After walking into the village gate, Han Zhen found that there were more than a dozen villagers in the village, holding simple knives in their hands.
Gu Siong was already waiting at the side, and said with a worried expression: "Second Brother Han, the stockade has been repaired, but I thought I couldn't guard it alone, so I temporarily recruited villagers to guard it day and night, and each person was given twenty wages a day."
Han Zhen glanced at him in surprise and encouraged: "Well done!"
After receiving his appreciation, Gu Song could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He was previously worried that Han Zhen would be unhappy if he acted on his own initiative, but he didn't expect to be praised instead.
Seeing the bullock carts filled with baskets of copper coins, these villagers couldn't help but whisper to each other.
Seeing this, Han Zhen ordered: "You stay here and stay safe. If anything happens, go back to the village and report it immediately. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
The villagers responded loudly.
Now everyone in Xiaowang Village knew that Han Zhen had conquered the Songshanling mountain stronghold, and their awe for him had reached its peak.
Because before this, officers and soldiers had carried out two campaigns, but all failed.
In addition, Shi Bao often robbed officialdom, which made the people of Linzi County fearful.
But such a terrifying bandit was captured by Han Zhen, which made them disrespectful.
After walking a few hundred meters along the loess path, we entered Xiaowang Village.
At this time, there was a lively scene in Xiaowang Village. Many villagers gathered on the threshing floor and lined up to use the thresher and blower.
The wheat in the fields has been harvested, and now only some chestnuts are left. They can only be harvested in autumn.
Nowadays, northern farmers have mastered the rotation of chestnut and wheat, combined with crops such as soybeans and sorghum, to achieve three crops in two years.
The production rate has approximately doubled compared to Tang Dynasty.
Among them, there is the contribution of Song Huizong.
It's a bit ridiculous to say that Song Huizong loved rare and exotic flowers. In order to satisfy the joy of growing flowers by himself, he taught himself agriculture.
This move indirectly promoted the development of agriculture in the Northern Song Dynasty.
King Duan is frivolous and cannot rule the world.
Even Zhang Dun, a traitorous minister, knew that Song Huizong was not suitable to be emperor.
…
The large group of people entered the village and immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.
Han Zhen did not go back to the house halfway up the mountain first, but rode to the door of Wang Wu's house.
Two soldiers lifted the seriously injured Wang Wu out of the bullock cart. Before they could carry Wang Wu through the door, a woman hurried over.
Seeing that Wang Wu was wrapped in gauze in many places and looked miserable, the woman rushed towards him and cried, "Master, what's wrong with you!"
"I just suffered some minor injuries."
Wang Wu forced out a smile and consoled him.
"You think I'm blind, how can this be a minor injury?"
Wang Wu's temperament is inherently fierce, but she is afraid of Han Zhen after all, so she can only criticize Huai by crying: "I have long advised you not to become a soldier, but you have not listened. You are greedy for three meals a day, and you are a soldier." Is it so easy to take care of? You are fine now, but if you are injured like this, what will I and the children do in the future?"
I saw more and more villagers watching, and they were pointing and pointing.
Looking at the weird looks of his colleagues, Wang Wu felt his face burning and scolded: "Why are you howling? I'm not dead yet!"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Wu secretly said something bad.
Sure enough, he saw his mother-in-law scratching his face with all her teeth and claws.
While grabbing, he cried and cursed: "You bastard, how dare you hurt me like this rotten beast. What did I say wrong? I suffered such a serious injury. I can't carry my arms behind my back." , will our family of five drink the northwest wind?"
The onlookers felt sad for a moment when they saw two seriously injured soldiers lying on the bullock cart, and almost all of the remaining soldiers were injured.
"Quiet!"
Han Zhen, who had been watching with cold eyes, spoke.
"My man, why can't I say it?"
The woman muttered, but she no longer looked as aggressive as before.
Han Zhen was too lazy to talk to her and said loudly: "Wang Wu has done great work in suppressing the bandits. He will behead four levels and be rewarded with twenty-two pieces of gold!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang He and Xiao Chong lifted baskets of copper coins from the ox cart and placed them next to Wang Wu.
More than a hundred kilograms of copper coins hit the ground with a dull thud, which even shocked the hearts of the villagers who were watching.
"ha?"
Madam Wang Wu looked at the basket full of copper coins, her expression stagnant.
Under the scorching sun, the bright yellow copper coins made her dizzy.
At this moment, Wang Wu looked ashamed and said: "Excuse me, brothers, can you carry me in first?"
Hearing this, the two soldiers suppressed laughter and carried Wang Wu into the bed in the back room.
Han Zhen waved his hand and everyone rushed to the next house.
When Mrs. Wang Wu saw the villagers staring at the basket, a hint of vigilance suddenly flashed in her eyes, and she shouted: "What are you looking at? Are you all doing nothing? Come on!"
After driving away the onlookers, she dragged the basket and gnawed it back to the back room.
When she came to the bed and sat down, the woman said excitedly: "Master, last time I only had twelve strings, why are there so many this time?"
"What's extra is compensation for my injuries."
Wang Wu glanced at her and scolded: "I've been back for so long and I haven't seen a bowl of water."
"I'm going to pour it right now!"
The woman quickly got up and went to pour water.
Seeing this scene, Wang Wu felt extremely proud.
Otherwise, money is a man's confidence.
In the past, he wouldn't have dared to speak to his mother-in-law like this.
"Master, drink some water."
The woman came in with a bowl of water, lovingly held up Wang Wu's head and fed him to drink little by little.
After Wang Wu enjoyed his mother-in-law's service, he arrogantly ordered: "Go to the west of the village to find Wang's family and buy some chickens to replenish my health."
"you……"
"Um?"
Wang Wu raised his eyebrows.
The woman quickly glanced at the copper coins in the basket and put on a smile: "Master, you rest at home, I'll go buy it right away."
"Well, buy more, and you and the kids can make up for it."
Seeing his mother-in-law leaving, Wang Wu felt extremely comfortable in his heart.
Men should act like men!
Staring at the thatched hut above, Wang Wu wondered whether it was time to build a new house.
Counting the previous twelve guan, the family now has 34 guan, which is more than enough to build a brick house, and the remaining money can also buy an ox.
With the cattle, if I serve as a soldier in the future, my mother-in-law will be able to farm more easily...
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The last time the money was distributed was at night, when all the villagers were asleep, and in line with the idea of keeping their wealth private, no one publicized it after the soldiers took the money.
But today was different. Han Zhen distributed money one by one in front of the whole village.
At each house, the military merits were read out, and then baskets of copper coins were dropped.
There are as many as twenty or thirty strings, and as little as fifteen or six strings.
This scene really excited the villagers, especially some of the vigorous young men, who were all eager to try.
Although almost all of these soldiers were injured, the copper coins were also real!
How many years have you been farming to earn so much?
A young man couldn't help it and said: "Village chief, I want to join the army!"
"If you want to join the army, please register with Zhu Zhengze."
After saying these words, Han Zhen led Nie Dong and others towards the house halfway up the mountain.
Along the way, Nie Dong was looking around.
Seeing that all the rewards were distributed, he couldn't help but ask: "Young Master, do you know where the military camp is?"
Han Zhen pointed to the direction of the mountain and replied: "The military camp is tentatively located on the mountain and has not been built yet."
Following the direction of his finger, Nie Dong frowned slightly.
"What happened?"
Sensing the change in his expression, Han Zhen asked.
"It's too close to the village, and the soldiers will definitely be distracted during training. A certain family believes that the military camp should be set up near the mountain stronghold. This way, it is far away from the village, and it is also convenient to guard the stronghold. If there is an invasion from a foreign enemy, it can meet the enemy in the shortest possible time. !”
Nie Dong gave his suggestion and added at the end: "Of course, this is just the opinion of a certain family, and it still needs to be considered by the young man in the end."
Hearing this, Han Zhen smiled and said, "You don't have to be so reserved in front of me. Although I, Han Zhen, am not a big shot, I still have a broad mind and tolerance. If you have any suggestions for the future, just say so."
Nie Dong said with emotion: "With this kind of heart, the young man will definitely accomplish something in the future."
"Stop calling me Young Master. It seems too awkward. Just call me Village Chief like them from now on."
"village head?"
Nie Dong was stunned for a moment, thinking that this title was a little weird.
Patting him on the shoulder, Han Zhen wrote lightly: "No need to worry, it's just a title. It will change in the future."
