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Chapter 52 0050 [Are you still called a young man without being aggressive? 】Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

Wang Wu's movement of raising the knife faltered, and then obediently retreated to the side.

"Are you a fugitive from the cottage?"

Han Zhen stepped forward and asked in a flat tone.

"I fled up the mountain three years ago. Not long after, I was caught by Shi Bao and taken to the cottage. On weekdays, I was responsible for plowing the fields, helping them build momentum when they robbed, and acting as a coolie to carry money and food. To put it bluntly, I was no different from an animal."

This guy is a real murderer without blinking an eye, so Yuan Chuliu answered carefully, for fear that if he made a wrong sentence, his head would fall to the ground.

However, he still couldn't help but play a trick, trying to get a chance to survive.

Han Zhen understood the meaning of his words, raised his eyebrows and said, "You were caught in the cottage three years ago, so you are very familiar with the cottage?"

"familiar!"

Yuan Chuliu was secretly happy, knowing that he had made the right bet.

He nodded hastily, and said at the same time: "The stronghold is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is only a rugged gravel path leading to the stronghold. But I know a secret passage that can go around the stronghold from behind the mountain."

Hearing this, Ma Sangou sneered and said, "Since you know the secret way, why didn't you escape?"

Yuan Chuliu smiled wryly and said: "This young man doesn't know something. Even if I escape from the village, where can I go? Although Shi Bao is harsh to us, but at least he can eat a mouthful of gruel, and he doesn't have to fight with wild animals. He can barely survive."

These words resonated with the fleeing households in the village.

Han Zhen said with a half-smile, "Is there only one person who knows the secret way?"

Yuan Chuliu swallowed his saliva, and replied truthfully: "Including me, there are five people who know about it, but don't worry, Xiao Lang, they will never tell. Because that secret passage is connected to a small valley, and the five of us secretly planted some grain in the valley."

For the fleeing households in the cottage, Shi Bao only provided porridge twice a day, as long as they didn't starve to death.

Two meals of porridge a day is not enough, so the fleeing households in the cottage will try all kinds of ways to find food.

Some fugitives were so hungry that they didn't even spare the earthworms in the soil.

"If that secret passage really exists, it can save you from death, but the crime of living is inevitable."

Han Zhen waved his hand and ordered: "Three Dogs, send him to the house and take care of him."

Later, he called the villagers to clean up the village.

The body of the bandit was dragged to a wasteland, set up a firewood and set fire to it.

It is midsummer now, if it is not burned, there will be no guarantee that there will be no plague with so many corpses.

Cover the bloodstains on the ground with soil so as not to attract flies and mosquitoes.

By the time it was cleaned up, the sky had already lit up in the east.

"Everyone is tired, let's go back and rest."

After Han Zhen finished speaking, he was about to turn around and go back to the house when he saw Da Shan take a step forward.

Seeing this, he stamped his feet and asked, "What happened?"

"The village chief wants to hit stone treasures?"

Yuan Chuliu was not killed last night, and the villagers basically guessed what Han Zhen was thinking.

Han Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Is there still a need to ask?"

Dashan took a deep breath, with anger flashing in his eyes: "Can you take me with you then?"

"cannot!"

Never thought about it, but Han Zhen shook his head and refused: "Who is doing what? It's Zhang and his soldiers' job to fight Songshanling. You just need to farm honestly at home."

Da Shan was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly said: "Then I will join the army!"

Hearing this, Han Zhen said solemnly: "You should think about it, joining the army is not a joke."

"I've made up my mind!"

Dashan said firmly.

"I want to join the army too!"

As if influenced by the mountain, another villager stood up.

"Count me in."

"Me too..."

Suddenly, more than 20 people stood up.

These people are not very old, and they all suffered disasters at home last night. Either their mother was killed by a bandit, or their home was burned down. At this moment, they are all suffocating.

After all, he is a young man, full of vigor.

"Come with me!"

With a wave of his hand, Han Zhen led more than 20 young men into the house.

Write the deed and press the fingerprint.

According to the rules, Han Zhen gave them the salary of the month.

"I'll give you an hour to rest and settle down at home. After an hour, gather in the valley field. If anyone fails to arrive or delays, they will be dealt with by military law!"

"Yes!"

Everyone held copper coins and responded loudly.

After everyone left, Han Zhen came to the well in the backyard, took off his clothes and pants, and washed the blood on his body with cool well water.

Blood sticks to the body and is hard to wash off, especially after it dries.

"Slave come."

At this time, An Niang stepped forward, picked up the loofah and gently scrubbed him.

Han Zhen sat on the ponytail, closed his eyes, quietly enjoyed An Niang's service, and at the same time began to think in his mind.

Now there are 37 soldiers in total, and they are all new recruits. It is impossible to take down a cottage with thousands of people with this number of people.

Even if there is a secret passage that can lead directly to the cottage, it won't work.

Although most of the cottages were serfs, after they were mobilized, they would cause a lot of trouble.

Need to find a foreign aid...

Changzhi County!
Han Zhen thought of him immediately, but how to persuade Changzhi County to send troops to suppress the bandits?
This old fox is cowardly and greedy for money. If he doesn't have enough interests, he will never go out of the city to suppress bandits.

"Erlang, wash up."

An Niang's soft voice rang in my ears
"Ah."

Han Zhen nodded, got up absently and walked towards the main room.

After changing into clean clothes, he went to the study, rubbed some ink, and wrote a letter.

Taking the letter all the way to the second courtyard, Ma Sangou and others were eating.

"Bug."

Han Zhen waved.

Xiao Chong immediately put down the bowl, stepped forward and said, "Second Brother Han, what's wrong?"

"Go to the county seat and find a way to send this letter to Changzhi County."

"it is good!"

After receiving the letter, Xiao Chong turned around and went out the door.

After breakfast, Han Zhen counted the time and came to the valley field.

After a while, Zhang He and others also arrived one after another.

The 37 people stood quietly on the valley field, all looking at Han Zhen.

Looking around at the crowd, Han Zhen looked serious, and said loudly: "Since you joined the army, you must abide by the rules. My rules are very simple, there are only three, obey, obey, or obey his mother! Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Everyone responded loudly in unison.

No one dared to be contemptuous, because Han Zhen's bravery last night was deeply imprinted in their hearts.

Dozens of bandits who led five people to kill were crying for their fathers and mothers. This courage and bravery made these soldiers admire them in their hearts.

People, more or less, have a musing mentality.

"The rules are finished, let's talk about the military order now. Don't blame me for not reminding you to wait, listen carefully, otherwise, if anyone violates the military order, don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

Hearing this, everyone's hearts trembled, and they hurriedly cheered up.

Han Zhen said one word at a time: "First, those who can't enter after hearing the drums, and those who can't stop hearing the gold, beheaded!"

"Second, rumors and deceitful words, bewitching the sergeant, behead!"

"Third, stealing people's property, robbing military achievements, thirty rods!"

"Fourth..."

These military orders are his modified versions based on the 54 cuts in the Seventeenth Prohibition.

There are ten rules in total, ranging from beheading to severe punishment.

Although there are only 37 soldiers today, there must be some rules, otherwise, after the scale is expanded in the future, there will be a lot of resistance, and it may even lead to mutiny.

After explaining the military order in detail, Han Zhen's voice changed: "The rewards and punishments in the army are clear. If there is a punishment, there must be a reward. In each battle, [-]% will be used as a reward. The specific amount depends on military achievements, and the remaining [-]% will be used as military funds."

Sure enough, the soldiers all showed joy.

Han Zhen shouted: "Zhang He!"

"exist!"

Zhang He hurriedly stepped forward.

"From today onwards, you will be promoted to the head of the military capital, responsible for commanding them, and your monthly salary will increase to [-] Wen."

Promoted... promoted?

The salary has also increased by two hundred Wen.

Zhang He was overjoyed, thanking Dade and saying: "Thank you, village chief."

Han Zhen continued to order: "Everyone is divided into three teams. Wang Wu, Kong Ping, Hu Zhong and you are the team leaders, and each leads a team. The monthly salary has increased to [-] Wen."

Han Zhen's plan is to use 12 people as a team, ten teams as a capital, ten capitals as a battalion, and ten battalions as an army.

The three of them stood out from last night's performance.

Especially Wang Wu, who dared to chase and beat three bandits with a wooden stick.

He was also extremely decisive when killing the bandits later.

Wang Wu was taken aback, thinking he had heard wrong.

He never expected that Han Zhen would promote himself as team leader, and his expression was complicated for a while.

After regaining consciousness, he hurriedly opened his mouth to say thanks.

"I won't cut down trees today, practice!"

As Han Zhen said, he directed Zhang He to distribute Pu Dao to them.

Last night, those gangsters who were killed were crying for their fathers and mothers, and dozens of simple knives were seized.

Although it is not very good, it is definitely better than the rusty hatchet in their home.

(End of this chapter)