There is an alley called Xibei Lane in the west of the city. More than a dozen families live in it. As the New Year approaches, every household is busy killing chickens and sheep. Next to the well, a pretty young woman is washing clothes. She looks at a small tree next to her from time to time. A boy of seven or eight years old was climbing on the tree. The young woman shouted in peace, "Ahu, be careful!"

"Mom! I crawl every day, it's okay."

The little boy climbed up a few more steps, suddenly pointed to the entrance of the alley and said, "Mom, Daddy is back."

The young woman quickly got up, and saw her husband holding two sheep and carrying a bag of rice back happily. The woman smiled and said, "Hada Hu Zi, where did the sheep come from?"

"My wife, I have something important to you."

The man was Wang Jingxuan who had just joined the army. He shouted to his son, "Tiger, take the sheep, don't run away."

"I understand!" The boy led the sheep to play with great enthusiasm.

Wang Jingxuan took his wife home, and his wife broke free from his hand and said coquettishly: "If you have anything to do, hurry up and say it, I'm still washing clothes!"

"I said, don't be angry, I'll sign up to join the army." Wang Jingxuan stuttered.

"What?"

The wife was stunned, "Husband, you are kidding!"

Wang Jingxuan lowered his head, "I won't lie to you. I'm really signing up for joining the army. Two sheep and one stone of rice are rewards for joining the army, and there are ten coins of money to settle down."

The wife was stunned, her lips trembled, and she couldn't say a word, and suddenly, tears came out of her eyes.

Wang Jingxuan hurriedly hugged his wife in his arms and whispered in her ear: "You can get twenty acres of Yongye Land by signing up. If you become a team, you will get more land. I want to earn a fortune for Hu Zi. I have martial arts and strength. I don't want to be so mediocre and do nothing."

The woman broke free from her husband and leaned on the door and started crying, "But I have a child in my stomach. What if you have a few or two shorts, how can we orphans and widows live?"

"I know, I must survive for you. I want to earn a fortune, so that Hu Zi can wear new clothes for the New Year, and my wife can also wear gold jewelry."

The woman threw herself into her husband's arms and started crying, "I don't want any gold jewelry, I just want you to be by my side!"

Wang Jingxuan stroked his wife's hair and sighed a long time. After a while, his wife gradually calmed down. She wiped her tears and said, "Husband, I understand that you have ambitions, so don't worry about us. I will take Hu Zi back to my mother's house in the countryside. Don't worry about us, as long as you can return safely."

Wang Jingxuan nodded, "I will go to the military camp to report the day after tomorrow. I probably won't be able to live this year. I will send you to my father-in-law's house tomorrow."

"I'll go clean up." The woman ran quickly towards the inner room with tears in her eyes.

Wang Jingxuan sighed in his heart and hurriedly followed in

Zhang Xuan did not expect that the registration was so enthusiastic. In just two days, Yidu County alone recruited 15,000 young and strong people, Linzi County also recruited 5,000 people, and Qi County also recruited more than 10,000 people on the first day. With this momentum, recruiting 50,000 troops in Qingzhou area is not a problem at all.

Due to the tight time, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered Yuchi Gong to be responsible for the training of the recruits and asked him to train an army that could fight within two months.

The new recruits camp is located in the south of Shouguang County. It is a large military camp covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. It has thousands of large tents and can accommodate 50,000 soldiers. The first batch of soldiers from Yidu County and Linzi County have already moved in, with a total of 20,000 people.

The rule of the Qingzhou Army is that veterans lead new soldiers, which is actually a way of promotion. Any soldier who has been in the army for more than three years and has made meritorious service twice has the opportunity to be promoted. The team is promoted to the brigade coach, the fire chief is promoted to the team chief, and the soldiers are promoted to the fire chief.

There were ten fire soldiers, fifty men in a team, four men in a brigade, fifth brigade was one battalion, and fifth brigade was one battalion, and fifth brigade was one army, which was only five thousand men in a army.

The recruits received leather armor, military uniforms, weapons and military blankets, and assigned tents. The recruits had a large tent, and fifty people lived in one tent. Although they were recruits, Yuchi Gong trained completely according to wartime standards. The conditions were very difficult. There was no bedding or straw mat in the tent. He just laid a layer of wheat poles on the cold ground, and then wrapped it in a blanket and slept on the wheat straw.

The soldiers were busy cleaning up their sleeping place and chatting excitedly. Although the conditions were harsh, the freshness of joining the army did not feel simple at all.

"Why are the Huocheng and the team not here?"

"The Fire Chief, the team and the coach are all in the training! It's our turn to train in the afternoon."

"Do you want to respect our team?" a soldier asked in a low voice.

"Need not!"

The curtain suddenly opened, and a cold wind blew into my face. Several officers in armor walked into the army. The fire chief and the team were coming, and the soldiers stood up one after another.

The head officer was burly, wearing bright light armor, an eagle helmet, and a horizontal knife on his waist. He looked at everyone with a sharp look and said loudly: "My name is Wang Jingxuan. From today on, I will be your team leader. Since your safety will be my responsibility, I will set five rules. First, I will not ask you for a bribe of one penny, but if you dare to disobey my order, it will be a death sentence!"

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At noon on New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys of Jiangdu City became obviously quiet. Every household gathered at home. It was very lively. The streets were filled with snow. Groups of children in new clothes gathered together to play. Fires were lit on the streets. From time to time, children threw thin bamboo tubes into the fire, and the sound of firecrackers sounded.

At this time, three men riding horses came in from the north city gate. All three were wrapped in fur coats, obviously from afar. They were followers, and there was a young and elegant young man in the middle. This person was the Marshal Cao Army of Zhang Xuan, who was in charge of the military law regulations. This time he came to Jiangdu under the order of Zhang Xuan.

**** was the eldest grandson of the Huang family of Liyang County. When Zhang Xuan served as the Jianghuai recruitment envoy, he was valued as a conqueror to the Jianghuai family and became one of the six chiefs in the army. There is another reason why **** was reused, that is, the Huang family controls nearly half of the iron mines and most of the pig iron transactions in Liyang County.

This time, **** was sent to Jiangdu, and Zhang Xuan was to obtain pig iron reserves. This is an extremely important strategic material. Once the Huang family is controlled by Du Fuwei again, there will be no hope for pig iron.

"Young Master, we should go directly to Liyang County. Now for the Chinese New Year, the head of my hometown should not be in Jiangdu!"

Both followers were Huang's family who joined the Sui army with ****. They were very puzzled by the fact that the young master came to Jiangdu.

**** smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I'm going to Jiangdu naturally has the intention."

Soon, the three of them came to Nanshi. As it was New Year's Eve, most of the stores in Nanshi had closed, and only a small number of stores selling incense, candles, grain and oil were still open, but the guy had already started to clean up the store and was about to close the store.

****When I came to a large store in Pig Iron Store, there were four big characters on the shop: Huang's iron making, this is the shop of the Huang family in Jiangdu. Although the store covers only three acres of land, it is all done in big deals, and generally retail businesses are not accepted.

**** stepped forward and knocked hard on the door. Soon, the door creaked and an old man walked out. He looked up and down, and suddenly recognized him. He was surprised and happy, "It turned out to be Mr. Jing, why did Mr. Jing come?"

**** bowed and smiled, "Qi Bo, is my third uncle here?"

"He's here, come in quickly."

At this time, someone in the yard asked, "Ziber, who is it?"

"The Third Head, Mr. Jing is here!"

A middle-aged man walked over quickly and said in surprise: "Jing'er, why are you here?"

The middle-aged man is ****'s third uncle, named Huang Zhaonian, and is also the person in charge of the Huang family in Jiangdu. **** smiled and said, "Uncle San, I'm coming from Qingzhou."

Huang Zhaonian suddenly woke up and quickly let him in. He told Qi Bo to take two entourages to rest, and he brought **** to the back hall with him.

"I've grown strong and darker."

Huang Zhaonian looked at his nephew, smiled and asked him to sit down, and then asked the maid to serve tea.

"Is there anything important about Jing'er coming to Jiang?" Huang Zhaonian asked nervously.

**** asked with a puzzled smile: "I found that Uncle San was very nervous about my arrival. Why is that?"

"Hey! There are many rumors in Jiang now that you General Zhang has left the court and has become independent. It is very rumored. I don't know whether it is true or not. You also know that the people of Jiangdu are paying attention to General Zhang. There will be some explanations here for his movements."

"It's all the rumors! They always deviate from the facts. Our general did not leave the court. A few days ago, the general asked the emperor to order the bandits to be suppressed. It was just that because the emperor was suspicious of him, the relationship with the court was a little dissonant."

"Actually, we don't care. We're just afraid that the general will become Yang Yichen's second. Do you know? Yang Yichen died suddenly three days ago."

**** was shocked, "What's going on?"

Huang Zhaonian smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Everyone understands in his heart that the emperor's usual method is to first transfer to Beijing to serve as a high-ranking official. In a few months, the news of his death will be heard, either suddenly die, or die accidentally, or die in the country and the country are not accustomed to illness, anyway, it is death. Isn't Yu Juluo like this? He died of illness in prison, who knows how he died? Anyway, we don't want General Zhang to be transferred to Beijing to be an official."

**** nodded silently, and he whispered: "I was sent to Jiangdu by the Grand Marshal. I have an important matter to ask Uncle San, how much pig iron is there in our Huang family warehouse?" Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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