On the third day, the hundreds of households gathered more than 700 laborers. In addition, the seventy or eighty carpenters and plasterers hired by Zheng Zhen gathered at the Qianhushou fortress.

Wu Shigong arranged for them: Don’t worry about the outer wall first, first build the inner wall and build a house so that your own people can live in first. Then, then build the outer wall.

Among the craftsmen Zheng Zhen hired in the county, an old craftsman named Jiang was their foreman. The foreman Jiang reported to Wu Shigong: "Sir, it will take two months to do these jobs."

Wu Shigong decisively issued a reward: "Quality and quantity guaranteed, and it will be completed in 40 days. The salary I give you will be 30% more per person. Is it OK?"

Of course this is OK. Foreman Jiang quickly agreed with a smile. The construction period he originally said was to put the allowance. Now, as long as he grasps it, it will definitely be completed.

Wu Shigong is also anxious now, so he can move in one day to rest. Otherwise, after the walls and houses inside are built, it will be the twelfth lunar month. At this time, the construction of the outer city wall will definitely not be completed before the New Year. For the New Year, others will not be able to work here unless Wu Shigong pays a big price. In contrast, the money paid by Wu Shigong now is actually a small amount of money.

After confirming, the group of people started working hard.

After arriving at the town, not only Yang Goudan did nothing, but these guards also began to become idle. In just a few days, these guards fought with the people in the town four times. After pursuing the root cause, they were all for the sake of fans.

Of course, the reason for this fight is that locals bully foreigners. Think about it, what good things will be sold in this town? They are just a group of local prostitutes. Just like this kind of thing, you all have to be jealous? You guards, don’t embarrass your son-in-law and master, okay?

This made Wu Shigong angry: "I didn't even give you military pay, but I just distributed the spoils after I got the farm. Each of them was only a few hundred cents, and you were all like this. If I paid the military pay, then you would have to go into heat together!"

Following the flow, Wu Shigong announced to these guards: "Each guard will pay one tael of silver every month, and the remaining two taels will be included in Wu Shigong. If necessary, they will be collected after approval. Or they will be sent back to the Yangwu Hou Mansion and let the Yangwu Hou Mansion send the family members of these guards."

Unexpectedly, these guards had no objection. They all expressed that they would give the money to their families. At that time, the people were very close to the Gu family. These guards also knew that they had no money to spend with Wu Shigong. They had to pay for all the food, clothing, housing and transportation. They just needed to protect Wu Shigong with peace of mind.

After discussing with Xue Yongli, Wu Shigong decided to start the training of these guards immediately. At present, Xue Yongli is responsible for the training of cavalry tactics.

Before training, Wu Shigong asked these guards to unify their names and let them call themselves "adults" or "adults from Qianhu".

Now, these guards call Wu Shigong too chaotic. Like the few who came out of Zhou Xun and his military commander, they called Wu Shigong "Master"; the guards of Xue's mansion called Wu Shigong "Son-in-law"; and the guards of the gambling house called Wu Shigong "Master Master". This is because Shumo is not there, otherwise Wu Shigong would have to be called "Young Master".

After hearing Wu Shigong's order, these guards agreed. This is also the right thing to do, and they should be called uniformly in the army.

However, in their later lives, these guards stubbornly preserved the title of Wu Shigong. As long as they were in private occasions, they would definitely restore their original title. Even Zhou Xun and Qian Qi called Wu Shigong "Old Commander".

Wu Shigong corrected it several times but it was useless, so he had to go with them. Later, Wu Shigong realized that these guards would do this to express in front of others: the relationship between these guards and Wu Shigong was very close.

Xue Yongli divided the guards into two batches, one trained, and the other guards in the town. Wu Shigong suggested to Xue Yongli that he would also receive training. Xue Yongli looked up and down at Wu Shigong for a long time, but finally nodded and agreed.

After the training began, Wu Shigong realized why Xue Yongli had looked at him for a long time. Because when Xue Yongli was training, if someone's movements were not standard, the filthy words of scolding were simply unpleasant.

Xue Yongli placed the training ground on the open ground of Qianhushou Fortress. After the training began, Wu Shigong realized that in ancient times, the training of military riding was completely different from that in modern TV dramas. It was not the same as the equestrian performed by circus.

Xue Yongli asked the guards to ride horses and arrange their formations continuously. Then, they rode together, trot, accelerate, and finally sprinted. Then, everyone dismounted, fed the horses, and let the horses rest. Then they got on the horses, trot together, accelerate, and finally sprinted. They trained repeatedly. In Wu Shigong's eyes, there was no romantic feeling of the cavalry waving the sabre and galloping on horseback.

During the training process, because everyone else had more or less a foundation in riding training, Wu Shigong and the new recruit Yang Rusong unfortunately became the biggest victim of Xue Yongli's words.

Wu Shigong endured it like this, and he silently said in his heart: "Famous teachers produce high disciples, and famous teachers produce high disciples..." Over and over again, under the command of Xue Yongli, he repeatedly carried out this boring training. However, Wu Shigong's performance made the guards, including Xue Yongli, look at him with admiration.

During the training interval, Xue Yongli said to Wu Shigong: "In fact, the most basic tactic of cavalry is to arrange the cavalry formation well and use the speed and weight of the horse to break the enemy's formation. Only by fully mastering this formation can you accept the next training of using weapons immediately."

Xue Yongli also said to Wu Shigong: "Actually, the training of cavalry is very boring and there are no fancy moves at all. The simpler the more practical it is. The purpose is to kill the enemy at the fastest speed."

Wu Shigong agreed with Xue Yongli's statement in his heart: "In fact, no matter what you do well, the process is extremely boring."

The laborers looked at Wu Shigong and the others, and they rushed over like a group of fools every day. When they were working and resting, they often smiled and pointed at each other.

One day, when he was in high spirits for these labor services, Wu Shigong asked them: Who would like to come to Wu Shigong to serve as a soldier after the labor service was over?

When they heard Wu Shigong's inquiry, the laborers were stunned and were silent to Wu Shigong. After a long time, a brave talent said to Wu Shigong: "Masters of Qianhu, the young people still have to farm, and they really don't have time to serve as soldiers!"

So, Wu Shigong proposed that he would pay military salaries.

However, Wu Shigong just said: "As long as the soldiers selected are selected, they will receive 50% of the military salary first." Before Wu Shigong could continue to speak, all of these labors enthusiastically signed up.

Wu Shigong was of course very happy. However, he also felt that this situation was very strange. Now, he was not in a hurry. He decided to find out the situation first and then decide how many soldiers should be recruited.
Chapter completed!