"Don't put it off anymore. In our Ziwu Villa, we only look at abilities, not qualifications. Looking at the entire Ziwu Villa, you are the only one who has experience in commanding and training troops. Therefore, you must be the leader."
Luo Chen smiled.
When Wang Bao heard this, he knelt down on one knee again and said, "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely live up to your trust!"
Luo Chen nodded and continued: "Li Ge will be your deputy. You must teach him how to lead troops and train them."
"Yes! Don't worry, young master, my subordinates will teach him carefully." Wang Bao responded.
The next morning, at the martial arts training ground in the inner courtyard, 101 Ziwu guards were photographing a neat formation, and the extra person was Li Hu, who Luo Chen had arranged to come in.
Wang Bao first divided the 101 people into ten teams. Then he asked them to elect the captain of their own team. Unsurprisingly, Li Hu became the captain of his team with his mid-level third-rate strength.
After the team captains were selected, Wang Bao asked their respective team members to eat, sleep, and train together in the future.
Then, Luo Chen, Li Ge and Wang Bao began to distribute weapons and equipment to the Ziwu Guards, each of them had a bow and arrow, a spear, a standard horizontal sword and a dagger.
These weapons were all forged by the Ziwu Villa's foundry. Not to mention bows and arrows, the barrels of each spear were forged with Ziwu Villa's special hundred-melted steel, and black iron was added to the gun heads, horizontal knives and daggers.
The weapons on each of these people are worth nearly a thousand taels of silver. Fortunately, the large number of steels here are made by Ziwu Villa itself, and there is only one cost price. Otherwise, the entire Ziwu Villa cannot afford such a large expense.
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After the weapons were distributed, Wang Bao gave an order and all the Ziwu guards, including him and Li Ge, ran towards Daheng Mountain. They would conduct training in Daheng Mountain for half a month.
Standing in the empty martial arts training field, looking at the Purple Mist Guards going away, Luo Chen smiled hopefully. He believed that one day, the Purple Mist Guards would become the mainstay of the Purple Mist Villa and become the most powerful one in the world.
weapon.
After standing at the martial arts training ground for a while, Luo Chen went to the General Affairs Hall to find Luo Tianhe.
In three days, this month is coming to an end, the new January is coming, the new system of Ziwu Villa is about to be implemented, and they still have a lot of things to do.
General Affairs Hall, office building.
Luo Tianhe, Luo Chen and Li Tian were discussing matters. Suddenly, a gatekeeper disciple ran over: "In the Villa, Ningshui County Magistrate Zhou Song came to visit."
"Zhou Song? What is he doing here? Our villa doesn't seem to have any contact with the government, right?" Li Tian asked doubtfully.
"Could it be that I made too much noise at Wuling Pass and the imperial court focused on us, so they sent Zhou Song here to find out the truth?" Luo Chen said.
"It's only a matter of time before you keep an eye on us, but you've only been back for more than half a month. Wulingguan sent the news back to the court. The court found us again, but it didn't happen so quickly. It should be something else."
After Luo Tianhe finished speaking, he thought for a while and then said, "Stop guessing. You'll know when you meet him."
"Go and invite him to the living room." Luo Tianhe said to the disciple at the door.
"Yes, Master!" The gatekeeper disciple responded and left.
"Let's go! Let's go meet this County Magistrate Zhou."
Luo Tianhe said and walked out of the office first, followed closely by Luo Chen and Li Tian.
When the three of them arrived at the living room, two people were sitting in the living room, with several soldiers standing behind them.
"Haha! Why did Mr. Zhou have time to come to my small temple today?" Luo Tianhe smiled at Zhou Song as soon as he entered the door,
Seeing the owner, Zhou Song hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting: "Haha! If Lord Luo's house is a small temple, my house is a thatched cottage."
Luo Tianhe smiled and looked at Baiyi next to Zhou Song: "This must be the new county captain of Ningshui County, Lord Baiyi, right?"
"Haha! Lord Luo has a sharp eye. This is our county's new county captain, Mr. Bai. He is also the eighth-grade sword-wielding guard of the six gates of the imperial court." Zhou Song introduced.
"Bai Yi has met Master Luo." Bai Yi bowed his hand towards Luo Tianhe.
"Mr. Bai, you are very polite. Please sit down. Mr. Zhou, please sit down too."
Although Luo Tianhe didn't care about Bai Yi's identity, for such a young second-rate warrior, Luo Tianhe was still extremely polite to him.
After everyone sat down, Zhou Song looked at Luo Chen and praised:
"This should be Master Luo's young master, right? He is indeed young and promising. He has already broken through to the third-rate realm at such a young age. It will not take long for him to reach the mid-third-rate realm!"
Luo Chen smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhou, for your kind words."
Seeing the young and mature Luo Chen who was unfazed by honor and disgrace, Zhou Song looked at Luo Tianhe with envy:
"Master Luo is so lucky! He has such a beautiful son. I heard in this county that Master Luo has an older son who is also a great boy. Why don't you see him today?"
"Haha! My eldest son is out, and Mr. Zhou has given me too much praise. They are two incompetent brats."
"Master Luo is too humble."
Zhou Song squinted and smiled, then picked up the tea cup and drank the tea.
Seeing this, Luo Tianhe didn't want to chat with Zhou Song anymore and asked directly: "Master Zhou came here today and I don't know why?"
Putting down the tea cup, Zhou Song said with a smile: "Haha! This county came here today to convey the imperial decree and congratulate the Lord of Luo Village."
"Will? Congratulations?"
Luo Tianhe asked in confusion: "I wonder what Lord Zhou means?"
Luo Chen and Li Tian looked at each other and looked at Zhou Song with puzzled expressions, waiting for him to answer their questions.
Zhou Song put away his smile, cleared his throat, and said seriously:
"Ziwu Villa has eliminated many mountain bandits in the past few years, saving the people from the bandits and ensuring peace in our Ningshui County. The imperial court will reward the owner of Luo Villa with the title of Marquis of Ningshui."
After Zhou Song finished speaking, he took a brocade box from the hands of the soldiers behind him, took out a bright yellow imperial edict from it and handed it to Luo Tianhe.
Luo Tianhe looked at the imperial edict handed over by Zhou and Song Dynasty, and for a moment he couldn't figure out the imperial court's intention. As for rewarding the merits of suppressing the bandits, it has been so long, and the reward should have been long ago. How could it be delayed until now?
Moreover, this imperial edict is not so easy to accept. Once you get the imperial edict and become the Ningshui Marquis of the imperial court, even if you have contact with the imperial court, you have to worry about the imperial court's ideas when doing many things. If anything happens to the imperial court
After finding Ziwu Villa, Ziwu Villa is not easy to escape.
Although with the title of Marquis of Ningshui, he can get some salary and many official matters will be easier to handle, but this title is just a false title and does not have any substantive rights. Luo Tianhe does not want to have any trouble with the court.
A lot of entanglement.
"Master Luo, do you understand this imperial edict?"
Zhou Song saw Luo Tianhe thinking silently and raised the imperial edict in his hand.