Now, Zhang Cheng has become the owner of this house. After several days of vigil, and today's important event of burying Zhang Yan's remains, his mother and aunt have both fallen asleep.
Chen Zhong, Zhang Guangda, Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice and others were all in the house, while Lin Fangping and Liu Jinhai led people to patrol the courtyard.
"General, that stone pillar is indeed a soldier. In the past few months, he has been disciplined and trained the sixty people's brave men to be quite impressive." Wu Zhizhong reported.
It turned out that Zhang Cheng arranged for him to go to the barracks of the right wing camp outside the town, firstly to check on the settlement situation of He Shihui, Shizhu and others, as well as the results of their drills; secondly, to prepare the barracks for the sergeants returning to camp from vacation.
Just listen to Wu Zhizhong continue: "He Shihui and the others selected another 140 people from the refugees who escaped. Now they are integrated into the same sentry with the 60 civilian warriors under Shi Zhuzhu. They have been trained properly, which is very good."
Zhang Cheng nodded, he was very satisfied with the performance of He Shihui and Shi Zhuzhu. In the past two days, he also asked the following village leaders to learn about the situation of the refugees.
According to Zhang Chengzhong's instructions, these more than a thousand refugees were assigned to four villages on a work-for-relief basis. They not only allowed these refugees to survive the winter, but also repaired the ditches in several villages and restored their homes.
There are a lot of new fields coming from the wasteland.
"By the way, General, among the refugees transferred from Beijing, there is one person who always asks if the General is back. He seems to want to see the General!" Wu Zhizhong seemed to suddenly remember.
Now, under the guidance of Wei Zhice, the people around Zhang Cheng all call Zhang Cheng general. Only Chen Zhong still calls him general, and the rest have changed their names to general.
"oh……"
Zhang Cheng was a little confused: "You want to see me? Who am I?"
Wu Zhizhong wanted to raise his right hand, but he swung it twice, raised it with his left hand with an embarrassed look, scratched his forehead, and joked: "Oh, I'm still not used to my left hand, haha..."
Everyone in the room laughed awkwardly, and Wu Zhizhong continued: "That boy seems to have a surname of Su, a native of Gyeonggi Province, and a man who has been abandoned in the horse farm. He doesn't look very powerful, but his body is strong enough to deal with it."
Zhang Cheng thought for a while and said: "Old Wu, please pay attention to him first. Chen Zhong, how long has that guy named Diao been waiting?"
Chen Zhong continued: "General, it's almost half an hour later."
"Ha ha……"
Zhang Cheng laughed: "Has it been so long? It's time to meet our creditors. We'll be here tonight. Let's all go to bed early. Zhongzi, prepare two thousand five hundred taels of silver and ask the big monkey to take the people.
Hold it and wait outside the east side hall."
…………
In the left-hand hall of Zhang Yan's mansion, Diao Dacheng, the gangster of Xuanfu Town, was sitting on a chair. He was alone in the hall and did not even dare to show his anger.
Since the day before yesterday, he had been kneeling outside the east door of Zhang Yan's mansion, begging to see Zhang Cheng. He knew that with his status, he was not qualified to go and pay homage to General Zhang Yan's coffin.
He also knew that Zhang Cheng had no intention of meeting him at this time, but he still did so. He just wanted to play a trick and at the same time show his sincerity, hoping that Zhang Cheng could understand his intentions.
When Chen Zhong sent a message just now, asking him to meet him in the East Side Hall, he was really excited for a while, but the longer he sat in the East Side Hall, the more uneasy he became.
Every time footsteps were heard outside the hall, he became extremely nervous. Although he guessed that Zhang Cheng would not make things too difficult for him at this moment, but who could say for sure?
With Zhang Cheng's current status and power, he is not like an ant when handled, and he can be wiped out in ashes for any reason.
To him, this is a gamble.
If you make a wrong bet, you will just live again.
If your bet is right, you will be rich and glorious!
The sound of footsteps came again outside the door. Different from the past, this time the footsteps were very strong and neat, and they stopped suddenly outside the hall door.
"Squeak..."
The hall door opened, and ten armored sergeants walked into the hall. They were all strong and strong, with solemn expressions on their faces, but their eyes were shining brightly. After entering the east side hall, they stood apart on both sides.
"The general is here!"
There was a soft shout outside the hall door.
Another burst of neat footsteps stopped outside the hall door. The hall door opened wide. Zhang Cheng stepped into the east side hall, walked straight to the big chair at the top and sat down. Chen Zhong followed closely behind, standing with his hand on his waist knife.
Beside Zhang Cheng.
After Zhang Cheng sat down, he didn't raise his eyes to look at Diao Dacheng. Chen Zhong couldn't stand it anymore and quickly reminded him: "Diao Dacheng, you haven't paid homage to my general yet!"
Diao Dacheng, who was sitting in a daze on his seat, only then realized what he was doing. He stood up in a hurry, ran to the middle of the hall in two steps, knelt down in a hurry, and said: "Xuanfu military household Diao Dacheng paid homage to General Zhang and begged Zhang
The General does not care about the faults of others, so I am willing to dedicate all my wealth to follow the General, hoping that the General will take you in."
Zhang Cheng ignored Diao Dacheng who was kneeling on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Chen Zhong, bring in the money."
Diao Dacheng, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked. What does this mean?
Following Chen Zhong's greeting, the door to the east side hall opened again, and the big monkey with a sinister face walked in front. There were five of them, all with fierce expressions on their faces, and they all held a large tray in their hands.
Five hundred taels of silver.
They were all tall and round, holding five hundred taels of silver in both hands. They did not feel it was a burden at all. They stood in a row in the east hall door and fell silent.
"Diao Dacheng, get up!"
Zhang Cheng's tone was neither light nor serious, but extremely intimidating. Diao Dacheng stood up without knowing why and stood in the middle of the east side hall. His expression was obviously flustered, and the corners of his mouth twitched several times, but he did not speak.
"You have something to say?"
Zhang Cheng looked at the bewildered Diao Dacheng with interest and asked, his tone much softer.
"thump!"
After hearing this, Diao Dacheng knelt down again, buckling his head like garlic, and said in a panic: "General Zhang, please spare your life. The common people respect the general's loyalty and are willing to join the general's army and serve the general. I have a little money, but I don't dare to mention it again..."
"Oh, you want to join my general?" Zhang Cheng asked.
Diao Dacheng raised his head slightly and glanced at Zhang Cheng. He met Zhang Cheng's eyes, and his whole body was trembling. He lowered his head again, pressed it against the ground, and whispered in a low voice: "Both of the villain's parents have died since he was a child, and he has been wandering around."
In the streets and alleys, I have been contaminated by bad habits. Now I am willing to change my past mistakes and serve under the general. I hope the general will be kind and take him in."
"This general governs the army very strictly. If you violate it even slightly, you will be punished with a military stick, and if you are serious, you will lose your life. Can you abide by it?"
Diao Dacheng was stunned for a moment, then said as if he had made up his mind: "The villain can guard it, the villain can guard it..."
"Okay, please step back first. In a few days, I will send someone to call you."
Diao Dacheng kowtowed and thanked him, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute, why don't you take the money back with you?"