It was pretty good for Xiang Kang. Because he was one step late, Yu Jian and Yu Zhi did not see the intimate scenes of Yu Gui and Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang also escaped the misfortune of being tortured and interrogated by his future father-in-law. At the same time, because Xiang Kang was injured in the fight last night, the Yu family, who was quite conscientious, came up to ask about her well-being and caring about Xiang Kang's injuries.

Xiang Kang was indeed very injured. He could almost see bones when he was cut by the left shoulder. Although he was young and could withstand it, Yu Jian ordered his eldest daughter Yu Miaoge to take good care of Xiang Kang. Yu Miaoge agreed with a complicated expression and took over the task that needed to be alone with Xiang Kang for a long time. With the help of others, he helped Xiang Kang back to Xiang Kang's dilapidated courtyard to rest and wait for medicine. Feng Zhong and other Xiang family children were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and sending people to the city to report to the county temple.

Driven by the money of the Old Yu family, the medical worker soon came to Xiang Kang's ragged courtyard and gave Xiang Kang a golden sore medicine. After the medical worker left, the second uncle who came to help take care of Xiang Kang also said goodbye and left with tactfully, deliberately leaving Xiang Kang and his fiancée with time alone - not to mention that since he met Yu Miaoge, Xiang Kang has the first opportunity to get along with Yu Miaoge.

After being alone for the first time, Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge didn't say anything, and even their eyes rarely touched each other. The atmosphere was so awkward. Finally, she couldn't help but feel guilty, Xiang Kang then spoke, "There is no other relationship between me and my little sister."

"Um."

Yu Miaoge hummed with his nose, lowering his head and couldn't see the expression on her face. However, the more Yu Miaoge reacted like this, the more timid Xiang Kang felt, and he couldn't help but say again: "You have to believe me."

"I believe in you." Yu Miaoge finally spoke, and said softly in a gentle voice: "I won't take it to my heart, and you don't have to take it to your heart."

He quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Xiang Kang couldn't find anything else. However, Yu Miaoge took the initiative to pour a bowl of boiling water and brought it to Xiang Kang, and said gently: "I must be thirsty after so much blood, right? Drink some hot soup."

Xiang Kang nodded randomly and stretched out his uninjured right hand to collect the water. Yu Miaoge did not hand it to Xiang Kang, but just brought the water to him and blew it carefully. Then he fed it to Xiang Kang's mouth with his own hands. Xiang Kang was inevitably moved and guilty when he saw it, and said, "Miaoge, you are so good."

Yu Miaoge's face turned red and he didn't say anything. He just carefully fed Xiang Kang the boiling water, then helped Xiang Kang to lie down, and said softly: "Go to bed quickly, call me if you are thirsty."

Staring at Yu Miaoge's gentle gaze and his pretty face that was definitely not inferior to the little girl Yu's beauty, Xiang Kang sighed quietly and said to himself: "Why isn't I meeting you first? If I were to meet you first, I would never fall in love with your naughty sister."

The injury was indeed not light. Not long after lying down, Xiang Kang fell asleep in a drowsy way. Unfortunately, Xiang Kang was unable to enjoy the treatment he deserved to sleep until he woke up naturally. In the afternoon, Xiang Kang was awakened by the noise outside the house. Then, before she could sleepy Xiang Kang understood what had happened, the door was pushed open by Feng Zhong from the outside. Before he even entered the door, he shouted to Yu Miaoge: "Brother and sister-in-law, are my brother awake? The county master is here, and the county master comes to visit him in person."

As soon as he finished speaking, the magistrate Zhou, who admired Xiang Kang very much, really walked in from outside in his official uniform. As soon as he saw Yu Miaoge, he smiled and said, "Is this the future Mrs. Xiang? It's better to meet him than to be famous. He is indeed as beautiful as a fairy. Mrs. Xiang, how about Mrs. Xiang? What's the situation now?"

He was treated directly by Feng Zhonghe County Magistrate directly as Xiang Kang's wife. Yu Miaoge, who was extremely thin, was of course extremely shy, but he could not help but respond. He could only quickly salute the magistrate Zhou County Magistrate, blushing and said, "The young woman has seen the county master."

"No gifts and no gifts." Zhou County Magistrate waved his hands a few times, and smiled at Xiang Kang who had just been woken up: "Young Master Xiang, come here uninvited, didn't disturb you and Mrs. Zun's beauty and snow, right? Alas, you are injured, don't get up, lie down quickly."

He quickly stepped forward and pressed Xiang Kang, who was struggling to get up, and County Magistrate Zhou first carefully looked at Xiang Kang's wound bandage, and then said half-resentful: "Young Master Xiang, it's not my official who said you, Wu Yi is not your director, why did you catch the thief by yourself? This should be Feng Youzi and the others' business. What are you involved in? Look, fortunately, this is just a shoulder injury. What if you hurt something fatal? "

"There are too many bandits, and Brother Feng is not in enough staff, so he has no choice but to follow him." Xiang Kang endured the pain and said, "I am really frightened to visit him in person."

"Haha, it should be noted that you have made great contributions to Xiajiao and Xiapi County and benefited the people of the two counties. Just by the friendship between me and you, you should also visit me." Zhou County Magistrate laughed and said, "Mr. Xiang, Feng Youzi had told me just now. Mr. Xiang, you are indeed extremely wise and have eliminated a great harm for Xiajiao and Xiapi County in one fell swoop. You have made great contributions to yours. Don't worry, the bounty that should be given to you has brought to you and will be officially distributed in a while."

Xiang Kang quickly thanked him, but County Magistrate Zhou shook his head and said, "No need to thank me, I should thank you. The bandits in Maling Mountain should have been subject to the extermination of Donghai County and Xiapi County, but they did not expect that they would fall to you and Feng Youzi. This matter was written into the upper plan (government work report). I just couldn't think of a little bit of the limelight. Hahahahaha."

Seeing that the Zhou County Magistrate was smiling happily, Xiang Kang hurriedly took the opportunity to say, "County Master, I have something to say about this matter. The bandits in Maling Mountain have been temporarily wiped out, but no one knows whether there will be bandits there resurrected. In addition, there are still many small thieves in our Xiaxiang County and the surrounding counties of Xiaxiang County. No one can guarantee whether they will harm the people in the future like the bandits in Maling Mountain. What are the plans for the people who do not know about this?"

As mentioned earlier, because of the frequency of recruitment of corvee labor by Qin Ershi, many fleeing soldiers were forced to gather people to be thieves. Although there was no prairie fire, they were also dotted and pressed the gourd to float up. The magistrate Zhou was also worried about this. So after hearing Xiang Kang's words, the smile on the face of Zhou County Magistrate Zhou suddenly felt a little bitter and said, "What the young master said is that the situation in Xiaxiang County and the surrounding areas is indeed like this, but there is no way, I can only see one wave of suppression and not give them a chance to grow up."

"But what should we do if the large bandits of other counties flew in the lower county to commit crimes?" Xiang Kang asked again: "As far as I know, Tong County to the south, Ling County to the east, and the west to take into account all have large bandits that are no less than the bandits of Maling Mountain. If they flew in the lower county and kill people and set fire, how can we guard against each other?"

County Magistrate Zhou completely said nothing and frowned. Xiang Kang checked his expression and took the opportunity to say, "County Master, I have an immature idea about this. I wonder if it can be done?"

"If Mr. Xiang has any good ideas, please just say it." County Magistrate Zhou replied.

"How about letting the townships in Xiaxiang form a militia?" Xiang Kangtu said: "I think that the county magistrate may as well let the wealthy families in Xiaxiang Township donate money actively and elect the leaders to form a militia team. When farming is busy, go to the fields to work, receive training in the slack farming period, and learn the methods of fighting in the army. In this way, when a large number of bandits flee into Xiaxiang, the townships in Xiaxiang will cause trouble, and the townships in Xiaxiang will not have to ask for help from the county, and they can gather militias immediately to assist the soldiers of each township and pavilion to resist and eliminate the bandits. In this way, who dares to peek at Xiaxiang in the surrounding counties?"

The method that Xiang Kang mentioned was actually the prototype of the regiment training in later generations, which was roughly similar to the private soldiers of the lords and private soldiers in various places during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period - but the private soldiers were loyal to the lords, not loyal to the country. Therefore, the magistrate of Zhou understood what Xiang Kang meant after just a little thought, and started to think about the feasibility of this suggestion, and he thought about it and said: "The method is good, but our Qin court had already made it clear that it was strictly forbidden to have private soldiers everywhere. All troops could only be subject to the jurisdiction of the court..."

"The county magistrate is not a private soldier, nor an army, but a militia." Xiang Kang quickly took advantage of the loopholes of the noun and said: "The militia are also under the jurisdiction of the government. The government has the power to appoint and remove the militia captain at any time, and also the power to disband the militia team at any time. In addition, all the money, food and weapons of the militia can only be solved by themselves. In this way, there is no need to add burden to the court, and it can also become a bandit suppression team that you call and rush to protect the safety of the townships and pavilions at any time."

If it was the Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, or even the Tang Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty, if Xiang Kang dared to say such words, I am afraid that before the words were finished, the Zhou County Magistrate Zhou would have already understood that Xiang Kang, the remnant of the Chu nobles, was holding back his bad luck and preparing to rebel. But there was no way. Now this era was at the reciprocity of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and there had never been any warlord separatism before. Therefore, Zhou County Magistrate of course did not know the great harm of doing this, nor did he understand the bad waters that Xiang Kang had held. After calculating the impact and help of this on his political achievements, Zhou County Magistrate could not help but feel moved and said hesitantly: "The solution may be possible, but it may not be so easy to make the wealthy families in each township and pavilion voluntarily pay for the food."

"County Master, how about letting me give it a try?" Xiang Kang said kindly: "Please ask the county master to be clear, let me first form a militia team of fifty or sixty people in Dongxiang, and persuade the wealthy businessmen in Dongxiang Pavilion to pay for money and grain to arm this militia team. If it can be successful, the Xiaxiang Township will see the advantages and benefits of the militia team. County Master, you can call Xiaxiang Township to follow suit, wouldn't it be much easier?"

County Magistrate Zhou turned his eyes and did not speak. He stared at Xiang Kang's expression several times. Xiang Kang, who is good at pretending, had a pure face and a clear gaze. In the end, he successfully deceived County Magistrate Zhou, who was somewhat suspicious of Xiang Kang's intentions. After thinking for a long time, he made the decision and said, "Okay, I will go back and discuss with the county magistrate and the others. If they think it is feasible, I will allow you to form a militia team of fifty people first."

Xiang Kang was certainly disappointed when he failed to make the County Magistrate Zhou agree. However, considering that he was injured after all, even if County Magistrate Zhou agreed immediately, he could not start forming a private army immediately. Xiang Kang respectfully thanked County Magistrate Zhou, and County Magistrate Zhou took a few words to Xiang Kang, and then handed over the more than 200 gold rewards he deserved to give, and asked Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong to discuss the issue of merit.

Out of the need to win people's hearts, Xiang Kang of course urged Feng Zhong to pay the bounty fairly. When the soldiers and apprentices of the blacksmith shop cheered and received the reward, Xiang Kang took out the reward without leaving a single coin of the bounty he deserved, and used all to buy wine and meat to reward everyone. As a result, the soldiers and apprentices of the blacksmith shop of Shiling Pavilion were of course grateful to Xiang Kang. Without Xiang Kang's suggestion or explicit statement, they rushed to take the initiative to say that if Xiang Kang was dispatched in the future, he would definitely not frown at all.

In the next few days, Yu Miaoge was almost careless and took care of Xiang Kang day and night, and Yu Miaoge's little girl seemed to be missing and never appeared in front of Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge again. Although Xiang Kang had been obsessed with that little girl in his heart, after a few days of getting along with Yu Miaoge, the relationship between the two still made considerable progress. After changing medicine, Xiang Kang, who was never a good thing in his bones, suddenly hugged Yu Miaoge and kissed her cherry lips heavily. Yu Miaoge had a red face and struggled, but his attitude was not firm. Unfortunately, Xiang Kang had just put his hand into Yu Miaoge's coat, and the noise of the Xiang family's children suddenly came from outside the door. Yu Miaoge quickly broke away. Xiang Kang, who was not at ease, missed a precious opportunity.

However, Xiang Kang was lucky in another aspect. In the past few days, as the signs of chaos in the world became increasingly obvious, a relatively large bandit in Tong County fled into the southern part of Xiaxiang County, looted a pavilion, and robbed a lot of money and food from the people. The local Youzi and the pavilion chief were unable to resist because of insufficient strength in their hands. When the magistrate Zhou sent Xiaxiang Youwei to the scene with a brigade of officers and soldiers, the bandits had already fled and had not even caught a single hair of the bandit.

It was precisely because of such a great loss that Zhou County Magistrate and Xiaxiang County Temple, who were a little hesitant, finally made up their minds and formally allowed Xiang Kang to form a 50-man militia team in Xiaxiang Dongxiang to try to implement the local self-protection strategy proposed by Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang was overjoyed and quickly lobbled with his wounds to donate money and grain to form a militia team. As a result, because Xiang Kang fought a beautiful battle at Shiling Pavilion, Xiang Kang really persuaded some local big families to lose money and grain to help him form a militia to save himself.

With money and food in hand, it was of course much easier for Xiang Kang to recruit soldiers and horses. He selected twenty people from his blacksmith shop as a team, and recruited thirty strong men from each pavilion in Dongxiang to join. He then brought out the Xiang family's ancestral training method. In conjunction with his familiar modern military training method, the formal training of the Dongxiang militia team began to develop in a vivid and vivid way. Xiang Kang also formally and legally possessed a quasi-army that obeyed his own dispatch as an acting militia captain.

Only after trying it can you know the depth of the water. It was when you really started training. Xiang Kang realized that he had neglected a very important point. The soldiers he trained had no characteristics, but were just ordinary infantry. Although they were equipped with good swords made by the Shilingting Blacksmith Shop, in front of the extremely mature bronze weapons, even if they could take advantage of the point, they could not form any absolute advantage. At the same time, due to the training intensity, frequency and length of time, even if they worked hard to train this militia team, even if they met the elite Qin army with bronze weapons, they would definitely not have the upper hand. On the contrary, they might be easily killed by the enemy.

"This is my capital to start a business. I must use the best weapons, preferably advanced weapons and equipment that surpass this era, so that they can form an absolute advantage on the battlefield, so that they can play a core role in the future."

When she racked her brains to find advanced weapons for her capital to start her own business, Xiang Kang once considered gunpowder that no one knew about this era. However, considering the huge cost and difficult-to-get raw materials, Xiang Kang had to give up and continued to calculate in other aspects. Xiang Kang accidentally noticed the Qin Changjian given to him by the magistrate Zhou County, and also remembered his good brother Xiang Zhuang once evaluated Qin Changjian...

"...A very critical reason why our Chu State could not defeat the army of the tyrant Qin was that the sword was not as good as the sword of the tyrant Qin. Weapons were one inch long and one inch stronger. Our Chu State's sword was because it could not be too long, and it was shorter than the sword of the tyrant Qin, so we suffered a great loss on the battlefield. If the soldiers under our great father Wu Xinjun could all be equipped with the sword of the tyrant Qin, in the Qi County battle, our great father might not have lost to the tyrant Qin Wang Jian."

One inch long, one inch strong! This made Xiang Kang find inspiration. However, Xiang Kang did not intend to equip his direct army with a ground steel sword longer than Qin Changjian, because Xiang Kang also heard from Xiang Zhuang and others that due to the hard and easy-to-break material of bronze weapons, and the characteristics of iron smelting technology in this era, whether it is the bronze Qin Changjian or the Six Kingdoms Iron Sword made of cooked iron, the combat methods on the battlefield are mainly assassination, and they are afraid of breaking and rarely used for chopping. The iron sword made of ground steel is limited by material and sword body thickness, and it will definitely not have much advantage in chopping. Therefore, Xiang Kang, who has not yet died of energy, soon set his sights on the melee weapon king on the battlefield of cold weapons in later generations - the sword!

The iron swords created by the Shilingting Pavilion Blacksmith Shop were molded with straight blades from the Warring States Period. The length was not as long as the Qin Changjian and it was far from exerting the toughness of steel. Xiang Kang had always intentionally or unintentionally tried to lengthen the length of the iron sword. This was when there was no need to hide anything. Xiang Kang of course thought about lengthening the blade body, and soon thought of a noun that often appeared in later games and novels - the slashing sword!

"If you decide, use the slashing saber! One inch long and one inch stronger. When I arrive on the battlefield, my army will use the saberer to surprise the enemy!"
Chapter completed!