After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 39
At noon, a human head landed on time.

Xu Houtian should have walked away peacefully, after all his relatives had worked hard for him.

……

Li Xiaoying and Xu Ningcheng entered the city together, watched beheading together, and went to the county government to find Ning Yu together.

When he arrived at the county government office, Xu Ningcheng was invited by the guards to the signing room.

"Second brother, you came at just the right time. We are discussing the matter of recruiting soldiers."

Ning Yu called Xu Ningcheng to sit down.

Then he said to Huang Chao: "Tell the second brother about the population composition that has just been sorted out."

Huang Chao didn't shy away from looking at Xu Ningcheng.

His eyes are clear and his whole body is upright, better than that guy Xu Ningwen.

"The total population is 23, with 15 working-age workers between the ages of 50 and 14, with an equal ratio of men and women. There are more than [-] people with special skills such as blacksmiths, masons, bamboo craftsmen, and carpenters..."

Huang Chao had a good impression of Xu Ningcheng, and the introduction was very specific.

After Huang Chao's introduction, Ning Yu shared the result of her discussion with Huang Chao and Zhao Yuhai just now.

"We plan to recruit in batches from the 14 labor force. The first batch of recruits is 2. Men are preferred, and women who are strong and flexible are also accepted. After the military village and watchtower are built, another 4 people will be recruited, making a total of 15. Soldiers resist the invading army of less than [-]. In addition, skilled craftsmen manage uniformly."

"Not enough." Xu Ningcheng quickly made a judgment based on his six years of experience in leading troops, "The estimate of 15 is no problem, but to fight against 15 regular troops, at least [-] troops are needed."

"Sixty thousand is the limit, and the remaining 8 people have to farm, weave, and forge. While feeding [-] soldiers, we must also feed the rest." Huang Chao, the king of theory, was the first to refute.

He stayed up all night and studied the map of Nanli County more than a dozen times before deciding on the number of [-] defensive troops.

After analyzing the population composition of Nanli County, several people jointly set a figure of [-].

Soldiers, the more the better.

When this guy came, he didn't even have any analysis and reasoning, and he directly denied their efforts.

It's really annoying.

Ning Yu, Huang Chao, and Zhao Yuhai threw question marks at the same time.

Xu Ningcheng said in a deep voice:

"With the geographical scope and terrain of Nanli County, there is no need for a well-equipped heavy armored army. Normally, 15 soldiers are enough. However, the temporary civilian soldiers are not enough. They lack armor, weapons, and fighting skills. Discipline is lax, and hand-to-hand combat is not advisable. , can only lure the enemy into the mouth of the mountain and estuary, and retreat the enemy with rolling stones, rolling wood and burning fire.

"After two battles, weapons and armor will gradually be available." Ning Yu said.

They think so.

"What if you are facing an army of 15 for the first time?" Xu Ningcheng asked back.

"Who will send heavy troops to the corner of the south during the critical period of robbing the territory?" Ning Yu felt that Xu Ningcheng was a little too worrying.

The situation is not clear, don't fight for the world, send heavy troops to attack Nanli County, which has neither political status nor military status, unless the brain is flooded and the grass grows and the world doesn't want it.

"Naturally, others won't. Don't forget who is in charge above us." Xu Ningcheng reminded.

King of Shuyun.

Impulsive, irritable, cruel and heartless, he can't rub the sand in his eyes. If he knows that there is a fire in the backyard, with his temper, he might really turn the blame and teach the brat regardless of the loss.

What's more, King Shuyun's conscription order must arrive first before other regular troops or refugee troops arrive.

Nanli County must defend itself, and it is absolutely impossible for the people of Nanli County to become King Shuyun's soldiers and work for others.

Ning Yu looked at Xu Ningcheng.

Who else knows the King of Shu Yun better than the second brother?
If the second elder brother said so, the possibility of the king of Shu Yun's brain growing grass should not be small.

"What King Shu Yun said..." Zhao Yuhai also thought of the key point, and frowned.

Huang Chao didn't know who the King of Shuyun was, but seeing the dignified expressions of the other three, he also guessed about it.

"But if we recruit [-] soldiers, the logistical support will definitely not be able to keep up. Soldiers can't go hungry or cold. It's the old, the weak, women and children who will suffer." Zhao Yuhai felt that his brows could no longer be relaxed.

The scene fell into a long silence...

After a while, Ning Yu took the lead and slapped the table, "Then all people will be soldiers. Anyone who is over fifteen years old and under fifty years old, regardless of gender, will go to the battlefield for me."

"All the people are soldiers?" Zhao Yuhai felt that his nephew was crazy.

Xu Ningcheng looked at his younger brother who had never even held a knife in puzzlement.

On the contrary, Huang Chao and Ning Yu had the same opinion, even more excited than Ning Yu, and stood up awkwardly.

"It should have been like this! In any era, in any time and space, it is not the responsibility of a certain person or certain people to defend the country, but all the people on this land should throw their heads and blood to protect the integrity of the territory. !"

Uh……

What is he saying?
Ning Yu, Xu Ningcheng, and Zhao Yuhai looked at each other, looking at Huang Chao strangely.

They just want to protect the people of a county through the war and save a few people from dying. Why is it related to the righteousness of the family and the country?
"Cough!" Meeting the gazes of a few people watching monkey tricks, someone who made an impassioned speech finally realized something was wrong, pretended to be calm and coughed dryly, sat down and picked up the teacup as if nothing had happened, "Brother Yu, you continue."

As long as you are calm enough, the embarrassment is someone else.

Ok.

That's it!

Ning Yu withdrew his gaze and continued:

"Of course it's not 14 people stationed in the military camp. The 6 people who are incorporated into the military camp will remain the same. The remaining [-] people will still be mainly engaged in labor. They will spend an hour a day practicing. During battles, these people will assist Rolling Stone Mountain in transporting weapons and escorting the wounded. .Second brother, do you think this will work?"

Xu Ningcheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Maybe you can give it a try."

Only in this way, training is more difficult.

"In the busy farming season, soldiers can also go home to grab the spring plow and autumn harvest." Zhao Yuhai also agreed.

It is useless to talk about it on paper, and ideas need to be put into practice before we can know whether they are good or bad. Ning Yu made a decisive decision, "Since everyone agrees, let's discuss the specific implementation plan. Let me talk about my ideas first..."

For people with a lot of things to do every day, it is only a blink of an eye for the sun to fall from the middle of the sky to the west.

Ning Yu and the others finished discussing matters such as recruiting soldiers and building an army camp, and stepped out of the signing room. In the night, insects chirped and chirped, and frogs croaked from the small pond.

And Li Xiaoying was sitting on the stool, dozing off with her head leaning against the peach tree.

Xu Ningcheng woke Li Xiaoying up, and Li Xiaoying was very excited to see Ning Yu, "Master Xu, my family will plant rice tomorrow, do you want to come?"

"Miss Li, didn't your house burn down?" Huang Chao asked curiously.

When he heard Mrs. Li's name that day, he even briefly wondered if Professor Li had also traveled through time.

Thinking about it is wrong, if it is Professor Li, he must have passed through like him for more than a month, and it is too late to adapt to the environment. How could it be possible to cultivate rice seeds and give birth to three children.

"It's not at the in-law's house, it's at the mother's house, and it's also in Li's Village."

If it wasn't for the fact that her mother's family picked up the three children that day, the parents-in-law might not be the only ones who suffered. Thinking of this, Li Xiaoying felt that it would be too cheap to kill Xu Houtian, Xu Ningyong and his son.

Huang Chao said "Oh".

Ning Yu didn't answer Li Xiaoying immediately.

tomorrow……

The second elder brother took people to the mountains to find a site for the construction of the military stronghold. The eldest uncle arranged people from village to village to inform Lizheng to come to the county government for a meeting. The elder brother who went out to purchase did not come back so soon. The ideological work of the people in the county was left to the family members. elder.

After all, tomorrow she will inspect the work of several elders, and then return to the county government office to handle official duties.

Inspections and official duties are not as important as rice planting.

"The morning is right tomorrow, I'll be there on time." Ning Yu thought for a while and agreed.

Then he turned to Xu Ningcheng, "Second brother, let the second sister-in-law go with me tomorrow, and then..."

"By the way, Uncle, you will issue an announcement tomorrow that the Yamen will hire people with lofty ideals with high salaries to run the country and the army, assassinate construction, and forge operations. Go back and look for it by the way.”

"Okay." Zhao Yuhai responded.

After leaving the yamen, Ning Yu and Zhao Yuhai returned home.

Huang Chao and Xu Ningcheng hated meeting each other late, and planned to have a long talk all night, so they went back to Lijia Village with Xu Ningcheng.

(End of this chapter)