned pale and looked painful.
"Wow!"
Suddenly, Wang Wu couldn't bear it anymore and lay on the ground vomiting.
The wheat rice he had just eaten was vomited out with a series of convulsions.
Seeing this scene, a group of people stopped in their tracks.
"Keep running, don't stop!"
At this time, a loud shout rang in everyone's ears.
Everyone was startled and quickly moved their legs and continued running around the barn.
Not long after running, another person couldn't hold on anymore and hunched over and vomited.
At this moment, Wang Wu felt as if he was about to spit out his internal organs, his throat was on fire, and his eyes were covered with uncontrollable tears.
Suddenly, a tall figure stepped in front of him.
Han Zhen said in a cold tone: "After vomiting, keep running!"
Wang Wu raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears, sat down on the ground, waved his hands and said, "I...I quit."
This sentence immediately attracted the other two people to agree and speak one after another.
"I don't want to do it anymore. This is not a soldier. This is life-threatening."
"I'll give you the money back."
Quit?
Han Zhen sneered: "I took the money, ate the food, and now I'm quitting. How can there be such a good thing in the world? It seems that I have been too gentle these days, making you feel easy to bully."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed.
Uh-huh!
Pu Dao slashed across Wang Wu's head, raising a handful of broken hair.
Holding the knife in his hand, Han Zhen slapped him hard on the face several times, and said word by word: "Keep running, anyone who dares to step out of the barn will be killed without mercy!"
The blade of the knife hit his face, and it hurt.
But Wang Wu didn't dare to say a word, and his heart was completely overwhelmed by fear.
If the knife had been moved down a little bit, it would have cut off not the hair, but his skull.
"Don't... don't kill me, I'll run away."
Under the threat of death, a force burst out from Wang Wu's body. He got up from the ground and ran away.
The speed was so fast that he caught up with Zhang He and others in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, the other two people didn't even dare to vomit. They suppressed the turbulence in their stomachs and ran away.
