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Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian followed Li Jing like the two generals of Hum and Ha, and followed Li Jing to visit the fifty-three hungry people who were taken in, and introduced everyone's names to Li Jing. Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian were also hungry people brought back on the way back to his hometown that day. Zhang Chengzong was Xing'er's father, the man who was over two meters tall and almost starved to death on the side of the road.

According to himself, his family was originally in Cangzhou, one of the four prefectures of Cang, Jing, De and Di, controlled by Zheng Hanqing, the governor of Yichang Army in Hebei. He originally ran a ancestral blacksmith shop in Cangzhou, but was later conquered into the craftsmanship camp of Yichang Army. Later, because of his tall figure, strong strength, and a set of guns and sticks, he was later selected as a yamen soldier of the former governor of Yichang Army, Lu Jianfang, and even reached the position of the team leader. However, two years ago, Lu Jianfang was transferred back to Chang'an to serve as the Taipuqing, and Zhang Chengzong did not follow him because his family was in Cangzhou.

After the envoy Zheng Hanqing took office, he immediately cleaned up the original yamen soldiers. Zhang Chengzong was involved in a false guilt and almost lost his life. In the end, he spent all his savings at home to save his life and lost his military position. He originally wanted to return to his old job after returning home, but he had no capital and had to work for other blacksmith shops. This year, the famine was aggravated, Cangzhou, Hebei, and the blacksmith shop closed two months ago. After being dismissed, he took his family to come to Dengzhou to join his relatives, but he did not expect that his relatives had already fled the famine, and his family almost starved to death on the road.

Liu Shouqian's situation is similar to Zhang Chengzong. His hometown is Laiwu County, Yanzhou. His ancestors were once the military academy of the Pinglu Army. Later, after the Li family was defeated by the court, the ancestors of the Liu family returned to their hometown in Yanzhou and built hundreds of acres of land as rural landlords. When it was reported to Liu Shouqian, the Liu family had a thousand acres of land, which was more than ten miles long and was considered a top figure. Liu Shouqian did not like studying since childhood, but liked to dance with knives and sticks, practiced horse spears, and could ride and shoot. However, Liu Shouqian, who was in his early thirties, kept in mind the family motto and was unwilling to join the army to become an official. He just married his wife and had a son, and lived a landlord life with peace of mind. After this year's disaster, the famine in Yanzhou was not the most serious, but

Yanzhou, Hunzhou, and Caozhou guarded the Yellow River and the canal points, but the most salt merchants had always sold private salt. As the famine came, refugees gathered, and many private salt dealers took the opportunity to gather and began to engage in private salt in armed manner, dozens of which were fewer, and hundreds of more. Later, some private salt dealers simply became bandits and directly led people to rob the prefectures and counties. Liu Shouqian's village was robbed by a group of private salt dealers with more than 100 people. He saw the opportunity and ran out at night with his wife and three children. He hid outside for a night and did not dare to go back. He wanted to go to Dengzhou to join his relatives. He had no money to eat halfway through the road and beg for food. He almost starved to death.

After eating a few meals of fat rice at the Li family, Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian were both over two meters tall. The man who was even taller than Li Jing immediately recovered his spirit as a warrior. Although his body could not recover his peak state for a while, his spirit was extraordinary just looking at him. When Li Jing visited the hungry people that day, he picked these two people out of the crowd at a glance.

After taking the martial arts tests of the two, Li Jing asked them if they would like to follow him to eat food and be his servant. He also proposed to be the leader of the two, and promised to have a monthly salary of five jin and five dou of rice. Zhang Chengzong agreed without hesitation. He had been the leader of the Yichang Army's Yanei Army, and the conditions at that time were not as generous as the benefactor. Liu Shouqian was a little hesitant. Although his house in Yanzhou was burned, the land was still there. However, after Li Jing's persuasion, he thought for a long time and knew that he could not return to Yanzhou, which is now full of bandits. In addition, even if he went to join the relatives, it would not be a good idea to bring such a family. No one knew when this famine was to come. Seeing that Li Jing was also a person who had believed in it, he finally agreed to stay.

Li Jing immediately appointed the two of them as their tutors, both of them as the leader, each leading a team. Zhang Chengzong is the leader of the tutors, and Liu Shouqian is the leader of the tutors. Although Li Jing can only have fifty tutors, Li Jing does not intend to do everything according to the rules. However, although the two tutors now have the heads of the tutors, in fact, both of them are still just commanders, and there is not even a subordinate under them.

It was approaching noon, and the scent of food was wafting in the yard of the thatched hut man Wang Lao Village Chief's house, where Li Jing took in dozens of hungry people, was wafting. There were three rough long tables in the yard, lined up. At this time, the food had been arranged, and fifty-one men, women, young and old were sitting on the long stools on both sides of the long table.

The two large wooden barrels were filled with fragrant white rice, and the long table was filled with vegetables filled with large wooden basins. Not only were there kelp, salted fish and other dried vegetables in the sea, but also fresh ginger and white radish. These dishes were also filled with large pieces of pork stewed together, and the oil was strong. Although the hungry people did not look like they were eating at the Li family on the first day, they still ate very quickly.

Li Jing brought the two generals of Hum and Ha to the yard, smiled and nodded at everyone, "Eat and drink well, even if you don't have enough food, just say it." When the hungry people saw Li Jing coming in, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up, looking at Li Jing respectfully.

Seeing everyone's tight look, Li Jing smiled, said a few more words and then left the yard. He knew that if he had been in the yard, these people would probably not be able to eat this meal.

"Have their names and identities registered?" At the beginning, these people said they wanted to sell themselves and not to join Li Jing, but Li Jing was not willing to turn these people into their own slaves.

Liu Shouqian replied, "All registrations have been made, including me and Gutou Zhang, one of which is fifty-five. Among them, there are eighteen and strong men under 18 and fifty, and thirteen young women under 18 and fifty. There are three elderly people over 18 and fifty, and nine young men under 18 and 12 years old. The remaining ones are ten children aged 50 and six to 10 years old. According to the statistics, the fifty-three people are divided into twenty-one families." Although Liu Shouqian said that he did not like reading when he was young, he had read a lot of books seriously and could still count. The registration work was done in detail and the report was clear in order. This surprised Li Jing a little, and he did not expect that he could still be martial and literary.

Zhang Chengzong said on the side: "The Lord has been inviting everyone for a few days, but they don't do anything except eating and sleeping every day, and they also add rice and meat every day. This expense is not small. Everyone is also a little dissatisfied. Did the Lord arrange for them to go to the fields to work or something?"

"No need." Li Jing smiled, "I think everyone is very weak, so I will rest at ease recently. After the New Year, make arrangements. If you have nothing to do these days, please help prepare for your mother's birthday. In addition, if you think there are suitable soldiers in it, you can also ask them. As long as they are willing, you can choose the servant team. The salary will start with a monthly salary of two jin and two dou of rice. But you must remember one thing: it is better to be insignificant than to be overly ill. Although the servants of both teams are still empty now, it is better to be empty than to fill in the gaps."

"I understand." Both of them were a little surprised when Li Jing's strict requirements, but they agreed immediately. Zhang Chengzong had been the leader of the team, and of course he knew that the soldiers were good could only bring out elite troops. Although Liu Shouqian had never been a soldier, he had practiced cavalry and shooting skills for many years, so he naturally understood that without good iron, he could not make good nails.

While he was talking, Xiao Shitou suddenly rushed over and shouted: "Brother Xiucai, there is something urgent."

"Look at your panic, didn't you ask you to be responsible for setting up the stage? Why did you run back in such panic?"

Xiao Shitou was wearing a round neck robe, Luo Sha had a whisper on her lips, and she looked like an officer from a distance. She couldn't find the appearance of the little blacksmith with dust and dust on the black and gray face in the iron shop. He leaned over to Li Jing and whispered: "Just Sister Wang's Yueying sent Shuanzi to Chishan Town to buy, and he saw a lot of people gathered at the door of the Sila Di store at the foot of Chishan. He said that he had asked for a date of one or two hundred people, all of whom were tall and big. Shuanzi said that they were all people with faces. Judging from their appearance, they were probably coming to our village."

Li Jing was also a little surprised when he heard this. This time, he wanted to have a lively birthday for the Han family, so the noise was very common for several days. Villages far and near knew about this. It is hard to guarantee that some bandits and strong men would like to do a business after hearing this news.

"Shitou, go and notify Lin Dalang immediately, Erlang, Wang Sanlang and others, and then call the Xigou and others. Also, call out the villagers who usually guard the village walls in the village. It is best to close the village gate immediately and let Lin Dalang and others take their guys to guard the village wall first." The other party's identity was not known, so Li Jing had to make the worst plan first.

Zhang Chengzong heard it while speaking and immediately said, "Master, I will go back to the yard to call everyone. I have been eating and drinking for several days. Now it is finally time to have a chance to do something for the yard." Li Jing knew that he was talking about the refugees. After thinking about it, Li Jing also felt that multiple people had more power, so he said, "Call those eighteen young and strong men, and as for other women, children and elderly people, it is better to leave them in the yard."

Li Jing took two back to the yard and called the eighteen young and strong men. As soon as he left the yard, Village Chief Wang Lao had already taken Li Shugen to ring the whole village. Amid the rapid sound of the gong, Li Shugen was directing the village's cocktail Lao Nian to ring the bell. The gong was to gather villagers, but the bell was to indicate that people outside the village would go back to the village immediately, and the villagers would go to the village wall to guard the village wall. This usually means that there will be a warning message when they fight with other villages.

After leaving the yard, Li Jing went home to get a horn bow, a horizontal knife, a horse spear, and found some sticks from the house for Zhang Chengzong and others to take, and then headed straight to the north gate of the village head.
Chapter completed!