Chapter 66 Homecoming
The lobby of the bandits is not that particular.
There is also a earth stove in the corner.
The weather is still cold now, and Wu Nian and others are really cold and hungry. So they set up a big pot on the earthen stove, added firewood, and put some mushrooms, ginger, garlic, and boiled pork in a mess.
Wu Nian, Zhang Jin, Li Sheng, Tie Niu and Zhang Sheng sat cross-legged around the iron pot, drinking hot soup while drinking wine.
After drinking the wine and meat, Wu Nian's whole body became warm.
"Are you worried?"
After taking a sip of the hot soup, Wu Nian looked up at Li Sheng. The other party had eaten and drank less, and there was a look of worry on his face.
The other three put down the hot soup and looked at Li Sheng.
There is no need to hesitate about this matter. Li Sheng nodded and admitted: "I don't know how Lord Xiaoqi should place us?"
Tie Niu showed anger and asked, "Do you believe in our Lord Xiaoqi?"
Wu Nian just said that he would treat bandits kindly.
"It's not that we don't believe it. It's that we are all bandits, and Lord Xiaoqi is an official. It's difficult to place it." Li Sheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said.
Wu Nian waved his hand to stop the angry Tie Niu. He smiled and bent down, picked up the wine jar, a clean wine bowl, filled it with wine, handed it to Li Sheng, and said, "Drink."
Li Sheng clasped his hands and then solemnly reached out to take the wine bowl and drank it down.
"Who are you bandits?" Wu Nian asked after watching Li Sheng finish drinking.
"Most of them are military households, a small number are refugees, and some outlaws." Li Sheng put down the wine bowl and replied readily.
"Yes." Wu Nian frowned slightly. It was a bit difficult for the desperate to deal with. After thinking for a while, Wu Nian smiled and said, "You have become slaves and be my slaves. You are my soldiers. I will not treat you badly."
Li Sheng was shocked when he heard this and said in a lost voice: "Master Xiaoqi, how dare you conquer your life?"
Although Liaodong officials are brave enough to do things, they often happen to gather despair as domestic slaves.
But Wu Nian is a small official with a big rank of sesame and green beans. Moreover, they have too many people, with a total of more than 80 households and 600 to 700 people.
If the court pursues the matter, the house will be confiscated and beheaded.
Secondly, isn’t he afraid of not being able to suppress the bandits?
"Hahaha." Wu Nian smiled, picked up the jar and poured half a bowl of wine for himself. After taking a sip, he put it down, and said, "What's there to be afraid of? I have communicated with Brother Zhang and agreed that the Mongolian and Yuan people will definitely go south this year, and then the Liaodong will be in chaos at that time."
"I will kill the enemy and make meritorious service, and I may be a hundred-family family."
"While the Liaodong chaos was in chaos, the military households and civilian households fled. All orders were disrupted. It was not a big deal for me to take you guys in there."
Speaking of this, Wu Nian looked at Li Sheng and said, "I originally wanted to form a family soldier, and it's just right for you to gather. So just form two family soldiers. Follow me in the future and lead a team of troops."
"If I kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, I will become a hundred households and a thousand households. It is not impossible to find a way to transfer you back to a military household and become a small banner."
This person named Li Sheng is the second in command here, so he should be capable.
When Li Sheng’s performance just now, Wu Nian saw it and felt that this guy was quite brave. Now the world is chaotic and the situation is corrupt.
He originally wanted to find Zhang Jin, but since the negotiation was not completed, it would be nice to settle for Li Sheng.
To recruit people, you have to draw a big pie.
Li Sheng was a fleeing military household and eventually became a bandit. But did he want to be a bandit for the rest of his life? Give Li Sheng a chance, a chance to become a small flag officer.
How could Li Sheng not be moved?
Wu Nian is not the original Wu Nian.
A conversation with Zhang Jin opened a door for him. He wanted his wife and children to live a warm life, but the situation was like this, so he had to face the difficulties.
He wants to be a high-ranking official.
Isn’t the so-called art of defying the underworld just rewards and punishments?
Reward if you make merits, punish if you make mistakes, and orderly.
If you can do this, you will be a good general.
Wu Nian guessed correctly. Although Li Sheng was the second leader of the bandits, he always felt that it was unstable. Is this desperate bandit so easy?
Not only do you have your head on the belt, but you can even have your wife and children.
He was not an idle person, he was a good soldier before he fled. It was just that he had to flee for various reasons.
If you can return to the military household, you can still become a small flag.
He dreamed of it.
He was not worried at all whether Wu Nian could accomplish anything. This was a tiger with wings, and sooner or later it soared into the sky.
"The villain is willing to serve Lord Xiaoqi." Li Sheng was overjoyed and quickly turned over and bowed.
"Haha, get up. I will be my own brothers in the future. Don't be too restrictive. We are all generals, not those stingy scholarly families, so we should be more straightforward and generous." Wu Nian laughed loudly and helped Li Sheng up, feeling straightforward.
"Yes." Li Sheng took a deep breath, clasped his fists with both hands, and said yes.
Tie Niu and Zhang Sheng also showed joy. In this way, the troops that Lord Xiaoqi actually controlled were three teams.
Li Sheng even believed that Wu Nian would definitely soar into the sky, let alone them?
"If Lord Xiaoqi keeps rising, then wouldn't we also want to rise? Maybe I, I, can become a hundred households."
Tie Niu was happy in his heart.
"There is a smoke from my ancestral tomb of Zhang's family, so I have followed Lord Xiaoqi. Maybe I, Zhang Sheng, can become a general flag."
Zhang Sheng thought to himself.
All the five people here were happy, but Zhang Jin was a little embarrassed.
Before, he thought that Wu Nian was too young and had no future. He might as well wait for the chaos in Liaodong to rise up and accept the court's envoy.
Ascend to heaven in one step, become a general of the court.
But today I was really convinced when I saw Wu Nian's ability.
Anyway, he dared not climb ten feet of cliffs with bare hands.
He admitted that he had underestimated Wu Nian before.
If he is a hero, then Wu Nian is a hero among the heroes.
Such a person will definitely succeed. And together with Wu Nian, wouldn’t he just boarded a big ship and made achievements, and achieved twice the result with half the effort?
But he had rejected Wu Nian before, and now he requested to join. Isn’t it too shameless?
After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Jin finally got to heart. He gritted his teeth, threw away his face, and said to Wu Nian: "Brother. I have accepted the previous words and want to do it with you."
Wu Nian looked at Zhang Jin in surprise and soon turned into joy.
"Hahahaha. With my brother helping me, Wu Nian, why should I worry about not being able to gain a foothold in Liaodong?" Wu Nian laughed loudly, quickly picked up the jar of wine, and put it on for himself and Zhang Jin.
"Brother. From now on, we will depend on each other's life and death, and we will share wealth and honor." Wu Nian raised his wine glass and said to Zhang Jin.
In Wu Nian's view, Li Sheng is even a talented person.
But when Li Sheng and Zhang Jin compare, that is the difference between the bright moon and the firefly.
Zhang Jin was brave, understood military tactics, knew how to set up formations, and chose mountains, rivers and terrain to set up camps. He was a material for becoming a general.
Isn’t it easy for us to cooperate and become a high-ranking official?
Wu Nian was very happy, which really touched Zhang Jin.
This brother is so good.
Chapter completed!