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When Zhao Zhenzhong woke up, it was already bright.

After washing his face, he went to Yixue’s kitchen and ate something. Zhao Zhenzhong came to the school’s office.

During this period, the autumn harvest had not yet begun. Li Laodao was responsible for taking care of children and other matters in the stone cave in the mountain. Kuang and Li were responsible for the affairs of Yixue. Kuang Zhenjue taught the children to read, and Li Tongsheng taught the children to exercise. In addition, one of Zhao Zhenzhong and the other three should assist Yixue.

Zhao Zhenzhong walked in and found that Old Dao Li had received the news and rushed over from the mountains. The two senior brothers, Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao were also there. Seeing Zhao Zhenzhong come in, Old Dao Li said calmly: "Brother Zhao, tell me, what's going on? This is the girl Zhou, Boy Zhou went back and forth with you, but only said that you robbed the bandits, and you didn't know about other specific matters."

Zhao Zhenzhong was stunned and quickly explained: "Master, don't blame them. I took action alone last night, and they just accompanied me for a while."

"Master, do you remember what Uncle Lin Haishan said about the two bandits about Sun Baiwan and Ma Sanye when he was chatting here about him?" Seeing the old Taoist recalling there, Zhao Zhenzhong continued: "I heard that Sun Baiwan bandits transport grain and other supplies from the waters near Jimo to the Xuejia Island area in Haixi every once in a while. Later, they ran to the mountain east of Laoshan to observe from a high place. Although they couldn't see the specific details clearly, they still grasped the approximate time of each delivery. During this period, I often went to Qingdao with nearby fishermen and boats to transport fish, shrimp and other seafood, and learned how to drive the boat. Then, together with Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao, they took the opportunity to rob the materials transported by the bandits yesterday."

"Are you afraid of attracting bandits?!" Old Dao Li was a little angry when he saw him underestimating.

"I cleaned up very cleanly. No one would know except for the master and two senior brothers and the three of us." Zhao Zhenzhong continued to explain: "I made no noise when I started last night, and there was no one around. And it was dark and the moon last night, and the boat was destroyed again afterwards, and no one could find out."

After hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's explanation, Li Laodao asked with a complicated look: "Didn't you stay those people?"

"Those bandits are robbing families and houses, but they are not righteous thieves who rob the rich and help the poor. Why should they keep their hands on them? Besides, there is no good fight between them. Since they are hostile, they are life-and-death! If you still want to keep your hands when fighting against the enemy, you have enough of your life!" Zhao Zhenzhong had sufficient reasons.

Sighing, Old Dao Li stared at Zhao Zhenzhong for a while, and asked again: "Where did you learn these?"

"No one taught me, but when Uncle Chen was there, he often told me some stories about the world." Zhao Zhenzhong pushed the truth to Uncle Chen, who was in vain.

"What are you going to do with those things?" Li Laodao asked again.

"The 16,000 kilograms of grain are placed in the Nan Kiln to support the school's expenses on time. Others are transported back to the mountains and stored in the cave. As for other wine and meat, leave some bacon for the school, and the rest is transported back to the mountains."

"The money is also transported back to the mountains and hidden. You can take it out in batches to the city to buy the necessary clothing and other supplies. You can't buy too much attention at once. If possible, buy some grain that can be stored for a longer time to save people. This year, it is said that several northern provinces have severe droughts, and there are millions of victims in our Shandong province alone. Let's do our best to recruit as many orphans as possible this winter."

"As for guns and ammunition, transport them back to the mountains and hide them first. When you grow up in two years, set up a guard."

Zhao Zhenzhong had a clear idea, which was also agreed on the boat when he returned with Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao and the other two last night.

"Set up a guard team? Do you want to pull the pole and be a bandit?" Old Dao Li became a little serious.

"Master, this era is rampant with officers and soldiers, bandits everywhere, and famines are constantly coming. When we can't live, no one pays attention to us, but if we live a better life, officers and soldiers will come, and bandits will come. Are we just watching our hard work and sweat for several years being ruined by those bastards? Since we happened to have these weapons, why don't we pick them up and fight those bastards?" Zhao Zhenzhong made a remark.

"Dad, Zhenzhong makes sense. We don't harm others, but we can't let others bully them at will. If these guys could happen in the Gengzi year, my elder brother's family wouldn't be harmed by those soldiers and bandits." Li Tongsheng spoke in support.

After hearing his son's words, Old Taoist Li sighed, his expression depressed, as if he had grown a lot in the blink of an eye: "Forget it, I'm old, let's do whatever you want. But there is one thing, you must never do evil, harm the people, or do things that are sorry for the conscience of our ancestors!"

"Master, don't worry, you will fight anyone who bullies us, especially those bandits, soldiers, corrupt officials, and landlords and bullies. It will be much easier to deal with these bad things and get rid of the people."

"I can't tell you. Brother Zhao, just don't forget what you said today." Turning around, Li Laodao said to Kuang Zhenjue and Li Tongsheng, "You two should also help Brother Zhao more. Also, the bigger ones in our family and your aunt's family asked them to come over to follow Brother Zhao. Everything is followed by his arrangements."

"Master, you should train them with your two senior brothers. At most, let them train with Xiaohao. I still have some things to do now and don't have time to take them. In addition, those children who are still studying and literate, in addition to literacy, they will also arrange for them to exercise and lay a solid foundation. After a while, they will choose according to their mastery level."

After thinking about it, Li Laodao nodded and agreed: "It's okay. But if you have time, you have to give them some advice. I don't know what you are busy with all day now." The old Dao knew that Zhao Zhenzhong's current skills were definitely not something his grandchildren could reach. This kid was simply a freak. He was just in his early 10 years old, but his martial arts skills and great power were that Li Tongsheng, whom he taught since childhood, was no match for now.

"Hehe, Master, am I busy with helping us live a better life?" Zhao Zhenzhong avoided answering, "You will know then. Maybe you will need two senior brothers to help."

"We are happy to be as busy as we did last night," Li Tongsheng responded with a smile.

This year's autumn harvest is much more abundant than last year, and everything is very smooth. With the experience of intensive farming in the previous year, the gains this year are also a little more than last year. Looking at the harvest of the full warehouse in front of you, Li Laodao was not happy when he thought of the refugees that will appear this autumn and winter. The harvest this year, plus the more than 16,000 kilograms of grain that Zhao and the others have brought back, it looks quite large, but compared with the number of refugees in need of relief, it is probably not even a drop in the bucket. I don't know what Zhao has been busy with during this period, and he often runs to Qingdao City.

After finishing the wheat sowing, Mr. Li asked someone to help overthrow the more than 10 adobe thatched houses near the stone cave and expanded them into 15 thatched houses with brick and stone structures. Six of them were built into dining halls, and the remaining nine were built into dormitories that can accommodate 90 people.

Zhao Zhenzhong began to select children taught by his two senior brothers. A total of 28 teenagers over 12 years old who meet the requirements were selected. After twenty days of preliminary training, Zhao Zhenzhong selected 9 people over 14 years old and relatively strong. Among the nine people, 5 were orphans taken in the winter of the previous year, and the other 4 were the grandsons of Li Laodao and Li Shifen.

Starting from late October, Zhao Zhenzhong and Li Tongsheng often spent the night in Qingdao. When they came back, they sometimes had a faint stench on their bodies. And Liu Dehai, the son of Kuang Zhenjue and Li Shifen, learned to drive a boat from the fishermen around them in more than a month after the autumn harvest.

Regarding Zhao Zhenzhong's actions that encouraged Li Tongsheng, Kuang Zhenjue and others, Li Laodao also asked, Zhao Zhenzhong just said that there is no harm in learning something, and it will be used in the future. Li Laodao knew that he was the master of not seeing a rabbit and not showing off the eagle. After warning, he ignored it and focused on buying supplies in batches.

After the snow fell, Kuang Zhenjue and Liu Dehai began to search for orphans who were unreliable in the surrounding counties and townships. Zhao Zhenzhong and Li Tongsheng took the nine selected teenagers to work hard and often spent the night in Qingdao. Some people speculated that they were enjoying themselves in the city, but they saw that the nine people were tired after returning, with a strange expression and the odor on their bodies, which did not look like they were enjoying. Zhou Hao once asked curiously, but the nine people were silent. He asked Zhao Zhenzhong again, and Zhao Zhenzhong only replied that he was preparing for one action, but because he was weak, he would not take him this time. Zhou Hao was a little dissatisfied, but he was helpless. In depressed, he tried hard to train.

After entering December, it was about two months left to calculate that the Spring Festival in 1921 was still in the 1921 Spring Festival. Li Laodao had prepared all kinds of supplies needed to spend the winter and take in orphans. Kuang Zhenjue and Liu Dehai were still running outside every day. Zhao Zhenzhong, Li Tongsheng and the nine teenagers were also prepared, but the nine teenagers didn't know what the purpose of what they were doing now was.
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