Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Huo Yunchao had climbed up Xishan Mountain many times for on-the-spot inspections. He brainstormed with County Magistrate Wang and Zheng Shaoxuan and discussed repeatedly before finalizing the route map for mountain blasting and quarrying.

In preparation for quarrying, the obstructive trees and shrubs must be cleared first. Firstly, it is to open up the field of vision and facilitate the placement of black powder. Secondly, it is to maximize the safety of the soldiers who ignite the black powder. ;The last step is to reduce the workload of transporting stones for river embankment construction.

After the above three considerations, the work of dividing areas for directional blasting is particularly important and prominent.

Magistrate Wang specially conducted special training for the government officials at the county government office, requiring them to act in accordance with the rules. It was found that the government officials' obedience was insufficient and strong foreign aid was required to ensure that they could complete their work well.

In order to operate more conveniently and quickly, Magistrate Wang specially requested from the local garrison to bring ten veterans who were fast, courageous, and had fought in real battlefields to help.

The ten veterans had a high prestige in the army. Even though they had heard of Huo Yunchao's glorious deeds, they still looked down upon the man who proposed himself as his wife.

"So what about the Marquis? Aren't you just a son-in-law who steps in? I suspect that he asked the ten of us to work as coolies!"

"Could it be that the superiors arranged for us to grow sweet potatoes? I haven't seen fresh sweet potatoes yet."

"What a beautiful idea you have! We are going to pick rocks and pull branches! Do you see that?"

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Ten veterans Youzi saw the crowd of people at the foot of the Western Mountain from a distance. They couldn't help but look angry, and turned to ask the officer who was leading them: "What on earth are we doing here?"

The yamen officer didn't know what to ask, and when he couldn't answer, he was stared at fiercely by ten veterans. He was afraid and anxious. As a result, the more anxious he became, the more clumsy he became, and he couldn't even say anything to defend himself.

The veterans looked at each other, pushed the unsightly and obstructive government servant to the ground, and rushed towards the only carriage at the foot of the Western Mountain.

"Bam—"

Secret Guard B kicked away the veteran who was the first to approach. The next second, the tip of the broadsword in his hand was pointed at the neck of a veteran: "Those who offend Pingle Hou will die!"

Huo Yunchao was coaxing little Fubao to take a nap in the carriage. Suddenly, he heard a noisy noise, and the sleepy little Fubao was scared away.

Huo Yunchao held the fat girl in one hand and lifted the curtain with the other: "Jia Er, what happened?"

"Master Hou..."

Without waiting for the second secret guard to answer, one of the veterans came out: "Greetings to Marquis Pingle! This villain is a centurion transferred from the army by the county magistrate!"

"Centurion?" Huo Yunchao doesn't understand things in the army. He doesn't understand what level of official a centurion is. Anyway, it's not higher than him. "What do you want to do when you charge over so aggressively?"

The centurion had a pair of flexible eyes and excellent eyesight. He noticed that Huo Yunchao was slightly angry, and secretly said something bad: These dignitaries love face most. If they offend Pinglehou by doing this, they may suffer a lot.

The centurion racked his brains and couldn't come up with a single elegant sentence, so he simply said something like this: "To the Marquis, I want to ask the Marquis for instructions on what we and the ten people should do."

Huo Yunchao observed the ten veterans carefully and his eyes fell on their clothes: "Are your clothes distributed by the imperial court?"

The centurion was obviously stunned. He received the ferocious gaze of secret guard B and quickly reacted and nodded: "Returning to the Marquis, the villain's clothes are not distributed by the imperial court. He came to Xishan to help this time and was specially rewarded by the county magistrate. clothes."

In the past five years, there had been no major wars. Even as a centurion, his military salary would be delayed every now and then, or even withheld.

Where did the court get the clothes to distribute to them? It would be good if the court did not let them starve to death.

The centurion was full of complaints and had nowhere to talk, and all the negative emotions in his heart were written on his face.

Huo Yunchao looked at the centurion carefully and found that he was thin and his cheeks were sunken with bones visible. Looking at his gangster temperament, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart: These ten gangster soldiers are really suitable to control the black. Gunpowder?

"Jia Er, put down your knife."

Huo Yunchao heard the veteran who was holding Jia Er's neck cry out in pain, glanced at the blood on his neck, and finally gave the order.

The centurion pulled the veteran whose neck was bleeding with quick eyes and hands, and knelt down to thank Huo Yunchao: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for not killing me!"

Watching the centurion and others leave, Huo Yunchao asked secret guard B with some curiosity: "Jia Er, if I remember correctly, Master Wang said that he invited ten elite soldiers?"

Secret Guard B sneered and said: "Master Marquis, except for the centurion, the other nine people know some three-legged cat kung fu."

"Jia Er, you have received top-notch training since childhood. Centurions and others can't keep up with one-tenth of your level. What I'm curious about is that they should be ranked high in the army, but they look only better than you." Refugees are a little better."

Secret Guard B thought for a while and said: "Master Marquis, the military expenses of the local garrison are all funded by the imperial court. They are allocated layer by layer. The money that actually reaches the hands of the centurion and others may not be able to support their three meals a day."

Huo Yunchao was silent for a moment. He had only heard in history books and movies and TV dramas that military expenses would be withheld. Front-line soldiers did not have military pay all year round, and they all relied on the generals to use their own funds to support the soldiers.

As a person of the 21st century, Huo Yunchao has great admiration and respect for soldiers, because soldiers and civilians are like one family. Once there is a natural or man-made disaster, soldiers will be at the forefront. Protecting the home and country is not just a matter of words, but a practice of practice. .

Therefore, Huo Yunchao curiously asked: "If there is any natural or man-made disaster, will these soldiers be sent to rescue and provide disaster relief?"

Secret Guard B looked at Huo Yunchao in surprise: "Master Marquis, soldiers are only responsible for fighting."

Huo Yunchao asked again: "What are the soldiers doing when they are not fighting?"

When mentioning this issue, Secret Guard B let out a disdainful laugh from his nose: "You're just pretending to be training, and you're getting paid for free."

The more Huo Yunchao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, "This is wrong. Are soldiers just living on military pay? The problem is that the centurions don't look very healthy and are far less strong than the men in our village."

Secret Guard B remained silent.

He knew that military expenditures for local garrison troops were being withheld at all levels, and what was actually given to the soldiers was only a drop in the bucket. He ensured that the soldiers were alive so that they could ask for military expenditures from the court, and they would only be left with empty pay when the military expenditures came.

Huo Yunchao immediately made up his mind: "No, there are so many labor forces in the army that we don't need. It would be a waste to feed them for free!"

Secret Guard B became anxious when he heard this: "Master Marquis, please don't interfere in local military and political affairs! If you break the truth, I can't protect you even if I die!"

Huo Yunchao was not so stupid that he wanted to go head-to-head with those high-ranking officials who were living on empty wages. He just made a reasonable appeal: "Jia Er, what do you think? Why do you mean I am trying to break the sky? I am short of manpower here, and there are so many freeloaders. If the soldiers don’t use it, isn’t that a huge waste? Don’t worry about me, I don’t care who is using the name of a soldier to get paid. What I want is manpower, the more the better!”