Volume 1 Little Yuanba Chapter 23 Team Leading Year 15
"Yeah. I plan to find a house in the city for my aunt to live in." As he spoke, Li Dan saw Song Xiaoniu and Bei Xi's eyes widening, and said quickly:
“After thinking about it, I decided that it’s not a good idea to rent it, or to borrow it or buy it. I want a separate yard, and the main house faces south.
You don’t have to worry about anything else these two days, just look for this house, and if you find it, let me take a look at it. I’ll make a decision if it’s suitable.”
"Two days? Sanlang, isn't this a little too hasty?" Bei Xi said first.
"There is no time." Li Dan shook his head: "The county asked me to be the leader of the team. I will lead 60 people on a business trip to transport food and grass to the counter-rebellion officers and soldiers. We must gather in Wannian County within fifteen days. If I fail to arrive within the time limit, my team leader will be cut off.
Head!"
"Ah?" Both of them shouted at the same time, Bei Xi was scared, Song Xiaoniu was excited: "Sanlang is going to go on an expedition, he must take me with him!"
"It's just to transport grain and fodder. It's not like going into battle to kill the enemy. Why are you joining in the fun?" Li Dan waved his hand.
"I have to protect you, otherwise wouldn't this long-term follower be in vain?" the calf chirped: "You have to say that I am two years older than you."
"We'll discuss this later. You can find a place for your aunt to live in tomorrow first." Li Dan took out a document and said:
"The Yamen has sent all the transfer letters. I will go to the county tomorrow to answer the transfer and find out where the sixty people under my charge are and who they are. Then there is another important thing that others have entrusted me to do."
Having said this, I thought of an important joint, raised my head and thought about it, and then looked at Mavericks again:
"Go home and tell Uncle Ma Jiu that I want to separate from Qianyuan. His servant contract is with Uncle Zeng Wu. I'm afraid I have to make a decision early on where to go.
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"It's easy to talk to my uncle, just follow San Lang and my aunt." Xiao Niu said.
"You can't be their master!" Beixi rolled her eyes at him.
"Okay, I've finished what I want to say. You go back and get some rest early. You'll be very busy tomorrow!"
Li Dan waved Xiaoniu home, and told him that the house didn't need to be too big, but that he had to wait quietly. Song Xiaoniu agreed and went.
Here Beixi quickly went to the fire room to fetch water for Li Dan to scrub. Aunt An in the kitchen was already swaying from sleep, and she finally helped Li Dan lie down before she went to rest.
In the side room, Beixi covered Li Dan with a thin quilt and asked softly: "Where is my brother's silver hairpin? Why did you just use a branch to deal with it?"
"Yo!" Li Dan sat up immediately: "Meng'er's hairpin is still in her clothes. I gave her the silver one."
Bei Xi didn't say anything. He went over to touch it, took out the jade one and showed it to him, and asked, "Is this the one?"
Li Dan nodded and reached out to take it, but Bei Xi took it back and put the branch into his hand:
"Take this first tonight. You can't help but jump up and down with this jade. I'll make a silk bag for it, put it properly inside, braid a rope and garnish it with a necklace, and hang it next to your body.
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"Don't make it that complicated." Li Dan smiled and shook her hand: "Use cotton cloth to make the dough and stuff it with some cotton wool. If it's too beautiful, I'm afraid it will fall into the eyes of a thief."
He added: "My Beixi is still considerate and knows what Saburo cares about."
Beixi's face turned red, and she took out her hand and looked at him angrily: "It's fine, but I'm still thinking about your sister Meng'er. Just think about it, I'm going to bed, otherwise I won't be energetic tomorrow.
I’m doing something for you.”
When he woke up in the morning, Bei Xi told him that it was past midnight. Li Dan quickly washed up and practiced horse steps, stone locks, punches and push-ups as usual.
Xiao Qian stood at the door with a smile and watched her stepson practice for a while, then went back to the house to have a bowl of porridge.
Li Dan is the breakfast prepared by Aunt An every day, which is the usual cow (goat) milk, eggs, porridge and two pastries, with some side dishes to accompany it.
Bei Xi stood beside him and waited on him with a smile. After he finished eating, she dressed him up and called Song Xiaoniu, who was waiting in the kitchen after finishing his meal, to come out and they went out together.
Song Xiaoniu only had two meals a day at home, but he had three meals a day with Li Dan, two of which were meaty, and he ate the same food as Li Dan in the morning, so he grew strong and the meat on his arms was as strong as a stone.
generally.
The master and the servant went out to the street, but they were busy doing their own business. Song Xiaoniu went to Li Biao and asked him to introduce Fang Yazi (real estate agency).
Li Dan first went to Mrs. Lao's house to quietly ask Aunt Song about her appearance, then went to Renli Inn to describe Su Siniang, and then went to Yaqian Street.
In his arms was the "Tiao Shu" that his aunt had given him last night and that someone from the county government had delivered to his home. It read:
At the request of the Lord of the Mansion, one man aged between fifteen and under sixty is to be recruited from your mansion to go to Ten Thousand Years to prepare for the transport of baggage and auxiliary troops. He must gather at the county government office before a certain date. If he exceeds the time limit, he will be dealt with according to the military law.
Finally, there is Magistrate Fan’s signature and seal.
When the officer at the county government office saw it was Li Sanlang, he immediately smiled and took him straight in to the third courtyard on the east side of the lobby to meet Xiao Gui, the director of the military room.
"Oh, Saburo, you're here too early!
When people get this transfer letter, they have to pack their bags, prepare dry food, and estimate the time before coming to the county to report. It's useless for you to come so early!" said Chief Xiao, clapping his hands.
He is the son of Xiao Zhan, a scholar in the county. After passing the scholar examination, he did not plan to continue his studies. Because of his father's reputation, he joined the county government and worked in the county government. After seven years, he finally waited for Fan Xianzun to take office and won his appreciation.
In the chief's position.
But how can there be so much military service in peacetime? This place has always been an idle yard, but it has suddenly become hot in the past few days.
"Old Xiao, to be honest, I can't wait for them to come by then." Li Dan was a little surprised, since he was the first one, so he told Chief Xiao:
"Let's do it this way. I'll go greet myself and see how many brothers are willing to go on this trip with me. I'll raise as much as I can and you'll make up for the missing amount. How about that?"
"Hey, hey," Mr. Xiao said happily. He was shocked when he saw Li Sanlang on the list yesterday, for fear of offending this young man.
Unexpectedly, the situation was exactly the opposite. Little Yuanba became a boy who gave away wealth, which made him extremely surprised and pleasantly surprised.
After a long period of peace, no one wants to let their children go to the battlefield, even if they are close. Ordinary people will definitely stay away from such things. If someone is willing to go on their behalf, it is not bad to pay!
And this is an opportunity to take advantage of others. He has been sitting on the bench for so long, and he will not miss such a good thing! This Li Sanlang is a silly young man, but he can give himself money.
Chief Xiao immediately clasped his fists: "It would be best if San Lang can recruit enough people. Brother, I will provide all conveniences here and wait for good news."
"Okay, that's what I want from you!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he was not too polite, turned around and left. Mr. Xiao knew that he was going to find someone, so he was happy to do whatever he wanted without worrying about etiquette.
When I came out, I bumped into Mr. Sun from the execution room. He was walking to the lobby with something that looked like a list in his hand.
Li Dan remembered that Han An was probably going to come to negotiate with him today about Yueying, so he said hello intentionally.
When Master Sun saw that it was him, he thought that there were already two scholars and one scholar in his family, so he had to give him some face, so he stopped and asked with a half-smile: "Why is Sanlang free to come to this yamen today?"
After Li Dan showed the transfer letter, he realized: "Oh, it turns out that Gao Sheng is the leader, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Hey, I'm just managing a few civilians, why are you so happy?" After Li Dan finished speaking, he pointed to his hand: "What are you busy with, sir?"
"Young master, I don't know, but there have been three orders from the mansion in recent days.
One talked about dispatching civilian men, and the other talked about organizing local militia to prepare for banditry. Each county organized 200 to 500 people depending on its ability.
Alas, in any case, there is chaos in the south, and some unscrupulous people here are ready to take action!
Fan Xianzun said that if two team leaders are sent out this time, whichever one can do the job effectively will have a place in the militia in the future.
Sanlang, you are both civil and military, so there is nothing wrong with me congratulating you in advance!"
"Oh, so there is such a section?" Li Dan noted it in his mind and said with a smile:
"Thank you for your good fortune. If the student succeeds in the future, he will be indispensable for his good wine and good food!"
Then he asked: "Sir, you just said two, is there another one?"
"Here, this is it." Manager Sun unfolded the thing in his hand to show him. It turned out to be a wanted list, which said:
There was a big thief named Jiang Bin who killed the head of a household in Leping County and stole 364 taels of tax money. He also colluded with lake bandits to intercept merchants, killed the eunuch Cheng Mou, massacred merchant Cai Qing's family, and fled without knowing where to go after being surrounded by the army.
Therefore, all counties are ordered to conduct strict searches to ensure that no one escapes or seeks an opportunity to commit another crime again. If the bandit is caught, he will be rewarded twenty taels regardless of life or death.
"That's it!" Li Dan nodded: "The student union has warned all the heroes in the north of the city to take it immediately and hand it over to the master if they encounter thieves."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Manager Sun was overjoyed and said three good words in a row. He knew Li Dan's appeal in Beicheng, and it would be great to have his help.
Li Dan achieved his goal, so he left on the pretext of recruiting people. Manager Sun took the newly printed list and went to the chief register to stamp it with the county magistrate's seal, so the two separated and went about their business.
Li Dan rushed to the restaurant and called Liu Er first, and together they walked into the market to find Gu Da and Yang Yi.
Gu Dagang had just finished resolving the dispute between two merchants over land occupation. When he heard that Li Sanlang was looking for him, he hurriedly came to see him.
Li Dan took the two of them to sit in a candy shop at the entrance of West Market and asked, "Where is Xiao Yi?"
"Went to White Horse Temple." Gu Da replied.
"What's he doing there?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to buy a manor? It is said that more than ten years ago, someone gave the temple more than 120 acres of land, a few thatched houses, ten acres of pasture, and four acres of vegetable gardens, and borrowed three acres from the previous abbot.
One hundred taels of silver.
Unexpectedly, the family fell into decline and could not be redeemed, so now the land is cultivated by tenant farmers all year round. However, the temple is not good at running the land, taking care of the land, and the monks are not allowed to practice pure cultivation.
Therefore, the host has long wanted to rent out the land. As soon as you mentioned it yesterday, Xiao Yi remembered this matter and started thinking about taking over this land, so he hurriedly went to the temple to talk about it this morning. "
"How can you sell it at such a low price when you receive 300 taels? Didn't Sanlang only use 200 taels?" Liu Hongsheng snorted.
"Who knows, maybe this guy is so eloquent that the monk agreed because he was happy?" After hearing what Gu Dayi said, the three of them all laughed.
"I'm not here today for Zhuangzi." Li Dan said, and then he took out the Tiao Shu and showed it to them.
Gu Da is illiterate, but Liu Hongsheng has studied for four years in elementary school (equivalent to the first to fourth grade of elementary school). Let's see if he can understand it. After listening to Li Dan's explanation, the two of them were very happy: "So Sanlang is an official?"
"What an official!" Li Dan scolded in a funny tone, "Is it considered an official to lead people to escort grain and transport grass?"
"Then, after all, you are in charge of sixty people!" Gu shouted.
"Well, it's for these sixty people that I came to discuss with you."
Both of them were stunned when they heard this: "Why, Sanlang, it's impossible that the Yamen didn't provide you with manpower. You want us to find it ourselves?"
"It's almost the same as this!" Li Dan smiled bitterly: "It's said that these people can't report until the assembly day, damn it!
I have no idea how many people will come on that day and what kind of goods they will bring. Soldiers also have deadly weapons, but in the end I have to take such a bunch of people with me.
If not enough people come, where will I go to find them? If you don’t show up after the time limit or if there are not enough people, you will have to hold the team leader accountable, and you won’t even have time to cry if you hit them with a military stick!”