There have always been rumors in the military that before Guo Ning crossed the sea and went south to Laizhou, he robbed many treasuries in the central capital through the coup d'état between the DPRK and China. Therefore, in recent months, the military pay of the Dinghai Navy has been particularly generous, and the food supply is also sufficient.
Several months of good food and drink are enough to keep people energetic. Not to mention soldiers, even the children of military families from Hebei are mostly neatly dressed, with strong bodies and aura in their eyes.
The newcomers who were suddenly added to the school in the past few days are different.
As a result, most of the newly recruited military children from Shandong province, such as Zhuer, are in ragged clothes and small in stature. Because they have had little education before, their behavior in school is inevitably a bit clumsy.
The two groups have different basic conditions, different regions of origin, different experiences, and different ideas, so conflicts can easily arise.
In the past few days, there have been more than one conflict between the two parties. Things like Xu Zhuer's will definitely be brought up and talked about.
Sure enough, a burly young man came out at this moment and looked at Xu Zhuer with disdain: "If you don't learn from me, you will learn from others and tell the truth! In the end, you got it wrong... you are really stupid!"
Xu Zhuer lowered his head and said nothing.
He also had a few friends in school. Xu Zhuer came to school early every day just to listen to them relay what Teacher Tiantian said. By listening to what others relayed, he was not completely confused about what happened in the evening. Unfortunately, after all, the foundation was too poor, and even if he made some progress after a few days, his progress would be very limited. In his heart, he felt that he might indeed be a bit stupid.
I heard that in addition to teaching literacy, the school will also teach history, art of war, arithmetic, geography and other subjects in the future, and the textbooks were written by Guo Jieshuai himself. When Xu Zhuer thought about these, he just felt that they were out of reach.
He really didn't want to pay attention to the ridicule, so he just hurried forward. But the tall young man followed behind, chattering endlessly. Several of his accomplices were talking about how Xu Zhuer was laughing when he thought he would get a reward.
At that time, Xu Zhuer was really giddy with joy, so he jumped up and down in front of many people, looking frivolous. But it was not as bad as they said!
Xu Zhuer couldn't help but snorted: "As long as you keep the people in peace and act according to the rules of chastity, why are you afraid of being the first?"
This was said in a very soft voice, and several children from military families in Hebei asked: "What? What did this silly boy say?"
Xu Zhuer raised his voice: "Are you so afraid of being reported? You are all thieves!"
Back then, the defeated soldiers from Northern Xinjiang were scattered in Tangbo, Hebei Province. They were indeed regarded as bandits by the imperial court. They relied on each other to support each other and barely managed to survive. When his words came out, a group of people were immediately offended. More than ten people shouted in unison. He was yelling and scolding, and someone came up and pushed him.
This scene also made the children of Shandong military families who arrived later very dissatisfied. Even though they did not dare to anger their seniors and old people in the army, it was common sense for locals to stick together and they could not let the people from Hebei bully the children of Shandong.
In the blink of an eye, from a dozen people shouting at each other to dozens of people shouting at each other, the school became a mess.
The old scholar in charge of tonight's class hurried over with his robe in hand, and was frightened by the chaotic scene.
Fortunately, there was someone behind me to help me.
"What's going on?" the person supporting him asked kindly.
The old scholar trembled: "Shandong people and Hebei people are fighting, fighting, fighting!"
The person supporting the old scholar was Guo Ning.
Just now, Guo Ning led Zhang Rong and others back to the military fort. After a brief drink and food, he led them out again to view the various constructions in Haicang Town, and by the way, told the navy's plans for the rest of Laizhou.
and arrangements.
Guo Ning knows very well that in recent years, the east and west roads of Shandong have been undercurrents, which were inherently unstable, and the arrival of the Mongols has made the situation more complicated. How can people like Yan Ning, Zhang Rong, and even Yan Shi survive in such a situation?
Combining strength and maintaining stability on one side shows that everyone has their own means and is by no means a foolhardy person.
Perhaps their personal positions are based on congeniality, but as the leader of a force, their choice of who to rely on and who to get close to is not only forced by the current situation and has no choice but to seek more opportunities for their own side.
Benefit.
Guo Ning appreciates this pragmatic attitude.
He was also willing to tell Zhang Rong and others frankly what kind of strength Ding Haijun had, what kind of preparations it had, what it could bring to Shandong, and what he hoped the local heroes of Shandong could accomplish.
So they simply ate, continued chatting, and continued walking. Finally, they arrived at the school on the middle floor of the military fort, and bumped into this scene.
Guo Ning frowned, stepped inside, and shouted: "Stop!"
Guo Ning has never been a bureaucrat sitting in a deep mansion. He would inspect everywhere every day. Not to mention that among the children present, most of the children of the Hebei Army had heard his lectures in person.
A whole group of children and teenagers instantly fell into silence.
Guo Ning pointed to a few familiar people: "What's going on? Come out and explain clearly."
How dare the teenagers talk nonsense in front of Guo Ning? He immediately explained the situation.
"I thought something big happened." Guo Ning couldn't help laughing, turned to Zhang Rong and said: "Brother Shihui, this is the trouble you caused!"
Zhang Rong laughed and waved to Xu Zhuer.
Xu Zhuer rolled his eyes and ignored him.
Guo Ning also waved to Xu Zhuer, and Xu Zhuer immediately stood up in front and bowed to Guo Ning.
"Let me ask you, how did you find out that Brother Shihui is not one of our local people?" Guo Ning asked.
Xu Zhuer's face turned red from nervousness: "He, he doesn't understand the rules!"
Guo Ning took a water glass and asked Xu Zhuer to take a few sips: "Don't panic, let's be specific."
It turns out that since Ding Haijun arrived in Shandong and took control of a large number of people, Yizai Chucai has been constantly assigning subordinates to publicize the rules and systems that Ding Haijun has successively formulated to the people. In the past few days, as people from all over the country gradually surrendered,
Yi La Chu Cai recruited a group of new scholars, so they became more attentive in preaching.
Xu Zhuer couldn't understand or remember the complicated details. Only a few of them impressed him and ordinary people like him the most, such as keeping to the right when walking on the road, and strictly prohibiting urinating anywhere.
These are related to daily life. The local military and civilians may complain and feel that it is unnecessary, but they generally follow them, and there is no one who does not know about them.
Unfortunately, Zhang Rong didn't know anything about it, so when he walked around the port, he felt that he had no flaws and had long been an eyesore to outsiders.
More importantly, Zhang Rong claimed to have fought with Guo Jiedu and killed Mongolians, and he seemed to be a martial arts practitioner. But Xu Zhuer told him about his family's experiences and what he had gained after the war.
Zhang Rong only agreed casually with the reward, but it was obvious that he did not know the system of military households and shady households...
Doesn’t this clearly mean that he has the word “outsider” written on his face?
It also looks like someone with evil intentions.
Hearing Xu Zhuer's stumbling words, Zhang Rong shook his head repeatedly, and Yan Ning, Yan Shi and others around him also smiled bitterly.
At the end of the sentence, Xu Zhuer was sweating profusely and wiped the sweat from his forehead three or five times. But he raised his head and said to Guo Ning: "Ding Haijun gave us the land, and Laizhou is my home. If outsiders want to cause trouble in my home, that's a big deal."
no!"
Guo Ning laughed.
He patted Xu Zhuer's shoulder and said loudly: "You didn't catch the spy, so the reward can't be given to you. However, I remember your name, do your best!"
Speaking of this, Guo Ning glanced at Zhang Rong and said with a smile: "What did Brother Shihui say?"
When Zhang Rong disembarked from the ship, he deliberately did not bring any luggage with him and traveled lightly. Naturally, someone would deliver the groceries at this time, so that he would not be left empty-handed.
At that moment, he took off the sword from his waist and handed it to Xu Zhuer: "I really don't know how much the reward from Ding Haijun is. However, this sword is a good sword, so just think of it as my apology. I think it's worth the reward."
Got it!"
Xu Zhuer looked at Guo Ning's face before taking the knife.
He was not very strong, but the sword was heavy. He held it in his hand and it immediately sank. He quickly added a little more force and held it firmly.
"Uncle Zhang doesn't look like a villain. However, if outsiders want to cause trouble in my house, it's definitely not allowed!" Xu Zhuer said solemnly.
Zhang Rong nodded: "Well said, well said."
Guo Ning pointed to the sturdy young man who provoked Xu Zhuer: "You, come here!"
The young man came forward with a pale face.
"You are Yu Xiaowu's cousin... Yu Xiaowu followed me to fight in the north and south, and this time he died while defending Haicang Town. I am very sad. However, Haicang Town was defended by us in the end, right?"
The sturdy young man puffed up his chest and replied: "We'll keep it!"
"The Mongolian troops came in two groups. One group of troops and thousands of people attacked Haicang Town, but we fought to the death. Do you know how many troops there were on the other side? Where are they?"
The young man was slightly stunned.
Guo Ning continued: "There were more than 7,000 troops and horses along the way! Do you think, if those troops and horses along the way also arrived at Haicang Town, wouldn't it be more difficult for us to defend the city and more people would die? But why not?
Come? Because when they marched to Yidu, Guo Zhongyuan commanded his troops and defeated them! Xu Zhuer’s brother Xu Gouer was a Shandong hero who fought righteously, and he died in that battle!"
Guo Ning came from an ordinary soldier family, and he always regarded every lieutenant general as his brother. He knew almost every Hebei defeated soldier, and later in Zhigu Village, he also got acquainted with the soldiers recruited from Zhongdu. This
After a while, he talked casually and explained clearly the circumstances of the two young men's relatives who died in the battle.
The burly young man looked at Xu Zhuer, and the vague hostility that he had originally seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
Guo Ning waved his hands to them, indicating that everyone should disperse and let the teacher come in to give lectures.
He walked a few steps outside, turned around, asked the sturdy young man to come over, and said angrily: "I just thought, I haven't seen you for a month, why is my belly so round? You must have eaten so well!"
In any case, the supply of the Ding Navy is not rich enough to support a fat man, so it must be that he has opened many small businesses. It seems that after Yu Xiaowu's death, his family's life was not affected. This cousin is really tolerant.
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The burly young man said awkwardly: "It's okay!"
"Come out of school in the evening and go for a run on the school field! Run ten laps every day!"
Guo Ning patted his head hard and said, "You have to be strong to fight in battle! Practice hard and don't cause any trouble for me!"