This time, I finally didn’t end up in Xuzhou. I finally returned to Laodong’s hometown alive, and it seemed that I had returned home in fine clothes. Otherwise, where did this tall horse come from?

Needless to say, it was Xu Yingwei who came.

Only a few dozen steps away, Xu Yingwei saw Xu Shiyi.

Xu Yingwei quickly rolled off his saddle and dismounted, walked a few steps quickly to Xu Shiyi and knelt down on the ground: "Father, please accept my child's obeisance."

"Get up, just come back."

By this time, Xu Shiyi had already put away his emotions.

Confucianism emphasizes being distant to one's sons and close to one's grandchildren, being strict with sons but close to grandchildren.

Xu Shiyi was always very strict and unsmiling towards Xu Yingwei.

Xu Yingwei kowtowed to his father respectfully before he dared to stand up.

The black ox next to him had already led Xu Yingwei's mount and praised him repeatedly: "What a good animal. He is as tall as my shoulders. He is probably very strong. It should not be a problem to plow ten acres of land."

"Wuniu, what nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Yingwei said with a smile, "That's a war horse."

"War horse?" Xu Shiyi said, "Is this the war horse assigned to your scholar camp by the imperial court?"

"No, they are war horses allocated by the imperial court to the cavalry camp." Xu Yingwei said, "My son borrowed them from the cavalry camp."

A hint of disappointment flashed through the depths of Xu Shiyi's eyes. It turned out that the war horse was just a borrowed war horse, not a gift from the imperial court to his son. It seemed that his son was not doing well either.

At that moment, Xu Shiyi asked his son: "How is the battle in Xuzhou going?"

"We won the battle," Xu Yingwei said. "Almost 20,000 Jiannu were killed, and the Huanghuai defense line was also held."

"Just hold on to the Huanghuai defense line." Xu Shiyi sighed and said, "This way we can protect at least half of the south of the Yangtze River, and at least we can live in peace for a hundred years."

After a pause, Xu Shiyi asked again: "Then you came home this time to visit relatives?"

Xu Yingwei said: "My son came back this time not only to visit relatives, but also to recruit soldiers."

"Recruiting troops? You want to recruit troops in Laodong?" Xu Shiyi's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

This year the whole of Laodong has been hit by a severe drought, and I don't know how to get through this difficult time.

Now it's good. If we can recruit troops, Laodong will not only have dozens of mouths to eat, but also have money to earn, so people don't have to starve to death. There is no better result than this.

Xu Yingwei said: "Yes, my son has been ordered by the emperor to recruit at least three sentries in Laodong."

"Three sentries?" Xu Shiyi was even more happy when he heard this, "Recruiting 270 soldiers?"

Xu Yingwei said: "Yes, just Laodong will recruit 270 soldiers, and the entire Jiangnan will recruit 270,000 soldiers. Today's Holy Emperor is a promising leader and will never settle for protecting half of Jiangnan. Sooner or later, the Holy Emperor will lead

We will attack Youyan in the north, expel the Jian slaves and regain the capital."

"Little lunatic." Xu Shiyi said to the boy, "If you have quick legs, go to each village quickly and ask the village chiefs, village chiefs and clan elders of each village to come to the big ancestral hall for a meeting overnight, and tell them that there is something big going on."

The boy was a little embarrassed and said: "Chief, what should I do with my sheep?"

"I'll let Wu Niu drive the sheep back to the sheepfold for you." Xu Shiyi said with a big wave of his hand.

"Okay." The boy was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately flew away to report.

"Father, son, come on." Xu Yingwei took the bucket burden from Xu Shiyi.

Xu Shiyi was not pretentious. He asked another long-term worker to lead the war horse and asked: "Youzhen, this time I am serving the imperial edict to King Qin. Have you seen the current emperor? What does he look like?"

After all, he was a country boy and was curious about what the emperor looked like.

Xu Yingwei said with a smile: "My son not only met the Holy One, but also lived and ate with the Holy One for a long time. He could almost count how many beards the Holy One had."

"Are you serious about this?" Xu Shiyi's eyes flashed strangely, "So, the Holy One thinks highly of you?"

"That's right." Xu Yingwei smiled slightly and added, "Thanks to the Holy Spirit, my son has been given a position in the military department."

"All the military departments have been approved?" Xu Shiyi was so excited that he didn't even care about his old father's reserve. He said anxiously, "All the seventh-grade military officers have been approved? Are they the same rank as the county magistrate?"
Chapter completed!