53 Sacrifices and rewards

"Haha, this meat is so fragrant, I never dreamed that I escaped from the village, I was not starved to death, and I still have fragrant and fatty pork to eat."

"Zhao Lao Liu, you don't eat quickly, our cottage boss will gather in the playground later, and you won't be able to catch up if you eat slowly."

A cottage recruit was playing with one, squatting on a stone, holding a piece of fat pork in his mouth, tasting the fragrant fragrance, reluctant to swallow the meat in his mouth, with an intoxicated face, and said happily.

But when the cottage recruit heard the words of a veteran behind him, he could only reluctantly swallow the fat meat, quickly pulled the food into his mouth, and ate his mouth full of oil, with a satisfied look on his face.

"Toot ......"

Soon, a cramped whistle sounded on the playground outside, and most of these cottage soldiers had finished their meals and quickly got up to line up.

Two days ago, Wei Hong trained these recruits in the cottage, so that they barely understood the importance of obeying orders and listening to commands, and then lined up in a neat line, walking towards the large playground outside the cottage with still very chaotic steps.

At this time, it was a cold winter, and the cold wind was blowing, but these cottage soldiers were ruddy one by one, and the team walked neatly to the playground to line up.

The main reason is that before, in such a cold, the north was howling, and the cold wind was blowing on the face like a knife cutting, and they didn't want to come out even if they were killed.

But now they are no longer afraid of these cold winter winds, because everyone is wearing a thick cotton coat at this time, resisting the attack of the cold wave, and they are full of energy, and they are very excited.

And Li Zixiao, Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong, Liu Chong, Wei Lao Fuzi and other important people have all arrived, and there is a row of wooden tables on the playground, on which are pig's heads, meat, wine, etc., to want to sacrifice to the sky.

"Qi Qi is in charge, and there are a total of 220 recruits in the whole cottage, and now all of them are here." After Wei Hong saw all the recruits arrive at the playground, he stepped out and reported to Li Zixiao.

"There are a total of sixty-one cottage veterans, all of whom are here." Then, Zhou Dazhu also brought another team to stand up and shouted loudly.

"The cottage logistics staff of Qiyu's big boss, a total of thirty-two people, all arrived." Even Old Master Wei came out at this time and bowed to Li Zixiao and reported.

At this time, all the people of the cottage were gathered here, Li Zixiao stood there motionless, his eyes were firmly on the group of cottage recruits, and he saw gratitude, satisfaction and excitement in the eyes of these people.

Seeing such a large number of people standing in front of him, Li Zixiao showed a look of joy on his face, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that there are already so many people in our cottage, it's really good." ”

Then Li Zixiao stood forward and yelled at everyone: "The original veterans of the cottage, as well as these recruits who have just joined our cottage, I am your big boss - Li Zixiao."

I know that many of you may not be familiar with me, after all, you just arrived here two days ago, and I happened to be taking someone into the county seat to rescue a brother who had been captured.

Tonight we managed to rescue our brothers who were captured, and we made a big fuss in the county, but we also lost six brothers, who died heroically on the battlefield.

Now this is a reward meeting, but also a memorial service, let us pay tribute to those brothers who died in battle, may their souls be laid to rest, may they bless us people can continue to live better in this troubled world. ”

After Li Zixiao finished talking about this, he quickly turned around, walked to the wooden table, picked up a large bowl of wine, turned around, raised it high, and said to everyone: "The first bowl of wine in today's celebration meeting, I want to salute those brothers who died in battle, and I hope you can also be fed and clothed in heaven, dry!" ”

As he spoke, he directly spilled a large bowl of wine on the playground, and then Li Zixiao personally walked to the wordless row on the wooden table, knelt down on one knee, and everyone behind him also knelt down.

"Brothers, go all the way, we will often burn paper for you, and ensure that you go over there to be a rich family." Li Zixiao personally kowtowed to the wordless tablet, and everyone in the cottage behind him also kowtowed.

They all understood what Li Zixiao was doing, and their first impression of this big boss was no longer indifferent, but they felt that Li Zixiao was affectionate and righteous, and he didn't forget the brothers who died in battle, and of course he wouldn't treat them badly.

Li Zixiao's practice has greatly strengthened the sense of belonging of these recruits who have just joined the cottage, and their good impression of Li Zixiao has greatly increased.

"Okay, the deceased is gone, we who are alive must live stronger, and after paying tribute to our brothers who died in battle, it's time to release rewards.

This time we went to the county to save people, and all the brothers who participated in the operation were good, and each of them deserved to be rewarded.

Now I announce that Zhou Dazhu, Liu Chong, Zhang Ergouzi, and Quartz took the lead in last night's battle and fought bravely, and they were specially rewarded with a war horse for Zhou Dazhu, a spear refined by Liu Chong, 50 taels of silver for Zhang Ergouzi, and 50 taels of silver for quartz.

Three of the other brothers were seriously wounded, and ten other brothers were also given twenty taels of silver. ”

Zhou Dazhu and the others, who were read by Li Zixiao's name, walked out of the queue one after another, their faces were excited, and they came out to accept the rewards they received.

This scene made the recruits who had just joined the cottage curious, and then they went to secretly ask the veterans on the side, and after learning the rules of rewards and punishments in the cottage, they all looked at Zhou Dazhu with envy and accepted the reward.

Originally, these people were still a little resistant to going into the mountains and falling into the grass to become a coward, if it weren't for their lives, who would want to be a bandit who was scolded by others, but now their concepts have changed.

Seeing the white flowers and silver held by Zhang Ergouzi and others, these new recruits who joined the cottage were also particularly envious, in this era of insufficient food and clothing, they didn't want to earn silver that could be handed to their families and feed their families.

"Boys, you don't have any envy, you will all have a chance in the future, as long as you make war achievements, the big boss will not be stingy with rewards."

Old Master Wei saw the envious eyes of this group of recruits, and said with a smile.

This time; Li Zixiao ransacked several shops of the Cai family in the county, including pawnshops, jewelry stores, etc., and looted 3,000 taels of silver alone, antiques, and jewelry, but at this time, Li Zixiao really felt that he was rich.

Therefore, he was also generous with the rewards of his subordinates, but he still stored all the remaining silver, because in the future, when the strength of his natural subordinates became stronger, this batch of silver would be of great use.

"Brothers, as long as you follow my Li Zixiao, I will never let you continue to eat chaff vegetables, now the meritorious ones are only giving silver rewards, and in the future, our cottage will grow.

When will we be able to lay down a piece of land, Lao Tzu will still have to distribute land to meritorious servicemen, which is truly your own land. ”

Li Zixiao is very aware of this era, these grassroots poor people are obsessed with land, and they have worked hard all their lives, hoping that one day they can have their own land.

"Long live the great master, the mighty of the great master!" The playground resounded with the shouts of the crowd.

Seeing this scene, Li Zixiao smiled with satisfaction, he knew that this group of newcomers had initially integrated into their cottage, at least Li Zixiao gave them hope.

"However, you have to remember that my Li Zixiao's subordinates don't want to waste, if you want to survive the battle in the future, you have to train seriously now, I don't want the king who is here to worship one day to stop you."

After the reward and memorial meeting, Li Zixiao left the playground, while Wei Hong, Liu Chong, Zhou Dazhu and others trained this group of new recruits in batches on the cottage.

"Big boss, what should you do with that Cai family's Young Master Wu?" Suddenly, Old Master Wei walked up to Li Zixiao and whispered.

The fifth young master of the Cai family, Cai Xuantong, had been tied up in the cottage, and Old Master Wei didn't know what Li Zixiao would do with this young master of the Cai family, so he came over to ask.

"It's useless to keep him, it's a waste of our family's food, since that's the case, it's better to let it go, but you can't send this guy away in vain, how can you let the Cai family have some more blood, then send someone to send a letter to the Cai family."

You send someone to deliver a letter to the Cai family, and say that if he doesn't send us a cart of grain within three days, we will slaughter this Cai family's little white face. Keep an eye on him and don't let him run away from 0. ”

"Yes, the big boss, I'll leave this to the old man." Old Master Wei felt ten years younger at this time, full of vitality, and his enthusiasm was rekindled, and he followed behind Li Zixiao, ready to do a big job. 、

Li Zixiao didn't look at Cai Xuantong, a gentleman of the Cai family, at all, such a waste, leaving him in the cottage would only waste food.

But his identity is there, Li Zixiao is worried that killing him at this time will attract the Cai family's crazy revenge, at this time Li Zixiao doesn't want to fight the Cai family yet, he still needs a period of time to accumulate strength, so he simply plans to sell it back and make a profit.

With Li Zixiao's return to the cottage, the playground in the cottage remembers the scolding of the instructors and the other painful wails of the recruits every day.

And Li Zixiao widened the passage in front of the cottage and repaired the cottage and the wall, so that the whole cottage looked more solid, and prevented the cottage from being attacked by enemies from outside in the future.

The blacksmith shops and carpenter shops in the cottage have also opened, and they began to independently build weapons for the cottage.

Now that he has returned to the cottage, Li Zixiao began to think about what he should do in the next period of time? As for the hatred between their cottage and the Cai family, they can only let it go first.

At this time, Li Zixiao asked himself if he didn't have the strength to destroy the Cai family, and the Cai family wanted to come out of the county seat to exterminate them, and Li Zixiao would let them have no return when the time came.