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Chapter 270 The Second Fool's Name is Li Erdan
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On the fourth day of May in the 12th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, a large banner was erected in the Grand Martial Arts Hall two miles south of Dushikoubao, and a letter was written in eleven characters "Dushikoubao is divided into the recruiting office of the general guard".

Zhang Cheng still sent his town governor, He Biao, to sit in the South Martial Arts Hall of the town, with a few book clerks, to preside over the recruiting matters, and ordered Zhang Guangda and Chen Zhong to take turns to assist He Biao in the Martial Arts Hall.

According to the regulations at this time, when Zhang Cheng recruited troops to build camps, he could have drawn a certain number of guards from each thousand households to station troops, but he didn't want to do that.

He knew that there was a serious escape from the guards at this time, and the military households were already insufficient, and almost all the strong men became the private soldiers of hundreds and thousands of households. , It must be that the good and the bad are mixed, but it is better to recruit yourself.

Not only the Dushi Martial Arts Hall was a recruitment center, Zhang Cheng sent a group of sergeants with loud voices to various forts to publicize his recruitment. Those who passed the selection would be given out three taels of Anjiayin on the spot upon entering the camp.

At the same time, during the practice, there is enough food and food, half a year to pay three taels of silver, or a stone of grain, if you perform meritorious service in battle, you will be rewarded separately, but in the past three days, there are very few people who have responded.

When Zhang Cheng first arrived, although various deeds of King Qin had been spread among the officials, generals and military households, his prestige had not yet been revealed, and there was still a lack of followers on Shangbei Road, so he could not win the trust of local military households for the time being.

There are also hypocrisy and subordination of those local officers and generals, and there is no reason for their full support. They superficially obey the orders given by Zhang Cheng after he took over the affairs of the general guard, but in private, there are few people who implement them diligently.

However, all of this was within Zhang Cheng's expectation, and it hadn't exceeded his expectation. It's just that Wu Youlu, who guarded Chicheng, was a little too much, and he will find an opportunity to cut it off in the future.

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On the seventh day of May, in front of the Grand Martial Arts Hall outside the south gate of Dushikou Castle.

At this time, there were hundreds of people gathered here. There was a big table in front of them, and the town governor He Biao sat behind him, with no smile on his face. Next to him were several small tables, and behind him was the book office.

On the other side, there is another square table, which is full of silver ingots, stacked neatly, each one is one ingot, and next to it are buckets, dendrobium and other utensils, and there are bags of grain stacked there. , no money, but two stones of grain.

This has been the case for three consecutive days. There are many people gathered, but there are very few people who respond. They all gesture to this side, and they can feel that someone is moving, but they still wait and see.

Zhang Guangda is here today to assist He Biao. His face is cold, and with the black eyepatch on, he looks a bit hideous. He paced back and forth, and suddenly stood in front of He Biao's desk, saying: "Old He, so For a few days, why can't these bastards just look at it, are you thinking of a way?"

There was no change on He Biao's face, he was still as calm as ever, and said in a deep voice: "Didn't the general say that, you have to calm down, everything is difficult at the beginning, don't worry!"

Zhang Guangda was not as calm as he was. He strode back and forth, bringing up waves of dust.

There was also a commotion on the other side of the crowd, only to hear someone shouting: "Li Er fool, isn't your family a mess, why don't you go get the three stones of grain and go back and feed your old lady?"

A rather strong and strong man stood in the crowd. He was surrounded by a ragged robe, his lower body was exposed with two big thick legs, and his hair was messy. His eyes were fixed on a bag of Bag of grain.

"I said, Er Fool, look at the grains and grains there. If you starve to death, you will die. Why don't you try it? If you can bring back three stones of grains and grains, at least you can have a full meal before you die."

"As stupid as he is, that one will ask him to..."

"I don't think it's that simple. I've lived for decades. When will there be such a good thing, recruiting soldiers and paying back the money?"

Just as they were discussing and gesticulating as usual, a strong man in ragged clothes, with two thick legs exposed, walked barefoot to the martial arts hall.

"I want grain."

Zhang Guangda looked at the strong man in front of him who was about the same height as him, and suddenly punched him in the chest. The strong man only flinched backwards, but did not fall down.

He nodded in satisfaction, raised the corner of his mouth towards He Biao, and shouted, "Where are you going!"

The strong man walked towards He Biao in a daze, and two sergeants rushed up to meet him, and led him to the book office to register his name, address, and guarantor. The strong man was stunned when he heard that he wanted a guarantor.

"My old lady is at home, no guarantor?"

He Biao stood up, his face still cold, he pointed to the crowd opposite, and said in a deep voice: "Who here can prove that you are a local military household, and you have never done anything bad before, just find it."

The strong man didn't speak anymore, he thought in his heart that since he signed up, he must get the grain, so he turned around and ran towards the crowd.

"Look, what did we say, no one wants these two idiots..."

"Hey... Li Er is stupid, what are you talking about, will you give me money?"

"Hey...I said...two idiots, why are you catching me... ouch..."

That Li Er foolishly strode back to the crowd, picked up a man's clothes and caught him under his arm, then ran back quickly, threw the man to the ground, and said loudly: "He knows me, my affairs, he I know."

"Who would know? Why are you fooling me..."

He got up and was scolding Li Er for being silly, when he suddenly saw He Biao's cold eyes, he shuddered and immediately stopped talking.

"You know him?"

"I... I know."

"What's her name?"

"The second idiot's name is Li Erdan!"

After some inquiries, the registration was finally complete. Zhang Guangda strode forward and asked, "Do you want to join the army?"

"Do you care if you are full? Do you give me grain?"

"As long as you have enough to eat, you will be paid every six months. You don't need money, but you can receive grain."

"Then I'll join the army."

Zhang Guangda turned around to look at He Biao, and saw that he nodded to him, so he knew that the idiot had already registered, so he waved to two sergeants and said, "Take him in, change his clothes, and come to collect his salary."

Seeing that he was going to be dragged into the Martial Arts Hall, the strong man kept shouting for a while until Zhang Guangda yelled: "As a military household, you should know how to obey military orders. Now that you have entered my camp, do you still want to disobey orders?"

Li Er was dumbfounded for a moment, then followed the sergeant to the martial arts hall.

This time, the people around the outside exploded, and there was another commotion and discussion, saying that these two idiots were probably going to die, so why were they caught in there, watching their posture, they had to peel off their skins when they came out. .

"Slippery, what's the matter?"

"...Alas... slippery, tell me quickly...how did you get caught..."

The skinny monkey-like man named Slippery stood in front of the crowd, looking towards the Martial Arts Hall. He didn't know why he caught the second idiot in.

He remembered that he only asked himself some things about the second idiot, such as the second idiot's residence and family situation, whether he had any bad deeds, and asked his name and address.

But why did you take those two idiots into it?

(End of this chapter)