Chapter 65 A long way to go

(Second update! Please collect it!)

Xiao Tianjian then found Feng Gouzi. Feng Gouzi and Li Lingfeng had been anxious for a long time and waited for Xiao Tianjian to ask them about the situation of going out this trip. As soon as they saw Xiao Tianjian looking at him, Feng Gouzi immediately jumped up and said loudly, "General, the humble position and Ling Feng brothers have lived up to the general's expectations this trip. It's done! On this trip, we first went to Pingyang Mansion and found the business name of the Fan family. As soon as we showed our identity, the people of the Fan family did not dare to neglect, so they immediately informed Fan Yaoshan, their shopkeeper, to come to see us and served us deliciously.

After Fan Yaoshan, the shopkeeper of the Fan family, heard the news, he set out from Taiyuan overnight. It took him three days to rush to Pingyang Mansion. Then we handed over Miss Fan's letter to him. Fan Yaoshan seemed to really love his precious daughter. He agreed to the conditions we put forward, that is, he didn't trust him. Daughter, you have to send someone to see his daughter. By the way, you have to discuss with the general what to do in the future. In addition, you have to discuss how to put his daughter back. In addition, you have to send two maids to take care of his daughter. By the way, you also brought back a lot of things for his daughter. When we come back this time, we will all bring them back!"

Xiao Tianjian's eyebrows jumped, and he was secretly happy. It seemed that Fan Yutong's letter still played a role this time. Fan Yaoshan was really nervous about his daughter! Unexpectedly, he agreed to his condition in one breath. It seems that Fan Yutong's status must not be low in her father's mind, so he nodded and said, "You two have worked hard! Where are they now?"

Feng Gouzi immediately replied, "At present, I'm in the village. I dare not let them walk around without permission, and I didn't tell them that the young lady went out with the general. She just said that the general was not in the village. After the general comes back and sees them, I can't decide whether they can see Miss Fan or listen to the general. What do you mean!"

"Very good! After our discussion is over, I will go to see them. By the way, who is the person from the Fan family this time? Do you have any weight?"

Feng Gouzi nodded and said, "The person sent by Fan's wealth master this time is the chief housekeeper of the Fan family. He said that there are many things in the Fan family, and he can have the final say. His name is Fan Xi. Listening to him, Miss Fan also grew up by him. This old housekeeper is very attentive. We people who are talking about all the way are about to get cocoons. I ask them every day how they are doing now! It seems to be more careful than his father! Alas! When I got back here, I quickly hid, otherwise I would be bored to death! Hey hey!"

When Xiao Tianjian heard this, he thought to himself, 'Yo, he is actually an old acquaintance. Isn't the last time he met Fan Xi, the housekeeper of the Fan family? How dare this old housekeeper really care about Miss Fan!'

"Good! Anyway, I don't care about it for a while. I'll see him later! You and Ling Feng have done a good job. You have to remember it!" Xiao Tianjian waved his hand to let Feng Gouzi retreat.

Then he asked Yan Chongxi, "Brother Yan! You can lead the department out this trip and talk about it to everyone!"

Yan Chongxi nodded and stood up and replied, "General Qiqi, this time I went out with Brother Zhao and Brother Li. First, we went to the area of Qinshui, but we didn't do it first in Qinshui, but directly secretly bypassed Qinshui and rushed to Yicheng and Fushan County. After we got there, we split up. The big family over there It's really a lot, especially the old rich people in Yicheng County. There is a lot of grain stored in the village. We only beat three villages, and we got a lot of grain and cattle. We wanted to do two more, but I was really afraid that I couldn't bring it back, so we quickly retreated to Qinshui County. On the way back, we hit another Qinshui County. Dazhuang has made a lot of grain, mules, horses and cattle, all of which were loaded and pulled back. In addition to grain, mule horses, and cattle, this time I also got ten or twenty thousand taels of gold and silver, and a lot of copperware. I loaded a few big carts back! It can be said that it has gained a lot! The specific number of inferior officials has not been counted. I will ask Mr. Jin to report the account to the general!"

Xiao Tianjian was overjoyed after hearing this. Is it possible that his character has exploded now? Good news came back one after another.

"So what about the loss of the brother who went out this time?" Xiao Tianjian first stopped Jinfuzi, who was about to stand up and answer, and then asked Yan Chongxi.

Yan Chongxi's face immediately became solemn and replied, "The casualties are not heavy. Twenty-one soldiers were killed and 25 people were injured, most of whom were minor injuries. Three soldiers died of illness, four people were killed in the battle, and eleven were also minor injuries!

It's mainly the big village in Qinshui on the way back. The people in the village resisted very fiercely, and there were two bowls and mouths, and there was a tiger squat gun. We worked hard to attack the village, and the casualties were relatively large! The Fran machine gun and the tiger squat gun we took could not suppress them and suffered some losses. Later, they piled up gunpowder barrels under the Zhuang wall, which collapsed the Zhuang wall and killed them into the Zhuangzi! Otherwise, it's really not easy to fight down! However, our gunpowder, we also used a lot of gunpowder this time, and there is not much left. If we go out next time, we have to find a way to get gunpowder first! Otherwise, I'm afraid these cannons will not be used!"

Xiao Tianjian's mood suddenly became heavy. When he went out this time, although Yan Chongxi had gained a lot, they lost a lot. The soldiers took the soldiers and suffered more than 60 casualties, and most of them were soldiers. The loss of everyone was enough to make Xiao Tianjian feel painful.

However, it is heartache. Xiao Tianjian also knows that what they do is licking blood on the edge of the knife. They dance on the tip of the knife every day, and there is a possibility of dying at any time. Every member of Xing Tianjun has already had such mental preparation, but what makes him uncomfortable in his heart is that they have just stopped. These subordinates He didn't even marry his wife, so he died like this. It's really a little sorry for them.

So he nodded and asked sadly, "Have all the injured brothers brought them back? Have you written down the names of your dead brothers?"

"I dare not forget our rules. The bodies of the brothers who died in action have been cremated on the spot, and the ashes have been brought back with the army. None of the names have been removed, and they have been recorded! The injured brothers have also brought them back properly! Now they have moved into the medical camp and handed over to Lu Shenji to treat them. Presumably most of them will be able to return to the team soon!" Yan Chongxi continued to reply.

"Good! I will visit them in person later, and everyone will also prepare for it. On New Year's Eve, I will personally pay tribute to the brothers who died before and comfort their spirits in heaven! After the Spring Festival, Jin Fuzi remembers to choose a place in Lianhuazhai as soon as possible, build a heroic ancestral temple for our dead brothers, send people to carve their names into monuments, put them in the heroic ancestral temple, and specially find monks to surpass them! In the future, any brother, as long as he is killed in battle, can be worshipped in the Martyrs' Temple! We will never forget any of them! Let them suffer under the nine springs again!" Xiao Tianjian stood up and took off the hat on his head and said to everyone with a solemn face.

Immediately, everyone in the Juyi Hall stood up and took off their hats to show their respect for the fallen brothers. Jin Fuzi immediately took the order, saying that after the Spring Festival, he immediately began to choose a site to build the loyal ancestral temple of Xing Tianjun.

Then everyone sat down again after Xiao Tianjian sat down, but the atmosphere was also a little dull.

"The deceased has passed away, and we don't think much about it anymore! At present, our ability to attack is still lacking, especially in terms of firearms. Our tiger squat gun and Fran machine are still not strong enough. In the artillery battle with the enemy, especially when attacking, we will suffer losses! So after the Spring Festival, I have to find a way to cast a new cannon, and I can't let my brothers suffer losses because of this! As for gunpowder, I know that now we are buying a large amount of local gunpowder, and then making gunpowder by ourselves. This problem should be solved after the Spring Festival!

But I would like to remind you again that if anyone dares to pee for me in the future, be careful not to be caught by me and cut off your guys! Let me go to the toilet honestly. In the future, we will have gunpowder and food. I can't guarantee that we will rely on your shit! Did you hear that?" After Xiao Tianjian sat down, he said to the crowd, and then his expression relaxed and joked to everyone.

After listening to this, there was another burst of laughter. Zhao Erlu asked with great interest, "General, why will our shit and urine have something to do with our gunpowder and food in the future! Grain, it's understandable. It can be used to fatten the field. What does this gunpowder have to do with shit and urine?

Xiao Tianjian saw that people are very interested, and most people do not know about the accumulation of nitrate, so by the way, he popularized science and said to them, "Of course, it has something to do with it. You should know that when you are fattening, you can also accumulate salt at the same time. During the period of fattening, the surrounding soil will form nitrate. If we sweep up the earth saltpetre, we can boil it into saltpetre. As you all know, there is the most saltpetre in gunpowder. If we don't have this thing, we just rob it. I don't know how many brothers' lives to fill in with you guys!

At the same time, feces and urine also attract flies and mosquitoes, which will cause plague, so you should remember that if the problem of excrement and urine is not solved well, it will destroy our Xing Tianjun. No one wants to catch the epidemic!

So, the big guy should not only do this by himself, but also explain this to your subordinates. Be honest with me. This is not a small matter! Do you remember it clearly?"

The people in the hall immediately responded and dared not take this matter as a joke anymore.

"Lord! On this trip, the Yan brothers came back with food, but they got a lot of harvest! The grain alone has brought back as many as 2,000 stones! There are nearly a hundred carts, 13,000 taels of silver of various colors, 270 taels of gold, and the amount of copper money is countless. There are about 3,000 catties of copper ware, 130 mules and horses, 150 ploughing cattle, and dozens of pigs and sheep. Oh, by the way, these guys don't even have their dogs left, and they brought them back two. More than a dozen dogs, big and small! We seem to have eaten dog meat during the Spring Festival! These things are enough for us to last for at least two months! You can have a rest during the Spring Festival!" After watching the crowd laugh, Jin said to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian took a carbon pen and wrote it down in his notebook. After calculating it, he shook his head and said, "The harvest is really not small. If it's just us, it should be no problem if we don't go out to buy food for two months!

But don't forget that now our expenses are much larger than before, not only to feed us, but also to the local people, miners and craftsmen!

After the Spring Festival, it is the spring famine, and it is also the busy farming season. The people have no food to eat, so they have to leave the land and go out to escape the wasteland. Who will still farm at that time? Therefore, a lot of work has started in Shuangfengzhai during this period. We also take this opportunity to use work for food, so that the people can not only eat, but also take the opportunity to use people to do more practical things.

Especially at present, Shuangfengzhai is re-recontamening the wall, and the wall and gate will also be re-recontamened in the future. Although the workers are not paid, they have to make them full! After this calculation, I have estimated the food I got back this time, and I don't even think it will last for a month!

So we have a long way to go now. Not only can we relax, but we also have to work harder! I also know that everyone has been busy all year round and wants to take a break, but now we are still far from taking a break. We have to take advantage of this Spring Festival. When the poles are rested and those big families are also relaxed, we have to go out to get more food before the Shangyuan Festival. !

From today on, you can take a rest. On the morning of the second day of the lunar new year, I will personally take the troops out to do a ticket!

In addition, those 20 dogs are not allowed to be killed by anyone, and the sow ewes will be left for me, and no one is allowed to eat! Don't think about farming cattle. In a short time, the beef will leave everyone! You can't catch the rich man's cattle and kill him to eat meat like before! If you want to kill, you can only kill the old and can't work!

Those dogs are given to me to raise them well, distribute them to various places, and ask them to guard the door for us. You should know that the dog's nose and ears are much better than people. It's the best thing to guard against sneak attacks. Do you hear that they should be raised as a baby for me?

After hearing this, everyone laughed again. Although the Spring Festival can't rest, the big guys will not complain, especially Xiao Tianjian said that he would personally take the soldiers out to fight for food on the second day of the lunar new year. Who is willing to do the generals under his?

So a group of people stood up and shouted that they wanted to go out on behalf of Xiao Tianjian. After thinking about it, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "Since everyone has no problem, it's okay. Anyway, there are still a lot of things here. I can't rest in Lianhua Village. I need to run back and forth in a few places!" You can go out to get food for me!

Luo Li, you take someone out this time. Shi Ran will go with you. Feng Gouzi's men will also go with you, and the rest will stay for rest. In the past few months, we will take turns to go out for food, at least fill our grain warehouse and save more than half a year!"

Everyone suddenly got up again to respond to their orders. Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said, "Mr. Jin, arrange a banquet tonight to wash the dust for the brothers who went out, remember the merits for the brothers who went out, the rewards that should be rewarded, the promotion that should be promoted, kill a pig at night, add vegetables for the brothers, take out some wine, and give them to the brothers to drink! I'll take time to have a drink with everyone! I don't have time to take care of this for the time being! You reward the brothers on behalf of Tietou and Luo Yingjie! Be fair! Don't be selfish!"

"Yes!" Tietou answered and stood behind Xiao Tianjian and answered loudly. Jin Fuzi and Luo Yingjie also quickly got up and bowed their hands.