It's mid-May, and the early morning chirping of cicadas is a constant reminder that the weather is starting to get hot.

Today is an important day for Downing. Because in his calculations, the day of conscription is today.

Three thousand small advertisements cost Downing a lot of money, and posting them is a trouble. There was not a single one left of the five hundred forbidden troops who escorted him back, and they were very realistic, because they knew that it might be easier to follow Tang Ning, but the treatment would only be lower than before.

Who wants to be free in these years, and who is not the one with the big fist and who has the money will run with whom?

Fortunately, Fang Yong and his twelve subordinates stayed, plus the Shen Mansion, as well as some women at home who had nothing to do, and posted small advertisements, so they could be regarded as helpers.

On the day of the third watch, he got up and posted a small advertisement all over the city, and now Tang Ning can also go and tell others, have you ever seen Runzhou City at four o'clock in the morning?

The registration location was set up by Tang Ning in the barracks outside the city, and this piece was allocated to him by Zhang He according to the scale of 3,000 people. Now it was a desolation, sparsely populated, Fang Yong, Lin Wei, and the twelve small soldiers plus Tang Ning, alone in this place, they couldn't feel any happiness at all.

Although Downing didn't expect hundreds of people to come at once, because it takes time for the message to be delivered. The main target of recruiting soldiers was not these people in the city, but young adults in the towns and villages near Runzhou.

However, this morning, there was no one who even came to inquire about the situation, which still made Tang Ning quite frustrated.

"Come on, come on, brothers move the table to another place, the sun changes places in the afternoon, if we don't change it, we will be exposed to the sun."

Tang Ning and the others moved the table under the shade of the tree, and then they put it in order, and after fanning the wind for a while, they saw a carriage coming from the direction of Runzhou City.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Tang Ning was very excited, and subconsciously grabbed the people around him.

Sitting next to him was only the Zhenjiang Army Soldier and Horse Supervisor who might be at the same level as him, and the old chamberlain rolled his eyes at Tang Ning and didn't remind him. In the past half a month, Tang Ning's efforts have also been seen in his eyes.

And this was the only person who had come all morning, and he was actually very excited in his heart.

The carriage stopped in front of Tang Ning, but the people who got out of the car made Tang Ning extremely disappointed.

The person who came was Liu Yier, carrying a food box in her hand, and she was here to deliver food to everyone.

"Thank you, Lady Chai!"

"Mrs. Xie Xuan!"

At first, Liu Yier was asked to run such a long way on such a hot day, but Liu Yier refused. Later, when she went to deliver food to Tang Ning at noon, she found that the little soldiers around Tang Ning liked to call her that.

So she became addicted, and you can see that she is now having a lot of fun and waving her hand to say don't call me that.

After two mouthfuls of food, the sultry weather made Tang Ning have no appetite at all. from the bowl

Scoop out a piece of greasy braised pork, put it in the bowl of the old waiter, and said, "Old man, you are old, eat more meat and supplement some nutrition." ”

The old chamberlain was not afraid to speak, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Chan." ”

It was Liu Ling who drove the car, although this guy was sent by the emperor to spy on Tang Ning, but on the other hand, he also had to lead the intelligence work of the Wude Division of the Liangzhejiang Road.

The position of official affairs is not low in the Wude Division, except in the capital, where you can be ranked.

Liu Ling also held a bowl of rice in his hand, not as particular as others, so he sat cross-legged on the ground and ate it.

Liu Yi'er sat next to Tang Ning, took Tang Ning's fan and gently fanned the wind, and asked, "How is it, has anyone come over in the morning?" ”

As soon as he said this, Tang Ning lost his appetite even more. put down the dishes and chopsticks, scratched his ears and cheeks, and said, "Don't mention it, you've been sitting here all morning, and you're the first one to come."

Is there something wrong with the slogan I wrote? But when I brought it to you, didn't you all say it was good? ”

"That's good." The old chamberlain nodded and said, "If one person joins the army, the whole family is glorious, and the old man thinks there is no problem." ”

"I joined the army, stayed for ten years, and my family didn't charge a penny, which is not bad, I will come if it is me." Liu Ling secretly took a piece of braised pork from Tang Ning's bowl, but was glared at fiercely by Liu Yier.

"Responding to the call of the motherland and dedicating herself to the great cause of national defense, the slave family and the female streamers felt excited when they heard it, and they hated to be men." Liu Yier also echoed.

After listening to Liu Yier's words, Tang Ning knew that this girl was comforting herself.

I thought about it all morning before I realized why no one came. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, there was no concept of a country. It wasn't until the Southern Song Dynasty that people were hurt and scared, and they began to have a preliminary concept of the state.

This point is vividly reflected in a pedantic person like Zeng Fan.

pinched Liu Yi'er's face, and the sudden attack caught Liu Yi'er off guard, and she blushed all of a sudden and lowered her head.

Tang Ning sighed and said: "It seems that there is a problem with the slogan, so let's find a way, after eating in a while, let's go back first." ”

While he was talking, an old farmer walked not far away. Still carrying a hoe in his hand, he walked up to Tang Ning in three or two steps and said, "Are you recruiting soldiers here?" I heard from those literate people in the city that they joined the army, stayed for ten years, and did not receive a penny at home, what does it mean? ”

Tang Ning immediately got up and said enthusiastically: "Uncle, what does this sentence mean, that is, as long as you come to join the army, we will report to the government, and after you join the Zhenjiang army, you don't have to pay any taxes at home in the future!" ”

"Well, what about such a good thing? Do you think I'll make it? ”

Tang Ning said helplessly: "Uncle, how old are you this year." ”

"Young man, don't look at me as forty years old, in fact, I'm fifty hahaha!"

"Uncle, if you are over forty years old, we won't accept it."

"What? Then I'm thirty-nine. ”

"You think this is a vegetable market, and you have to bargain for your age?"

The old farmer walked away, and Tang Ning's heart was helpless. It seems that today's Song people are still more realistic, verbal flickering, I'm afraid it has no effect, the real attraction is that the family does not have to pay taxes during the army.

After everyone finished eating, Liu Yier packed up the food box and Liu Ling drove the carriage home.

Tang Ning and the others cleaned up the table and returned to the Runzhou Military Division.

In the afternoon, I walked around the city and took down all the small advertisements.

After Zhang He learned about it, he hurriedly rushed to the Runzhou Military Department and asked Tang Ning, saying that you have collected enough people?

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "No, I just found that the people of our Great Song Dynasty like more practical things, so I am also going to give them something practical." ”

Zhang He smacked his lips and left, and before leaving, he said that he thought that Tang Ning had recruited all the people before removing the small advertisement.

When he returned home in the evening, Tang Ning was not in a good mood and had no appetite, so he ate two bites and padd his stomach, and was ready to go to bed.

However, before he took off his clothes, he came with an unexpected guest.

Shenqian, Zhu Mian, and Zhang Jingming came to visit together.

These three brothers have also been very busy recently, Zhang Jingming is deeply appreciated by Wang Zhongxian, Wang Zhongxian is making up for him, hoping that in the coming year, the official family will open Enke, and he can get a meritorious name.

Shen Qian and Zhu Mian were deeply despised by Wang Zhongxian, and they were also dragged by Wang Zhongxian to make up for it. Especially after Wang Zhongxian wrote a letter to the parents of both sides to make a small report, and obtained the power to beat these two people from the parents, these two people no longer dared to go to the wind and snow.

Tang Ning came back for more than half a month, not because he didn't want to get together with them, but these three people had to write homework during the day and at night, and the one who was tortured by Wang Zhongxian was extremely miserable.

Therefore, the four of them have not been able to get together for a meal and a drink, and when they come back, they will take Tang Ning to appreciate the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting of Qiancui Pavilion, but they have not been able to appreciate it, which makes Tang Ning quite regretful.

As soon as he heard that this person was coming, Tang Ning hurriedly came to the front hall to greet him.

Seeing Shenqian and Zhu Mian, Tang Ning couldn't help but feel sad.

"Oh, Brother God, Brother Zhu, why are you two so thin!"

In fact, these two people didn't lose much weight, they just lost a lot of weight compared to before.

Shen Qian, Zhu Mian and Tang Ning hugged each other, and the two cried: "Brother, since you left, the two of us don't think about tea, don't want to eat, can't sleep well, and can't sleep all night." I always feel like you're missing something when you're not there.

Look at how much you've been gone for more than a year, we've both lost weight and don't look like adults, are you moved? ”

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