After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 45
The fish in Yuhe had a meal of meat.

When the peony flowers died, Jia Bing walked away peacefully.

……

On the night of the night, the clapper that beat the watch struck the third watch.

Ning Yu, who couldn't sleep, opened his eyes suddenly, got out of bed lightly, and went out without disturbing the third wife who was in the same room.

In the middle of the night, Lijia Village was silent, and even the barking of dogs and insects had stopped. At such a time of complete silence, two "little thieves" entered the yard of Xu Ningcheng's house.

The courtyard door was locked, and Zhiman clung to the chest-high wooden door, and stepped into the courtyard with ease.

Then he opened the door to welcome Ning Yu into the courtyard, and then knocked on the door of the main room.

"Boom boom boom!"

Li Fangyun tied her hair hastily and went to boil water to make tea. The freshly dried honeysuckle was fragrant, and the water Ning Yu liked to drink very much.

Zhiman also went to help.

"Come here in the middle of the night, what's the matter?"

Xu Ningcheng sat on the bench with his hands on his thighs and his face was gloomy. He was waking up while sleeping soundly with his wife in his arms. Not pushing people away was already his greatest tolerance. As for the younger brother, there is absolutely no way——

It should be said that the arrangements were made in the city a few hours ago, and they just waited to go to Jishan Square to order soldiers tomorrow morning.

"Second brother, I'm a little nervous to speak to 8000 people."

Xu Ningcheng only wore a sweatshirt on his upper body, revealing his bulging arm muscles. Ning Yu sneaked a few glances and compared it with Yan Shi in his heart.

In the middle of the night disturbing people's dreams, she would never dare to be the eldest brother Xu Ningwen, but as for the second brother, she is not afraid.

"Also... I don't know what to say, how to say it."

The propaganda effect was so good that nearly 8000 people were recruited on the first day of recruitment. Now the magistrate is the most powerful official in Nanli County. No one but the magistrate is capable of speaking at the mobilization meeting and appointing military posts.

For the speech tomorrow morning, she has been thinking and thinking for a long time, but there is no solution.

I have no idea.

"So it's because of this..."

Xu Ningcheng thought of the first time he had to speak to the soldiers. At that time, there were only 300 people. However, after he stepped down, his palms and back were covered with sweat, and his mouth was so dry that he could not secrete any saliva.

"You go back to sleep first, I'll write a manuscript for you, just read it and read it before going on stage."

Xiaoqi has a photographic memory, reading it once is enough.

"I'll write now. I've brought the pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Ning Yu said hastily.

She couldn't sleep without seeing the finished manuscript.

The corner of Xu Ningcheng's mouth paused slightly, his house had no shortage of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and they brought them from Xu's residence, it seemed that he really couldn't wait for a moment, "All right."

The two brothers lay down on the dinner table and scolded Fang Qiu, applying the Spring and Autumn strokes to a short three or four hundred characters.

For [-]% of the illiterate villagers, it should not be too obscure and profound, nor too straightforward, and a slogan that is a little bit second is the best.

Painted and changed, I was busy for half an hour.

Seeing that it was already ugly, and it would be dawn in one or two hours, Xu Ningcheng suggested: "Just sleep here, let Zhiman girl sleep with your sister-in-law, and you and my brother sleep on the floor."

"No, the floor is not comfortable, and besides, I have to go back to wear regular clothes and an official hat."

Even though she has memorized it by heart, she is still afraid that she will forget it when she gets up in the morning, so Ning Yu has the manuscript ready.

Back to the city.

Originally, she thought that she would be able to wait for an hour when she got home, but she never imagined that the fifth sister, Xu Linpeng, also fell into a sleepless night. At this moment, Gang Yin was already standing in the Nomination House with a red-tasseled gun waiting for her.

"Xiao Qi, why did you come back from outside?"

Xu Linpeng put the red-tasseled spear behind his back, and walked a few steps towards Ning Yu.

"Oh, come back from the second brother's house, fifth sister, why are you standing at the door of my room early in the morning if you don't sleep?" Ning Yu yawned.

"Hey~" Xu Linpeng waved his hand.

"Isn't this excited about being a general soon? I'll wait for you to wake up, and we will go to Jishan Square together later."

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and the fifth sister is worthy of being the second brother's biological sister.

Ning Yu said "Oh", and walked around Xu Linpeng with a yawn, "Then you wait, I'll go to sleep first."

Zhiman closed the door for the master, turned back and said to Xu Linpeng: "Miss Wu, the young master won't get up until a moment later, or the lady should go back and wait, or the servant will clean up a guest room for the lady."

"No need." Xu Linpeng raised his hand and put the red-tasseled gun on his shoulder again.

"The fifth young lady waited slowly, and the servants have gone to sleep." Zhiman covered his mouth and yawned, and walked to the ear room by feeling.

As Ning Yu's personal maid, Zhiman and Zhiyi have separate rooms.

Its specifications are no less than the boudoirs of ordinary wealthy families.

Xu Linpeng glanced at the figure that disappeared at the corner of the corridor, turned around, and saw the door of Seventh Brother's room opened from the inside, with half of his head sticking out.

"Fifth Sister, didn't you get the notification yesterday, and you will be punished for reporting today with a hoe or a shovel, a machete, and a red-tasseled gun."

After being reminded, Xu Linpeng's memory began to come back.

"Oh!" She patted her forehead angrily, "I don't know if the Xu residence has two things like a hoe and a shovel."

After speaking, he rushed away from the Nomination House with the red-tasseled gun on his shoulder.

……

The morning glow is like fire, and it is destined to be a day full of enthusiasm and passion.

Outside the city, Yuhe Ferry.

To the south is a small hillside, on which there is a bustling tea shop.

On the north side, there is a vast flat land that has been artificially reclaimed, covering an area large enough to accommodate 15 people. Large-scale sacrificial activities are held here during festivals and festivals, and it is called Jishan Square.

More than [-] people recruited yesterday gathered here, and the male to female ratio was about twenty to one.

In the long-awaited call, the magistrate, wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a blue uniform and a silver belt on his waist, slowly stepped onto the high platform. From Xu Linpeng's point of view, he looked like a young sapling standing on the big platform. On the dark wooden platform.

"Boom boom boom!"

The short and clear sound of the gong pierced through the air, and the crowded square fell silent for a moment.

More than seven thousand beams of scorching gazes all turned to the high platform.

The black and swaying human heads are like big geese stretching their necks waiting to be fed.

Ning Yu took a deep breath, and suddenly found that the exhaustion from a long night of hard work disappeared in an instant, and her anxiety and uneasiness disappeared, her mind was clear, and only calm and peace remained in her heart.

Tun will come out to the east, and my threshold will be Fusang.

Facing the east, the warm morning light poured on the face, and the steaming upward force filled the chest cavity.

Endless!
"Fathers and elders, we gather here today, not for fame, not for profit, nor for the morality of the world, let alone for the righteousness of the world, just for one word: home. Family, homeland."

"Behind us, there is only one kind of person, relatives! We are facing only one kind of person, the enemy! And there is only one thing we have to do, kill the enemy and protect the family!"

"Yesterday, we were the people, the common people; today, we are the soldiers, the soldiers; tomorrow, we are the heroes, the heroes."

"We will use our blood and lives to block those who try to trample on our homeland and harm our relatives from the majestic green mountains and the endless jade river. The enemy wants to cross this mountain and step across this river. There is only one way to go. Let's go, that's our mountain of corpses and river of blood..."

After finishing speaking, thunderous applause echoed among the mountains for a long time.

Xu Linpeng glanced at the emotionally overwhelmed applause and lost his mind, then glanced at the calm young sapling on the high platform, and murmured, "You can really fool me."

After boosting morale, then appoint personnel.

Nanli Army.

General Xu Ningcheng, Military Adviser Huang Chao, Supervisor Xu Ningyu, and General Wei Liu Tong.

After appointing these few people, Ning Yu handed over more than 7000 people to the general Xu Ningcheng on the spot, who will be deployed in a unified manner.

The location of the army village and the watchtower was discussed and decided by the county government yesterday.

There are two Lu Villages, one Water Village, and a total of 64 watchtowers.

"... within three days, dig the mountain and dig the road, build Qingfengzhai and twelve watchtowers, let's go!"

Under the order, more than 7000 recruits, plus masons and carpenters who were not enlisted in the army, were divided into two groups.

Under the leadership of Xu Ningcheng, a group of people dug mountains and felled trees to build the first and most critical military stronghold, and another group followed Liu Tong to build the twelve highest observation towers.

Ning Yu didn't dig the soil to build the road, she rode Little Red Swallow to the county government office.

There are still many things waiting for her.

Follow-up recruitment, civilian education, military clothing, medicinal materials for wound healing, fundraising and food collection, etc., there are endless things to do.

The most important thing is to collect intelligence and analyze the situation so as not to be caught off guard.

(End of this chapter)