After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 35 Lijia Village

at night.

Ning Yu was lying on the bed thinking about life, and the old woman's long breathing sounded in her ears.

Nanli County is hidden in the mountains. The dangerous mountains are indeed easy to defend, but they face three major problems.

Soldiers, food, weapons.

In defensive battles, horses are mainly used to deliver messages and are not in great demand.

Soldiers are mobilized from the common people, and they can almost recruit 10 to [-]. It is not a problem to take advantage of the geographical advantage to fight against the invading army with a number of less than [-]. There will be bloody sacrifices, but it is worth it.

Food is not enough. Nanli County has many mountains and forests, and there is little arable land. It is necessary to stockpile food before the war burns to Chongqing. Li Xiaoying's technology is used as a guarantee for the future.

The most difficult thing is the sword, gun and halberd. You can’t carry a hoe to chop wood and fight with other people’s big swords and spears. But the weapons are strictly controlled by the guards, and even the prefect of Chongqing Prefecture can’t get them. The elder brother said that there are underground Trading channels, I don't know how much they can get.

Almost forgot, there is still a lack of generals.

Those who lead troops to fight, those who build military camps, and those who train militia.

Military training is different from martial arts disciples. There is not so much time for you to gradually solidify your basic skills. It is likely that you are training while fighting, and you need to be quick.

"Oh, annoying, a bunch of things."

Ning Yu scratched her head, no sleepiness at all, and fell asleep in a daze in the middle of the night.

As soon as I fell asleep, my old lady's gentle and magical call came from my ear.

"Son, daughter, daughter, son, wake up, it's time to say hello to grandma, son, daughter..."

"Don't go!" Ning Yu turned over and hugged the corner of the quilt in her arms, and raised her legs to clamp the quilt tightly.

The third lady couldn't move the quilt, so she pulled Ning Yu up and supported her, "If you don't go to say hello, you have to get up and have breakfast."

"Don't eat, I'm not hungry." Ning Yu tilted her body, and her head fell heavily into the bed.

"Just lying in bed last night, I was hungry. I think you are lazy. People are iron and steel. You can't miss one of the three meals a day. If you are full and hungry, you will come to your door sooner or later... "

The third lady was pulling Ning Yu's arm while chattering, like a nest of flies buzzing around people's ears.

With big bags under her eyes, Ning Yu walked into the dining room in a daze.

Sixth Miss Liu's heart disease is still not healed, Xu Ningwen's right hand side is vacant, Ning Yu sat down and said in a low voice: "Big Brother, there is something I forgot to ask yesterday, do you have any news about Duke Zhao?"

"Duke Zhao doesn't have one, but the second son of Duke Zhao has one."

Right in the middle of his arms... Ning Yu chuckled, "What news?"

"It was said earlier that the second son of Yan returned to aid Guanzhong after regaining the military power of the Xuanying army in Wangjing, but it was not true. He led his troops to Jinan Mansion and beheaded King Rongchang with his own hands. But no one believes him, and the hearts of the citizens of Zhao Kingdom have been lost."

Xuanying's army slaughtered the people in Wangjing, and King Rongchang carried out massacres in Shandong.

The father and son of the Yan family want to fight for the world, and the road ahead is not difficult.

"Big Brother, in the future, there will be no big or small details about Duke Zhao's mansion. Please tell me." Ning Yu tugged at Xu Ningwen's arm, his voice lowered.

Xu Ningwen pulled out his arm, and glanced suspiciously at Ning Yu.

"Hey." Ning Yu smiled foolishly.

"I'll give you two spies. If you want to know anything, you can arrange it yourself." Xu Ningwen thought it was troublesome, so he simply gave her two spies and let her figure it out by herself.

"Really?" Ning Yu's eyes shone brightly, "Big brother, you are really the best brother in the world, handsome, talented, rich, generous, generous—"

"Go back to your seat." Xu Ningwen coldly interrupted Ning Yu's rainbow fart.

"Oh." Ning Yu happily sat back beside her parents.

Xu Ningwen looked at the empty space on the right and frowned slightly.

After dinner, the Xu family was busy driving.

Xu Ningwen personally took people to collect grain outside Nanli County, buy weapons, and exchange silver.

Learn from the peasant uprising, the first step of gathering heroes: fooling around!

The first link in Ning Yu's plan is to unite the people of the county to listen to her orders.

The Elder held a worship service, used his prestige in Nanli County, contacted wealthy businessmen and gentry in Nanli County, mobilized fundraising, communicated with members of the Chamber of Commerce, and mobilized everyone to actively respond to the magistrate's call.

The second wife went back to the Zhang family martial arts gym, and first persuaded her natal father, brother and martial arts disciples to participate in the fight against foreign enemies.

Then he set about arranging a street martial arts scene. The content of the fighting scene was taken from the heroic deeds of women, children, old and young women in Nanli County who fought back against the foreign invasion in the previous dynasty.

The third lady went to the opera gardens, teahouses, and even the Chunxing Building, and invited all the opera troupes, storytellers, and singers from the whole city to Xu's house to start brainwashing work.

The third master is the head of the county academy, and the third wife sent him to mobilize the students.

A scholar's pen and mouth are twisted into a rope, which is also a force that should not be underestimated. He may not be good at killing the enemy in battle, but he is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

The second master also wanted to do something, but besides being a bully, he would only be a dude. The second lady thought about it and threw him to the disciples of the martial arts class to use as a prop.

The eldest lady is good at dealing with internal affairs, but she is faintly timid about external affairs. The eldest lady asked her to concentrate on accompanying the old lady and arrange the food and daily life of the Xu family.

The fifth lady, Xu Linpeng, couldn't sit still either, and ran errands behind the second lady.

After Ning Yu assigned tasks to the two spies, she handled official business in the Yamen in the morning, and delegated the authority to try trivial cases to Dianshi Zhao Yuhai.

Had lunch at Yamen.

Just finished eating, only took two sips of a cup of tea, Zhiman and Xu Zhuang came to pick her up.

As soon as Ning Yu walked out of the gate, Zhiman pointed to a little black donkey, "Young master, what do you think of this donkey? According to your orders, the docile little female donkey can be ridden even by those who don't know how to ride a horse. The servant girl came to the Yamen riding on it. , Walking is very stable."

"Well, not bad." Ning Yu stroked a bunch of red hair on the donkey's head.

"The boss who sells donkeys said that this is called good fortune. Those with red hair are ten taels more expensive than those without." Zhiman took the credit proudly.

Ning Yu touched the donkey's head to its buttocks, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, so he lifted his legs and climbed up.

"My lord, I'll help you." Seeing that Ning Yu couldn't get on the donkey's back for a long time, Zhiman helped push her up.

The old lady is right, God is fair, if you open a door, you will definitely close a window, look, the young master has the most clever head in the world, but his hands and feet are the most clumsy in the world, he can't get on a horse or a donkey It doesn't work either.

Ning Yu rode a donkey.

Zhiman and Xu Zhuang have one horse and one person.

A donkey and two horses trotted on the country road, the breeze passed by the ears, and the smell of flowers and herbs lingered in the nose, carefree and comfortable.

"Young master, give the donkey a name." Xu Zhuang suggested.

"Then call it..."

The donkey had to run, the little red hair on the donkey's head swayed in the wind, it was very lively and beautiful, Ning Yu smiled, "Little Hongyan."

"Xiao Hongyan... nice to hear." Zhiman smiled, and said loudly into the donkey's ear, "Xiao Hongyan, you will also be a part of the Xu family in the future, and you must serve the young master well, do you understand?"

Ning Yu: "..." I always feel that there is something wrong with this statement, but I can't tell what is wrong.

Xu Zhuang laughed out loud.

Talking and laughing, the destination has arrived.

There is a river about ten meters wide in front of it, and a wooden bridge is built on the river. At the end of the river stands a stone tablet, engraved with the three characters of "Li Family Village". On the other side of the river, there is a big willow tree surrounded by two people.

The wooden plank bridge is a suspension bridge fixed with ropes, and it is swaying when walking on it.

The two horses hesitated at the head of the bridge, but had no choice but to tie them to a tree by the roadside.

Xu Zhuang stayed to watch the horse.

Ning Yu and Zhiman led the donkey across the bridge.

Xiao Hongyan is bold, holding her donkey's head high, walking forward step by step with graceful steps, calmer than Ning Yu and Zhiman.

After crossing the bridge, an old man with white hair was sitting under a big willow tree smoking a pipe.

Zhiman led the donkey, and Ning Yu stepped forward and asked, "Old man, may I ask which household is Xu Ningcheng's?"

"Master Xu!"

Before the old man could answer, a shout of surprise came.

Li Xiaoying, wearing a straw hat, carrying a basket, and carrying a hoe, was standing not far away, with a big smile on her dark melon seed face, showing her big white teeth.

(End of this chapter)