Rise From the Humble

"Miss, the blacksmith has also been recruited. Should we go back?" Qin'er said softly while massaging Li Shu's calves in the sedan.

"Why are you rushing back? When we were in the capital, I asked Brother Rui to borrow the "Fire Dragon Sutra" from my uncle's study and made a bunch of rubbings. If I don't earn five or six blacksmiths and go back, wouldn't it be a waste?" Li Shu He squinted his eyes and smiled, very much like a fox.

Miss Qin'er (Yan) is a white wolf with empty gloves. To return one set, you have to wear five.

"Let's go to Huaishu Hutong in Yonghefang. Wang Xiaoer said that there is a blacksmith named Zhang there. He was originally a blacksmith in the Taizhou Guards Bureau. He also went to Nanyang to steal Hongyi artillery. Later, he was injured and his eyes were destroyed. He was killed by Taizhou. The military campaign has been wiped out, and now that we are in dire straits, it is a great opportunity to take advantage of the situation."

Li Shu lazily stretched out her hand and ordered the sedan to drive to Huaishu Hutong in Yonghefang to earn money from Zhang Blacksmith.

"Oh." Qin'er came back to her senses, opened the curtains, and sent a message to the outside to go to Huaishu Alley of Yonghefang.

About half an hour later, Li Shu left Huaishu Hutong in Yonghefang with a smile on her face, heading to her next location.

Behind the sedan, a tall, thick, one-eyed man bowed towards the sedan with tears of gratitude.

On the third day, when Li Shu and his party left Yangzhou, the team had grown much larger. There were five more blacksmiths and more than ten blacksmith apprentices. There were also four more luggage boats, loaded with iron ingots, copper ingots, and saltpeter. , sulfur and other substances.

Half of the cargo on these newly added cargo ships was purchased by the recruited blacksmiths such as Ou Zhige.

The iron ingots and copper ingots on the market in Yangzhou were okay, but saltpeter, sulfur and other products were almost sold out.

When Li Shu set off from Yangzhou to Yingtian, Zhu Pingan rushed to Guangde with the Yiwu recruits he had recruited.

During this training process, the Yiwu recruits demonstrated their natural qualities: simple and honest, obedient to discipline and orders, perseverant, and full of patience. As long as orders are given, they will obey them. As long as they don't stop, they can keep going. Even if you are exhausted

Along the way, training all the way, almost half of the journey has been completed. The Yiwu recruits have already achieved the results of college students' military training for more than half a month, and they have begun to vaguely resemble soldiers, especially under the leadership of Liu Dadao and other veterans of the Zhejiang Army. When they walk in line, they look stylish and can bluff people.

Of course, Yiwu recruits also have many shortcomings, such as low literacy rate and slow learning speed. However, the flaws are not hidden, and these shortcomings are doubtful for improvement. Compared with the many advantages of Yiwu recruits, these shortcomings are suspiciously negligible.

Zhu Ping'an was very satisfied with the Yiwu recruits he had recruited. They were indeed the famous Qi Jiajun in history. They were indeed well-deserved. He had taken advantage of Qi Jiguang. He would definitely thank Qi Jiguang when he met him in the future. Although Qi Jiguang must have I don't know why I want to thank him.

Taking advantage of the fact that the new recruits in Yiwu were just blank pieces of paper, Zhu Ping'an instilled in them along the way that "the mission of a soldier is to protect the home and the country", "a soldier's duty is to obey orders", "it is the duty of a soldier to fight a war", " Ideological concepts such as "Don't abandon, don't give up", "Military discipline is like iron, national law is like heaven", "The Zhejiang Army's current top priority is to exterminate Japanese pirates and rescue the people in Jiangnan", etc., to shape their correct military outlook.

"I am a soldier, from the common people; I have received the favor of the emperor to defeat the Japanese invaders and destroy the Huns;

I am a soldier who loves the king and the people; the fiery war has tested me and made me stand firmer;

Hehe, hold the weapon tightly and see clearly; whoever dares to invade my home will be beaten without mercy."

Yiwu recruits lined up in a long queue, singing loud military songs, and walked through the fields of Guangde.

"Your Majesty has an order. When passing through the fields, you must not step on the furrows or damage the crops. Violators will be severely punished!"

"Your Majesty has an order not to harass the people, and not to behave in a disrespectful manner. Violators will be severely punished without mercy!"

Zhu Ping'an's order was carried out, and no recruits in Yiwu dared to disobey. They all walked along the field paths. More than 1,200 people passed by, without trampling a single crop or trampling an inch of field furrows.

Of course, it didn't disturb any common people.

Such strict marching discipline made the farmers working in the fields feel relieved and no longer called their children to avoid them. Instead, they had the courage to sit in the fields or under the trees on the roadside and watch the Zhejiang Army recruits passing by, resting and talking. Come.

"Are these soldiers from there? Are they the elite troops transferred by Governor Zhang from somewhere to go to the coast to exterminate the Japanese pirates?"

"What kind of soldiers are they? Didn't you see that they are all wearing the clothes of our common people? They don't look like soldiers."

"Aren't you a soldier?! Didn't you hear them singing "I am a soldier"? Maybe they have a mission, and they specially changed into common people's clothes and pretended to be common people, just to confuse the Japanese pirates and do something cruel."

"This military song is so good. I really hope all soldiers can be like this."

"What are you thinking? These days, such soldiers are rare. Most soldiers are worse than bandits. They are more ruthless than bandits. If you encounter bandits, you may be able to lose money and avoid disaster. But if you encounter soldiers, Oh, haha, just wish yourself well."

The villagers in the fields started talking enthusiastically, and were very curious about the origins of the new recruits of the Zhejiang Army.

When Zhu Pingan led the Zhejiang Army recruits for training and got closer and closer to the Taohuaji Campus, his uncle Zhu Shouren and his two friends, Wolong and Phoenix, arrived in Chizhou five days ago. Now five days have passed and they have not yet left Chizhou. .

They set out from home and took the Yangtze River waterway, which was originally only a few days' journey. However, after ten days, they had just left Anqing Mansion and arrived in Chizhou. The journey had only just begun.

Three poles high in the sun, a cold wind swept across.

"Brother Zhu, do we dare to set off and take the boat?" Hu Wei and Xia Qiang said to Zhu Shouren who had just gotten up.

"Oh, I can't bear it." Zhu Shouren sighed.

"Brother Zhu, what can't you bear to do?" Hu Wei and Xia Qiang asked hurriedly.

"It is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, the cold wind is blowing, and the waves are rising. Look, a weak woman is looking out of the window opposite. She is wearing thin clothes and shivering. Although I have not been able to help the world, I do not want to be alone. This kind of cold Weather, I want to go over and treat this poor weak woman to a hot soup, what do you think?"

Zhu Shouren pointed to the opposite side and said.

Hu Wei and Xia Qiang looked along Zhu Shouren's fingers and saw a scantily clad woman on the second floor of Zuihua Building opposite, waving a handkerchief and trying her best to attract customers, doing her best to be charming.

Hu Wei and Xia Qiang were stunned.