It wasn't until dark that my uncle came back from outside. Seeing Lin Dong at home, he felt a little unhappy.

Seeing that he had made two taels of silver in the afternoon, I didn't blame him too much, but just ignored him a little.

Lin Dong didn't care about this. His uncle was a stingy person. When he stayed at his aunt's house, he would inevitably have to entertain him, which was another expense.

"Master, are you back?" My aunt came up quickly.

The uncle frowned and glanced at the food on the table. When he saw a large plate of meat on the table, he immediately said with a dark expression: "You prodigal ladies, you don't know how to save money. Such a large plate of meat is enough for our family to eat well."

It's been a few days, and now I just eat it in one meal."

"Dad, it's rare for my cousin to come here once, so naturally he has to treat him well..." At this time, Ma Ling'er, who had just come back from outside, took over the words and said, but her eyes fell on the plate of meat, and she almost drooled from the corner of her mouth.

"You girl, you don't know what it means to be diligent and thrifty. If you spend as much money as your mother does, your father's shop will be destroyed by him in a few days," the man said angrily.

The girl stuck out her tongue, ran towards Lin Dong, took his hand and walked towards the stool beside the table: "Cousin, sit down, don't listen to dad, he is very stingy...

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"Damn girl, let's see if I don't beat you to death..." The uncle was so angry that he picked up a stick and pointed it at the girl.

The girl was also used to being naughty. Seeing her father about to beat him, she hurriedly hid behind Lin Dong and said, "I'm not talking nonsense..."

My uncle immediately lost his temper. After all, in front of an outsider, it was better not to cause too much trouble. As for this girl's film, it would not be too late to deal with it later.

"Uncle, it's getting late today, I'm afraid I'll have to stay at your house all night." Lin Dong arched his head and said.

"I don't have good bedding at home. I'm afraid my nephew will not be comfortable living here."

Seeing that the man wanted to drive him out, Lin Dong naturally would not let him succeed. He came here to spend the night just to save some money for military expenses. How could he leave?

He immediately waved his hand and said, "My uncle is joking. Lin Dong just needs a place to deal with him for one night. There is no need to make special arrangements."

Hearing what he said, my uncle couldn't refuse, so he had to reluctantly agree.

The few people chatted for a while, and the food was put on the table. In order to entertain Lin Dong, his stingy uncle actually asked Lin Yuee to bring out a pot of wine, which was really rare.

Of course, he only came up with this after he heard that Lin Dong had become the chief registrar of Andong County.

Although the chief registrar is not a county magistrate, he is still an official. He may make demands on others at some point, so he naturally does not dare to neglect.

But when he heard that Lin Dong was ordered to train the people and needed to borrow money, his face immediately turned ugly.

Seeing him looking bitter and saying that his business was at a low point now and he really couldn't spare any money to support Lin Dong, Lin Dong couldn't help but sigh to himself. This uncle was fine in other aspects, but he was too stingy.

I still think he has some discernment, but now it seems that I think highly of him.

Lin Dong didn't say much. He had already seen his uncle's stinginess before. He was a real iron rooster. It would be difficult to pull a hair out of him.

Regarding his uncle's decision, Lin Dong not only sighed, but also shook his head at his error in judgment.

How did he know that in the Ming Dynasty, the people's horizons were inherently narrow, and they really didn't care who became the emperor. At most, they could just change someone to collect rent.

As for forming an army to eliminate the bandits, this is none of his business. After all, he will not go out of the city to provoke those bandits. As for whether those bandits will kill Lin Dong and others, this is not something he should consider.

Next, Lin Dong no longer mentioned the matter of borrowing money, but secretly swore in his heart that one day, I will make you regret today's short-sightedness.

In this way, Lin Dong spent the whole night at his aunt's house. Fortunately, after knowing that Lin Dong had become the chief registrar of Andong County, his uncle did not really find a place for him, but asked his aunt to arrange a guest room for him.

, Lin Dong was also quite surprised by this.

What surprised him the most was his cousin named Ma Ling'er. Although Ling'er was only seven or eight years old, she seemed to have a longer-term perspective on things than his father.

At least when Lin Dong proposed to borrow money, she was not like his father, but felt that she should give her full support.

It's a pity that she is a little girl, and her status in the family is naturally not high, so she was scolded by her father and kicked out.

Even so, his impression of his cousin has improved a lot.

Lin Dong resigned from his aunt early the next morning and returned to the village alone with the document in his arms.

When he got home, he naturally couldn't help but talk about the situation at his aunt's house. Of course, in order to reassure his mother, Lin Dong naturally reported good news but not bad news.

Hearing Lin Dong's words, his mother was filled with joy and said that her sister had married into a good family.

This made Lin Dong very speechless. If this uncle was still a good family, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many bad people in the world.

He was thinking this in his mind but couldn't say it out loud. After chatting with his mother, he told him about the county magistrate's order to train rural soldiers.

My mother heard that he had become the chief registrar. Although she didn't know what kind of official he was, she was happy for a long time.

The two of them drank a little wine to celebrate in the evening, but when they heard that Lin Dong was leaving home to train local soldiers, they couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.

Lin Dong was also quite helpless and just promised to come back to see his mother as often as possible.

My mother also understood very well and even said that a man should put his career first, and told him to be an official well and not worry about his family.

As the two chatted, they couldn't help but get involved in Lin Dong's life-long events. According to his mother, Lin Dong was already sixteen years old, and he had also won the title of scholar, so it was time to find a matchmaker for him.

Lin Dong was stunned. He was just following the same thing. I am only sixteen years old and you have to find a wife for me. Isn't it too early?

Seeing his confused look, his mother smiled slightly and told him not to worry about this matter, saying that she would make arrangements for him.

Although Lin Dong was unwilling to do this, he remembered that in ancient times, parents always paid attention to the words of matchmakers, so he did not struggle anymore and agreed with his mother's words.

He stayed at home for one night and set out early the next morning with the dozens of taels of silver his mother gave him. His purpose of coming out this time was to recruit rural soldiers.

Early the next morning, Lin Dong first went to the clan leader's house and told the clan leader that he had been ordered to train local soldiers.

The clan was overjoyed when they saw that Lin Dong got the official position of Chief Registrar after a trip. The Lin family had never had an official in all these years. Unexpectedly, Lin Dong was valued by the county magistrate at such a young age. His future was unlimited.

Unconsciously, he became respectful when talking to Lin Dong.

Lin Dong was not polite when he saw the clan leader being so righteous. He immediately raised the issue of insufficient food and weapons and wanted to ask the wealthy members of the clan to donate some silver.

After hearing this, the clan leader hesitated for a moment, but considering that Lin Dong was training rural soldiers to protect his clan, he agreed.

The strength of bandits is obvious to all. If they cannot be annihilated, they will eventually be a disaster. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves. It is okay during the slack farming period. Once the farming is busy, who has time to guard the intersection every day.

The next thing was simple. The clan leader quickly summoned the clan members and told him about Lin Dong's preparations for the regiment training of local soldiers, and then began to mobilize the clan members to donate money.

After a round of donations, Lin Dong couldn't help but be stunned. The wealthy households who were still gnashing their teeth against the bandits immediately tightened their wallets when it came to the need for donations, and began to cry about poverty, and some even lost a cent.

On the contrary, those tribesmen with poor families are willing to use the materials in their hands as military supplies.

After struggling for a day, the clan leader finally took the lead and donated a few taels to open up the situation. But even so, at the end of the day, he only donated more than 20 taels of grain silver, which was not as much as what he took from home.

Lin Dong was angry, but he couldn't do anything about these iron roosters.

"It seems that if you want to make money, you can't rely on these hard-nosed chickens. You have to find a way."

"In this troubled world, there are only two ways to make money quickly, one is to be an official, and the other is to do business."

He became an official, but this official didn't have a salary. When it came to doing business, he didn't have enough capital, and he didn't have enough time. It seemed that neither of these two paths was feasible.

In addition, there is another way, which is completely unfeasible in peaceful times, but in troubled times, this way is the most feasible.

"That's robbery!"

Yes, it's robbery. In peaceful times, robbery was the biggest taboo, but in today's troubled times, robbery is the right way to go.

But there is a point about who to rob.

Naturally, ordinary people cannot rob it, otherwise what is the difference between themselves and those bandits.

Now is not the time to rob those wealthy households. The Ming Dynasty is still in the hands of the Zhu family. Although the eight kings of Li Zicheng are making a lot of noise, the strength of the imperial court cannot be underestimated. As long as the imperial court issues an order, his little chief secretary will be able to do it.

Will move my head.

Then the only ones left are the peasant army and the bandits.

Although the peasant army is rich, they often number tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands. Throw in a single manpower, and a person can be drowned with a drop of saliva, let alone looting property.

The only ones left to rob are the bandits.

But those bandits held weapons in their hands, and it was not easy to rob them. Don't let the eagle peck out your eyes after missing them.

Lin Dong looked at the money in his hand, and a plan gradually formed in his mind. Since one or two people can't defeat the bandits, then I will recruit more people. I don't believe it. With my knowledge, I will train him for several months before he fights.

Just a bunch of rabble.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong only had one word in his mind, and that was - do it...

Although it is necessary to recruit people, the number of people recruited is very particular. If there are too few people, they will not be able to fight against the bandits. If there are too many people, they will not be able to support themselves.

After some calculations, he finally settled on fifty people.

According to the current price of rice, white rice costs one hundred and twenty cents per bucket, which is worth one penny of silver, and one tael of silver per stone of rice. I still have fifty taels of silver on hand, and I can buy up to fifty stones of grain.

If one person eats two kilograms of rice a day, fifty people can eat about one stone of rice a day.

Then fifty taels of food would be enough to feed these fifty people for two months.

As for weapons, Lin Dong was not prepared to spend any money.

Before that, he had already inquired in the village and found that many people in the village had some rusty hoes, sickles, etc. in their homes.

These things are of no use at home, and they are not suitable for making farm tools. You can collect these things yourself and let the blacksmith help you make them.
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