Royal Road

Chapter 21 First try

Before Mao’s time, just as the sun rises, the Jie people have already gathered in the courtyard, all of them nervous and a little excited. What they heard that day really made them look forward to, and they only hoped to have a future under that noble person’s account.

On the other side of the yard, there were a lot of housekeepers who came to try their luck after listening to what A Liang said. Among them, the two brothers Wang Hu and Wang Bao are particularly open-minded, pointing at the Jie people from time to time, and instructing the honest Zhuang Han around them, with a confident appearance. But there are a lot of people who eat this set. After all, they were born in the inner courtyard, and they know a lot more than the Zhuang Han.

“Let me say, the lord will still choose an old man from Zhuang Shang to lead the charge!” Wang Hu glanced over the ticket Jiehu, and said disdainfully, “Jinu can only do hard labor, how can it really be selected as a trilogy? What is it called… Oh, yes, it’s just a daughter to buy horse bones! It’s purely for people to look at! After all, isn’t the shady households on the village reliable?”

The dealers who heard this nodded their heads again and again, and the Jie Ren on the side also became agitated and began to whisper, full of anxiety. No one has ever been a private soldier, and who doesn’t play drums in his heart? Seeing everyone’s reaction, the Wang family brothers became more and more energetic. Yesterday they were fully prepared, and they arranged one set of different words, and there is no need to worry about these peasants. There are not many capable people in the Liang family. They want to be popular, have the ability and ability, and they are not better than Jie Nu? As long as you show your hands in front of the sick seed, everything will be properly attached.

Just as complacent, a sound of footsteps came from the hall, Wang Hu habitually raised his head, and the following words immediately caught in his throat.

I saw two servants walking in front, carrying a short couch, and two maidservants in the back, holding an incense burner and a study room. The four of them placed these exquisite things in the middle of the Gaotang neatly and neatly. This kind of extravagant faction is definitely not what ordinary farmers can imagine, and the chaotic sound immediately stagnated. At this time, Liang Feng stepped onto the stairs.

A ultramarine brocade robe, a small crown of lacquer yarn on his head, and a few jade pendants hanging from his waist, gently swinging with his steps. This dress, even if he meets Wang Jue, he will not be rude, and the blue and white face is also full of majesty. The eyes that seemed to be painted lightly swept across the courtyard, instantly making everyone hold their breath.

How could this group of mud legs have seen such a noble character, many people looked away in a panic, and occasionally a few bold people wanted to take a closer look at the appearance of the nobleman, but they were a pair of gray The blue eyes stared back. Yi Yan was standing behind Liang Feng, dressed in a neat Hu suit. The handsome face resembling a knife didn’t have a half-thread expression, but faintly revealed a murderous look, like a lone wolf with its fangs exposed.

The previous encounter with mountain bandits has been spread in Zhuangzi. It is precisely because of those few people who are exempt from grants that they are advocating that many people are moved to join the trilogy. However, no matter what, these people have been honest Zhuang Han for generations. They have never really seen blood, and even killing a few people is something that most people can’t even think about. Immediately, those presumptuous gazes evaded embarrassedly, and the courtyard was silent.

Liang Feng’s gaze swept across the ragged, nervous-faced men, and said: “Some of the trilogy before Liang’s Mansion were married with his aunt, and some were old and weak and unbearable. Now I want to reorganize the ministry. Qu, naturally you have to choose something for economic use. As long as you can join the trilogy, you will have everything you need, and each person can receive ten acres of good ten thousand land. Taxes can be halved, and other people can farm for them. If they can complete the exercises If you go into battle and do meritorious service, you can also exempt you from grants as appropriate.”

This is a decision that Liang Feng made after thinking for a long time. In this era, even the imperial court was arbitrarily arresting strong men. Except for those powerful families, no one could afford a professional soldier. It is precisely because of this that the private soldiers of the tribe, controlled by a powerful force, are far more powerful than ordinary troops.

It is also a way to farm land and raise soldiers, but what Liang Feng wanted to follow from the beginning was a professional army. However, he doesn’t have that much money to pay for the army, so the easiest way is to hang the trilogy with the field under his name. This is a bit like the system of granting farmland to military service in the pre-Qin era. The tenancy land with a tax cut in half allows the soldier and his family to live an excellent life. Even if they don’t have a family, they can rent the land under their name to other people for farming and exemption. The tax can become the personal income of the soldiers.

What’s more important is that the system of granting land is nothing when there are few people. If a large number of refugees come in and drag their families, they can select elites from them and serve as soldiers. And his family will stay behind to farm. In this way, a good cycle can be created, the fields will not be barren, and soldiers will not need to be distracted by work. And a generous personal income will make the soldiers on the frontline more desperate. After all, anyone is the most tenacious and brave when protecting their vested interests.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard this, everyone’s breathing became heavy. This is better than the best treatment they envisioned!

However, Liang Feng changed his words: “However, I recruited Yongjian to protect the farm. Now it is the time when mountain bandits are rampant and the refugees are full of people. Therefore, I only want those who dare to fight, if If you can’t stand the drill, you can’t follow orders, you don’t deserve to be a part of the Liang Family.”

With carrots and sticks, those guys immediately became nervous. Many people clenched their fists, wondering what the exercise would be.

Liang Feng casually pointed to Yi Yan who was standing beside him: “This is your team, whose name is Yi Yan. He will be solely responsible for the training in the future. Yi Yan, you go.”

Hearing the order, Yi Yan immediately took a step forward and shouted: “Everyone, form four teams according to height. The shorter one is in front, the taller is behind!”

He didn’t distinguish between Jieren and Zhuanghan. Many people were stunned for a while, but the nobleman looked at and was scolded by this seemingly fierce bullshit. No one would make trouble at this time. A group of people lined up in a panic, buzzing. Yi Yan stared tightly, and kept clamoring: “You, change positions with the one on the right. The one on the back, go to the front row and stand!”

It took several minutes for the team to line up in two rows. Standing in the front of the queue, Yi Yan said loudly, “From the left hand in the first column, give your name.”

At the top of the list was a low-bodied Zhuang Han, who did not expect to ask for registration. He stammered and replied: “Little, Zhu, Zhu Er…”

“Loud!”

“Little, Zhu Er…”

“Loud again!”

“Zhu Er!”

“Next!”

With an example, the people below quickly answered their names out loud, one by one, and within a short while, all thirty-two people reported their names. Yi Yan glanced across the crowd with gray-blue eyes, and said coldly: “Remember you people around, you will still be like this tomorrow, don’t stand in the wrong team. Both are now, chest up, legs close together, Stretch your hands flat against your thighs, stand up straight!”

This action was not difficult, and soon a group of people made their heads straight. But Yi Yan didn’t issue the next instruction, and stood straight in front of everyone. Standing up straight is easy to do, but difficult to persevere. After a while, someone in the crowd could no longer stand, and moved secretly, trying to change a more comfortable posture. However, he rushed to the front with a beating.

“Pei Yan, stand up straight!”

That messed up is just a Jie person. Yi Yan burst into tears, flushed immediately and straightened. But shortly afterwards, someone among the snickering Han was named, “Wang Hu! Legs close together!”

Like a clever shepherd dog, Yi Yan never let go of any one’s small movements, and at the same time, he also remembered everyone’s names and hit the head without any difference. There are many people who feel uneasy, but they all have eyes, and they can see Yi Yan’s motionless figure. The guy did not deliberately find the fault, but took the lead in making the most standard standing movement.

Someone couldn’t help but look at the Patriarch sitting in the main hall secretly, but the nobleman never spoke, just leisurely sipping tea soup, looking at the case book, and occasionally raising his eyes to look here. No one is too stupid to understand the meaning of this. It is the Patriarch himself who supports this young Jie Ren. If you can’t do what you are told, I’m afraid that those promised Tsukuda will have nothing to do with them.

Everyone has a bit of resilience, especially for future livelihoods. Gradually, the small movements in the crowd became less, although they were still ragged and thin, but the spirit of these people was lifted up. After standing like this for half an hour, until most of the people’s legs began to tremble and sweat broke out on their foreheads, Liang Feng closed the scroll and said lightly: “Yi Yan, take them to Zhuangshang for a lap. You can catch them in two quarters of an hour. Those who come back will be given food.”

Many people changed their complexions as soon as these words came out. They live in Liang Mansion all the year round, how could they not know the size of Zhuangzi. After this lap, I was afraid of ten miles, two quarters of an hour, it was too reluctant! However, Yi Yan did not hesitate, and replied loudly: “Yes. Everyone, follow me.”

After speaking, he didn’t even turn his head, and ran out first. Those Jie people reacted faster, and the other dealers were stunned for a few seconds before they followed one after another. The group pulled out a large dust and disappeared outside the door.

It seems that the obedience of this group of guys is still good, but I don’t know how many people can stick to it. Liang Feng looked at the sky, and said to the boring green bamboo on the side: “Tell the kitchen to prepare for food.”

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When they first ran out, the team was fairly tidy. But soon, the crowd was in chaos. After standing for half an hour inexplicably, someone had already suffocated his anger in his heart. At this moment, Yi Yan was still at the head of the team, running slowly, how could he not make people feel angry. Wang Hu snorted coldly, shook off his two legs, strode past Yi Yan, and did not forget to endure a mockery: “But the master said, go back within two quarters of an hour. I don’t want to be dragged down by others.”

This was a bit provocative, but Yi Yan didn’t answer, and still ran on his own. Seeing this, many people started to move around. After all, this Jie Ren boy just got the blue eyes of the Patriarch. If he can run back to the main hall first and be a bird, wouldn’t he let the Patriarch take a high look?

With this mindset, more and more people are speeding up. Not only are there bankers, but even a few Jie people can’t hold back, and gradually surpassed the leader of the team. But Yi Yan did not speed up because of these people’s behaviors, and still maintained a moderate pace to lead the brigade forward. Seeing that the few in their early days had run away, the Jie Ren who knew Yi Yan could not help but asked worriedly: “Yi Yan, won’t you chase them?”

“No.” Without breathing, Yi Yan ran extremely steadily. He looked at the back from time to time, and shouted at those who ran slowly, “Don’t fall behind, be careful to get out of the way.”

Hearing this, the next few faintly gritted their teeth and tried to keep up. With Yi Yan deliberately suppressing his pace, he could barely follow the team. After running like this for less than a quarter of an hour, the guys who left the team in front appeared one after another. They hadn’t eaten breakfast, and stood in the military posture for another hour. This group of people simply couldn’t stand the full sprint for a long time. There are a few weak points who have already vomited up while holding on to the fence, and the other ones who are stronger are obviously slower.

Yi Yan didn’t mean to stop taking care of him, and said coldly, “If you can’t run, it’s better to go home and farm. Keep up, I won’t be able to catch up with the food.”

Being so excited by him, Wang Hu and the others immediately sprinted for a while, of course, after a hundred meters, the speed dropped again, just like the old bull pulling the plow.

Yi Yan ignored them, and shouted calmly: “Follow the steps to inhale, don’t mess with the steps. Only a short halfway left, you can eat the morning food when you go back!”

The word “Chao Shi” was obviously more tempting to this group of people, and the few hanging from the end of the team immediately clenched their fists. Looking at the way these people were running hard, Yi Yan couldn’t help but remember the words the lord said last night. During the night’s vigil last night, he thought about the things that the main bus gave him several times, and the most impressive was the phrase “being the lead”. In order to be brave, how can the soldiers be strong? This is a private soldier used by the lord to protect his life. He has to pour the water tempered by this team into an iron bucket.

The second half was more difficult than the first half, and the team had been sparsely drawn afterward, and it had become a long one. When the gate of the main courtyard appeared in front of him again, Yi Yan yelled, “If you don’t want to be driven back, keep up!”

With that, he suddenly accelerated. At this time, the pace of the people behind has also increased. Just approaching the courtyard gate, a scent of food wafted out. Although most people have no appetite now, the incentive effect of Wangmei quenching thirst is still there. Many people have red eyes, struggling to run towards the courtyard gate.

Taking the lead, Yi Yan still ran first and rushed into the main courtyard. Glancing up and down at this kid who didn’t have any trouble, Liang Feng smiled slightly: “Give him water.”

A bucket of steaming warm water was brought over, and Yi Yan took a hard breath and reached out to take a scoop and drank it slowly. Looking at Liang Feng again, he took the bucket without hesitation and strode to the door.

At this time, the people behind have also arrived, most of them are Jie people, and there are a few strong farmers, one by one, sweating and panting. Whenever he arrived, Yi Yan handed a scoop of water. The throat was so thirsty, those guys couldn’t care about their inferiority, so they immediately drank from the water scoop. When the bucket of water bottomed out, a servant struck **** the clapper beside him and shouted: “It’s two quarters!”

Five kilometers in 30 minutes, more than 20 can run down, which is much better than Liang Feng imagined. He touched his palm and said: “Yes, it is called Yongjian. Come, bring it up.”

The servant immediately brought a few barrels. Only then did the recruits discover that Korean food not only contains hot pancakes and gruel, but also pickled vegetables and hard-boiled eggs. This kind of treatment, let alone ordinary villagers, seldom enjoyed even those craftsmen. The grievances accumulated just now disappeared immediately, and many people had saliva, and they wanted to rush to grab a bite to eat.

Liang Feng said unhurriedly: “In the future, your two meals a day, clothes and accommodation will be arranged by the mansion. You don’t need farming, no labor, and your only task is to practice. Everything must be arranged by the team, if someone is there. Can’t keep up, or act recklessly, which breaks the rules of the team. From the trilogy, to the Liang’s mansion. Can you remember?”

There was a mess of thanksgiving from below. Yi Yan’s brows tightened: “The lord asks you something, speak a little louder to me.”

Several cleverly shouted immediately: “Remember.”

Yi Yan scolded again: “Be louder!”

“Remember!” everyone shouted together, neatly and uniformly, with extraordinary momentum.

A faint smile finally appeared on Liang Feng’s face: “Come on.”

Yi Yan did not go ahead, but asked Zhu Er, who was at the head of the line, to pick up the meal. The boy tremblingly took the dinner plate from the servant. Everything is prepared in advance, the wooden bowl is filled with millet porridge, and the wooden plate is filled with eggs, pickles and two cakes. He swallowed, and quickly stepped aside to make way for the people behind.

When the meal was being received, there were people from far away walking side by side. It was Wang Hu and Wang Leopard who had just ran away. At first he ran too fast, Wang Hu directly collapsed and vomited half to death. Wang Leopard was not much better. The two of them couldn’t catch up with the team. They talked about it, and they knew Zhuangzi better because of the fact that he had been a nursing home. Take a shortcut. Who wants to be late.

Seeing that everyone was starting to receive food, the two hurried forward a few steps, trying to get to the end of the team, but they expected a pair of powerful hands to rush in front of them. Yi Yan, one by one, grabbed the two by their collars and threw them in front of the hall.

This action immediately stopped everyone. Wang Hu let out a cry and howled, “What do you want to be a slave!”

Wang Bao was not to be outdone, and knelt in front of Liang Feng with a weeping face: “Lord Lang Mingjian. My brother just became unwell and had a diarrhea, and it was only a while late. This Jianu clearly doesn’t look at the people of the Liang Palace! ”

This is not a simple complaint, but a conflict between the old and the new. Liang Feng ignored them, so he asked in his spare time: “Yi Yan, why do you want to get them out?”

Yi Yan replied blankly: “Master, they secretly detoured.”

These words made the Wang brothers startled at the same time. Wang Bao quickly stood up and said angrily: “Boy, you are spitting blood!”

After Yi Yan said something, he walked to the two of them, kicked Wang Hu’s calf, and a few grass petals fell. He pointed his finger at the debris, and said loudly, “I chose a flat and wide road, and there is no grass. You have grass stems on the soles of your feet and petals on your body. You must have bypassed the backyard flowers and took a shortcut!”

This suddenly made Wang Leopard’s mouth dumbfounded. It just so happened that a few blue-faced guys ran in from behind. It was estimated that they were really out of energy and supported them to finish the whole race. Liang Feng asked them to bring them to the front and asked: “Can you see these two people running in front?”

Those guys were already tired and half dead. At this moment, they found that everyone had begun to receive food, which was even more annoying. One by one, they shook their heads and said: “I haven’t seen it, we are running too slowly.”

“Okay, let’s go down and drink some water and rest for a while.” Liang Feng waved away these people, turned his head to look at Yi Yan, “These two people raped and played slippery, what do you think should be done?”

“Zhang responsibility!” Yi Yan replied simply.

“You…” Wang Hu was so hated that he was about to yell at him. Wang Bao quickly grabbed his brother’s cuffs and knelt down and begged: “The little ones are just confused for a while. Seeing that they have been loyal to the Liang Mansion for several years, they also ask the lord. Rao the little ones once!”

Seeing that this sick rice is both for food and exemption, it is probably not a cruel person. Wang Bao knew very well in his heart that competing with the Jie Ren boy at this time would only make the Patriarch even more disgusted. It’s better to buy a good guy, beg for mercy, as long as you escape this time, there will be a chance for them to stand up in the future!

Unexpectedly, this pitiful pleading was not taken seriously. Liang Feng said coldly: “Come here, drag them down. Use twenty sticks and drive them out of the inner courtyard!”

This is much worse than what Yi Yan said. Wang Bao’s face couldn’t help changing color: “Lord Lord! Lord Lord, we are the shady households of the mansion!”

Liang Feng and Bei ignored them, and their cold faces revealed a bit of impatience. How dare you to neglect, a servant rushed up and dragged the cried Wang brother out of the courtyard.

Black eyes glanced at the silent recruits, Liang Feng said lightly: “I can give you exemptions, rewards, cover your food and clothing, so that you can eat and wear. But I can’t tolerate such a slave, if I dare Anyone who steals and plays slippery will make a triumph! Yi Yan.”

Yi Yan’s gray-blue eyes gleamed, and he took a step forward: “Subordinates are here.”

“Five days later, I want you to choose four corps leaders, five as one corps, and you will be under your control. Those who can’t be practiced will be reformed. If you stay, it will be your soldiers. If there is any unruly Yes, they will all be dealt with by military law. If you cause trouble, I will punish you!”

“Yes!”

Yi Yan’s answer was loud, shaking people all over. Many people have not eaten the hot meal before they see someone being dragged out, and they can’t help but beat the drums in their hearts. This part seems to be more difficult than imagined. What if one accidentally breaks a ban and gets knocked out of half-life? Of course, there are also people whose eyes are bright and fighting spirit aroused. Since this Yiyan kid can be a team leader, why can’t they be a corporal leader?

“Okay. After eating, take them to the barracks.” After saying this, Liang Feng slowly got up without turning his head.

Watching the thin figure disappear, Yi Yan took a deep breath and shouted at the recruits: “Continue to receive food! After eating the morning meal, line up for me to the barracks!”

The team that had been stagnant moved immediately. Yi Yan said to those who were late: “You are running too slow, there will be no morning food today. Think for yourself during lunch break.”

Seeing that the Wang brothers had been dragged out, the few people were very frightened. Hearing this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It’s just that I can’t get the food, and I can think of myself, which is much broader than originally thought. Since they can hold on to the end of the run, they will not be spineless. Several people nodded vigorously, and made up their minds to run ahead next time.

Yi Yan stopped paying attention to everyone, followed the team, and ate the same meal. Seeing that this brutal team was eating the same food as their own, with two pancakes and a bowl of porridge, everyone’s hearts suddenly calmed down. In any case, being a tribe here is better than being captured and serving as a soldier, or plowing land for those noble lords. There is food to eat, harvest in the field, and many hopes hanging in the front, which are much better than plowing in the soil!

Gradually, there was no sound in the courtyard, and a group of people chewed on the hot food.